Super! You keep imagining innovative ways to break up real life situations with your painting. Seeing you work through weather and reference materials is highly useful. Thanks.
Hi Zip, Glad you enjoyed that one. One of the problems of Scotland is that the weather is so often not the best, so reference material and studio painting has to be done unfortunately. Especially in winter. I hope you enjoy the finishing off of the painting on Sunday. Best wishes, James
I love seeing your paintings taking shape like this. This is a lovely, moody study. Very evocative. Looking forward to the next video on Sunday. Thank you. 😊👍
I was interested in your analysis of composition. To be able to “see” a picture is not always as easy as it seems. I agree Seago was a master. Thank you for showing us Blackness, it’s not my part of the country so it’s nice to travel with others. Wesson was also a master you remind me of his paintings.
Hi Robert, My first concern is always the composition, finding something to me is one of the biggest challenges. Seago was an amazing painter, whether it be in oil or Watercolour. I remember seeing a watercolour of his in London. It was a picture of Venice and it’s one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen. It seem to glow off the wall. I’ll never forget it. Wesson was also amazing. I hope you enjoy Sunday’s video and finishing off the painting. Best wishes, James
Hi Mike It is a really good way of tackling a painting and I will be doing much more of it, especially when the weather is not so good. I hope you’ve managed to watch part two. Best wishes, James
Oh wow!!!! My favourite pastime - watching a tutorial - to see a piece of paper come to life. Thank you so much Mike. I look ok forward to the next video. Yeeee!!!!!! Awesome. 😜😜
Hi Sue, I agree with you, watching paintings develop is always fascinating, that’s what’s so amazing about RUclips Glad you enjoyed it! Best wishes, James
Hi Carol, I’m glad you’re enjoying the scenery of Scotland. I hope to show a lot more of it! It’s a beautiful country, I hope you enjoy Sunday’s video. Best wishes, James
Hi James, really great video. The magic of watercolour shone through as you turbo charged your strokes and variation of broad washes to finer touches. I liked the idea of a sketch first then back at base translated to a larger sketch. Then using a photograph to build up the painting. This was a revelation and just clicked with me. Bold, block, brave and pretty! Is what I will take away from watching you. Thanks, on to part two next. Cheers Steve
Hi Steve, Watercolour is amazing. There are so many directions you can take and it’s all down to personal choice. Sketching is a good idea, but sometimes it does make it a little bit harder in the end because you have to rely on photographs which don’t tell the truth. I hope you’ve managed to find your Palette. Thanks, James
Hi James, thanks for your reply. I have a few favorite photographs I want to copy in watercolours, eg one Lindisfarne Castle in the background with the beach and wind surfer on the sea. I have finally bought a Liz Deakin 15 pans palette. Happy with it just need to use it! I am a bit slow, just want to make the choices and set the direction I want to go. Cheers Steve
I Dorothy, I do enjoy the loose style, it has a certain feeling about it which I enjoy and also it’s a lot more fun to paint, which is so important. I hope you enjoy the finishing offer of this painting on Sunday. Thanks for watching. Best wishes, James
Wonderful painting…I always love your loose and colorful style….you are an inspiration to anyone who wishes to paint from the heart….I am sharing your RUclips videos with a friend who is just starting to paint with watercolor. See you Sunday….picking up my brushes to give this a go! 🩵💚🤎🎨 Carol
Hi Carol, I’m so pleased that you’re enjoying my videos and painting so much. Many thanks for your kind words, it’s great to hear and inspires me to do more videos! I’m looking forward to hearing how you and your friends paintings go. Best wishes, James
Hi Laurel, It’s always good to hear that our videos are appreciated. It does make us want to do more, so thank you for your kind words. Best wishes, James
Hi Sandy, Glad you enjoyed the scenery. We live in a very beautiful area which is great if you’re a landscape painter. Hope you enjoy Sunday’s video. Best wishes, James
Hi, Glad you enjoyed the video, it’s a really nice location which makes painting it much easier. Hope your painting is going well. Thanks for watching. Best wishes, James
Hi Lee, I’m glad you’ve noticed that. The values are such an important part of painting. If you can get those right it’s a big step forward. Hope you enjoy Sundays video. Best wishes, James
Thankyou for not only your painting direction but also your and your wifes history of scotlands towns and country. Living in usa and only on their social security income my days of travel are over. But foĺlowing you i am learning to paint again and you give me hope. Best wishes - I love to see each of your lessons.
Hi Beverly, I’m so pleased that you enjoy our videos. Scotland is such a wonderful and beautiful place that it’s great to show it off. It’s great to hear a little bit about you, and it makes me feel very happy that my videos are helping you so much. it does make me want to do more. Great to hear from you. Best wishes, James
Thank you for this video. Enjoy roaming around and seeing your country! I am very interested in this because this is somehow what I do when I am out and about. I most likely will do a small sketch and take some pictures and then come back and try to make my painting. You did mention that that’s the way you approach oil painting. I would love to see you do the same scene in oil. That should be very interesting. I tend to paint the same things over and over again. When I’m on vacation it’s usually by the water so I will paint the beach,etc. when I’m home, I usually walk around the neighborhood and see some thing that catches my eye even if it’s just the bark on a tree. That’s enough about me. Thanks James always a pleasure watching you( and Tanya! )
Hi Joanne, Good to hear about your approach to painting and what you like painting. In Scotland, the weather is often very bad so sketching and then doing a painting in the studio is a necessity. It’s an interesting challenge painting this way, but in a way more complicated. It requires many processes. But we’re both subject to the weather so sketches are often a good thing. I will be doing more oil paintings, perhaps not for a wee while, but I will video it when I do. Hope the weather is not too hot for you, Best wishes, James
Hello James I must say that your painting of Blackness Castle is truly wonderful. Without any initial pen line drawing, it has its own energy and better for it in some respects, it has more soul. Gerald, Hampshire
Hi Gerald, Glad you’re enjoying the painting. Painting buildings is a real challenge in pure Watercolour. As you said, the normal way is with pen and ink which seems to solve many of the problems. Hopefully I’ll be doing more buildings which are real challenge to me, especially without pen and ink. I hope you enjoy the finishing off of the painting on Sunday. Best wishes, James
@@JamesPotterAboutArt Strangely enough, I am just about to start a watercolour, from a photograph I took in 2010 in Venice, which shows rows of highly coloured house fronts in Burano. The many embellishment details on these houses will probably force me to have to use a fine liner pen! Best regards Gerald
@@JamesPotterAboutArt Thank you James I will indeed. However, I am going to do my best to follow your rule and try to 'loosen up'. I'm a terror for too much detail, too many decades in photography I'm afraid! Gerald
Thanks for the tour James and an interesting start of the painting process. I notice on this occasion your sketchpad appears to be 7x5, I am amazed when you use the smaller pad for planning your paintings. I must confess as a beginner I can neither paint or draw so usually use tracedown paper but heard you reference ‘gridding’ do you recommend that approach. I have so looked forward to your video coming our way and look forward to the next one. Thank you.
Hi Jim, Glad you enjoyed this one. I will be doing more sketches and studio paintings. One of the problems of Scotland is that the weather is sometimes a bit unpredictable.!! Doing a sketch and then a painting in the studio is often a good substitution for painting outdoors. As you noticed I do that sort of sketch on a 7 x 5 piece of paper, just gives me a little bit more space, however, my small sketchpad is perfect for when I’m painting outdoors. I don’t use any gridding system for transferring the drawing I tend to just attack it and get it done! I hope you enjoy Sunday’s video. Best wishes, James
Love your work, inspiring, indeed. And video isn't too long-not when your viewer enjoys it!
I’m so happy that you’re enjoying the videos. It’s always difficult to make the videos the right length. 😀
Super! You keep imagining innovative ways to break up real life situations with your painting. Seeing you work through weather and reference materials is highly useful. Thanks.
Hi Zip,
Glad you enjoyed that one. One of the problems of Scotland is that the weather is so often not the best, so reference material and studio painting has to be done unfortunately. Especially in winter.
I hope you enjoy the finishing off of the painting on Sunday.
Best wishes, James
I love seeing your paintings taking shape like this. This is a lovely, moody study. Very evocative. Looking forward to the next video on Sunday. Thank you. 😊👍
Glad you like the painting. The way that the castle is positioned by the water is so beautiful.
I hope you enjoy part two.
Best wishes, James
I was interested in your analysis of composition. To be able to “see” a picture is not always as easy as it seems. I agree Seago was a master. Thank you for showing us Blackness, it’s not my part of the country so it’s nice to travel with others. Wesson was also a master you remind me of his paintings.
Hi Robert,
My first concern is always the composition, finding something to me is one of the biggest challenges.
Seago was an amazing painter, whether it be in oil or Watercolour. I remember seeing a watercolour of his in London. It was a picture of Venice and it’s one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen. It seem to glow off the wall. I’ll never forget it.
Wesson was also amazing.
I hope you enjoy Sunday’s video and finishing off the painting.
Best wishes, James
James, your videos are never too long 😁 I could watch you work for hours ( and do 😂)
Hi Linda,
That’s good to hear!
I hope you enjoy part two.
This is the way I normally paint so interested on your take on this method. Looking forward to part two. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
Hi Mike
It is a really good way of tackling a painting and I will be doing much more of it, especially when the weather is not so good.
I hope you’ve managed to watch part two.
Best wishes, James
Oh wow!!!! My favourite pastime - watching a tutorial - to see a piece of paper come to life.
Thank you so much Mike. I look ok forward to the next video. Yeeee!!!!!! Awesome. 😜😜
Hi Sue,
I agree with you, watching paintings develop is always fascinating, that’s what’s so amazing about RUclips
Glad you enjoyed it!
Best wishes, James
Thank you for showing us more of your lovely country and the beginning of a new painting.
Always informative as usual. Can't wait for Sunday!
Hi Carol,
I’m glad you’re enjoying the scenery of Scotland. I hope to show a lot more of it! It’s a beautiful country,
I hope you enjoy Sunday’s video.
Best wishes, James
Hi James, really great video. The magic of watercolour shone through as you turbo charged your strokes and variation of broad washes to finer touches. I liked the idea of a sketch first then back at base translated to a larger sketch. Then using a photograph to build up the painting. This was a revelation and just clicked with me.
Bold, block, brave and pretty! Is what I will take away from watching you.
Thanks, on to part two next.
Cheers
Steve
Hi Steve,
Watercolour is amazing. There are so many directions you can take and it’s all down to personal choice.
Sketching is a good idea, but sometimes it does make it a little bit harder in the end because you have to rely on photographs which don’t tell the truth.
I hope you’ve managed to find your Palette.
Thanks, James
Hi James, thanks for your reply. I have a few favorite photographs I want to copy in watercolours, eg one Lindisfarne Castle in the background with the beach and wind surfer on the sea.
I have finally bought a
Liz Deakin 15 pans palette. Happy with it just need to use it!
I am a bit slow, just want to make the choices and set the direction I want to go.
Cheers
Steve
I hope the painting goes well, and your new Palette, does the job! Let me know how it goes,
James
This reminds me of how to create this beautiful loose style which is so wonderful . I look forward to see more of your videos. Thank you
I Dorothy,
I do enjoy the loose style, it has a certain feeling about it which I enjoy and also it’s a lot more fun to paint, which is so important.
I hope you enjoy the finishing offer of this painting on Sunday.
Thanks for watching.
Best wishes, James
Marvellous
Glad you’re enjoying the videos.
Thanks for watching.
Best wishes, James
Wonderful painting…I always love your loose and colorful style….you are an inspiration to anyone who wishes to paint from the heart….I am sharing your RUclips videos with a friend who is just starting to paint with watercolor. See you Sunday….picking up my brushes to give this a go! 🩵💚🤎🎨 Carol
Hi Carol,
I’m so pleased that you’re enjoying my videos and painting so much. Many thanks for your kind words, it’s great to hear and inspires me to do more videos!
I’m looking forward to hearing how you and your friends paintings go.
Best wishes, James
I learn so much from these teaching demonstrations-thank you for the time and energy and thought you and your wife put into giving these to us all!
Hi Laurel,
It’s always good to hear that our videos are appreciated. It does make us want to do more, so thank you for your kind words.
Best wishes, James
Thank you for the tour...great scene, I like the rolling waves you left in the water. Looking forward to Sunday!
Sandy, Raleigh NC
Hi Sandy,
Glad you enjoyed the scenery. We live in a very beautiful area which is great if you’re a landscape painter.
Hope you enjoy Sunday’s video.
Best wishes, James
Rally appreciate the thought process in this tutorial- thank you.
Hi,
Glad you enjoyed the video, it’s a really nice location which makes painting it much easier. Hope your painting is going well. Thanks for watching.
Best wishes, James
I really enjoyed this and how the value of colours impacts the painting, looking forward to the second part thanks James.
Hi Lee,
I’m glad you’ve noticed that. The values are such an important part of painting. If you can get those right it’s a big step forward.
Hope you enjoy Sundays video.
Best wishes, James
Thankyou for not only your painting direction but also your and your wifes history of scotlands towns and country. Living in usa and only on their social security income my days of travel are over. But foĺlowing you i am learning to paint again and you give me hope. Best wishes - I love to see each of your lessons.
Hi Beverly,
I’m so pleased that you enjoy our videos. Scotland is such a wonderful and beautiful place that it’s great to show it off.
It’s great to hear a little bit about you, and it makes me feel very happy that my videos are helping you so much. it does make me want to do more.
Great to hear from you.
Best wishes, James
Thank you for this video. Enjoy roaming around and seeing your country! I am very interested in this because this is somehow what I do when I am out and about. I most likely will do a small sketch and take some pictures and then come back and try to make my painting. You did mention that that’s the way you approach oil painting. I would love to see you do the same scene in oil. That should be very interesting. I tend to paint the same things over and over again. When I’m on vacation it’s usually by the water so I will paint the beach,etc. when I’m home, I usually walk around the neighborhood and see some thing that catches my eye even if it’s just the bark on a tree. That’s enough about me. Thanks James always a pleasure watching you( and Tanya! )
Hi Joanne,
Good to hear about your approach to painting and what you like painting. In Scotland, the weather is often very bad so sketching and then doing a painting in the studio is a necessity.
It’s an interesting challenge painting this way, but in a way more complicated. It requires many processes. But we’re both subject to the weather so sketches are often a good thing.
I will be doing more oil paintings, perhaps not for a wee while, but I will video it when I do.
Hope the weather is not too hot for you,
Best wishes, James
Hello James
I must say that your painting of Blackness Castle is truly wonderful. Without any initial pen line drawing, it has its own energy and better for it in some respects, it has more soul.
Gerald,
Hampshire
Hi Gerald,
Glad you’re enjoying the painting.
Painting buildings is a real challenge in pure Watercolour. As you said, the normal way is with pen and ink which seems to solve many of the problems.
Hopefully I’ll be doing more buildings which are real challenge to me, especially without pen and ink.
I hope you enjoy the finishing off of the painting on Sunday.
Best wishes, James
@@JamesPotterAboutArt Strangely enough, I am just about to start a watercolour, from a photograph I took in 2010 in Venice, which shows rows of highly coloured house fronts in Burano. The many embellishment details on these houses will probably force me to have to use a fine liner pen!
Best regards
Gerald
@@Gerald-HampshireUK
That sounds like it’s going to be quite a challenging painting. Let me know how it goes.
James
@@JamesPotterAboutArt Thank you James I will indeed. However, I am going to do my best to follow your rule and try to 'loosen up'. I'm a terror for too much detail, too many decades in photography I'm afraid!
Gerald
@@Gerald-HampshireUK
Photography has a lot to answer for. Trying to copy how a cameras sees things is a hard route.
Thanks for the tour James and an interesting start of the painting process. I notice on this occasion your sketchpad appears to be 7x5, I am amazed when you use the smaller pad for planning your paintings.
I must confess as a beginner I can neither paint or draw so usually use tracedown paper but heard you reference ‘gridding’ do you recommend that approach.
I have so looked forward to your video coming our way and look forward to the next one. Thank you.
Hi Jim,
Glad you enjoyed this one.
I will be doing more sketches and studio paintings. One of the problems of Scotland is that the weather is sometimes a bit unpredictable.!!
Doing a sketch and then a painting in the studio is often a good substitution for painting outdoors. As you noticed I do that sort of sketch on a 7 x 5 piece of paper, just gives me a little bit more space, however, my small sketchpad is perfect for when I’m painting outdoors.
I don’t use any gridding system for transferring the drawing I tend to just attack it and get it done!
I hope you enjoy Sunday’s video.
Best wishes, James