DO this with WATERCOLOUR
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 มิ.ย. 2021
- Could this be the best bit of watercolour advice? I don't know, but it is certainly something that I feel is really important to always come back to, and it is the one thing that keeps me going with watercolour painting, probably more than anything else; and that is remembering to always enjoy the medium itself. Remembering to enjoy the process an to enjoy creatively exploring our subject!
Ok, so that might seem really obvious and very simple, but in the pursuit of watercolour techniques and creating the "perfect" painting in our own eyes, it can be over so easy to overlook this.
Yet, for most of us, it is the very characteristics of the medium itself that drew us the watercolour in the first place! The way the brushstrokes feel, the wonderful way the watercolour pigment and water flows and merges together, the versatility of wet into wet washes right through to try brushstrokes, and of course the deep, rich translucent colours on a white page. Plus the wonderful ability of the watercolours to create beautiful light and of course the ability of watercolour to create so much with so little.
Before we even think about what it is we are trying to represent, simply the look of watercolour on the page is exciting and beautiful in its own right. So in this video I talk about my own experiences with always trying to return to this watercolour mindset, the benefits of doing so and the ways it can help me with my own work.
I ten take you through two of my own paintings where I really tried to make this mindset of simply enjoying the medium the main focus of the painting, rather than the subject itself.
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Such good advice! A million thanks! ❤
GREAT ADVICE!!!!!!
Thank you...!!:)
Thank you Tom
You are very welcome
Words of wisdom
Thank you :)
Thanks very inspiring
My pleasure..thank you! T
Tom!! Your paintings are so breezy and clean -- love the background splashes! Please teach us how to do them. I struggle with this ☺️
Ahh thanks so much Chantel!! ☺️🙌🏼 That’s a great topic, I’ll pop it on the list. T
@@tomshepherdartist YAY!!! 🙂
Great video. Thanks Tom.
Thanks so much, Maggie :)
I love how you articulate your thoughts. Sometimes one needs reminding on why and how fell in love with an artform. The thought is applicable for any creative endeavour, watercolour just happens to be our current fascination.
Thanks for a great comment. I totally agree. Getting back to what attracted us to a creative endeavour is so important. T
Inspirational!! I love your art Tom❤️
Thanks so much!!🙌🏼🙏
Yet another video from Tom loaded with inspirational enthusiasm and gems of “geek wisdom.” Thanks!
Haha thank you!!!! So glad you enjoyed :)
You are one of my favorite artists and instructors on TH-cam. Plus, my favorite color is turquoise too! 😀
Ahh, thank you so much! That's very kind...and yes! Turqouise!!! Love it;) T
Great paintings, great video. Many thanks!
Thanks so much, John! T
Tom, you're beyond brilliant. I have been watching your videos recently. Youre approach is to simplify, make it practical and doable and the outcomes are fantastic. Awesome! Thanks.
Wow , thank you so much for such a kind and positive comment! T
Your work is such a combination of expressive artwork yet honouring the subject by representing details acurately. So lovely to see your process.
Thank you for such a kind comment! Much appreciated! T
Your videos are always so informative and fun to watch. Thanks for another brilliant lesson in watercolor. I’m reminded that it can be fun! Thanks Tom. 👩🏻🎨👍🏼
Nice! Thanks
many thanks, T
Great video! Thank you!
Thanks so much. T
That's confidence.
I pulled up your site to hear the color mixing topic, but could not take my eyes off of this one. Which had plenty of color mixing anyway. Love this!
Thanks so much...glad you found it!!;) T
Love your videos. Thanks so much. Your style and delivery make me so happy.
Ahh, thank you for such a lovely comment!:) T
Hey again Tom, good video - a nice mix of colors there.
Thanks so much. T
Great paintings. I love your loose style, thank you for sharing
Thank you for the comment!:) T
Bravo! Love your freedom!
Thank you so much! T
I love your art tom~Great video thank you 😊
Thank you so much!!:) T
Almost every one of my favorite paintings has resulted from tapping into that freedom and freshness. I was able to do it a bit with hot press paper today. Usually with hot press I bog down with details, or obsess over the harsh drying lines, but today I just layed down the colors quickly and simply, kept the washes to a minimum, and achieved a result that almost perfectly matched what I had seen in my head.
By the way, I loved your hummingbird! So pretty!
Hey Laura! That’s so great to hear!! That’s exactly the sort of thing I was hoping to get a cross...what a great creative story!!☺️🙌🏼 T
I would love to be able to paint like this. Fantastic and thank you for sharing.
How brave to paint the eyes towards the end. I have to ensure the eye is done properly right away, before spending time and money on paint and good paper, only to have the eye misplaced or expressionless. The eyes are everything.
Yes! I do totally understand that. I do sometimes start with the eye and spiral out from there...was feeling brave and the eye was the little reward right at the end (ha!!) Thank you for the input, T
Love all of your watercolour birds videos. Wish I could paint like you. I know it's not a bird, but I'd love to see how you would paint a border terrier 🐾
Thanks so much, Vicky! Really appreciate the support. Have painted a few dogs in the past, will see if I can squeeze one in sometime :) T
Loved this video
So pleased! Thank you:)
I am so pleased to have found you. I am currently trying to get a loose/tight osprey going. You have given me some wonderful ideas. Thank yo so much!
I’m so pleased to hear that, thank you!! I recently painted an osprey. They are a great subject...enjoy!! And thank you for the support. T
@@tomshepherdartist did you make a video of the osprey?
I didn’t I’m afraid. It was a recent Zoom demo I hosted .
Your style is so free and i strive to gain that freedom for myself Which paper do find keeps the pain on top and so free and vivid?
Hi Teri, thanks for the comment. The macaw was on Winsor and Newton professional rough, being cotton rag and rough texture it stays wet for a good while and colours look great!! The hummer was on Canson, Moulin du Roy. It dries quicker but colours look great and it seems to lend itself to quick brushstrokes and is quite forgiving as a paper. I prefer this one at a smaller scale. Hope that helps :) T
@@tomshepherdartist Yes thank you I have W and N pro cold press and love it Moulin du Roy is not available here
Love this video! I've been painting since maybe September last year and at first I was seeing a lot of improvement in my paintings but recently felt like I'd hit a wall and was over-working my paintings getting too tight with all the details. A couple of weeks ago I decided to just use totally unrealistic colours to represent what I was painting to try to loosen up and I ended up having a lot of fun and getting some really lovely effects. One of them has actually ended up being one of my favourite ever of my paintings! :)
Thanks Rosie. That’s so great to hear!! Well done for finding your way through a stuck patch...sounds like you really went for it. It’s so funny how often doing that leads to a favourite painting!!:) T
@@tomshepherdartist Yeah, definitely! No pressure, just fun seems like a good recipe haha!
Definitely :)
Do you paint standing up?
I do yes ...I much prefer it! How about yourself?:)...all though I think I painted the macaw kneeling on the floor as I have a tiny studio!
@@tomshepherdartist I don’t but maybe I should try ,to get looser. I paint at our kitchen table.
I do find I paint looser when standing up, definitely!