This really has opened my eyes to wet blending. I kept adding more more water to blend instead of just working with a dryer brush and concentrated pigment. Thank you!
I’m an old chook rediscovering her love of painting and drawing and you are making the journey so much easier. You’re an excellent teacher. Thank you x
Hi, I'm a new subscriber, also new to watercolor - actually new to drawing and painting. I have bought two online courses - and what I have learned from you this morning is more than I learned in the past two weeks. I'm a Minder now!
Enjoying this playlist. You keep sharing so many great bits of insight. All to make us better at the medium of water color. It's certainly a process that takes much time to master. Though it's FUN!!!!
I am so happy I found you! And I can attest to using Arches paper over the others. I didn't want to spend the money but after struggling, I bought it & the results are amazing. I'm now able to get the results you're teaching!
I had a water colour set bought and ready to use over a year now but i always preferred pencil sketches.. Now I understand why! I never understood the mind of water colour :)) I love your channel, specially that basics playlist!! Just your way of teaching makes me realise it isn't so hard after all. Greetings from India :D
I stumbled across your youtube address and was blown away. I am a new (struggling) watercolorist and although I am taking a mixed media painting lessons the instructor's first love is acrylic not watercolor. Your videos are SO helpful, will be following you from now on!!
I'm lucky to have an art room in my basement. So I go down there several times a day and spend about 15-30 minutes practicing blending. Today I did two colors. You're videos are fantastic. I'm starting to get it thanks to your basic exercises. Honestly, you were born to teach!
I have been playing with WC for 20 yrs, with a long break these past yrs. i had one fantastic teacher and many not so good. Recently 4friends joined me in a paint group and i was the designated teacher. We have learned so much from MWC videos and they are giving us a solid foundation. Thanks for these great learning experiences!
GREAT! i'm still in beginning stages and this is what I needed to see. Way better than just completing a watercolour and being frustrated on the time involved not even knowing the basics! Thank you!
I'm one of your beginners. I'm watching your basics playlist before anything else. After watching about 5 videos last night, I was swatching some new paints today and I felt a new understanding of what I was working with. My friend Anja recommended your videos and I thank her for that.
I just began watching your videos tonight and I love it! I have a set of Koi watercolors that my husband bought me several months ago and I have only played around to see the colors. I've never had the nerve to try and actually paint anything. After watching a couple of your blending videos I have began to feel an excitement about learning to paint in the watercolor medium! Thank you so much for your videos! I can't wait to watch your basics playlist and begin my journey!
Steve, this has been incredibly helpful information and teaching! I’m finally getting the results that I’ve always been hoping for!! I am really starting to get the mind of watercolor. 🤗🎨
Great video - Thanks for your clear descriptions and hands-on demos. My favorite comment that has really helped in my work, "rule of thumb is to get the brush gradually drier... avoid temptation add more water." Thank you!
You are awesome, and thanks for helping me become a better artist, I love all your videos, they're a great help for beginners like me. I love how you connect with the water colors, like they're your close personal friends lol.
I've been painting with oils and acrylics for a while now, but this watercolour thing is difficult for me to get my head around. Thanks so much for your videos... they have solved a lot of the watercolour mysteries in my mind.
I've been learning much about watercolor with your videos. They are excellent. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. God bless you. Love from Brazil.
I cant thank you enough for this playlist of Watercolor beginning basics!!! So far I'm understanding how watercolor acts and reacts, what to do and what not to do! I just wish i had more time to practice but I'm not giving up I'm tooooo in to this medium!!! You have the ability to make us fall in love for watercolor! It's not impossible...it's just different from other mediums, like you say it's got a mind of her own....but thanks to you we ( your minders) are understanding it!!! My goal is to paint the beautiful landscapes of France!!! Mostly Bretagne ...and the sea !
I'm a beginner too and I'm loving your videos! We had a crappy art teacher in school who pretty much drove us away from any form of art. Thanks to RUclips and people like yourself, I have been able to rekindle my interest in watercolor painting. I've made a point to do one small piece a day! Your videos are just awesome, not too long to get bored and not too short to not be able to follow them. Please keep making great content like this!
Steve ,how I wish you had these videos around when I was learning . I spent a lot of time frustrated and feeling like I would never"get it".We "Minders" are very fortunate to have the quality content you generously share! Thank you.
I'm so glad I found your channel! What a blessing it's been. I am a beginner and your instruction is really helping me get the basics. I may actually be able to paint something beautiful one day!!!
Wow this has been an amazing tutorial for me. It has opened my eyes and helped me to understand why I've be struggling with blends. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge so generously. You have a real gift in your ability to explain and demonstrate techniques in a way that makes sense. Thank you, thank you!!!
Watching for the second time just to see the brush, pallet and water container interaction, so I understand what is happening off-camera a lot of the time. This is a great video.
This video is awesome! Just what I needed as a beginner looking to do a Florida sunset afterglow...even the colors are great! Your teaching is the best:)
Hi Steve. I'm one of those newbies you were talking about. Actually, I've collected art supplies for the last 20 years and haven't used them very much because of the fear of failure factor. I've been discouraged because I just couldn't "get" it. Now, with your help and patience I'm getting it. Love your vids - thank you!
+Barbara Wightman I had the fear of failure thing until I found Steve's channel. Then I 'embraced failure' and it's been all go go go since then. I love watercolor. I also gave myself a 30 day challenge where I painted one painting a day for 30 days. That was a fantastic confidence builder. It doesn't have to be anything complicated; just DO something. I'm still very much a beginner, but I'm over the fear.
Rose Ryan. How sweet of you to give me feedback...and boost my determination! One a day for 30 days, wow! Congrats. I was able to spend Mother's Day with the kids yesterday so today has been all Steve Mitchell vids, experimenting with washes, and trying out brushes. What fun!! Thanks again and paint on!!
I love your work and you're an awesome teacher. I watch you and a couple of others that you are by far the most detailed. I especially enjoyed your videos on how to control the water and the consistency etc. I am practicing and believe it or not I am getting better. I love this medium and I will stick with it until I get it and then I will enjoy it totally. Thank you for your patience. Besides, you are a real joy to watch! Thanks
Another awesome video! As a beginner I have realized there are many elements I’m juggling…paper, brushes, water, pigment…and I don’t know what may be causing the “problem”. For instance, I can’t seem to get my brush clean quickly enough. I know it all gets better with practice. Thank you!
Ah ha moment! The brush should get dryer as you go .... Yeah, I am one of those that thought more water was needed. So many frustrating moments. Thank you thank you for this! If I wasn't nearly homeless I'd be contributing to your Patreon. I can only send my positive thoughts to your continued success.
Steve, God Bless you , I love, Love, Love your videos. You hit it right for me. Everything I want to learn is right there, you do it so well to so easy to follow and understand. What a blessing your site is. And the icing on the cake are you little bible verses. You are an inspiration to me and all. Keep up your awesome work. Until the next time, my friend. Peace and Love....
This is excellent, I took delivery a couple of days ago of my first set of 24 Winsor & Newton watercolours full pans. I am trying to learn as much as I can about watercolour and this is the perfect channel Steve.
You're tutorials and speed paints have helped me so much improve my techniques. I jumped at the chance to support you on Patreon. Very much deserved and hope to learn more. Thank you! ♥
Your videos are SO helpful! I painted with acrylics and oil but never with watercolors. And when I did the first time a few weeks ago I just thought WTF..... It´s really very different to acrylics and oil ..lol.. (sorry for my english, it´s not my mother language ;-) )
Hey Steve Just wanted to say thanks for the blending and wash videos. Just turned 50 and decided it was time to come back to art. Had no idea watercolor was where I was going to land, but here I am. Of the art experience I had back in school most of it was drawing, a little drafting and commercial oriented design. Notice I didn't mention watercolor? Anyway I've viewed a lot of watercolorist's channels and yours is where I keep coming back and learning. You are a fine teacher sir and I thank you.
Awesome Videos Steve! Thanks to all your hard work, I'm now currently working on a beautiful Iris painting for my mother! And I'm using a lot of the techniques you teach, thank-you so much! Take care!
Absolute beginner here, this channel is invaluable! I'm getting better and better! 🙂
This information is so helpful for a beginner. I haven't found the detailed explanation for the things in your basic videos anywhere else!
The mind of watercolor is the best set of videos for beginners.Goes over techniques over and.over
I’m new to watercolor!!! I will use his techniques tonight when I paint!!
As a beginner, you and Reese has been inspirational. I have watched more than once your videos. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks, I appreciate it!
Will be back to watch and practice with my water colours, great lesson and lots of ahhhh moments
You are an excellent teacher. Very knowledgeable.
My new teacher here thank you so much sir I’m a beginner and your videos very helpful 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻🌻
I'm an old painter but newbie too you! Going back to Basics with you~
Exactly what us newbies need .... the basics 👍🏻 Brilliantly done .... thank you .
I am new at watercolor painting. I have looked at several tutorials and yours are the easiest to understand. Thank you so much.
At last I am getting to understand about watercolour 👍
This really has opened my eyes to wet blending. I kept adding more more water to blend instead of just working with a dryer brush and concentrated pigment. Thank you!
I’m an old chook rediscovering her love of painting and drawing and you are making the journey so much easier. You’re an excellent teacher. Thank you x
This video is saving my grade in art 1 thankyou!
Thanks! Your Basics playlist has helped me so me.
I am new to watercolors, and your videos are the most helpful I’ve found. Thank you so much!!!
Hi, I'm a new subscriber, also new to watercolor - actually new to drawing and painting. I have bought two online courses - and what I have learned from you this morning is more than I learned in the past two weeks. I'm a Minder now!
Wow! Thanks for the vote of confidence. Glad it was a help.
This was very helpful as a beginner
Enjoying this playlist. You keep sharing so many great bits of insight. All to make us better at the medium of water color. It's certainly a process that takes much time to master. Though it's FUN!!!!
I am so happy I found you! And I can attest to using Arches paper over the others. I didn't want to spend the money but after struggling, I bought it & the results are amazing. I'm now able to get the results you're teaching!
Yep. I ought tattoo that on my forehead. Most people don't think it makes a difference. Thanks!
I had a water colour set bought and ready to use over a year now but i always preferred pencil sketches.. Now I understand why! I never understood the mind of water colour :))
I love your channel, specially that basics playlist!! Just your way of teaching makes me realise it isn't so hard after all.
Greetings from India :D
+Ritobrita De Thanks! Glad to be of help.
I stumbled across your youtube address and was blown away. I am a new (struggling) watercolorist and although I am taking a mixed media painting lessons the instructor's first love is acrylic not watercolor. Your videos are SO helpful, will be following you from now on!!
Thanks! Glad you found me. Welcome.
I'm lucky to have an art room in my basement. So I go down there several times a day and spend about 15-30 minutes practicing blending. Today I did two colors. You're videos are fantastic. I'm starting to get it thanks to your basic exercises. Honestly, you were born to teach!
Why thanks so much!
I agree!
I have been playing with WC for 20 yrs, with a long break these past yrs. i had one fantastic teacher and many not so good. Recently 4friends joined me in a paint group and i was the designated teacher. We have learned so much from MWC videos and they are giving us a solid foundation. Thanks for these great learning experiences!
Thanks for sharing this with us beginners. I am just thrilled to learn more techniques and terms of watercolor painting. Very well explained.
you are just fab, love watching your tutorials!! thankyou xx
GREAT! i'm still in beginning stages and this is what I needed to see. Way better than just completing a watercolour and being frustrated on the time involved not even knowing the basics! Thank you!
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This series has been so helpful. Thank you for your time in conveying the details.
I'm one of your beginners. I'm watching your basics playlist before anything else. After watching about 5 videos last night, I was swatching some new paints today and I felt a new understanding of what I was working with. My friend Anja recommended your videos and I thank her for that.
I just began watching your videos tonight and I love it! I have a set of Koi watercolors that my husband bought me several months ago and I have only played around to see the colors. I've never had the nerve to try and actually paint anything. After watching a couple of your blending videos I have began to feel an excitement about learning to paint in the watercolor medium! Thank you so much for your videos! I can't wait to watch your basics playlist and begin my journey!
Steve, this has been incredibly helpful information and teaching! I’m finally getting the results that I’ve always been hoping for!! I am really starting to get the mind of watercolor. 🤗🎨
I can always count on your great clear
Instructions in your relaxed patient manner ..Thank you so much .I love every piece you paint.
This is so useful.. thank you so much for sharing your expertise.
Thank you ... I am new to watercolor painting and your tutorials are so very helpful and informative!
+Pat Walsh Welcome to the medium!
Great video - Thanks for your clear descriptions and hands-on demos. My favorite comment that has really helped in my work, "rule of thumb is to get the brush gradually drier... avoid temptation add more water." Thank you!
You are awesome, and thanks for helping me become a better artist, I love all your videos, they're a great help for beginners like me. I love how you connect with the water colors, like they're your close personal friends lol.
+ZombieKatt 9 Yes, thanks for noticing. I spend a lot of time in its "mind"!
I was about to give up on watercolours, but thanks to these wonderful videos I now realise where I was going wrong. Thank you so much!
I've been painting with oils and acrylics for a while now, but this watercolour thing is difficult for me to get my head around. Thanks so much for your videos... they have solved a lot of the watercolour mysteries in my mind.
Yes... just starting.. great info and great videos.
Thanks Steve , I'm in watercolor preschool and going thru your basics and they are Very helpful! Rich
I've been learning much about watercolor with your videos. They are excellent. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. God bless you. Love from Brazil.
I cant thank you enough for this playlist of Watercolor beginning basics!!! So far I'm understanding how watercolor acts and reacts, what to do and what not to do! I just wish i had more time to practice but I'm not giving up I'm tooooo in to this medium!!!
You have the ability to make us fall in love for watercolor! It's not impossible...it's just different from other mediums, like you say it's got a mind of her own....but thanks to you we ( your minders) are understanding it!!!
My goal is to paint the beautiful landscapes of France!!! Mostly Bretagne ...and the sea !
Thanks Marina. Glad it was a help!
I'm a beginner too and I'm loving your videos! We had a crappy art teacher in school who pretty much drove us away from any form of art. Thanks to RUclips and people like yourself, I have been able to rekindle my interest in watercolor painting. I've made a point to do one small piece a day! Your videos are just awesome, not too long to get bored and not too short to not be able to follow them. Please keep making great content like this!
Good for you on the doing a piece a day. Great growth mechanism!
Steve ,how I wish you had these videos around when I was learning . I spent a lot of time frustrated and feeling like I would never"get it".We "Minders" are very fortunate to have the quality content you generously share! Thank you.
+Patrizia Cathey thanks for the encouragement!
I'm so glad I found your channel! What a blessing it's been. I am a beginner and your instruction is really helping me get the basics. I may actually be able to paint something beautiful one day!!!
Wow this has been an amazing tutorial for me. It has opened my eyes and helped me to understand why I've be struggling with blends. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge so generously. You have a real gift in your ability to explain and demonstrate techniques in a way that makes sense. Thank you, thank you!!!
Thanks, glad it was a help!
splash that color around like crazy! thats modern art
Watching for the second time just to see the brush, pallet and water container interaction, so I understand what is happening off-camera a lot of the time. This is a great video.
Thank you so much . I have just started with watercolour and your lessons are extremely helpful.
This video is awesome! Just what I needed as a beginner looking to do a Florida sunset afterglow...even the colors are great! Your teaching is the best:)
Hi Steve. I'm one of those newbies you were talking about. Actually, I've collected art supplies for the last 20 years and haven't used them very much because of the fear of failure factor. I've been discouraged because I just couldn't "get" it. Now, with your help and patience I'm getting it. Love your vids - thank you!
+Barbara Wightman I had the fear of failure thing until I found Steve's channel. Then I 'embraced failure' and it's been all go go go since then. I love watercolor. I also gave myself a 30 day challenge where I painted one painting a day for 30 days. That was a fantastic confidence builder. It doesn't have to be anything complicated; just DO something. I'm still very much a beginner, but I'm over the fear.
Rose Ryan. How sweet of you to give me feedback...and boost my determination! One a day for 30 days, wow! Congrats.
I was able to spend Mother's Day with the kids yesterday so today has been all Steve Mitchell vids, experimenting with washes, and trying out brushes. What fun!! Thanks again and paint on!!
Liebe Grüße aus Deutschland von Cornelia. Ich bin begeistert! Danke
Love your lessons. This is my homework after my weekly in studio class.
Steve this episode and previous one answered many questions for me!!! thank you
Another great video, thank you, Steve!
Don't think I've seen this one before, thank you! Blending 2 or more colors is really what I need to practice.
i am a newbie and love ur videos i have looked on the net and u r so easy to understand as a newbie more please
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Great video, Steven. These blending lessons are very much appreciated. You have been such an inspiration, I just want to tell everyone.
+Rose Ryan thanks so much Rose!
Rose Ryan
I love your work and you're an awesome teacher. I watch you and a couple of others that you are by far the most detailed. I especially enjoyed your videos on how to control the water and the consistency etc. I am practicing and believe it or not I am getting better. I love this medium and I will stick with it until I get it and then I will enjoy it totally. Thank you for your patience. Besides, you are a real joy to watch! Thanks
I totally believe it! Learning is simply discovery, enjoying the discovery process is the where the joy is for me!
Another awesome video! As a beginner I have realized there are many elements I’m juggling…paper, brushes, water, pigment…and I don’t know what may be causing the “problem”. For instance, I can’t seem to get my brush clean quickly enough. I know it all gets better with practice. Thank you!
So, so helpful. My goodness I am incredibly appreciative.
Very helpful. Now I can start correcting my technique. Thanks!
+Penny Lane 👍
Being brand new to watercolor, I appreciate these videos very much! Thank you so much for doing them :D
Ah ha moment! The brush should get dryer as you go .... Yeah, I am one of those that thought more water was needed. So many frustrating moments. Thank you thank you for this! If I wasn't nearly homeless I'd be contributing to your Patreon. I can only send my positive thoughts to your continued success.
+sovereigns1grace No worries, thanks for watching.
You are so helpful . You seem to know what I need to know before I do. Thank you
Wow! Wish that were true. 😉 Thanks!
Steve, God Bless you , I love, Love, Love your videos. You hit it right for me. Everything I want to learn is right there, you do it so well to so easy to follow and understand. What a blessing your site is. And the icing on the cake are you little bible verses. You are an inspiration to me and all. Keep up your awesome work. Until the next time, my friend. Peace and Love....
This is excellent, I took delivery a couple of days ago of my first set of 24 Winsor & Newton watercolours full pans. I am trying to learn as much as I can about watercolour and this is the perfect channel Steve.
+Coloured Pencil Reviews Thanks so much, very kind!
Thank you immensely...there is so much I need to learn and I know the best way is to start out with the basics for beginners.
Very informative. Thanks so much.
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us.. your pace is wonderful and so easy to understand..
Steve, you’ve been an awesome help. God Bless
This was great Steve, so very , very helpful. I love your relaxed but extremely informative sessions...Many thanks. Look forward to the next session.
+Want to learn Reidy Thanks! Glad it was helpful.
Not enough thumbs up for you dude ! 👍 👍 👍 !!! Greatly appreciated ! 👍
Thanks for the wonderful videos! They are very helpful! Have a great week!
+Anne Wright Thanks!
You've helped me so much in my watercolour attempts, I just had to pledge my support. Good luck and keep the teaching videos coming!
+brontocat So grateful, thank you!
hi . thanks again steve your help is very much appreciated ,and i have my son following you now .
You're tutorials and speed paints have helped me so much improve my techniques. I jumped at the chance to support you on Patreon. Very much deserved and hope to learn more. Thank you! ♥
+Mspoodle Thank you so much. You're support means a ton.
so very helpful- thanks
Thanks! You really make blending very helpful, and important for me.
+Blanca Lopez 👍
Really enjoying your videos. Just got that Neptune flat brush, so lovely!
Thanks! Yeah thats a great brush!
Your tutorials are so very helpful and informative! Thank you. I´m from Brasil!
Thanks! and thanks for watching!
Thank you again for all of your help. Your video's are my favorite!!! (I am one of the beginners)
You're welcome! Thank you!
Super Helpful, yet again! Thank you!
+Amanda Arana you're welcome!
This is just to Thank you for such great beginning information. i am positive my frustration is going to subside. God Bless
Yep, I am a newbie. Glad I found you. Love your tutorials.
+Ruth O'Hara 👍
really helpful. loving this series :) much love from sweden
Hey hey :) love your videos! Since I have just started too I decided to comment on this one. Thanks a lot for the lessons
+Mariana Ramos Borges You bet!
Your videos are SO helpful! I painted with acrylics and oil but never with watercolors.
And when I did the first time a few weeks ago I just thought WTF..... It´s really very different to acrylics and oil ..lol..
(sorry for my english, it´s not my mother language ;-) )
+Maysi - Art thanks, glad they're a help.
Hey Steve Just wanted to say thanks for the blending and wash videos. Just turned 50 and decided it was time to come back to art. Had no idea watercolor was where I was going to land, but here I am. Of the art experience I had back in school most of it was drawing, a little drafting and commercial oriented design. Notice I didn't mention watercolor? Anyway I've viewed a lot of watercolorist's channels and yours is where I keep coming back and learning. You are a fine teacher sir and I thank you.
Very kind thanks!
You are amazing!! Thank you so much for sharing your talent!!
Thanks again for another very helpful video.
Awesome Videos Steve! Thanks to all your hard work, I'm now currently working on a beautiful Iris painting for my mother! And I'm using a lot of the techniques you teach, thank-you so much! Take care!
+Hermione Jarvis I agree with you Hermione. Steve is awesome.
+Owings Art Thanks you guys!
Thanks for teaching us so much!!! I LOOOOVE YOUR CHANNEL!!!! On to "blending" practice! ; )
Just beginning - thank You VERY MUCH!! :)
+Cindy L4H You bet, welcome to the medium.
This playlist is amazing!! Thank you so much! 🤗
you're very helpful! i'm glad that I found your videos and
thank you for sharing your knowledge with us :)
thankyoiu so much these last few videos have helped me so mu;ch
Yet another great tutorial. Thank you so much Steve. As soon as I am able I will become a patreon but for now I'm just barely getting by myself.
+roden70 No worries, thanks so much for watching.
Hi Steve Congratulations you're through 50k subscribers now👏👏👏. Well deserved.
+Big C Yeah, thanks! Sort of sneaked up on me. 😃