Painting on Rough Watercolour paper | tips, techniques, & experimentation | Paint and Chat

Today I’m going to be experimenting and just letting loose on some rough textured paper, which is different from the cold press paper I usually use.
I did not use a reference photo for this piece, just grabbed some colours and thought about the atmosphere of the Scandinavian seas I saw in the show Vikings.
Focused on getting to grips with granulating colours on rough paper, and also using a dry brush technique on the texture, preserving the white of the page.

Materials used:
Rough watercolour sketchbook from Maruman,
Brushes, including a Hake brush (1 inch) and several round brushes
Two glasses with clean water
Colours:
- Titanium buff (Van Gogh)
- Light grey (Sennelier)
- Own aqua mix
- Prussian Blue (Sennelier)
- Phalo Turquoise (Sennelier)
- Helio Turquoise (Schmincke)
- Lunar Blue (Daniel Smith)
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Time taken: approximately 45 minutes

Filming equipment:
Nikon d3100
Overhead tripod
Canon G9X
Flexi mini tripod

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Music Used (accessed through an EpidemicSound subscription):
- Seven Daughters – Fabien Tell
- Neptune – Bonnie Grace
- Dreams of the Brave – Trabant 33
- The Laws of Thermodynamics – Gabriel Parker