Glowing Christmas Lights in Watercolor for Christmas Card Ideas
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- Опубликовано: 9 дек 2021
- Hi guys! I've been wanting to paint these colourful Christmas lights for a while now. Despite how it looks it's actually quite easy as long as you understand the basic steps, which is then repeated with different colours to make these realistic looking glass textures so I hope that you guys don't feel intimidated by the looks of it. I personally had so much fun painting them and I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I did painting them!
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Paint: Holbein, DS, WN, MG, Schmincke, Dr Ph Martins
Paper: Paul Reuben 300gsm 50% cotton
Brush: Giorgione size 4, Sekaido Liner size 2
Pencil: Pentel Sharplet
COLOURS
Sepia Holbein
Viridian Hue Holbein
Rose of Ultramarine DS
French Ultramarine DS
Manganese Blue WN
Naphthol red MG
Crimson Lake Holbein
Hansa Yellow Light DS
Indigo Schmincke
Moon Glow DS
Yellow Ochre Holbein
Bleed Proof White Dr Ph Martin’s
MUSIC:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Smooth Jazz Version) - One Man Quartet
O Little Town of Bethlehem (Jazz Trio Version) - Starry Bay Trio
Silent Night (Smooth Jazz Version) - One Man Quartet
Epidemic Sounds 
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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!
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.
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
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.
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
I'm amazed how transparent they look.
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 😀
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
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 😁
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
Wow! Those lights jump off the page! Beautiful painting!
Я даже не сразу поняла, что это нарисовано! Восторг!
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!
Wow! Watching those lights come alive was absolutely wonderful!
So beautiful. I love that you go step by step and explain the reason for each choice.
Thank you so much!
Gorgeous! So Bright and Lovely. Learning I am.....Thank you!
Thank youu
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 :))
Pretty. Definitely looks real. Impressed always.
Thank you :))
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 ^_^
My goodness that's absolutely amazing! I bet the rosemary smelled nice
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
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! :))
Thanks for outlining in a pencil sketch where you put your shading values!! Super helpful!!
This is probably so easy for you but it is nothing short of amazing to me!!! So beautiful and cheerful!
They look very real and glowing with color.mim happy you make mistakes and teach how to remedy them!
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
Absolutely beautiful! Mesmerizing to watch.
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 😊
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.
This just popped out on my screen. The image was so intriguing and I had to click! Very nice painting. Happy Holidays!
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! 😊
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!!
BEAUTIFUL
EXCELLENT VIDEO
WOW!!!
You area an EXCELLENT Teacher...
(I should know... I too, am a teacher.)
Thank you so much for sharing this Beautiful Video.
God Bless... and Merry Christmas.
You are... NOT You area...
Oh Thank you so much! Merry Christmas! ^__^
Stunningly real and beautiful. Thank you for the easy to follow steps
No worries :D:D
Amazing how putting the shadow in changed painting from flat to 3d. Awesome job!
Thankss!
Thank you for showing all your steps simple & lovely
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!
Terrific!!!!! Wonderful tutorial! Thank you!!!!! ❤🙏🌟
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! ❤❤❤
Very beautiful. ❤️
Having the base color keeps it from becoming flat.
Yes! Layering really helps to bring out the dimension of objects :)
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!
Thank you for sharing your talent with us! Your thoroughness is really appreciated!
This is so lovely. Can't wait to try it! You're so detailed. . . excellent teaching.
Welcome Back. Ah so beautiful☃️🎨❤
Thank you so much! :D:D
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 pretty, may try this for a special Christmas card and the music is a very nice touch for listening
This is stunning! You are a wonderful instructor. Thank you so much for sharing your talent with us!
I really enjoyed watching this tutorial.
It is the best I have seen
Just wow!
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.
❤😂😂😂😂loved her comment "I'm just going to repeat this shape 5 times..." 😂😂yea...not happening for me!! I would be lucky to get one right! Amazing paint and draw. Beautiful, and simple...well for her it's easy. 😮 BEAUTIFUL JOB❤❤❤❤
Hahaha xD I guess you can make one and turn it into a stencil 😅
This one is my favorite. So simple yet so stunning.
Absolutely _gorgeous_ result - thank you! 🤍
I really like this one. Every year you make a Christmas design that’s just too good to pass up! Thank you!
Oh thank youuu! Happy holidays!
You are a wonderful teacher, these lights are beautiful
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
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 😊
Pełen profesjonalizm ogromne gratulacje ,niesamowity efekt😊🤗👍
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!!!
This is just lovely.
You are very talented! You are a wonderful teacher! I absolutely love how you don't over explain!
How beautiful! Wonderful! Congratulations! ❤️
Absolutely beautiful.
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
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
Thank you so much for such detail. I appreciate it. The painting is beautiful ❤️
This is stunning and totally doable! I love it!
You made it look simple enough that even I should be able to follow along haha 😂 Thanks for the video! Im looking forward to giving it a try.
Such a wonderful technique 😍
Beautiful, and a fantastic idea for holiday cards!
You are such a great teacher and painter, thank you, this is so beautiful!
No worries :D:D so glad you enjoyed the video :))
Thank you. I love this painting - it reminds me of wonderful childhood memories of Christmas.
It's amazing how real they look. I'm watching this for the second year. Love it! ❤
Magnifique ! j'adore !
this is amazing!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE
Thank youu!
So beautiful, love the colors. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful and so realistic!
Thank you so much for the digital sketches for purchase and video😊!!! Such a great idea
They look so realistic ❤️❤️❤️ And your voice is soft and pleasant 🌸🔥✨ Thank you for this wonderful tutorial! I enjoy every video of you painting especially this one! Keep up the good work 🌺
Thank you so much 😀
Absolutely beautiful!
Those lights look amazing!
Thank you so much! :D:D
It's absolutely stunning! Thank you so much for such a great idea 😍
LOVE THIS - will give this a try
Wonderful painting! You truly are a gifted artist!
You're an awesome teacher! Love your work!❤
Sheer pleasure and joy to watch you painting. Absolutely beautiful.
This looks like so much fun...thanks for showing us how you do it
Beautiful piece of work.
Wonderful demonstration and the lights are such a warm, happy image!
I started copying this tutorial today and I'm loving it. Thank you so much 🎄
Wow this is so beautiful! It must have taken a bit of some time to do this, to make it look like this, so many details, thus so beautiful! I love it!
Beautifully made!
Thank you very much for this wonderful video!
absolutely loved this card...just in time for Christmas😺
Thank you for teaching how to paint this. I love it and am going to try to paint it myself ❤
Thank you so much for doing such a great tutorial
... I did one myself... love how it turned out... looks so real.
Those are absolutely extraordinary thank you Nianiani 💖
You're welcome!!
Love this tutorial. You are wonderful
absolutely gorgeous! I love to watch you paint!
Thanks 😁
This is definitely going to be my cards this year! Thanks Nia as always, for your detailed explanations
Awesome :D Happy painting!