After receiving a lot of comments regarding the black canvas I used in this video, I created a newer tutorial on a white canvas which is easier to see😉 Here’s the link : th-cam.com/video/YFOxAnd_kfE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=1p87QIXBda5xqvAs
The fan brush demonstration is just what I needed. I was ready to throw away my soft fan brush because it "spiked" and I thought it was just a bad brush. I have only been painting a year and your demonstration videos are worth their weight in gold! ⭐
The first, and so far the only time I used a fan brush (as the soft one on the right), the same thing happened. As soon as the bristles started splitting I thought the brush was ruined, only realising it was its nature when I washed it and dried having gone back to the same soft initial shape. Meanwhile nothing came out of what I was trying to make because I didn’t know how to handle it. Ignorance is not always bliss…😊
@@ElizabethMathewiiind Depending on if you want toxic free options or not! the easiest is just use oil and then the brush cleaner soap bars after the oil is clean from changing or "rinsing" your dirty brushes from the oil. I have started to use Lavender oil t oclean as well as thin my oil paints and I want to try it with water soluble oil paints too! Good Luck.
This was EXTREMELY helpful. I thought I was hopeless with a fan brush and didn't know why! Here it was, I wasn't using the correct fan brush for the job! This was so helpful to me!
Ohhh by the graces! The demo with the soft fan was so immensely validating. I am extremely new to painting and i didn't realize that there was so much difference in results between soft bristles and stiff bristles. I'm 42 and for my entire life I believed that stiff bristles were a sign that a brush was old and worn out and not useful anymore! I've been trying to make trees with my nice, soft, smooth fan brushes and beating myself up for not getting the results i wanted. I'm not even through the whole video yet and I've felt such a massive weight come off my shoulders because I thought I was doing something terribly wrong. Well, i mean i kind of am using such a thin brush but now i know that it's more because of my tools than me. I need a stiffer brush. From the bottom of my heart, thank you so much.
Hi Jony... msg for u... In childhood I like to draw and wanted to join drawing classes n buying colours n copies but due to my family background couldn't continue my hobby(desire). Now after watching Ur videos, I recalled my childhood which I left long before. I love ur teaching techniques n thinking of continuing my hobby. Because of u n Ur help I could fulfill my childhood dream attending drawing classes... Love from Nepal...❤❤❤❤
wow! i thank you for these brush tutorials.. as a retired educator, i am always trying to bring young people into the field of art. but! realize that its always back to the basics. you are an excellent instructor..... Please ! keep up your tutorials on the basics... thank you again.. roberto ..
Now I see why your piece changes with every brush stroke. Every single stroke is deliberately, intentional and different from the next one. Thanks for this tutorial. I learned a lot!
Excellent demo! No one has ever showed me how to load and use these brushes correctly. Thank you! ( only thing is….the black on black was a little difficult to see)
Great job. I teach art now and then, and when someone asks, "What is most important when creating art?" I answer, "Learn what the art tools are and, more importantly, what you can... and cannot... do with them." The second thing to learn is what your choice of medium can... and cannot... do. Getting your head around those two things will make creating good art far easier. 🎨
Yes yes yes, you have solved many of my problems.......waterfalls particularly, I didn't like that little wimpy fan at all, now I know. Thank you! QUESTION, how do you manage to keep your acrylics to stay so wet on your pallet? Big piles?
Thank you so much. As a true wc newbie I have not made any mistakes yet or had frustrations with brushes yet. This is like a super beginner's class....teaching truly from the ground up!!
I would appreciate your adding a deers foot brush to your wonderful list. I am so very happy you are presenting this to us. I am just having trouble with black paint on black canvas. Also, are saying we should use the thicker bristle brush instead of the wimpy one? Thank you. New listener, New subscriber!
This is very interesting. When I used my fan brush for the first time, I thought I bought the wrong type of brush when the brush separated itself when I was doing trees and clouds. I would have never thought of wiggling the brush to make it un-separated. Thank you, Joni, for this demonstration. 😊👌
Soooo glad I found you! I learned so much. I draw a lot of water, water falls, puddles wter drops, splashes and shorelines and so far i have been using watercolour pencils. Very time consuming a laborious to create the effects that you seem to create with very little effort with water colours. I will go back and study your preious videos. Thank you foryour generosity
I just looked at my stash of brush and I don't have a stiff fan brush, so I need to get one. I love the look for the moss or is could be a bed of flowers. Thanks Joni, your tips helps me be a better artist.
I loved this. I have attention span issues- if you have that or ADHD / ASD etc? Try watching at 2x speed. (Under ‘settings’.) That made all the information accessible to me. ❤️
I've been taking lessons for many years and I never knew the difference between the soft and the stiffer fan brush and I never knew what the fill that was for thank you very much
I'm still trying to learn about all these fancy brushes but am learning watching your videos. Back in my teens I was so use to using one brush. I love how you explain this. Your one amazing teacher. Thank you very much ❤
At this point, due to Gear Acquisition Syndrome (GAS), I think I have about 1 trillion + brushes, yet only 3 of them are fan brushes. I never really found a use for them. This tutorial is helpful, so I learned a few things here, and then tested out your tricks out on the ones I have. I am a watercolorist, and 2 of my fans are soft, and the other is mid-range, so I don't have an actual stiff brush. My soft ones seem to be best for that striped waterfall effect. The mid-range one (Jackson's Stippler fan, medium), does lines very well, too, with watercolor paint, but the lines are thicker. None of my fans do trees well, but I think they could all do grass fairly okay along with waterfalls. There are few brushes I need/want at this point, but I think a stiff fan brush has just been added to the tiny list. I imagine it would be wonderful to use if I painted with acrylics or oils. Thank you for the tips. 😊
This tutorial is wonderful. I don’t paint because I thought I just wasn’t a good painter. Now I understand that maybe with the right tools, I could do it. Thank you for demonstrating this, I’m gonna try it again.
You absolutely can learn with the right tools …same here ,never painted anything but a wall,or a fence then took a class and I’m hooked but I have definitely learned that the picture is right in the end of your brush ! And have confidence in your own work …that’s the hard part …we are our own worst critic! Good luck!
Thank you for the demo on Fan Brushes. I have been struggling with waterfalls and grasses. Please keep up the videos, they are great. Great learning tools!
I love the way you show the ways to use the fan brush, I can see your correct about to much Paint on the brush as that is what I have been doing so thank you .I will be learning more from you .
Your videos help with skills that are a Challenge for me. I would like to see a video that can help with some beginner drawing skills so I won’t have to trace every picture. I try to paint. Thank you for all your help!
Very kind of you to also do the video on white. It's is very helpful to have lessons on how to use different brushes. Such tutorials are rare, but it's important to have such skills.
Thank you sooo much. I loved that tutorial. I'm trying to learn by doing but sometimes you just need somebody to show you the right way. That was you. Subscribed.
Thank you. I was trying to paint pine trees but with a soft fan brush and was not getting the results I wanted. The same with the bushes. I was ready to tear my hair out. I did get the grasses in beautifully with the soft brush. Making a trip to the craft store for the stiffer brush.
24:41 loved this lesson..I'm just getting back into painting after 45+ years...lol ..I have also done leather work and ended up painting a lot of it with acrylics and used my fan slot on water...breaking waves especially. But this lesson brought back a lot that I had forgotten. Thanks so much for sharing and looking for are to more...❤
Wow that's awesome thank you new at all of watercolors and drawing every little thing helps. Your so easy to follow and understand. Will be watching you again .❤😊
I enjoyed this tutorial. I would like to see how to do shading and blending with a certain brush. I’m not sure if you have already done one but I thought I would ask anyway. Thank you for providing these.
Great video!,, . I can't believe that I never noticed that my fan brushes were different softness. I could never figure out why some of my trees turned out great but then sometimes they turned into blobs..lol I assumed it was an off day painting, now I realize it was the brush..
So glad I saw this video. I've been practicing trees and I noticed my fan brush was doing this (the second one). I thought I was doing something wrong because it kept splitting. Time to go buy another brush 😁
You are the TH-camr I've been searching for! As a new painter, this information is invaluable. Excellent demonstrations. Excellent explanations. Thank you!!
This was interesting and very useful demonstration. It might be even easier to see if there was no shadow from the artist falling on the canvas and object being painted. Thanks for your video!
The tree with the soft fan looks more abstract so may be good for impressionistic trees. Thanks for the lessons, you are really good at explaining it all! Very thorough.
After receiving a lot of comments regarding the black canvas I used in this video, I created a newer tutorial on a white canvas which is easier to see😉 Here’s the link : th-cam.com/video/YFOxAnd_kfE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=1p87QIXBda5xqvAs
Yup! That helps us a lots better 🙌🏻
Thank you 🙏🏻
Thank you for this.👍🏼👍🏼
Thank you it helps alot
Yeah I ended up buying the soft one. I'll need to get a stiffer one somedsay.
Enjoyed it.
The fan brush demonstration is just what I needed. I was ready to throw away my soft fan brush because it "spiked" and I thought it was just a bad brush. I have only been painting a year and your demonstration videos are worth their weight in gold! ⭐
Glad it helped! Thank you 😊
The demo ii sI nice well I would like.t know how oil paint brushes safely cleaned at home
The first, and so far the only time I used a fan brush (as the soft one on the right), the same thing happened. As soon as the bristles started splitting I thought the brush was ruined, only realising it was its nature when I washed it and dried having gone back to the same soft initial shape. Meanwhile nothing came out of what I was trying to make because I didn’t know how to handle it. Ignorance is not always bliss…😊
@@ElizabethMathewiiindthere is a special soap for brushes cleaning wit the oils
@@ElizabethMathewiiind Depending on if you want toxic free options or not! the easiest is just use oil and then the brush cleaner soap bars after the oil is clean from changing or "rinsing" your dirty brushes from the oil. I have started to use Lavender oil t oclean as well as thin my oil paints and I want to try it with water soluble oil paints too! Good Luck.
WOW, what a difference a brush makes! Thank you so much, REALLY REALLY enjoyed it and learned so much...THANX! 💚
I have painted for twenty years and this demo was very helpful! Thank you
Wonderful!
This was EXTREMELY helpful. I thought I was hopeless with a fan brush and didn't know why! Here it was, I wasn't using the correct fan brush for the job! This was so helpful to me!
Ohhh by the graces! The demo with the soft fan was so immensely validating.
I am extremely new to painting and i didn't realize that there was so much difference in results between soft bristles and stiff bristles. I'm 42 and for my entire life I believed that stiff bristles were a sign that a brush was old and worn out and not useful anymore!
I've been trying to make trees with my nice, soft, smooth fan brushes and beating myself up for not getting the results i wanted.
I'm not even through the whole video yet and I've felt such a massive weight come off my shoulders because I thought I was doing something terribly wrong.
Well, i mean i kind of am using such a thin brush but now i know that it's more because of my tools than me. I need a stiffer brush.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you so much.
Hi Jony... msg for u...
In childhood I like to draw and wanted to join drawing classes n buying colours n copies but due to my family background couldn't continue my hobby(desire). Now after watching Ur videos, I recalled my childhood which I left long before. I love ur teaching techniques n thinking of continuing my hobby. Because of u n Ur help I could fulfill my childhood dream attending drawing classes...
Love from Nepal...❤❤❤❤
wow! i thank you for these brush tutorials.. as a retired educator, i am always trying to bring young people into the field of art. but! realize that its always back to the basics. you are an excellent instructor..... Please ! keep up your tutorials on the basics... thank you again.. roberto ..
Now I see why your piece changes with every brush stroke. Every single stroke is deliberately, intentional and different from the next one. Thanks for this tutorial. I learned a lot!
Thank you very much!
I struggled with fan brushes , Now I know why,, Thank You for This 👍💕
I’m really happy this tutorial is helping so many! Thanks for leaving positive feedback Theresa 🤗
Excellent demo! No one has ever showed me how to load and use these brushes correctly. Thank you! ( only thing is….the black on black was a little difficult to see)
Thanks! Here’s the new video on a white canvas much easier to see th-cam.com/video/YFOxAnd_kfE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=lpQ42zTRDFTCguxI
Great job. I teach art now and then, and when someone asks, "What is most important when creating art?" I answer, "Learn what the art tools are and, more importantly, what you can... and cannot... do with them." The second thing to learn is what your choice of medium can... and cannot... do. Getting your head around those two things will make creating good art far easier. 🎨
Yes yes yes, you have solved many of my problems.......waterfalls particularly, I didn't like that little wimpy fan at all, now I know. Thank you! QUESTION, how do you manage to keep your acrylics to stay so wet on your pallet? Big piles?
I use a waterproof palette and heavy bodied acrylics ☺️
Thank you so much. As a true wc newbie I have not made any mistakes yet or had frustrations with brushes yet. This is like a super beginner's class....teaching truly from the ground up!!
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching ☺️
I would appreciate your adding a deers foot brush to your wonderful list. I am so very happy you are presenting this to us. I am just having trouble with black paint on black canvas. Also, are saying we should use the thicker bristle brush instead of the wimpy one? Thank you. New listener, New subscriber!
Thanks! I’m demonstrating both and giving options, they’re both great and fun to use 👍
This is very interesting. When I used my fan brush for the first time, I thought I bought the wrong type of brush when the brush separated itself when I was doing trees and clouds. I would have never thought of wiggling the brush to make it un-separated. Thank you, Joni, for this demonstration. 😊👌
Hi Joni thanks so much. Please can you do a tutorial on the dagger brush. Much appreciated.
Soooo glad I found you! I learned so much. I draw a lot of water, water falls, puddles wter drops, splashes and shorelines and so far i have been using watercolour pencils. Very time consuming a laborious to create the effects that you seem to create with very little effort with water colours. I will go back and study your preious videos. Thank you foryour generosity
I just looked at my stash of brush and I don't have a stiff fan brush, so I need to get one. I love the look for the moss or is could be a bed of flowers. Thanks Joni, your tips helps me be a better artist.
Glad this was helpful! And yes it could be a bed of flowers too🤗 thanks Ruth
Love these learning sessions! Be great to expand on this and do diff subjects beginners struggle with! Thanks so much
I loved this. I have attention span issues- if you have that or ADHD / ASD etc? Try watching at 2x speed. (Under ‘settings’.)
That made all the information accessible to me. ❤️
This tutorial is fabulous. Yes, more please.
Thank you
Thank you so much. This is going to help me tremendously. These learning sessions are appreciated by most of us all… ❤
As a complete beginner I'm really glad I found you! Thank you for your instructions on how to use the different brushes. Subscribed 😊 ❤
Awesome! Thank you Maggie 😊
I've been taking lessons for many years and I never knew the difference between the soft and the stiffer fan brush and I never knew what the fill that was for thank you very much
You are so welcome!
I'm loving the new tip videos. Please make more and I can hear your voice much better. Thank u
I'm still trying to learn about all these fancy brushes but am learning watching your videos. Back in my teens I was so use to using one brush. I love how you explain this. Your one amazing teacher. Thank you very much ❤
Thank you! I’m glad my brush videos are helpful, enjoy them all 😊
@@joniyoungart I will and thank you ❤️
Thank you, great video ❤
OMG. Your explanation is so helpful. I was always faltering with my waterfalls. You have opened my eyes and made paintings so simple. God bless you 😊
Thank you 😊
At this point, due to Gear Acquisition Syndrome (GAS), I think I have about 1 trillion + brushes, yet only 3 of them are fan brushes. I never really found a use for them. This tutorial is helpful, so I learned a few things here, and then tested out your tricks out on the ones I have. I am a watercolorist, and 2 of my fans are soft, and the other is mid-range, so I don't have an actual stiff brush. My soft ones seem to be best for that striped waterfall effect. The mid-range one (Jackson's Stippler fan, medium), does lines very well, too, with watercolor paint, but the lines are thicker. None of my fans do trees well, but I think they could all do grass fairly okay along with waterfalls. There are few brushes I need/want at this point, but I think a stiff fan brush has just been added to the tiny list. I imagine it would be wonderful to use if I painted with acrylics or oils. Thank you for the tips. 😊
I am just exploring my artistic ability. I thank you so much for your help on how to use and what do you brushes. 3:18
This tutorial is wonderful. I don’t paint because I thought I just wasn’t a good painter. Now I understand that maybe with the right tools, I could do it. Thank you for demonstrating this, I’m gonna try it again.
You absolutely can learn with the right tools …same here ,never painted anything but a wall,or a fence then took a class and I’m hooked but I have definitely learned that the picture is right in the end of your brush ! And have confidence in your own work …that’s the hard part …we are our own worst critic! Good luck!
Thank you for the demo on Fan Brushes. I have been struggling with waterfalls and grasses. Please keep up the videos, they are great. Great learning tools!
You are so welcome!
Omgoodness, I’ve really spent way too much time with my fan brush. This really helps a lot. Thanks!!🙏🏼
Happy to help!
I paint in watercolour but this was still very helpful! Thanks!
Thank you for your response
I'm working on a dog portrait & this video has really helped me understand how to use my brushes. Thank-you.
This is what I've been looking for! Thank you Joni. You are an amazing teacher. I'm looking foward to learning from your tutorials. You made my day!
This is very helpful. I had some confusion about the different ways to use these brushes. Thank you!
You are so welcome!
You taught in a very good way.. i was always worried that i can't make tress and waterfall.. thanks 4 this tutorial..😊
My pleasure 😊
I love the way you show the ways to use the fan brush, I can see your correct about to much Paint on the brush as that is what I have been doing so thank you .I will be learning more from you .
Thank you so much! I learned a lot from this. Now I need to go buy a harder bristle fan brush as I only have soft ones.
Your videos help with skills that are a Challenge for me. I would like to see a video that can help with some beginner drawing skills so I won’t have to trace every picture. I try to paint. Thank you for all your help!
Very kind of you to also do the video on white. It's is very helpful to have lessons on how to use different brushes. Such tutorials are rare, but it's important to have such skills.
Merci beaucoup pour tous les trucs qui nous encourage à peindre😊
My pleasure!
Thank you,I didn’t know there were different types of fan brushes
You’re welcome 😉
Great lesson - wondered why some fan bushes work so well and others not so much - thank you ! ❤
You're welcome!
I've had the same brushes since college recently saw the edges were worn out. Now have even more to consider for replacement or add to my collection
love love your videos so easy to follow
You are so good. Thanks for taking the time to help us out that do not know the difference. Take care.
I love this video...I am only recent to your channel, I love your teaching method, you provide so much Thank you
This is SO helpful. An excellent teaching session, much needed for me. Thank you!
You are so welcome!
Thanks so much!!! This explains why some things were working and some not. : )
This was a terrific lesson and I've been an amateur painter for years. I learned a lot. Thank you.
Thank you for taking the time to demonstrate these brushes!
You are so welcome!
Thank you sooo much. I loved that tutorial. I'm trying to learn by doing but sometimes you just need somebody to show you the right way. That was you. Subscribed.
Thanks Janet, Glad it was helpful!☺️
Thank you. I was trying to paint pine trees but with a soft fan brush and was not getting the results I wanted. The same with the bushes. I was ready to tear my hair out. I did get the grasses in beautifully with the soft brush. Making a trip to the craft store for the stiffer brush.
Genial toutes ces explication. Merci. Martine de Belgique 😊❤
Thank you 😊
24:41 loved this lesson..I'm just getting back into painting after 45+ years...lol ..I have also done leather work and ended up painting a lot of it with acrylics and used my fan slot on water...breaking waves especially. But this lesson brought back a lot that I had forgotten. Thanks so much for sharing and looking for are to more...❤
That is awesome!
Wow that's awesome thank you new at all of watercolors and drawing every little thing helps. Your so easy to follow and understand. Will be watching you again .❤😊
Great demonstration. I will definitely benefit from your instructions. Thanks for the info.
Great to hear! Thanks 😊
I learned sooooo much with this video and the liner video. Thank you!
Wonderful learning experience. Thanks Joni 😊
Glad you enjoyed it!
I enjoyed this tutorial. I would like to see how to do shading and blending with a certain brush. I’m not sure if you have already done one but I thought I would ask anyway. Thank you for providing these.
Oh Wow! I have learnt so much in this video! Many thanks Jodi❤
So glad! Thanks for leaving a comment
Thank you ❤❤
You're welcome 😊
Tyvm ❤ you don't know how much this helps me!
I'm so pleased I've watched this as I was never quite sure how to use a fan brush, thank you 😃
Thanks for watching!
Thank you! Great explanation! Help me a lot as I'm just started to paint.
Nice tutorial. Thank you. Hard to see on a dark canvas!
Thank you for the video, I learned a lot!
Glad to hear it! Thank you Jane
Your demo is wonderful. You have such a soothing voice and really get the job done. I can't wait to work on this. Thank you so much
Thank you 🤗
Such an informative tutorial. I’ve learnt so much from it. Thank you so much
You’re welcome 🩷
Thank you for this. I adore waterfalls and now can't wait to give this a go.
Have fun!
Thx Joni ! I needed this one...do have both and have used the wrong one at times ,visa-versa!!
So glad I decided on demonstrating both n this video! Thank you for commenting and the positive feedback Tracy🤗
I like! The stiff fan brush on waterfalls. It shows texture
It is kinda cool, you’re right!
Thank you so much your a great lovely teacher and most wonderful artist painter. Thank you so much❤❤❤❤🎉🎉
Thank you so much 😀
Thank you Joni❤ Love your videos 🎉
Glad you like them! Thanks
Спасибо вам огромное за эти уроки! Бывает рисуешь и думаешь, что же я делаю не так? Спасибо Вам!
Very helpful! Thank you!
Very informative Joni, thank you so much for being a great teacher. ❤❤
Awesome ☺️. Thank you so much…. Yes, please show us how to load and use all the brushes. I’m just learning so this is so helpful. Thank you 🙏🏼
Great video!,, . I can't believe that I never noticed that my fan brushes were different softness. I could never figure out why some of my trees turned out great but then sometimes they turned into blobs..lol I assumed it was an off day painting, now I realize it was the brush..
Thanks Thera!
Great informative video. Learned a lot. Thank you Miss Joni.
Thanks Rita!
Thank you for showing this. Now I know why mine looked the way it did 😊
You’re welcome 😊
Watched both brush examples. Learned alot about needing both brushes! Thanks Joni
So glad I saw this video. I've been practicing trees and I noticed my fan brush was doing this (the second one). I thought I was doing something wrong because it kept splitting. Time to go buy another brush 😁
Thank you so much for a great lesson. You make me a better artist 😊❤
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Brilliant Joni. Absolutely love this video and would love seeing more. Thank you so much.
Thank you so so much for taking the time to do this. It is a tremendous help. ❤
You are so welcome!
You are the TH-camr I've been searching for! As a new painter, this information is invaluable. Excellent demonstrations. Excellent explanations. Thank you!!
Great information re the fan brushes the use of the stiffer brush for moss was excellent
Thanks ☺️
This was interesting and very useful demonstration. It might be even easier to see if there was no shadow from the artist falling on the canvas and object being painted. Thanks for your video!
The tree with the soft fan looks more abstract so may be good for impressionistic trees. Thanks for the lessons, you are really good at explaining it all! Very thorough.
Thanks Paula! Xo
Thank you for that, it is a great video to see.
I never knew what or how to use a fan brush. Thank you so much. ❤
Thank you so very much that is so helpful
You are so welcome!
so helpful for me at this time. the universe sent me this video ~~thank u~~
I’m glad you enjoyed it Sue, thanks
Awesome instruction! Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
LOVING these brush technique videos! Thanks so much!
Glad you like them!
I had no clue how to use these brushes!
This has been an amazing, and thorough lesson. I cant thank you enough! ❤
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for commenting Debrah!
Brilliant demo. Thank you. I've learned a lot from this xx
Thank you!