This Watercolor Marsh Almost Ruined—Here's What I Did

📢 Become a confident watercolor artist in 90 days! Check it out here https://paintingwithpeggy.com Follow along to see me paint a South Carolina marsh in watercolor and how to fix a big mistake! I'll show you what went right, what went wrong and how I fixed it. All my paintings for sale are here: https://www.peggybishop.com Here are the art supplies I use and love! Most of the art supplies are available through DickBlick. The art supplies tend to be a little cheaper than Amazon, but there is a minimum for free shipping, although, if you shop like me, that is never a problem! Watercolor paper: https://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-101386051-12117697?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dickblick.com%2Flists%2Fwishlist%2F3HT7PUXKGOY4U%2F%3Fq%3DPeggy%2520Bishop%2527s Watercolor brushes: https://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-101386051-12117697?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dickblick.com%2Flists%2Fwishlist%2F3JTXP2X4GP3Q3%2F%3Fq%3DPeggy%2520Bishop%2527s Watercolors: https://www.kqzyfj.com/click-101386051-12117697?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dickblick.com%2Flists%2Fwishlist%2FRJRX8UF7L3BXV%2F%3Fq%3DPeggy%2520Bishop%2527s Other Supplies: https://www.jdoqocy.com/click-101386051-12117697?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dickblick.com%2Flists%2Fwishlist%2FT0RFRTCHGFDI5%2F%3Fq%3DPeggy%2520Bishop%2527s If you like to shop with Amazon: Watercolor brushes: https://amzn.to/3X3ZrZf Watercolor paints: https://amzn.to/41v1MPP Watercolor paper: https://amzn.to/3XdzwP0 Other supplies: https://amzn.to/4l8xidW If you purchase an item from one of these links, I make a small commission at no extra cost to you! This helps support my channel by covering the cost of watercolor supplies...thank you for your support! 00:00 Introduction 00:17 Painting the sky 00:37 Painting the water 00:54 Painting the distant land 01:22 Painting the distant grass 01:45 Building the grassy shapes 02:14 Explaining the grass shadows 02:25 Grass reflections 03:32 Grass on right 03:48 Closer grass and shadows 04:19 Painting the thinner grasses 05:13 Spattering clean water 06:10 Spattering paint 06:35 Scumbling 07:05 Protecting the painting while spattering 07:27 How colors blend 07:51 Scratching in stems 08:32 Adding more depth 08:49 Blending paint by tilting the paper 09:10 Painting the sky reflection 09:37 Suggesting wild flowers 09:54 Deepening the water color 10:07 Darkening the sky reflection 10:32 Painting assessment 10:48 Fixing the mistake 11:00 Final painting 11:13 Comparing versions 11:28 Outro MATERIALS: Fabriano coldpress 10.5 X 14.5 inches, 140 lb or 300gsm BRUSHES Princeton Neptune Quill No. 6 Chip brush from Lowes Escoda Liner No. 8 Escoda Liner No. 2 (aka "Lizard Lick" according to Keiko Tanabe) Nico #6 PAINTS: Cobalt Blue Ultramarine Manganese Blue Hue Dioxazine violet Burnt Sienna Serpentine Genuine Shadow Green Deep Sea Green Hansa Yellow Light Song 1: Sneaky Adventure Music composed and recorded by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/ Promoted by MrSnooze • Sneaky Background Music for Videos I ... Creative Commons — CC BY 3.0 https://goo.gl/A7jRXA Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2m1h0ALpY4&t=190s Song 2: Lazy Laura Music composed and recorded by Quincas Moreira. Link: YouTube audio library Song 3: Headlands Music composed and recorded by National Sweetheart Link: YouTube audio library Song 4: Sneaky Snitch Music composed and recorded by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/ Promoted by MrSnooze • Sneaky Background Music for Videos I ... Creative Commons — CC BY 3.0 https://goo.gl/A7jRXA Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2m1h0ALpY4&t=190s Song 5: Sneaky Adventure Music composed and recorded by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/ Promoted by MrSnooze • Sneaky Background Music for Videos I ... Creative Commons — CC BY 3.0 https://goo.gl/A7jRXA Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2m1h0ALpY4&t=190s Song 6: Cinematic Background Music - Into The Nature Vol. 01 Music composed and recorded by Mu Hanz Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXFVhYWcI3Y 00:00 Introduction 00:17 Painting the sky 00:37 Painting the water 00:54 Painting the distant land 01:22 Painting the distant grass 01:45 Building the grassy shapes 02:14 Explaining the grass shadows 02:25 Grass reflections 03:32 Grass on right 03:48 Closer grass and shadows 04:19 Painting the thinner grasses 05:13 Spattering clean water 06:10 Spattering paint 06:35 Scumbling 07:05 Protecting the painting while spattering 07:27 How colors blend 07:51 Scratching in stems 08:32 Adding more depth 08:49 Blending paint by tilting the paper 09:10 Painting the sky reflection 09:37 Suggesting wild flowers 09:54 Deepening the water color 10:07 Darkening the sky reflection 10:32 Painting assessment 10:48 Fixing the mistake 11:00 Final painting 11:13 Comparing versions 11:28 Outro