I just wanna say this is why art has its own value beyond ages because all the artist did do their brilliant job and passion that money can’t buy, this is a masterpiece
What a lovely thing to say. And youre right, a lot of it is to do with having massive passion for what we illustrate. Im so pleased that shines through. thanks.
Amazing artist. Many botanical books use Lizzie as an illustrator Her skill is superb and her relaxed way of teaching is both inspiring and informative. . So enjoyable to know lots of people will now Develop their work through these great tutorials. I am wonderfully clumsy so appreciate her very much. THANKYOU
Oh my goodness Karol, thank you so much! That's a real vote of confidence. Yes, i do hope that these films make botanical illustration entirely accessible to anyone who fancies having a go, and I'm so pleased you like my approach and films. Thanks you. x
You had me burst laughing at the sudden confession of licking the brush... Love the unedited and spontaneous nature of the video. I usually watch videos of the kind at x2 speed, but here I enjoyed every second. Thank you so much, it's fun to watch and very inspirational.
Lizzie, you are a breath of fresh air! How do I say this...I think you are hilarious but I mean that in a really good way. Maybe it’s more that you are so unpolished and real. Any less-than-perfect technical issues in the video are more than forgiven because you are so giving in the process! I feel that, as you are demonstrating, you are sharing a completely unedited of your internal dialog with us. And on top of it all, you are so very talented at what you do. Thank you so much! I will be looking at and learning from your other videos. Please keep them coming and don’t change a thing! I’m a retired graphic designer/teacher with an art background but I’m not familiar with the botanical art process. It’s a new area of interest to me and I’ve been looking at a lot of resources online and otherwise. You are my favorite!
...and you flatter me enormously! But I'm very glad to hear such lovely and positive things. I really do appreciate it. It's all rather embarrassing, but in the best possible way. And yes, as and when I get the chance I assuredly WILL keep the films coming. Hopefully a little more in focus and with rather less hair under the camera...
I come from an oil painting background where we work dark to light. THANK YOU for showing that its okay to do the same here, light to dark has always been such a challenge for me!
You are so welcome! It's not traditional to do it this way, but Im not clever enough to balance all that visual info in my head if I do it the other way around! Well done trialling watercolours, coming from an oil background. Ive always been terrified of oils! Well done. x
I really love your real time videos. My art teacher retired, and I miss being in the studio creating together. This is the next best thing during this pandemic. You are performing a valuable service. Thank you so, so much!
I appreciate that! I'm relieved I don't come across as pretentious, not sure my family would agree! And as with anything, you've got to laugh at yourself, right, specially when you mess things up... Glad you liked the video, and thank you for such a nice comment. x
i love that you work dark to light and yes i did notice the truth, you start in the mid tones ;) . i came to watercolors from acrylic and have struggled with the concept of building layers to get the darker areas. i also noticed you start off very dry and then progressively get the petals wetter to blend the colors as you go. this is a prime example of why i fallow so many different artists with different styles. you are perhaps the fifth artist i have added to my watching list and everyone has something done differently from the others. all of it wonderful and some of it feels natural and some challenges me to try but it always inspires me to keep painting and trying new things.
Hi Silversong, what a perceptive comment. I've recently been listening to talks by a range of Botanical artists, hosted by Julia Trickey: www.juliatrickey.co.uk/talks.html and these have been exactly as you describe. Amazing people with stunning skill sets, and all doing things slightly differently. I've learnt loads about colour matching, showing transparency, and balancing cool and warm shadows; just by listening in. And you're wise to collect different approaches from different illustrators, it's such a good way of extending your "tool kit". Glad my methods are a part of this, and yes, I do indeed go from dry brush to wetter and wetter brush. When I next get round to making another film Ill have to point that out! Thanks for your comment, and enjoy the transition from acrylic to watercolour. x
I’ve watched SO many videos and the artists either painted so fast that I knew I wasn’t experienced enough to keep up with or they painted so slow that I knew I wouldn’t have the patience. I can’t put my finger on what it different with your technique, but watching you made painting slowly feel very relaxing. For the first time in a long time, I can’t wait to get my paints out.
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. Your work is stunning and the attention to detail is impressive. The mini botany lesson mixed with your dry humor were an added bonus.
My goodness! Aren’t you just a hoot & a half! Love LOVE what you’re doing here with the gorgeous underrated Zinnia. I have been obsessed with botanical art since a wee child, I don’t know why, I just have always loved it & of course amazed at the artistry. I’m slowly learning & getting into painting in general, but this video is just screaming at me to AT LEAST get back to my botanical colouring water colour pad my mother gave me. It has a light printed pencil line & as you imagine you can paint over it just like you’re doing here. .... The way you work dark first is instinctively how I started with water colour so I understand your process & WOW your results are proof that there is no right way or wrong way to paint. You’ve breathed LIFE into that flower and subsequently into ME! I want to get back to that botanical pad I mentioned & I will continue to enjoy your videos. Thankyou so much🙏☺️🙋 From Aus ☮️💟
Oh what a fabulolus message! I am so pleased that me doing my thing has helped inspire you to get back to doing your thing, too! That's the best possible result, thank you. And thanks for the message. Enjoy your painting!
My goodness what a wonderful accolade! I really appreciate that. Anna Mason creates such beautiful work, she's a great source of knowledge. Glad you liked my film. x
Potato/potato about the petals. I agree with Rachel Walton about the added info. I love the botany lesson. Gives you so much more insight in the beauty of the flower.
@@labellaflora.... You are totally right. There are ray florets and disk florets. I need to be much more careful when I do the botany bits - it#s easy to be unclear when I witter on and paint simultaneously, but I'd hate to be giving out wrong information, which in this case I have done. Thanks for clarifying my ramblings! Note to self: Botany bit needs to be done without a paintbruish in my hand so I can be sure to get it right. Thanks labellaflora and thanks buildahome too. xx
I have only just recently found your channel and may I tell you that you are absolutely amazing!! I am a New Hampshire (US) gal who, at 65 years young, has begun painting again after almost 30 years. You are such an inspiration. I find each and every video that I have been so fortunate to have seen, each one more mesmerizing than the last. In addition to your incredible talent, you are a phenomenal teacher. Your honesty and your sense of humor are such a breath of fresh air. I feel so very fortunate to be one of your newest subscribers!
Deborah, what a lovely comment to get! Thank you. I am so glad my films work for you, it's lovely to hear such cheerful and flattering feedback. If it gets you to feel more confident about your return to art, then Ive succeeded. So lovely to have you along, and thanks for subscribing!
I love watching her! She teaches botanical paintings so well! I have a botany based degree and I love doing drawings and now I’m doing painting bc of her! I also want to create Lizzie a color chart for her paints!!!! Lol!
Hey Ashley Lovely to hear from you. Im so glad your embracing your love for botany in a way that gets you drawing and painting, how excellent! its such a good way to learn flowers, I find. And you are SOOO right about me needing a colour chart. Actually, not even a colour chart. I just need to start from scratch with my pans and actually know and remember the name of each paint, instead of saying, "oh, its the 3rd blue on the left, next to the brown colour!" which isnt useful for anyone who doesnt have my exact paintbox! Thanks for the comment and have a great day X
God bless you 🙏 Ms. Harper. I am a super beginner watercolourist and watching your detailed explanations was the best class I could have had. I found your video quite by chance and I am delighted and thankful🌈💕💖🌈
I love your style of painting. I like to paint the same way and everyone else load water first. I guess that’s a different style or technique. I have also realized I need to slow down and get patience. It really pays off.
Yes, exactly. And I do think doing what works for you is always the best idea. Look at other approaches, but don't feel you're doing it "wrong"; different is certainly not the same as wrong! X
My goodness! Your artistic style is delicious!! I love the crisp and clean edges and especially like your technique starting with the darker tones first.
Lizzie love love love you and your work! I’m going to Google search you to see if you have books or online classes or anything! Thank you so much for taking the time to share your skills and talents with us. I’ve been looking for someone with a certain style and found you and I am so happy!
Hi Julie, no books or online classes as yet, but a whole slew of step by step blogs. The teaching really is a side line, so it's less consistent than would be ideal. I do bits between paid jobs, there's just so very much paid work on right now! It's great, but the idea of online classes etc does end up suffering.... Thanks for such a lovely comment. x
I have popped around to different sites for watercolor and you are the best. I love that you talk through the whole process. I learn so much listening and watching. Also love your discussion about products, very helpful. I have never liked cold press paper, but didn’t know there were options. Thank you so much for sharing.
Oh the joys of being a thoroughly amateur film maker! Upside down or right way up, as long as I'm painting vivid pinks, I'm a happy lady! Thanks for the comment. x
You are god sent!!! Thank you sooooo much. I can't even begin to express my gratitude for how much I learnt from just watching this one video! THANK YOU😊
I am no where near your ability yet. I really appreciate your attention to details. Botanicals are my best area of painting subjects. As much as I would love to paint portraits.... I'm not giving up though. Please keep making your videos I appreciate them so much, they are so helpful to me.
Hi Tonya, you may not be an expert yet, but every time you lift a paintbrush you'll be getting better and better. It's the best of positive feedback loops! Do it more, get better at it, enjoy it more so do it even more often...etc. I'm glad you like my films, that's lovely to hear. And keep going! X
@@LizzieHarperillustrator thank you so much for for your response. It is so encouraging to me to hear that from you. Your films are wonderful and I certainly will be watching.... and drawing and painting 🎨
This was one of the first water colour videos that made me go “wow, I think I can do that!” Thank you for sharing your process and your knowledge! What a wonderful treat.
I'm so glad! And you're right, you CAN do it. With enough practise anyone can draw or paint. I'm quite passionate about trying to dispel all the awe-inspiring stuff around creating art. It's definitely something anyone can do, so long as they're lucky enough to have the time to give it a go and put in the hours. Hope you enjoy your new time as a watercolour artist! c
@@LizzieHarperillustrator yes! I totally agree! I’m a hyper realism pencil artist and people always do the “I could never do that!” with me, but the reality is a lot of them could if they put in the practice and especially if they had good instruction, whether through online resources or a mentor! I’ve recently discovered watercolor techniques that are very similar to drawing with a coloured pencil and I’m so excited to give it a try!
I stumbled across your video and i am so glad i did. I am a tattoo artist who just started painting, it applies so many of the same techniques. You are wonderful and i am addicted to you and your guidance. Thank you
Thank you so so much... I have been trying to learn botanicals since so long.. but no one has uploaded such detailed video on botanical with tips and tricks.. thanks a ton really I thank you with all my heart... keep uploading more such videos.. lots of love from India 🙏
This is such a lovely comment, I really appreciate it. I think other illustrators like Anna Mason and Julia Trickey do real time films too, but it's comments like this that help inspire me to do more real-time step by steps. Its lovely to hear such positive feedback, thank you.
I just found your video. It's been an absolute pleasure watching you. I've painted lots of florals but not with the approach of a trained botanical artist. I am more accustomed to utilizing wet-in-wet approaches to allow for smooth blending, so it's really fascinating to watch a completely different attack on painting, which what I see in your work is very precise, small wet-on-dry brush marks. It's almost like your paint brush is a pencil or marker, instead. You gave me a lot of laughs in watching you tackle all the same problems all watercolorists have - adding too much blue to your mix, smudging your paint by putting your hand on a wet spot, experiencing paint blooms, etc. Thanks for reminding us that even experts have the same challenges novices do.
Hi Kelly Yes, that's exactly right. I use the brush a bit like a marker or pencil, then the wet washes bring it all together. Its not the traditional way of doing botanical illustration, though. That's more to do with layers of wet washes, getting darker and more detailed as you progress. Which sounds like what you're already used to. Ive watched splendid illustrators like Julia Trickey using this approach and it's wonderful. I come at it back to front, sort of. But Im really glad you like the videas and are interested in giving my method a go. Let me knwo how you get on, and I hope it works for you. Yours Lizzie
Thank you for sharing your technique. I never would think to begin painting darker areas first! I enjoyed watching you" skillfully" make that zinnia come to life! I admire your work and enjoyed the video! The bit about Dr. Martins ink was very helpful also!
Just found your work and am inspired and fascinated with your process. I have always worked from reference photographs and on cold-press paper, but just placed an order based on your recommendations and will go out and buy some fresh flowers to work from once it arrives! Until then will catch up on your other content...
Its true though! Although one of my friends gets really cross with me and says I invent where the shadows are. He may have a point, but Im so used to figuring out the tonal patterns that are probably there that I cant see if Im making it up or not! Trust your best friends to mess with your head. But yes. Its ALL about the lights and the darks.
Just recently found out I had cadmium poisoning because like you as a child, I licked my brush. Not enough to kill me, but it is an issue of heavy metal poisoning in the brain! Love your work. Writing from Alaska ❤
Ohhhhhh. Trish Lee, that doesn't sound fun! I hope you're ok. You're the first person I've heard of who has had this, nothing else made me even thin about trying to stop sucking my brushes....but you just have. Hoping it's not had too much of an impact on you. And thanks for the warning! Yours Lizzie
Lizzie, I both found you today on Utube and received two books The Frampton Flora and The Flowers of Kew. I painted half a Zinnia w u 2day and I GOT IT! I have loved antique prints for a while, simply amazed by the realism and beauty. I cant THANK YOU! enough!! for sharing yr talent & knowledge 🎉🎉
Thank you so much for your time and effort to show us such an educational video. I really enjoyed watching you paint, but also listening to you - love your kind of humour and your rather "loose" approach to art, I really like that. I'm happy that I found your channel today!
Wow, thank you! Im really not that into all the fluff that can surround those who create a lot of art. it can suggest, wrongly, that somehow you have to be special or other to create art, and I disagree completley. its something everyone can do, as long as they have the time and inclination to train and keep at it. So I like that you fell Im sort of being down to earth. Good to know. Thankyou.
Wonderful! I think its really important to make drawing and painting as accessible as possible. Anyone can do it, it's just finding the desire and the time. Im really glad you feel encouraged. x
You are a master of your art form lady!!! Thanks so much for sharing and inspiring. You have helped me better understand shadows in a mere 15 min!! Your pretty much awesome.
Art Conservator here with a note about your comment on fading of colors when framing your artworks. Frame using ULTRAVIOLET FILTERING PLEXIGLASS instead of glass and make sure to use a buffered matt and buffered back board. Nothing should be in direct contact with the artwork (painting). The UV Filtering plexi helps avoid the fading process. Also be smart and do not hang close to windows or strong lights. I so enjoy watching your creative process! It helps me in my work.
Mary, this is excellent advice. When making these films, I need to try to remember to mention this to people. When I frame, the use of ph neutral archive mount and UV filtering glass is obvious, but I bet loads of people have no idea how you can limit the chances of framed work fading. Also, even with these excellent precautions, some pigments are horribly fugitive (especially the pinks). Including mention of this when I do the films would be a really good and useful addition. Thanks. And thanks for the comment! x
Дорогая Лиззи, Вы возрождаете желание рисовать. Месяц ничего не рисовала. Увидела этот фильм. Достала краски и бумагу. Люблю Вас! Спасибо за вдохновение и живое общение. 💕🌸💕
Это так замечательно слышать! Я надеюсь, что вы продолжите любить рисовать и рисовать, и теперь пламя вновь разожжено! Спасибо за комментарий, и, скрестив пальцы, Google переводчик не превратил этот ответ в чепуху!
Thank you for sharing your expertise. I love the botany with the painting. As you said we learn from the plant but you sharing & showing made this a great tutorial.
Fantastic video, I really learned a lot. I'm at the beginning of my botanical watercolour journey and I appreciate the focus on the realness of your videos, like you're in my living room! 😀
Robynne, that's great to hear. I hope you enjoy paintng botanical subjects, it's such a lovely thing to get into to, and so rewarding - the ore you do, the better you get"! Thanks for your kind comments about my films. X Lizzie
This is just amazing. Precise style and valuable insights delivered with truly British (and sadly nowadays rare) self-effacing humour. I am so glad I found this channel!
Wow, thank you! That's such a lovely comment, I really appreciate it. And I'm glad I brought a smile to your face. Hopefully you'll get the chance to see me messing up and telling myself off over and over again if you stick around, heaven knows there's a great deal more self-effacement required in THIS studio! Cheers, Gnostie. x
First time I’ve seen dark to light using watercolors. I prefer oils because I’m comfortable working dark to light. You have shown me that it’s possible to work dark to light with watercolor. I’m excited to give it a try.
Wow, I’ve finally found something and someone to follow that feels like what kind of art I’d like to follow and practice doing! You’re a treat to watch and learn from! I love your instruction and techniques! Please keep showing what types of supplies you’re using and how to use them! It really matters! I’m lapping up every bit! ❤
I totally love watching and listening to you. I subscribed quite while ago now and keep coming back to re-watch older videos like this one but always eager to see any new videos you have made. You definitely are unique and i love that. Looking forward to more of your videos soon i hope. I love your quirkyness Lizzy Harper.
Thank you for sharing. I grow zinnias every summer. I use seeds, and sow them at three week intervals as soon as our hot weather starts. I have zinnias in my garden for about five months creating a wonderful blaze of color.
Oh Mariangela, that sounds glorious! They do flower late, too. My friend who grows these ones has them flowering regularly into late autumn, even though she lives quite high up in the hills. They're such hardy and pretty flowers. Your on-going display sound stunning, and planting in a series is a great idea.
You answered my concern about the paler color of the demo flower in the end of the video, thank you! First time I have ever seen you paint, and I enjoyed it.
You are an absolutely wonderful artist, have a fabulous sense of humour & have a lovely way of talking to your public throughout the whole procedure. Just love your channel & work & will certainly be following you from now on & will be going back & watching all your works. My father was welsh ☺️. Cheers 😊😘💕❤️🥰😍
Thanks Lee Ann, I'm glad you found it useful. And not too dull...always important to try and add a little humour to make it a touch lighter. Glad you enjoyed it! x
Anna, that's great to hear. And isn't that the best thing, that no matter how much you know or how much experience you have, there's still lots more to learn. I find watching other illustrators at work so refreshing, and educational too!
Hi Tash, that's good to know. I do worry that I'm mis-educating a whole swathe of aspiring illustrators, but to me it does seem to make things so much easier! Glad it helps.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, I am absolutely rubbish at drawing but using your illustration my pictures actually look like flowers. Now for the challenge to try and paint it.
@@LizzieHarperillustrator Fingers crossed. Have been doing arty stuff around the house for about a year now. It really transforms the feel of the house. So glad there are people such as yourself who are willing to share their knowledge. Have a great day. Jacqui
This is so beautiful! At first I wasn't sure I would be watching whole video because I never watch long things but in the end I watched everything and time went so fast! I am not really good at watercolor but I want to try your method so much! Thank you for the lovely time.
Glad you enjoyed it! And well done for watching me talk as paint dried for an hour! Do give it a go, like anything, practice makes perfect and everyone needs to start somewhere. x
I'm just beginning in watercolors. I find your technique fascinating!!! I love details in art and enjoyed this video immensely. I'd love to see this flower in it's completion. I'm ecstatic to have found you on TH-cam, and I'm looking forward to watching more of your videos to learn watercolor painting techniques! This was truly a phenomenal video to show how to paint texture on flowers. Thank you for sharing your skills and talents. You keep me smiling.
That’s funny I came to this video because your painting a Zinnia, I grow edible flowers for a living and there so beautiful when you have a giant field of them, I live in SW Florida and can grow them all year here. Beautiful painting by the way, just learning watercolors , going to try to copy it in my sketchbook. Very enjoyable video 💗😀👍
Oh I love the idea of fields of zinnias year round, what a treat! Yes, do give it a whirl. Doing the drawing etc is not only really great in terms of learning more about a plant (although as someone growing edible plants you're knowledge is already bound to be pretty acute!) but it also is really good for that "living in the moment" and "losing all track of time" mindfulness thing that we all seem to crave these days. Let me know how you get on! Thanks for the comment x
Unfortunately I had to watch the video on mute, but I must say I really enjoyed seeing you upside-down near the end. Really put a genuine smile in my face :) and of course, finding your acknowledgement on the description haha I definitely plan on returning and watch it with sound, although the image alone was already very pleasing. Thank you!
To be honest, it was probably better without the sound; Im not convinced my ramblings add much of value! Oh I know, the technical side of all this stuff is clearly not my strong point! If it's not editing myself in upside down, it's getting hair under the camera, or focussing on a sprig of leaves instead of the drawing. Honestly. But Im glad you liked the film, even in its "silent film" mode. x
Thank you so much for this wonderful, very informative video! I can’t help but think that if you ever finished the painting it would’ve been absolutely stunning!
AH, thanks Felicity. I never did finish it, I had paid work and deadlines to hit. But lovely Layla, who grew the flowers, was happy to give the part finished sketch a happy home. Glad you liked the film!
I just wanna say this is why art has its own value beyond ages because all the artist did do their brilliant job and passion that money can’t buy, this is a masterpiece
What a lovely thing to say. And youre right, a lot of it is to do with having massive passion for what we illustrate. Im so pleased that shines through. thanks.
An hour watercolor class for free!! Thank you for sharing.
My pleasure 😊
Awesome 👍🎉❤️🎋
Your patience and experience in painting is refreshing to find on TH-cam
Aww thanks, Kayla!
Amazing artist. Many botanical books use Lizzie as an illustrator Her skill is superb and her relaxed way of teaching is both inspiring and informative. . So enjoyable to know lots of people will now
Develop their work through these great tutorials. I am wonderfully clumsy so appreciate her very much. THANKYOU
Oh my goodness Karol, thank you so much! That's a real vote of confidence. Yes, i do hope that these films make botanical illustration entirely accessible to anyone who fancies having a go, and I'm so pleased you like my approach and films. Thanks you. x
You had me burst laughing at the sudden confession of licking the brush... Love the unedited and spontaneous nature of the video. I usually watch videos of the kind at x2 speed, but here I enjoyed every second. Thank you so much, it's fun to watch and very inspirational.
Glad you enjoyed it! And what a lovely message, Im so glad you liked it!
Gifted 🤩👏🏻
Lizzie, you are a breath of fresh air! How do I say this...I think you are hilarious but I mean that in a really good way. Maybe it’s more that you are so unpolished and real. Any less-than-perfect technical issues in the video are more than forgiven because you are so giving in the process! I feel that, as you are demonstrating, you are sharing a completely unedited of your internal dialog with us. And on top of it all, you are so very talented at what you do. Thank you so much! I will be looking at and learning from your other videos. Please keep them coming and don’t change a thing! I’m a retired graphic designer/teacher with an art background but I’m not familiar with the botanical art process. It’s a new area of interest to me and I’ve been looking at a lot of resources online and otherwise. You are my favorite!
...and you flatter me enormously! But I'm very glad to hear such lovely and positive things. I really do appreciate it. It's all rather embarrassing, but in the best possible way. And yes, as and when I get the chance I assuredly WILL keep the films coming. Hopefully a little more in focus and with rather less hair under the camera...
You're one of my favourite botanical artists! I love watching you work.
That's very flattering. thanks you so much!
I come from an oil painting background where we work dark to light. THANK YOU for showing that its okay to do the same here, light to dark has always been such a challenge for me!
You are so welcome! It's not traditional to do it this way, but Im not clever enough to balance all that visual info in my head if I do it the other way around! Well done trialling watercolours, coming from an oil background. Ive always been terrified of oils! Well done. x
I really love your real time videos. My art teacher retired, and I miss being in the studio creating together. This is the next best thing during this pandemic. You are performing a valuable service. Thank you so, so much!
You are so welcome! What a lovely thing to say. x
the most talented and funniest flower painter in utub ... amazing ... geniuses come in many forms ... she is beyond words
Rodolfo, I LOVE that you think I'm funny! I find myself really annoying. But what a kind thing to say, and I'm so glad you like the film! x
I totally agree .. I love her energy & being herself. It’s very human & you feel a connection .. let alone inspiration✨🤩🙋
Those petals look like they're coming out of the paper. So beautifully painted. Your patience is amazing. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you! It's my absolute pleasure. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment
Love this video, makes really sense and not pretentious. I also love your humor and I can sense humility. :)
I appreciate that! I'm relieved I don't come across as pretentious, not sure my family would agree! And as with anything, you've got to laugh at yourself, right, specially when you mess things up... Glad you liked the video, and thank you for such a nice comment. x
What a pleasure to watch you paint. Grateful for your explanations and for our understanding of the process. Love your sense of humour!❤️🦋
You are so welcome!
i love that you work dark to light and yes i did notice the truth, you start in the mid tones ;) . i came to watercolors from acrylic and have struggled with the concept of building layers to get the darker areas. i also noticed you start off very dry and then progressively get the petals wetter to blend the colors as you go. this is a prime example of why i fallow so many different artists with different styles. you are perhaps the fifth artist i have added to my watching list and everyone has something done differently from the others. all of it wonderful and some of it feels natural and some challenges me to try but it always inspires me to keep painting and trying new things.
Hi Silversong, what a perceptive comment. I've recently been listening to talks by a range of Botanical artists, hosted by Julia Trickey: www.juliatrickey.co.uk/talks.html and these have been exactly as you describe. Amazing people with stunning skill sets, and all doing things slightly differently. I've learnt loads about colour matching, showing transparency, and balancing cool and warm shadows; just by listening in. And you're wise to collect different approaches from different illustrators, it's such a good way of extending your "tool kit". Glad my methods are a part of this, and yes, I do indeed go from dry brush to wetter and wetter brush. When I next get round to making another film Ill have to point that out! Thanks for your comment, and enjoy the transition from acrylic to watercolour.
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I’ve watched SO many videos and the artists either painted so fast that I knew I wasn’t experienced enough to keep up with or they painted so slow that I knew I wouldn’t have the patience.
I can’t put my finger on what it different with your technique, but watching you made painting slowly feel very relaxing. For the first time in a long time, I can’t wait to get my paints out.
Thanks for this. Like I said to your other comment, this is the best possible thing for me to hear. I love it. x
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. Your work is stunning and the attention to detail is impressive. The mini botany lesson mixed with your dry humor were an added bonus.
You are so welcome, and thanks for such a lovely comment. x
You are amazing,one of the old school style of painters...so talented,a very rare thing this day and age..thank you.
You are very welcome. What a lovely comment to read at the start of a new working week. Thank you so much.
My goodness! Aren’t you just a hoot & a half! Love LOVE what you’re doing here with the gorgeous underrated Zinnia. I have been obsessed with botanical art since a wee child, I don’t know why, I just have always loved it & of course amazed at the artistry. I’m slowly learning & getting into painting in general, but this video is just screaming at me to AT LEAST get back to my botanical colouring water colour pad my mother gave me. It has a light printed pencil line & as you imagine you can paint over it just like you’re doing here. .... The way you work dark first is instinctively how I started with water colour so I understand your process & WOW your results are proof that there is no right way or wrong way to paint. You’ve breathed LIFE into that flower and subsequently into ME! I want to get back to that botanical pad I mentioned & I will continue to enjoy your videos. Thankyou so much🙏☺️🙋 From Aus ☮️💟
Oh what a fabulolus message! I am so pleased that me doing my thing has helped inspire you to get back to doing your thing, too! That's the best possible result, thank you. And thanks for the message. Enjoy your painting!
Thank you for sharing your talent and style with us. What a treat!!! ❤🌷🌿
You are so welcome!
I think I just learned more from this one video than 2 years of online courses with Anna Mason! TYSM!
My goodness what a wonderful accolade! I really appreciate that. Anna Mason creates such beautiful work, she's a great source of knowledge. Glad you liked my film. x
Actually, it was fascinating to hear your explanation of the Zinnia. I had no idea that each petal was actually a flower!
Glad it was helpful! x
Each petal is NOT a flower. Sorry to tell you
Potato/potato about the petals. I agree with Rachel Walton about the added info. I love the botany lesson. Gives you so much more insight in the beauty of the flower.
buildahome is correct. The yellow parts you named a stamens are in fact the flowers. The "petals" are called ray florets.
@@labellaflora.... You are totally right. There are ray florets and disk florets. I need to be much more careful when I do the botany bits - it#s easy to be unclear when I witter on and paint simultaneously, but I'd hate to be giving out wrong information, which in this case I have done. Thanks for clarifying my ramblings! Note to self: Botany bit needs to be done without a paintbruish in my hand so I can be sure to get it right. Thanks labellaflora and thanks buildahome too. xx
I have only just recently found your channel and may I tell you that you are absolutely amazing!! I am a New Hampshire (US) gal who, at 65 years young, has begun painting again after almost 30 years. You are such an inspiration. I find each and every video that I have been so fortunate to have seen, each one more mesmerizing than the last. In addition to your incredible talent, you are a phenomenal teacher. Your honesty and your sense of humor are such a breath of fresh air. I feel so very fortunate to be one of your newest subscribers!
Deborah, what a lovely comment to get! Thank you. I am so glad my films work for you, it's lovely to hear such cheerful and flattering feedback. If it gets you to feel more confident about your return to art, then Ive succeeded. So lovely to have you along, and thanks for subscribing!
You are a remarkable artist. It was a joy to watch you.
What a lovely comment. Thank you.
I love watching her! She teaches botanical paintings so well! I have a botany based degree and I love doing drawings and now I’m doing painting bc of her! I also want to create Lizzie a color chart for her paints!!!! Lol!
Hey Ashley
Lovely to hear from you. Im so glad your embracing your love for botany in a way that gets you drawing and painting, how excellent! its such a good way to learn flowers, I find. And you are SOOO right about me needing a colour chart. Actually, not even a colour chart. I just need to start from scratch with my pans and actually know and remember the name of each paint, instead of saying, "oh, its the 3rd blue on the left, next to the brown colour!" which isnt useful for anyone who doesnt have my exact paintbox!
Thanks for the comment and have a great day
X
I know I’m late to this. I just happened upon your tutorial. WOW! How refreshing to see how you approach things!
I'm so glad! Thank you for such lovely feedback
God bless you 🙏 Ms. Harper. I am a super beginner watercolourist and watching your detailed explanations was the best class I could have had. I found your video quite by chance and I am delighted and thankful🌈💕💖🌈
My absolute pleasure, Moinca. Comments like yours convince me that it's worth doing these films. Even if I do sometimes post bits of them upside down!
I love your style of painting.
I like to paint the same way and everyone else load water first. I guess that’s a different style or technique.
I have also realized I need to slow down and get patience. It really pays off.
Yes, exactly. And I do think doing what works for you is always the best idea. Look at other approaches, but don't feel you're doing it "wrong"; different is certainly not the same as wrong! X
The way you mix your colors is incredible. It's such a joy to watch you paint, thank you so much for sharing
Thank you so much, I love mixing up a good green 😀
My goodness! Your artistic style is delicious!! I love the crisp and clean edges and especially like your technique starting with the darker tones first.
Thank you so much!! I find it much easier than building up layers of softer colour washes. Glad you like it x
Lizzie love love love you and your work! I’m going to Google search you to see if you have books or online classes or anything! Thank you so much for taking the time to share your skills and talents with us. I’ve been looking for someone with a certain style and found you and I am so happy!
Hi Julie, no books or online classes as yet, but a whole slew of step by step blogs. The teaching really is a side line, so it's less consistent than would be ideal. I do bits between paid jobs, there's just so very much paid work on right now! It's great, but the idea of online classes etc does end up suffering.... Thanks for such a lovely comment. x
I have popped around to different sites for watercolor and you are the best. I love that you talk through the whole process. I learn so much listening and watching. Also love your discussion about products, very helpful. I have never liked cold press paper, but didn’t know there were options. Thank you so much for sharing.
You are so welcome! And so glad to be helpful. You're going to LOVE hotpress paper, so smooth!
Wow - what painstaking attention to detail. Beautifully done. Hope you didn't feel dizzy hanging upside down there at the end!😊
Oh the joys of being a thoroughly amateur film maker! Upside down or right way up, as long as I'm painting vivid pinks, I'm a happy lady! Thanks for the comment. x
Loved this tutorial. The tip about working from mid to light to dark will really help as I struggle with working from light to dark
Glad it was helpful! Hope it works for you, its simplified my life massively!
You are god sent!!! Thank you sooooo much. I can't even begin to express my gratitude for how much I learnt from just watching this one video! THANK YOU😊
Wow! Thank you! You're wonderfully easy to please, but I'm so glad to be of use! x
I am no where near your ability yet. I really appreciate your attention to details. Botanicals are my best area of painting subjects. As much as I would love to paint portraits.... I'm not giving up though. Please keep making your videos I appreciate them so much, they are so helpful to me.
Hi Tonya, you may not be an expert yet, but every time you lift a paintbrush you'll be getting better and better. It's the best of positive feedback loops! Do it more, get better at it, enjoy it more so do it even more often...etc. I'm glad you like my films, that's lovely to hear. And keep going! X
@@LizzieHarperillustrator thank you so much for for your response. It is so encouraging to me to hear that from you. Your films are wonderful and I certainly will be watching.... and drawing and painting 🎨
Gorgeous to learn from a master. I've always wanted to know how these illustrations were done. Delicate as fine etching.
Thank you so much 😀 Anyone can do it, it's just a matter of having the time to hone your skills. Thanks for the comment.
This was one of the first water colour videos that made me go “wow, I think I can do that!” Thank you for sharing your process and your knowledge! What a wonderful treat.
I'm so glad! And you're right, you CAN do it. With enough practise anyone can draw or paint. I'm quite passionate about trying to dispel all the awe-inspiring stuff around creating art. It's definitely something anyone can do, so long as they're lucky enough to have the time to give it a go and put in the hours. Hope you enjoy your new time as a watercolour artist! c
@@LizzieHarperillustrator yes! I totally agree! I’m a hyper realism pencil artist and people always do the “I could never do that!” with me, but the reality is a lot of them could if they put in the practice and especially if they had good instruction, whether through online resources or a mentor! I’ve recently discovered watercolor techniques that are very similar to drawing with a coloured pencil and I’m so excited to give it a try!
I stumbled across your video and i am so glad i did. I am a tattoo artist who just started painting, it applies so many of the same techniques. You are wonderful and i am addicted to you and your guidance. Thank you
What a total refreshing teacher you are
Glad I caught your video .
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so so much... I have been trying to learn botanicals since so long.. but no one has uploaded such detailed video on botanical with tips and tricks.. thanks a ton really I thank you with all my heart... keep uploading more such videos.. lots of love from India 🙏
This is such a lovely comment, I really appreciate it. I think other illustrators like Anna Mason and Julia Trickey do real time films too, but it's comments like this that help inspire me to do more real-time step by steps. Its lovely to hear such positive feedback, thank you.
@@LizzieHarperillustrator was so sweet of you.. 🤗
I just found your video. It's been an absolute pleasure watching you. I've painted lots of florals but not with the approach of a trained botanical artist. I am more accustomed to utilizing wet-in-wet approaches to allow for smooth blending, so it's really fascinating to watch a completely different attack on painting, which what I see in your work is very precise, small wet-on-dry brush marks. It's almost like your paint brush is a pencil or marker, instead.
You gave me a lot of laughs in watching you tackle all the same problems all watercolorists have - adding too much blue to your mix, smudging your paint by putting your hand on a wet spot, experiencing paint blooms, etc. Thanks for reminding us that even experts have the same challenges novices do.
Hi Kelly
Yes, that's exactly right. I use the brush a bit like a marker or pencil, then the wet washes bring it all together. Its not the traditional way of doing botanical illustration, though. That's more to do with layers of wet washes, getting darker and more detailed as you progress. Which sounds like what you're already used to. Ive watched splendid illustrators like Julia Trickey using this approach and it's wonderful. I come at it back to front, sort of. But Im really glad you like the videas and are interested in giving my method a go. Let me knwo how you get on, and I hope it works for you.
Yours
Lizzie
Lizzie: "Oh, quit rotating, you wretched flower."
Me: I think I'm going to enjoy this.
But they DO rotate! And wither! Drives me mad. Hope you enjoyed it x
@@LizzieHarperillustrator [giggling wretched flowers gaily/simultaneously rotating and withering expressly to drive Lizzie mad]
Thank you for sharing your technique. I never would think to begin painting darker areas first! I enjoyed watching you" skillfully" make that zinnia come to life! I admire your work and enjoyed the video! The bit about Dr. Martins ink was very helpful also!
Glad it was helpful!
Dispite the perils of filming, this is stunningly beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
Many thanks! And thanks for your indulgence re me and filming! x
Zinnias grow like weeds very easily from seed. And they are gorgeous. Thanks you for your wonderful painting.
So nice of you and thankyou, wish the zinnias grew like weeds here!
Dear Lizzy, i‘m so happy, that i found you. Thank you for sharing your work with us with tips and in realtime. 💚
You are so welcome!
I LOVE how you talk to yourself while doing things! :-) Thanks for this video
Glad you liked it!!
Lovely chatty demonstration, I so enjoyed it, very inspiring.
Glad you enjoyed it! And that's lovely to hear that it's inspirational. thanks for taking the time to leave a comment.
Just found your work and am inspired and fascinated with your process. I have always worked from reference photographs and on cold-press paper, but just placed an order based on your recommendations and will go out and buy some fresh flowers to work from once it arrives! Until then will catch up on your other content...
Hi Nikki, exciting! Yes, I hope youll love the much crisper edges you can get with Hot press. How exciting! X
I love the way you paint and I think you are the 👍best teacher of painting for me.🙏
Wow, thank you! You flatter me!
"There's always logic to lights and darks." I'm gonna hold onto that. You're wonderful in every way!
Its true though! Although one of my friends gets really cross with me and says I invent where the shadows are. He may have a point, but Im so used to figuring out the tonal patterns that are probably there that I cant see if Im making it up or not! Trust your best friends to mess with your head. But yes. Its ALL about the lights and the darks.
@@LizzieHarperillustrator I've always squinted and that seems to do the trick! Rascally friends
Just recently found out I had cadmium poisoning because like you as a child, I licked my brush. Not enough to kill me, but it is an issue of heavy metal poisoning in the brain!
Love your work. Writing from Alaska ❤
Ohhhhhh. Trish Lee, that doesn't sound fun! I hope you're ok. You're the first person I've heard of who has had this, nothing else made me even thin about trying to stop sucking my brushes....but you just have. Hoping it's not had too much of an impact on you. And thanks for the warning! Yours Lizzie
Lizzie, I both found you today on Utube and received two books The Frampton Flora and The Flowers of Kew. I painted half a Zinnia w u 2day and I GOT IT! I have loved antique prints for a while, simply amazed by the realism and beauty. I cant THANK YOU! enough!! for sharing yr talent & knowledge 🎉🎉
This gives me so much pleasure to hear. And I love your taste in books! So glad the film helped you! Yours Lizzie
Thank you! This has been a great help in my painful struggle to achieve non-embarrassing flowers! Enjoyed and appreciated.
Bless you, non-embarrassing flowers! My total pleasure if Ive managed to spare you future blushes. x
Thank you so much for your time and effort to show us such an educational video. I really enjoyed watching you paint, but also listening to you - love your kind of humour and your rather "loose" approach to art, I really like that. I'm happy that I found your channel today!
You are so welcome! Thanks so much, and I'm so glad you like the film, and my ramblings.
I am so glad ive found you on here. Delightful and good teaching . Thank you!
You are so welcome, I am so happy to be of use! X
This was fantastic - thank you. I love how down to earth you are and as someone else has said, a breath of fresh air. Thanks again.
Wow, thank you! Im really not that into all the fluff that can surround those who create a lot of art. it can suggest, wrongly, that somehow you have to be special or other to create art, and I disagree completley. its something everyone can do, as long as they have the time and inclination to train and keep at it. So I like that you fell Im sort of being down to earth. Good to know. Thankyou.
Amazing tutorial! I was looking for something detailed like this and here you have it. Much appreciated xx
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you Lizzy for the great video. You gave me many permissions as a beginner and that is truly appreciated.
Wonderful! I think its really important to make drawing and painting as accessible as possible. Anyone can do it, it's just finding the desire and the time. Im really glad you feel encouraged. x
You are a master of your art form lady!!! Thanks so much for sharing and inspiring. You have helped me better understand shadows in a mere 15 min!! Your pretty much awesome.
Wow, thank you!
I really enjoyed your demonstration and your very honest and relaxed commentary.
Thank you so much!
Art Conservator here with a note about your comment on fading of colors when framing your artworks. Frame using ULTRAVIOLET FILTERING PLEXIGLASS instead of glass and make sure to use a buffered matt and buffered back board. Nothing should be in direct contact with the artwork (painting). The UV Filtering plexi helps avoid the fading process. Also be smart and do not hang close to windows or strong lights. I so enjoy watching your creative process! It helps me in my work.
Mary, this is excellent advice. When making these films, I need to try to remember to mention this to people. When I frame, the use of ph neutral archive mount and UV filtering glass is obvious, but I bet loads of people have no idea how you can limit the chances of framed work fading. Also, even with these excellent precautions, some pigments are horribly fugitive (especially the pinks). Including mention of this when I do the films would be a really good and useful addition. Thanks. And thanks for the comment! x
Just started tuning in to a few of your videos. I’m really enjoying them. Thank you for sharing your time and talents with us.
Welcome aboard, and thanks so much for watching them. Im glad you like them.
Дорогая Лиззи, Вы возрождаете желание рисовать. Месяц ничего не рисовала. Увидела этот фильм. Достала краски и бумагу.
Люблю Вас! Спасибо за вдохновение и живое общение.
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Это так замечательно слышать! Я надеюсь, что вы продолжите любить рисовать и рисовать, и теперь пламя вновь разожжено! Спасибо за комментарий, и, скрестив пальцы, Google переводчик не превратил этот ответ в чепуху!
GREAT video ! Thank you Lizzie, I learned much and giggled a bunch !
Glad you enjoyed it! And if I made you laugh too, then that's even better. Thanks for the comment.
A revelation! Thank you for sharing your technique, I’ve learnt sooo much! Thank you!
Thank you for sharing your expertise. I love the botany with the painting. As you said we learn from the plant but you sharing & showing made this a great tutorial.
Thanks so much 😊 I think the botany is so important, and every time I do a painting there's a whole new lot to learn! Glad you liked the film. X
Brilliant! Thanks for showing us the techniques you employ.
My absolute pleasure. Thanks for taking the time to watch!
Fantastic video, I really learned a lot. I'm at the beginning of my botanical watercolour journey and I appreciate the focus on the realness of your videos, like you're in my living room! 😀
Robynne, that's great to hear. I hope you enjoy paintng botanical subjects, it's such a lovely thing to get into to, and so rewarding - the ore you do, the better you get"! Thanks for your kind comments about my films.
X Lizzie
How is your journey going ? I’m starting mine now 😊
This is just amazing. Precise style and valuable insights delivered with truly British (and sadly nowadays rare) self-effacing humour. I am so glad I found this channel!
Wow, thank you! That's such a lovely comment, I really appreciate it. And I'm glad I brought a smile to your face. Hopefully you'll get the chance to see me messing up and telling myself off over and over again if you stick around, heaven knows there's a great deal more self-effacement required in THIS studio! Cheers, Gnostie. x
First time I’ve seen dark to light using watercolors. I prefer oils because I’m comfortable working dark to light. You have shown me that it’s possible to work dark to light with watercolor. I’m excited to give it a try.
Wonderful! Let me know how it goes, that's exciting! And I didnt know that about using oils, I have never used them so that's interesting to learn. x
Wow, I’ve finally found something and someone to follow that feels like what kind of art I’d like to follow and practice doing! You’re a treat to watch and learn from! I love your instruction and techniques! Please keep showing what types of supplies you’re using and how to use them! It really matters! I’m lapping up every bit! ❤
Kim, this is so encouraging to hear! I'm so glad you like my films and work, and thanks for taking the time to leave such a lovely comment.
Another Welsh lass here, Radyr Cardiff. Love your channel.
Helloooo! Lovely to know you're out there, and even better to know you like my stuff. Thankyou! x
"What are you going to do? Cry into your milk?" Best quote of all time. Thank you for the thoroughly enjoyable experience.
Glad you enjoyed it! Im known for mangling my metaphors....xx
Liuzzy I just think your an amazing artist and person. Thank you for all your tips and for sharing your techniques.
You are so welcome, and what a lovely thing to say. x
I totally love watching and listening to you. I subscribed quite while ago now and keep coming back to re-watch older videos like this one but always eager to see any new videos you have made. You definitely are unique and i love that. Looking forward to more of your videos soon i hope. I love your quirkyness Lizzy Harper.
Aww, thanks E!
Thank you for sharing. I grow zinnias every summer. I use seeds, and sow them at three week intervals as soon as our hot weather starts. I have zinnias in my garden for about five months creating a wonderful blaze of color.
Oh Mariangela, that sounds glorious! They do flower late, too. My friend who grows these ones has them flowering regularly into late autumn, even though she lives quite high up in the hills. They're such hardy and pretty flowers. Your on-going display sound stunning, and planting in a series is a great idea.
¡¡¡BELLÍSIMA demostración!!!
Muchas gracias por compartir su conocimiento.
Saludos desde Costa Rica.
Muchas Gracias!
You answered my concern about the paler color of the demo flower in the end of the video, thank you! First time I have ever seen you paint, and I enjoyed it.
Glad it was helpful!
You are wonderfully enjoyable to listen to as well as to watch. Thank you!
Thank you too!
You are an absolutely wonderful artist, have a fabulous sense of humour & have a lovely way of talking to your public throughout the whole procedure. Just love your channel & work & will certainly be following you from now on & will be going back & watching all your works. My father was welsh ☺️. Cheers 😊😘💕❤️🥰😍
Just stumbled on this a year late, sorry! What a lvoely comment. Thanks so much! Glad youre a half-Welsh girl too...
Thank you for this informative video. You are a fantastic teacher and your sense of humor is delightful.
Thanks Lee Ann, I'm glad you found it useful. And not too dull...always important to try and add a little humour to make it a touch lighter. Glad you enjoyed it! x
Ooohhh que lindo😍❤️😍❤️🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Thank you very much!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
My total pleasure!
Really beautiful and so incredibly inspiring! I really love your detailed step-by-step demonstrations ! Thanks a lot!
You are so welcome, Im really glad you enjoyed it!
You are an inspiration! I have done some of this sort of work but I have much to learn from you.
Anna, that's great to hear. And isn't that the best thing, that no matter how much you know or how much experience you have, there's still lots more to learn. I find watching other illustrators at work so refreshing, and educational too!
wonderful work and great to see your techniques - i find it much easier to work using your method rather than light to dark.
Hi Tash, that's good to know. I do worry that I'm mis-educating a whole swathe of aspiring illustrators, but to me it does seem to make things so much easier! Glad it helps.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, I am absolutely rubbish at drawing but using your illustration my pictures actually look like flowers. Now for the challenge to try and paint it.
Glad I could help, and that's so wonderful and exciting to hear! And the best bit is the more you practice, the better it'll get. Hooray!
@@LizzieHarperillustrator Fingers crossed. Have been doing arty stuff around the house for about a year now. It really transforms the feel of the house. So glad there are people such as yourself who are willing to share their knowledge. Have a great day. Jacqui
This is so beautiful!
At first I wasn't sure I would be watching whole video because I never watch long things but in the end I watched everything and time went so fast!
I am not really good at watercolor but I want to try your method so much!
Thank you for the lovely time.
Glad you enjoyed it! And well done for watching me talk as paint dried for an hour! Do give it a go, like anything, practice makes perfect and everyone needs to start somewhere. x
I'm just beginning in watercolors. I find your technique fascinating!!! I love details in art and enjoyed this video immensely. I'd love to see this flower in it's completion. I'm ecstatic to have found you on TH-cam, and I'm looking forward to watching more of your videos to learn watercolor painting techniques! This was truly a phenomenal video to show how to paint texture on flowers. Thank you for sharing your skills and talents. You keep me smiling.
Thank you so much! What lovely and positive feedback. x
I so enjoyed this video and I really enjoyed learning about the Zinnia flower! I found it so interesting! Thanks so much for the tutorial & sharing!
Hi Tina, My absolute pleasure. So glad you enjoyed it. x
That’s funny I came to this video because your painting a Zinnia, I grow edible flowers for a living and there so beautiful when you have a giant field of them, I live in SW Florida and can grow them all year here. Beautiful painting by the way, just learning watercolors , going to try to copy it in my sketchbook. Very enjoyable video 💗😀👍
Oh I love the idea of fields of zinnias year round, what a treat! Yes, do give it a whirl. Doing the drawing etc is not only really great in terms of learning more about a plant (although as someone growing edible plants you're knowledge is already bound to be pretty acute!) but it also is really good for that "living in the moment" and "losing all track of time" mindfulness thing that we all seem to crave these days. Let me know how you get on! Thanks for the comment x
Unfortunately I had to watch the video on mute, but I must say I really enjoyed seeing you upside-down near the end. Really put a genuine smile in my face :) and of course, finding your acknowledgement on the description haha
I definitely plan on returning and watch it with sound, although the image alone was already very pleasing.
Thank you!
To be honest, it was probably better without the sound; Im not convinced my ramblings add much of value! Oh I know, the technical side of all this stuff is clearly not my strong point! If it's not editing myself in upside down, it's getting hair under the camera, or focussing on a sprig of leaves instead of the drawing. Honestly. But Im glad you liked the film, even in its "silent film" mode. x
This is the most delightful and informative channel i've come across in a while, thank you for making your excellent videos!
Aww Tintin, youve made my week! And its only monday morning!
Beautiful work, I love how you realized the center of the flower....so effective..Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Peace and Grace to you.
What a lovely comment, thankyou.
Thank you so much for this wonderful, very informative video! I can’t help but think that if you ever finished the painting it would’ve been absolutely stunning!
AH, thanks Felicity. I never did finish it, I had paid work and deadlines to hit. But lovely Layla, who grew the flowers, was happy to give the part finished sketch a happy home. Glad you liked the film!
This video was thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining.
Thankyou Tonia!
YOU ARE UTTERLY FANTASTIC!! love your voice, attitude, perspective so on and so on
Wow, thank you! That's high praise indeed, I appreciate it.
Love watching and listening to you, fantastic job 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you so much!
Ms.Lizzie , Thanks for detailed video. Close up of the video helps a lot to catch those techniques.🙏🙏🙏
You’re welcome 😊