'When you are afraid of errors, you won't make a good watercolor.' An interview with Amid El Haddad
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ค. 2024
- Watercolorpainter Amid El Haddad came over to Holland for the Masters of Watercolour, organized by IWS Holland. I like his ordinary subjects and the way he combines drawing with watercolourpainting. We had a conversation in Leiden where he stayed to give a few workshops for The Masters of Watercolour.
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“When you paint you have to disengage your mind…” “…you don’t choose your subject - the subject chooses you…” so much here! Fantastic interview. And it had that wonderful quality of two friends talking in a cafe! Thanks Titus and Amid. Profound!
Thank you Robert!
Thanks Amid. I can see clearly now. Thanks Titus too.
I’ve been living in a state of deep, dark grief lately. I’ve found myself turning to watercolor and drawing as a means of coping, and helping me guide my own way through the emotions that come with being in this state. To me, watercolor is a perfect representation of grief and the uncertainty of life as Amid spoke about the life that watercolor takes on. Unknown, uncontrollable, and sometimes unforgiving. We have to surrender ourselves and our egos to the way we see the world, and the way our art wants to speak through us.
Beautiful thank you well said!
Come to Islam n success. Tranquility is only in the remembrance of Allah. Allah is the doer of everything. None is equal to Him. He is the Most Merciful Most Compassionate
Congratulacion🎉🎉🎉
I had not yet seen Amid's work and was blown away his very direct method. What a wonderful person to listen to - beautiful insights. Thanks Titus
Very insightful. Thanks
Thank you so much for sharing this with us, Titus.
Such an interesting and thought provoking conversation. Thank you ❤
Wonderful interview! I plan to watch again! Thank you both for sharing the mind set and some unique insights of professional artists!
Thankyou for conducting this interview, it confirms for me that I am on the right path as I can relate to all that you discuss. I was there for one of the days and saw a couple of interesting demos.
this was so wonderful !! thank you both for this... Norakag
That was great! Thank you.
Very instructive and reflected. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Wonderful, inspiring conversation. Fantastic insights. Thank you.
In my opinion the natural way of being an artist is doing what your heart feels and what your brain expresses, like Amid identifies himself ( if I understand it right) EMOTIONs, it’s communicative way that will let your brain show how to move your hand ( by painting) that will make you feel free. Thanks for sharing this video.
Thanks was wonderful learning a lot highly appreciated sir
Outstanding interview! Thank you for sharing this thoughtful and insightful conversation with us. ❤
That was a wonderful interview,so insightful🙏👌
I hope you get to do more of these interviews with other artists. I enjoy watching you painting the artist’s portrait in their studio while they’re painting you as well. Great video Titus. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks! I will.
Thank You Titus and Amid. Wonderful interview with a wise man. Your videos are top notch.
Thanks!
Excellent. A good conversation between two artists.
Thank you Sandra
A wonderfully enjoyable and stimulating discourse. I have referred to the video's content many times and remain enlightened. I do hope theres more to come - Thank you & Best wishes Amid & Titus 🙏
Thank you both! This is so inspiring!.
Titus and Amid, I want to thank you so much for sharing this powerful interview. Listening to you sharing your approach to the art of watercolor was very insightful to a novice such as myself. Wish I could have been there.
Our pleasure!
Wholly absorbing, a conversation as packed with pearls of wisdom deserves to be listened to many times. Note to self - 'You give it and your role is finished' .
Thank you Malcolm
Great interview and he was so interesting.....I liked your questions and you gave him time to talk, not every interviewer has the self confidence to do that. I learned a lot. Thank You!
Thank Lauren!
One thing I liked about this interview was that you can really get something from it either as a beginner with watercolours, or as someone much more experienced- so many thoughtful ideas….
Goeiemorgen Titus, Wat een geweldig interview met Amid, Heel interessant! Bedankt!
Fijn om dat te lezen, Dankje Rein!
What a wonderful conversation you two had. So much to ponder now. Thanks for this.
Thanks for sharing the interview, first of all, it was my pleasure to meet both of you yesterday in Leiden, (my name is Lan), also I have to say that Amid’s workshop was eye opening in many ways for me, I enjoyed it a lot.
Nice to meet you yesterday. Thank you Lan!
A great interview, valuable opinions about watercolor and its practices,,, thank you so much Titus for such interviews, and to Haddad for his outputs,,,
This interview was so helpful. I loved the analogy of telling watercolor to go one place and then changing your mind, that will stay with me, I do that a lot and will think about how I can correct that approach when I go to paint the next time. I would have never have had the benefit of this conversation had you not posted it, thank you very much.
That’s great, thank you!
Nice interview! Congrats to both of you.
Thank you!
Excellent
Jerry Yarnell (PBS) said "just do it afraid".
Thank you for the most interresting interviow , great idea, and thanks for all the rest.
This was a great conversation as many have already said. But what was really great was to hear how two very creative and accomplished artists think about their craft. One gets the feeling that many of the insights and points of view that were shared were spontaneous and seemed to surprise the both of you. Like, "here's a thought I never expressed quite this way, but hmmm, it seems pretty right". What also came across very clearly was that there's no one way to create a watercolor - or any painting for that matter. But it does require a certain level of experience, and perhaps training - whether through a workshop or on one's own - to begin to achieve results. As a lifelong sketcher and fairly recent painter, I can readily attest to that. When I started doing watercolor I approached it more like oil painting - trying to get all the details in at once. Watching you and Amid and seeing your work, and having done more of my own, I now see that I must let the water play more of a role. The evidence of the effects of water are probably the most important part of the medium. I think the more confident and experienced one is with those characteristics and possibilities, the happier you'll be. Thank you for sharing this.
This was the second viewing of your video. It is good to hear the technical and mental preparations one makes prior to final painting, including using sketch books and plain aire preliminaries. The idea that resonated with me is that one learns something from every “failure”. It is an opportunity to learn from each attempt, even when not up to one’s hopes ( not expectations ).
Thanks, I am a 59 year old beginner, that just started and this was really interesting and helpful ❤ I approach watercolor like my cooking, in where I just skim through the recipe and then go by feeling😅
Sounds good Mats!
Wonderful discussion Titus amd Amid. I see Joseph Zbukvic and Herman Peckel's influence in Amid's work.
Excellent interview, Titus! I hope you will do more. This particular rhythm and dynamics of watercolor as a medium took me so many hours to comprehend. It feels sometimes like building trust with a wild animal. It takes lots of patience and a willingness to learn the process from the perspective of the tools you're using (the brush, the paint, and the paper, etc.) It's a gift to have a moment to think deeply about art. Thank you!
Thank you !
I so enjoy these videos. Even though I don't paint in watercolour I am taking a lot out of the vids. Maybe not the technique itself but the mindset, the concepts, painting with emotion. Man, I have so much to learn! I wish I had more time, more time. Cheers Titus!
An excellent discussion.
Thank you!
Very good dialogue there Titus. Amid El Haddad is like you an inspiring artist :)
That’s lovely, thanks
wonderful
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I am fixated on Amid's perfect nose
Mon anglais est très mauvais mais j'imagine bien les propos que peux tenir Amid, car je le connais bien et je le sais sincère et prèt à aider ou donner des conseils sur le sujet de l'aquarelle.
Bravo à vous deux
Patrick Peret
Merci Patrick, vos aquarelles sont vraiment magnifique
@@TitusMeeuws merci, les votre aussi, j'aime beaucoup.
Don’t let art become pretentious.
A person can put a couple of coloured squares on a canvas, a dead shark in a tank; or a bed unmade,
Some people will see this as art and be amazed by it and some of us will laugh. We are all moved by various things.
Just realised that my comment is so pretentious 😂