Scraping and sandpapering blew my mind. Never heard of using sandpaper before, and when I heard the term "scraping," I was under the impression it was using a palette knife to scrape wet paint down, not an actual knife to scrape dry paint completely off! I've only ever blotted with paper towels, tissues, or dry brushes. I've always been irritated with how unrefined and large these methods made my finer details. Also, masking fluid ended up making highlights and water spatter look odd and unrealistic, so knowing that scraping and sandpapering is okay on paintings is like heaven to me!
Moving from Acrylic into watercolor...I am binge watching your videos!! Gosh you are very informative and have a lovely sense of humor....Thank you so much for your time and great content!!
You totally got me out of a jam! I remember watching this video once before. I was doing a painting of my friends dog in very muted colors then bam! right on the nose of the dog, the color dried really intense ...I thought it was ruined until..I remember watching this video once before. Thanks so much Steve!
You all probably dont give a shit but does someone know a way to log back into an Instagram account..? I was dumb lost the password. I would appreciate any help you can offer me.
@Archer Jesiah Thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site thru google and im in the hacking process now. I see it takes quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.
Thanks for this! It’s been a while since I’ve painted, I tend to be heavy-handed with my pigments. This was super helpful, to know that I can make adjustments later thankfully, the painting I’m working on is with two colors that can lift very easily.
I’ve been painting water color just because it’s the only medium that has come naturally to me! You’re video gives helpful technique to my amateur techniques! Thanks!
Good one Steve. I have about 5 pages worth of tree studies you gave me cause to work on, thanks for that, I found some great color combos I would have never tried if I hadn't been painting in repetition. I don't have any of those scrubbers, but what I did was buy a pack of cheap loew cornell brushes in the craft dept at Walmart. They are bristle brushes, I just trimmed the bristles closer to the ferrule, making it even stiffer.
This is so incredibly helpful and I'm going to try a few of these techniques today! Thanks so much for this- 5 years later and this video is still helping people out!
Hi Steve, This demonstration was excellent. You take such care with your examples and descriptions. I think that I shall watch this again at another time. These techniques are extremely valuable tools.
Thank you so much. I have never used 100% cotton paper before. After your video i bought Arches hot press and it is much more absorbent then cheap paper. This video really helped.
This is really great. . ..I have some lessons (4) recently described as lessons for beginners, BUT they didn't do what you are doing. I'm learning from you what the others didn't get down to. It all begins to make good sense now, and I'm loving it! Thanks, Thanks, Thanks!
As you can see from all my comments I am watching all your videos. I can't thank you enough😀 I used to paint with acrylics and now only want to work with coloured pencil and watercolour. Your videos are helping me so much.
Wonderful video, thank you! Not only informative, but essentials are covered clearly and succinctly and your demonstrations are simple and effectively powerful imho...in contrast to many others' videos which are clouded with extra and repetitive information and are painful and difficult for me to watch.
Thank you for a very helpful video! I’ve done a lot of trial and error as a newbie to watercolor. Just wish I had seen this and your series on washes sooner. You take a lot of the guesswork out of it. Thanks again!
Ha! I guess Reese told you!!? I hope water is damp! 😂 This was extremely valuable! I’m starting to watercolor after years away (I never was very good) and I’m excited about getting better!! You are such a blessing!! 😊
I love making water droplets using the scrubbing technique. And clouds using the lifting one. Have never tried sandpaper, and wondering how that would work. Thanks so much!
This was so needed!!! Thank you so much. I was about ready to throw my Stonehenge Hp out the window!!! I’m still on the fence about this paper… too delicate for many techniques & absolutely unable to deal with masking, lifting is the only way and even that’s proving a tad difficult!
I found that you can use a magic eraser to lift. Great video👍 I am a newby to your videos, I have been binge watching for a few weeks.I never cared much for watercolor until recently. I did oil or acrylic painting, because I liked the detail. Thanks to your videos I'm getting a New perspective on the media. I think I like😍
I love the silly little intros and your humor. It makes the videos more interesting and fun to watch. Also, thank you for making these instructional videos, I'm a beginner at watercolor painting and these videos are really helping me along the road. :)
Wonderful tutorial. It's great to have clear and precise instructions, thank you for making these videos of the basics for beginners like me. I realize this is an older video, but your Amazon link for scrubber brushes takes us to a page with toilet and floor scrubbing brushes. ☺
Paint lifting - Magic eraser sponges, when wet can be used to remove paint. I tried and it worked just fine. The society for all artists in the UK sells 4 for £6, with Watercolor inserted in the label. You can find them in dollar stores too $1 for 2. Hope the tip helps!
Thank you so much for posting these videos! They're so super helpful, I've been going through your beginner's playlist and I'm excited to try painting with watercolors using the techniques that you demonstrated.
I am loving your videos . I did a lot of acrylic painting just getting into watercolor I am learning a lot from you. I will be looking forward to a lot of your videos.
Super great tutorial! Thank you for making this, and for sharing your knowledge! Now I do not have to be sad after all that I cannot attend art courses in the fall. I can learn from your channel! Yay! : )
Another great lesson! For most of my life I treated watercolor as immovable, if it was down then it stayed that light. Your examples are perfect! Got scrubbers as a freebie with an art supply order ages ago and now really see how to use them more carefully.
You would make a wonderful Teacher. You helped me to understand the importance of doing studies , trying out techniques-which in themselves can produces instant gratification when practiced; gratification that you can paint something that looks realistic(such as highlighting rocks for example). As a beginner, it's nice to be able to paint something..anthing,lol Thank you.
I have had good luck with those sponge brushes as well, the ones like you would stain wood with. Those things are super absorbent. In one of the cheapjoes videos that wes waugh did on brushes, he talks of placing a wet brush on the paper and letting it sit there for a little bit before you start scrubbing. It helps to loosen it up and there isn't so much grinding. I bet you are a cheapjoe subscriber Steve :). Wes did a great 3 or 4 part series on brushes. Not taking anything away from you of course. In future videos I would love to see what your 8-12 essential pigments are. I never cared for prussian blue, but you made me rethink that one and I reach for it more and more now.
Adam Wallen I'm not a big believer in a set of the same "essential pigments" for everyone. Its going to be different for each artist especially depending on what subjects you paint. Also there are opaque, semi-opaque and transparent colors. Some painters like the chalkier look of the more opaque varieties. My palettes are almost completely transparent pigments because I do so much glazing.
I am the same way. I like to glaze to build up depth. I enjoy watching others, though it seems like some that I really like, such as Zbukvic and others, paint so densely it is nearly like gouache at times. Of course I am not critiquing his process because I love his work. I love watercolors because of their transparency and like seeing either the white, the pencil lines, or surface color show through. I do run into problems though at times with my paintings looking washed out because I didn't build up enough.
Wonderful! Brilliant as always and so well presented. I only knew one way to lift before this video. Think I'll go make some amorphous blobs and practice lifting. Blob lifting. Sounds fun doesn't it? Thanks again for your great instructional videos.
I agree that lifting is an essential technique. As someone struggling to retain natural highlights I use it all the time, although I tend to stick with the soft techniques to keep the paper quality so I can add further detailing. The exacto only comes out for hairs or whiskers. What I'm wondering is, how would you go about lifting a larger area? Say the skin colour in a portrait ended up too dark or too opaque, how would you lift that without it getting too blotchy?
Large area lifting is a challenge for keeping the painting looking fresh but a magic eraser sometimes works well. You have to have really robust cotton paper though that doesn't pill easily like Arches.
@@mindofwatercolor i tend to work on bristolpaper as it suits my style of painting reasonably well. It was just something I cane across before and my own tries didn't work out well on bristol or watercolour paper. The idea with the magic eraser is good though. I should try it when I work with my watercolour paper again. ^^ thank you for the quick reply
+ Teresa Cassidy They only do that when they are very wet and have been pressed with a towel (which I had just done). They still hold their shape very well. Brushes will vary in snap. Black Velvets are squirrel/synthetic blends. Squirrel is great at holding water but a little less snappy than sable. Still plenty of spring though for any painting job.
Thank you for a very clear presentation and demonstration! Thanks for the reminder about the staining paints/pigments being a little tougher. I discovered that the hard way: "Why is there a hole in my paper?!" ;) Cheers!
Mary Vivit I know right? lifting is one of those techniques that can foster over reliance. Easily over done. Staining paints will definitely frustrate too.
The book by Claudia Nice just arrived today in my mailbox and as I flipped through there I saw a painting of the seaside with the foaming waves. She used a razor blade to make tiny marks that indicated the splash drops from the water. There's another way to use 'lifting'.
Hey I was amazed, see how extraordinary shibasaki does it, never seen anybody do it, once I saw, I needed to try but I failed, he's white are so much bright. Take a took at watercolor rose bt shibasaki
Hi Steve, I’m a new subbie... enjoying your videos/tutorials very much! Thanks! PS please don’t stop adding scriptures to the end of your videos! Hugs Marsha
Since I didn't have any gum arabic, I used something called C.M.C., a gum arabic substitute used by potters to improve flow when painting colors onto ceramics. I painted some directly onto the paper and then mixed some with the pigment. Voilá! It worked fine for both methods even though it wasn't a very good paper to start with. I'll start out by putting a layer on the paper, should I forget to use it as a medium. C.M.C. is available in powder form (just add water) at ceramic suppliers and is very cheap, particularly compared to gum arabic. P.S. You can also order gum arabic in powder form on eBay. I'm sure it's less expensive than the commercially sold gum arabic. Thanks agaub for this great piece of information!
Thank you so much for that.i am doing water colour painting and just started maybe 2 month ago.i have in my videos few of my first paintings. I hope I can do a masterpiece..
Hi Steve! These videos are the best thing since sliced bread. Any hints for a fairly new painter on how to study watercolor in a logical way? I feel like I'm playing whack-a -mole sometimes. I find something I want to paint and jump in. After it is ruined, I start looking up what I didn't know. You never know what you don't know until you know it.
Actually what you're doing is a pretty good way to learn. We've all been trained by TV artists like Bob Ross that there is a simple formula to follow to get it all right. Not true unfortunately. 90% of learning watercolor is problem solving. You don't know what the problems are until you encounter them.
I love your water bucket. Where can I get one? I am starting to paint after many year off and I LOVE your videos!!! Learn or relearn something every time. Like another viewer, I am "binge watching" (have a cast on my non-dominate hand) and your little jokes are perfect. Keep it all coming
I understand from the links you left above that you were using HotPress paper, I understood (and have found with my own work) that NOT/ColdPress paper was easier for lifting off the watercolour paint ? But you lifted the blue paint off easily here.....now I am confused - perhaps I should try HotPress again but I struggled to lift off HP in the past !
Another way to lift is to use a ‘Magic Eraser’. They’re little fine grained sponges that are intended for removing marks from plasterboard walls. The advantage is that they are abrasive and absorbent at the same time (also, they’re magic). You can buy them from the supermarket or hardware shop (in Australia in any case but I’m sure you could buy similar elsewhere…or maybe you’ll need to come to Australia to buy them…probably worth the trip). Thanks Steve, love your work!!
I've used magic eraser type sponges (I use them around the house and pool area so much I purchase the bulk off brand through Amazon to save money, though). They are awesome at picking up pigment softly. They are indeed magic.
Thankyou yor videos. I would like to ad one more technik here for removing exat shape from dry paint. Drop of water on surface on dot draw lines or on other smal shapes whit clear water(or on those mistakes that we don't do), let shape wet for a second or two, take dry brush, rub out colour from wet area water and carefully with paper push surface lift up and tadaa you have a white dot, line or exact shape in picture, whiteout any damage on surrounding dry colour. Stars, sun strays, light spotshapes in eyes, or those highlights.
I simply love your videos. I get ticks every time you touch your brushes with your fingers. The grease from your fingers down a film on your brushes. As everyone knows, the fat molecules and water do not tie together without an emulsifier. If anyone touches my brushes with their fingers, then the hair on the brushes is washed with soap to get rid of the grease again.
@ Prabha - Lessons are not numbered. This is a random tip and technique show. Order isn't important. Occasionally I will make a multi-part lesson on different aspects of the same subject and those might be numbered. Thanks!
wow. I knew about lifting with tissue and scrubbers, but had no idea sandpaper would ever be an option lol. but this must really put the paper through the ringer, huh? I've only got low-end student grade paper, I am not that confident to take a fingernail file to the paper, much less actual sandpaper! lol. thank you as always, I absolutely enjoy your videos and learn so much. :)
Takes time and patience. Hmm, so that means don’t jump in with a scrubber to start with and scrub right through the finish of the paper and make little paper balls like I did the other day😂 All’s well that ends in a lesson well learned, I guess. Thanks for this video, Steve. I should have watched it last week but better late than never!
I'm just learning so bear with me ,I am suprised how soft your Silver brush is. The hairs lay over to the side and stay there, is there no 'spring' in these brushes? Is that what I am to look for?
This is priceless! This info could have saved me several pieces of artwork that I messed up, so glad I found this page!!!
Super helpful!! I'm a beginner and found this video helpful in attempting to 'save' a project!
Scraping and sandpapering blew my mind. Never heard of using sandpaper before, and when I heard the term "scraping," I was under the impression it was using a palette knife to scrape wet paint down, not an actual knife to scrape dry paint completely off!
I've only ever blotted with paper towels, tissues, or dry brushes. I've always been irritated with how unrefined and large these methods made my finer details. Also, masking fluid ended up making highlights and water spatter look odd and unrealistic, so knowing that scraping and sandpapering is okay on paintings is like heaven to me!
Excellent video, thank you! I'm a beginner and I needed this!
Moving from Acrylic into watercolor...I am binge watching your videos!! Gosh you are very informative and have a lovely sense of humor....Thank you so much for your time and great content!!
+Victoria Snyder You're quite welcome, thanks for watching!
what kind of paper are you using? it's nice
VictoriaSnyder
You totally got me out of a jam! I remember watching this video once before. I was doing a painting of my friends dog in very muted colors then bam! right on the nose of the dog, the color dried really intense ...I thought it was ruined until..I remember watching this video once before. Thanks so much Steve!
You all probably dont give a shit but does someone know a way to log back into an Instagram account..?
I was dumb lost the password. I would appreciate any help you can offer me.
@Emmitt Jesse instablaster :)
@Archer Jesiah Thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site thru google and im in the hacking process now.
I see it takes quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.
@Archer Jesiah it did the trick and I actually got access to my account again. I am so happy!
Thanks so much, you saved my ass !
@Emmitt Jesse glad I could help =)
Thanks for this! It’s been a while since I’ve painted, I tend to be heavy-handed with my pigments. This was super helpful, to know that I can make adjustments later thankfully, the painting I’m working on is with two colors that can lift very easily.
I’ve been painting water color just because it’s the only medium that has come naturally to me! You’re video gives helpful technique to my amateur techniques! Thanks!
Good one Steve. I have about 5 pages worth of tree studies you gave me cause to work on, thanks for that, I found some great color combos I would have never tried if I hadn't been painting in repetition. I don't have any of those scrubbers, but what I did was buy a pack of cheap loew cornell brushes in the craft dept at Walmart. They are bristle brushes, I just trimmed the bristles closer to the ferrule, making it even stiffer.
This is so incredibly helpful and I'm going to try a few of these techniques today! Thanks so much for this- 5 years later and this video is still helping people out!
Hi Steve, This demonstration was excellent. You take such care with your examples and descriptions. I think that I shall watch this again at another time. These techniques are extremely valuable tools.
Thanks, glad to know they're a help.
Thank you so much. I have never used 100% cotton paper before. After your video i bought Arches hot press and it is much more absorbent then cheap paper. This video really helped.
Thank you so much! Wished my college professor showed me what you did in 20 minutes. You're fantastic!
Thank you Steve, I'll definitely give the sandpaper one a try! You can also use a pallet knife or the corner of a credit/bank card
Great video. I really like the clouds you did, with feathering the paint back in, to make the shapes more cloud like and detailed! Cool trick!
This is really great. . ..I have some lessons (4) recently described as lessons for beginners, BUT they didn't do what you are doing. I'm learning from you what the others didn't get down to. It all begins to make good sense now, and I'm loving it! Thanks, Thanks, Thanks!
As you can see from all my comments I am watching all your videos. I can't thank you enough😀 I used to paint with acrylics and now only want to work with coloured pencil and watercolour. Your videos are helping me so much.
+Carla A. Awesome! Thanks for watching.
Wonderful video, thank you! Not only informative, but essentials are covered clearly and succinctly and your demonstrations are simple and effectively powerful imho...in contrast to many others' videos which are clouded with extra and repetitive information and are painful and difficult for me to watch.
Thank you for a very helpful video! I’ve done a lot of trial and error as a newbie to watercolor. Just wish I had seen this and your series on washes sooner. You take a lot of the guesswork out of it. Thanks again!
Thank you so much! I've recently discovered your channel and am learning so much!
Ha! I guess Reese told you!!? I hope water is damp! 😂 This was extremely valuable! I’m starting to watercolor after years away (I never was very good) and I’m excited about getting better!! You are such a blessing!! 😊
I love making water droplets using the scrubbing technique. And clouds using the lifting one. Have never tried sandpaper, and wondering how that would work. Thanks so much!
It's such a pleasure to watch and learn from your fantastic videos and skill. Thank you!!!
This was so needed!!! Thank you so much. I was about ready to throw my Stonehenge Hp out the window!!! I’m still on the fence about this paper… too delicate for many techniques & absolutely unable to deal with masking, lifting is the only way and even that’s proving a tad difficult!
I found that you can use a magic eraser to lift. Great video👍 I am a newby to your videos, I have been binge watching for a few weeks.I never cared much for watercolor until recently. I did oil or acrylic painting, because I liked the detail. Thanks to your videos I'm getting a New perspective on the media. I think I like😍
I love the silly little intros and your humor. It makes the videos more interesting and fun to watch. Also, thank you for making these instructional videos, I'm a beginner at watercolor painting and these videos are really helping me along the road. :)
+Fluffy Toast 52 So glad, thanks for watching!
Wonderful tutorial. It's great to have clear and precise instructions, thank you for making these videos of the basics for beginners like me. I realize this is an older video, but your Amazon link for scrubber brushes takes us to a page with toilet and floor scrubbing brushes. ☺
Oops. Yeah the links will often expire. Thanks for the heads up.
In case you're still looking for one. amzn.to/3EbeNzx
@@mindofwatercolor Thank you!
Thank you for making the basics so clear. Gives me hope
Very helpful and comprehensive as to methods. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing such wealth of information about watercolors in an amazing style.
Again thanks for being a very generous and One of not the best teaching artist on the channels.
+jean milhollin aww, thanks!
Beautiful paintings you have. Thank you so much for sharing your talent & techniques!
Paint lifting - Magic eraser sponges, when wet can be used to remove paint. I tried and it worked just fine. The society for all artists in the UK sells 4 for £6, with Watercolor inserted in the label. You can find them in dollar stores too $1 for 2.
Hope the tip helps!
Andrea Motta Thanks for the input.
Thank you so much for posting these videos! They're so super helpful, I've been going through your beginner's playlist and I'm excited to try painting with watercolors using the techniques that you demonstrated.
I can't tell you how much I'm learning from you. I love your lessons
+Dolly Dollop Thanks!
It's quite different working with hot press vs. cold press. I'm so glad to see how to use these techniques with hot press.
This was wonderful and extremely helpful. Thanks for sharing this
Thank you for this well-demonstrated, very helpful, video! New subbie!
I am loving your videos . I did a lot of acrylic painting just getting into watercolor I am learning a lot from you. I will be looking forward to a lot of your videos.
This just saved a portrait I was working on! Thank you!!!
Awesome tutorial! Thanks for sharing.
Super great tutorial! Thank you for making this, and for sharing your knowledge! Now I do not have to be sad after all that I cannot attend art courses in the fall. I can learn from your channel! Yay! : )
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Thanks so much! Your instruction has been very inciteful!
Another great lesson! For most of my life I treated watercolor as immovable, if it was down then it stayed that light. Your examples are perfect! Got scrubbers as a freebie with an art supply order ages ago and now really see how to use them more carefully.
Robert Sloan Thanks! My warning in the video, though, cannot be overstated. Its and easy technique to overdo.
This was the lesson I was yearning for. THANKS! Good episode.
You would make a wonderful Teacher. You helped me to understand the importance of doing studies , trying out techniques-which in themselves can produces instant gratification when practiced; gratification that you can paint something that looks realistic(such as highlighting rocks for example). As a beginner, it's nice to be able to paint something..anthing,lol Thank you.
@ Adam - Great idea!. Probably the way most scrubbers are created anyway.
I have had good luck with those sponge brushes as well, the ones like you would stain wood with. Those things are super absorbent. In one of the cheapjoes videos that wes waugh did on brushes, he talks of placing a wet brush on the paper and letting it sit there for a little bit before you start scrubbing. It helps to loosen it up and there isn't so much grinding. I bet you are a cheapjoe subscriber Steve :). Wes did a great 3 or 4 part series on brushes. Not taking anything away from you of course. In future videos I would love to see what your 8-12 essential pigments are. I never cared for prussian blue, but you made me rethink that one and I reach for it more and more now.
Adam Wallen Yes, I am a Cheap Joes subscriber. The Wes Waugh videos are good stuff.
Adam Wallen I'm not a big believer in a set of the same "essential pigments" for everyone. Its going to be different for each artist especially depending on what subjects you paint. Also there are opaque, semi-opaque and transparent colors. Some painters like the chalkier look of the more opaque varieties. My palettes are almost completely transparent pigments because I do so much glazing.
I am the same way. I like to glaze to build up depth. I enjoy watching others, though it seems like some that I really like, such as Zbukvic and others, paint so densely it is nearly like gouache at times. Of course I am not critiquing his process because I love his work. I love watercolors because of their transparency and like seeing either the white, the pencil lines, or surface color show through. I do run into problems though at times with my paintings looking washed out because I didn't build up enough.
+The Mind of Watercolor What do you mean by glazing? Is that an additive you put in the paint like acrylic paint?
Wow! This video is going to be a big help for me. I have been struggling with control, and these lifting techniques will help.
Thank you!
Scott Bryant Glad to hear its a help.
Wonderful! Brilliant as always and so well presented. I only knew one way to lift before this video. Think I'll go make some amorphous blobs and practice lifting. Blob lifting. Sounds fun doesn't it? Thanks again for your great instructional videos.
I SOOOOO needed this remedy today!! Thank you, Steve!!
I agree that lifting is an essential technique. As someone struggling to retain natural highlights I use it all the time, although I tend to stick with the soft techniques to keep the paper quality so I can add further detailing. The exacto only comes out for hairs or whiskers. What I'm wondering is, how would you go about lifting a larger area? Say the skin colour in a portrait ended up too dark or too opaque, how would you lift that without it getting too blotchy?
Large area lifting is a challenge for keeping the painting looking fresh but a magic eraser sometimes works well. You have to have really robust cotton paper though that doesn't pill easily like Arches.
@@mindofwatercolor i tend to work on bristolpaper as it suits my style of painting reasonably well. It was just something I cane across before and my own tries didn't work out well on bristol or watercolour paper. The idea with the magic eraser is good though. I should try it when I work with my watercolour paper again. ^^ thank you for the quick reply
THANK YOU SO MUCHHH, U SAVED MY PAINTING😭😭
Thanks! This video saved one of my pieces😃💜
+ Teresa Cassidy They only do that when they are very wet and have been pressed with a towel (which I had just done). They still hold their shape very well. Brushes will vary in snap. Black Velvets are squirrel/synthetic blends. Squirrel is great at holding water but a little less snappy than sable. Still plenty of spring though for any painting job.
+The Mind of Watercolor Thank you so so much Steve, the gift of taking your time to answer is appreciated!
Thank u a lot that's really helps
Big thanks that you showed us these techniques. Surely they will be very useful.
Mariusz Kuszaj Glad to hear it. Thanks for watching.
Thank you for a very clear presentation and demonstration! Thanks for the reminder about the staining paints/pigments being a little tougher. I discovered that the hard way: "Why is there a hole in my paper?!" ;) Cheers!
Mary Vivit I know right? lifting is one of those techniques that can foster over reliance. Easily over done. Staining paints will definitely frustrate too.
Many thanks - just tried it on a leaf I'd painted and now it really does look like highlights.
+gillian bc 👍
The book by Claudia Nice just arrived today in my mailbox and as I flipped through there I saw a painting of the seaside with the foaming waves. She used a razor blade to make tiny marks that indicated the splash drops from the water. There's another way to use 'lifting'.
Very helpful. I’ve had a terrible time doing this in the past.
Hey I was amazed, see how extraordinary shibasaki does it, never seen anybody do it, once I saw, I needed to try but I failed, he's white are so much bright.
Take a took at watercolor rose bt shibasaki
Hi Steve, I’m a new subbie... enjoying your videos/tutorials very much! Thanks!
PS please don’t stop adding scriptures to the end of your videos!
Hugs
Marsha
Thanks STEVE YOUR ONE GREAT TEACHER HAPPY NEW YEAR TOYOU ALL
This is going to be really handy where I've put a little too much pigment on a sunset. Tell Reese I said he looks really cool in those shades.
Since I didn't have any gum arabic, I used something called C.M.C., a gum arabic substitute used by potters to improve flow when painting colors onto ceramics. I painted some directly onto the paper and then mixed some with the pigment. Voilá! It worked fine for both methods even though it wasn't a very good paper to start with.
I'll start out by putting a layer on the paper, should I forget to use it as a medium.
C.M.C. is available in powder form (just add water) at ceramic suppliers and is very cheap, particularly compared to gum arabic. P.S. You can also order gum arabic in powder form on eBay. I'm sure it's less expensive than the commercially sold gum arabic.
Thanks agaub for this great piece of information!
Thanks for the input!
Thank you, that was a very useful lesson. Are you not numbering the lessons, is it only up to 3, and then others are random, to see as we like?
Thank you very much Sir, the scrubber is like magic :)
Fleckled ❤ good word
I love all your videos
Thank you so much for making videos! I really want to illustrate my own children's books and these videos are really helping me a lot! :)
Cool! Glad to hear it!
Thank you so much for that.i am doing water colour painting and just started maybe 2 month ago.i have in my videos few of my first paintings. I hope I can do a masterpiece..
This helped me so much, thank u!
I've always wanted to learn how to lift watercolor! thank you so much for this!
coco You're welcome!
Muy buenos Tips. Es realmente muy útil ver cómo trabajas. GRACIAS.
Nélida Felizia You're welcome.
Great video, easily followed! Thanks!
You do such a good job - thanks
Hi Steve! These videos are the best thing since sliced bread. Any hints for a fairly new painter on how to study watercolor in a logical way? I feel like I'm playing whack-a -mole sometimes. I find something I want to paint and jump in. After it is ruined, I start looking up what I didn't know. You never know what you don't know until you know it.
Actually what you're doing is a pretty good way to learn. We've all been trained by TV artists like Bob Ross that there is a simple formula to follow to get it all right. Not true unfortunately. 90% of learning watercolor is problem solving. You don't know what the problems are until you encounter them.
I love your water bucket. Where can I get one? I am starting to paint after many year off and I LOVE your videos!!! Learn or relearn something every time. Like another viewer, I am "binge watching" (have a cast on my non-dominate hand) and your little jokes are perfect. Keep it all coming
Thanks Ellen. Here is a link to the bucket. amzn.to/2l2LnuP
I understand from the links you left above that you were using HotPress paper, I understood (and have found with my own work) that NOT/ColdPress paper was easier for lifting off the watercolour paint ? But you lifted the blue paint off easily here.....now I am confused - perhaps I should try HotPress again but I struggled to lift off HP in the past !
Another way to lift is to use a ‘Magic Eraser’. They’re little fine grained sponges that are intended for removing marks from plasterboard walls. The advantage is that they are abrasive and absorbent at the same time (also, they’re magic). You can buy them from the supermarket or hardware shop (in Australia in any case but I’m sure you could buy similar elsewhere…or maybe you’ll need to come to Australia to buy them…probably worth the trip). Thanks Steve, love your work!!
I've used magic eraser type sponges (I use them around the house and pool area so much I purchase the bulk off brand through Amazon to save money, though). They are awesome at picking up pigment softly. They are indeed magic.
Thank you, I will be trying to fix a 5head I gave myself in a self-portrait by painting dark hair too big with different brushes now.
Thanks so much. This is so exciting to learn.
Excellent. Thank you so much!!!
You are simply fantastic thank - you so much 😊
Thankyou yor videos. I would like to ad one more technik here for removing exat shape from dry paint.
Drop of water on surface on dot draw lines or on other smal shapes whit clear water(or on those mistakes that we don't do), let shape wet for a second or two, take dry brush, rub out colour from wet area water and carefully with paper push surface lift up and tadaa you have a white dot, line or exact shape in picture, whiteout any damage on surrounding dry colour. Stars, sun strays, light spotshapes in eyes, or those highlights.
wow, great one Steve! thanks this one will certainly be extremely useful. :)
Hi Steve. Thanks for this video. Good learning for me. Will try out. Would this technique work on a 175 GSM paper.
It should depending on brand and whether or not its 100% cotton. With that weight, buckling would be your bigger problem.
@@mindofwatercolor thanks. I use Archie's pad advanced 170 GSM.
I really enjoy your lessons, thank you for sharing!
Butterinyourear You're welcome!
SO helpful! Thanks! Hi Reese!
Thank you for your work!
Great demonstration! Thank you!
artzology Thanks.
Important! Thank you!
Extremely helpful video, thank you x
I simply love your videos. I get ticks every time you touch your brushes with your fingers. The grease from your fingers down a film on your brushes. As everyone knows, the fat molecules and water do not tie together without an emulsifier. If anyone touches my brushes with their fingers, then the hair on the brushes is washed with soap to get rid of the grease again.
@ Prabha - Lessons are not numbered. This is a random tip and technique show. Order isn't important. Occasionally I will make a multi-part lesson on different aspects of the same subject and those might be numbered. Thanks!
You are a great teacher, thx
wow. I knew about lifting with tissue and scrubbers, but had no idea sandpaper would ever be an option lol.
but this must really put the paper through the ringer, huh? I've only got low-end student grade paper, I am not that confident to take a fingernail file to the paper, much less actual sandpaper! lol. thank you as always, I absolutely enjoy your videos and learn so much. :)
+haruhara9889 yeah basically it shreds the paper. I would only use it to add sparkly highlights. 🙂
Takes time and patience. Hmm, so that means don’t jump in with a scrubber to start with and scrub right through the finish of the paper and make little paper balls like I did the other day😂 All’s well that ends in a lesson well learned, I guess. Thanks for this video, Steve. I should have watched it last week but better late than never!
Thanks, I will try.
Cool never thought about sandpaper. Thanks
I'm just learning so bear with me ,I am suprised how soft your Silver brush is. The hairs lay over to the side and stay there, is there no 'spring' in these brushes? Is that what I am to look for?
Thank you for the sandpaper tip.