The Sunday Art Show - En Plein air watercolour cows and landscape painting

A bit late with the blog post this week, but here's the video that went up on the channel on Sunday
"Rust Reds at Rest" - you can see the finished painting in hi-res here
https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/four-red-poll-cattle-lying-down-in-field-watercolour-landscape-cow-en-plein-air-painting-mike-jory.html
This week, I show you a really quick and fun technique that combines en plein air sharpie pen sketching with en plein air watercolour painting to create a cows in  landscape impressionist painting with trees and hedges in the background. These rust red cattle, Red Poll breed were found in a field near Starcross in Devon.
Materials used: Daler-Rowney mixed media paper A4, black sharpie pen, Winsor & Newton watercolour set, round and flat synthetic brushes, Winsor and Newton field easel

The Sunday Art Show - En Plein Air River Exe at Topsham watercolour painting

In this video, I show you some watercolour techniques that allow me to paint a river scene including a distant landscape and boats on the water in about 30 minutes. The finished painting 'Summer evening on the River Exe' can be seen in high resolution here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/sailing-on-the-river-exe-at-topsham-watercolour-painting-en-plein-air-mike-jory.html
Working en plein air, I use a combination of watercolor washes applied with a brush and some line work using a watercolour marker pen to quickly create a range of effects and textures.
Materials used:
Winsor and Newton field easel
Daler Rowney mixed media board (A3)
Winsor and Newton watercolour (cotman set)
Winsor and Newton watercolour marker pens
Synthetic brushes (1/4 inch flat and size 16 round)

The Sunday Art Show - Quick and loose cows and landscape en plein air painting using watercolour and sharpie

"Resting Rusties" - you can see the finished painting in hi-res here https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/two-red-poll-cows-lying-down-watercolour-painting-mike-jory.html This week, I show you a really quick and fun technique that combines en plein air sharpie pen sketching with en plein air watercolour painting to create a cows in  landscape impressionist painting with trees and hedges in the background. These rust red cattle, Red Poll breed were found in a field near Starcross in Devon.
Materials used: Daler-Rowney mixed media paper A4, black sharpie pen, Winsor & Newton watercolour set, round and flat synthetic brushes, Winsor and Newton field easel