thanks for your content, its very helping and inspiring. i have a suggestion for more videos, well its more like i am searching for ways to approach it and can't find the helpful video of nocturne with watercolor. really hoping that you post some lessons on nocturne. thanks
This was so helpful. Ive been practicing clouds for awhile and doing pretty simple skies for my landscapes because I just wasn’t bold enough to try the gray and shadows in the clouds. I usually doing my skies too wet and ended up with the fuzzy edges. Thank you for your art and sharing your technique. I love it!
Hi Eric, I often find that when we look at a loose wc painting (even the work of good painters), from a close distance, say 1 feet or painting distance, it often looks dirty. It also looks like a bunch of strokes have been put together to make it look like the subject matter. It looks childish, dirty, inexperienced, lacks elegance. But when you look from a bit far, it looks so good, so pure, divine. Do you find this also? Should I worry about it because I reject my work often because of this reason. Should one look at the overall picture in watercolour, not too close but a safe distance? Does this happen with all watercolourists, even experienced ones? Thanks
@@ES-hr8yx Well that's kinda the point. To represent subject with the simplest lines. You gain a feeling for it with time but if it is something you don't like about it maybe that technique just is not for you and that's totally fine :) Everybody should have his own style.
Thank you Eric!! I will try that now. I am 65 years old and started drawing due to a cancer desease and staying home because of Corona. I am drawing now for about 3 years and sky was always a problem for me😂. Thanks for this super tutorial. Greetings from Vienna Austria Ulrike
I've been a subscriber for a while & have enjoyed many of your videos, but today it just occured to me why I find myself choosing your videos instead of others. It's because you describe your steps better than most artists & you provide the tips in your discussion before you do your demo & then demonstrate those tips in your demos. I find this format so helpful! Thank you! I'm currently doing another online class, but when it's complete, I'm excited to try yours. Happy painting!
@@telfordlee4896 Please take your rude comments somewhere else. I’m an American born Chinese with parents who were born in mainland China in the 1930’s and who have lived here in the US since 1955. They still have accents…and I would never be so arrogant as to tell them how to speak.
I am too a Chinese American, came to the States in my 20s, still speak with an accent. English is hard for Chinese or many Asians. My husband corrects me often, and I appreciate it! And I want him to too! Maybe I am not sensitive to the language- after having been living here for 20 years😆, I don't perceive Monkey's comment as rude. I think it really depends on the person's tone and intentions. People sometimes can get too sensitive to constructive feedback?
As for me this is probably the best art/watercolor video on TH-cam. Your abstract understanding of what mental activity is involved in painting is indeed the key to understanding what REALLY is involved to progress as an artist. MILLE GRAZIE.....Paolo
This was superb! For a complete beginner it was a bit daunting at first; I have tried three times to get even close to your results....I have improved with each attempt and I will continue. Your instructions are very clear and encouraging. Thank you for the excellent tutorials!!!
I'm so GLAD I found such a fantastic teacher. Your laid-back way of explaining each steps help me to get rid of the fear of failure!! Thank you Eric🎨🎨🎨👍
Hey, yeah, I wanted to see more techniques used to create this painting 🖌️ and in all of the paintings you used some very useful ways to enhance the painting to it fullness. You said that, " less is more ", step back and let flow.😊
What a great video! So many great tips (like making the clouds at the bottom smaller and flatter). You make it look so easy and your paintings are beautiful. I really like you emphasizing the idea of stopping when you think it's getting good. I have ruined so many paintings when I've tried to fix it. I'll be trying your techniques for sure. THANK YOU!!!
Thanks again Eric, I got so much from watching this, love the loose way you painted the sky.....was excited by the way you painted the rain, a pointer I definitely need, and the way to make the perspective with the decreasing size of the clouds was an eye opener....love your demos....the best....
Thank you Eric for your detailed instruction of Watercolor techniques. I hv been doing Chinese painting for quite awhile but completely stopped for many many years. So I feel like an almost new student. I hv learned new techniques from you which were not taught by my painting instructor years ago. I continue to watch your demos and learn more. God bless you and your family always! 🌸🌿🌼🌱🔥
Excellent lesson from a great teacher. You are humble, honest about your knowledge, care about your students and I love your calming and gentle explanations. I’m hoping I can get up to Seattle some time in the future (from Sonoma County, CA) to have a class or lesson with you. Also love your portraits. And finally, I’m so happy your channel is growing. You absolutely deserve it!
Hi Eric, you are probably the best watercolour teacher that I have come across. I don't want to repaeat everything said below (which I agree with) but I am so grateful for the steps & detail that you demonstarate along with quality of preparation taken to make your video presentations so very helpful & informative. A big thanks you...
My first try at painting a cloud looked like a potato; my second looked like two potatoes playing chicken. Your tutorials made a huge improvement. Thank you for your tutorials Eric.
Eric, you have inspired me to start painting again, I seem to have stopped when lock down started, I got in a cleaning/organizing mode! But I'm ready to paint clouds again! Your instructions are so clear, and practice, practice for the fun of it! Thank you, blessings
Thank you! I have been searching for an tutorial that actually teaches something. So many videos say "Tutorial" in their titles; but they are almost all timelapse/speedpaint. I appreciate how you mention clouds get flatter near the horizon line ( i had not noticed that in real life before). Other artist's videos, claiming to be tutorials, give no insight behind the reasons for each brush stroke, placement of a brush stroke on the paper or color choice. So, thank you THANK YOU!😄 for this tutorial.
Drawing shapes is very difficult for many students who learn to draw. Clouds do not have a fixed shape and it is actually more difficult to draw. Your demonstration is very good. Thank you for sharing, 👍!
Great demo, Eric, as usual. The idea of perspective resulting in thinner clouds in the distance was a new concept but once seen makes perfect sense. I have to say, when you describe a technique as "easy" in your classes I always roll my eyes and chuckle. For you, yes. For me...well maybe someday. Thank you!
This is something new and an interesting approach for me, Eric. Whenever I paint clouds, I love to put a mix of hard and soft edges but more on the hard edges actually. I always admire your loose strokes for the clouds. Will definitely give this approach a try 😍
I'm obsessed with clouds and sky. This was the best video on the subject ever! Love the shadows on the water. Love the tiniest bit of dry brushing in the gloomy painting.
This is like a full course on clouds. Taking us through step by step to ultimately full demos. Thank you so much. I struggle a lot with clouds and overworking is very hard to stop
Great work, very much liked the technical explanation of the perspective influence over the forms and shadows as well as the diffusion of light due to overcast clouds.
Hi Eric Just to thank you for your willingness to teach free cloud painting techniques This was something I also had difficulty with and this video helped a lot to clarify some doubts I had. Your explanation is clear and I like the passion you put in the explanation Thanks a lot man Lisbon, Portugal
I think you’re doing a great job in your descriptions and I like your brush strokes. Could you please let us know exactly what colors you’re mixing together for everything?!? Thank you in advance!
I really, really appreciate this video a lot!!!! Painting clouds has always been my waterloo. This video proved to be an ultimate help!!! Thank you so much!!!
Thank you so much, Eric. You make it look so easy with brilliant results. Great techniques. After my third time watching, time for me to practice 😄😄 - fortunately, your explanations make that much easier.
I learned so much from this video, as with all of your videos. You explain your process so well. Some instructional videos are intimidating, but yours give me a calm confidence. Thank you for another insightful lesson.
Eric, thank you very much for sharing your talent and knowledge in painting clouds in watercolor. You have a teaching style that is very thorough and patient and I think I can finally attempt to paint clouds. Thank you. I subscribed and liked your video. 🎨🖌
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Can't agree more with you: every time I overwork my watercolor,I don't like the result so I repaint my image in a more spontaneous way and it's always better. Thank you for sharing this, we can really learn from seeing you painting 👍
💛 Watching you paint (especially your wide skies with clouds) is such a calm and peaceful experience, with after effects similar to a mindfulness meditation. Thank you. 🕊️
Thank you, Eric!! I don't have a job right now, but when I do. I'm buying your course. I am grateful that you're putting up amazing content for free access.
Just awsome session.. Very detailed.. I loved how you not care for the exact shape of cloud to be on your painting but it still looked so perfect.. This was really vwry helpful.. In ways that.. We dont need to copy the clouds and just have to play with the property of watercoloura. Thankyou.
Yes I haven’t painted for quite a while I was cleaning and cleaning the house. But I really have to get serious about painting and I really like your videos thank you so much for your teaching
Love the tutorial - and your painting in general. I’d love to see a brilliant, multicoloured sunset or sunrise. I imagine that you use different background hues, with bursting colour wet on wet to help with that effect.
Hello Sir Eric, I am coming back to watercolor and I always watch your videos to help me guide my way to be a better artist. The way you explain things always removes my fears away from painting.
I’m obsessed with clouds! I look at clouds and take pictures hoping to recreate them, but I’m always disappointed. I hope I can improve with this lesson. Thank you!
Hi, I have just subscribed to your channel. Your cloud paintings are awesome! I am good at drawing, but new to watercolour painting so I shall be visiting your channel often. Many thanks for sharing your knowledge. Terry. UK
Wonderful work, Eric. It's been quite a while since I tried to work with clouds. Thanks for the inspiration. I take lots of sunset pictures that have dramatic clouds.
This is something I want and need to work on. I love skies and want to get better. This video was so helpful, as are all your videos. Thank you so much, Eric! :)
Eric, love your demos & explanations, tips & encouraging suggestions. Learned a lot from watching your videos. Wish you every success! Gumnutanne - Australia
Thank you for this, really informative video and it's always a joy to watch you apply what you teach. I like how painting/drawing the elements can be done super loosely, in this almost abstract way, and still come out great. Now all we need is a video on how to paint fire/flames 😂
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Do you like clouds? I hope today’s video will be helpful for you ☁️ ⛅️
thanks for your content, its very helping and inspiring.
i have a suggestion for more videos, well its more like i am searching for ways to approach it and can't find the helpful video of nocturne with watercolor. really hoping that you post some lessons on nocturne. thanks
This video is exactly what i needed
This was so helpful. Ive been practicing clouds for awhile and doing pretty simple skies for my landscapes because I just wasn’t bold enough to try the gray and shadows in the clouds. I usually doing my skies too wet and ended up with the fuzzy edges. Thank you for your art and sharing your technique. I love it!
Hi Eric, I often find that when we look at a loose wc painting (even the work of good painters), from a close distance, say 1 feet or painting distance, it often looks dirty. It also looks like a bunch of strokes have been put together to make it look like the subject matter. It looks childish, dirty, inexperienced, lacks elegance. But when you look from a bit far, it looks so good, so pure, divine. Do you find this also? Should I worry about it because I reject my work often because of this reason. Should one look at the overall picture in watercolour, not too close but a safe distance? Does this happen with all watercolourists, even experienced ones? Thanks
@@ES-hr8yx Well that's kinda the point. To represent subject with the simplest lines. You gain a feeling for it with time but if it is something you don't like about it maybe that technique just is not for you and that's totally fine :) Everybody should have his own style.
Thank you Eric!! I will try that now. I am 65 years old and started drawing due to a cancer desease and staying home because of Corona. I am drawing now for about 3 years and sky was always a problem for me😂. Thanks for this super tutorial.
Greetings from Vienna Austria
Ulrike
What an incredible video, and a privilege to be able to access it for free, thank you so much Eric!
Oh my goodness "tiny little trees...boop, boop, boop." Instant fan
@kellyking6430 thank you 🥰
I've been a subscriber for a while & have enjoyed many of your videos, but today it just occured to me why I find myself choosing your videos instead of others. It's because you describe your steps better than most artists & you provide the tips in your discussion before you do your demo & then demonstrate those tips in your demos. I find this format so helpful! Thank you! I'm currently doing another online class, but when it's complete, I'm excited to try yours. Happy painting!
Please pronounce things instead of sings. It's 'th' not 's'. Something and not somesing! Just pointing out.
@@telfordlee4896 Please take your rude comments somewhere else. I’m an American born Chinese with parents who were born in mainland China in the 1930’s and who have lived here in the US since 1955. They still have accents…and I would never be so arrogant as to tell them how to speak.
@@uclapt I agree. My sentiments exactly.
@@telfordlee4896 That is just mean. Go away. Do you know a second language?
I am too a Chinese American, came to the States in my 20s, still speak with an accent. English is hard for Chinese or many Asians. My husband corrects me often, and I appreciate it! And I want him to too! Maybe I am not sensitive to the language- after having been living here for 20 years😆, I don't perceive Monkey's comment as rude. I think it really depends on the person's tone and intentions. People sometimes can get too sensitive to constructive feedback?
The best sky/clouds tutorial I have seen so far. Thank you so much for posting.
Better cloudssky all over TH-cam ❤
Love the way you paint the shoreline. Such informative instructions. Thank you for your inspiration.
As for me this is probably the best art/watercolor video on TH-cam. Your abstract understanding of what mental activity is involved in painting is indeed the key to understanding what REALLY is involved to progress as an artist. MILLE GRAZIE.....Paolo
I really deeply appreciate your contributions here, this is the best channel I’ve found-by far. Thank you so much
This was superb! For a complete beginner it was a bit daunting at first; I have tried three times to get even close to your results....I have improved with each attempt and I will continue. Your instructions are very clear and encouraging. Thank you for the excellent tutorials!!!
I think this format, with practice and them demo is the best so far. Thank you.
You teach so well. I appreciate all the tips you shared. Thanks.
Love the “let go and let it flow” quote. As you say it’s easier said than done. You do it very well. Thanks
Excellent vid. A maxim I hold close is that a painting is never finished, it is abandoned.
ur videos are definitely the best free tutorials anyone can find, id love to see you do facial portraits! great job as always
영상 초반부에서 핵심체크해야할것들을 먼저 설명해주시고 작업영상을 보여주시니 이해하기가 쉬웠습니다.
오늘도 잘 배웠습니다~~~
I'm so GLAD I found such a fantastic teacher. Your laid-back way of explaining each steps help me to get rid of the fear of failure!! Thank you Eric🎨🎨🎨👍
Just as I was thinking that I should paint sky better, but how…? You popped out on my screen. Very inspiring. Thank you Eric
This is a video I keep coming back to the most, on your channel.
Eric, this has been such a wonderful and useful lesson. Thank you so much. You are a great, inspiring teacher.
Just when I think I've learned all I can about painting clouds, I find this video and learn so much more. Thank you!
Your English are so clean and understanible ❤️ Amazing useful video, thank you ❤️
Perfect wet on wet result. Bravo. Thank you for this video. A big star for you
Bellísimo ✨️ Felicidades por tan bello trabajo 🎉
Hey, yeah, I wanted to see more techniques used to create this painting 🖌️ and in all of the paintings you used some very useful ways to enhance the painting to it fullness. You said that, " less is more ", step back and let flow.😊
What a great video! So many great tips (like making the clouds at the bottom smaller and flatter). You make it look so easy and your paintings are beautiful. I really like you emphasizing the idea of stopping when you think it's getting good. I have ruined so many paintings when I've tried to fix it. I'll be trying your techniques for sure. THANK YOU!!!
I love the aspect of not overworking the painting which is very hard to do! New subscriber after this video!
Eric's video was a great help! I used his concepts in q painting which won a prize in a plein air painting contest. Thanks Eric!
Congrats😅
Hi, Eric!!! You're such a great teacher! To hear your voice and seeing you painting es very delightful! Congratulations! I'm your fan from now on!!!
I LOVE the you way you present the key points. You make it seem so doable! (even after Andy's class I am still struggling with clouds!)
Thanks again Eric, I got so much from watching this, love the loose way you painted the sky.....was excited by the way you painted the rain, a pointer I definitely need, and the way to make the perspective with the decreasing size of the clouds was an eye opener....love your demos....the best....
Loved the video , I'm just started using watercolours, and found this very useful thankyou, Paul in South West France 👍
great job and thanks especially for teaching this subject as I love clouds so much xxoo deepest regards .......I hope you are smiling a lot today
Especially helpful when you zoom in for clearer views. Enjoy learning from your videos! Thank you!
Wow! Exceptionally great art, and clear lessons with wonderful tips. Thank you(:
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania U.S.A
Thank you Eric for your detailed instruction of Watercolor techniques. I hv been doing Chinese painting for quite awhile but completely stopped for many many years. So I feel like an almost new student. I hv learned new techniques from you which were not taught by my painting instructor years ago. I continue to watch your demos and learn more. God bless you and your family always! 🌸🌿🌼🌱🔥
This has been my favorite of the cloud canvases. Very nice.
Dear artist so much thanks for your awesome, valuable guidance. 💜
This is the best cloud tutorial I’ve ever seen! Thank you!!!
I have been struggling so much with clouds and I really want to do landscapes with clouds thank you so much I cannot wait to get to it!
Love your explanations! So.helpful and a nice change from all the sleepy piano music most artists have instead of a voiceover. Thankyou!
Excellent lesson from a great teacher. You are humble, honest about your knowledge, care about your students and I love your calming and gentle explanations. I’m hoping I can get up to Seattle some time in the future (from Sonoma County, CA) to have a class or lesson with you. Also love your portraits. And finally, I’m so happy your channel is growing. You absolutely deserve it!
I love your tutorial it helps me being a good artist now. Soon here in Philippines i will try to join an art exhibit because you inspire me 😊
Eric, this is the very first video I have watched of yours and I found it to be helpful, inspiring and relaxing. Thank you!
Sometimes half of the painting comprises of clouds and Sky. Very informative tutorial.☁️☁️☁️☁️
I loved this demo, I’ll be trying it soon. Thank you for sharing this!
Hi Eric, you are probably the best watercolour teacher that I have come across. I don't want to repaeat everything said below (which I agree with) but I am so grateful for the steps & detail that you demonstarate along with quality of preparation taken to make your video presentations so very helpful & informative. A big thanks you...
Thank you 😊
The BEST tutorial video I’ve watched by far. Thank you so much. So well explained in simple terms all the way through.
Thank you for taking the time to explain and demonstrate! You work is amazing and your teaching style is very much appreciated.
My first try at painting a cloud looked like a potato; my second looked like two potatoes playing chicken. Your tutorials made a huge improvement. Thank you for your tutorials Eric.
Eric, you have inspired me to start painting again, I seem to have stopped when lock down started, I got in a cleaning/organizing mode! But I'm ready to paint clouds again! Your instructions are so clear, and practice, practice for the fun of it! Thank you, blessings
Thank you! I have been searching for an tutorial that actually teaches something. So many videos say "Tutorial" in their titles; but they are almost all timelapse/speedpaint. I appreciate how you mention clouds get flatter near the horizon line ( i had not noticed that in real life before). Other artist's videos, claiming to be tutorials, give no insight behind the reasons for each brush stroke, placement of a brush stroke on the paper or color choice. So, thank you THANK YOU!😄 for this tutorial.
Really love the way you teach. I’ve been subscribed but didn’t take time to listen as much. Now I’m intrigued.Thank you
Drawing shapes is very difficult for many students who learn to draw. Clouds do not have a fixed shape and it is actually more difficult to draw. Your demonstration is very good. Thank you for sharing, 👍!
Great demo, Eric, as usual. The idea of perspective resulting in thinner clouds in the distance was a new concept but once seen makes perfect sense. I have to say, when you describe a technique as "easy" in your classes I always roll my eyes and chuckle. For you, yes. For me...well maybe someday. Thank you!
This is something new and an interesting approach for me, Eric. Whenever I paint clouds, I love to put a mix of hard and soft edges but more on the hard edges actually. I always admire your loose strokes for the clouds. Will definitely give this approach a try 😍
I'm obsessed with clouds and sky. This was the best video on the subject ever! Love the shadows on the water. Love the tiniest bit of dry brushing in the gloomy painting.
This is the best watercolour channel I found on youtube. It's so practical for beginners
All those cloudscapes are extremely beautiful
Still... not as extraordinary as the real thing 😛 but I learn not to compare them
This is like a full course on clouds. Taking us through step by step to ultimately full demos. Thank you so much. I struggle a lot with clouds and overworking is very hard to stop
I really benefit from your discussion of your painting process as you are painting.😊
you give me hope to continue with watercolors, thank you sooo much .
Great work, very much liked the technical explanation of the perspective influence over the forms and shadows as well as the diffusion of light due to overcast clouds.
Clouds ARE so beautiful and I’ve had such a hard time painting them. I’m anxious to try again now. Thank you so much Eric!
Hi Eric
Just to thank you for your willingness to teach free cloud painting techniques
This was something I also had difficulty with and this video helped a lot to clarify some doubts I had. Your explanation is clear and I like the passion you put in the explanation
Thanks a lot man
Lisbon, Portugal
I enjoy your watercolor demos so much and have learned a lot from you. Thank you!
I think you’re doing a great job in your descriptions and I like your brush strokes. Could you please let us know exactly what colors you’re mixing together for everything?!? Thank you in advance!
I really, really appreciate this video a lot!!!! Painting clouds has always been my waterloo. This video proved to be an ultimate help!!! Thank you so much!!!
Thank you so much, Eric. You make it look so easy with brilliant results. Great techniques. After my third time watching, time for me to practice 😄😄 - fortunately, your explanations make that much easier.
I learned so much from this video, as with all of your videos. You explain your process so well. Some instructional videos are intimidating, but yours give me a calm confidence. Thank you for another insightful lesson.
This is great thank you. I'm a beginner and you are a very good teacher. Your finished works are awesome
Eric, thank you very much for sharing your talent and knowledge in painting clouds in watercolor.
You have a teaching style that is very thorough and patient and I think I can finally attempt to paint clouds. Thank you. I subscribed and liked your video. 🎨🖌
Can't agree more with you: every time I overwork my watercolor,I don't like the result so I repaint my image in a more spontaneous way and it's always better. Thank you for sharing this, we can really learn from seeing you painting 👍
Very simple and clear instructions
Yet to try, hope it helps to overcome my fear for the clouds
💛 Watching you paint (especially your wide skies with clouds) is such a calm and peaceful experience, with after effects similar to a mindfulness meditation. Thank you. 🕊️
Thank you, Eric!! I don't have a job right now, but when I do. I'm buying your course. I am grateful that you're putting up amazing content for free access.
Just awsome session.. Very detailed.. I loved how you not care for the exact shape of cloud to be on your painting but it still looked so perfect.. This was really vwry helpful.. In ways that.. We dont need to copy the clouds and just have to play with the property of watercoloura. Thankyou.
Thank you, cloud perspective is something that I had not considered, what a a difference that makes!
I enjoy listening and watching you paint, you are very descriptive .
I love making clouds ☁️ and I do agree it’s not so easy to draw them with any medium. The techniques you demonstrate are helpful for everyone 👍
Yes I haven’t painted for quite a while I was cleaning and cleaning the house. But I really have to get serious about painting and I really like your videos thank you so much for your teaching
Always love your demo, Eric. You are a superb teacher! Thank you so much
Also that distant raining got my heart
Love the tutorial - and your painting in general. I’d love to see a brilliant, multicoloured sunset or sunrise. I imagine that you use different background hues, with bursting colour wet on wet to help with that effect.
*fantastic, becouse you do the painting soo quickly , This is watercolor , i have been painting a Year, with thick paint, Thanks for you tutoreals.
The best teacher, thanks Eric!
Terrific painting and the best narration of anything out there.
Just started yesterday a Cloud scene. Your video will be epic help. thank you!
Hello Sir Eric, I am coming back to watercolor and I always watch your videos to help me guide my way to be a better artist. The way you explain things always removes my fears away from painting.
and the fact that you are a video game artist, my trust and respect for you increases 200%.
Thanks!
Bedankt
I’m obsessed with clouds! I look at clouds and take pictures hoping to recreate them, but I’m always disappointed. I hope I can improve with this lesson. Thank you!
Hi, I have just subscribed to your channel. Your cloud paintings are awesome! I am good at drawing, but new to watercolour painting so I shall be visiting your channel often. Many thanks for sharing your knowledge. Terry. UK
Wonderful work, Eric. It's been quite a while since I tried to work with clouds. Thanks for the inspiration. I take lots of sunset pictures that have dramatic clouds.
This is something I want and need to work on. I love skies and want to get better. This video was so helpful, as are all your videos. Thank you so much, Eric! :)
Thank you. So helpful
Eric, love your demos & explanations, tips & encouraging suggestions. Learned a lot from watching your videos.
Wish you every success! Gumnutanne - Australia
Thank you for this, really informative video and it's always a joy to watch you apply what you teach. I like how painting/drawing the elements can be done super loosely, in this almost abstract way, and still come out great. Now all we need is a video on how to paint fire/flames 😂
Love it
Brilliant tutorial. Your easy manner & describing every stroke is easy to understand so practice is what it takes, as you mentioned 👍👍👍
Stunning clouds. Love this