Watercolor: My Colors and Glazing Technique Basics
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 เม.ย. 2018
- In this video, I share the colors I've chosen for my palette and why I've chosen them. I also demonstrate and show the basics of the glazing technique with watercolor. Lastly, I show a book I've illustrated using watercolor and some original art from the book.
Sorry about the shaky video from time to time. I am using a new camera mount that sits on my table. I tend to smack the table and shake the camera quite a bit. :)
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Ha Ha... I was like WTF really! - Well done.
I'm sure I've lost quite a few people in the first couple minutes of this video. Ha, ha!! Thanks for hanging in there.
That book was one of the most impressive things I’ve seen! Amazing!
J.M.Watkins Thanks so much!!
I actually want to watch you paint one of your amazing pieces with the crayola paint set. The Crayola Paint Challenge!!! 🎨
You got me! First vid I've seen of yours and I'm like, WTF? Crayola palette and a bendy brush? Ay, Dios mío how did I get here!? Funny.
Solaera Ha ha ha!!! Thanks for hanging in there! 👍
Hehe tbh same
I had the EXACT same reaction. Fist watch on this channel. And I'm like....wait....really?
That’s the best explanation of glazing I’ve come across ! Thanks for that Brian and for sharing all your wonderful work with us.
Sossy Rossy Thanks so much for watching! I’m glad it was helpful. 👍
Mr. Ashmore - this has been one of the very best demonstrations of how you use glazing to achieve the results you want. thank you!
This was the most informative ive ever seen on glazing and how luminous it can be!! now i want to go paint and i love that!!! more more more!!!!! very inspirational!
The first minute of this video is the perfect way to start your day. Thank you for posting the humor and the education.
ok well my mind is blown away. love the book love the work and how kind of you to show us a few tricks of the trade . just amazing Thank you
You are so humble..and, DEFINITELY have a reason to be egocentric. Your work is fantastic!! How many of us can say we had anything to do with Batman, Hulk, etc. Impressive work but putting family first says it all..now, I understand why your videos are refreshing!!!
Please do as many as you can, build up audience and I am certain many of us would support you for your instruction thru Patreon..just a thought
Thank you, Nancy!! That's very nice of you to say. I'll keep plugging along. I really appreciate you watching and commenting... it's what makes it worth doing.
Excellent video that tells a glazing story
that starts with a hook, just like a good comic book.
Here we are in 2022 and I -- a newbie to making art and jumping into the deep end of the pool with watercolor -- have found this vlog of yours from 2018 and want to offer a huge THANK YOU for your great explanation of what and why regarding your palette. Your pacing was excellent, your palette swatch sheet was reinforcing (and good for getting a screen shot of rather than having to write notes), and your demonstration of mixing versus glazing was super clear. Again, thanks!!!
Would love to really see you work with crayola a watercolor palette now!!
Maybe! Ha ha!
Optically mixing...correct words ever...as a painter and a photographer I am pleased these this
Going to try this! Love the depth & glow - thank you for sharing 🙏👍
Great tutorial, thanks for explaining the glazing. You do great work! You said that glazing may not be new to us, well it is to me and I'm happy to have learned! I followed your Karloff tutorial and it turned out so well, since then I'm very interested in that technique but didn't have a name for it! Thanks so much!
I wanna have that bending brush!!!!!!! NOW!!!! I cannot live without one!!!! 😂
I've watched your layering in your notebook sketches and always think I need to learn and try more of the glazing. This is the first time I've ever come across an explanation and description of why glazing and the true amazing amount of depth you can get from it. I mostly do quicker and more urban sketch type pieces, which is probably why I haven't tried as much of it - for time issues, but this would explain why I feel like some of my colors seem more muddy and flat. It would also help me with getting more depth my faces and things. Thank-you for this. I now want that Batman book, just to explore your layering awesomeness.
Thank you so much for sharing! So great seeing these illustrations full size! Incredible work.
Thanks very much for watching, Shawn!
you're a great teacher and the show and tell at the end was an eye opener!
Again, thank you for explaining glazing and the reasons why it’s so beneficial! It’s truly the only video I’ve learned this and you are SO right!!
Sorry. Just had to tell you…lol
Absolution, one of My fav Batman Storys!!! 👍🏆
Wow.... never thought you could do that kind of art with watercolor. I'm just getting into watercolor and art for that matter ar age 33. Every painting or drawings mg I have done is with a o reference, only from the mind. My watercolor is mainly landscapes but completely made up. I wouldn't call them good but I have made a few I'm proud of, but only coming from my mind is what makes me excited... knowing this place would never exist at all if I didnt paint it.
This video is stunning. All your paintings are terrific. This is the best video on glazing technique. Thanks so much for sharing.
Thanks so much for watching and commenting! I really appreciate it!
really enjoyed this video, especially the tour of your work at the end and a view of how you work these days. great video!
I actually held my breath when I saw you pull out the Crayola "palette." And the brush! Good one, Brian! And your illustrations for the book were clearly time-consuming. I learned a lot from this video. Thank you so much for your time.
Ha, ha!! I'm sure I've lost quite a few viewers in the opening minutes of this video. Thanks for hanging in there and commenting, too!!
Thank you so much for sharing. I never really understood glazing before. Thanks again.
THUD..... That's the sound of my jaw hitting the floor. Your work is awesome. Your explanations are so very helpful. Thank you so much for sharing.
Thanks so much for watching, Pat!!
Great video, thanks for sharing! Glazing has a new meaning, I learned something :) Loved the illustrations, amazing work.
Ha! I was like...really?! Fun intro!
Midnights Moon Ha, ha!! Thanks for hanging in there and getting past the joke. I’m sure a lot of people turned it off at that point.
you art a crystal clear excellent teacher for sure. excellent work
Thank you! First video I've seen about glazing, and I'll be trying it very soon. Beautiful paintings.
Thanks so much, Linda!
Very interesting ! I do this sometimes but I did't know it's an interesting technique that can give wonderful result ! Thank you.
Your work is absolutely stunning. I cannot believe how detailed each page of the comic book is. I can imagine how taxing it was!!
Susan Srour It was A LOT of work! I look back on it, fondly, but never want to have to work that hard again. Ha, ha!!
Very informative! I'm a self-taught and I also use glazing technique.
Very good. This is one of those intro that stick with you and recol.
I’m up and rewatching some of my favorites!! I laughed out loud AGAIN! Love your videos and music
Nancy Rolfe
P.S. I won’t comment on everything I watch! Just had to tell you how funny the intro is even second time around
Stunning work!
Wow, your illustrations are amazing-thanks for sharing! My son is studying to be an illustrator and I didn’t realize how intricate the coloring portion was compared to the drawing portion. 🎨👍
Thanks so much!! Best wishes to you and your son. I hope he enjoys illustration!
LOL you got me in that intro till the brush part lol. New subscriber here. Love your channel. Edit: I've just watched the last part of this video. I am even more a fan of your channel now. I love comics art.
Really interresting for the beginner that I am. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and approach. Merci ! :-)
Great video. Got a better understanding of glazing. Thanks for sharing your beautiful art Brian. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Thank you, this was very educational. I can see the richness the glazing creates.
Thank you, Rae. I appreciate you watching and commenting!
Rae D Thank you, Susan!
Thank you so much for the information & demo of the glazing technique
Thanks for watching!
Great video, Brian! I am getting into watercolors now, after years of acrylic painting and I appreciate you sharing your incredible artwork with us! I also appreciate that you shared your palette colors as it helps me decide what colors I want to work with...every artist has their own 'go-to' palette, but yours is the closest to what I've been thinking for myself. Anyway, I look forward to viewing more of your videos as you have immense skill and I want to 'pick your brain' and learn it all lol.
Thanks so much, JT, for watching and commenting. I really appreciate it!!
Great video...soothing voice....and you were able to teach the concept of glazing perfectly!
Thanks very much, Susan! I'm glad it came through okay.
I have so much nostalgia for the Batman! Interesting techniques too, I haven't got watercolors yet but good to know all I need is 4-5 colors!!!
Me too! Love Batman! Right!... you don't need a TON of colors to produce good paintings. You can mix almost everything you need from the 3 primaries. It helps to have a good earth tone like Burnt Sienna and maybe a purple and green (glowing versions of those two can be a bit tough to mix, sometimes).
This is so awesome! I also make comics with watercolor. Thank you for showing your originals and walking through some steps. Really cool. I love your work. I can’t wait to see what kind of videos you post in the future.
Jared Cullum Thanks Jared! Can't wait to dig into your channel and binge-watch some videos!
Brian Ashmore Studio wow I’m really scoring today with finding channels. Two birds one stone.
Jared Cullum just subbed your channel through Brian’s channel that almost didn’t happen because of the....crayola incident....which shockingly there’s already one of those guys out there lol. Looking forward to watching both your channels. Have a good rest of the weekend fellas.
Jared Cullum You can't go wrong with Jared's channel. Jaw-dropping stuff. 😍
Erin S. If we all end up quitting art for some reason to play music I nominate “the crayola incident” as our band name.
stunning work on that batman comic.
Ha ha you had me going for a minute there!
Brian, Thanks for sharing your colors. I am a museum educator, and due to the virus, I am having to teach online. I actually use Prang student watercolors in the tin, just because they are easier to use for kids. They actually work very well. Normally, I use either Windsor-Newton or Daniel Smith in my palette , depending on the color I want to use.
This was a wonderful view of your work, thank you!
Carol Berry Thanks very much, Carol!
Almost started a search for the first palette :)
This is the first video i see from you, and i really reaaally like it. that batman comic is a great work, truly amaezing .
I hope to see more of your content in the future, keep going c:
Thanks much, Sachy!
Thank you for sharing- wonderful technique -
Beautiful comic book! Your work is fantastic!!...Congratulations on working with DC Comics!😃👍🏼
Outstanding skill and knowledge in watercolour.
Thanks so much, Paul. Sorry to take so long to respond! I just found out that my TH-cam comment notifications have been disabled.
Stunning paintings!
Thanks so much, Karl!!
please do more sketchbook tours! your art is awesome!
Yasemin Basoglu Hi Yasemin! Thanks! I've been painting for a long, long time but I'm fairly new to painting in small sketchbooks. So, I don't have one full, yet. However, I will continue to paint in my sketchbooks (some will probably be in process videos) and will definitely share them in the future. In the meantime, I will continue to share my individual, larger paintings along the way. Thanks for watching!
Man you have great helpful videos so glad I stumbled on your channel....thanks for your help
timluns Thanks so much for subscribing and watching! I really do appreciate it.
You're so funny and I love it!
Good stuff my friend--love that Batman book too :)
Thanks, MW!! I always appreciate your support. :)
Just WOW!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Irina Basnar Thanks for watching! Much appreciated!! 👍
Congratulations on the fantastic work.
Thanks so much, Paulo!
This was an amazing video! Thanks for sharing your techniques! I bet a cyan magenta yellow black combination is gorgeous too. I’ve been exploring this method myself. I come from a printing background. But I’m a nub painter. (New Sub)
Eve The Craft Lady Hello Eve, Exactly! You definitely have to think like process printing when glazing... as in, making sure you are using the right intensities of each color as they go down on the paper. Of course, you can always keep glazing colors over the top to correct the color. No so with process printing. Ha ha. Thanks for the sub!
Thanks for sharing! Good video and amazing work!
Thank you, Kent!
Excellent work, i especially liked the Gordon Ramsey picture in the hall. Lol........ It must have taken you ages to finish such elaborate comic art, respect and subscribed. Also good art can be done with crayola, but maybe not that cool bendy brush.
awesome. beautiful work
Janet Garcia Thanks very much, Janet!
I've seen enough of your videos that I was smiling before I laughed out loud re: "bendy brush"...
I appreciate your humor. I really appreciate your videos!!! It's refreshing to have info. given without big "hula" and/or "ego". I certainly don't want to offend anyone. I'm nearly 60, taught JH 36 yrs.. guess I've witnessed/dealt with children's attitudes changing to "all about/for me". It's sad, really, they'll miss out on joy of giving/helping/caring for others.. Still many great kiddos.
Sorry. I hope I don't sound hateful. Just "where I am coming from"..lol
(Like it matters...lol)
Thanks! Ha, ha! Yeah, I'm sure lots of people probably didn't make it through the bendy brush joke and turned off the video. Having taught for 36 years, I'm sure you've witnessed the whole gamut of behavior from students. It is sad to see things turning the way they are but there are definitely still a lot of great kids out there. I've been very encouraged by the kinds of kids my boys have played with on soccer teams, etc.
@@brianashmorestudio I definitely agree! There’s some really great kids. I was very I’ll and just worn out when I wrote this 3 years ago. A superintendent called to see if I would teach in a small school (k-12 in one building) and I loved being around the kiddos again!! I think the admin has the biggest influence on some of the behavior. Majority really want rules and people who care.
I definitely miss it!!
I’m sure your children and their friends are FANTASTIC and lots of fun!! Aren’t they fun??
Oh, gosh! I was About to close the page when you were saying how much you loved the bendy brush!! Hahaha! - Glad I didn't and got to see your awesome work! Marvel-lous! - ah mean - Super! - Ehrrmm… Good, better, Batman! ;-))
Thanks for hanging in there after my bad joke. ha, ha!! Take care!
Great video, thank you.
Thank you so much!
I must try using staining colours in order to layer better. I often put some granulating colour down and the second layer just lifts it off. Though I tend to agree with Bruce MacEvoy on Handprint ‘luminosity myth’ that light doesn’t pass back through the paint matter and make it glow more.
Great Art!
Mel E Thank you!
Hi Brian - Welcome to the world of TH-cam. Love your videos and the explanation on glazing. Your work is excellent. I was sent to you via a Subscriber on my channel named Erin S. Props to her for sending me your way. Keep up the great work. ~Marty
Owings Art Hello Marty! I've seen SO MANY of your great videos over the years. It's an honor to have you stop by. Thanks very much for the comment and the welcome! 👍
Okay...okay. You tricked me. I was thinking...”wait what? Crayola bendy paint brush...?” Hahaha!
Ha ha!! Thanks for watching!!
I had a instructor in a community college in North Carolina that suggested buying a crayola pallet and whatever paper you had to practice painting. 😀
I almost changed channels when you started talking about that kids paint set...lol!
wanda fuller Ha, ha! Thanks for "hanging in there." :)
Great video! I love your paintings. Please do a demo of something step by step.
Hi Kathy, Thank you! I just uploaded a video, today, that is more of a step-by-step video on painting portrait.
I wish you'd stuck with the Crayola bit because it was GREAT! Had to double check the post date to make sure it wasn't April first because this would've been a great april fool's prank silliness. Ah well, nice to see your actual palette, too!
Meow Meow Kapow Ha, ha!! Thanks! I wasn’t sure if anyone would find it funny or just think I’m completely lame. Probably both, now that I think about it.
Brian Ashmore Studio nah man, stupid jokes are the best! I make them all the time in my videos and nobody ever notices. 😭
I WHAT A BENDY GRUSH TOOOOOOOO!!! LOL Wonderful video from start to finish and yes, I watched the whole thing. I was wondering when you were going to offer us a rubber chicken for lunch.
I to am getting back into watercolor painting, but I’ve been away for longer than the others. Last time I painted I was a senior in high school (graduated back in 65) and I am well into my senior years again (I’ll be 73 in May) and picking up my old dusty brushes again. Weeeeell trying to. My tubes of W&N watercolors have all hardened so I have to reconstructed them. W&N told me they wount have the same vibrancy as new ones, but that’s ok for now....neither do I. LOL Very much like your videos, keep up the great work. BTW, I was taught the same thing in the beginning. Only 4 colors, Yellow, Red, Blue and Payne’s Gray.
Hey Scott!! I wish I could help you out with getting a bendy brush but they are pretty hard to come by. 😂 Loved your comment!! It's never too late to get back into painting... that's one thing I love about art. By the way, my vibrancy is diminishing, as well. Wisdom is on the rise but vibrancy is becoming a rarer and rarer commodity. Ha, ha. Thanks so much for the support and the comment!
Scott C - I'm 66 and started to paint again last year. The paints will be fine because I found an old paint box with 5 colours still clinging on in there - it was my uncles that he used when he was at the Glasgow At School before WW2
So I gave them a spritz and they worked beautifully! LOL!
Great Video !! Best regards from Germany. Guenter
Wegu Thanks, Guenter! Hope all is well! Need to catch up...
Oh I always clean my palette. I'm constantly paranoid I'm going to run out of mixing space.
Simon Reese True! I can definitely see that. I have a few white ceramic dishes on my desk for "mixing overflow."
The intricate panels and spreads of Absolution must’ve taken forever! How long would it take you to do a page? A two page spread?
You got me! 😂🤣😂🤣
For a moment u got me😅😂😂😂
Love that brush! What is it?
anne percival I'm using a Silver Black Velvet Oval Wash brush in this video. They handle very well. Both Synthetic and natural squirrel hair are combined to make a brush that has spring to it but can also hold a lot of water.
What kind of paper or illustration board did you use for these great illustrations?
Hi! I"m so sorry to take so long to get back to you!! I used Arches 140 lb cold press paper for all of the illustrations in the Batman book. Thanks for watching!!
Lol funny you got me.!
Very nice explanation Mr Brian and along with your work. I am actually a photographer but I like watercolour and I am a fresher to the medium. I understood the orange tone which is a mix of two primary colours but can you kindly explain why did you need glazing for the Grey tone for the background of the cover of the DC comic Batman. Why do you need a yellow wash initially in order to attain the final Payne's Grey tone. Please can you reply ?
Greetings from India.
Hi Kumai, Thanks much for your comment! I don’t always use glazing when I work but I think I can explain it in this instance. If I use a yellow wash under all the other colors (even cool colors), it helps to unify the color scheme since all colors show a bit of the same yellow. Also, it can warm up cooler areas that might read too cool for the overall look of the painting without the yellow under painting.
@@brianashmorestudio Mr Brian thank you very much for your prompt reply. I do understand now how different it is from the underpainting. Also I like your illustrations as I am a great fan of DC comics myself. I grew up reading those fancy comics along with lots of others. They had extraordinary illustrations.
When I was watching this from the beginning, I was thinking NO WAY that is your pallet!! LOL
davidamosphotography Ha, ha! I'm sure some people clicked to a different video as soon as they saw that palette.
Where do you get a green viridian? Every tube of viridian I have bought is blue.
I've been buying my paints through Amazon. Currently using Daniel Smith colors.
@@brianashmorestudio Thank you. Don't know why mine was so blue but after letting it sit open to the air it has turned to a beautiful shade of blue green...mostly green. Mixed with just a touch of prussian blue I got a great turquiose. Mixed with burnt umber I get a deep dark green so it must be right now. Pretty color enyhoo.
what paper handles that much glazing?
Rachel Z Hi Rachel, I use Arches or Saunders Waterford 140 lb cold press paper. I’m sure any professional quality watercolor paper should handle glazing without much problem.
Thanks for watching!
please take a look and comment on the art of blood - a blood story of the mate and kent williams. thank you
mardanio militao Kent Williams Blood books were some of the very first work in watercolor that made me want to learn to paint in watercolor... way back in the late 80s. I might do that. Thanks!!
I seriously want to start painting.Can someone tell me what kind of paper and paints are available? I have some acrylic paint, can i add water to this paint?
Yes you can, also acrylic medium. Use gesso to coat your paper or canvas first. Try acrylic inks and liquid acrylics too!
Hi Chicko, So sorry for the late, late reply. You could definitely thin down acrylics but you might have trouble if you are looking for painting watercolors. I would say that, to start, don't skimp on paper ( I would try Arches cold press) but maybe try more affordable brushes and paints like Winsor and Newton Cotman colors and good synthetic brushes.
ah..you're a sepia man ! Good
sorry my english is bad what you mean about the other method that not glazing, what you do then?
Coldpaint Hi! The non-glazing method would be the method of mixing all colors on the palette instead of layering them, individually, on the paper. Does that make sense?
Brian Ashmore Studio thx I new in watercolor. I don't like batman but you work is awesome.
Brian your a funny guy,..
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I love to watercolor and me I just use 4 colors that's it
Nice! You don't need many!
Primarily the primary colours...
Do you have an Australian Cattle Dog? I'm sitting here watching your videos as mine terrorizes her chew toy while staring at me and I hear the dog bark at 16:30 and it sounds exactly like her bark...
Ha, ha! Hi Travis, No Australian Cattle dog but he is part beagle and, I've been told, part some sort of Australian shepherd. So, maybe there's a connection there. :)