Tips, tricks, and techniques for how to paint rocks in detail. Painting rocks both above and under water. Reflections in bright light in a creek are also covered.
This video is about 60 minutes long, however on my Patreon membership I have the full video which runs for about 4 hours, with a lot more tips, tricks, and techniques.

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00:00 Intro
00:47 Drawing
03:32 Mixing the colors
05:54 Painting the distant background
07:09 Painting the initial water wash
10:22 Painting the rocks
43:33 Painting rocks under water and reflections

My teaching manual: Mastering Watercolors - A Practical Guide: amzn.to/3ZF2FRW

Materials used:
Paper:
Quarter sheet, 185 gsm Arches Cold Pressed watercolor paper
Watercolor paints, all are Winsor and Newton:
French Ultramarine
Cobalt Blue
Cerulean Blue
Cobalt Turquoise
Raw Sienna
Burnt Sienna
Raw Umber
Aureolin or Winsor Lemon, or any cool yellow
Permanent Rose
Scarlet Lake
Brushes:
Size 8 & 12 round watercolor brushes
Mop brush for wetting the back of the paper
Rigger
Hog hair fan brush
Other material:
Waterproof backing board, I use 6mm thick black acrylic, held at about 20 degrees

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