How to paint water with watercolor - tips and demo
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 พ.ค. 2024
- Painting water with watercolor sounds natural, but it can be such a headache. Today I want to share with you some tips on painting water with watercolor.
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Timestamps
0:00 - intro
1:03 - 1- Water is a surface
1:34 - 2- What type of water
2:00 - 3- Make your own decision
3:07 - Study from real life
10:03 - Small demo
20:35 - Ocean demo
25:44 - Complete painting demo
26:30 - First Wash
30:10 - Second Wash
32:02 - Second Wash - reflection
35:22 - Rocky shore
40:20 - conclusion
You have the brain of an engineer. Able to breakdown your thought processes but the ability of a true teacher in that you can articulate what you are thinking. Plus the real heart of an artist who can see the parts but realizes the most important part is the whole. Thank you so much for sharing your insights. And thankyou so much to your family for supporting your desire to teach. Blessings from the midwest.
You said exactly what I was thinking about. The lessons are just great. Greetings from Poland ^^
Actually finding water colour painting videos are really difficult because using watercolour for painting are very rare and this is really helpful. So please do not stop and do more other videos for students like us,
And no loud irritating nonsensical background music drowning out your calming voice. Thank you Eric. 😊
It's amazing how many times I've seen water without actually "seeing" water. Thank you for this great lesson, Eric.
THANK YOU for these clear explanations! Art teachers tell us to "paint what you see." But that is much easier when you understand what you see. Then you must understand the medium to reproduce what you understand and see.
Im so grateful im getting a real education on water color painting from you. From understanding d subject to understanding d process of color and lights interplaying in d paper. Thank u Eric . U are absoutely awesome teacher . Pls keep on doing ur craft . Ur helping many people here . Godbless u and ur family
I am new to this media. I usually work in charcoal. I am really enjoying learn these techniques. You are a amazing teacher. Thank you much. Fresno,CA
I started to be interested in watercolor about three weeks ago, and I've been browsing all over internet for introductions and tutorials. So far Eric is absolutely the best teacher I've seen. I feel so fortunate to come across this channel. Thank you Eric!
Espe Zhang aww thanks ☺️
@@Cafewatercolor ,
Yes he is really good. Another good one is Charles Evans
Practice pencil drawing and sketching first!
indeed that was awesome lesson
Thank You Very Much Sir. I am an architecture student and I'm struggling with using watercolor that is why I'm looking for tutorials and I found your videos. It's very helpful.
I m an old amateur water colour artist. Have learnt a lot from your lecture and demo. Thank you very much. Stay blessed.
The watercolor mottos, “just a few” and “keep it simple” definitely apply to painting water! Thank you for a very enjoyable video!
Softer edges in the bg ripples, sharper in the fg.....how this is not something i really payed attention before? Doesn't matter...since Eric is here for enlightening us all! 👍👍👍
You are an awesome teacher! Thank you!!! I gained so much from watching you and hearing your explanations.
I appreciate how you zoom in to areas of your painting...that's very helpful!
How many times have you heard that your voice is incredibly beautiful? I listen to you just like a music🥰🎵
wow, thank you so much 😊🙈
Beautiful soothing voice, with simple explanations that make absolute sense, thank you. 😃
Thank you Eric , for the demo . Still learning after more than 25 years !!
Tiny Me learning never stop, I have much to learn as well :)
Café Watercolor - Eric Yi Lin well, it keeps you a live and kicking ;-)
@@tinyme2139 i read in medical JAMA that Watercolor and some games create new brain cells for older folks..you have to plan ahead constantly..moisture on the Medium, brush, paper, pigment. has anybody else heard that ??? Journal of American Medicine magazine.
Wow! Thank you soooo much, Eric! This is the most explicit tutorial I’ve ever seen for painting water in water color. Also I like the way that you structure types of waters into three simple models. I never thought that a artist can analyze nature with a rational mind.
I've been on and off painting and painting classes all my life, trying most common techniques, reaching all kinds of frustation and getting to a point where I didn't even like painting... until two years ago when I gave watercolors a real try, and fell IN LOVE.
Thing is... this must be the best art teacher I've found so far... This is a true master class.
Looking forward to some free time to put more of your videos on practice.
Thank you @Café Watercolor - Eric Yi Lin
Very nice demo of the rocky beaches in the sound. This is definitely the best rendering of the rocks under the water near the shore that I have seen. You captured the boat with a minimum of well placed strokes. Lovely painting. You have such a calm and pleasant teaching style.
Emily Adams Thank you ☺️
I adore and afraid of the watercolor at the same time. But you give me confidence that I can actually start painting, thank you!
Your demonstrations in water color is amazing !
the reflection of the boat turned out beautifully, thanks!
Thanks again! I’ve painted water for a long time but found this very relevant and helpful.
What a terrific watercolor lesson!! I've been so intimidated about using watercolor to paint water, I usually revert to my tried and true acrylic process. Now I can tackle it with more confidence. Thank you for sharing what you are learning, you are a terrific teacher!!
I agree, watercolour is much more intimidating than acrylic to paint water. The fear of losing those highlights is very real!
YAY!!!! Love seeing so many FANTASTIC comments below AND I love you, Eric!!! Def the best watercolor teacher in the universe!!!
Lola Lin 海公主蘿菈教練 aww thank you 🥰
@@Cafewatercolor Thank you Eric!
Wow! You amaze me again! I've been painting water for years and now with your wonderful tips, I feel I will finally get the results I desire. You always have fresh, new tips that you explain extremely well. I continue to share your videos with friends. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge with us. I'm a huge fan.
I loved this demo. You explained lucidly and so well! Thank you so much!
Wow, when you got serious, the sailboat painting, you really filled in a lot of gaps for me thanks so much.... excellent teacher you are.
Thanks eric.
You are the best watercolor teacher out there...
God bless u ❤️❤️ ❤️
You are really an amazing teacher, Eric! And all your concepts are consistent, so the teaching is repeated for us! It’s great. I’m so happy I discovered you!
Such a beautiful piece Eric! I think this might be my favorite piece of yours yet!!!
Hey, this is my second comment on this video😅... When the last time i commented i was new to this medium, the techniques and all that stuff.... But really i have to say this... U don't just make videos, you actually teaching us... No show off, no skipped parts, explaining every detail. This shows that you really wants to spread your knowledge... I've also seen that video in which you show us how to simplify details using snapseed.. And following that i really learned how to simplify it in my minds eye.... Thank you teacher 😘🙏🙌👏👍
After taking class for class (some $$$) on painting water, all my water looked like soup. Or concrete. Somehow i stumbled on cafe watercolor, not even trying to paint. But suddenly it made sense. The way you explain things is so clear and logical. My brain likes your words, I think. I don’t know what it is, but I know I’m happy now. And grateful that there is such a brilliant and genius teacher here.
A huge thank you!
Your videos are so well constructed! I love the way you analyze reality to translate it into watercolor, it makes things so much clearer. I gained some understanding at how to paint water from this one, so thank you!
One of the best painting lessons!
Love the explanations using pictures; demo is also fantastic!
Thanks for sharing!
This is a great job of demonstrating how you organized your ideas, ordered your steps, and the techniques you used to get specific effects. I've seen a lot of painting 'demos', but they turn out to be skills exhibitions by established artists. Even though they paint well, they don't explain why they made certain decisions to get a desired outcome. It can be frustrating, so I appreciate your very methodical approach. It's helping me a great deal, and I feel like I'm much better prepared to try it own my own after your guidance. Thank you!
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏gracias es el único profesor que tiene subtítulos in English.
Great work, Eric!
Andy will be proud to see this painting and how you painted it.
Excellent teacher! My favorite on TH-cam. Thank you Eric!!
The demo was brilliant! Thank You!
Fantastic! As usual, sooo helpful... thanks so much! Love the colours and effects you managed on the demo, brilliant!
This is the most helpful lesson I've seen on painting water. I never really thought about how water is a surface so thank you for pointing that out.
What a great teacher and painter you are! Thank you so much.
Great teaching and professional painting, Eric.
I have seen many tutorials on the Internet and by far you are the one who is the clearest in how to do it and why. And it looks so easy... I'm just starting the landscapes. I've done portraits and flowers but landscapes are more difficult for me. I tend to put too much color and not enough fluidity. It's not always easy for me to feel the humidity of the paper. With a lot of practice and your tutorials, I guess I should improve.
Eric, I have watched few watercolor demonstrations of yours. Your way of analyzing is very clear, step wise,logical. Enough to attract some body in this medium. I love to watch.
Thank you once more Eric. You have the lightest of touches in your approach to this medium.
Such a fabulous tutorial! Thank you for being so generous with your teaching!
This was wonderful, thank you! Sooooo much great information, and inspiring to watch the final demo.
Amazing tutorial. Never thought I'd understand water like this! Thank you!
I like all the explaininhs about the different colour layers to get the different lights. This technics i will do when I go the next few days to the Bodensee. Thank you so much for this video with your kind words.
Incredible lesson Eric, thank you for share with us your knowledge. Your lesson about painting water is something impressive... I have no words, I've learned so much with your lessons. Now I will practice...
You’re an excellent teacher. Thank you so much. A grateful student.
You’re a brilliant artist Eric , stunning work and excellent informative teaching 🙏🏻
Eric's lessons are wonderful. No long life stories before each lesson. When you open up the tutorial you get exactly what you asked for. Brilliant teacher thanks.
This is really a good tutorial about water surface, just in time. Thank you, Eric.
Thank you, Eric I feel some of my weakness on mid-tones and suggestion could use help, your reflections are great, so I am getting ready for a trip up the coast and this is a great tutorial to get me ready for Cambria CA.
I recently finished several coastal with two turning out nice but this trip is costly so I want to make the best of it. Thanks again Tor Nerhim.
That was great.Thank you
Thank you Eric! Love this!
Once again you hit the button (I'm busy with a still lake piece with sharp reflections) and help me improve my painting enormously. Such well planned and executed videos Eric. Thank you so much 😃.You're the best around TH-cam
I love watching you paint, and I appreciate your tips and helpful hints. Thank you for sharing your gift with us... I'm a beginner and love watching your paintings evolve!
Great video eric, I really like how you breakdown your steps and thought process clearly
i learned so much from your tutorials as well i was really entertained with every stroke you make. thank you so much for sharing your skill.
Thank you for a beautiful painting and demo.
Eric, this was very informative and beautifully done. Thank you for sharing your knowledge
I look forward each week to your well-planned, well-delivered instruction. Thank you!
Wonderful share 😊 I loved your videos 😊
Eric, thank you💛
Thank you Thank you Thank you. I am painting a person in the river after she caught a HUGE catfish. The water was very shallow, clear and many rocks. For a couple of days have tried to figure out HOW to get those pesky rocks in under the water. You sure showed me so now to start painting soon. I have watched several of you videos and you are amazing. Don't know if you are on Facebook or not but I belong to a small growing group of watercolor lovers you We could sure use someone like you with all you experience. Steve Mitchell ~ Mind of Watercolor is one of the members and he and Pam Tuggle (admin) have done a couple of one on one that are oh so helpful and if you joined it gets even better. Again Eric thank you for your knowledge and sharing it. I too miss the smell of the ocean it just doesn't get to Montana.
Your Peter Lorrie impression is amazing. (ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!) Seriously, I like your videos.
It is so nice that how you broke it down how water behaves in different scenes. Demonstration is excellent. Thanks Eric. You helped me to learn to see things better.
thank you Eric I find your demonstrations are so comprehensive and very helpful. thank you so much Eric
Clever clever young man! You’re a fine & generous teacher.
Love how you paint thankyou !
Thank you. Very well explained and instructive!
I never watch demo videos this long but I loved this one!!! Everything you said/showed us was so valuable and well constructed. Not all over the place or overly chatty like some other videos. Thank you for this and I loved the touches of the soft music and the ocean sounds while painting the demo pic near the end!!
Thank you so much for this high quality demo video. So professional and helpful!
That was so clear and easy to understand, you are a good tutor, very much appreciated.....love your paintings too....
Absolutely amazing tutorial! You are a great teacher, Eric! Thank you for sharing your wisdom with us! Beautiful painting!😍❤🙏
Love your tutorial with all the explanations you gave us.
Thank you Eric, you have a wonderful way of imparting knowledge, very much appreciated.
Wonderful! Thank you.
Thank you very much for probably the best explanation on painting water that I have come across. Living by the sea, your guidance here is going to be very useful.
This is just gorgeous. Thanks for filming this tutorial and demo and I hope to be able to apply this to my current painting! Have a great day (:
Excellent breakdown of water types and observing texture and colors - thank you!
Great video lessons you post Eric!! This one was no exception- Just awesome!!! Thank you !
Such a great video, thanks for your teaching and demo, learned a great deal. Thank you.
Makes me feel like I am there and can smell the sea air as well. Beautifully done, thank you. A from Oregon
Amber Bob K Oregon has some amazing beaches! I wish to visit it 😊
I really appreciate your lessons and teaching style. Thank you!
Thank you so much, Eric. I learn so much from every video you do! This one was especially helpful :)
Great demo and painting! Congrats Eric and thanks for sharing
This was great! Thank you!
This is my favourite one yet. Bravo.
Painting looking more beautiful than photo.... 😍😍😍
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Thank you so much Eric for the great tutorial!
nice little painting- cool scene- love the 'details' of the rocks- was neat to see them take shape out of a flat beige color before you added in the details-
Your tutorials are some of the best I've seen in how you break it down, it's so helpful. Thank you for your effort
Forgot to say - thank you for all the information you give us, especially the reference photo and precise video times. You make it so easy for us to actually DO rather than just watching, so important, especially now when it would be so easy to fall into mindless inactivity.
I've watched so many watercolor videos, I'm not kidding when I say this is the most helpful one out there. Theory mixed with technique, specific honest, unambiguous instruction. This is incredible. Thank you. I'm your newest subscriber.
Thank you so much - this is all gretly appreciated.