I did it !!! And it came out good, not as good as yours but very pretty!!!!! Has been almost 40 years that I haven paint and finally I decided to do it today, I showed it to my kids and they love it! Thank you so much!!
Hi my friend. Congratulations on the wonderful video you shared. Very interesting, thanks for sharing, keep in touch. Wishing you much success with your work🥰💞.💗,💖.
You are an amazing teacher. I can’t get over how much you teach about color mixing, drawing and color application in one small painting. Thank you for explaining in such detail, you are such a gift for those of us who are beginners. Happy Holidays!
Truthfully... I usually do NOT like background music (noise) when I'm watching a tutorial... but your selection of (low) christmas music in the background was PERFECT. Very Soothing... Loved this video.
OH MY GOSH I SOOO AGREE ! So many other videos have this annoying, pulsing, loud music while the teacher’s voice is barely audible. Thank you, Nianiani.
These lights are so beautiful and realistic-looking. I love the details of the glass and how each light glows. You’re a very talented watercolorist and teacher. Thanks for sharing this video :)
You know, you're actually a really great teacher! The way you did the pencil sketch to show us where you place the colors and then how and where you pull them down to blend! That is perfect to help people that don't really understand watercolors completely yet to really show them how to manipulate the medium! Wonderful job!
I think this tutorial is probably my very favourite Christmas image I’ve seen on here, it’s quite minimalist looks so realistic but immaculate in its execution. It’s really stunning. Congratulations on an absolutely beautiful watercolour.
Turned out beautiful! Great instructions too. I love how you don't let your color "mistakes" stop you from moving forward with the design; you just work with them, and they turn out beautiful! Thanks for another great video.
Thank you so much for sharing. I love the repetition of this tutorial as well as the tricks to create light. I especially want to thank you for leaving your 'mistakes' in the video - to show us that even the professionals stuggle....AND that there are always easy ways to make adjustments and corrections.
I am new to WC and I’ve watched this video several times and today I jumped in and just did it! I’m so happy, this is my first that I’m proud to show off. Thank you. Wish I could hit “Like” each time I watched.
I really like how you show us to just stay calm and carry on when a mistake is made. I am learning to lean into it and just move forward, it really helps me realize not to sweat the small stuff and also to problem solve.
Thank you for your generous and concise tutorial! I injured my shoulder over a year ago. I lost my ability to paint for awhile. I healed , thank you, Lord! Yet, I found myself in a mental block to paint, again.. I was so inspired after watching this video! Although, I’m rusty....it felt so good to paint such happy painting! I modified the background. Thank you, again❤️🙏🏻✝️ Merry Christmas 🙏🏻✝️🎊
Your video just popped up and caught my eye. The lights just lift off the paper and look lovely. Your tutorial was excellent and made me feel like I could do this...maybe. Thank you.
You are such a great teacher, Nia. I still learn something with every tutorial you teach afterc6 years of learning on You Tube. Thank you so much. HAPPY CHRISTMAS, my friend.🤗❤🎄🖌🎨🖼
These bulbs bring back memories of when I was a child in the 60’s. You are a great teacher, and if I never pick up a paint brush, I love just watching you. Merry Christmas.❤❤
Love your step-by-step instructions drawing the shadowing pattern is so helpful to make sure the placement of darker colors is just right for transparency effects. Thanks 😊
Thank you Nia! Since a few years I look forward to reproducing your Christmas watercolour cards: they are always lovely and thanks to your teaching I can easily paint them. I do appreciate also your Christmas trees in different pots! 🥰🥰
Vielen Dank für Dein Tutorial. Ich möchte dieses Jahr meine Weihnachtskarten selbst mit Aquarellfarben gestalten. Ich habe letztes Jahr mit der Aquarellmalerei angefangen. Deiner ausführliche Anleitung kann ich sehr gut folgen. Ich habe mir einige Tutorials angesehen aber Dein Beitrag hat mir am besten gefallen. Deine bunte Lichterkette ist wirklich süss und Deine Lämpchen sehen aus als würden sie wirklich leuchten. Vielen lieben Dank für Dein ausführliches Tutorial ❤🦋
I've never seen your videos before, I fall between intermediate and advanced. This video is super easy to follow, producing excellent results. I wish I had found your channel in my early artistic journey, but this is nice and so much fun. Thanks!
I love your light bulbs so much that I've done quite a few cards. I try to do exactly what you teach but yours always look much better. You are a true perfectionist. Just beautiful! ❤❤❤
Hello Nianiani, ....one interesting thing about light, is our yellow sun, gives us purply shadows. If we had a red sun, we would have green shadows. In light mixing, the shadow is the complimentary opposite. Nice little strand of lights. Thanks for your calm video, and the great tip when over loading the liner brush, to wipe off excess first. Have a great Christmas with you and your family, and friends closeby. In kindred spirit, Eliza Dulwich Hill, Sydney Australia x 12th December 2021, 8:12pm
I think this is my favorite of all the video's i have watched. Ive learned so much just from this one video. Thank you so much for making it look so easy that even i could paint it. Yes, I'm going to try. Love it!!!
Your video is so nice and you are a great teacher. I’m happy with my first attempt as long as I don’t compare it to yours! I have room for improvement for sure but I enjoyed painting along. Thank you.
So mesmerizing! With every step I’d think to myself,” ooh perfect! It’s just beautiful!”….then you’d add one more touch and I’d say it all over again. Your voice is perfectly toned for these types of instructions; you definitely found your gift and are using it well!
Amazing beautiful and so realistic! You make it simple to follow with your explanations, very clever artist. Thank you. Merry Christmas and a happy holiday.
Lovely! Really enjoyed your method of showing in graphite what was happening. Well taught. This looks meditative and soothing to paint. Love simple yet realistic. Thanks for sharing.
Excellent video, may I offer a suggestion that would help out the beginners. Alternative color guide. I know early on I didn't own any of the specialty colors, and I'm actually surprised that I have every color in this tutorial except crimson lake. I only acquired the rose of ultramarine and the Moonglow recently. Beautiful video. Thank you!
Thanks for the suggestion :) but I don't think that I can include an alternative colour guide as everyone has different brands and it'll be impossible and insufficient with the time frame of each video to name every single one of them. I think by showing how I mix the colours, it should be easy enough to match the hues shown to everyone's own set of watercolors. The hues are what's important to understand instead of specific pigments :) I also didn't start using professional watercolors until I knew I wanted to get serious with watercolors. But it's very much doable to paint these types of paintings with hobbyist paint :) Hope you understand where I'm coming from
What a wonderful project. After painting one following your directions, I then challenged myself. I left the white of the paper for the highlights and experimented with complementary colors for the darks. I 'drew' the shape of dark area first with clear water then floated to two colors (example for the yellow light - floated the yellow and a violet) and let them mix themselves for a very exciting effect. Without your clear, concise guidance for the first painting, I'd have been too afraid to let loose and experiment. But your directions allowed me to feel assured in handling the image. Thank you so much
Wow I love how you teach nothing better then to make a nice watercolor card that pops off the paper and that you show it close up we don't need to see the artist like in a lot of videos we need to see the how to"s and for me that's a perfect video thank you so much for taking the time 2 thumbs up and a subscribe .I really appreciate that you took the time❤❤❤😊
Wow! These lights look so real! This is the first watercolor video that I’ve seen that didn’t look so hard to do! I’m sure it would be for me since I’m new to watercolors! I bought my paints over 3 years ago, but have felt too intimidated to try!! Now that I found you again, I’m definitely going to watch your videos!! Thank you so much for sharing and inspiring me!!! Happy holidays!!!😀❤️🎄
I actually followed along to this with coloured pencils and fineliner as it was all I had near me, but I will definitely try it with watercolour soon. 😊
Stunning Christmas lights, very realistic. Your art is a wonderful reflection of you, such beauty within oneself comes out in your art. Wishing you a wonderful time with family, friends, and pet, over the holiday season, and traditations.
The outline is now available! :D
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I did it !!! And it came out good, not as good as yours but very pretty!!!!! Has been almost 40 years that I haven paint and finally I decided to do it today, I showed it to my kids and they love it!
Thank you so much!!
@@elviamunguia8397 Oh that's wonderful :D:D So happy it went well!
Wonderfull 😍
You are my inspiration 🖌
Happy New Year!!! 🤗🌿
Hi my friend. Congratulations on the wonderful video you shared. Very interesting, thanks for sharing, keep in touch. Wishing you much success with your work🥰💞.💗,💖.
Awesome!! Got it! Thanks!
I'm amazed how transparent they look.
Wow! Those lights jump off the page! Beautiful painting!
You are an amazing teacher. I can’t get over how much you teach about color mixing, drawing and color application in one small painting. Thank you for explaining in such detail, you are such a gift for those of us who are beginners. Happy Holidays!
Oh thankss! I'm so happy you enjoy different elements of the tutorial 😃
I agree with this comment! Merry Christmas!
Yes, completely agree.
Truthfully... I usually do NOT like background music (noise) when I'm watching a tutorial...
but your selection of (low) christmas music in the background was PERFECT.
Very Soothing...
Loved this video.
Aw thank you so much! I'm so glad :D:D
OH MY GOSH I SOOO AGREE ! So many other videos have this annoying, pulsing, loud music while the teacher’s voice is barely audible. Thank you, Nianiani.
These lights are so beautiful and realistic-looking. I love the details of the glass and how each light glows. You’re a very talented watercolorist and teacher. Thanks for sharing this video :)
You're welcome! :D:D
That was 18 minutes and 11 seconds of absolute joy to watch and learn from. 😊Thank you. 🙏💝💐
What a beautiful painting. 🤩
Thank you so much 😀
You know, you're actually a really great teacher! The way you did the pencil sketch to show us where you place the colors and then how and where you pull them down to blend! That is perfect to help people that don't really understand watercolors completely yet to really show them how to manipulate the medium! Wonderful job!
Thank you :D:D
BEAUTIFUL
EXCELLENT VIDEO
WOW!!!
I think this tutorial is probably my very favourite Christmas image I’ve seen on here, it’s quite minimalist looks so realistic but immaculate in its execution. It’s really stunning. Congratulations on an absolutely beautiful watercolour.
Thank you so much for that :D:D
Wow! Watching those lights come alive was absolutely wonderful!
Turned out beautiful! Great instructions too. I love how you don't let your color "mistakes" stop you from moving forward with the design; you just work with them, and they turn out beautiful! Thanks for another great video.
Hahaha yes mistakes will always be there, the important thing is to know how to troubleshoot 😁
This one is my favorite. So simple yet so stunning.
Those are my favorite kind of lights. They are so Beautiful and realistic. I would never give up that painting. What talent!
So beautiful. I love that you go step by step and explain the reason for each choice.
Thank you so much!
This is probably so easy for you but it is nothing short of amazing to me!!! So beautiful and cheerful!
Thank you so much for sharing. I love the repetition of this tutorial as well as the tricks to create light. I especially want to thank you for leaving your 'mistakes' in the video - to show us that even the professionals stuggle....AND that there are always easy ways to make adjustments and corrections.
No worries haha I think its more important to know how to troubleshoot mistakes than to paint perfectly since mistakes will almost always happen 😅
@@Nianiani I definitely agree. I will be trying your lights this week.
They look very real and glowing with color.mim happy you make mistakes and teach how to remedy them!
Thank you. I love this painting - it reminds me of wonderful childhood memories of Christmas.
I am new to WC and I’ve watched this video several times and today I jumped in and just did it! I’m so happy, this is my first that I’m proud to show off. Thank you. Wish I could hit “Like” each time I watched.
Oh that's so great to hear! Well donee :D:D:D
I really like how you show us to just stay calm and carry on when a mistake is made. I am learning to lean into it and just move forward, it really helps me realize not to sweat the small stuff and also to problem solve.
Yes! I know it's not easy to do, but it's really one of those things to practice that not many people realise 😊
Thanks for outlining in a pencil sketch where you put your shading values!! Super helpful!!
Wow, these are stunning. Such amazing special effects not only beautifully executed but taught so approachably. Many thanks!
Thank you! Always such a pleasure to share :))
Thank you for your generous and concise tutorial! I injured my shoulder over a year ago. I lost my ability to paint for awhile. I healed , thank you, Lord! Yet, I found myself in a mental block to paint, again.. I was so inspired after watching this video! Although, I’m rusty....it felt so good to paint such happy painting! I modified the background. Thank you, again❤️🙏🏻✝️ Merry Christmas 🙏🏻✝️🎊
Aww I'm so glad that you're starting to paint again after your recovery! Have a blessed Christmas :))
Pretty. Definitely looks real. Impressed always.
Thank you :))
It's amazing how real they look. I'm watching this for the second year. Love it! ❤
I love this and the way you break down all the steps. Layering and shadows are the key to achieving a rounded and dimensional painting.
Absolutely beautiful! Mesmerizing to watch.
Your video just popped up and caught my eye. The lights just lift off the paper and look lovely. Your tutorial was excellent and made me feel like I could do this...maybe. Thank you.
All the best!
Amazing how putting the shadow in changed painting from flat to 3d. Awesome job!
Thankss!
You are such a great teacher, Nia. I still learn something with every tutorial you teach afterc6 years of learning on You Tube. Thank you so much. HAPPY CHRISTMAS, my friend.🤗❤🎄🖌🎨🖼
oh it's such a pleasure! I'm so glad that you could still pick up something new from the tutorial! Have a wonderful Christmas ^__^
Hello joy how are you doing?
These bulbs bring back memories of when I was a child in the 60’s. You are a great teacher, and if I never pick up a paint brush, I love just watching you. Merry Christmas.❤❤
So happy you enjoyed the video!
Very beautiful. ❤️
Having the base color keeps it from becoming flat.
Yes! Layering really helps to bring out the dimension of objects :)
Love your step-by-step instructions drawing the shadowing pattern is so helpful to make sure the placement of darker colors is just right for transparency effects. Thanks 😊
Thank you Nia! Since a few years I look forward to reproducing your Christmas watercolour cards: they are always lovely and thanks to your teaching I can easily paint them. I do appreciate also your Christmas trees in different pots! 🥰🥰
You are so welcome! :D:D:D
Какие яркие фонарики!!!Чудесная работа!!Волшебство Рождественское!!!Спасибо!!
Glad you enjoyed it :D
I am new to watercolor painting and you are the best teacher. Glad I found you. It's so beautiful. Thank you 😊
Welcome to the channel! 😊
I just found this tutorial a year later. I painted it right away and it turned out pretty good! You are such a good teacher.
Thank you for showing all your steps simple & lovely
Я даже не сразу поняла, что это нарисовано! Восторг!
I love this! I'll be painting tangled lights around my snowman...now I can really light him up. Thank you!
Oooo sounds so cute!
Very nice . I really appreciate how u sketched out how your blending your dark n light color. It made it easier to understand. Thank you.
Glad it ws helpful!
Stunningly real and beautiful. Thank you for the easy to follow steps
No worries :D:D
That painting is so lovely! So realistic! I"m definitely going to try to paint my own set of lights. Thank you for sharing!!
You’re welcome 😊
Love this painting!! I’m actually going to try to do it! Thank you for taking the time to teach us!!
Many blessings!! 💕
You're welcome :D Many blessings to you too! :))
Vielen Dank für Dein Tutorial. Ich möchte dieses Jahr meine Weihnachtskarten selbst mit Aquarellfarben gestalten. Ich habe letztes Jahr mit der Aquarellmalerei angefangen. Deiner ausführliche Anleitung kann ich sehr gut folgen. Ich habe mir einige Tutorials angesehen aber Dein Beitrag hat mir am besten gefallen. Deine bunte Lichterkette ist wirklich süss und Deine Lämpchen sehen aus als würden sie wirklich leuchten. Vielen lieben Dank für Dein ausführliches Tutorial ❤🦋
Gorgeous! So Bright and Lovely. Learning I am.....Thank you!
Thank youu
Thank you for teaching how to paint this. I love it and am going to try to paint it myself ❤
I've never seen your videos before, I fall between intermediate and advanced. This video is super easy to follow, producing excellent results. I wish I had found your channel in my early artistic journey, but this is nice and so much fun. Thanks!
Oh thanks! Well, I'm glad you get to visit now :p
I love your light bulbs so much that I've done quite a few cards. I try to do exactly what you teach but yours always look much better. You are a true perfectionist. Just beautiful! ❤❤❤
Hello Nianiani,
....one interesting thing about light, is our yellow sun, gives us purply shadows. If we had a red sun, we would have green shadows. In light mixing, the shadow is the complimentary opposite.
Nice little strand of lights.
Thanks for your calm video, and the great tip when over loading the liner brush, to wipe off excess first.
Have a great Christmas with you and your family, and friends closeby.
In kindred spirit,
Eliza
Dulwich Hill, Sydney Australia x
12th December 2021, 8:12pm
What an interesting thought :D:D
Hope you have a great one as well! Many blessings to you and your loved ones ^_^
I think this is my favorite of all the video's i have watched. Ive learned so much just from this one video. Thank you so much for making it look so easy that even i could paint it. Yes, I'm going to try. Love it!!!
Very pretty, may try this for a special Christmas card and the music is a very nice touch for listening
Thank you so much for all that you share with us, I could listen to your soft voice all day long, it makes painting with you go so smoothly!!
This is so lovely. Can't wait to try it! You're so detailed. . . excellent teaching.
I started copying this tutorial today and I'm loving it. Thank you so much 🎄
Your video is so nice and you are a great teacher. I’m happy with my first attempt as long as I don’t compare it to yours! I have room for improvement for sure but I enjoyed painting along. Thank you.
Sheer pleasure and joy to watch you painting. Absolutely beautiful.
Thank you for sharing your talent with us! Your thoroughness is really appreciated!
Thank you for being so detailed in your instruction! Beautiful work! Can’t wait to try it!
You are so welcome!
Terrific!!!!! Wonderful tutorial! Thank you!!!!! ❤🙏🌟
These are so realistic and so pretty!
You are very talented! You are a wonderful teacher! I absolutely love how you don't over explain!
Amazing! These lights look so beautiful n realistic.colors r so beautiful.
Thank you :D:D:D
I love it. Can’t wait to paint a few for my cards.
Simply superb... Thanks for sharing. The way you transact your instructions is highly commendable..Keep teaching..
Glad it was understandable :))
So mesmerizing! With every step I’d think to myself,” ooh perfect! It’s just beautiful!”….then you’d add one more touch and I’d say it all over again. Your voice is perfectly toned for these types of instructions; you definitely found your gift and are using it well!
Thank you so much for your kind words 🤗🤗🤗
@ you are so welcome.
Amazing beautiful and so realistic! You make it simple to follow with your explanations, very clever artist. Thank you. Merry Christmas and a happy holiday.
You make it look so easy! Beautiful.
Wait I love how u drew out what u were doing. It’s helps so much, of getting the idea
Glad it was helpful :DDD
I really enjoyed watching this tutorial.
It is the best I have seen
These lights are so transparent! Thank you I can't wait to try it
Glad you like them! Enjoy!
Thank you so much for doing such a great tutorial
... I did one myself... love how it turned out... looks so real.
Wonderful demonstration and the lights are such a warm, happy image!
Beautiful & beautifully explained. Thank you. ❤️
Amazing and beautiful. Thank you for sharing!!!
Lovely! Really enjoyed your method of showing in graphite what was happening. Well taught. This looks meditative and soothing to paint. Love simple yet realistic. Thanks for sharing.
Welcome ^_^
Excellent video, may I offer a suggestion that would help out the beginners. Alternative color guide. I know early on I didn't own any of the specialty colors, and I'm actually surprised that I have every color in this tutorial except crimson lake. I only acquired the rose of ultramarine and the Moonglow recently. Beautiful video. Thank you!
Thanks for the suggestion :) but I don't think that I can include an alternative colour guide as everyone has different brands and it'll be impossible and insufficient with the time frame of each video to name every single one of them.
I think by showing how I mix the colours, it should be easy enough to match the hues shown to everyone's own set of watercolors. The hues are what's important to understand instead of specific pigments :)
I also didn't start using professional watercolors until I knew I wanted to get serious with watercolors. But it's very much doable to paint these types of paintings with hobbyist paint :) Hope you understand where I'm coming from
So beautiful! You’re an amazing artist! Thank you so much for sharing in-depth on how you created this art piece! Bravooooo!!
Watched again this year. I'm still in awe. I hope to try it soon. I'm still a bit of a coward.
What a wonderful project. After painting one following your directions, I then challenged myself. I left the white of the paper for the highlights and experimented with complementary colors for the darks. I 'drew' the shape of dark area first with clear water then floated to two colors (example for the yellow light - floated the yellow and a violet) and let them mix themselves for a very exciting effect. Without your clear, concise guidance for the first painting, I'd have been too afraid to let loose and experiment. But your directions allowed me to feel assured in handling the image. Thank you so much
That's awesome! So glad you have the confidence to experiment with different techniques!
Wow I love how you teach nothing better then to make a nice watercolor card that pops off the paper and that you show it close up we don't need to see the artist like in a lot of videos we need to see the how to"s and for me that's a perfect video thank you so much for taking the time 2 thumbs up and a subscribe .I really appreciate that you took the time❤❤❤😊
Welcome to the channel!
Wow! These lights look so real! This is the first watercolor video that I’ve seen that didn’t look so hard to do! I’m sure it would be for me since I’m new to watercolors! I bought my paints over 3 years ago, but have felt too intimidated to try!! Now that I found you again, I’m definitely going to watch your videos!! Thank you so much for sharing and inspiring me!!! Happy holidays!!!😀❤️🎄
Hope you enjoy painting! Happy holidays :DD
I’ve watched it twice and will certainly watch again as this is something I hope to master. Your video has been VERY helpful. Thank you.
You can do it! All the best :D:D
So beautiful, love the colors. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much for such detail. I appreciate it. The painting is beautiful ❤️
I actually followed along to this with coloured pencils and fineliner as it was all I had near me, but I will definitely try it with watercolour soon. 😊
That's awesome! Hope you have fun making the watercolor version as well :D
I would love to see you paint a snow globe. Thank you for your way of explaining the way you do. you are very clear. Happy holidays!
There's actually one coming :) it's more of a loose style than this tightly painted one though
Gracias por compartir tus hermosos trabajos 😍🖌 y enseñar a pintar con tanta dedicación 😘💐
Welcomee! :D:D:D
This looks like so much fun...thanks for showing us how you do it
Thank you so much for the digital sketches for purchase and video😊!!! Such a great idea
Wonderful video. Love your teaching method and peaceful music.
Glad you enjoy it!
Thank you! You are WONDERFUL! I tried this following you step by step and it came out great! I’m so excited. Thanks again.
Yayyy! Well done! 🙌
so so beautiful. I wish I was artistic like that. This makes my heart smile!!
aw thats so sweet :)) Thank you!
Wow! This is stunning and so realistic. Great and relaxing tutorial.
Beautifully made!
Thank you very much for this wonderful video!
You are a wonderful teacher, these lights are beautiful
Stunning Christmas lights, very realistic. Your art is a wonderful reflection of you, such beauty within oneself comes out in your art. Wishing you a wonderful time with family, friends, and pet, over the holiday season, and traditations.
Thank you so much Joan! Hope you have a wonderful holiday as well with your loved ones ^__^
Beautiful and so realistic!
Beautiful and so well done.