The Absolute BEST Watercolor Channels (in my opinion)
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- Опубликовано: 9 мар 2024
- There are a LOT of channels out there, but which one is the best one? In this video I discuss which watercolor channels are the best and why.
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Channels Mentioned:
Oliver Pyle www.youtube.com/@oliverpyle-ourlandscape4442
Jenna Rainey www.youtube.com/@JennaRaineyChannel
James Gurney www.youtube.com/@JamesGurney
Roland Lee www.youtube.com/@rolandleestudio
Stephen Berry www.youtube.com/@stephenberryart
Andrew Tischler www.youtube.com/@AndrewTischlerArt
Matthew White www.youtube.com/@learntopaintwatercolor
Channels Most Mentioned in the comments:
Robert Mee www.youtube.com/@RobertMeeArtist
Mind of Watercolor www.youtube.com/@mindofwatercolor
Louise De Masi www.youtube.com/@LouiseDeMasi
Sarah Burns www.youtube.com/@SarahBurnsStudio
Paul Clark www.youtube.com/@ArtbyPaulClark
Karen Rice www.youtube.com/@KarenRiceArt
Thanks for the list! Would like to mention James Potter! 🙂
Thanks for your suggestion
Surprised no one has mentioned Shibasaki. The man is a genius. He does primarily watercolors but he excels at other mediums as well. If you want to be dazzled, check out some of his videos where he literally recreates old masterpieces - with crayons.
Will do thanks for your suggestion!
He's a funny guy and an amazing painter.
Oooh I love funny 😄
I agree. Shibasaki is excellent
I would add Anna Mason, Javid Tabatabaei, Smoothie 77 Drawing and Painting, Gary Frederick, Catherine Anderson, Louise De Masi, Susan Harrison-Tustain, and Peter Sheeler. RUclips is such an amazing resource-I'm so thankful people are willing to share their talents.
Love Louise De Masi, she is wonderful!
After watching the video I see that I was already subscribed to all but one of the channels he mentions 🙂
all great suggestions! And yes we are blessed :)
I adore Anna Mason. She's one hell of a botanical illustrator.
Interesting, will check her out!
My two favorites are Shelley Prior and Paul Clark. I’m subscribed to a few on your list. Thank You!
That’s great! 😃 Thank you
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I’m always looking for a good teacher I’ve seen Pyle and Rainey but the others I’ve missed so I’m looking forward to exploring. You might want to check out Robert Mee. He’s a bit new on both RUclips and Patreon but I find his teaching style relaxed, informative and it’s just fun to watch him paint in both watercolor and oils. Thanks again
@pamelaburns1081 thanks to you too!
Yes, add Robert Mee to my list also.
Added
Wow thank you so much. It was so nice for you to also include the links and others suggested in the comments.
I’m glad it was helpful:)
Thank you for your insight on these channels. Some I have experienced, some I have not. Very excited to dive in! Have a great day and HAPPY PAINTING!
Thank you! You too!
Thanks for these recommendations! I follow or used to follow many of those you and the other commenters have mentioned. My faves are Mind of Watercolor, Sarah Burns, and Louise De Masi. When I'm in the mood to put in my "brush miles" with just patterns, Lou Davis has simple ideas that still turn into hang-able/gift-able artwork. I really like Matthew White for tips on technique (went as far as to buy that great book he recommended on light/shadow!), but I favor nature scenes, not the buildings and vehicles he's so skilled at. If you've not seen one of the "spontaneous landscapes" from Mind of Watercolor, you are in for a treat! From a few random blobs of watercolor, he creates magic! Congratulations on how your channel is growing!
Thanks for the detailed suggestions Kim. I will have to look for that :) and I am very surprised with the growth too 😅
Pity to see you have put mostly men in your selection Antonio while there are so many women painters on RUclips. Oliver Pyle is such a famous UK artist he doesn’t really belong in a list of RUclips tutors, he’s just an excellent artist, not an amateur teacher like so many of us. Shibasaki is fun especially if you understand Japanese, very skilled and experienced. You might like Lois Davidson too - she creates landscapes which are heavily influenced by well-known British watercolor landscape painters such as James Fletcher Watson, Ron Ranson and David Bellamy, all of whom created the landscape painting world over the past century that you are wanting to join. I am surprised to find Jenna in your list as she is not a landscape artist and as far as I can tell she only paints loose watercolor flowers.
I shared the channels that helped me out a lot (except for Matthew) in the beginning of my journey. And we all have favorites:)
Thanks for your considered reply Antonio.
@DianeAntoneStudio no problem :)
Love all of the artists. They are all unique and inspiring. And all offer up their time and expertise and magic. Variety is the spice of life. Really love all the water colours and the whimsy. ❤
Very true :)
Thank you for your suggestions! My favorites for landscape are Robert Mee, Kris Keys, Steven Cronin, Joe Cartwright and Paul Clark.
Thanks for sharing!! Ill have to check them out! :)
I agree with your choices especially Oliver Pyle and Jenna Rainey. Paul Clark definitely deserves a mention, as does Yong Chen.
I dont watch them at all actually :( Ive seen one or two videos from Paul Clark tho :D Many people here agree with you here in the comments though
Lovely to see a RUclipsr sharing the love of this wonderful medium ♥️👍🏻⭐️👌🏻
Thanks Julie :)
YT recommended you, wow! So many great channels to check out, thank you...and others mentioned in the comments have been on my radar, too. I'd like to add Liron Yanconsky. I've learned so much from his channel, he has a different take that I like. Thank you again...
Yeah I’m surprised no one had said Lirón before haha
Seconding Liron!
Haha nice :)
I added your channel to this list because good information is king. I just started watching a newcomer with some quality work, Robert Mee.
Yes, he's excellent.
Ive seen his name mentioned several times... ok Ill check him out :D
He’s really good.
thanks :) will check him out
Great job
putting this together. I also love all of q
suggestions in the comments. Thank you
Thanks Lena
I love your plain air setup. Thank you for sharing
You are welcome 🤗
Great list Antonio. Another one I like is Mind of Watercolor.
Would you mind adding links to the description so we can more easily check out your favourites?
Sure that’s a good idea. I’ll do that when I can :)
This video is very helpful. I plan to watch it a few more times over the next week or so. I also love what you painted during the course of this video. That's one of the effects I've been trying to get with my watercolors, so I'll be viewing more of your videos.
BUT, just to let you know -- When I saw the word "Worst" with an arrow pointing to Matthew White, I was surprised. I love Matthew White's channel, for the content and for him as a person. He seems like a wonderful person, as most artists are. I was curious to learn why you consider him the worst. And also whether I might have misunderstood the meaning of the "Worst" arrow.
Matthew was the last person you talked about, and you described his channel as one "you want to look out for." When someone is told to "look out" for something, it implies some type of threat or potential harm. In this case, I thought maybe just a waste of time? Then you started talking about him, saying, for example, you "kind of consider him a friend," so it's clear that I misinterpreted the "Worst" arrow and the suggestion to "look out." I'm thinking there are probably other people who misinterpreted these two things. Might these be things you'd consider changing?
Thanks for explaining where the potential misunderstanding might lie.
Anyone in my list is not the worst, simply because the title is "the absolute best" so him being a part of it is me saying that he is one of the best as well.
I understand that many people don't like the idea of me using his picture and pointing and arrow and asking "worst?". I thought mostly as a way to "surprise" people that click on it because they think Ill say why he is the worst,but actually end up saying nothing of the sort.
But I see that the language I used wasn't strong enough to infer that he is by no means the worst.
Thanks again:) I will be more careful next time
@@antoniocabrero that was my interpretation as well - that Matthew White was either not a good artist, not a good teacher, or both.
Thanks Cindy, I’ve changed the thumbnail:)
Javid Tabatabaei, in my opinion one of the best contemporary watercolor artist!
His work is truly remarkable
Beautiful sky! Thank you so much for your video.
Thank you for watching🥰
Thank you for these inspiring channel suggestions. I've never heard of half of it.
I learned a lot from The Mind of Watercolor, when I started getting back into painting in 2013/4.
I think Erika Lancaster Artist, Ellen Crimi-Trent- Artist, Paint Wild Academy have very beginner-friendly videos.
Art channels that are influence me are Stephen Travers Art, Marc Brunet, Love Life Drawing, Marco Bucci and some others.
Marco Bucci is the one responsible for me getting into watercolors :)
I enjoy many of the channels you mentioned, Antonio. I highly recommend Paul Clark's channel, he's an amazing teacher and his shows are fun too! I also recommend Lois Davidson. She's amazing!
Thanks John will check out Lois Davison since I’ve never heard of her :)
Niaz Hannan is my favourite watercolour channel. I followed one of his tutorials and ended up with a fantastic result
Yes his channel definitely has unusual but quite useful advice :)
I tried my first cityscape because of him, something I thought I'd never do!
Niaz has amazing talent. I've learnt a lot from him... especially about light and shade and perspective.
And his videos are great just to watch
Tahts great!
I'm sure I'm not the only one who will be chasing down links from this video and comments for a long time. Thank you! I'd like to add that Michele Webber helped me to overcoming my fear of drawing as a watercolor painter.
Thats great! Thanks for the addition :)
...and Tobysketchloose is brilliant if you want to stop stressing and actually enjoy watercolour painting
with line and wash techniques 😊
Sounds nice!
Thanks for turning me on to some new painters! My all time favorite is Anna Bucciarelli. She is genius with color and layering/shading. Plus I love the colors she uses. She has such a calming voice and explains every step as she paints.
You are so welcome! Thank you for sharing your favourite too! :)
Wow, I just did Oliver Pyle's best watercolor exercise, it's amazing.
He is really great 😊
Thanks, fully agree!
Thank you too ☺️
Some great suggestions in the comments, but I haven’t seen Tom Shepherd mentioned yet and he’s an amazing teacher!!
Never hear of him :/ Might check him out!
I knew you were going to say Oliver Pyle as soon as you started describing him, I also love Karen Rice, Paul Clark and Mind of Water Color too. Andrew Tischler is amazing, when I painted on oils, he was my go to artist. Not heard of the others will check them out, thanks.
Thanks for sharing your favourites! I have seen them but the ones on the list just spoke to me more. Not that any is BETTER than the other :)
@@antoniocabrero For me they all have something different to offer, I’m a pic ‘n’ mix type of person 😁
That’s perfect! I am as well :)
Charles Evans. An excellent teacher.
This name sounds familiar. Will check it out Thanks 😊
new to water colors since dec 23. watched a dozen recommended by Jenna Rainey, including paul clark. a couple of them had good recommendations for beginner supplies. anna buccarielli has lovely details for birds & flowers. i found Oliver Pyle by accident & prefer him above all others at the moment for how to handle brushes, color, layering, landscapes, drinking him slowly. i do like paul clark's book. your list sounds & looks amazing. i will go thru all of them in time. thank you for your list & the suggestions in the comments
You are welcome, I'm glad that you found the video useful :)
Thanks for doing this informative list & your opinion. So useful. Tim Schofield to me is an amazing artist. It is a calming process to paint & learn from him.
I’m glad you found it useful, I will check him out :)
Thank you for sharing them. I only knew Oliver and Matthew.
They are pretty great 😊
People are attracted to artists for different reasons and most of them have the skills and experience to rightfully instruct others. I agree that Oliver Pyle is a standout and I have seen Matthew White. But I’ve viewed HEAPS of artists for watercolour, mixed media, acrylic and abstract artists to learn broadly about artistic approaches - I’ve learned things from most of them. There are 3 female watercolourists who are truly worth watching: Karen Rice (I guess a female version of Oliver), Erin Enos and Ellen Crimi-Trent. It was Erin’s work that finally helped me break through watercolour and Ellen’s that let me break loose with watercolour. Karen’s tutorials are superb at every level. I also like the line and wash work of Peter Sheeler. I am grateful to all these artists, and more, for sharing their knowledge. I would like to add that your use of Matthew White’s image under the “Worst?” Heading is really disappointing and he would have a right to complain about the use of his image in this way to attract traffic to your site. I would suggest, out of respect to Matthew, you remove it.
Thanks for your suggestions. Sure it’s a tactic to attract traffic, but since I don’t actually think nor say that he is the worst. Quite the contrary, I don’t think it’s disrespectful. Thanks for your input though
@@antoniocabrero You infer he is the worst by pointing an arrow towards his picture. He is well known within RUclips artists, so you used it as click bait. I won’t be bothering with you again.
@magpiegirl3783 sorry you feel that way.
I have enjoyed many tutorials on RUclips from many artists through the last four years or so and one of my favorite channels and instructors is Matthew White. He teaches easy to follow along tutorials as well as videos on art practices so that the viewer becomes their own artist not dependent on RUclips tutorials. I also enjoy Oliver Pyle and Youn Chen for the same reasons, they are also great with teaching us to be skilled artists.
Yes learning to be a skilled artist from a teacher is quite challenging 😅
My absolutely bests are Liron Yanconsky, Lois & Morgaine Davidson Art, Niaz Hannan Watercolors, Nitin Singh but my absolutely best to watch and listen is 🌟Tim Schofield🌟 The last one is small creator but worth to support.
thanks for sharing, will check him out!
Andrew Pitt is an amazing instructor of watercolor. If you haven't, check out his videos. He talks through why he does what he does while painting. I agree with you on the other artists you mentioned.
Thanks Duncan! I will check him out!
Yes, he’s really good.
Alright you guys convinced me, i will check him out haha
Charles Evans is the best landscape teacher in my opinion. He is also a wonderful person. I also like Javid Tabatabaei very much, has learnt a lot from his demos. And for those who enjoy Japanese art, I strongly recommend KaitekiArt, she is awesome!
Thanks for your addition :)
Hullo, thanks for sharing your list of favorites, I enjoyed seeing your efforts to go back and list from the comments as well, nice! I had to chuckle when your video ended Lindsay Weirich’s channel “The Frugal Crafter” popped up with her latest video! She is an amazing person and artist that happens to be a wonderful teacher too! Not necessarily a watercolor painting channel, but she does amazing art with many mediums. I follow quite a few channels, a seriously different and amazing one content wise is “Peter Draws” I do hope that everyone seeing this comment checks him out! Peter is just a blast and a tremendously talented person. I truly enjoy watching him create everything from drawings to sculptures he is just fun to watch! Thank you.
Thanks Pete I will check him out :)
Oliver Pyle!!!! I'm so glad you named him. I believe you are right! Peter Wooley is also amazing, as well as 'The Mind Of Watercolor'.
Thanks for your suggestion:) I will check Peter out :)
So how do you extend the life/wetness of the paper without having it buckle? (From Stephen Berry's channel.) I couldn't find that. Thanks! :)
I dont remember the video, but you basically want to get the paper very wet on one side and hold it down. Let go and if it buckles then just keep wetting it and holding it down until it just stays down. Hope that make sense :)
@@antoniocabrero Thank you!
No problem!
I follow Oliver Pyle, James Gurney, and Matthew White, and have followed Jenna and Andrew Tischler in the past. I unsubscribed from Andrew because I primarily paint with watercolor. But I will certainly check out Roland Lee and Steven Berry! Thank you, this was a good video.
I also stopped subscribing to him because he started a podcast instead or something, but sometimes i still go back and check his channel
I'm subscribed to all but two of them. One is too commercial for me. I love James Gurney. His use of light is amazing. I don't normally subscribe to oil channels since I no longer use the medium. I am going to try gouache next. It's time for a new challenge. 😊 Thanks for the interesting video. Love your sky! Sarah Burns is good, too. She mainly works in gouache, but her paintings of the Scottish countryside are very beautiful.
Yeah I’ve seen her channel I like it :) who is too commercial?
@@antoniocabrero I don't like naming names. Why should I say something bad about anyone. It's just my opinion anyway. ☺️
@pjpony1234 haha I get it. I wouldn’t say that being commercial is a bad thing tho :) but ok
I don’t understand why you put Matthew White’s photo under the “worst” in the you tube identifier. I actually opened your channel to find out why, because I appreciate his teaching, and find out that you consider him a friend. I hope you consider the effect this has on someone else’s channel
So you found out that I consider him a friend and I recommend people watching his channel. Where is the problem?
@antoniocabrero I believe that what the person is saying is that when you see the thumbnail, it is showing that Matthew's channel would be on the 'Worst' list. Someone might not look at your video and just presume that it's not a good channel to watch. At least, that's what I thought.
I am glad you put that it is your opinion only.
I have another opinion but wouldn't put it in a video as everyone, literally everyone learns in their own individual way.
The first thing I saw was your thing saying Matthew is worst so I started watching with a defensive stance as for me, he is up on my top 3 teachers.
Please alter your thumbnail at the beginning.
The only reason I ended up watching the full video to find out you didn't think of Matthew as the worst was because I study psychology.
I see, thanks for the new perspective :)
Great video. How does Berry extend the wetness of his paper? Couldn't find it on his channel. Thx
he basically wets the back of the paper and holgs it down for a bit, the paper will buckle in the start but you just have to rinse and repeat until the paper just lays flat
Thanks, it sounds similar to what Matthew White does but I think he wets both sides. I've done that and it works well. Enjoy your videos.@@antoniocabrero
Thanks! Yes Matthew does we both side, but he does it lightly, not as wet as you need to do what Stephen does
Great List, thanks for the work!!
Channels I really like:
Yong Chen: www.youtube.com/@YongChen -very calm and relaxed
Liron Yanconsky: www.youtube.com/@LironYan -very technical
Scott Swinson : www.youtube.com/@ScottSwinson -kind of abstract
Thanks for the addition:)
Oliver Pyle is my absolute favorite too! I admire him so much.
He is an absolute gem :)
Paul Clark!!!
He is cool!
Without a doubt Oliver Pyle is a marvelous watercolourist. The quality of his composition and the transparency of his work is awe-inspiring. His essays about painting landscapes, about being in the landscape are always insightful and inspiring. He makes the Dorset landscape look so inviting and peaceful.He is my favorite.
I use Jenna Rainey as well, her tutorials are very useful and concise. I subscribe to Matthew White. Matthew is a chronicler of Midwestern suburban landscapes he makes makes you see that anything is worthy of painting. I have watched Andrew Tischler and James Gurney who also on occasion has very insightful essays. Thanks for sharing Ronald Lee and Stephen Berry whom I was unaware of.
Seems like we have a lot of the same taste :D im glad you found something new to dig in to!
Tim Wilmot provides an excellent learning situation in every one of his videos. He should be charging for them, but they are provided free.
Never heard of him, will check him out :)
He was featured in a WaterColor Magazine, recognized as a top artist in Great Britain. @@antoniocabrero
I see, nice 👍 thanks for the tip
Too many to list but Paul Clark and Lindsay Weirich are the ones I never miss. I watch others her and there when I'm looking for a specific topic.
True, there are too many to name :)
Can you please explain how Steven Barry extends the dampness of his paper?
ruclips.net/video/GexudlTAEow/видео.htmlsi=ahZno1RN1A2J3hf-
they very first minute :)
You mention Stephen Berry Art's method of treating his paper to keep it flat and extend working time. Would you mind pointing us to what video of his discusses this? I'm having a hard time finding it and am more than a little excited to hear how to better use my paper. Thank for the awesome line-up!
ruclips.net/video/GexudlTAEow/видео.htmlsi=ahZno1RN1A2J3hf-
they very first minute :) I know its hard to find but here you go :)
@@antoniocabrero Awesome, thank you so much! I was looking for a dedicated video about the process, but it was right there hiding in plain sight!
@CaptainFutureman haha no worries ! It took me a while to find it too :)
It would have been nice to put the list somewhere, for reference, as it's hard to watch your video, and note the channels...
Done! You can find the channels on the pin comment now :)
I would also add Chris Petrie and Andrew Geeson
Never heard of them, will check them out:)
Javid Tabatabaei is wonderful. His paintings are very logically developed through the washes and the final details are perfection.
Yea he is great :)
He does such wonderful watercolours, but I just wish he would teach instead of simply paint. He doesn't share his process. \
@mutley593 some argue that through observation alone it’s the best way to learn. But I do like things being explained to me 😅
@@antoniocabrero see my comment about Javid above.
Its kind of hard to find xD
For this would Javid. I recognize his work anywhere without his signature. He is world known.
Sure he is
Oliver Pyle, James Gurney and several others you or others list (e.g., Shelley Prior, Liron Yankonsky) are real artists and painters. Most of the watercolor "artists" on YT teach people how to paint flowers and cactus and Christmas trees but never even attempt to create complete paintings such as landscapes or urban scenes.
Well art is a very broad subject that isn’t reserved to landscapes and portraits. I don’t see anything wrong with people only doing Xmas cards :) but I see your point
on his channel James Gurney uses a lot of casein too.
Yeah but I still think he teaches very well :)
Oliver Pyle is my favourite, too.
Yay!
Louise de masi , matthew white, Eric yin, javid Tabatabei , Amit kapoor are my favourites...top any day is Louise de masi for me...more than Joseph zubvic
Joseph is way too good that it almost feels impossible to learn from haha 😂 imo
Agree Oliver is the best
They are all really good, but Oliver just takes the prize for me :)
Ya te digo! I have a serious playlist of watercolour RUclips vids, I reckon it might take 5 years continuous to watch all the videos 😂😂😂
My list of watercolour channel subscriptions is quite expensive too, but I've found there are only a small number that I actually make good use of. You have some here that I haven’t heard of before, so thanks for the tips 😊
haha sorry to add to the list, im glad you found some that are interesting!
@@antoniocabrero I'm always happy to add inspirational watercolour channels to my playlists 😁
Haha 😂 great
@@markdonovan1540check out Niaz Hannan he’s amazing
True
Jeannie Riley is one that I don't like. It depends on what kind of watercolor art you want to learn to paint. Paul Clark is really good and there is quite a few more that you have not mentioned.
I understand that there are a lot more that I haven’t mentioned but that’s only because these are the ones I “grew up with” :) This is just MY list of the best,
Thanks for you addition :)
Oliver Pyle second to none!
Agreed! :D
Add Paul Clark to best, Javid
Thanks for your addition :)
I prefer THE MIND OF WATERCOLOR...
Yeah many have said the same :)
what a subjective topic! Each of our lists will be different. I can think of six great watercolor artists right off the top of my head that I have learned so much from that aren't on this list and quite frankly, I have only heard of one of the artists on his list (Jenna Rainey who I love!), the rest, I have not, though I will be checking a couple of them out.
Definitely it’s subjective:) this is not a definite list. There are many people who I’m sure are also amazing :)
If you want to learn watercolor, Shelley Prior is the best.
Thanks for the suggestion :)
Nice compilation. I spend lots of time in searching.
Thanks for your compilation.
Went through varios channels including Louse De Maso, Jeanna Rainey, Karen Rice, Paul Clark. Honestly they helped me a lot.
Until and after I heard about Stan Mlller through Liron Yanconsky, I didn't know what I was missing.
ruclips.net/video/ml1xEsJ2lnk/видео.html
He don't have a channel. But a big playlist is available on youtube of his videos.
I hope beginners like me will definitely benefit from him.
While most of the tutorials of these artists lure enthusiasts into a paid site, Stan Miller gives 100% in order for an artist to grow.
Nice 👍 thanks for sharing the link for others to find it! I will check it out too :)
Many of these channels are just people who want to enjoy the attention as celebrities, no real value added. Seen many with truckloads of makeup and the camera constantly on their faces 😂😂
I dont know who you are referring to but I disagree, I dont think anyone wants to be a celebrity here
Eric Li Yin watercolor café...so calm, lovely work, with a gentle passion, and love for life and art...
m.youtube.com/@Cafewatercolor/videos
Thanks for your suggestion!
The only person I see omitted that shb included is @sarahburns, she is a watercolorist/Gouash painter that seriously needs your attention 😊❤
Oh she is on my radar and i do enjoy her videos, these are just the ones that I learned from the most when starting out :)