Art Prof Clara Lieu visits Mt. Pleasant, Widstoe, and Green River on the way to Southern Utah, where she paints on site using Winsor & Newton watercolors and alcohol based brush pens.
- 1 min. short (water based vs. alcohol based markers)
- 22 min. video
Prof Lieu paints a “monument” of rocks in the desert, a fence with a patch of trees and a propane tank & watermelon stand at a truck stop in an effort to tackle her artistic weaknesses: color, landscape, and watercolor.
Video Walkthrough
- Family in Utah
- Watercolor Paper & Blocks
- Watercolor Tubes vs. Cakes
- Watercolor palette
- Watercolor colors
- Scrap paper to test colors
- Watercolor brushes
- Dry brushing technique
- Cleaning brushes & sponges
- Rocks in Mt. Pleasant
- Alcohol based markers
- Watercolor scares me!
- Landscape in Widstoe
- Atmospheric Perspective
- Caspar David Friedrich
- Comparing 2 paintings
- Overworking your watercolor
- Traveling is unpredictable
- Truck stop in Green River
- Melon stand
- Drawing as fast as I can
![Clara Lieu, banner](jpg/mt-pleasant-rocks-04.jpg)
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