Watercolor Beginner Tips: 5 Common Questions Answered

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  • So many questions about painting in watercolour come my way. In this video, I share the answers to 5 common questions.
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    0:00 Introduction
    0:31 What pencil do I use under watercolour?
    2:26 Do you transfer the line drawing before or after you stretch the paper?
    4:13 How do I store my brushes, paints and paintings?
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    7:26 Why do my paints not spread and move on the wet paper like yours do?
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  • @glendaconvery6832
    @glendaconvery6832 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thankyou once again for sharing your knowledge with us all. I learn something new with every video you post.

  • @sujanithtottempudi2991
    @sujanithtottempudi2991 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Well done Dom for such great refurbishment of the cabinet 🎉🎉🎉

  • @monicaduncan3979
    @monicaduncan3979 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Excellent tutorial as I’m very new to watercolour painting. Thank you for your generosity in sharing your skills.

  • @maryalgar8779
    @maryalgar8779 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    That Dom is a very handy guy! Great tips Louise.

  • @jr2bder4u
    @jr2bder4u 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Water tends to set the graphite, when soaking did not know this, thank you! Would you pls. consider doing a video on how you make prints of watercolor?

  • @connied8507
    @connied8507 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I love your out takes. Great advice from a caring fun loving person 😊

    • @sylphofthewildwoods5518
      @sylphofthewildwoods5518 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I agree.
      Louise is the best!
      She's a lovely person. 🌹

    • @LouiseDeMasi
      @LouiseDeMasi  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you Connie. 🥰

    • @LouiseDeMasi
      @LouiseDeMasi  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you! 😘

  • @amandastratton8242
    @amandastratton8242 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thank you Louise some good tips and a great studio 😃Thank you for sharing xx

    • @LouiseDeMasi
      @LouiseDeMasi  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you Amanda. 🥰

  • @judymills873
    @judymills873 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow! I’d love to have a space and cabinets like yours

  • @Dibdib35
    @Dibdib35 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you so much Louise I really needed help with question 5. Am going to try all you’ve suggested. You’ve got a very supportive hubby there. Love your outtakes 😂

  • @Kathrin_101
    @Kathrin_101 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you very much for your guidance and videos❣️ Glad I found you🥰

  • @elkepaull-keller9039
    @elkepaull-keller9039 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Fantastic tutorial Louise. I struggled with the wetness ratio and control so I'm going to take your advice and experiment. Thank you once again.

  • @majrminer
    @majrminer 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    A credible TH-camr/ watercolor blogger/tester has mentioned her tests with UV glass not making significant differences in helping preserve paints in sunlight. She mentioned that the only glass that would likely make the difference would be museum quality, which is not cost effective for most artists. Paint lightfastness ratings are more important in this regard, but even so, many have noted that their own lightfastness tests don’t match what the manufacturer has rated, including Handprint’s website. Love your videos and passion for painting :)

    • @LouiseDeMasi
      @LouiseDeMasi  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for that information.

  • @mcrawford5877
    @mcrawford5877 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How wonderful of your husband to restore those flat files!

  • @kimlindseyOH
    @kimlindseyOH 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Thanks Louise! Very helpful, as always! For question #5, it could also be the paint. When I swatch a new paint, I include a test of how the pigment "moves" on a wet surface. I typically use the pale (diluted) end of my gradient swatch for this: while it's still wet, I go back to my palette and dip the tip of my brush in the concentrated paint, then dot the wet area with a few spots to see if it runs (or bleeds), and how much. I have been surprised at the difference between some paints and other paints,for this. It's worth exploring with all you paints: see what they do!😀

    • @LouiseDeMasi
      @LouiseDeMasi  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Thank you Kim- yes I agree. I should have mentioned that too. ❤️

    • @BluJean55
      @BluJean55 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      QOR watercolor paints spread really well because they use Aquazol as a binder.
      They also don’t fade as much when the paint dries so they have improved vibrancy.

  • @beverlydevriesburrows3097
    @beverlydevriesburrows3097 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    What a wonderful, helpful husband 👏

    • @LouiseDeMasi
      @LouiseDeMasi  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I think so too. Thanks Beverly.

  • @sandythompson214
    @sandythompson214 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Always enjoy and learn from your experience. Thank you Louise

  • @irenekonowal1846
    @irenekonowal1846 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for these tips, they are very helpful. Please have more of these Q & A videos. What we don’t know , we don’t know about watercolor.

  • @kimberlyrombaut
    @kimberlyrombaut 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video! Thank you

  • @CatladyActionFigure
    @CatladyActionFigure 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks Louise, this was very helpful. Do you ever use water color pencil? If so, would love to see you do a demonstration 🙂♥️

  • @JanRoberts-ul4bb
    @JanRoberts-ul4bb 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for your helpful thoughts!!

    • @LouiseDeMasi
      @LouiseDeMasi  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you Jan.

  • @maryannconklin7231
    @maryannconklin7231 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I never soaked paper. New here!

  • @hollyboysonboyson960
    @hollyboysonboyson960 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I just want to say, I really like your soft curl hairstyle, it's very pretty and it gives you an extra glow. Sometimes we just need to hear and give a personal compliment! From 🇺🇸 America

    • @LouiseDeMasi
      @LouiseDeMasi  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you very much.

  • @RogerEbert-vy5pv
    @RogerEbert-vy5pv 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What a guy !!! 🇺🇸

  • @antikaesart
    @antikaesart 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lovely😊

  • @joykruczay
    @joykruczay 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Excellent information, regardless of skill level. I have been using transfer paper for years, and am surprised that anyone still remembers "old fashioned' carbon paper. (Hey, when I was a kid, I actually had to change typewriter ribbons!) If I may offer a tip for transfer paper, the quality of the image varies with the tooth of the paper. It is easy to transfer an image on hot press or cold press, but rough (with more tooth) one has to press very hard to transfer the image. Due to the hills and valleys, there are a lot of "skipped' areas. As the paper is used, one must press harder to get the image.

    • @LouiseDeMasi
      @LouiseDeMasi  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you! Me too about the typewriter ribbons. Thank you for sharing the tips. ❤️

  • @kathleenstoin671
    @kathleenstoin671 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks again for another great video!

    • @LouiseDeMasi
      @LouiseDeMasi  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My pleasure. Thank you Kathleen.

  • @valeriecoopet9897
    @valeriecoopet9897 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When I am tracing over one of my drawings I often use a colored pencil so I can easily tell what I have already traced.

  • @colleenmcchesney1482
    @colleenmcchesney1482 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Ahhh thanks so much for sharing your answer to these great questions, especially #2 & #3. I didn’t know that you could do a graphite tracing before stretching the paper because of using a light box. Thanks for sharing this wonderful information with us.

    • @LouiseDeMasi
      @LouiseDeMasi  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      My pleasure. Thanks Colleen.

  • @henriquejanuario881
    @henriquejanuario881 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great tips!!! Thanks a lot! Peace!

    • @LouiseDeMasi
      @LouiseDeMasi  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you Henrique.

  • @maryannconklin7231
    @maryannconklin7231 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Do you have a video on how to use your tubes of paint to reuse on different blank palettes? Or ideas?

  • @deborahthomas3475
    @deborahthomas3475 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You are a great teacher

    • @LouiseDeMasi
      @LouiseDeMasi  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you very much Deborah. 😃

  • @dorisdavidson7849
    @dorisdavidson7849 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks, always something to learn....I think I need a "Dom" to work in my studio,LOL

  • @willowbranch5237
    @willowbranch5237 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love ALL your tutorials. What a gem you have in Dom!!!!!!! Your storage cabinet was truly transformed!!!!!!!!!! Do you use cold or hot pressed paper or both? Thanks!!

    • @LouiseDeMasi
      @LouiseDeMasi  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you very much. I use both but I prefer using cold press.

  • @ab4690
    @ab4690 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you! What kind of paper did you use in your final version? ❤

  • @carolynbarnes5095
    @carolynbarnes5095 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love your new hairdo!

    • @LouiseDeMasi
      @LouiseDeMasi  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you Carolyn.

  • @maryannegunter115
    @maryannegunter115 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Louise, you're a stitch! Especially in your bloopers😅. Thank you for all your videos, much appreciated. I've found that Arches paper is the best, for me. I'm a beginner, as well.

    • @LouiseDeMasi
      @LouiseDeMasi  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lol- thanks Maryanne.

  • @SuzanneLegault
    @SuzanneLegault 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi, I haven't been getting the notices when a new video is up. I heard they favor channels who post regular shorts. A quick way to have a short is use an excerpt for the comming video or just announce the up coming video. Hope this helps. I miss getting my notices.

    • @LouiseDeMasi
      @LouiseDeMasi  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Interesting! Thanks for letting me know. Are you subscribed to the channel? I think you'll get them in your feed if you subscribe and you only get a notification if you hit the bell.

    • @SuzanneLegault
      @SuzanneLegault 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes I subscribe to your great channel Louise and chose the option to get all notifications. I use to get them but it stopped in the last month or maybe more.

  • @patriciajlou4183
    @patriciajlou4183 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bonjour Louise, je voudrais savoir comment vous nettoyez vos pinceaux, avec de l’eau ou avec un produit quelconque ? 🙏 merci bien

  • @melodiechristensen2266
    @melodiechristensen2266 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Here's my question. How do you keep Leo's hair off your paper as you paint. I have 2 big dogs, I vacuum all the time, I even use a roller on my clothes before I start painting. But alas stray hairs find their way in.

    • @dottieburns3420
      @dottieburns3420 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Oh, me too! Always a hair somewhere. I just call it my signature.

    • @LouiseDeMasi
      @LouiseDeMasi  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That is a problem .....lol. My answer - I don't. He's usually not in the studio when I paint. He's too naughty- getting into everything. We bring him down to the studio when we film occasionally.

  • @maryannconklin7231
    @maryannconklin7231 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can you post a link to the pencils and transfer paper.
    I have black transfer paper sheet.
    this may be easier on a roll instead of a sheet. And less messy.

    • @LouiseDeMasi
      @LouiseDeMasi  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      All my supplies are here Mary. www.louisedemasi.com/my-art-supplies