I appreciate you calm, logical and methodical approach to painting. I started painting 66 days ago when sheltering in place was mandated. I have watched many, many videos on You Tube. They would show how to paint something (a flower or bird) but, not how to go about painting a picture. With your methodology, I understand the order of doing things and the process of how to do it. I love the format of talking us through the what we are going to do and then demonstrating how to do it. I feel confident and started to paint pictures because of your gentle encouragement. Thank you for sharing with us your knowledge and skill in watercolor. But most of all, thank you for your open heart and kind spirit.
I'm not going to lie, I worked on this video till 3am this morning... and now I'm back at my day job 😅 I hope you enjoy this video! Give it some love 😉 Tell me what's your biggest takeaway with this video.
I always do value studies... Helps solve the problem before you paint. I think I picked it up from a Charles Reid book. Sometimes the study is better than the finished piece. Thank you for sharing so generously Eric, this is time consuming but it's so appreciated. Love your paintings too, stay safe. 🙏😀
this is a very powerfull method , simple enough to be explain in minutes , but deep enough to be enjoyed and master through a lifetime . thanks for sharing .
*I'm impressed with what I learned from you, Eric! Thank you! I could not subscribe fast enough after the first few minutes of watching this!!!!!! A million thumbs up!!!!!* 👍
Thank you for sharing, this video taught me excellent steps to making a pleasing painting. Connecting, shape, value studies and simplify. You explain and teach so humbly, yet with knowledge, and example that it is a JOY to learn from you. My heartfelt thanks.
As a beginner I really learn a lot from your videos. This was amazing and enlightening. Thank you for being so generous with your time, talent and inspiration.
Thank you. The biggest takeaway for me is seeing the photo differently. I'm a detail painter and often get lost in them. Seeing and connecting the big shape is a game change and really makes so much sense. I can't wait to give it a try.
It really shows that you learned from Andy. The lessons weren't lost on you. I've watched his videos before and you have it exactly. Thank you for your hard work and really great lessons. The painting is a success. Bravo!
I love your videos Eric, I always will type into google and youtube a specific area or skillset in watercolor I want to focus on for a painting, and your videos always pop up, and I click every time, and re-watch anything if seen before, because I connect another thing every time I circle back. But you also make me laugh - the gun reload instantly made me think of Halo, and there was a specific item I hated using and discarded it as fast as I could because the available amount of this ammo to carry was small, even though it was a powerful, time became my enemy when I ran out! Great analogy
I think a good way to go away of seduction of Andy paintings is to do a methodical approach as Mr Eric Li Yin does in order to approach the aesthetic you like.
You are a very thorough teacher. I appreciate your methodical and kind way of teaching. Thank you for helping me stay focused on my art thru these trying times.
You're a handsome artist sharing generously your talent. You're not only a good teacher but have a mastery of your subject with a soothing tonal voice that will attract other artist. Kudos, Eric!
Eric, by now I've watched almost all of your videos... I learn so much from you even though I've painted for a long time.. we can always learn more. You have a way of explaining that is so easy. As for Andy's way of painting, it's certainly wonderful, and I can see you taking some of it to your own work. But I for one don't want to see you change. Thank you for staying up so late to put this out.. and yes I give it some love.
Thank you Barbra. I think artist evolved their work as they progress. But of course, I won’t just all the sudden change everything that I do. My goal is to eventually develop my style as I learn from the artists I like. Glad you enjoy my video ☺️
I'm sure this is going to be hard to learn, Thanks for fabulously teaching, so clearly explained. I will surely try to implement right away. FABULOUS 👌
Eric, I continue to enjoy your instruction videos. I must give you thanks for introducing me to Andy Evansen the artist and his instruction. Your videos are always honest and straight forward in their message. Wishing you much success.
Eric, I enjoy watching your watercolor painting tips and examples. I ALSO love Andy and Joseph - two amazing artists. Perhaps the greatest challenge is learning how to "see" - what my own artist father emphasized. Keep up the great information.
Thank you Eric, I have just discovered your videos. I am delighted with the clear and concise instructions that you provide. The most useful tips in this video I think are the value study first, and then connection of the major shapes. Those are my two big takeaways. Now I must put these into practice. Thank you again.
Greetings from Sydney Australia, as soon as woke up the first thing I watched was your teaching. Thank you. I love watercolour painting but still hard for me to learn. I say to myself keep watching and practicing. Thank you.
Eric, you did it again!! Thank you so much for sharing this useful tip!! It’ll help me plan and compose my painting. I’ve made great improvements after attending your online course. Your TH-cam courses are gems too!!
Thank you May Nah! So good to hear from you again! I enjoy your Chinese painting, and I still think you should incorporate those into your watercolor ☺️☺️
Thanks a lot for your sharing, Eric. Your tone of description is full of the deep and contemplative reflection. I love this way of inside-out expression. I am grateful to meet you at my begining stage of watercolor painting. all the best! Greetings from Potsdam in Germany~
perfect teaching method. Well structured lessons that allow me an appropriate approach to watercolour technique ; I raise my motivation by watching at your videos. Thank You :)
I really learned a lot! It’s easy understanding, precise, just right length of timing! You have brought smiles and inspiration to continue handling watercolor technique which has given me frustration at times. Thanks for sharing your hardwork! Please bring us more and more, enjoy watching every steps, every word you do you said appreciate lots!
I've seen an Andy Evansen demo on the Artefacto platform and it was transformative for me, having just been painting for 6 months. THANK YOU for this video which demonstrated this technique, I'd love to see more videos like this so that I can paint along. Very professional video and I will definitely be checking your channel regularly.
I think you are so humble and all your selc assessment reeks of humility. We learn from the little things, right. Carry on, master. I am learning more from youf sessions on TH-cam !! Thank you Watercolor Cafe 😇😇😇😁
Thanks,, Eric! Andy is an artist I follow and I took his Zoom class. You did a fantastic job of recapping his demos. Very helpful refresher- Notes can't bring it all back.
Love this very helpful class!💕💕💕 value study is a very good idea before the formal painting! 👍👍👍Thanks Eric for this wonderful tutorial! 👏👏👏 I love Andy’s watercolor painting too! 💕💕💕
SO informative! It's like making a notan. I'd never heard of a notan until I took a class in soft pastels last year. It's amazing how much it simplifies a painting once you wrap your head around that "map!"
You're doing a great job, Eric. Your videos are excellent, and I particularly enjoyed this latest effort which is actually not just informative, but also shows how you yourself are growing and learning. Your commentary is right on and keeps the viewer interested, the pacing is just right. I thought 30 minutes would be too long, but it held my attention to the end and that is some achievement. Well done. Perfect follow up from your interview with Andy Evanson.
Eric! This was such a helpful video! I actually just this week signed up for an AE workshop, but then had to cancel since I cannot drive at night and am not familiar with the dark areas near where the workshop is. I really LOVE Andy's style, and will definitely be trying it. I like Joseph Z too, but find executing his style way more difficult. I will now go to see your interview with Andy. Cool beans!
Eric, maravilloso video me ha aclarado mucho el proceso de la acuarela, siempre veo sus videos y admiro sus acuarelas. Andy también es maravilloso con su estilo !! Saludes desde Costa Rica !!
That was the best learning experience that I have ever seen on how to use value studies in completing a watercolor painting. Bravo. Well done. By the way, I'm in my late 80's and recently got back to pen and ink sketching and watercolors. I love Urban Sketching, but eye issues-macular degeneration- are a challenge to all my efforts.
A friend of mine always encourages joining shapes and I 'got' what they were saying but this video really made me understand much better. Thank you for working on this and sharing this information, I'm going to really try to apply to my work.
Hi Eric - I loved this!!!!! I’m sooo glad you worked from value study to colour painting, this is such a valuable learning tool which helps to simplify the painting process - and I love how you went into detail about connecting shapes - I love Andy Evansen’s way of teaching too, lucky you for being able to go to his workshop.... I live in Australia and if it’s impossible to get into one of Joseph Zbukvic’s workshops here then my chances are pretty slim of getting to America for one of Andy’s workshops. You must’ve been pretty excited to get this video out to have stayed up so late... thanks, I really appreciate your efforts.
That was really interesting to watch. I am going to use the value tecnique to simplify my paintings. I am very much a beginner so simplicity really does it for me. Great video. Thanks for sharing. :)
Great tips, Eric! If I can connect shapes by values, my paintings will be much less “rigid”, like they often are. Also, great tip on keeping your pencil on the paper when drawing. I tend to get lost when drawing something with detail because I pick up my pencil too often. And Simplify! Best tip ever. Thanks for a great lesson!
I appreciate you calm, logical and methodical approach to painting. I started painting 66 days ago when sheltering in place was mandated. I have watched many, many videos on You Tube. They would show how to paint something (a flower or bird) but, not how to go about painting a picture. With your methodology, I understand the order of doing things and the process of how to do it. I love the format of talking us through the what we are going to do and then demonstrating how to do it. I feel confident and started to paint pictures because of your gentle encouragement. Thank you for sharing with us your knowledge and skill in watercolor. But most of all, thank you for your open heart and kind spirit.
I second this!
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I'm not going to lie, I worked on this video till 3am this morning... and now I'm back at my day job 😅
I hope you enjoy this video! Give it some love 😉 Tell me what's your biggest takeaway with this video.
辛苦了 从您的视频里我学到了非常多！
Thanks for sharing your experience and your wonderful talent regards from New Zealand
Joining shapes!!
Your effort highly appreciated. Respect n love from Pakistan
I always do value studies... Helps solve the problem before you paint. I think I picked it up from a Charles Reid book. Sometimes the study is better than the finished piece. Thank you for sharing so generously Eric, this is time consuming but it's so appreciated. Love your paintings too, stay safe. 🙏😀
this is a very powerfull method , simple enough to be explain in minutes , but deep enough to be enjoyed and master through a lifetime . thanks for sharing .
I'm soo pleased to see you back with us. ❤❤❤❤
Thank YOU for a Great video. Your teachings are Phenomenal. From Cape Town.
I appreciate the tribes ascend reference, rest in peace. What a great game.
*I'm impressed with what I learned from you, Eric! Thank you! I could not subscribe fast enough after the first few minutes of watching this!!!!!! A million thumbs up!!!!!* 👍
Thank you. Learning my palette and having my washes prepared and generally being more organised seems needs to be my priority for now. ❤
Thank you for sharing, this video taught me excellent steps to making a pleasing painting. Connecting, shape, value studies and simplify.
You explain and teach so humbly, yet with knowledge, and example that it is a JOY to learn from you. My heartfelt thanks.
What a marvelous tutorial. Great, big forms are a great opening for me
As a beginner I really learn a lot from your videos. This was amazing and enlightening. Thank you for being so generous with your time, talent and inspiration.
Great minds do think alike!
Thank YOU 😊
Absolutely brilliant tutorial which shows how to apply value study to final art piece in observable way.
anazing! deconstructing a painting using values, shapes and lines.
I agree with admiring both andy and Joseph. I will look you up on my laptop
You are a great teacher. Thank you for sharing these great tips. The scene you've painted turned out very nicely.
What a Game Changer..!! Thank You for Sharing..!!
Subscribed..!! 👊😎
This technique is extraordinary and very useful.
Wow! It looks like looking at the scene. Another beautiful painting Eric. Thank you.
Thank you. The biggest takeaway for me is seeing the photo differently. I'm a detail painter and often get lost in them. Seeing and connecting the big shape is a game change and really makes so much sense. I can't wait to give it a try.
It really shows that you learned from Andy. The lessons weren't lost on you. I've watched his videos before and you have it exactly. Thank you for your hard work and really great lessons. The painting is a success. Bravo!
I love your videos Eric, I always will type into google and youtube a specific area or skillset in watercolor I want to focus on for a painting, and your videos always pop up, and I click every time, and re-watch anything if seen before, because I connect another thing every time I circle back. But you also make me laugh - the gun reload instantly made me think of Halo, and there was a specific item I hated using and discarded it as fast as I could because the available amount of this ammo to carry was small, even though it was a powerful, time became my enemy when I ran out! Great analogy
Thanks for the excellent demo and sharing the study as well as the sumarized ideas from Andy Evansen's workshop!
Thanks you Eric. I love your lessons. Very simple and clear.
This is so helpful and the problems i am experiencing with value were covered. Thanks so much!❤
That was so insightful Thankyou so much. Excellent demonstration 👏👍🎨🖌
Andy is amazing. His paintings are so simple but yet impossible for me to take my eyes from them.
I think a good way to go away of seduction of Andy paintings is to do a methodical approach as Mr Eric Li Yin does in order to approach the aesthetic you like.
You are a very thorough teacher. I appreciate your methodical and kind way of teaching. Thank you for helping me stay focused on my art thru these trying times.
I like the glaze at the end. It totally changed the whole look.
Great demo, thanks Eric. Now I finally understand value studies!
This is an old video which I'm still trying to practice value study. I'm getting better now 😁
Thank you for sharing your experiences from the workshop. This tutorial was very helpful.
You are a super teacher,many thanks
Always enjoy learning from you. Great teacher.
Watching your videos has helped me improved my watercolor paintings. Thanks!!!
You always arrive at the right time and teach me what I need to go on in my experiments. Thank you Eric so much. It is up to me to try to learn...
You can do it Danilo! :)
You're a handsome artist sharing generously your talent. You're not only a good teacher but have a mastery of your subject with a soothing tonal voice that will attract other artist. Kudos, Eric!
Aww thank you 🥰
Thanks Eric. A really enjoyable demo. Greetings from Egypt 🇪🇬 with love
Eric, by now I've watched almost all of your videos... I learn so much from you even though I've painted for a long time.. we can always learn more. You have a way of explaining that is so easy.
As for Andy's way of painting, it's certainly wonderful, and I can see you taking some of it to your own work. But I for one don't want to see you change. Thank you for staying up so late to put this out.. and yes I give it some love.
Thank you Barbra. I think artist evolved their work as they progress. But of course, I won’t just all the sudden change everything that I do. My goal is to eventually develop my style as I learn from the artists I like.
Glad you enjoy my video ☺️
This is very essential information that most watercolor videos on yt don’t provide. Most excellent! Thanks Eric!!
I'm sure this is going to be hard to learn, Thanks for fabulously teaching, so clearly explained. I will surely try to implement right away. FABULOUS 👌
Eric, I continue to enjoy your instruction videos. I must give you thanks for introducing me to Andy Evansen the artist and his instruction. Your videos are always honest and straight forward in their message. Wishing you much success.
beautifully done and such sincere effort from your side for your viewers to learn from your work
Thank you! it was a great example i enjoyed the whole process!
Wonderful lesson. Thank you!
Eric, I enjoy watching your watercolor painting tips and examples. I ALSO love Andy and Joseph - two amazing artists. Perhaps the greatest challenge is learning how to "see" - what my own artist father emphasized. Keep up the great information.
Thank you Eric, I have just discovered your videos. I am delighted with the clear and concise instructions that you provide. The most useful tips in this video I think are the value study first, and then connection of the major shapes. Those are my two big takeaways. Now I must put these into practice. Thank you again.
Thank you for this useful demo.
Greetings from Sydney Australia, as soon as woke up the first thing I watched was your teaching. Thank you. I love watercolour painting but still hard for me to learn. I say to myself keep watching and practicing. Thank you.
Eric, you did it again!! Thank you so much for sharing this useful tip!! It’ll help me plan and compose my painting. I’ve made great improvements after attending your online course. Your TH-cam courses are gems too!!
Thank you May Nah! So good to hear from you again! I enjoy your Chinese painting, and I still think you should incorporate those into your watercolor ☺️☺️
I felt this very useful to develop my water color skils...thank you..very much
My favorite water color artist
Thanks a lot for your sharing, Eric. Your tone of description is full of the deep and contemplative reflection. I love this way of inside-out expression. I am grateful to meet you at my begining stage of watercolor painting. all the best! Greetings from Potsdam in Germany~
Very helpful tips, thank you so much for sharing! 🙂❤
i know its big word but u are great teacher because that what real teachers do tell their students every secret
Thank you for these helpful tips
What a great tutorial. Thank you!
perfect teaching method. Well structured lessons that allow me an appropriate approach to watercolour technique ; I raise my motivation by watching at your videos. Thank You :)
I really learned a lot! It’s easy understanding, precise, just right length of timing! You have brought smiles and inspiration to continue handling watercolor technique which has given me frustration at times. Thanks for sharing your hardwork! Please bring us more and more, enjoy watching every steps, every word you do you said appreciate lots!
Chronologically, I think that this of your videos, would be very best at the beginning stages of like my learning process.
I learned so much from watching this. Thank you
I've seen an Andy Evansen demo on the Artefacto platform and it was transformative for me, having just been painting for 6 months. THANK YOU for this video which demonstrated this technique, I'd love to see more videos like this so that I can paint along. Very professional video and I will definitely be checking your channel regularly.
Very helpful tutorial. Eric shares his thoughts throughout the painting process and that’s invaluable! Thanks, Eric.
Thank you Eric!!
wow, SO helpful! Thank you so much!
Wow 🤩 just wow
I think you are so humble and all your selc assessment reeks of humility. We learn from the little things, right. Carry on, master. I am learning more from youf sessions on TH-cam !! Thank you Watercolor Cafe 😇😇😇😁
Thank you Eric. Great lesson, as always.
Thank you for sharing this with us! It’s very helpful
I like this video so much. How helpful it to understand about the value. One of the best video about watercolor paintings I have seen. Thank you.
Very interesting... I like “our” new method! Thanks Eric!!
Beautiful! And so important to exercise :-)
You are phenomenal. Thank you so much for these cool tutorials!
Thanks,, Eric! Andy is an artist I follow and I took his Zoom class. You did a fantastic job of recapping his demos. Very helpful refresher- Notes can't bring it all back.
Love this very helpful class!💕💕💕 value study is a very good idea before the formal painting! 👍👍👍Thanks Eric for this wonderful tutorial! 👏👏👏 I love Andy’s watercolor painting too! 💕💕💕
I love the word "simplify" you use.
SO informative! It's like making a notan. I'd never heard of a notan until I took a class in soft pastels last year. It's amazing how much it simplifies a painting once you wrap your head around that "map!"
Excellent Eric
Thanks for sharing this 🙏🤗
Great work. Thank you very much
wow!!! stunning!!!!!!
You're doing a great job, Eric. Your videos are excellent, and I particularly enjoyed this latest effort which is actually not just informative, but also shows how you yourself are growing and learning. Your commentary is right on and keeps the viewer interested, the pacing is just right. I thought 30 minutes would be too long, but it held my attention to the end and that is some achievement. Well done. Perfect follow up from your interview with Andy Evanson.
Thank you so much, glad you enjoy it!
Very nice demo , thank you
Thank you
Eric! This was such a helpful video! I actually just this week signed up for an AE workshop, but then had to cancel since I cannot drive at night and am not familiar with the dark areas near where the workshop is. I really LOVE Andy's style, and will definitely be trying it. I like Joseph Z too, but find executing his style way more difficult. I will now go to see your interview with Andy. Cool beans!
Eric, maravilloso video me ha aclarado mucho el proceso de la acuarela, siempre veo sus videos y admiro sus acuarelas. Andy también es maravilloso con su estilo !! Saludes desde Costa Rica !!
That was the best learning experience that I have ever seen on how to use value studies in completing a watercolor painting. Bravo. Well done. By the way, I'm in my late 80's and recently got back to pen and ink sketching and watercolors. I love Urban Sketching, but eye issues-macular degeneration- are a challenge to all my efforts.
i really need this. Thank you.I'm off to practice now. Thank you.
Waw lets see when im able to make my mind practice all that valuable steps...thanku for sharing this content...keep going love it
A friend of mine always encourages joining shapes and I 'got' what they were saying but this video really made me understand much better. Thank you for working on this and sharing this information, I'm going to really try to apply to my work.
So glad it’s helpful for you ☺️
Awesome video. Thank you
Thank you SO much!
Excellent!!!
Hi Eric - I loved this!!!!! I’m sooo glad you worked from value study to colour painting, this is such a valuable learning tool which helps to simplify the painting process - and I love how you went into detail about connecting shapes - I love Andy Evansen’s way of teaching too, lucky you for being able to go to his workshop.... I live in Australia and if it’s impossible to get into one of Joseph Zbukvic’s workshops here then my chances are pretty slim of getting to America for one of Andy’s workshops. You must’ve been pretty excited to get this video out to have stayed up so late... thanks, I really appreciate your efforts.
Really learnt a lot! A superb way of explaining and I shall try the simplification process..also learned how to connect the shapes..thankyou!
Love this lesson so much. Thank you so much
Thank you! A very helpful demo.
SIMPLY AMAZING .
Thank you so much for this video! I’m a beginner and it was very helpful.
That was really interesting to watch. I am going to use the value tecnique to simplify my paintings. I am very much a beginner so simplicity really does it for me. Great video. Thanks for sharing. :)
Great tips, Eric! If I can connect shapes by values, my paintings will be much less “rigid”, like they often are. Also, great tip on keeping your pencil on the paper when drawing. I tend to get lost when drawing something with detail because I pick up my pencil too often. And Simplify! Best tip ever. Thanks for a great lesson!