I have seen a few of your videos now, and what you usually put in front of the camera is more finished, even in the sketchbooks. I was happy to see the rougher working drawings in this episode. I think it reveals more of your working process. Myself, I refer to the rough sketchbook as a "gather book", where you explore stuff that doesn't yet have a specific "finished art" outcome in mind, it is just where you gather ideas, thoughts, marks, indications, even scratching from trying a new pencil. Watching many artists on TH-cam, you would think the only art they make is the stuff that is ready to be framed and sold at auction. So, thanks for this one, it puts things in perspective.
You are by far my favorite watercolorist to learn from! I'm a serious newbie and you present things that teach me and make it attainable to do! Thank you so very much for all of your videos! Someday I will hopefully have your talent!
An excellent presentation, much appreciated. Product reviews are interesting and painting demos too, but it is so rare that an accomplished artist lifts up the curtains to share the behind the scenes planning and experimenting processes of creating. So often when viewing an artist at work we see them mid final product and miss out on the thinking, shorthand notes, the rearranging of the elements, the nuts and bolts of evaluating the subject that later leads to the final art work. As always Steve, you go beyond just the mind of the media (watercolor) and expose the mind of the artist as well. Thanks. Also, take that annoying bell away from Reese. .
I've just tried doing thumbnails and they are so addictive and liberating! I can try the high-level composition and values without the pressure of knowing that I'm potentially wasting a lot of high quality paper or expecting great results. Ironically, I'm more satisfied with some of my thumbnails than with some of my large scale paintings. Thank you, Steve!
Thanks, Steve. I haven't tried thumbnail studies, but I think they would be perfect for my watercolor sketchbook journal for certain things. I really got a lot out of this video and plan to use the tips immediately. I ALWAYS learn from you!
really liked your explanation of why we do thumb nail sketches. Also, appreciate when you share about books. I've added a few just because I've seen them on your channel. Thanks for sharing your gift of art with us!
I was really excited to see this demonstration on doing thumbnails. Since the beginning of the year, I've been doing "an inch of art" a day, and I've been using a lot of your tips already, and will be using some more of what you are discussing in this video. A square inch isn't really big enough, but it helps me to at least do something every day using any method or medium that strikes me at the time, and if nothing does....it ends up just being a doodle. Your video has encouraged me to stop constraining myself to a square inch, and not beat myself up for not having everything be a masterpiece. It started out being a project to keep me creative, but it really ought to be about practice. Thanks again for a fantastic video, and as always, for making me smile right off the bat!
Thanks so much for this video about using thumbnails Steve. It's come at just the right time to be of great help for me as I have my first ever exhibition as part of a group of local artists coming up this October. I have so many ideas running around my head and this would be a great way to explore them rather than the full sketches which I've been doing so far. Thanks again Steve :)
Great idea. I also bought a light board - what a time saver! I'd try your favourite brushes too, but delivering just 1 brush to Canada is twice the cost of the brush plus 30% rate exchange. And I totally agree with J.P. Keslensky's comments. I was wondering how to use my journal with arches paper since I'm not good enough to want to keep my paintings in this costly journal. Now I know. Thanks.
Thanks for introducing Mary Whyte to me. I went at looked at a lot of her work. They all have this suggestion of a real strong narrative or story line behind the work.
Wow! This was extremely helpful! I struggle combining flowers and leaves. Sounds like it's a no brainer, but I watch artists paint modern florals and I cannot figure out how they get the flowers and leaves layered, just so. I'm going to try out the thumbnails...maybe of each component with one larger thumbnail working out how to put it all together. Thanks so much!!
Thank you! This has really added an new dimension to my painting. What an wonderful way to practice. I just knocked out six quick watercolor thumbnails using a credit card as the template for my frame. Going back to re-watch and take notes. PS - Love Reece!
I recently discovered...opening an internet browser...typing .into the search.....say...ink drawings...clicking 'images' at the top of the page...and a whole new world of inspiration opens up.....
Steve - just picked up M. Whyte's book An Artist's Way of Seeing. If you don't have it, seriously consider getting it. I did the Kindle version because of low funds. Full of thumbnails and her own thoughts about her process, her own trip into the mind of watercolor. Always enjoy your trips there :)!
Enjoy so much this Steve!!! I am trying, trying and trying, trying again, watching your videos, once, twice...doing the exersises but it's HARD! rsrs Well, let's go once more... Thank you so much for this.
Thank you, Steve. This Thumbnails doodles are really interesting. I like the fact that one can sketch pretty quickly outdoors. And indeed they look fun to make :) Thank you!
Thanks for Wyeth reference - stopped video and picked up a used copy on Amazon for $13 which includes shipping! Thumbnails are much less intimidating as a starting place for we beginners - thanks for legitimizing it! Now I don't feel like I'm coping out while practicing skills and composition!
Great video Steve! 😁 I don't normally do thumbnails, but now you have me thinking seriously about doing so. I'm going to give it a try on a piece I'm about to start & see if it clears my vision up a bit. TFS! 🤗
Thank you very much for sharing your skills and your ideas. I have been watching your videos for 3 days now and you inspire me to improve my skills in painting. I am a beginner in this kind of skill so most of the time I watch over time to study your techniques. I pray that the good Lord may give you long life and good health so you can continue to share your skills to us. Once again, thank you very much
Great video. I'm a beginner, so I spend a lot of effort below even a thumbnail. Like practicing neutralizing thalo green paints or arranging lollipop trees to get some interesting negative sky shapes. It's a lot of fun though.
Great explanation of the uses of thumbnails. If you like Wyeth (you didn't mention which Wyeth) you should plan a trip to the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, PA where you can view the Wyeth paintings. Chadds Ford is also a great area for some scenic sketching along the Brandywine.
Andrew. He was the landscape painter who painted extensively at Kuerners. Would love to visit the Brandywine museum one day. We do however have the largest public collection of Andrew Wyeth paintings in our museum here in Greenville, SC.
I really like this idea. Thank you. If a thumbnail doesn't turn out well, no big deal. But, if I like it, I could cut it out and put it on a greeting card, which is one of my hobbies and one reason I paint. :-) I love landscapes and flowers, so this would work well, I think.
Thank you so much for this video. It has really helped me a lot, and it's so nice to see how you work. Hope for more landscape videos in the future, cause they are really amazing! :)
Steve, is the plen air easel you used your own design? Have you given a tour of the plen air set up you use before? Thanks again for the information you share!
+Joe Tringali yes, I don't have access to the links at the moment but the design details are featured in two other videos. I'll try to post those in the video description shortly.
Thank you Steve, I just started drawing outdoors in a group of urban sketchers and I am destabilized. The small formats will surely help me. Your videos are always good advice, thank you! (Sorry for my english.) Nicole, Québec, Canada
I liked this video and I do understand more now the value of thumbnail as Studies or problem-solving. I don't care for the bell ringing when you are high lighting a point your making.
this is helpful - i can't seem to let go of doing a lot of details in my watercolors. especially w/ shading. any helping hints to just stop focusing on that too much?
Hi, Kayla. Like you, I tend to get caught up in trying to detail everything. With shading, try to just mix a shade, then just glaze it in. Remember that you need to be a LOT darker than you think you need [ to allow for the drying effect ] and I find that by wetting the area of shade, then dropping in your mix, you get really great results.
This is true, I just tend to overdo it sometimes! I have been watercoloring for a long time, probably not as long as you and hope to get myself on skillshare here soon, but need to brush up on some better techniques :) thanks for your response and love all of your videos. so inspiring!
You're welcome. I'm only just a beginner with watercolour, but I have always liked to draw , and found this method has always been a favourite of mine.
Mainly focus on values and the shape of values rather than the shape and details of the things in the scene. Shadows, midtones and highlights have shapes and they can be simplified more easily. Also use a bigger brush than you might if detailing the scene.
A very helpful video! What size is the quill brush you're using for your plein air? I'd like to get a quill, but my local art store carries nothing smaller than a 4 Princeton. I'm not sure if quills come smaller than that, but the one you're using looks like it might be a bit smaller? Thanks :)
Hi, I have been trying to find the thumbnail sketch which you did of waves at seaside. Can you please post for me the site for this lesson? Your lessons are wonderful and easy to follow. Thank you.
First link worked. Then they all didn’t and just send you to a blank TH-cam page. I’m on a current IOS iPhone and your links LOOK like Amazon links, but maybe TH-cam is deciding on new rules and their code was made to override yours? Anyhoo, thought you’d like to know. Love your vids. They’re helping me get through some tough chemo and I’m actually painting. Cheers! 💪🏼😎👚
I would like to know your squirrel travel brush brand and size. I would also like to know if your tri pod set up is the same as the original you showed when you made it or if there are modifications
The travel brush is from Rosemary & Co. you'll find a link in the video description. I did make a few mods to the easel mainly for compactness. The original design works fine but I cut it down to fit in my backpack. Here is a video showing the mods. th-cam.com/video/nZ9_91eBUQA/w-d-xo.html
Could you sometime address photographing watercolor? I use an slr in flat natural light and paintings consistently look awful in photos . They are sharp, contrasty, and they seem to show paint saturation. Cant figure it out. Thanks!
Complex subject. You said SLR. Are you using film or a DSLR? Film is problematic and much more difficult to get right. I can tell you right away that the most common mistake is incorrect exposure, usually under exposure. Auto exposure will do that quite often on art. The camera should be set to manual exposure and either do a reading off a gray card or shoot a bracket of exposures to see what is best. Put the camera on a tripod and use your lowest ISO setting (100 usually). Higher ISOs have more noise and are more contrasty. Cameras make a big difference too. The sensors in certain point and shoot cameras can have contrasty tendencies but if you're using a DSLR that shouldn't be an issue. Also, getting great results almost always takes some post production. I use Photoshop and do a lot of color balance correcting to get it right. There is no set formula for that just whatever the specific art needs.
Wow! Thanks. I use a Canon DSLR, usually on automatic, though. I will try a manual exposure. I usually edit the photos some, but part of the problem is that they are just too sharp, which I thought just might be the digital camera - a little blur was once the easiest tho achieve.
I just looked up water soluble graphite and the options are vast! Could you please share exactly what you use? I am a beginner and need a place to start... Thank you.
Ok, watched it! Very helpful. So you also mention in the video (sketch from magazine / composition) that you don't always even add color... so now I'm curious if you add color (with water), it would mix with the gray... do you just fill in between the sketch for accents? And do you have a video about that? Thank you.
your “small studies” look like masterpieces. I would love to see an entire book of them! so beautiful!
Chel Micheline Agree!!
Chel Micheline I totally agree!
I have seen a few of your videos now, and what you usually put in front of the camera is more finished, even in the sketchbooks. I was happy to see the rougher working drawings in this episode. I think it reveals more of your working process. Myself, I refer to the rough sketchbook as a "gather book", where you explore stuff that doesn't yet have a specific "finished art" outcome in mind, it is just where you gather ideas, thoughts, marks, indications, even scratching from trying a new pencil. Watching many artists on TH-cam, you would think the only art they make is the stuff that is ready to be framed and sold at auction. So, thanks for this one, it puts things in perspective.
You are by far my favorite watercolorist to learn from! I'm a serious newbie and you present things that teach me and make it attainable to do! Thank you so very much for all of your videos! Someday I will hopefully have your talent!
An excellent presentation, much appreciated. Product reviews are interesting and painting demos too, but it is so rare that an accomplished artist lifts up the curtains to share the behind the scenes planning and experimenting processes of creating. So often when viewing an artist at work we see them mid final product and miss out on the thinking, shorthand notes, the rearranging of the elements, the nuts and bolts of evaluating the subject that later leads to the final art work. As always Steve, you go beyond just the mind of the media (watercolor) and expose the mind of the artist as well. Thanks. Also, take that annoying bell away from Reese. .
LOL! He's annoying bell or no bell!
J.P. Keslensky
This is so crucial to get warmed up with, and as you emphasized to work out values, contrast, composition, colors but not details.
I've just tried doing thumbnails and they are so addictive and liberating! I can try the high-level composition and values without the pressure of knowing that I'm potentially wasting a lot of high quality paper or expecting great results. Ironically, I'm more satisfied with some of my thumbnails than with some of my large scale paintings. Thank you, Steve!
Thanks, Steve. I haven't tried thumbnail studies, but I think they would be perfect for my watercolor sketchbook journal for certain things. I really got a lot out of this video and plan to use the tips immediately. I ALWAYS learn from you!
really liked your explanation of why we do thumb nail sketches. Also, appreciate when you share about books. I've added a few just because I've seen them on your channel. Thanks for sharing your gift of art with us!
I was really excited to see this demonstration on doing thumbnails. Since the beginning of the year, I've been doing "an inch of art" a day, and I've been using a lot of your tips already, and will be using some more of what you are discussing in this video. A square inch isn't really big enough, but it helps me to at least do something every day using any method or medium that strikes me at the time, and if nothing does....it ends up just being a doodle. Your video has encouraged me to stop constraining myself to a square inch, and not beat myself up for not having everything be a masterpiece. It started out being a project to keep me creative, but it really ought to be about practice. Thanks again for a fantastic video, and as always, for making me smile right off the bat!
Good for you. Daily art is a tremendous skill and confidence builder.
Thanks so much for this video about using thumbnails Steve. It's come at just the right time to be of great help for me as I have my first ever exhibition as part of a group of local artists coming up this October. I have so many ideas running around my head and this would be a great way to explore them rather than the full sketches which I've been doing so far. Thanks again Steve :)
Yes! Perfect use for thumbs!
I wish mine looked like yours but i guess thats why i need to practice.... okay, here i go again thumbnails can turn into wonderful cards. Thank you.
Great idea. I also bought a light board - what a time saver! I'd try your favourite brushes too, but delivering just 1 brush to Canada is twice the cost of the brush plus 30% rate exchange. And I totally agree with J.P. Keslensky's comments. I was wondering how to use my journal with arches paper since I'm not good enough to want to keep my paintings in this costly journal. Now I know. Thanks.
Thanks for introducing Mary Whyte to me. I went at looked at a lot of her work. They all have this suggestion of a real strong narrative or story line behind the work.
Yes, she is known for the stories behind her work. The narratives are real and very interesting.
Wow! This was extremely helpful! I struggle combining flowers and leaves. Sounds like it's a no brainer, but I watch artists paint modern florals and I cannot figure out how they get the flowers and leaves layered, just so. I'm going to try out the thumbnails...maybe of each component with one larger thumbnail working out how to put it all together. Thanks so much!!
Thanks for all the helpful tips and I really enjoyed the glimpses of your sketchbook.
Love these little thinking sketches. Thanks for sharing.
Great refresher on thumbnail sketches.
Thank you Steve - so informative. Thumbnails also help build up confidence. So interesting to see how artists work out their final paintings.
Done 5 years ago and everything still holds true. I need to do more of these. Thanks for the demo and the reminder. - OkieSketcher1949
Loved this lesson on thumbnails! Thanks so much for expanding my understanding of the purpose of thumbnails. A two thumbs up on this lesson!
Just the best learning tools. Thanks so much Steve.
Such a generous teacher...thank you!
Thank you! This has really added an new dimension to my painting. What an wonderful way to practice. I just knocked out six quick watercolor thumbnails using a credit card as the template for my frame. Going back to re-watch and take notes. PS - Love Reece!
I recently discovered...opening an internet browser...typing .into the search.....say...ink drawings...clicking 'images' at the top of the page...and a whole new world of inspiration opens up.....
This video was really helpful for me. Thank you for sharing! 🙂💖
Steve - just picked up M. Whyte's book An Artist's Way of Seeing. If you don't have it, seriously consider getting it. I did the Kindle version because of low funds. Full of thumbnails and her own thoughts about her process, her own trip into the mind of watercolor. Always enjoy your trips there :)!
I'll check it out for sure.
Thank you for taking the time to make this, I found it very helpful
Enjoy so much this Steve!!! I am trying, trying and trying, trying again, watching your videos, once, twice...doing the exersises but it's HARD! rsrs
Well, let's go once more... Thank you so much for this.
Thank you, Steve. This Thumbnails doodles are really interesting. I like the fact that one can sketch pretty quickly outdoors. And indeed they look fun to make :) Thank you!
Thank you so much for this lesson. Doing thumbnails will change the creative process itself. Good day!
Great ideas. Not what I was thinking you were going to say but gave me ideas regardless. Thank you for a good video.
Thanks for this Steve. This was very informative, I now plan to do more thumb nails.
merveilleux... merci !
Thanks for Wyeth reference - stopped video and picked up a used copy on Amazon for $13 which includes shipping! Thumbnails are much less intimidating as a starting place for we beginners - thanks for legitimizing it! Now I don't feel like I'm coping out while practicing skills and composition!
Great video Steve! 😁 I don't normally do thumbnails, but now you have me thinking seriously about doing so. I'm going to give it a try on a piece I'm about to start & see if it clears my vision up a bit. TFS! 🤗
Need to do more of those! Great work, thank you ^^
I thumb nail with pencil for composition. Never thought of using water color thumbs. thanks.
Thank you very much for sharing your skills and your ideas. I have been watching your videos for 3 days now and you inspire me to improve my skills in painting. I am a beginner in this kind of skill so most of the time I watch over time to study your techniques. I pray that the good Lord may give you long life and good health so you can continue to share your skills to us. Once again, thank you very much
Thank you!
Love the irony of using photos from Plein Aire magazine for reference ;-) Nice tips, thank you.
Great video! Thank you!
Great video. I'm a beginner, so I spend a lot of effort below even a thumbnail. Like practicing neutralizing thalo green paints or arranging lollipop trees to get some interesting negative sky shapes. It's a lot of fun though.
I love Phthalo Green. Not all artists do. Slightly mixing in Quinacridone Rose makes a really beautiful neutral cool green.
Thank you once again for the info and inspiration.
Great explanation of the uses of thumbnails. If you like Wyeth (you didn't mention which Wyeth) you should plan a trip to the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, PA where you can view the Wyeth paintings. Chadds Ford is also a great area for some scenic sketching along the Brandywine.
Andrew. He was the landscape painter who painted extensively at Kuerners. Would love to visit the Brandywine museum one day. We do however have the largest public collection of Andrew Wyeth paintings in our museum here in Greenville, SC.
Anazing idea ,many thanks for your effort 🌹🌹🌹
Love the negative painting in the last sketch. I have issues with that. Maybe some summertime sketching would help me...
Thanks! I'm sure that it would Richard. Sketching always seems to help me clear up my thinking on a variety of subjects.
Thanks again!
I really like this idea. Thank you. If a thumbnail doesn't turn out well, no big deal. But, if I like it, I could cut it out and put it on a greeting card, which is one of my hobbies and one reason I paint. :-) I love landscapes and flowers, so this would work well, I think.
Thanks for the upload, really appreciate the knowledge you share
Wyeth at Keurners now costs about $200!!! WORTH IT! Amazing book.
Thank you so much for this video. It has really helped me a lot, and it's so nice to see how you work. Hope for more landscape videos in the future, cause they are really amazing! :)
Thaaaank youuuuu! I am learning a looot from you!!
Love you so much and thank you for sharing your gifts with us! Much appreciate your personality and so much inspiration!
thanks so much, very helpful.I love your videos!
Thank you!
Great video. Very inspiring
A lot of great information.
Beautiful thumbnails
This is a really great video. I think it will help me a lot. Thank you!
You rock!💕
Thanks, something I am going to start doing.
I want to try Stonehinge Aqua Paper. I want to say I never knew what a thumbnail was. Thank You.
Thanks so much , learning so much from ur videos
Thumbs up! n Bony thumbs up for Mr.Skull :) thank you for the interesting n thoughtful video :)
Steve, is the plen air easel you used your own design? Have you given a tour of the plen air set up you use before? Thanks again for the information you share!
+Joe Tringali yes, I don't have access to the links at the moment but the design details are featured in two other videos. I'll try to post those in the video description shortly.
The Mind of Watercolor thanks
i love it!!
Thank you Steve, I just started drawing outdoors in a group of urban sketchers and I am destabilized. The small formats will surely help me. Your videos are always good advice, thank you! (Sorry for my english.) Nicole, Québec, Canada
Outdoor sketching can definitely take you out of your comfort zone. I think it will help. Thanks!
tell us about your on location set up please. It looks like a camera tripod... Thanks for sharing your talents with us!
Thanks Cheryl. Explained in these videos. th-cam.com/video/IIbMOOOYwtc/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/nZ9_91eBUQA/w-d-xo.html
Thank you.
I liked this video and I do understand more now the value of thumbnail as Studies or problem-solving. I don't care for the bell ringing when you are high lighting a point your making.
this is helpful - i can't seem to let go of doing a lot of details in my watercolors. especially w/ shading. any helping hints to just stop focusing on that too much?
Hi, Kayla.
Like you, I tend to get caught up in trying to detail everything.
With shading, try to just mix a shade, then just glaze it in.
Remember that you need to be a LOT darker than you think you need [ to allow for the drying effect ] and I find that by wetting the area of shade, then dropping in your mix, you get really great results.
This is true, I just tend to overdo it sometimes! I have been watercoloring for a long time, probably not as long as you and hope to get myself on skillshare here soon, but need to brush up on some better techniques :) thanks for your response and love all of your videos. so inspiring!
You're welcome.
I'm only just a beginner with watercolour, but I have always liked to draw , and found this method has always been a favourite of mine.
Mainly focus on values and the shape of values rather than the shape and details of the things in the scene. Shadows, midtones and highlights have shapes and they can be simplified more easily. Also use a bigger brush than you might if detailing the scene.
The Mind of Watercolor great ideas!
Hi loved the thumb nail lesson I do Coptic book binding what paper do you recommend
Thank you for your yt channel, i love it. It s funn and informative
As always, so much practical info. What is the brush you are using outside?
I left a link in the video description. Its from Rosemary & Co.
Inspiring!
I love plein air and will try some thumbnails next time. Always appreciate your Scripture inclusion at the end.
Wow, your beautiful thumbnails! I’m going to try today. What /where did you find that nifty little can you use for water?
You can find it here. www.amazon.com/shop/mindofwatercolor?listId=ZYNDVS5IZ79J
Thanks I really love your how you explain everything so well. Your stand that you us for outdoor studies what is it? Look's like it work's so well.
Homemade and featured in these videos. th-cam.com/video/IIbMOOOYwtc/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/nZ9_91eBUQA/w-d-xo.html
thank you so much for this information on thumbnails. Will start doing it. Nancy R. North Bay, Ontario, Canada
thank you!)
A very helpful video! What size is the quill brush you're using for your plein air? I'd like to get a quill, but my local art store carries nothing smaller than a 4 Princeton. I'm not sure if quills come smaller than that, but the one you're using looks like it might be a bit smaller? Thanks :)
I put a link in the video description. I don't think it had a size. It was a collapsible travel brush.
Hi, I have been trying to find the thumbnail sketch which you did of waves at seaside. Can you please post for me the site for this lesson? Your lessons are wonderful and easy to follow. Thank you.
Just go to my channel. It’s the most recent video.
First link worked. Then they all didn’t and just send you to a blank TH-cam page. I’m on a current IOS iPhone and your links LOOK like Amazon links, but maybe TH-cam is deciding on new rules and their code was made to override yours? Anyhoo, thought you’d like to know. Love your vids. They’re helping me get through some tough chemo and I’m actually painting. Cheers! 💪🏼😎👚
Thanks for the heads up but all links worked for me and went where they were supposed to. Not sure what the problem was.
What journals do you recommend for pen and wash? Great vids
Stillman and Birn heavy weights. Comes in hot or cold press. amzn.to/3hqFUvA
I would like to know your squirrel travel brush brand and size. I would also like to know if your tri pod set up is the same as the original you showed when you made it or if there are modifications
The travel brush is from Rosemary & Co. you'll find a link in the video description. I did make a few mods to the easel mainly for compactness. The original design works fine but I cut it down to fit in my backpack. Here is a video showing the mods. th-cam.com/video/nZ9_91eBUQA/w-d-xo.html
You're the best.
Could you sometime address photographing watercolor? I use an slr in flat natural light and paintings consistently look awful in photos . They are sharp, contrasty, and they seem to show paint saturation. Cant figure it out. Thanks!
Complex subject. You said SLR. Are you using film or a DSLR? Film is problematic and much more difficult to get right. I can tell you right away that the most common mistake is incorrect exposure, usually under exposure. Auto exposure will do that quite often on art. The camera should be set to manual exposure and either do a reading off a gray card or shoot a bracket of exposures to see what is best. Put the camera on a tripod and use your lowest ISO setting (100 usually). Higher ISOs have more noise and are more contrasty. Cameras make a big difference too. The sensors in certain point and shoot cameras can have contrasty tendencies but if you're using a DSLR that shouldn't be an issue. Also, getting great results almost always takes some post production. I use Photoshop and do a lot of color balance correcting to get it right. There is no set formula for that just whatever the specific art needs.
Wow! Thanks. I use a Canon DSLR, usually on automatic, though. I will try a manual exposure. I usually edit the photos some, but part of the problem is that they are just too sharp, which I thought just might be the digital camera - a little blur was once the easiest tho achieve.
Snot only do I Learn a great deal from you productions, you are a HOOT!!
What are your thoughts about American Journey paints?
Chrystine Martin Did you just say "snot" only?
You get a thumbs up just for the opening joke! I love dad jokes XD
I just looked up water soluble graphite and the options are vast! Could you please share exactly what you use? I am a beginner and need a place to start... Thank you.
The only water soluble graphite I really use is a set of Derwent pencils. Here is a video on their use. th-cam.com/video/jEXghJuRvvs/w-d-xo.html
Derwent Water Soluble Graphite Pencil Set
amzn.to/1Mk7Dpo
Ok, watched it! Very helpful. So you also mention in the video (sketch from magazine / composition) that you don't always even add color... so now I'm curious if you add color (with water), it would mix with the gray... do you just fill in between the sketch for accents? And do you have a video about that? Thank you.
Once the gray is activated it doesn't rewet or mix much. It will a little. If its still dry it will mix quite a lot.
the joke at the start killed me
How do you feel about watercolor brush pens?
Fine for sketching if you like using them. They are dye based and not light fast so not recommended for finished art. I don't prefer them personally.
Curious what brush you are using? It looks like a da vinci cosmotop spin quill..looking in the dickblick catalog. How do you like it? Thanks!
Yes, DaVinci Cosmotop Spin. I put a link in the video description. Love them.
The Mind of Watercolor sorry..on my phone and didn't see it. Thanks
Really enjoyed the video. But consider scrapping the bell. You had me running to the door till I caught on. MB
Well now see you just enticed me to continue with it. The thought has me laughing in a somewhat sinister way.
Now I'm laughing.
three more thousand... 100,000 WOW!
oh your jokes.... i just have to laugh! lol. Also you always have the best t-shirts.
😆
"The bells, the bells"! 😂
Thanks for the dad jokes!
I tried painting on my thumbnails but had to use 3 bifocals to see. HA HA