This is such a beautiful sketch! I love your use of pencil underneath the watercolours, need to try that, although my drawings is no way near as brilliant as yours. I found you looking for info on white nights watercolours.
All your paintings are stunning but I really fell in love with this one, it’s beautiful and I can image myself stopping for a rest in the shade under that tree. Oh I love it!
+Angelica G Me too, watercolour lends itself well to soft hazy effects, your comments are always a pleasure to read, you say the nicest things, thank you Angelica, its always appreciated.
New subcriber here. I loved your drawing already. After painting it in it gave a very nice effect, almost like some vintage postcard. Very serene atmosphere.
+roden70 Thanks for subscribing roden, and welcome to the channel, I like the reference to a vintage postcard, I guess it does have a similar look. thank you for the nice comment.
Thanks again Eva, Yes I like this pencil and wash technique, its something different to regular watercolour painting, i'm better at drawing than painting, so this method is good for me. Thanks for commenting.
Thank you Wanda, yes I did use photo reference, It was a while ago, I no longer have the reference photo on my PC, it was a copyright free image from google, please feel free to use my painting for reference if you wish.
When you're doing this pencil in the wash, what kind of paper do you like the best the cold press or the hot press? What works the best for you? What do you recommend for beginners of this technique?
Thanks Liz, haven't changed from W&N, just trying out the White Nights paints, they were very inexpensive and artist quality, still using W&N as my main watercolours :)
+smoothie77 Thank you! I really love your drawings and paintings. I spent my early years in the UK, and these are special to me. After a long day at work, I love to watch and then get excited about the next time I can draw or paint. Thank you for all your videos and commentaries!! ❤️
+Maria Kellner Thanks Maria, kind of you to say. I think I will go back and darken the shadows. everyone please take a look at Maria's watercolour website, her paintings are incredible, she has invented a new product called colour previewers, check them out at www.marylkaart.com
+Steve Beard Thanks Steve, I will see what I can do regarding showing the mixes, could do a one-off video showing the palette at the side of the painting as I'm working, it would mean not being zoomed in so close to the picture, I will see if I can come up with something.
Hi......I have tried watching you for quite a while. Your work is outstanding and I would love to learn from you. But there is a problem. You have a lovely mellow voice but,......you speak so softly that I can't hear you clearly. It's as though you were whispering just outside of range. I do wear hearing aids due to an injury that damaged my hearing, but I have to turn them up so much that they magnify every sound and these sounds drown you out. I have friends who also enjoy your work but they too have difficulty hearing you unless they use external speakers with their laptops. Their hearing is just fine. Could you turn up your microphone so that more of us could appreciate the education you are offering? I would be very grateful and I know that I am not alone. You have so much to offer us all. I love your graphite pieces and I am beginning to work with graphhitint. You use them so beautifully in your landscapes and I hope to learn how to do the same. Thank you.
Hi Judith, I agree these early videos are very quiet, if you go to the newest video i uploaded and skip past the intro.... does this sound better? its a new set up i'm using.
This is such a beautiful sketch! I love your use of pencil underneath the watercolours, need to try that, although my drawings is no way near as brilliant as yours. I found you looking for info on white nights watercolours.
Thank you for another inpiring video! Your videos have made me want to draw and paint again. -Haven't done it for about a hundred years... THANK YOU!
That's good to hear, i'm pleased the videos inspired you...after all these years😊
Simple but very effective John, thanks for everything you have done
You're very welcome Alan, its my pleasure, thanks for the comment on this painting, its not my best but i had fun painting it. talk to you soon :)
Sempre fantástico. Maravilhosa obra de arte. Simplesmente admirável. Parabéns professor, sou fã.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Beautifully atmospheric! I'm gradually getting to watch all your demos. Thank you so much , very helpful.
Thanks Carole, glad you're finding them helpful, I will be posting more very soon, thanks for taking the time to view and comment.
Thank you for posting your videos. I really enjoy seeing your pencil work.
Thanks, for the comment , much appreciated , more pencil work and drawing demos coming soon.
All your paintings are stunning but I really fell in love with this one, it’s beautiful and I can image myself stopping for a rest in the shade under that tree. Oh I love it!
Thanks Suzanne, you say the nicest things, I appreciate it very much, thanks for taking the time to view and comment :)
I'm very fond of soft, hazy landscapes, Smoothie. This is a gem.
+Angelica G Me too, watercolour lends itself well to soft hazy effects, your comments are always a pleasure to read, you say the nicest things, thank you Angelica, its always appreciated.
Very well done. Just found your channel and you've inspired me to dig out my paints and get out to enjoy our beautiful Vermont landscape.
Go for it Kevin! Glad I inspired you, happy painting😀
Nice atmospheric painting, it gives you that feeling of "I have been there", well done.
+Derick Chatfield Thanks very much for the kind words Derick, much appreciated.
Lovely video showing how things are done. I wonder what the difference would be if no graphite was used at all ?
Hi smoothie77, very lovely watercolor. i love the atmosphere.
+serge massa Thanks Serge, I appreciate your comment very much.
Lovely job! I think the yellow on pencil looks good to the eye because of the sepia representation, which always to myself looks fantastic.
Thanks Martin, yellow on graphite always looks good to eyes too, I appreciate the comment.
That's a lovely picture I love it x
Thanks Margaret, much appreciated:)
New subcriber here. I loved your drawing already. After painting it in it gave a very nice effect, almost like some vintage postcard. Very serene atmosphere.
+roden70 Thanks for subscribing roden, and welcome to the channel, I like the reference to a vintage postcard, I guess it does have a similar look. thank you for the nice comment.
wow your work is amazing ✌
Thanks Sara, much appreciated .
Another nice one mate. Great drawings too!
+Lee Barnes Thanks Lee, glad you like it.
I am so surprised that no green was used and yet my eye sees green in the scene. Beautiful.
Thanks elsa, the blues and yellows mix on the paper to create the look of greens.
For me it was a great surprise to see your work, so subtle. But what has surprised me most has been to let the graphite pencil look
Thanks again Eva, Yes I like this pencil and wash technique, its something different to regular watercolour painting, i'm better at drawing than painting, so this method is good for me. Thanks for commenting.
So glad i find your channel, i love your style. I d like to paint this scene as you did, did you pant it from a photoreference? Thank you!
Thank you Wanda, yes I did use photo reference, It was a while ago, I no longer have the reference photo on my PC, it was a copyright free image from google, please feel free to use my painting for reference if you wish.
Awesome!!!
Thank you.
When you're doing this pencil in the wash, what kind of paper do you like the best the cold press or the hot press? What works the best for you? What do you recommend for beginners of this technique?
I prefer bockingford cold pressed 140lb
Hello friend! Are you paint on the pencil sketch? Don t stain the draw??
Hi, yes I paint on top of the pencil sketch, it doesn't get stained, I use 2B pencil and watercolour paper.
+smoothie77 good!! Thank you smoothie!!
I think this was really pretty, Thank you
You're welcome, thanks for the comment.
Hope you are doing better, smoothie. May I ask, what made you change from Winsor Newton?
Thanks Liz, haven't changed from W&N, just trying out the White Nights paints, they were very inexpensive and artist quality, still using W&N as my main watercolours :)
+smoothie77 Thank you! I really love your drawings and paintings. I spent my early years in the UK, and these are special to me. After a long day at work, I love to watch and then get excited about the next time I can draw or paint. Thank you for all your videos and commentaries!! ❤️
You're welcome Liz, thank you for taking the time to view and comment, much appreciated :)
great painting and drawing ! Could you please write the name of the yellow.? I am french speaker 😉. thank you!
Hi, yes sure, the first yellow I used was yellow ochre, and the second yellow was gamboge 🙂
Замечательная графика у вас выходит!) напоминает стиль Альбрехта Дюрера) Вы рисунок так карандашом прорабатываете или линером?
Thank you! I used pencil for drawing the line work.
nice painting! white night paints are a little different to use!
Thanks Glenn, I'm slowly getting use to them.
beautiful
Thanks, kind of you to say.
Beautiful back lighting scene,if you want the shadows darker ,you could let I'd dry ,go back end. make them stronger.
+Maria Kellner Thanks Maria, kind of you to say. I think I will go back and darken the shadows. everyone please take a look at Maria's watercolour website, her paintings are incredible, she has invented a new product called colour previewers, check them out at www.marylkaart.com
In my opinion the shadows are very nice, early morning shadows are quite subdued and diffuse I think. I've walked this path many times...
+Dave Jenkel That's true about the shadows, maybe the foreground shadows are fine as they are then, thanks for the comment Dave.
Thank you, I think it will benefit a lot of people..
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You are way to hard on yourself, great painting yet again, would like to see the consistency of your mixes before you apply them..
+Steve Beard Thanks Steve, I will see what I can do regarding showing the mixes, could do a one-off video showing the palette at the side of the painting as I'm working, it would mean not being zoomed in so close to the picture, I will see if I can come up with something.
Hi......I have tried watching you for quite a while. Your work is outstanding and I would love to learn from you. But there is a problem. You have a lovely mellow voice but,......you speak so softly that I can't hear you clearly. It's as though you were whispering just outside of range. I do wear hearing aids due to an injury that damaged my hearing, but I have to turn them up so much that they magnify every sound and these sounds drown you out. I have friends who also enjoy your work but they too have difficulty hearing you unless they use external speakers with their laptops. Their hearing is just fine. Could you turn up your microphone so that more of us could appreciate the education you are offering? I would be very grateful and I know that I am not alone. You have so much to offer us all. I love your graphite pieces and I am beginning to work with graphhitint. You use them so beautifully in your landscapes and I hope to learn how to do the same. Thank you.
Hi Judith, I agree these early videos are very quiet, if you go to the newest video i uploaded and skip past the intro.... does this sound better? its a new set up i'm using.
This is Sooooo............much better. Your still mellow but I can hear you clearly. Thank you. I love the windmill. And I will look into Patreon.
Oh that's good, I am pleased, and thank you so much for joining Patreon :)
lovely painting, please speak up a bit the vid is very quiet
Not heard anything for a time mate, you ok?
Hi Steve, I've trapped a nerve in my shoulder, can't do much at the moment, as soon as I'm better I will post more videos, thanks for asking.
+smoothie77 ohhh sounds painful, get well soon..