Hi Marina, It's been a long time since I checked out my youtube channel... It's been a busy time. But, I'm so glad this video has been inspiring to you. Hope you are still painting! :)
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! This was the first time in all my painting that I was able to achieve a flat wash. I have watched so many tutorials, and none of the advice and techniques have resulted in a perfectly flat wash. But thanks to your zigzag brushwork and seeing that jagged bead of water, my wash was gorgeously uniform. And I loved the blending of all the colors. Like you said, very meditative. :D
Im a little slow, so im honestly glad you pointed out you were left handed. Id have set everything up like you and wondered why it was so difficult for at least a week.
Excellent lesson, Jeannie. Thank you so much!! Makes me realize how important these meditative practices are for improving our skills as well as loosening up. I tend to be impatient and launch right into painting a picture and then wonder why I make so many mistakes! Practice & Play!!
Thank you! This is just the info I have been looking for to incorporate into my paintings. I've been painting w/c for over 20 years and I never stop learning.
Thank you so much Jeannie!!! This is wonderful!!! It feels like having you in the same room teaching your techniques!! I'm hoping you create whole watercolour workshops online so that you can reach out to students all over the world with your beautiful and incredible talent!!
want to thank you Jeannie for being so willing to share your techniques! you are an amazing teacher, and an amazing wc artist. You are an inspiration to me who has no experience with wc. I am hoping that I will have the courage to experiment and one day succeed on my wc journey...just wish I lived on the west coast in order to attend a class. thank you again for your generosity
Starzshine614... It's so great that we can share with others this way. So happy the videos are being seen and appreciated this way. I'll be happy to help in any way I can.
Great video. I'm just learning watercolor and I tried another tutorial, but realized I just didn't know how to do a wash right. I went along with your video and it worked better, but it looks like my paper just doesn't hold enough water to make transitions quite as seamless as yours. I'll keep playing around with it and see if maybe I just didn't have enough pigment or vice versa.
I'm an absolute beginner, got all the supplies I need, even did a few projects, excited to begin I guess, before I even learned any real techniques. I was happy with the end result, but I'm going to start fresh with learning techniques. I have a question, do you have to stretch paper? I didn't know you have to do that. I mean it makes sense, but do I have to? Isn't that expensive for beginner to get something to do that? Can you explain or send a link about this to me
Hi Helen, Yes, you can either wet the paper and paint (wet on wet), or paint directly on dry paper to achieve different effects. Happy to answer any questions you may have. :)
Hi Jd and Carey. Yes, I forgot to mention that. My board is tilted. It's resting on a 4 x 4 piece of wood. That helps with the wash, of course. If you lay your paper flat you won't get that same movement down the paper. Thanks for asking! I'll remember to show how I've got it all set up in a future video.
I’m a. Beginner at 90 yrs old your teaching method is excellent and I’ve been practicing this tutorial over and over again, so relaxing I love it
Hi Marina, It's been a long time since I checked out my youtube channel... It's been a busy time. But, I'm so glad this video has been inspiring to you. Hope you are still painting! :)
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! This was the first time in all my painting that I was able to achieve a flat wash. I have watched so many tutorials, and none of the advice and techniques have resulted in a perfectly flat wash. But thanks to your zigzag brushwork and seeing that jagged bead of water, my wash was gorgeously uniform. And I loved the blending of all the colors. Like you said, very meditative. :D
Im a little slow, so im honestly glad you pointed out you were left handed. Id have set everything up like you and wondered why it was so difficult for at least a week.
Oh thank you, This is the best video out there on washes, I have been looling for one since day ^^
Excellent lesson, Jeannie. Thank you so much!! Makes me realize how important these meditative practices are for improving our skills as well as loosening up. I tend to be impatient and launch right into painting a picture and then wonder why I make so many mistakes! Practice & Play!!
Absolutely!!
Thank you so much for this demonstration. It really helps a lot to lose fear of watercolors.
I'm so glad it helped.
The best lesson I've seen on this. Thank you!
Thank you! This is just the info I have been looking for to incorporate into my paintings. I've been painting w/c for over 20 years and I never stop learning.
Thank you so much Jeannie!!! This is wonderful!!! It feels like having you in the same room teaching your techniques!! I'm hoping you create whole watercolour workshops online so that you can reach out to students all over the world with your beautiful and incredible talent!!
Thanks Chris! I will put that on my list of things to strive for. It's awesome to know that the videos are valuable to artists!
So happy to have found you. I've never seen this zigzag stroke to blend before, always side-to-side. I can't wait to try this way, thank you!
It's a great blending technique! Did you try it?
want to thank you Jeannie for being so willing to share your techniques! you are an amazing teacher, and an amazing wc artist. You are an inspiration to me who has no experience with wc. I am hoping that I will have the courage to experiment and one day succeed on my wc journey...just wish I lived on the west coast in order to attend a class. thank you again for your generosity
Starzshine614... It's so great that we can share with others this way. So happy the videos are being seen and appreciated this way.
I'll be happy to help in any way I can.
Really helpful ! You do make it look easy though !!!!! Thank you
Fantastic Jeanne! Would love to see more videos of yours! Great job!
This was really helpful! Thank you.
You're so welcome!
Thanks 👏. That is a beautiful.. blend each one
Great video. I'm just learning watercolor and I tried another tutorial, but realized I just didn't know how to do a wash right. I went along with your video and it worked better, but it looks like my paper just doesn't hold enough water to make transitions quite as seamless as yours. I'll keep playing around with it and see if maybe I just didn't have enough pigment or vice versa.
I'm an absolute beginner, got all the supplies I need, even did a few projects, excited to begin I guess, before I even learned any real techniques. I was happy with the end result, but I'm going to start fresh with learning techniques. I have a question, do you have to stretch paper? I didn't know you have to do that. I mean it makes sense, but do I have to? Isn't that expensive for beginner to get something to do that? Can you explain or send a link about this to me
Muito obrigado por compartilhar sua técnica, parabéns 🙏🙌👍👏👏👏👏👏
I about to start out on thos journey, and have watched a ton of videos, I am soooooo happy to finally see another lefty! 😁
Yay! Thank you!
Very helpful
I'm just learning. I thought all washes were wet on wet, but this looks like wet on dry?
Hi Helen,
Yes, you can either wet the paper and paint (wet on wet), or paint directly on dry paper to achieve different effects. Happy to answer any questions you may have. :)
Thank you!
Is the board tilted?
I was just wondering the same thing....it looks like it’s slightly tilted.
Hi Jd and Carey. Yes, I forgot to mention that. My board is tilted. It's resting on a 4 x 4 piece of wood. That helps with the wash, of course. If you lay your paper flat you won't get that same movement down the paper. Thanks for asking! I'll remember to show how I've got it all set up in a future video.
Do you still get msgs, 5 yrs on?