PLEASE NOTE: You will be charged in US dollars, but are paying the equivalent of the GBP price shown here (£20 +VAT per video) at the current exchange rate. Your bank may add a small conversion fee.
Follow Jem out into his ‘natural habitat’ of the outdoors, where direct connection with the landscape and elements brings some painters (including Jem) to life!
To begin, he provides an introduction to his equipment and preparation. The four demonstrations that follow provide a feel for Jem’s committed and direct attitude to plein air painting. The commentary describes an intuitive approach, combining technique with the aim of enjoying and learning from the experience of the moment, whilst hopefully capturing a sense of it.
The locations are:
A summer’s day on the Somerset levels, a fresh spring morning overlooking a stretch of cornish coastline, a cotswold church in evening light and a hillside farmstead on a blustery afternoon.
Connection with nature provides impetus to paint, a wish to share, or pass on the whole atmosphere of ‘being there’. And also somehow to contribute to that moment, to be a part of it whilst paying tribute to the subject. Watercolour is just the chosen medium. Another person may just see a painting, but for Jem it’s the reason behind the painting that matters most, the motivation being more important than the result.
Running time: 2 hours 12 mins.
PRICE £20 plus VAT (please note, you will be charged in US dollars. Your bank may add a small conversion fee)
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This video guides you through some of my key painting methods in the studio environment. Featuring five half imperial size demo paintings, a few short ‘technique introductions’ and much discussion of composition, interpretation, prioritisation and compromise – amongst other watercolour issues.
Strong darks, ‘dry into wet’, ‘wet against wet’ and a soft & hard edge approach to painting fairweather clouds.
The demo paintings feature a dramatic cloud/natural landscape, a beach scene with rock stacks, a Norfolk coastal scene with boat, a farmland barn & pasture and a wetland nature reserve.
Running time: 2 hour and 24 minute running time, in Full HD (1920×1080)
PRICE £20 plus VAT (please note, you will be charged in US dollars. Your bank may add a small conversion fee)
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https://jembowdenart.gumroad.com/l/springeveninghedgerow
At the above link you will also find my first instructional demonstration video, which has been unavailable for several years until now (Jan 2026). I initially had this available for selling at my early workshops and courses in person – on DVD – soon after I turned ‘professional’. A shorter video than my other two, with just the one demo painting, but also taking time to separately discuss some key techniques in detail and compositional considerations.
This video is 70 minutes long, and is £7 plus VAT.
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From March 2026 these two videos will no longer be accessible at their old location. I’ve had to do this in order to make the videos financially viable after 7+ years at their current location, the last few of which actually being loss-making for me. Thank you if you’ve purchased the videos, and if so then please note:
You can until March 2026 either download these videos in order to keep them on your own hard drive, by going to where you stream them from, logging in as normal, then selecting the ‘download’ option. Or, after March if you’d like to retain access to them for streaming then please email me with proof of purchase. Probably you can search your email inbox for the email you’ll have received from me at time of purchase. Thank you.
I also have several full demo videos on Youtube, plus a couple of other short films. Below is one of these. The demonstrations are unedited, by which I mean you see every brushstroke of the whole painting, which I hope is helpful. The videos are each approx 40 – 50 minutes long.
You can visit (and subscribe to) my YouTube channel to view more free videos. Click the button below to go there.
If you’d like to contact me to discuss purchasing original watercolour paintings, arranging tuition, attending a painting holiday or for any other reason, then please feel free to email or call me and of course you can also network with me on social media.
E: contact@jembowdenwatercolour.co.uk
T: 0117 9711735
