Realistic Leaf Painting in Watercolor - Botanical Illustration
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- I paint a photo realistic oak leaf and talk about botanical illustration, its growing popularity and the techniques involved.
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Indian Yellow
Azo Green
Prussian Blue
Transparent Red Iron Oxide
Sepia
Ultramarine Blue
Paynes Gray
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Thank you for the Bible text at the end. Loved this video.
I love the leaf painting and as a matter of fact, Leaves are my most favorite of all things to paint. 😃
I just now discovered this...many of the botanical artists use very tiny spotter or liner brushes...you made me realize it is completely artist preference.. I love your thoughtful approach to all things watercolor.
After watching just a few of your videos, I started watercolor painting again. So far you are the only one that I actually understood and enjoyed. I like your humor, your paintings and your explanations. You are very talented and your work is beautiful! Thank you for your videos!
From your positive comments about the daVinci brush, I ordered a set. I must thank you for this tip! They're so nice to work with. and so are you - nice to work with.
Hi Steve,
I wanted to drop a line thanking you for all your brilliant, artful and instructive videos. I find that when I want to chill-out and relax I often re-watch your videos as your artistic process is so inspiring and your work beautiful.
Thank you for making such a positive impact on me and my art. I'm so grateful to you.
Very kind thanks. Seeking to inspire is my greatest goal!
Just beautiful. I love all the colors you brought out in the leaf. I want to watercolor like this so bad!! Thank you for sharing this - love your work.
I loved everything about this. I love leaves. I love fall leaves. I love this rendering you did of a fall leaf. Wow.
Botanical's are my very favorite. I love how you show us how to glaze and blend. It's just so very helpful. As far as botanical's are concerned what can be better than to study the workings and beauty of nature. I also want you to know that I love that you are a gentleman which is getting harder to find these days.
Thank you. I so appreciate your style of teaching.
So, I have been addicted to your videos since I found you recently, your videos are so well demonstrated and helpful and now that I know you’re a Star Wars fan I think you may have just become my favorite youtuber 😁
wow that looks amazing, so memorising to watch. I could watch you paint all day.Great tutorial you have a lovely teaching style very raw and honest. Thanks from Loren Melbourne Down Under :)
I picked up a few leaves then I did drawings and painted them, it was interesting to see someone else, do the same. I will be doing the same this year, as I find it interesting.
Amazing. It’s like magic.
You always make me smile I have learned a lot from you as well thanks
Very nice. I liked watching how you softened the edges on the layers to get the smooth color transitions - I'll have to practice this. Thank you!
Beautiful! I have been struggling to learn watercolor, and your tutorials are very pleasant and helpful. Thank you!
I love your videos! From the intro, the music you use and of course your beautiful art and the information you so graciously share...all of it is wrapped up in a perfectly presented video. Oh...and I really appreciate the verses you put at the end of your videos. Thanks so much. :-)
I just knocked out five paintings the last two days on my channel. I strive to become better at photo realistic quality. Thanks for your demonstrations. Your really good at what you do.
Thanks so much!
Well, now I'm a fan. I've watched a few of your videos now and really appreciate - almost as much as your content! - your in-focus filming, interjecting some humor without rambling, and editing to make your videos easily and enjoyably watchable.
+Cherie Wolfe very kind and encouraging, thanks!
Steve, thanks for showing the botanical style. This is the only style of painting I've learned, and love it. I've tried to loosen up, but am not comfortable with it, even though I was told by a colleague in my local gallery that my type of painting "is too old-fashioned" to sell. It does put you off a bit.
This is great. I was given this as an exercise in an online class as a way to help us mix accurate colors - leaves have a lot more colors than you'd guess. I did a bunch of these this fall when I just wasn't feeling the landscape I was in. They were fun and got me painting and so it was all good. Highly recommend as an excercise and figuring out how to portray the shadows is a bonus!
Thanks for this video! I painted my first realistic leaf in watercolor and it came out really nice because of your great instruction and tips!
Thanks for the great demo. This is the style I usually use: it allows me to enter a very peaceful, contemplative state.
+Mary Vivit As it does me. Thanks Mary!
Watching you paint is a zen moment for me. Love your humor in your videos. Awesome, awesome work.
+Sally Yotz Why thank you very much!
Exquisite! Clean and simple.
You are amazing!! Enjoy your videos so much! Thank you for sharing!!
Your tutorials are easy to understand , thank you . I love Anna Mason , she has an easy way of explaining methods , I enjoy her lessons too .
Thank you SO much! My leaves often look a bit too flat and unrealistic, but from now on, they will definitely look like they were just picked from under a tree! Great video!
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I really like the added shadow. This would make a lovely autumn card. Thanks for the pointers.
+Sarah Guy-Levar Yeah it would work well on a card wouldn't it. Thanks for watching!
I love your paintings ,and I love the scriptures at the end, reminds u’s of what it’s all about.🤗
You make me laugh! I love your sense of humor. This is one of my favorite videos.
Just beautiful to see!
For me these tutorials are hitting the right spot. Really appreciate them - thank you. I'm told I've produced some half-decent watercolour pictures in the past but I've always been aware that my techniques are pretty woeful. So having decided to go back to basics and learn good (and lasting) techniques I stumbled across your tutorials - and they are easily the best I've found. Much appreciated...
High praise. Glad you found them so. Thanks!
Thank you , I love the fact that you are really painting in water colors. I was ready to switch back to oil and acrylic for lack of information on this method of using water colors.
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Just beautiful! And the music made me feel like a lovely Sunday to paint. Thank you!
Love this! Thank you!
Merci Monsieur, très inspirant votre travail....
It's incredible! It's so life-like and the shadowing makes it almost jump off the page! Thanks for showing us that.
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Not a lot to say here except WOW, Wow, Wow. It was a pleasure to watch this. Thank you so much I have learned so much from you and look forward to continuing on.
+Jill Terrell Thank you so much for those "wows"! :-)
Very realistic and beautiful like nature. The blue shadows made it very 3D and really drew me in to the painting. The background music was beautiful, as I could imagine the leaf drifting and falling. Thank you.
I love how this is coming alive!
This is a style of painting I've been wanting to try for quite some time and through watching yours and Anna Mason's videos I have got to give it a go! This will make a big change from the birds and wildlife paintings I have on here and normally do. Thank you for an excellent video - Paul
Glad it was an inspiration. 😊
You draw so beautiful, I painted the leaves more beautiful thanks to your guidance. thank you very much!
+chi chi 👍
This is the first video of yours I have watched. It is very helpful and all the other resources you have provided are great. Thanks. I look forward to learning from you.
Thank you so much for your videos. I find them inspiring, they help me get past the fear of ruining nice watercolor paper!
First of all I must say that I really enjoy your videos. I've greatly improved my watercolor skills and techniques by following your channel. My main reason for commenting is that I also am from South Carolina. Right now though, I'm studying abroad in Spain. Your videos really help my homesickness and remind me how lucky I am to be overseas. Between the Carolina Wren video, and your subtle southernisms, I feel really at home here, on your channel. Keep it up.
Thanks,
+Hannah Blakeney Thats so nice, thank you!
So beautiful and you make it look so easy which I know it isn't!
I could sit and watch your videos all day... trouble is, I won't get any painting done!!! Thank you so much for this video.. what a gift
Thanks so much, now go do some painting 😉
Love this painting ! looking forward to seeing more of your videos ! Thanks so very much !
+Anna Jordan 👍
Such a wonderful example of botanical art. I have just recently seen an exhibition from our local botanical art society, and was amazed at the intricate and delicate forms of the whole array of trees, shrubs and flowers they had covered.
Thanks again,Steve, for showing just how it's being done.
+Wayne L My pleasure sir!
That is so stunning!!!!! Maybe one day this left handed girl can achieve this level of talent. Thanks so much for sharing this video
Thank you!
+Karen MacArthur It is in places and some times over dry. I do it both ways, just depends on the circumstances. Most times its done dry and blended out with a wet brush. 😊
thanks, sir, so please can you tell how long does it take this autumn leaf? thanks once again. good luck sir.
Fabulous at every point!
I am not a watercolor artist, but I love this channel anyway! It can give me pointers about illustration, but the thing about watercolor that I think in a way separates it from other mediums is that I actually like watching people paint using watercolor.
Thanks! I appreciate you watching whatever the reason.
I learn more in ten minutes watching you paint Steve, than I did in school for 4 years. I'm serious man, thank you so much for the really great explanations and demo's. It helps me leap forward in my work brother. - Marty
+Owings Art So glad it was a help. Thanks Marty!
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***** They are wonderful Artist Grace, I completely agree. Thanks for throwing me in with Claude Monet, I really enjoy the impressionists. ~Marty
WOW!!! Looks like I could pick it up. Thank you for sharing!!!
Beautifully done. Love botanical art especially leaves. Thank you for showing your technique, appreciated.
Thanks for educating me about the importance of using transparent colors for glazing and the asba-art web site. I will check it out.
Best watercolour video, makes it seem simple!
that's truly beautiful :)I'm an aspiring artist who wants to make a living out of arts. now I'm researching different techniques and yours are truly of great help :)
Glad to hear it!
Love this! Thank you. You have a real gift for watercolor and instruction. I learn so much from your videos.
Excellent painting. Very realistic. As a beginner knowing the colors that you used would have helped me in knowing which to apply as I paint along. Thank you for the vid.
I listed them for you in the video description. Thanks!
I learned so much. Thank you for adding your colors and brushes used.
+Sandi Brumfiel You bet!
The end product was eye-catching!!
Thanks for this helpful video! Your painting look super realistic - not only because of your attention to detail but also because of the shadows you added. I'll try and practice....
Thank you that looks awesome 👍
I'm an online art student, Illustration major, and I've always been interested in nature and biology, but the industries they seem to be pushing us to get into are comic books, concept art, video games, movies, book illustrations, which are all great, but not my style. I found your video very inspiring, it reminded me that art shouldn't be stressful, it should be relaxing and fun!
+Kimberly Conner Indeed it should relaxing and fun. And I don't know why those industries are being pushed. They are actually the hardest to get into because there is so much competition. I suppose its because they have the reputation of being the "fun" genres. I can tell you, many of them are pretty cutthroat and stressful. Thanks for watching.
Love this. Can't wait to work on a leaf painting.
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My God, this is beautiful. Thank you!
All your videos are fantastic! I never saw superpositions of colours like these with watercolor and looks like I can take of the leaf out from the paper!
I appreciate it, thanks for watching!
Thank you for sharing your art!
Love this work the most. Thank you for showing and explaining this to us.🥰👍
That is too cool.
That was almost hypnotizing to watch. Just beautiful. Thank you for sharing!
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Love to see more work in this great style .... Can't get enough of your work good sir ... It's nice to see in these videos a mix in styles between loose/abstract and realism, I was told for years that watercolor did not have the richness of other media, and that you could not replicate a realism style, great too see that that particular train of thought is bs
Thank you!
Oh my….this is gorgeous! Do you ever do videos that explain which paints or colours that are too muddy or opaque to use in realistic painting? I am very knew to water colour and would certainly appreciate help!
Thank you for sharing your great talent!
I did a video on what causes mud. ruclips.net/video/mjCitkGHRcw/видео.html
Love it, one of my favorite styles. So much beauty in natural botanicals and this is the best way imo, to capture it. Beautiful job, love the video.
+Santosh Sharma Thanks so much!
Awesome, I love your videos. They are very informative and well put together. Thank you and keep up the great work.
+Kalembastudio Will do, thanks for watching!
This is great - - all of your videos are great. I think if it was me I would have probably stopped about half way through for fear of messing up, but you just kept on going and the results are amazing.
+Jim Hartlage Thanks!
Brilliant! So enjoyed it.
Very inspiring... time to get outside and pick a leaf to paint. Loved the video.
I love this ! the colors are beautiful and it is so realistic, the middle vein has so much demention .
I came across your You Tube videos about a week ago and have since watched every single one... I'm just returning to painting after many years and starting watercolour for the first time. Your videos are so informative and inspiring. I can't wait for the next one. Thank you ever so much.
+Mark Wilson Glad you found them. Welcome and Happy painting!
This's helps me a lot, thank you
Wow! Thank you so very much for sharing ! I agree with others, that just watching was meditative, I hope actually doing the painting will be also. !
pretty realistic indeed! a very decent watercolor painting. Love it!
+Meghan Chin 👍
wow.. when you added the shadow it really came off the page. looked like the leaf was laying there instead of painted. beautiful work. I look fwd to trying this technique.
+Jen Pospychala 👍
Great teaching and beautiful leaf! Thank you for sharing!
Absolutely beautiful. Thanks for a great tutorial.
Thank you again and again and again for sharing your wonderful talent and ability to TEACH!
Love it, love it, love it! Thank you for creating this video
Accidentally clicked on this demo but so pleased I did, it's fabulous, can't wait to see more.
+Joanne Kearsley Cool, thanks!
To The Mind of Watercolor:
Thanks very much for your Realistic Leaf Painting.
IT is a pleasure and a relief to see someone doing what I do !!! Of course you do it better... but this is exactly the approach I take: I try to do realistic leaves, with layers and shadows... Do you give courses? Please let me know!
Many thanks.
we have had rain since halloween our leaves are all down in ireland alot of maple birch and oak.very green country.done alot of leaves paintings in pass enjoyed it.love your work.done alot skull paintings too.good luck
+Sylvia Costello Thanks and thanks for watching. Here in South Carolina, USA we get a ton of rain too. Makes raking up the leave a real problem.
You give me hope that I can be a decent botanical illustrator. I'm right handed and almost ALL the good painters and drawers I see are left handed lol I read that right handers draw with the left brain and left handers draw with the right brain which is the creative side.
Actually not true. Many fantastic artists are right handed.
@@mindofwatercolor Well that's great to know and gives me encouragement lol I'm new to watercolor and sooo many I've watched are left handed
Thank You.
Wow !!!! beautiful
Awesome as usual. Please don't stay away so long. I really learn a lot from your tutorials. Thank you.
+Janis Vogt Glad to hear it. Thanks!
This is a mind blowing, extremely helpful video. Thank you for sharing it with us, this is my go to video on how to paint a Leaf with watercolor.
So pretty, I thought that the shadows were a great idea. It just grounded it well. Again thanks!!
+Candy Trippiedi 👍