Thank you so much for doing this series of demonstrations. I just started drawing and painting with watercolor last July with no previous experience. I am having so much fun (most of the time) and have learned so much from you. I have been working on the poinsettia line and wash and every time I watch one of these videos my painting has improved. I find that I learn faster and better if I "practice techniques" on an actual painting instead of playing around without a subject. This is working so well that I feel like I progressed a full year in just the past week. You are great and I am very lucky! Merry Christmas to you. In so many ways, the birth of Christ is making it possible for me to approach this new learning with joy and confidence. Pretty amazing for my 80th year of life.
This is something you really have to play around with and experiment. The biggest thing I struggle to get my head around is trying to remember how the different pigments react with one another (I have the memory of a gnat) so I keep a swatch book of my experiments and jot "notes to self" by them. It amazes me how you can get pairs of colour that behave so differently from others, like one colour infusing into and dominating the other, just blending to make another colour or the real weird, when one colour appears to push back the other colour. Dropping burnt sienna into ultramarine always amazes me, you get this halo where the blue just appears to vanish due to the transparent neutral it creates, you gotta love it.
A really fun exercise to do. I have a Japanese brand Kuretake and it is resin, honey-based. With a bit more research have discovered it doesn't behave quite like western w/c. This exercise is teaching me a lot about the type of w/c I have got. Having fun doing galaxies.
Thank you for demonstrating these wet on wet techniques 🙏 I am just starting to learn to paint with watercolor and I am really struggling with this. This helps very much 🙏
I'm glad you suggest playing with the media, Steve. I love the blooms, edges, and surprises where color meets color. I've heard some teachers saying those results are poor technique while you are saying the contrary. Fun!
Steve , Thanks for your demos! I am an acrylic artist an just begging to learn water colors , it is a different world, I'm back in kindergarten at 67yr! I just found your site and I have a lot to watch & Learn, thanks again Rich
Steve, I learn so much from your videos. You have a wonderful sense of humor and great teaching style. Thank you so much for sharing your gift with us!
I love these unstructured videos, Steve. Thanks for all the usual great tips. Now I need to go play with some watercolors and make a fun mess. Oh yeah....love your t-shirts too.
Interesting comment by Bitemefox. I know people say WC is a difficult medium, but I tell them that if you learn just a few easy- to- learn techniques it can be mastered. Even 5th grade children I have taught learn how to use watercolors in an hour or two. As always, what I like about Steve's presentation is that he never assumes we know what he knows when he does various techniques and procedures to get where he is going with a piece.
The washes techniques were very informative, I especially liked that salt look around 8min and I favored that last one near the end of the video. Learned a bunch, thank you!
Hi Steve - The wet/wet applications is what makes watercolor so magical for me. I so enjoy allowing the paint to react to various water applications and creating a piece from that point. Thank you for this great lesson....
I’ve been water coloring for a couple of years now. With some good and some bad results. So I’ve decided to watch ALL of your videos and practice practice practice. Things really make sense now! Thanks so much Steve! I value and respect what you do for all of us.
Thank you on wet on wet! As did a first wet on wet but need to darken areas by going over it with water again & going to have to practice which way as usually rewet the whole paper again (carefully) not to remove what already put down.
It was actually really helpful when the water wasn't completely clean and clear on the clear washes. Made it easier to see on camera and judge just how much water you're putting on there. Great tutorial.
Thank you for doing these. I am just beginning to paint again. I survived the sticker price shock but I am needing to get a basic set of colors. I have decided to get the 5ml tubes as that's plenty of paint for now.
Thanks for this really great teaching video. A great demonstration of what I did not understand, and was not taught, in all the many previous classes I have attended. Looking forward to getting back again to my "kitchen-table painting! You are the best!
I have watched alot of your videos, don't always comment because I watch it on TV. But anyways, I just love your style of painting, have learned alot from you but still needing to learn. I find watercolor is hard too, but I am not going to give up trying. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the video. I liked the pulling technique to create lost and found edges. Painting color into water made the technique an ah ha moment. Looking forward to next Friday. 👍🏻
I've learned so much from your very informative videos and have been passing along tips to my grandchildren as they enjoy painting with watercolors! Many thanks to you, Steve!!!
Thank you once again! I'm excited to experiment..I've fallen in love with how paint moves with the water. i.e. charges. I wasn't aware different pigments spread at different amounts..THAT information helped me! I can "swatch" colors doing this and have a guide...Nancy
Thank you so much for sharing this one. I think I kinda like the blooming, they remind me of trees and clouds. Great t shirts! I especially love the Bob Ross one😍 lol. Thank you! 😊👍
This was a great video! I didn't know that some colors actually move differently (slower/faster) because of their pigment. I do have some colors that irritate me for not wanting to really bloom out. That would be a good video too, discussing how some pigments may be slower or faster to move. The look and dimension you get with washes are always so fun because you never know how it will turn out and no two are ever the same. Thanks for sharing the info! Very much appreciated! :)
You have given me hours of pleasure and I have learnt a tremendous amount .Thank you . I have been trying to loosen up and I am having great fun trying you techniques but not very successful .
Way to go Steve start off with a laugh or some new t/shirts. I have to admit to getting out my Inktober shirt but it was just too hot. Thanks for the Friday review, this is what makes watercolor so much fun.
I actually appreciate you not using clean water in these demonstrations because it's just muddy enough to see in the video but light enough for your to get a good enough result for these examples and convey the information appropriately.
Fascinating. I don't recall how I found your channel but I'm very glad I did. I started in paper crafting then stumbled upon mixed media which drew me into water colour. The use of water mists & droplets in crafts tends to be more extreme than I like. The effects you showed here with sprays especially are far more subtle. Less expensive papers like Canson XL & smooth papers are more prevalent in the craft world since cards are ephemeral & it's far easier to stamp. But yes, I love Arches, it does amazing things. Very much a newbie but it is fun to play!
Steve, I would love to see you do a demo of this exact same subject ( wet into wet washes) with some of your other brands, say, M Graham watercolor? It would be great to see. You always put a little joy in my day and thanks. You are very appreciated.
This is a great find, considering my largest brush that I have right now is a 16 round...kinda tricky getting a consistent flat wash with it or gradient wash...so until I get a bigger brush or mop..I'll be experimenting doing some backgrounds or even lights via these methods
I had been binge watching your awesome videos when you mentioned your beginner playlist, so here I am to gratefully learn the basics. It's humbling to learn that I've been way too wet and overworking. (Not that I ever had any complaints mwahaha!)
Water in a fineliner bottle...... Even when I didn't think I was going to learn anything and was just watching bc, well, STEVE! 😂 You go and blow my mind! I can't thank you enough for what you do! ♥️ You brought me through my beginner watercolor journey! If I had a question, I could always find the answer here. 😊
Loved that content all in one place. Watching your tip on soft edges applying paint next to water made me see how I could do the top of a misty mountain or the sun shining on a high branch of a tree where some of it is missing etc. So yeh gave me lots of inspiration. Thank-you so much Steve. Great party trick with your t-shirts 😀
This is probably the best and most informative video on wet/wet I’ve seen! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Just subscribed and looking forward to learning more from you.
Great video Steve! 😁 Love the t-shirts. How dare Reese complain... just because he isn't showing any skin. Lol 😆 A lot of great info in this video. Last week, I did the spontaneous painting. Let just say I got great colors for mud! 😂 Well going to try it again. I hope you are staying cool & doing well. Take care my friend! 🤗
LOL! oh well, Reese is a whiner. What can I say. Glad you tried the spontaneous painting. Don't worry, we've all created a little mud. Part of the learning process. Keep after it! Thanks Val!
Thanks for this Steve, as usual, so many very interesting ideas and tips with heaps of helpful and inspiring info. I hope that I can incorporate some on my next painting. I have so much trouble trying to create interesting backgrounds. Cheers form Down Under.
Great primer on wet on wet and watching watercolor’s mind come alive. I just love the spontaneity and creativity of how pigment swims around in water. You can predict what it might do based on what you know but it still has this wonderful way of surprising you. If you let it or in my case if it’s your only choice. I haven’t mastered the taming part yet.😏 You’ve inspired me yet again. It’s a rainy Saturday morning. Im finally back home. I’m going to watch your last video again and dust off my paints and paper and spend the afternoon watching paint move. Should be fun. Were you using paint straight out of the tube for your demo? Have a great weekend!
The Mind of Watercolor I guess my question is do you let the paint on your pallet dry or is it still sticky? Sorry for so many questions. The consistency of the paint seems to make a difference. Or better put, the amount of pigment in the water seems to make a difference.
A bloom is adding too much water after a wash has started to dry. Squeeze out your brush to make it drier and pick up any excess water. Don’t let water pool on top of a partially dry wash.
Excellent and very helpful. Thanks. You mentioned that some pigments move faster than others. Something I've also been struggling with. Do you have a 'speed' table of pigments showing the relative speed of movement of each? I've never found one over the past year of looking.
No, its too inexact a thing. Brands, pigment loads, binders can all affect it. In my opinion the differences don't matter enough to the results of my painting and I suppose thats true for most watercolorists or you would even see some extensive homemade tests.
I am blown away by your videos - they are addictive! This answered a problem I was having trying to decide how to paint a particularly colorful sky. I am a bit of a beginner and an ardent fan! And thank you so much for the scriptures - I feel like I know you. You have found the calling that uses the talent God gave you. "Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better." Andre Gide
O wow, the famous Leonardo da Vinci Darth Vader - I hear it's worth millions. Just kidding, of course. I love the video. I just love that effect with the water splatter "making" the foliage (a most perfect example of the mind of watercolor) and I love those "tendrils" when you used the oiler tip. They look like human or animal nerves. Fun stuff. Like someone else stated, "We are just big kids".
I'm looking at this for the second time and I'm certain I'll look at it a few more times because there are so many ways to approach using watercolor, and it also depends on how I find it useful in different applications. I look at other tutorial videos now and then, but mostly prefer Steve's laid back approach, laid back but with so much expertise. I have even become more tolerant of Reese and I can see why one might have an imaginary friend in the art studio given that producing art is such a solitary endeavor. L. Graves
Thank you SO much for putting the links to the water bottles. I couldn't find any that weren't a fine mist. Just FYI - The 3rd and 5th links are no longer valid...
Backwashes, even in someone else’s video, give me anxiety. Thanks, Steve! Can we get nails on a chalkboard in the next one? 😂 Kind of continuing from FB... as great as digital can be, I doubt digital will ever be able to produce all the manageable but wildly unpredictable wet in wet techniques of watercolor you’ve demonstrated here. One of the reasons watercolor is my favorite medium by a WIDE margin. Great video. 👍
LOL! Blooms can be taxing for sure, especially when you want to keep painting but the drying phase is in that danger zone. And yes, completely agree about digital. No app I've ever tried has been able to come close to recreating the physical characteristics of WC. None. A few can simulate a similar look but the feel of painting it digitally is completely different.
Very good. My new problem is via layerings of light to dark for landscapes I have become consistently too dark and then I struggle with not being effective when detailing. One possible reason is I’m experimenting with various papers and paint. I’ve recently started using DANIEL SMITH watercolor and perhaps they are more pigmented than all the others I tried along the way? Any input? I have to get lighter.
Just practice. Sounds boring I know but learning to vary value is a key skill. Paint value scales as practice, going from lightest to darkest and back again. It really has nothing to do with Daniel Smith. Several brands are just as pigmented. Usually highly pigmented paint gives you more control not less because you have a greater range. Learning control is what its all about.
Thank you so much for doing this series of demonstrations. I just started drawing and painting with watercolor last July with no previous experience. I am having so much fun (most of the time) and have learned so much from you. I have been working on the poinsettia line and wash and every time I watch one of these videos my painting has improved. I find that I learn faster and better if I "practice techniques" on an actual painting instead of playing around without a subject. This is working so well that I feel like I progressed a full year in just the past week. You are great and I am very lucky! Merry Christmas to you. In so many ways, the birth of Christ is making it possible for me to approach this new learning with joy and confidence. Pretty amazing for my 80th year of life.
This is something you really have to play around with and experiment. The biggest thing I struggle to get my head around is trying to remember how the different pigments react with one another (I have the memory of a gnat) so I keep a swatch book of my experiments and jot "notes to self" by them. It amazes me how you can get pairs of colour that behave so differently from others, like one colour infusing into and dominating the other, just blending to make another colour or the real weird, when one colour appears to push back the other colour.
Dropping burnt sienna into ultramarine always amazes me, you get this halo where the blue just appears to vanish due to the transparent neutral it creates, you gotta love it.
Great comment, thanks Peter!
This is the most useful demo I've have seen on wet in wet, thanks
A really fun exercise to do. I have a Japanese brand Kuretake and it is resin, honey-based. With a bit more research have discovered it doesn't behave quite like western w/c. This exercise is teaching me a lot about the type of w/c I have got. Having fun doing galaxies.
Thank you for demonstrating these wet on wet techniques 🙏 I am just starting to learn to paint with watercolor and I am really struggling with this. This helps very much 🙏
I'm glad you suggest playing with the media, Steve. I love the blooms, edges, and surprises where color meets color. I've heard some teachers saying those results are poor technique while you are saying the contrary. Fun!
This set of video instruction is a real blessing. Thanks.
Wet in wet is my favorite technique. I've used nearly all of the applications you demonstrated on my art journey.
Steve , Thanks for your demos! I am an acrylic artist an just begging to learn water colors , it is a different world, I'm back in kindergarten at 67yr! I just found your site and I have a lot to watch & Learn, thanks again Rich
Steve, I learn so much from your videos. You have a wonderful sense of humor and great teaching style. Thank you so much for sharing your gift with us!
Fascinating! I never realized all these effects. After years of tight colored pencil drawing, this is the breath of fresh air I need. Thank you.
I love these unstructured videos, Steve. Thanks for all the usual great tips. Now I need to go play with some watercolors and make a fun mess. Oh yeah....love your t-shirts too.
Your little edits like with the shirt are so fun and cute! Thanks for all the content you provide!
You are the greatest, Steve!
Interesting comment by Bitemefox. I know people say WC is a difficult medium, but I tell them that if you learn just a few easy- to- learn techniques it can be mastered. Even 5th grade children I have taught learn how to use watercolors in an hour or two. As always, what I like about Steve's presentation is that he never assumes we know what he knows when he does various techniques and procedures to get where he is going with a piece.
Thank you Steve for all these very valuable lessons. great teacher you are !
Another amazingly wonderful video, thankyou Steve!!✨
Terrific educational video on wet on wet washes. Thank you, per usual, Steve!2
The washes techniques were very informative, I especially liked that salt look around 8min and I favored that last one near the end of the video. Learned a bunch, thank you!
Hi Steve - The wet/wet applications is what makes watercolor so magical for me. I so enjoy allowing the paint to react to various water applications and creating a piece from that point.
Thank you for this great lesson....
I’ve been water coloring for a couple of years now. With some good and some bad results. So I’ve decided to watch ALL of your videos and practice practice practice. Things really make sense now! Thanks so much Steve! I value and respect what you do for all of us.
Great to hear!
Thank you on wet on wet! As did a first wet on wet but need to darken areas by going over it with water again & going to have to practice which way as usually rewet the whole paper again (carefully) not to remove what already put down.
Another very informative video. Steve, you never fail to teach worthwhile techniques, approaches, products, etc. Thanks for sharing your expertise!
Thank you for sharing your talent and gifts.
I can't thank you enough for everything I've learned with your videos, you're the best!
It was actually really helpful when the water wasn't completely clean and clear on the clear washes. Made it easier to see on camera and judge just how much water you're putting on there. Great tutorial.
Thank you for doing these. I am just beginning to paint again. I survived the sticker price shock but I am needing to get a basic set of colors. I have decided to get the 5ml tubes as that's plenty of paint for now.
Another great video! Thank you! Keep reminding myself how important these basics are if I want to keep improving my painting.
Best video EVER, Steve! Watercolor blossoms are sooo difficult to explain, and you have done the best job I have ever seen. Bravo!
Love this!! So very helpful!! Thank you so much! I look forward to seeing the scripture at the end as well!
This IS why I Love Watercolor! TFS!
What a great video for a beginner to stumble upon. Thank you so much.
Hi Steve, I am always amazed at how much I learn from every one of your videos. You da man!!!
Thanks Steve. Glad to hear it! Thanks for stopping by!
Thank you! Great "warm-up" idea.
Thanks for this really great teaching video. A great demonstration of what I did not understand, and was not taught, in all the many previous classes I have attended. Looking forward to getting back again to my "kitchen-table painting! You are the best!
I have watched alot of your videos, don't always comment because I watch it on TV. But anyways, I just love your style of painting, have learned alot from you but still needing to learn. I find watercolor is hard too, but I am not going to give up trying. Thanks for sharing!
Definitely keep at it. Watercolor is one of those mediums that is mysterious at first but with perseverance, will click eventually.
Thank you, your comment means alot.
Thanks for the video. I liked the pulling technique to create lost and found edges. Painting color into water made the technique an ah ha moment. Looking forward to next Friday. 👍🏻
I've learned so much from your very informative videos and have been passing along tips to my grandchildren as they enjoy painting with watercolors! Many thanks to you, Steve!!!
Great lesson Steve. Some very interesting effects there.
Thank you once again! I'm excited to experiment..I've fallen in love with how paint moves with the water. i.e. charges. I wasn't aware different pigments spread at different amounts..THAT information helped me! I can "swatch" colors doing this and have a guide...Nancy
Thank you so much for sharing this one. I think I kinda like the blooming, they remind me of trees and clouds. Great t shirts! I especially love the Bob Ross one😍 lol. Thank you! 😊👍
Love your channel, clear tutorials and sense of humor! You’ve inspired me to improve my channel, thank you. 😀
This was a great video! I didn't know that some colors actually move differently (slower/faster) because of their pigment. I do have some colors that irritate me for not wanting to really bloom out. That would be a good video too, discussing how some pigments may be slower or faster to move. The look and dimension you get with washes are always so fun because you never know how it will turn out and no two are ever the same. Thanks for sharing the info! Very much appreciated! :)
Learned a lot! Great video, as always!
Thanks a bunch! I needed that.
Your lessons are everything I need for learning watercolors!!!
I love wet on wet.. excited.. want to go paint now lol
You have given me hours of pleasure and I have learnt a tremendous amount .Thank you . I have been trying to loosen up and I am having great fun trying you techniques but not very successful .
Way to go Steve start off with a laugh or some new t/shirts. I have to admit to getting out my Inktober shirt but it was just too hot. Thanks for the Friday review, this is what makes watercolor so much fun.
I actually appreciate you not using clean water in these demonstrations because it's just muddy enough to see in the video but light enough for your to get a good enough result for these examples and convey the information appropriately.
Thanks for sharing the great tips. Love the t-shirts. Have a great evening.
Fascinating. I don't recall how I found your channel but I'm very glad I did. I started in paper crafting then stumbled upon mixed media which drew me into water colour. The use of water mists & droplets in crafts tends to be more extreme than I like. The effects you showed here with sprays especially are far more subtle. Less expensive papers like Canson XL & smooth papers are more prevalent in the craft world since cards are ephemeral & it's far easier to stamp. But yes, I love Arches, it does amazing things. Very much a newbie but it is fun to play!
Steve, I would love to see you do a demo of this exact same subject ( wet into wet washes) with some of your other brands, say, M Graham watercolor? It would be great to see. You always put a little joy in my day and thanks. You are very appreciated.
Thanks Renee!
Excellent video. I learned a lot. Thank you.
Very helpful tutorials. Thank you.
This is a great find, considering my largest brush that I have right now is a 16 round...kinda tricky getting a consistent flat wash with it or gradient wash...so until I get a bigger brush or mop..I'll be experimenting doing some backgrounds or even lights via these methods
do you think the mop brush is as good as the 2” flat or should i have both?
Thanks. Steve. Great videos.
Brill! So helpful thank you.
I had been binge watching your awesome videos when you mentioned your beginner playlist, so here I am to gratefully learn the basics. It's humbling to learn that I've been way too wet and overworking. (Not that I ever had any complaints mwahaha!)
Water in a fineliner bottle...... Even when I didn't think I was going to learn anything and was just watching bc, well, STEVE! 😂 You go and blow my mind! I can't thank you enough for what you do! ♥️ You brought me through my beginner watercolor journey! If I had a question, I could always find the answer here. 😊
Loved that content all in one place. Watching your tip on soft edges applying paint next to water made me see how I could do the top of a misty mountain or the sun shining on a high branch of a tree where some of it is missing etc. So yeh gave me lots of inspiration. Thank-you so much Steve. Great party trick with your t-shirts 😀
❤You are such a great teacher!
That purple blue color is called Mission Gold? That's a gorgeous color! Thought it would be more like Aussie Red Gold!
No, Mission Gold is the brand.
@@mindofwatercolor got it! Still loving the color!
Think your shirt trick is fantastic use of video, would never know how to do that magic. Fun fun
This is probably the best and most informative video on wet/wet I’ve seen! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Just subscribed and looking forward to learning more from you.
Great idea 💡
Love the shirts. Loved your video
Thank you for this informativ and inspiring Video!
Great video! I’m a beginner and I love your videos, I learn so much!
Thanks again. 🖒🖒 Trying to meld my mind with the water's mind. A little thing I like to call, Steve's Carolina Mind Meld. 😁 Merry Christmas!
Love your demo 's. 👌💕
great video for a beginner!
Thank you for a wonderful tutorial.
So many great ideas. Thanks :)
Hi Steve. Please show us how to paint reflections and transparency in glass
Great video Steve! 😁 Love the t-shirts. How dare Reese complain... just because he isn't showing any skin. Lol 😆 A lot of great info in this video. Last week, I did the spontaneous painting. Let just say I got great colors for mud! 😂 Well going to try it again. I hope you are staying cool & doing well. Take care my friend! 🤗
LOL! oh well, Reese is a whiner. What can I say. Glad you tried the spontaneous painting. Don't worry, we've all created a little mud. Part of the learning process. Keep after it! Thanks Val!
Thanks for this Steve, as usual, so many very interesting ideas and tips with heaps of helpful and inspiring info. I hope that I can incorporate some on my next painting. I have so much trouble trying to create interesting backgrounds. Cheers form Down Under.
I love your intro!! Thanks for this very interesting video, Steve 😊
Great primer on wet on wet and watching watercolor’s mind come alive. I just love the spontaneity and creativity of how pigment swims around in water. You can predict what it might do based on what you know but it still has this wonderful way of surprising you. If you let it or in my case if it’s your only choice. I haven’t mastered the taming part yet.😏 You’ve inspired me yet again. It’s a rainy Saturday morning. Im finally back home. I’m going to watch your last video again and dust off my paints and paper and spend the afternoon watching paint move. Should be fun. Were you using paint straight out of the tube for your demo? Have a great weekend!
Thanks Richard. Well put about the "mind" aspect. This paint came off my Mission Gold palette.
The Mind of Watercolor I guess my question is do you let the paint on your pallet dry or is it still sticky? Sorry for so many questions. The consistency of the paint seems to make a difference. Or better put, the amount of pigment in the water seems to make a difference.
How do you do this without creating blooms ?
A bloom is adding too much water after a wash has started to dry. Squeeze out your brush to make it drier and pick up any excess water. Don’t let water pool on top of a partially dry wash.
@@mindofwatercolorthanks it's challenging !
Very interesting tips. Merci beaucoup. 😊
very cool!!!!
C.EST DOMMAGE JE COMPENDS RIEN MAIS VOS COURS CA ME PLAIS BIEN
Excellent and very helpful. Thanks. You mentioned that some pigments move faster than others. Something I've also been struggling with. Do you have a 'speed' table of pigments showing the relative speed of movement of each? I've never found one over the past year of looking.
No, its too inexact a thing. Brands, pigment loads, binders can all affect it. In my opinion the differences don't matter enough to the results of my painting and I suppose thats true for most watercolorists or you would even see some extensive homemade tests.
Thanks anyway. Experience is what counts.
Another great Star Wars shirt!! (I have the Bob Ross tee.)
very useful! thank you,
This was super helpful thanks!
I want that DaVinci Vader shirt!
I am blown away by your videos - they are addictive! This answered a problem I was having trying to decide how to paint a particularly colorful sky. I am a bit of a beginner and an ardent fan!
And thank you so much for the scriptures - I feel like I know you. You have found the calling that uses the talent God gave you.
"Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better." Andre Gide
O wow, the famous Leonardo da Vinci Darth Vader - I hear it's worth millions. Just kidding, of course. I love the video. I just love that effect with the water splatter "making" the foliage (a most perfect example of the mind of watercolor) and I love those "tendrils" when you used the oiler tip. They look like human or animal nerves. Fun stuff. Like someone else stated, "We are just big kids".
Neato, thank you!
Thanks a lot! 🤗
I love your intro 😊
I'm looking at this for the second time and I'm certain I'll look at it a few more times because there are so many ways to approach using watercolor, and it also depends on how I find it useful in different applications. I look at other tutorial videos now and then, but mostly prefer Steve's laid back approach, laid back but with so much expertise. I have even become more tolerant of Reese and I can see why one might have an imaginary friend in the art studio given that producing art is such a solitary endeavor. L. Graves
😂
Hiya, have you tried small amounts of brushing on top of an existing colour to create a speckled affect?.....thanks
Sure. Its all just variation on the same ideas. Experiment to your hearts content.
Steve, do you always let layers dry naturally, or do you use a hair dryer sometimes? Are there pros and cons to each drying method?
Yes, sometimes I use a dryer. No pros or cons that I know of. Dryers save you time.
Beautiful! What was that first mission gold color you put down? It looked like both blue and violet together?
Thank you SO much for putting the links to the water bottles. I couldn't find any that weren't a fine mist. Just FYI - The 3rd and 5th links are no longer valid...
Backwashes, even in someone else’s video, give me anxiety. Thanks, Steve! Can we get nails on a chalkboard in the next one? 😂 Kind of continuing from FB... as great as digital can be, I doubt digital will ever be able to produce all the manageable but wildly unpredictable wet in wet techniques of watercolor you’ve demonstrated here. One of the reasons watercolor is my favorite medium by a WIDE margin. Great video. 👍
LOL! Blooms can be taxing for sure, especially when you want to keep painting but the drying phase is in that danger zone. And yes, completely agree about digital. No app I've ever tried has been able to come close to recreating the physical characteristics of WC. None. A few can simulate a similar look but the feel of painting it digitally is completely different.
Very good. My new problem is via layerings of light to dark for landscapes I have become consistently too dark and then I struggle with not being effective when detailing. One possible reason is I’m experimenting with various papers and paint. I’ve recently started using DANIEL SMITH watercolor and perhaps they are more pigmented than all the others I tried along the way? Any input? I have to get lighter.
Just practice. Sounds boring I know but learning to vary value is a key skill. Paint value scales as practice, going from lightest to darkest and back again. It really has nothing to do with Daniel Smith. Several brands are just as pigmented. Usually highly pigmented paint gives you more control not less because you have a greater range. Learning control is what its all about.
The Mind of Watercolor hi, okay, thank you.