You are so generous and kind with your teaching techniques. Thank you Linda for passing on your skills and not holding anything back! Love your work!!!
I was so happy when you moved your camera and we got to see the whole painting while you poured the paint! I'm getting excited to look at my pictures of my garden to do one or more of this exciting way to color my garden! Whoopie!!
Nancy Rousseau Pouring watercolors is definitely exciting and so much fun. Please contact me on FB and share your work with me and I'd love to see how you interpret the Pouring process. Best of luck!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge of watercolor pouring and masking techniques. It was easy to follow. I learned many new tips which I hadn't even thought of before.
Judith Sandala Thank you so much Judith! I'm so glad you found this video helpful. It is such a fun technique! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. You are greatly appreciated! Have fun painting!
Absolutely beautiful! I love this! I started pouring acrylics...but water colors are my favorites...and after watching, I am still lost as to how you got such fine details on the flowers. This is amazing work. Thank you!
lindalori52 Oh I love pouring acrylics too! Definitely different than pouring watercolors but still fun. I’m so happy you like this one. Those fine lines are just done with masking fluid and applied with an embossing stylus. I used one with a very small metal ball and it gives me the fine lines. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. It is greatly appreciated!
Love this. I have been experimenting with flow acrylics but watercolour is my favourite medium. I am so excited to see your process. I can't wait to give it a try. Thank you so much for sharing
josina Washington Hi Josina, this is a really fun and interesting way to paint. It makes you think more in terms of values and layers. I have also been playing with flow acrylics! They are lots of fun. In fact I’ve just reorganized my studio so I can do some video’s of these as well. Of course I will be doing more watercolor videos as well as they are my passion! Thank you for taking the time to comment and I hope you enjoy trying this type of Pouring.
Thank you so much for sharing you gift. I am so impressed with the black & white copy to show value. I am just doing this for myself and love learning. These video's were jam packed with info.
Catherine M thank you so much Catherine! I'm so happy you enjoyed this series. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment as well. Colorful hugs!
Mars451 B again thank you so much! Stay tuned for new videos soon. And if there is something you’d particularly like to see, let me know. Thanks again!
@@LindaSmithLatimer I really love watercolor and this is the first time I've seen this kind of pouring technique explained so thoroughly. I usually work with pan water colours and recently invested in tubes of gouache but I dont have tubes of watercolors so I'm going to invest in a primary set. I could watch these pouring videos of yours all day long! It looks really intimidating but the care you took in explaining what you did really gives me the confidence to give it a try.Do you critique artwork from your subscribers? I'm self taught and would really love some feedback when I gather my supplies.
Mars451 B Hi again, don’t feel intimidated! The first time I tried pouring I hated it! Even the second and third time were disasters. Then slowly it started coming together. So don’t expect the first few times to work completely but keep trying it. I absolutely love pouring now! I’m working on another pouring which I will be teaching in a mini 2 day workshop but will also do as a RUclips video series shortly. So watch for it. I’d be happy to critique your pouring for you. Friend me on Facebook and we can connect privately. Good luck and happy pouring! 😊
Jennifer Kohn Murtha Oh I want to see it when it is finished. I did a portrait of Grandpa Elliott who is a famous street singer in New Orleans. He turned out fantastic. Friend me on FB. Paintings From the Heart. I really would love to see what you end up with on your portrait.
@@LindaSmithLatimer Linda, I sent you a friend request this morning before i even commented. I have a portrait group on FB, The Portrait Group and we'd love to see what you do. I'm staring preliminary washes next week while I work on the drawing. I don't like masking but I'm determined to learn your method so that it makes more sense to me. I was very classically trained at the Schuler School of Fine Art in Baltimore where we only masked if totally essential. :-)
Jennifer Kohn Murtha Thank you for the friend request and the invite to your group. I would love to join! Like you I don’t use masking in 90% of my work but to make the watercolor pouring work, you must use masking. I have a video on the tools I use in using masking which makes it so much easier. Since the masking video, I began using cheap calligraphy pens with metal nibs for really precise masking and it works so well. Of course you can use wider nibs for larger areas but I still love my embossing stylus for the majority of masking. I am basically a self taught portrait artist so I have never received any training in portraits but I have many requests for them. Thank you again Jennifer and I’ll see you in the group.
Hi, Linda, I totally love this very loose type of painting. I've been watercolor painting on and off for years and I would love to try this.. Where do you get your reference photos or do you take them via camera? I would like to start with a simpler picture. This one, beautiful as it is, to me, looks complicated. Thanks for introducing this style of painting to me.
Pat Coulter Hi! I'm so glad you like this style. It is lots of fun, surprising, and challenging. I take my own reference photos as I'm also an avid photographer but many times I just use my iPhone for photos. It's always with me as I see photos everywhere I go. Find a simple flower, add a few additional leaves and stems in the background so you can have different layers to create some depth. Only make it as hard or simple as you want. If you into problems, contact me and I'll be happy to help.
Pat Coulter Thank you for watching and commenting Pat, I truly appreciate it. Happy painting and I hope you'll share your result. The first time can be a little overwhelming but treat it as a learning experiment and the next one will hook you!
Linda, love the series. It is so nice to see a painting from start to finish. I love pouring watercolour. Question please. When I remove masking fluid, I do find that it tends to take some colour with it, even if the paper is bone dry. Is there anything I can do or is it just normal? Best wishes. Mike Turner
Hi Mike, glad you like pouring! In answer to your question, (and sorry it has taken me so long to reply, I apologize) yes that is a normal result of masking, unfortunately. In large areas it's best to mask it out without any color and pour surrounding areas. Then mask the smaller areas surrounding that large area and THEN pour the large area. The color change is more noticeable in those large areas. This is one of the challenges of pouring. Can be a curse or a pleasant surprise. I'm working on a full sheet poured landscape today and trying to decide if I should pour my sky (quite large) first or mask out and pour last. My final decision was to mask out and pour last. I'm doing a video on this painting but will not be a tutorial more of a watch me paint to see how I handle this large pouring. Thanks so much for watching my video's. You can follow me on FaceBook too.
Trudie Kiliru In this particular painting I removed only some of the masking in order to pour in the area. I rarely need to do that in other Poured paintings. Tho it is a good idea to know how to keep some of the masking in some areas while removing another or an area where you mistakenly masked out. Ergo an exacto knife works perfectly.
Curious to know if I could try this carefully on a block of watercolor paper, if I was careful to not get it into the opening? The pouring is almost like negative painting for the pouring.
Hi Lynne, Yes you most certainly can use a block for pouring! If you want to be extra careful, put a piece of duct tape over the opening at the top. And yes, it is very close to negative painting. Thanks for watching my channel and my video.
Gail Moniz oh gosh no! I have been doing it this way for 10 years and never nor anyone that uses this method (and there are many) no has ever complained of this happening. Are you having trouble?
No, I just wondered if that would be a problem. I was a secretary for many years and I know from experience that they will rust over time, especially when exposed to a damp environment. Since you are pouring colours over your paintings, the staples would no doubt be getting wet as well. I suppose once you start a painting, you follow through to the finish without much delay, so it makes sense that you wouldn't experience this problem. Thanks for your quick response.
CobraDove Hi There, yes I agree if you are looking for just a loose watercolor painting style this is not for you. This goes far and above a watercolor painting because what you get with this technique, in person, looks so different than your normal watercolor painting. You can not obtain this look doing your average watercolor. But for something very different, exciting, and sometimes unexpected, you can try this. It isn’t for everyone that’s for sure. Thank you for taking the time to comment! 😊
I have been doing watercolors for over 25 years. I like to see different techniques but for me, part of the fun is the quick and loose procedure. I like your painting but it is too tedious for me.
Hi Cynthia, I really love the loose style too and particularly wet in wet. Watching colors merge on the paper it is almost sensual watching them become one. This pouring style is not for everyone and not something I do often. But it does have a very different look to it and it can be great fun if you are adventurous! I do so appreciate you taking the time to watch my video's. Thank you also for your wonderful comments. I really appreciate them!
Maire Millard Maire Millard first thank you for watching! I have no idea what caused the noise. I was using a different camera and that might have caused it but I have no clue what caused it or what it actually could be. Out of nearly 12,000 views you are the first to comment on the any noise. I hope you enjoyed the video in spite of the noise.
Sorry, unfortunately, I am one of those people cursed with the complete inability to block out recurring background noise. My husband can't even turn the ceiling fan on for long without it driving me insane. :( White noise machines are torture to me.
Maire Millard I sleep with white noise going all night because I have tinnitus and that "ringing" drives me crazy. We sleep with the ceiling fan on too! So I understand. I do everything to block out that noise. Pouring is certainly not for everyone but it is fun tho challenging. But it also really helps in seeing values when painting normally. Thanks again for watching, hope you'll watch some of my others, I don't think there is background noise in them except for outside wind chimes if wind is blowing. 😊
Yea, I heard the wind chimes. Quite pleasant those. I get the tinnitus thing, I have it too. Unfortunately, that is part of what irritates me about constant repetitive noise, I hear it all the time and adding to it makes me growly. LOL
Your videos are the best! You explain everything so well.
Thank you so much Jane! ☺️
Helpful tip on using the exacto knife to remove masking. Good series, thank you.
You are so generous and kind with your teaching techniques. Thank you Linda for passing on your skills and not holding anything back! Love your work!!!
Felicity Benson why thank you so much Felicity you are so sweet. I'm so glad you like my tutorials and thank you so very much watching!
I was so happy when you moved your camera and we got to see the whole painting while you poured the paint! I'm getting excited to look at my pictures of my garden to do one or more of this exciting way to color my garden! Whoopie!!
Nancy Rousseau Pouring watercolors is definitely exciting and so much fun. Please contact me on FB and share your work with me and I'd love to see how you interpret the Pouring process. Best of luck!
Check it out Linda, 7 years later and your tutorials are still being enjoyed. Thank you for sharing !!
Thank you so much SV for watching. I am so happy people are still watching and enjoying my work. More to come in the future as well!
Thank you Linda .... for sharing your process, it was very informative, I love the end result... bravo
Thank you so much Bea! I'm so glad you enjoyed the videos. Just saw you on my FB art page too thank you!!!
Can't wait for part 5 -- Again excellent instructions, Linda
Thanks so much Jan!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge of watercolor pouring and masking techniques. It was easy to follow. I learned many new tips which I hadn't even thought of before.
Judith Sandala Thank you so much Judith! I'm so glad you found this video helpful. It is such a fun technique! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. You are greatly appreciated! Have fun painting!
Absolutely beautiful! I love this! I started pouring acrylics...but water colors are my favorites...and after watching, I am still lost as to how you got such fine details on the flowers. This is amazing work. Thank you!
lindalori52 Oh I love pouring acrylics too! Definitely different than pouring watercolors but still fun. I’m so happy you like this one. Those fine lines are just done with masking fluid and applied with an embossing stylus. I used one with a very small metal ball and it gives me the fine lines. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. It is greatly appreciated!
Love this. I have been experimenting with flow acrylics but watercolour is my favourite medium. I am so excited to see your process. I can't wait to give it a try. Thank you so much for sharing
josina Washington Hi Josina, this is a really fun and interesting way to paint. It makes you think more in terms of values and layers. I have also been playing with flow acrylics! They are lots of fun. In fact I’ve just reorganized my studio so I can do some video’s of these as well. Of course I will be doing more watercolor videos as well as they are my passion! Thank you for taking the time to comment and I hope you enjoy trying this type of Pouring.
Thank you for the information and tips Linda. I am looking forward to seeing the new video you are working on. Mike
Thank you so much for sharing you gift. I am so impressed with the black & white copy to show value. I am just doing this for myself and love learning. These video's were jam packed with info.
Catherine M thank you so much Catherine! I'm so happy you enjoyed this series. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment as well. Colorful hugs!
This video series is by far the best I've seen on youtube.I am so excited to try this! Thank you so much for your transparency
Mars451 B again thank you so much! Stay tuned for new videos soon. And if there is something you’d particularly like to see, let me know. Thanks again!
@@LindaSmithLatimer I really love watercolor and this is the first time I've seen this kind of pouring technique explained so thoroughly. I usually work with pan water colours and recently invested in tubes of gouache but I dont have tubes of watercolors so I'm going to invest in a primary set. I could watch these pouring videos of yours all day long! It looks really intimidating but the care you took in explaining what you did really gives me the confidence to give it a try.Do you critique artwork from your subscribers? I'm self taught and would really love some feedback when I gather my supplies.
Mars451 B Hi again, don’t feel intimidated! The first time I tried pouring I hated it! Even the second and third time were disasters. Then slowly it started coming together. So don’t expect the first few times to work completely but keep trying it. I absolutely love pouring now! I’m working on another pouring which I will be teaching in a mini 2 day workshop but will also do as a RUclips video series shortly. So watch for it. I’d be happy to critique your pouring for you. Friend me on Facebook and we can connect privately. Good luck and happy pouring! 😊
Thank you for this series of videos...very organized, clear instruction, and inspiring.
Jennifer Kohn Murtha Thank you for your wonderful comment Jennifer. I’m so glad you enjoyed the videos. 🥰
@@LindaSmithLatimer I did and I'm going to try this with a watercolor portrait. stay tuned. But thank you again, I'm going to share with my students.
Jennifer Kohn Murtha Oh I want to see it when it is finished. I did a portrait of Grandpa Elliott who is a famous street singer in New Orleans. He turned out fantastic. Friend me on FB. Paintings From the Heart. I really would love to see what you end up with on your portrait.
@@LindaSmithLatimer Linda, I sent you a friend request this morning before i even commented. I have a portrait group on FB, The Portrait Group and we'd love to see what you do. I'm staring preliminary washes next week while I work on the drawing. I don't like masking but I'm determined to learn your method so that it makes more sense to me. I was very classically trained at the Schuler School of Fine Art in Baltimore where we only masked if totally essential. :-)
Jennifer Kohn Murtha Thank you for the friend request and the invite to your group. I would love to join! Like you I don’t use masking in 90% of my work but to make the watercolor pouring work, you must use masking. I have a video on the tools I use in using masking which makes it so much easier. Since the masking video, I began using cheap calligraphy pens with metal nibs for really precise masking and it works so well. Of course you can use wider nibs for larger areas but I still love my embossing stylus for the majority of masking. I am basically a self taught portrait artist so I have never received any training in portraits but I have many requests for them. Thank you again Jennifer and I’ll see you in the group.
Pour is the new buzz word :)
Amazing!!
Hi, Linda, I totally love this very loose type of painting. I've been watercolor painting on and off for years and I would love to try this.. Where do you get your reference photos or do you take them via camera? I would like to start with a simpler picture. This one, beautiful as it is, to me, looks complicated. Thanks for introducing this style of painting to me.
Pat Coulter Hi! I'm so glad you like this style. It is lots of fun, surprising, and challenging. I take my own reference photos as I'm also an avid photographer but many times I just use my iPhone for photos. It's always with me as I see photos everywhere I go. Find a simple flower, add a few additional leaves and stems in the background so you can have different layers to create some depth. Only make it as hard or simple as you want. If you into problems, contact me and I'll be happy to help.
Pat Coulter Thank you for watching and commenting Pat, I truly appreciate it. Happy painting and I hope you'll share your result. The first time can be a little overwhelming but treat it as a learning experiment and the next one will hook you!
So awesome!
Thanks again Zarah! Hope you will give technique a try and share it with me. 😊
Hi your soooo goodness you❤🙏take care ❤
Cecil Tan Thank you!!! ❤️
Wow .. eye dropper to add color , wonderful. yikes using a x-acto knife 🤦♀️ never in my wildest dreams. Takes practice I’m sure. Thanks
Linda, love the series. It is so nice to see a painting from start to finish. I love pouring watercolour. Question please. When I remove masking fluid, I do find that it tends to take some colour with it, even if the paper is bone dry. Is there anything I can do or is it just normal? Best wishes. Mike Turner
Hi Mike, glad you like pouring! In answer to your question, (and sorry it has taken me so long to reply, I apologize) yes that is a normal result of masking, unfortunately. In large areas it's best to mask it out without any color and pour surrounding areas. Then mask the smaller areas surrounding that large area and THEN pour the large area. The color change is more noticeable in those large areas. This is one of the challenges of pouring. Can be a curse or a pleasant surprise. I'm working on a full sheet poured landscape today and trying to decide if I should pour my sky (quite large) first or mask out and pour last. My final decision was to mask out and pour last. I'm doing a video on this painting but will not be a tutorial more of a watch me paint to see how I handle this large pouring. Thanks so much for watching my video's. You can follow me on FaceBook too.
I am so enjoying watching this. Can you remind me why you used the exacto knife?
Trudie Kiliru In this particular painting I removed only some of the masking in order to pour in the area. I rarely need to do that in other Poured paintings. Tho it is a good idea to know how to keep some of the masking in some areas while removing another or an area where you mistakenly masked out. Ergo an exacto knife works perfectly.
Curious to know if I could try this carefully on a block of watercolor paper, if I was careful to not get it into the opening? The pouring is almost like negative painting for the pouring.
Hi Lynne, Yes you most certainly can use a block for pouring! If you want to be extra careful, put a piece of duct tape over the opening at the top. And yes, it is very close to negative painting. Thanks for watching my channel and my video.
Do your staples ever leave rust marks on your paper?
Gail Moniz oh gosh no! I have been doing it this way for 10 years and never nor anyone that uses this method (and there are many) no has ever complained of this happening. Are you having trouble?
No, I just wondered if that would be a problem. I was a secretary for many years and I know from experience that they will rust over time, especially when exposed to a damp environment. Since you are pouring colours over your paintings, the staples would no doubt be getting wet as well. I suppose once you start a painting, you follow through to the finish without much delay, so it makes sense that you wouldn't experience this problem. Thanks for your quick response.
Gail Moniz some paintings I leave unfinished for months and never ever have a problem.
That just seems like so much time and work for a loose watercolour style...
CobraDove Hi There, yes I agree if you are looking for just a loose watercolor painting style this is not for you. This goes far and above a watercolor painting because what you get with this technique, in person, looks so different than your normal watercolor painting. You can not obtain this look doing your average watercolor. But for something very different, exciting, and sometimes unexpected, you can try this. It isn’t for everyone that’s for sure. Thank you for taking the time to comment! 😊
I have been doing watercolors for over 25 years. I like to see different techniques but for me, part of the fun is the quick and loose procedure. I like your painting but it is too tedious for me.
Hi Cynthia, I really love the loose style too and particularly wet in wet. Watching colors merge on the paper it is almost sensual watching them become one. This pouring style is not for everyone and not something I do often. But it does have a very different look to it and it can be great fun if you are adventurous! I do so appreciate you taking the time to watch my video's. Thank you also for your wonderful comments. I really appreciate them!
pouring is about batik?
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Gilberto De Jesus Santos no Gilberto, it is not batik. It looks similes but no wax is used.
Strange but it sounds like a Gieger counter going on in the background
Maire Millard Maire Millard first thank you for watching! I have no idea what caused the noise. I was using a different camera and that might have caused it but I have no clue what caused it or what it actually could be. Out of nearly 12,000 views you are the first to comment on the any noise. I hope you enjoyed the video in spite of the noise.
Sorry, unfortunately, I am one of those people cursed with the complete inability to block out recurring background noise. My husband can't even turn the ceiling fan on for long without it driving me insane. :( White noise machines are torture to me.
But to answer your question, I did enjoy your technique though. I'm not sure it would work for me, but it was interesting. Thank you for sharing :)
Maire Millard I sleep with white noise going all night because I have tinnitus and that "ringing" drives me crazy. We sleep with the ceiling fan on too! So I understand. I do everything to block out that noise. Pouring is certainly not for everyone but it is fun tho challenging. But it also really helps in seeing values when painting normally. Thanks again for watching, hope you'll watch some of my others, I don't think there is background noise in them except for outside wind chimes if wind is blowing. 😊
Yea, I heard the wind chimes. Quite pleasant those. I get the tinnitus thing, I have it too. Unfortunately, that is part of what irritates me about constant repetitive noise, I hear it all the time and adding to it makes me growly. LOL
Really nice video instruction. But the background noise is unbearable. Sorry 😢