This was so helpful! I haven't done any watercolors for decades and I realize now that the main reason was that all of my teachers failed to teach me properly. One said to me: don't paint as if it scares you, but that's what his instructions did for me! I must watch your other videos. I think I am going to enjoy myself so much with the watercolors I received as a gift yesterday.
Great to also have the timelapse at the end! Repeating the technique with a similar, but somewhat more complex composition as in the original demo helped me consolidate your teaching and get a glimpse of how the technique could be taken further - thank you!
You use a lot of negative painting as well. Your style and end result are beautiful. I really need to get back to watercolor and try this. I think I will devote a sketchbook to practice your techniques. I just love the final result. I’ve been painting mostly in gouache and my painting has gone downhill due to health problems and concentration issues with pain, but I miss watercolor. Your style is one I was never taught, but the end result was always my desire.😊
You're right - I use a LOT of negative painting in my work, always. I'm really sorry to hear of the health problems and concentration issues - I hope dabbling in watercolour may go some way to helping you with that. Thank you for the comment.
Дорогая, желаю Вам скорейшего исцеления и пусть акварель и любовь близких помогут в жтом🙏 Желаю здоавствовать и процветать максимально долго!!! Привет из Украины💛💙
Peter... I love how you "teach" thank you..... learned so much in this video.... You teach in such an "untechnical" manner and yet with such detail that can be used in all watercolor paintings.... so glad I found you.... looking forward to repeating this video today to practice what you have shared..... again THANK YOU
That was very interesting. I have never seen your work before. I would love to see more. You explained it very well since I do not know how to water collar and I’m trying to learn.
That is a really timely video for me. I've been painting in watercolor for over 20 years. Ups and downstairs along the way, and presently experiencing a pretty extended slump.
Thank you for this, it’s explained a lot for me as a beginner, so I’m going to give it a try as it makes total sense as I’m not a good drawer, so I’ll let my paint do that for me, thank you.
That is absolutely beautiful, and such a wonderful explanation - it really made sense to me. I'm new to your channel and excited to have a look around, thank you!
Thank you, Peter! This has taken me right back to the roots of my watercolour. I haven't lost the joy of playing with it and 'seeing what happens', of watching paint flow into paint to do something wonderful, of landscapes, big skies, old barns, farmhouses, fields and trees... Since I moved, the landscape has changed, and within me the longing for those open skies doesn't go away... Even so, the techniques still work for the ancient 13th, 14th, 15th century buildings of the local town. I just need to translate what I know into those beautiful buildings, the steep, tree covered valley side from my windows, the rock colours and formations so different... to stop feeling inadequate and remember just who I am as an artist. Through your videos, you're reminding me of the techniques and colour play I love, and when health and weather permit, to 'just go there, get on with it and stop being so tense about the results!' And to go back to using loose, larger paper (of which I have plenty!) and not tying myself to a smaller sketchbook all the time... Daft, really, here I am giving myself, and hearing you give us, me, the exact same advice I gave / give to my students. Thanks again, Peter.
You're very welcome Mrs Barnabas - thank you for your very enjoyable and insightful comments... all good advice (and, yes - sometimes we have to offer it to ourselves as a reminder... we are our worst critics)
👋 Peter, thanks so much for this amazing video, I have been painting water colours on and off for a long time time. I find drawing with the brush an amazing way to paint a picture, I will practice more often now, thanks once again. Xx
New viewer and subscriber … I love the demo and Timelapse results and will give this a try … today! I am 8 months into watercolor … 5 painting regularly and at 69 I am not averse to listening (and taking) advice 😊. Thank you!
@@peterwoolleyartist I have done 3 paintings drawing with my brush ... slight progress ... need a lot more practice!! BUT, what fun this method is - I love it!
I’ve an interest in negative watercolor and have books on the subject but I must say it’s much better watching your video, very helpful indeed. This loose, easy style is quite enjoyable to watch and learn from…thanks for sharing your techniques
You know, you are saying basic things here, like go on, don't bother much and don't overthink. Those might be obvious but for a lot of people it could be rather useful advice that helps the progress. Thank you for this one. Loved it.
Thank you Peter! I really enjoyed this and although I myself have been painting water colours for a while, I've learned so much from this lesson which was so good, and especially the Time laps part! Unbelievable!!!! I will most certainly be watching your painting much more in the future!! Thankyou!! Charles!
I've just discovered you. I went to hadrians wall and was inspired by your video and the views at housesteads fort. So I'm gonna get back into watercolour painting. I love your painting style and I think I can match it using your tips. Thanks Peter.
Great video for me this Is the essence of watercolour painting your ability of negative painting Is very well done , your explanation and demonstration are excellent 👍
Your painting ability is amazing! I find myself using my left over paint to do cursive writing, play around making shapes so not even close to your level but feel painting with the brush is easier for me than drawing anything with a pencil! Ty!!
A wonderful amount of key information with simple illustration and explanation in an economy of words and no unnecessary chitchat. Thank you. I am saving this as a reference for an upcoming card I will do for a friend recovering from surgery. 🎨👏🏼👩🏼🎨
I’m totally new to watercolour and have watched a lot of good talented videos but your approach was just right for me. Slow voice and good teaching. Please continue to create more for beginners, I think you would help a lot of us out there understand what watercolour really is. Thanks so much .
Aprpo of nothing (we met briefly at Patchings) today at a art group I did a scene of rocks and waterfalls and I used the seemingly simple (Woolley) method of chucking carefully a blue, red and yellow and made something from it all. My Wife when she saw it said, and I quote, that's beautiful. So thank you for the demos you give us, after 20+ years I finally got that reaction. Keep up the great work 😁 Pete's art. Long hair, discussed the grand circle trip with you.😊
A result! Nice one Peter.... I'm pleased it was helpful to you! Thanks for the great comment - I wish you well, and probably catch up with you at next year's show...
Fantastic approach. The juxtaposition of a well-explained, tutorial that emphasizes a single concept, followed by a time-lapse of that concept being employed with all of the other tricks of the trade, is bloody brilliant! The speed viewing of the follow-on piece was indispensable for me to pick up the rhythmic “swing” of technique applications. It’s otherwise impossible to pick up the forward planning that is occurring live in the painter’s mind; for as much as a painter says (and believes) that he’s working without planning, it just isn’t possible for the professional. You have a winning teaching formula here. I have your books, and know your techniques, still, I can say this was a revelation to me. My dream would be to see you walk out the techniques of Sir William Flint. I love to see those demos where you’re seen grappling with something not already in your ken. It’s an exploratory surgery of your brain.
Thank you so much! I feel this instructive video is going to breathe new life into my painting experience. I am just so excited to put it into practice and on that note I am off to do just that.
This was so helpful! I haven't done any watercolors for decades and I realize now that the main reason was that all of my teachers failed to teach me properly. One said to me: don't paint as if it scares you, but that's what his instructions did for me! I must watch your other videos. I think I am going to enjoy myself so much with the watercolors I received as a gift yesterday.
could not have said it better!!!
I wish I could paint with this kind of vision. Outstanding tutorial! Thank you for sharing it!
This was one of the best explanations and demonstration of how to draw with a brush I've ever seen. You are a very talented instructor. Thank you.
Awww... thanks Toni - your comment is very much appreciated - I'm pleased you enjoyed it.
So clear. Your clarity, speed of delivery and enunciation are perfect. Very impressive.
Great to also have the timelapse at the end! Repeating the technique with a similar, but somewhat more complex composition as in the original demo helped me consolidate your teaching and get a glimpse of how the technique could be taken further - thank you!
You use a lot of negative painting as well. Your style and end result are beautiful. I really need to get back to watercolor and try this. I think I will devote a sketchbook to practice your techniques. I just love the final result. I’ve been painting mostly in gouache and my painting has gone downhill due to health problems and concentration issues with pain, but I miss watercolor. Your style is one I was never taught, but the end result was always my desire.😊
You're right - I use a LOT of negative painting in my work, always. I'm really sorry to hear of the health problems and concentration issues - I hope dabbling in watercolour may go some way to helping you with that. Thank you for the comment.
Дорогая, желаю Вам скорейшего исцеления и пусть акварель и любовь близких помогут в жтом🙏 Желаю здоавствовать и процветать максимально долго!!!
Привет из Украины💛💙
Now this is really watercolor! Beautiful.
Thank you for the lovely comment Hanichay
Peter... I love how you "teach" thank you..... learned so much in this video.... You teach in such an "untechnical" manner and yet with such detail that can be used in all watercolor paintings.... so glad I found you.... looking forward to repeating this video today to practice what you have shared..... again THANK YOU
What a beautiful comment, bless your heart. Agree on everything as well.
Wow this was a powerful demonstration! Thank you.
The timelapsed painting is stunning; I love the aqua with the yellow, umber, burnt sienna, and green.
More tutorials like this please. Thank you 😊
That was very interesting. I have never seen your work before. I would love to see more. You explained it very well since I do not know how to water collar and I’m trying to learn.
Astounding demostration, beautifull result , thanks so much for sharing!! Regards from Patagonia, Argentina !!!
That is a really timely video for me. I've been painting in watercolor for over 20 years. Ups and downstairs along the way, and presently experiencing a pretty extended slump.
Thank you for this, it’s explained a lot for me as a beginner, so I’m going to give it a try as it makes total sense as I’m not a good drawer, so I’ll let my paint do that for me, thank you.
Wow! Thank you. I now feel like I can banish cauliflowers and add depth to trees with ease. Love it!! ❤😊
The perspective just appeared! Great video.
Brilliant! New subscriber, so excited to see more of your art.
I wasnt going to watch this but it got me hooked. Super!
Amazing! I was skeptical at first but you really delivered.💚
I love your tutorials and it would be great to see more as they are so helpful. I love the end painting - great atmosphere ❤
Thanks for the feedback Diane. Many more to come... I'm a slow editor, but I get there eventually. I'm pleased you enjoyed it.
When I first start looking at this video , I would have never thought it would looked like this , AMAZING 👏 .
That is absolutely beautiful, and such a wonderful explanation - it really made sense to me. I'm new to your channel and excited to have a look around, thank you!
Thank you, Peter! This has taken me right back to the roots of my watercolour. I haven't lost the joy of playing with it and 'seeing what happens', of watching paint flow into paint to do something wonderful, of landscapes, big skies, old barns, farmhouses, fields and trees... Since I moved, the landscape has changed, and within me the longing for those open skies doesn't go away...
Even so, the techniques still work for the ancient 13th, 14th, 15th century buildings of the local town. I just need to translate what I know into those beautiful buildings, the steep, tree covered valley side from my windows, the rock colours and formations so different... to stop feeling inadequate and remember just who I am as an artist.
Through your videos, you're reminding me of the techniques and colour play I love, and when health and weather permit, to 'just go there, get on with it and stop being so tense about the results!' And to go back to using loose, larger paper (of which I have plenty!) and not tying myself to a smaller sketchbook all the time...
Daft, really, here I am giving myself, and hearing you give us, me, the exact same advice I gave / give to my students.
Thanks again, Peter.
You're very welcome Mrs Barnabas - thank you for your very enjoyable and insightful comments... all good advice (and, yes - sometimes we have to offer it to ourselves as a reminder... we are our worst critics)
@@peterwoolleyartist 😊
So incredibly gorgeous!!! Thank you for this!!!
👋 Peter, thanks so much for this amazing video, I have been painting water colours on and off for a long time time. I find drawing with the brush an amazing way to paint a picture, I will practice more often now, thanks once again. Xx
Thank you for the lovely comment Annie - practice and perseverance is everything!
You are a master of negative painting.
Thank you Skye - I'm pleased you enjoyed it
Lovely painting - I enjoyed the explanation!
Really enjoyed your video great tips……….thank you. I will be giving this a try.
You're very welcome Margaret - I'm pleased you enjoyed it
New viewer and subscriber … I love the demo and Timelapse results and will give this a try … today! I am 8 months into watercolor … 5 painting regularly and at 69 I am not averse to listening (and taking) advice 😊. Thank you!
Welcome! Thanks for the subscribe. 8 Months!... marvellous!... enjoy the journey...
@@peterwoolleyartist I have done 3 paintings drawing with my brush ... slight progress ... need a lot more practice!! BUT, what fun this method is - I love it!
Thank you, I will have to watch again…your tutorial is helping me!
Love the technique! I’ll certainly practice 😉
This was brilliant! Thank you so much! I learned a lot!
I’ve an interest in negative watercolor and have books on the subject but I must say it’s much better watching your video, very helpful indeed. This loose, easy style is quite enjoyable to watch and learn from…thanks for sharing your techniques
Oh Peter,thanks for this superb tutorial,I can’t wait to have a go! 😍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Great paintings and instruction. Thank you.
You know, you are saying basic things here, like go on, don't bother much and don't overthink.
Those might be obvious but for a lot of people it could be rather useful advice that helps the progress.
Thank you for this one. Loved it.
Thank you Peter! I really enjoyed this and although I myself have been painting water colours for a while, I've learned so much from this lesson which was so good, and especially the Time laps part! Unbelievable!!!! I will most certainly be watching your painting much more in the future!! Thankyou!! Charles!
So helpful. I dont want to be fiddly. Just bought a large brush to push myself into that "flow" you demonstrated so beautifully. Thank you.❤
Agreed. Bob Burridge warns against "tickling the painting to death". This is a great video for sure.
Hello, new subscriber and a fairly new watercolor artist. I find your technique most appealing. Needless to say I’ll be giving it a go. 🎨👩🎨
I've just discovered you. I went to hadrians wall and was inspired by your video and the views at housesteads fort. So I'm gonna get back into watercolour painting. I love your painting style and I think I can match it using your tips. Thanks Peter.
I love this ❤ thank you for sharing. So generous.
Aula fantástica!
Muito obrigado e saudações do Brasil!
Thanking you so much and it looked absolutely magic!!!!!!
So wonderful..I love the way you teach...very soothing..very inspiring and beautiful.
I enjoy this style of watercolor painting , nice video. Thank you
So glad I discovered your channel! Thanks for the real time video (rare). I started watercolour a year ago and you're really helping!
Great video for me this Is the essence of watercolour painting your ability of negative painting Is very well done , your explanation and demonstration are excellent 👍
Thank you for the lovely comments - I'm pleased you found the video helpful.
So lovely...thank you.
Amazing job. Loved the process ❤
Wow! Magical!
Simple yet it's so beautiful, I want to try it out tomorrow. Thks for showing it Peter❤
Thanks for the fantastic tutorial, just beginning in watercolour
Thank you for your generous and patient tutorial, Am so pleased to have stumbled upon your site ❤
What a lovely result from some simple mixes. Very relaxing and encouraging ❤
Thanks Julia - Relaxing and encouraging is good - mission accomplished!
So beautiful! So happy to have found you!!
Super helpful, very calm and confidence building. Thank you. Liked and subscribed.
Thanks so much for this amazing tutorial; I look forward to more of your videos.
Wow, you just made the penny drop for me. Thank you and amazing work.
Lovely! I especially like your "softening off" technique!❤
I loved your demonstration, your use of fabulous color and, your calm delivery. This helped remind me to "think" with the brush. Thank you!
That looks very liberating thank you 😀
OMG! Speechless. Amazing work.
Just fabulous - getting my watercolours out tomorrow 😊
Go for it! Thanks for the comment Maisie!
@@peterwoolleyartist ❤️
Your painting ability is amazing! I find myself using my left over paint to do cursive writing, play around making shapes so not even close to your level but feel painting with the brush is easier for me than drawing anything with a pencil! Ty!!
Thank you Appleknocker - playing around with it and exploring the medium's potential is all a valuable part of the learning process... enjoy!
Thank you for preparing and presenting the simplified and the sophisticated versions. It’s so helpful.
Mission accomplished - I'm pleased you found it helpful yip6149!
This is outstanding! I am so glad I discovered your work.
This was so satisfying to watch.
I love that advice because it’s what I’m used to doing in oils. A very liberating approach! And a lovely painting! 🥰
Thank you for your excellent demo: showing what only watercolor can do! Hope to try this technique this week! BEAUTIFUL PAINTING!
A wonderful amount of key information with simple illustration and explanation in an economy of words and no unnecessary chitchat. Thank you. I am saving this as a reference for an upcoming card I will do for a friend recovering from surgery. 🎨👏🏼👩🏼🎨
I’m totally new to watercolour and have watched a lot of good talented videos but your approach was just right for me. Slow voice and good teaching. Please continue to create more for beginners, I think you would help a lot of us out there understand what watercolour really is. Thanks so much .
Thanks for the comment Mahmuda - I'm pleased you find the content helpful.
So inspiring.
You are good!!! I noticed your technique is practice and practice! Excellent!!!!
I’m so excited! Your book came yesterday!!!😮😮😮😂🎉❤😊
Beautiful!!!
Beautiful Peter … the step by step analysis makes painting simple
Thanks Kannan - I'm pleased you enjoyed it.
Enjoy this so much, you are a very talented teacher……helped quite a bit🥰
Absolut best teacher in watercolor i have seen on RUclips. Great great inspiration. Thanks.
Great video Peter, thank you for sharing. Always a pleasure watching you paint 😊
You're very welcome, Susan - thank you for the lovely comment.
Truly inspiring. Thank you Peter
Aprpo of nothing (we met briefly at Patchings) today at a art group I did a scene of rocks and waterfalls and I used the seemingly simple (Woolley) method of chucking carefully a blue, red and yellow and made something from it all. My Wife when she saw it said, and I quote, that's beautiful. So thank you for the demos you give us, after 20+ years I finally got that reaction. Keep up the great work 😁 Pete's art. Long hair, discussed the grand circle trip with you.😊
A result! Nice one Peter.... I'm pleased it was helpful to you! Thanks for the great comment - I wish you well, and probably catch up with you at next year's show...
Wow , Sie sind ja ein richtiger Künstler , so was schönes habe ich lange nicht gesehen ! Danke sehr fürs zeigen und liebe Grüße :)💯
Gern geschehen, Stephan - ich freue mich, dass es Dir gefallen hat!
Fantastic approach. The juxtaposition of a well-explained, tutorial that emphasizes a single concept, followed by a time-lapse of that concept being employed with all of the other tricks of the trade, is bloody brilliant! The speed viewing of the follow-on piece was indispensable for me to pick up the rhythmic “swing” of technique applications. It’s otherwise impossible to pick up the forward planning that is occurring live in the painter’s mind; for as much as a painter says (and believes) that he’s working without planning, it just isn’t possible for the professional. You have a winning teaching formula here. I have your books, and know your techniques, still, I can say this was a revelation to me.
My dream would be to see you walk out the techniques of Sir William Flint. I love to see those demos where you’re seen grappling with something not already in your ken. It’s an exploratory surgery of your brain.
Thank you for the well thought-out and clearly expressed feedback... mission accomplished - I'm pleased you enjoyed it!
Exactly the video I was looking for, thanks.
Thank you so much! I feel this instructive video is going to breathe new life into my painting experience. I am just so excited to put it into practice and on that note I am off to do just that.
Brilliant video, thank you.
Thank you, this was fun.
Beautiful
Brilliant and inspirational
This was very helpful and i can't wait to try!
That was awesome 🤩
I will try it myself. Thanks!
Thank you for sharing your expertise!! Lovely painting 😊
Absolutely gorgeous I'm going to give it a go 👍👍
What a tremendous video-love this. I am new to this art and this taught me soooo much 🥰
Thanks my friend, great power in the simplicity. Paul
Absolutely wonderful!thank you!
Thanks Deborah!
I love your style! Thank you ❤
Absolutely inspiring!
Very nice. Thank you very much for the demonstration.