How to Paint Watercolor Leaves with One Brush
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- Опубликовано: 30 авг 2018
- Hi Friends.
Painting watercolor shouldn't be about rules but about finding JOY and using your precious free time to elevate your life. I'm here to push fears aside, avoid complicated tools and inspire free spirited, mood shifting watercolor experiences in short bursts of time.
1. Loose with pencil
2. Bold brushstrokes
3. Sketching with watercolor
I hope you'll paint along with me and ask all the questions you want in comments! Post your creations using the hashtags #artforjoysake and #forgetrulesforgetrightrememberjoy
Happy Painting!
XO, Kristy Rice
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*The way you are using that brush is amazing. Your explanation is remarkable!*
art_i_hunt Ah wonderful, glad you are enjoying my ramblings!!
TOTALLY agree!!!
Thank you for making a youtube channel. You make a difference in my life. Thank you 💓
Wow, thank you
Okay. You are an absolute delight. It has been so much fun learning from you and watching how you have grown into an amazing world changer over the years. Your I guess I would call it "Stage presence" is just astounding over 5 years. I'm so proud of you!!
I'm new to watercoloring. Started on the 4th of July. Of 2023.
I've wdatched so many hours of your great training. You definitely bring me joy Christy Rice!!!
I'll link some photos of my art in another comment of where I've come in a few short months.
Oh thank you so much :) appreciate your kind words!
I love painting !
What a beautiful bouquet of leaves. I love all the colors you used. I have this set mind that you have to paint all leaves green. This completely changes my mind. You showed me that it's ok to think out of the box.
Thank you Kristy!
Sooo many ways to make green come alive!!
Ah good, this brush I can get in the UK. Great, problem solved!!!
Perfect! I was researching to see if it was available overseas!
The calmness!!!!
I don't think I've had as much fun or felt more FREE with painting watercolor until I watched your first two beginner videos! Your style of teaching is amazing. Thank you for sharing your knowledge here on RUclips! By the way, I just purchased the ceramic water container! I have been trying to find something that functions better, because I've just been using jars of water and it was driving me crazy. Can't wait to get it!
Fantastic..you are wonderful painter
You nailed the colors on that eucalyptus. Ive got those in my yard and will try it. ❤
I love contrast too. It really enhances the whole composition in watercolor to me. Pops out main image.
I agree!!!
I could watch you move the brush & paint all day long!
It's beautiful, Kristy!
Just found your channel, and as a beginner that worries about the rules , I love your outlook on painting! Thank you 🙏
Yay! So glad you’re here!!!
My Gawd , you are so talented, girl
Obviously before your collection of brushes…background for my day, listening to you…incorporating what my style will be..🙏🏽🙋🏻♀️👍🏽
Love that!
Maidenhead is something else again. Good save.
I love your technique and am going to attempt this painting. Although it will take many attempts, I am going to preserve. First I need to work on getting to know my brush. Thank you for sharing this, it's beautiful.
Beautiful variety in your leaves. You’ve given so many ways to create!
Thanks :)
Amazing just creating as you go along!
Thanks Kristy. I followed along again today with lots of pausing and rewinding. I enjoyed putting the different techniques into practice that I learned yesterday and trying to recreate colours similar to yours. I think I'll watch the next beginner video tonight after making dinner.
Wahoo!!
💗😊😃I love your videos!
I'm so glad!
Your style of teaching is awesome and your personality brings joy to my heart. Thank you.
So kind of you to say, thank you!
I love painting leaves. This gives me more ideas and techniques. 💗💗
Wonderful!!
Booping all the oldies so they get some fresh love!
Well thank You!!! How thoughtful :)
Learning a lot from you I like your colors
Thank you!
The eucalyptus leaves are AMAZING!!!👍👍💖
Thanks!
You are adorable and so is your little man. So much talent too! I love this!!!
Jen Bo Ha well thanks!!!! He is pretty amazing🤩
Your watercolor videos are absolutely inspiring!!! Thank you so much ❤️🧡💛💚💙
You’re very welcome!
I saw an artist (paintinghyun) painting beautiful flowers with a quite large dagger brush and I fell in love. I now have 2 sizes and really love these brushes.
Ahhh nice!!
I liked how well you showed that this brush can create leaves, lines, spots, blots, etc. And a nice painting to demonstrate it.
Elizabeth Brandon thanks so much!!
This is stunning! The colors! 😮
I really appreciate how you clearly explained us how the brush is going to be used. I'm glad I found this tutorial. Keep up the good work! 😊
Thank you!
Brava, Kristy! I love how you create new shades of colours! Especially the dusty ones!
Portia Plumeria Thanks a million!!
I love watching your videos
You are inspiring. I love that you want people to keep painting. No failure. Keep going. I need to hear that. ❤️
Well thank you!!! That is what I’m here for!! Yaaasss! Keep painting, even when it’s junk, and ugly and you are mad at yourself. Just keep keep keep it going. We need to spin the word failure, it isn’t a bad thing, it’s fuel!!!
Love this!
Kristy, you re gorgeous. Thank you for so clear explanations!
So glad you found them helpful!!!
Thank you! I am going to watch this several times because it is so helpful
Judy Strano oh yay!!
I especially love the colors of these muted greens of the eucalyptus. Then when you charged in the dark rose to create the grays it was also gorgeous! Bringing in the peach was such a good choice and this is beautiful. 🌿🍃 Thank you! I just received your brushes in the mail and am very much anticipating using them! Maybe later today! 👏👏
Oh I love reading your words! I don’t know how I missed this comment originally. Thank you! Hope you are enjoying the brushes!!
I love your stuff!
😘😘😘
I love this, Kristy. So beautiful! Thanks for sharing 😊
Azzu Paris you are very welcome!
I am so glad I found you and your free spirit. I started watercolor in 2021, and I was sure I got it. Not! So I find myself coming back to the basics to re-learn what I missed the first time around., Your brush work is amazing and I watched as closely as possible, but my composition doesn't look quite like yours, but maybe because I was using a 1/2" dagger brush. So now, nothing will do but I have to have a 1/4" dagger. While I wait for its arrival, I'll practice leaves with maybe an angled shader. Thanks for your tutorials. I'm in the audience watching!
I love the dusty shades of your colours! Brava Kristy!
Portia Plumeria thank you thank you!!!
Thank you! Your lesson encouraged me to continue learning and hopeful to be good at something I love doing
Wonderful!
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing so much information. You're a natural teacher! I'll be studying and learning from your videos.
Aww thanks so much!!! Glad I can do this!
So positive and encouraging!
Thank you for sharing! Totally love your tutorials! Thanks again.
Edlyn Price Glad you are enjoying them!!! Thanks for watching!!!
thanks very much.... i learned a lot and will practice your wonderful techniques.....
Wow, just wow..perfect for beginners.
Thanks!
I love ❤️ you! Thank you for your tutorial which was smooth and informative. I will watch your video again and again.
Thanks for watching!
I subscribed, can't wait to binge watch your videos. I enjoy your style!
Christie Trout thank you so much for being here!!
Love rewatching this! Can’t wait to try it. I just got my brush in from your site😃❤️
sarah and shea I can’t wait for you to try this brush!!! Please let me know what you think of it!!
I can't thank you enough for your teaching & sharing watercolor technique! I've been watercolor paint a couple of years now, totally self taught & love, love, love your mantra, #artforjoysake.
Thank you for being here!
Just ordered two of those dagger brushes
Wonderful! Thank you !
Great demonstration and explanation. Again Thank you, very helpful and much appreciated!
Glad it was helpful!
You are so incredible Kristy! This was a fantastic walk-through, your voice is so calming (Bob Ross vibes❤️), and as always I feel so inspired! Can't wait to try some of your tips.
Oh gosh, well thank you! Glad my voice is soothing, can you let me husband know that!???? Hahahaha!
Just began watercolor a different study in a painting technique. I love the loose look, more abstract luv color
Awesome
Beautiful leaves, greats colors!!!!thanks for sharing your talent!!!
Quetzalli Andario thanks for watching!!
The design you created just randomly is really pretty!
Thank you :)
This was a wonderful lesson filled with so many tips. Your leaves are beautiful! I have been away from painting after a year of cancer treatment and am ready to start painting again. My skills and technique are rusty so this is a perfect exercise for me. Thanks for sharing your talent.
Kristine Goetsch thrilled to hear you are getting back to painting! Let me know how I can be of any help!! Feel free to email with any questions you might have!
So beautiful!
Thank you so much!!!
Very refreshing to watch and learn. Thank you so much.
Thank you for watching!
Kristy, you said something that clicked with me. I am majorly double jointed which is a pain in a lot of areas. Just about everyone will tell you to hold your brush further up, and that just doesn't work for me. I am amazed with the difference I have with control. Lesson learned, not all rules apply to every individual. I sat down and painted my prettiest leaves to date. I have never been heavy handed with water which you have shown to be a good thing. Thank you so much. Now I feel confident to paint in my Summer Cutting Garden book.
Awesome! Thank you so much!
This is sooo adorable 💜
Li Fiba 😘
This brush flippin' rules! I bought this a couple of years ago and it and the "cat's tongue" shaped oval brush are two that I use the most. I've always been surprised that more people aren't loving this dagger brush more.
Belinda Vega glad you love!
Hi Kristy My first time seeing your style !Love it thanks so much for teaching us....
Thank you for watching!
I assumed the angle and dagger were the same. Good to know!
So glad you did this! I just bought a small dagger brush to paint tall grass (going from bottem of page up). Thiis is more ways to use it Ive never seen. Thanks!
Such a useful brush!!
Glad I found this video. I bought a dagger brush some months ago to use for acrylic painting, but I have never used it because I didnt know what to do with it. Now that I am mainly interested in watercolor, I love this video for giving me ideas what to do with that brush. Thank you
Susan Kievman Awesome! Did you check it the mark making exercise video I mention in the description? You’ll be all set after watching that one!
I happened to come to your video page merely by accident. Then when looking at the side panel, your's really caught my eye because I love watercolor. I'm a newbie at it and thought I'd jump in to see what you're up to!! WELL.....am I glad I did. I loved it, Kristy. In fact, I watched it twice! You truly make it look so easy - so I'm going to give it a go and see what I can do. I'll be watching more of you and your painting - thanks for catching my eye!!
Well wishing you the best as you give this a try!
Wow!!!! this is amazing!!!1 Thank you so much! I love it!!!
Awww thanks!!
I'm so glad you have done a few extra things I had hoped. First, your new Watercoler books with some different styles and demos.like this one to help build skills I'm saving all your vedios. Thanks .
Joan Porter thank you!!!
Kristy you are the first artist that I follow who suggests the dagger style brush .I saw the beautiful way you use yours and went out to buy a few today and as I suspected I found it so much easier as a beginner to have control in this fuild medium of watercolor. Thankyou for sharing your talent and knowledge your work is beautiful. All the best from an Australian fan .🐨💕💕💕🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋
Simone solas I’m so happy you tried the dagger brush!! Glad you are enjoying!!
Thank you!!!
It’s so wonderful to see a tutorial using a brush other than a round. Even as a newbie I have found different shapes of brushes have made it easier for me to paint once I find out about how to use them. This looks like it’ll be so helpful and the explanations throughout are equally amazing. Thank you!
Can you please tell me what brush Kristy is using? Thank you.
Royal & Langnickel Majestic Dagger 1/4
Thank you
The colors look amazing ! very impressive !
Thanks so much!
I just found a brush like this that was a gift , in my stash thanks for a lesson on how to use it!
Awesome!
Hello from Latvia ! It is 3 am in our country but Im still binge watching you lessons.Love your advice not to be too much envolved, but just to enjoy process.
Thanks for being here!
Wow so beautiful. I enjoy painting leaves all the time... So simple and beautiful.
And by the way I have a cute little boy too. :)
Greetings, Erika
Boys are the best!!!
I love it, thanks for sharing !!!
You bet!
Just tried this technique. So much easier than struggling with a ton of brushes. Thanks for this video!
Right???? So fun!
Gosh you are so easy to listen to, thank you 😊
Aww thank you!!!!
Beautiful!! I would say it’s perfectly fine to turn your paper if you want to continue working when your painting is wet Therefore, you can avoid smearing.😊
Yes! Thank you!
wow the thumbnail drew me in but I'm super excited cause I just bought this brush shape a week ago and have been trying to do little leaves with it but can't wait to try and follow you along with your technique now
Hope you're loving your brush!
Kristy’s put in her ten thousand hours. You can paint like Kristy too once you’ve put in YOUR ten thousand hours! Her painting seems effortless, like a dance between brush, color, and paper. I guarantee it took doing the work, putting in the practice to choreography her beautiful dance.
10 thousand hours?
Hmmm wasn't aware of that. Might take me longer, maybe not
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The saying from Malcom Gladwell goes " you can become an expert or master performer in any given field if you put in 10K hours of practice."
I understand, knowing myself it may take 10 thousand years lol
@@jeantiesma7708 meeeeee tooooo
I have been painting for a VERY LONG time, started very young. What a lovely description.
Fantastic ..I love your books
Ann Becouarn Awww thanks!!! Which page is your fave? My newest is coming out soon!
Thanks so much Kristy! I do not generally like stroke flowers, but I own the 1/8 dagger and am considering the 1/4. I have been looking for ways to use this brush for cutting in teeny washes ,stripes, or dabs of color. Mine is not very pointed. Thank you for showing me the pressure-pull to get a variety of lines and leaves. If they are'tn perfect, they usually look better to me, or find a quick fix. But Yes, stronger composition w/foliage is weak for me, and I am definitely already sideloading and using scraps of paper! Well executed and lots of added info so helpful. New sub, will be watching much more!
TerrieJ DimestoreDivaTV I hear you!! I’m actually not too much into recipes when it comes to painting :)
Love your colors! What a great way to practice and explore color. Some artists refer to the method of touching on color to disperse it as charging. I did buy the brush and love it, thanks.
Yay! Glad you love the brush!
Thanks. Nice to see your techniques and hear your explanations. I enjoy watercolour but don't do nearly enough. It should be a habit. In class I use acrylics.
Happy painting!
Thank you so much for this video! ♡
You are very welcome!
Awesome! I have a dagger brush that I never used (for acrylic) but I think I'm going to try it with watercolours now! Thanks!
alie k try it and let me know what you think!!! Post your art using true #artforjoysake hashtag and I’ll see it!!
Thank you. Beautiful, to the point as I prefer. Subscribed to learn from you.
Thank you so much!
Thank You for this demo, I'm a beginner and have just sent for a dagger brush..can't wait for it to arrive now so that I can practise your techniques.. 💕
tanya harris Hope you are loving your brush!!!
great advice! beautiful art
Thank you so much!
It's been a long time between YTs. Hope to see back soon. always love watching you paint. thanks as always for sharing.
Theresa Petermann Yes I know! I desperately want to get on a weekly schedule. Thank you for the encouragement!
Très beau,très délicat, j'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites.. merci.
Thank you!
This is amazing!
Sunny / thanks!!!
Lovely, thank you!
Tiffany Grey You are welcome!!
Maidenhair fern actually does have some red brown color on the underside of the leaf. It is the spore the plant releases to reproduce. Most ferns reproduce this way though I haven't seen this on the bird nest fern.
Apologies for the late reply but thank you!
You are so beautiful in fancy and real mode. Thank you so much for making this video and every other one on your channel. Are you coming out with more books anytime soon? I so much love that you don’t encourage us to get hyper focused on “tools or paints”. I love so much that you just teach technique and the heart of painting. Thank you so much for another morsel of watercolor wisdom.
T Clayton Ha, well thank you!!! Yes, my newest book, The Art for Joy’s Sake Journal
is coming Spring 2019! Your comment made me tear up a bit tonight, thank you!