Easy beginner watercolor rocks in the landscape lesson. Simple techniques - creating realistic rocks

This video teaches the steps for creating realistic rocks in your watercolor landscape paintings. Topics include how to paint rocks, distant hills, skies, and grass. Scraping to create texture, watercolor brush techniques for textured rocks, color mixing, water control are also included. This is the fifth in a series of watercolor tutorials for people who have limited time but would still like to paint on a regular basis. My PATREON MEMBERSHIP PAGE: https://www.patreon.com/joecartwright - in addition to ad-free content you get exclusive content (new videos will be more in depth than those on my YouTube channel), hi-resolution reference photos, photos of my finished painting, and drawing outlines where available. Other benefits are also included. My teaching manual: Mastering Watercolors - A Practical Guide: https://amzn.to/3CgYQfB Why I wet the back of my watercolor paper: Here is a video I made which explains why I wet the back of the paper. https://youtu.be/f3SlN7jfxRw Ten tips for painting rocks with watercolors: https://youtu.be/-ZLGpzAnkzw ⏱️TIMESTAMP⏱️ 00:00 Intro 00: 14 The drawing 01:30 The colors of the sky and grass 04:41 Painting the sky 06:02 Painting the ground 10:31 Painting the distant hills 16:44 Painting the rocks 27:32 Painting the grass 31:55 Painting the shadows and final details Materials used: Paper: Eighth sheet, 185 gsm Arches Cold Pressed watercolor paper (Approx. A4 size) Watercolor paints, all are Winsor and Newton: French Ultramarine Cobalt Blue Cobalt Turquoise Burnt Sienna Raw Umber Permanent Rose Aureolin or lemon yellow Brushes: Size 8 & 12 round watercolor brushes Mop brush for wetting the back of the paper Rigger brush Other material: Waterproof backing board, I use 6mm thick matt black acrylic, which I purchased off eBay, held at about 20 degrees