Paint A Simple BEGINNERS Watercolor Loose SUNSET Seascape, Loose watercolour landscape tutorial

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Today I'm painting a beginner friendly loose sunset seascape scene with the twinkling lights of a distant town on the far shore.
The idea is to try to let go and paint a wet in wet sky, sea and sand as loosely as possible, aiming to keep it really softly diffused. Once dry, the headlands and rocks are added, lifting out some highlights on the rocks with the corner of a plastic card. It looks challenging, but it is a simple and exciting process that, with a bit of practice, is a great way for getting beginners used to the way water and paint can flow on the page, and getting balanced tonal values with enough darks, while keeping things fresh and tranasparent.

I'm using Millford 100% cotton hot press 140lb/300g weight paper, 11" x 15"/28cms x 38cms, my paper is taped to my board with ordinary decorators masking tape and is at an angle of about 45 degrees so gravity will help me paint. I use various brushes as demonstrated in the video, but use whichever brushes you have.