Paper will buckle no matter what we do. I use a pillow case and an iron. Painting inside the pillowcase face down and iron on the cotton setting. Place it under something heavy and after a little while, it is flat and ready for framing 🙂
what weight of paper are you using? There are a lot of variables that affect how much buckling happens. If you take it down on all four sides, that helps. If you use 140 LB or 300 LB that helps too. And it depends how much water you use. If you get it really wet, it is likely to buckle more. If you use a block of watercolor paper, that will mostly prevent buckling as well. Then, don't untape it or separate it from the block until it's completely dry--not cool to the touch of the back of your hand means it's dry. Hope that helps :)
@@rosemaryclark610 I'm using 140 lb paper. I tape down all sides. I watch Karen and her paper stays wet longer than mine with no buckling. I currently have alot of paper in tablets that I am trying to use and then I will switch to blocks. It seems that the instructors paper never buckles. Thanks for the response.
Erik Sharp I’m theorizing that Karen’s paper likely stays wet longer than mine because she is maybe in the nice, damp U.K.? somewhere else in the Commonwealth? whereas I live in the fair, very dry Great Valley in CA.
Thanks for your message Erik, keep painting on the paper you have. If it’s buckling cut the paper in half and -ain’t on smaller sheets. I find this helps. Then when the time comes swap to the blocks if you can. I do find that the paper doesn’t buckle as much. Hope this is helpful :-)
I know this and other videos are a few years old but I've just come across your channel after purchasing watercolour paints..I have been all day watching your tutorials!..I'm now ready and excited to start watercolour painting, I've watched many other videos and they are all great but I find you are so east to understand and a fantastic teacher..I love your style of painting. Thank you so much.
Hi Karen. I have watch only a few of you very informative videos and i sit mesmerized watching the picture building up especially the wet into wet paintings.
I am new to watercolour painting and have watched a lot of different people paint and I absolutely love what you are doing. I hope to try some of your techniques in the near future. Thank you for sharing your talent.
Things I've learned , wet your sponge. Have a few jars of clean water. It seem that one must work fast. And twigs from the garden come in handy. Great video. !!!
You are such a great teacher, Karen. I had watercolour lessons about 15 years ago and the tutor was really lovely but the class was quite big and we were working at all different levels. I was a complete newbie. I took what I had learned and for a few years didn't paint at all, until one day I thought, 'go for it.' It's been a learning curve and yes, you need to practice and practice. Yes! The greatest tip any budding watercolourist should know, is DO NOT FIDDLE! The painting is lovely and fresh, and you make it look so easy so it gives confidence to new painters to try it. My brushes are coming out soon during this strange isolation time we find ourselves in. Plenty of hours to practice. Thanks again 😊👍👩🎨
Thank you for your comment and yes do not fiddle and plenty of practice especially in this as you say strange isolation time, that’s what counts, happy painting :-)
Amazing Karen! God bless you. The way the painting eventually grows into you and the divine feeling it creates, is just unexplainable. Thank you so so much!
Yes! Yes! Yes! I'm relatively new to watercolors, and a little bit of a perfectionist. I have trouble stopping!! Less is more. :) Really enjoyed your video about painting cosmos flowers.
I really appreciate your video. You are very clear at explaining what to do and why things happen. I've been painting with watercolor for years now and I couldn't figure out why my paint was so muddy. Thank you!
What I find daunting is breaking down a reference photo to decide how to tackle a painting. When I see tons of greenery or a dense forest, I get overwhelmed and am not sure how to begin in order to get the layers of images and colors without sort of losing depth and definition. I love your painting style. Beautiful.
Amazing tutorial! There is so much information about color and techniques in this video. The painting that you created is beautiful. Thank you for posting this.
karen thanks so much for continuing to challenge us with your tutorials. You are presenting me with an opportunity to work at various techniques in watercolor. I would appreciate if you would talk about the particular brush when yu are painting as I think yu sometimes change brushes. Thanks for working at new presentations for us.
Love your work, thanks for sharing. I just ripped up two small pieces today because they were muddy. I have 6-8 small glass yogurt pots on a tray for water to save me getting up for clean water.
Been watching your videos. As a beginner watercolor painter, they are so helpful and inspiring me. You're helping me let go and let the paint and process do the work. Merci.
Another absolutely beautiful painting that I love and need to try! Thank you so much for the lesson, Karen! Just what I needed to hear. Gosh why is it so hard to stop fiddling!! 😊
Im so happy I found your channel, it's more helpful (and beautiful) than many of the others I follow! I have a real challenge with sky/clouds. I always get those cauliflower looking spots. Is it too much water? Too much fiddling? I did this one with less muddiness and gorgeous perspective though!
Hi Scott, so glad you found my channel. It sounds like too much wet going into damp paint, and too much fiddling. Less is more in watercolour. Check out this sky tutorial I published a while ago... it may help: th-cam.com/video/RE4IsnFKphk/w-d-xo.html
Thank you Karen. Your clear explanations have really inspired me to go to my painting area and got on with my current project and I will try to remember 'less is more'. Thanks again. X
Your work and videos are the best. Any tips to prevent paper buckling? It's my biggest challenge.
Paper will buckle no matter what we do. I use a pillow case and an iron. Painting inside the pillowcase face down and iron on the cotton setting. Place it under something heavy and after a little while, it is flat and ready for framing 🙂
what weight of paper are you using? There are a lot of variables that affect how much buckling happens. If you take it down on all four sides, that helps. If you use 140 LB or 300 LB that helps too. And it depends how much water you use. If you get it really wet, it is likely to buckle more. If you use a block of watercolor paper, that will mostly prevent buckling as well. Then, don't untape it or separate it from the block until it's completely dry--not cool to the touch of the back of your hand means it's dry. Hope that helps :)
@@rosemaryclark610 I'm using 140 lb paper. I tape down all sides. I watch Karen and her paper stays wet longer than mine with no buckling. I currently have alot of paper in tablets that I am trying to use and then I will switch to blocks. It seems that the instructors paper never buckles. Thanks for the response.
Erik Sharp I’m theorizing that Karen’s paper likely stays wet longer than mine because she is maybe in the nice, damp U.K.? somewhere else in the Commonwealth? whereas I live in the fair, very dry Great Valley in CA.
Thanks for your message Erik, keep painting on the paper you have. If it’s buckling cut the paper in half and -ain’t on smaller sheets. I find this helps. Then when the time comes swap to the blocks if you can. I do find that the paper doesn’t buckle as much. Hope this is helpful :-)
I can keep watching you paint forever !
😊❤️
I know this and other videos are a few years old but I've just come across your channel after purchasing watercolour paints..I have been all day watching your tutorials!..I'm now ready and excited to start watercolour painting, I've watched many other videos and they are all great but I find you are so east to understand and a fantastic teacher..I love your style of painting. Thank you so much.
Wow! Thank you so much. So pleased you have found the tutorials helpful! Hope you enjoy your watercolour journey 😊
Thank you, Karen. You make it all so easy. I learn so much from your videos.
Thank you so much 😊
Merveilleux dear. Karen
Inspirational! I love that you take your time and explain how the details are created. Thank you.
Thank you so much!
Thank you Karen , lovely as always!
You are so welcome! Thank you!
Wow! What a wonderful tutorial, thank you so much Karen.
So fresh and beautiful
Thank you so much!
you are a great teacher and painter love it
Thank you so much 😊
You are telling, what l realized, just last week."Leave it alone", "Stop fiddling with it".Thank you, for letting me know , what l felt is right.
Yay! So glad this was helpful!
Your one of my top 3 favorite Watercolorists to learn from.
Please, tell me something about the others! Thank you and greetings from snowy NRW in germany.
Your are an amazing teacher, you sound excited as you paint which keeps me tuned in.
Thanks so much Jennifer! So lovely of you to say!
This is so good…I needed this..and I do fiddle..
So pleased you found this helpful 😊
Not only are you a great artist, but a fabulous teacher too! Thank you!
Wow, thank you!
I give this 5 stars. So beautiful. I am just getting comfortable with landscapes, and this by far is my favorite. Thanks Karen.
That's wonderful! So pleased for your Corazon!
Hi Karen. I have watch only a few of you very informative videos and i sit mesmerized watching the picture building up especially the wet into wet paintings.
I’m so pleased that you found my videos, informative! Thank you for sharing :-)
This is the most useful watercolor tutorial I've seen so far. Thumbs up!
Wow, thank you Yuri, so pleased that you found it useful! 😀
Thank you so much. You are one of the best teacher.
Wow, thank you!
Thanks for this very helpful guide!
Glad it was helpful! Happy Painting :)
thats it i found my new teacher .great content
That’s brilliant I’m delighted! :-)
It's always wonderful watching someone doing something that they really know how to do. So much light in this painting, Karen.
Thanks Ted! :)
Love love love … 🌈🥰🌈🙏🏻🌈 Merveilleux Magnifique travail j’adore vraiment ❤️🤩🌟
Merci Carol! 😀
Absolutely amazing, must have a go.
Have fun!
ANOTHER AMAZING WATERCOLOR PAINTING, THANK YOU SO MUCH KAREN...:)
Thank you so much 😀
I am new to watercolour painting and have watched a lot of different people paint and I absolutely love what you are doing. I hope to try some of your techniques in the near future. Thank you for sharing your talent.
Thank you so much! So glad that you liked the channel and I hope you get to try some of the techniques in the near future! Take care :-)
Things I've learned , wet your sponge. Have a few jars of clean water. It seem that one must work fast. And twigs from the garden come in handy. Great video. !!!
That's great, thank you! :)
Thank you Karen, you explain it all so well. Also lovely and relaxing to watch before sleeping
Thank you so much Cherry for your lovely comment! So pleased you found this relaxing! 😀
That sky and the trees were perfectly done. Very informative video. Thank you.
You are such a great teacher, Karen. I had watercolour lessons about 15 years ago and the tutor was really lovely but the class was quite big and we were working at all different levels. I was a complete newbie. I took what I had learned and for a few years didn't paint at all, until one day I thought, 'go for it.' It's been a learning curve and yes, you need to practice and practice. Yes! The greatest tip any budding watercolourist should know, is DO NOT FIDDLE!
The painting is lovely and fresh, and you make it look so easy so it gives confidence to new painters to try it. My brushes are coming out soon during this strange isolation time we find ourselves in. Plenty of hours to practice. Thanks again 😊👍👩🎨
Thank you for your comment and yes do not fiddle and plenty of practice especially in this as you say strange isolation time, that’s what counts, happy painting :-)
Very beautiful! Thank you.
Thank you too!
Beautiful painting,
Thank you 😊
Stunning
Thank you Amy! 😊
‘Less is more’ indeed. Such a wealth of techniques and approach! As always, thank you Karen!
You are so welcome Andrew! So pleased that you found this tutorial helpful 😀
Love your painting. Thanks for the tutorial as well. It is very helpfull.
Glad it was helpful!
I will try this out. I love the bright colors on the land.
Thanks Nandita :)
Fantastic! Loved all the tips about sponges and twigs for making textures. Very helpful about how not to get mud!
S glad it was helpful Jean! :)
So THAT'S what I've been doing wrong!! Thank you, Karen:)
You are so welcome! Pleased you found it helpful ☺
Really love this one. Thank you so much!
Thanks so much, Karen, for sharing your expertise! Love watching your videos and learning from you!
You are so welcome! Thanks Sharon 😀
Wow, awesome, I loved it.
Thank you Vi, so pleased you like this tutorial :)
Amazing Karen! God bless you. The way the painting eventually grows into you and the divine feeling it creates, is just unexplainable. Thank you so so much!
Thank you so much for your lovely comment I’m so pleased that you liked the tutorials! Take care :-)
No mud here, you make it look so effortless. Love your techniques.
Yes! Yes! Yes! I'm relatively new to watercolors, and a little bit of a perfectionist. I have trouble stopping!! Less is more. :) Really enjoyed your video about painting cosmos flowers.
Thank you so much for your comment Lee Ann, so glad that you found the video helpful especially about the “less is more”! Take care happy painting :-)
I really appreciate your video. You are very clear at explaining what to do and why things happen. I've been painting with watercolor for years now and I couldn't figure out why my paint was so muddy. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
So amazing to see from start to finish. How it just pops off the page and has some great detail... I love it.Can't wait to try this out.
Thank you! Have fun having a go… :-)
What a gorgeous painting! I learn something new every time I watch your videos.
Love! Love! Love!......Thank you Karen👍
You are absolutely fabulous
Beautiful! You make it look so easy that I want to try!
Thank you! You should have a try, it is such fun! 😊
You are a great teacher Karen! Thanks for another beautiful example of keeping a painting from being overworked!
Lovely Karen - the sky is awesome. some great tips too.
Thank you so much Ella so pleased you liked this guy in this painting and all the tips! :)
I have been watching your tutorials all day, you are my favorite teacher, thank you
Wow, thank you Maria! So lovely of you to say! :)
It was really beautiful tutorial .. love u Karen 🥰🥰🥰
Thank you!! 😊
So glad I found your videos, Karen, They are really informative
Thanks so much Gill so pleased that you find the video informative! :)
Best video EVER!!!!!!
Thank you so much Sarah what an amazing thing to say! :-)
Wow. Lovely. Thanks for being so generous.
Thank you :-)
Amazing! You make it look so easy - very inspiring!
Thanks so much 😊
So happy I found you! Thank you for sharing...
You are so welcome! Thank you Marie :)
Beautiful, Karen! I can't wait to try to paint this. Thanks so much!
Have fun!
What I find daunting is breaking down a reference photo to decide how to tackle a painting. When I see tons of greenery or a dense forest, I get overwhelmed and am not sure how to begin in order to get the layers of images and colors without sort of losing depth and definition. I love your painting style. Beautiful.
Thank you very help techniques!
You're very welcome Doreen!
Another beautiful work. I'm so happy to see you post a new video. Thanks Karen, you're wonderful.
Very peaceful!!
😊😊❤️
Another gem Karen just so inspiring- you make it look so easy .....
Love this video! Thank you 😊
Amazing tutorial! There is so much information about color and techniques in this video. The painting that you created is beautiful. Thank you for posting this.
Great tips--love this bright, colorful painting.
Thank you :-)
Really appreciate the advice especially and demonstration tutorial beautiful artwork Karen. Thank you for sharing
Thank you so much Deborah for your comment, so glad you liked the tutorial :)
I’m never comfortable with landscape but this looks manageable and so lovely so I’ll try. Thank you.
Wonderful! Have fun :)
Beautiful.....as usual.💜💜💜
That is Brilliant!
Thank you 😊
Less is more..fantastic!!
It really is Paola! Thank you so much! 😀
Good advice
Beautiful ❤️
Thank you! 😊
Please keep making these landscape tutorials! They are my favourite!!!
Какая красота! Начинаю рисовать вместе с вами! Я влюбилась в ваши картины! Спасибо за уроки!💖💖
Thank you so much 💕 it is so great to learn from you Karen
karen thanks so much for continuing to challenge us with your tutorials. You are presenting me with an opportunity to work at various techniques in watercolor. I would appreciate if you would talk about the particular brush when yu are painting as I think yu sometimes change brushes. Thanks for working at new presentations for us.
Thank you Sandra, I mainly use two brushes and will ensure I’m more descriptive about the brushes I’m using in my future videos thank you. :)
Love your work, thanks for sharing. I just ripped up two small pieces today because they were muddy. I have 6-8 small glass yogurt pots on a tray for water to save me getting up for clean water.
Sounds like a good idea Maggie! Lots of clean water, less muddy paintings, happy painting :-)
Been watching your videos. As a beginner watercolor painter, they are so helpful and inspiring me. You're helping me let go and let the paint and process do the work. Merci.
Thank you so much I’m so glad that you’re finding the videos inspiring :-)
Karen, Your art work is incredibly beautiful. Thank you for these wonderful tutorials.
Another absolutely beautiful painting that I love and need to try! Thank you so much for the lesson, Karen! Just what I needed to hear. Gosh why is it so hard to stop fiddling!! 😊
Thank you Susan, we are all so guilty of it! So pleased you found the lesson helpful :)
Thank's a lot, it's very instructing , i love your videos.
Glad you like them!
I learn something from every video. Thank you!
It was great. Thanks
Glad you liked it!
Simply lovely
Oh my gosh, I've had many green skies...on accident. Great tutorial, thanks for sharing. Love watching your videos!
Thank you so much, hopefully no more green skies! :)
Wonderful demo although somewhat challenging to keep up with you. Beautiful results. I will be trying it. Thank you
Thank you Brenda so glad that you liked the demo sorry it was a little bit challenging! I will give that some thought in my next video :-)
Im so happy I found your channel, it's more helpful (and beautiful) than many of the others I follow! I have a real challenge with sky/clouds. I always get those cauliflower looking spots. Is it too much water? Too much fiddling? I did this one with less muddiness and gorgeous perspective though!
Hi Scott, so glad you found my channel. It sounds like too much wet going into damp paint, and too much fiddling. Less is more in watercolour. Check out this sky tutorial I published a while ago... it may help: th-cam.com/video/RE4IsnFKphk/w-d-xo.html
Ohhh Karen! Wish I knew your tips last night! :)) I should have waited for the first layer to dry!
Never mind Franscesca we all make mistakes ; its the only way to improve! Please watch/subscribe to my Channel for more tips !!:)
Thank you very much for sharing.🙏🏼
Thank you Cecilia :)
Thank you Karen. Your clear explanations have really inspired me to go to my painting area and got on with my current project and I will try to remember 'less is more'. Thanks again. X
Thanks Kate for your great comment! Happy to have inspired you! :)
I’m in love with your work! Everything you create is soooo gorgeous 🥰 Thank you 😍
Thank you so much!
This video is for me . I am the worlds greatest painter of mud !!!
Thank you for this video! It’s immensely helpful
Glad it was helpful!
Your an excellent teacher :) appreciate your efforts very much
Thank you! 😃
Your style is so much fun to do, results are amazing , thank you.
Thank you so much!
love this so much, can't wait to try it ...over and over...until I'm pleased with it !
That’s wonderful Kerry, good luck and enjoy :-)
that's so great, you can tell that you have a lot of experience. I am still practicing!
Thank you for your comment glad that you like the video and yes it’s all about the practising, happy painting :-)