Thank you so much for your videos. I have taken classes in watercolor and practiced for 2 years but was frustrated because my work always seemed forced. I found your videos a couple of weeks ago and now have so much fun painting along with you. I have found the joy that was missing. Thank you! Thank you!
I am so glad I found your channel, Peter. Who knew painting a monarch could be simple? Love your technique. Will have to give it a try. Thanks for sharing your time and talent with us. You've given me a whole new appreciation for phthalo blue too! Your twigs are always amazing to me too and I love the way you ink them. I learn so much from you; much appreciated.
I look forward to Saturday mornings just to watch your latest videos. Thanks for the detail instructions, colors used, brush size etc. it helps me so much.
OMGosh thank you!! I have recently branched out from acrylic to watercolor. And this (a similar photo I have ) has basically been stuck in my brain and I did not know how to pull it off. You have given me wonderful ideas. Now I can get this out of my brain, and on paper! Fantastic job.
Thank you Peter for another great painting. Lessons learnt from you. 1. Shapes are important. The design in the wings added realistic touch. Beginners might use reference photograph. 2. Shadows aren't just darker value of object but could be made by mixing up with cooler colours. What we should not try looking at you is drawing the outer wings with paint without outline. You are a master you could do it. Better for beginners to draw outline, better still, do that bit with Uniball pen itself ;)
So glad I stumbled across your channel. I've been watching your videos for the past two hours and now all I want to do is paint. Thank you so much for uploading and please keep them coming! I'm learning so much from your videos! Cheers.
I thoroughly enjoy your video tutorials! Always looking forward to the next one. I was up in your neck of the woods just last week. Took some great photos along the beaches. Great light and shadows. Love that part of the country.
+Graham Heywood . Glad to hear that Graham. I'm trying to make these very easy to follows. But also informative enough to interested experienced painters as well. Peter
Hey Peter, I enjoyed watching this one. I was surprised at how transparent the WN Yellow Ochre seemed. I know you watered it down some but even dry, the pen lines were very clear under it. I have never tried WN Yellow Ochre. I mainly use DaVinci and Daniel Smith paints, but I may have to give the WN yellow ochre a try. The other brands I have tried just seemed too opaque for me.
+Adam Wallen . Thank you Adam. I use daVinci and WN yellow ochre and they are both fairly opaque. The type of paper might make a difference as well. Peter
I can't go straight to inking, yet, so I penciled sketched your drawing first then inked and watercolored it and it came out great, can't thank you enough for sharing your art and techniques. I'm giving that drawing as a Christmas gift, afterwards I'll post the drawing on my DA page with a share of your video, I will post the link here, in case you'd like to see it. Your videos are inspiring and very well produced thanks again and Happy Holidays Sir.🙂
Thank you very much. Hearing this makes this all worthwhile for me. Nothing wrong with using pencil first. I'm just too lazy. Would love to see your work :) Peter
Hehehe, liked that one about you being lazy... and I'm glad you want to see my work, I really appreciate that, thank you! The pic is ready, just waiting after Christmas to post. Cheers! :) John
Posted the painting, I need to do some fine tuning on it and I didn't have any Sepia but I'm really happy with the results considering it's my first real watercolour painting. Also my wife waltzed into my painting area when I was doing the painting and I was painting the sky at that moment, long story short I ended up with two layers instead of one for the sky. Thank you again Mr. Sheeler. fav.me/dbxw4gq
Looks so easy to repeat, and it is. Except those white dots... oh my god, how can you make them so accurate?))) I should paint them by pencil before watercoloring I think... Anyway, thank you a lot, Peter, for all your videos!
I would like to know how he draws and never makes a mistake and needs to erase. I would have to draw in pencil first, then go back over it with ink. Awesome !
+Terry Stevens . Thanks Terry. I wouldn't say I never make mistakes. If they happen, I just incorporate them and carry on. The number one rule about mistakes... don't point them out ;)
+Peter Sheeler LOL we don't do mistakes, we make happy accidents :D I love your style of painting I'm not to crazy about too much details either, eyes do need to practice on shapes though.
I'm intrigued by the way you move your pen or pencil. Even a straight line has the slightest bit of break or hesitation and it adds such good texture. Did that come naturally to you or is it deliberate? Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful, informative videos.
I love your work, Peter, thank you for your generous spirit! I've tried a few sketches but the uniball definitely bleeds. The only pen that hasn't bled is the Pentel brush pen but the line is too thick to do your/urban sketching style. I've read a few other comments about this mystery. Any ideas?
I allways use my Micron set, nothing fancy and my inktense pencils. They do seem to have an issue with leaving those nice "smooshy" edges on backgrounds, since they set faster than watercolor. But I love their vivid colors. Never knew Line and wash was an official name hehehe, I just "doodle and enjoy". If you happen to have the inktense pencils can you tell me how to get the lose watercolor background without mixing with my cotman watercolor set?
No need to speed things up! Meditative to watch you draw and paint. Love the black mix. Must try.
Thank you so much for your videos. I have taken classes in watercolor and practiced for 2 years but was frustrated because my work always seemed forced. I found your videos a couple of weeks ago and now have so much fun painting along with you. I have found the joy that was missing. Thank you! Thank you!
+Donna Fathman . Thank you very much Donna. A very nice comment. Makes it all worthwhile for me. Peter
I never imagined a video of painting a butterfly could be so deeply soothing
Excellent!! No waffling, no mucking about, just plain good video of someone with skills! Thanks for sharing Peter. :-)
Very kind Carina. Thank you. Peter
Instablaster
The time that I use to watching your videos is therapeutic for my soul. Thank you
Very KInd. Thank you :)
Beautiful and delicate watercolour with amazing brushwork.
Keep safe...
The simplicity of this butterfly is both lovely and elegant. I love it just the way it is.
Thank you very much Heidi. That is what I like to hear :)
Merci peter pour cette démonstration, très bon résultat.
You're a great artist. I like your style. Ink first then paint. Nice... Thank you. I will follow!
Thanks Richard. Glad you enjoy them
The best channel for watercolors!!!! 👍👍👍 Thank you!!!
Thank you very much. That's a big compliment :)
I am so glad I found your channel, Peter. Who knew painting a monarch could be simple? Love your technique. Will have to give it a try. Thanks for sharing your time and talent with us. You've given me a whole new appreciation for phthalo blue too! Your twigs are always amazing to me too and I love the way you ink them. I learn so much from you; much appreciated.
Thanks so much Laura. Glad to hear my videos are helping. Peter
Thank you for this Peter!
WOW, beautiful! ❤
Great video! Love watching them and learn so much. Thank you for sharing your talent.
I look forward to Saturday mornings just to watch your latest videos. Thanks for the detail instructions, colors used, brush size etc. it helps me so much.
+Patrick Nap . You're more than welcome Patrick. I appreciate you watching. Peter
I love watching you work, it's very relaxing. Your choice of music just makes me so relaxed I could float.lol
Thank you very much. That is what I like to hear :)
you are a great artist!!! thanks for your videos.
Very kind words Tomas. Thank you very much. Peter :)
I just gave this a go with my new set of paints and I am so pleased with the result. Thank you for making this video Peter!
Thank you very much Nicole. Now that is what I like to hear :)
I've wanted to learn watercolor my entire life. I discovered your videos recently.... and my journey begins. Truly inspirational work.
Thank you very much Scott. Always nice to hear I've inspired :)
This took me over an hour to complete, but it was worth it 😊 Thank you for the beautiful painting and easy to follow tutorial.
Sounds like a great way to spend an hour ;) Thanks.
I followed along. It was really worth it. This gave me a lot of confidence.Thanks!
So lovely!! Wonderful to see you do this butterfly. Hope you do more like this!
+Sandra Mansfield . Thank you Sandra. I hope I do more like this as well. It was fun.
Simple and beautiful. Love it
You are wonderful.....Thanks a lot. I love your style and the way you drawing. Thanks to share then with all.
You are most welcome. Thank you for watching :)
OMGosh thank you!! I have recently branched out from acrylic to watercolor. And this (a similar photo I have ) has basically been stuck in my brain and I did not know how to pull it off. You have given me wonderful ideas. Now I can get this out of my brain, and on paper! Fantastic job.
Thanks so much Rebecca. Glad you found it helpful. Peter :-)
Thank you Peter for another great painting.
Lessons learnt from you.
1. Shapes are important. The design in the wings added realistic touch. Beginners might use reference photograph.
2. Shadows aren't just darker value of object but could be made by mixing up with cooler colours.
What we should not try looking at you is drawing the outer wings with paint without outline. You are a master you could do it. Better for beginners to draw outline, better still, do that bit with Uniball pen itself ;)
+Dheeraj Kattula . Thank you Dheeraj. Insightful as always. peter
So glad I stumbled across your channel. I've been watching your videos for the past two hours and now all I want to do is paint. Thank you so much for uploading and please keep them coming! I'm learning so much from your videos! Cheers.
Thank you very much. I'm glad you found me as well :)
Brilliant demo Peter , thank you 👍🏻
+Keith Payne . Thank you Keith :)
I thoroughly enjoy your video tutorials! Always looking forward to the next one. I was up in your neck of the woods just last week. Took some great photos along the beaches. Great light and shadows. Love that part of the country.
+Mark Wilson . Thank you Mark. It is a beautiful area. Not too often you can get near the beach at this time of year. Peter
I'M IN LOVE WITH YOUR ART
Thank you very much Sevval
Thank you. Very cute picture and you made the butterfly simple and effective. Love the twig.
+Graham Heywood . Glad to hear that Graham. I'm trying to make these very easy to follows. But also informative enough to interested experienced painters as well. Peter
Спасибо! Очень понятно и доступно для обучения. Вы - мой учитель! Удачи Вам и здоровья.
Очень добрые слова. Большое спасибо. Питер :)
Beautiful as usual, you're always amazing to watch! Thanks for the lesson.
Thank you very much. So glad you enjoyed it :)
Gorgeous! Thank you.
I am going to try and do this as I love Monarchs......but I'm not going to hold my breath! lol Thank you for sharing it's beautiful!
Thank you very much. I hope you do give it a go!
Thanks Peter , love your style :-)
+Len Druskovich . Thank you Len. And thanks for watching. Peter
Hey Peter, I enjoyed watching this one. I was surprised at how transparent the WN Yellow Ochre seemed. I know you watered it down some but even dry, the pen lines were very clear under it. I have never tried WN Yellow Ochre. I mainly use DaVinci and Daniel Smith paints, but I may have to give the WN yellow ochre a try. The other brands I have tried just seemed too opaque for me.
+Adam Wallen . Thank you Adam. I use daVinci and WN yellow ochre and they are both fairly opaque. The type of paper might make a difference as well. Peter
Very good painting. I like the colors you used. Dana
Always look forward to your next piece - thank you so much :)
+Cathy Riach . Thank you very much Cathy :) Peter
I just love your video's thank you!
+Judy Cozon . A big thank you Judy. Peter
I totally love your style of painting I just tried 2 of them 👩🏽🎨
Thank you very much Lisa. So glad you enjoy them and tried a couple :)
Subscribed, fantastic painting !
Thank you very much. Makes it all worthwhile for me :) Peter
Hi Peter,
I enjoy watching your paint dry :-))
So do I! :-)
+Bradford Yorks . LOL. I'd forgotten that comment was in the video. Thanks Bradford.
+April Stark . Thank you April ;) Peter
Very inspired... Just lovely!
Thank you it was fun and easy to follow. Amazing work!
Thank you. Great to hear :)
Beautiful, thank you. Blessings
I can't go straight to inking, yet, so I penciled sketched your drawing first then inked and watercolored it and it came out great, can't thank you enough for sharing your art and techniques. I'm giving that drawing as a Christmas gift, afterwards I'll post the drawing on my DA page with a share of your video, I will post the link here, in case you'd like to see it.
Your videos are inspiring and very well produced thanks again and Happy Holidays Sir.🙂
Thank you very much. Hearing this makes this all worthwhile for me.
Nothing wrong with using pencil first. I'm just too lazy.
Would love to see your work :) Peter
Hehehe, liked that one about you being lazy... and I'm glad you want to see my work, I really appreciate that, thank you! The pic is ready, just waiting after Christmas to post. Cheers! :) John
Posted the painting, I need to do some fine tuning on it and I didn't have any Sepia but I'm really happy with the results considering it's my first real watercolour painting. Also my wife waltzed into my painting area when I was doing the painting and I was painting the sky at that moment, long story short I ended up with two layers instead of one for the sky.
Thank you again Mr. Sheeler. fav.me/dbxw4gq
Thank you for ur video. I painted along with it and it's turned out beautiful
Thank you very much. That is what I like to hear :)
Peter, I love this,I have recently been reading about Monarchs.I will try this!
Thanks Sandy. Amazing little creatures.
I love your channel!!!
+Arcia French . Thank you very much Arcia. Peter
Looks so easy to repeat, and it is. Except those white dots... oh my god, how can you make them so accurate?)))
I should paint them by pencil before watercoloring I think...
Anyway, thank you a lot, Peter, for all your videos!
Thank you +Narineshka . Are you sure they're accurate ;)
comparing with my dots, they are :))
Very very enjoyable and beautiful.
+Jacqui Pexton . Thank you very much Jacqui :) Peter
I would like to know how he draws and never makes a mistake and needs to erase. I would have to draw in pencil first, then go back over it with ink. Awesome !
+Terry Stevens . Thanks Terry. I wouldn't say I never make mistakes. If they happen, I just incorporate them and carry on. The number one rule about mistakes... don't point them out ;)
+Peter Sheeler LOL we don't do mistakes, we make happy accidents :D I love your style of painting I'm not to crazy about too much details either, eyes do need to practice on shapes though.
I'm intrigued by the way you move your pen or pencil. Even a straight line has the slightest bit of break or hesitation and it adds such good texture. Did that come naturally to you or is it deliberate? Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful, informative videos.
Thank you very much Lynda. I used to do more realistic paintings. This style developed quite quickly when I decided to try urbansketching :)
Beautiful!
+elo maga . Thank you Elo. Peter
Your drawing and sketching is very much impressive
Thank you very much :)
I love your work, Peter, thank you for your generous spirit! I've tried a few sketches but the uniball definitely bleeds. The only pen that hasn't bled is the Pentel brush pen but the line is too thick to do your/urban sketching style. I've read a few other comments about this mystery. Any ideas?
+Christina Alegria . Hello Christina. My only guess is the type of paper you are using. My Uni-ball pens have never bled. Peter
+Christina Alegria . Hello Christina. My only guess is the type of paper you are using. My Uni-ball pens have never bled. Peter
+Christina Alegria . Hello Christina. My only guess is the type of paper you are using. My Uni-ball pens have never bled. Peter
+Christina Alegria . Hello Christina. My only guess is the type of paper you are using. My Uni-ball pens have never bled. Peter
+Christina Alegria . Hello Christina. My only guess is the type of paper you are using. My Uni-ball pens have never bled. Peter
i wish i was as talented as you are..
Thank you lulu lala. Like most people, I wasn't very good when I first started. It takes time. Peter
Love it.
I allways use my Micron set, nothing fancy and my inktense pencils. They do seem to have an issue with leaving those nice "smooshy" edges on backgrounds, since they set faster than watercolor. But I love their vivid colors. Never knew Line and wash was an official name hehehe, I just "doodle and enjoy". If you happen to have the inktense pencils can you tell me how to get the lose watercolor background without mixing with my cotman watercolor set?
+A .Vultink . I've never used inktense. Perhaps you could put lots of the inktense on a separate paper and dip into it like paint. Peter
I'd rather do that with inktense blocks not with pencils (would if it was watercolor pencils though) But thanks for trying to help me.
+A .Vultink . Sorry I wasn't more help. Peter
Hello, would love to try this, as I'm a beginner please could you tell me which size pens to purchase ?
thank u very much i am a beginner so i enjoy this sort of video s
+erik van loenen . Thank you Erik. So glad you're finding them helpful. Peter
The best!
beautiful, i subscribed.
Thank you very much Rosario. Very glad to have you as a new subscriber.
Very nice! Thank you.
+Jim Cordle . Thank you Jim :)
It's more like watching beautiful magic.
Very thoughtful comment Sherri. Thank you :)
wonderful
Thank you again Nathalia
very beautiful
+A Murphy . Thank you :)
Beautiful! Could you please share the size of paper you are using. Thank you so much.
Thank you again. 12.5 x 17.5 cm
Adrilis lembra sempre daquela fala bem antiga: "não jogue perolas aos porcos" ...eles irão pisa-las.............
sir, any tips for improve observation for sketching
thank you
You are most welcome :) Thank you, Peter
nice
+Khalid Hassan . Thank you Khalid.
do you smoke a blunt before painting? your hand is so steady, I struggle with loosening up, spend time doodling and scrawling to try help, difficult.