I love your philosophy to practice one subject at a time. Teaching us how to practice is so valuable. Focused practice! Your landscape series has been ideal for that practice concept! Keep them coming!
This Makes so much sense! I’m one with lots of ideas and want to do all at once and nothing comes out right 😂 I love your classes! Xx I will take your advice, thank you 😊
Absolutley love this! I had unconciously been bracticing this by doing several very similar paintings in a row of sea, sky and the focal part was a shillouette. I concentrated on the sky primarily, and I made a beautiful card that I gave to a friend for her retirement. I sized the painting and put a cardstock mat on it so that she card could be popped into a 5x7 frame. It was really fun to do and I will take your advise and focus on one component at a time. Thank you!
This is brilliant! I get so fed up messing up doing so many mediums poorly because I don't sit down with one and actually PRACTISE one medium at the time properly. Please keep up with the weekly practice - I am doing leaves this week!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I feel absolutely blessed to have found your channel and this video was exactly what I needed to hear. I have been drawing, coloring, sketching and painting since I can hardly remember. Now, finding myself in my dawning years and quite disabled, I am blessed to still have wonderful vision and one very able left hand. Thankfully, I am a leftie! Soooo..... although I hadn't touched a sketchbook in over 20 years, I thought I could just jump back on the horse and be an expert overnight. No doubt, beginning with watercolors (I had only painted in oils in my younger years), was not the wisest decision. But, I have been stubbornly plodding along. Trying everything from flowers to landscapes to sunsets to dragonflies. Well, the list goes on and on. And, as you can well imagine, out of my many, many attempts I have only 1 painting that I am just barely happy with. Your video today just knocked my socks off!! It was EXACTLY what I needed to hear and the very, very best teaching moment that I have been so very fortunate to have heard in the 6 months that I have been avidly watching every single watercolor tutorial that I could find. WHY, couldn't I have found you and this particular lesson 6 months ago?? By far and away, this was the very best teaching moment. As of tomorrow, my very first exercise will be with my best brush, my entire pad of slightly lesser quality watercolor paper and one shade of green. I shall be painting leaves. Over and over and over again. It makes absolutely perfect sense. Perhaps, after a week or so, I might allow myself to practice skies. You have yourself a new and very devoted student! Thank you!
Thank you so much for this lesson in developing visual vocabulary as it is spot on with articulating my struggle with focusing. The beauty of you tube tutorials is that there is so much content to choose from which is also the downside because there is so much to choose from! Wanting to do it all and do it all right now is exactly how I've been trying to 'manage' my art which is so frustrating. I think we all know from experience that learning the basics to build a strong foundation on which to grow a skill is imperative but it is difficult to not want to run with it right away. Your talk is just what I needed to hear at this moment. Listening to you while watching you paint was enlightening and relaxing. Cheers and stay well.
Thank you for the wonderful wealth of helpful information to help us improve and have direction in our art. We are blessed to have the benefit of your many years of experience.
Thanks for a great video, the magic of social media videos seem to jump over the hard fact that practice and mistakes are so important to the learning process. You have given me hope to continue the my practice and love your classes and your style of instruction
That’s because many channels are the readers digest condensed version of how to’s. Sandy is actually teaching. She’s terrific at explaining the theory behind the work. One reason I’ve been following her for so long.
This is excellent, you take a complex subject matter and explain it so beautifully. Thank you for sharing and I’m super happy to have found your channel!
So much good information here! I LOVE doing brush strokes - I find it so relaxing. I was so mesmerized watching you paint I almost lost some of the voiceover! And I agree with the vision of motion. It's why I fell in love with Norwegian folk art (rosmaling). It's not static. Thank you so much for the video!
You really gave me a lot to think about! Concentrating on one subject makes so much sense. I’ve done it in the past, but for some reason I stopped and just started creating landscapes. I did hundreds of trees but not hundreds of clouds, or sunsets, or mountains and lakes and yes, waterfalls. Taking your Watercolor Jumpstart class is slowing me down so I can almost start at the beginning. But I want to take your postcard class …lots to learn there! And your new Christmas class so I can get better with greens and pine cones. And the one with rain…so much out there to learn! Have you ever thought about a waterfall class? I’ve been painting for several years and still feel there is so much to learn. Thinking I will be a student forever! But then I think we are all always learning. Thanks so much for being such a wonderful teacher!!
I really enjoyed this teaching. Thankful that it had perfect timing. I have a few take aways: Limit my learning objectives/subject, and being ok with myself and my current ability (shh all you voices in my head) “You can’t learn it all at once.” A couple take aways for me in this sentence- “learn”- art can be inherit to some level - but looking back my sister actually was much more interested in art and practiced more at a younger age and therefore was the better ‘artist’ (she has those genes, and you don’t- this comment was meant lovingly) And “at once” - hallelujah, there’s time- be encouraged- go pick up that brush! Thanks Sandy
Hi Sandy - great video. I tried to use the link in the doodle doo to go to the classes and I got a 504 Gateway time out notice. I’ll try later but wanted to let you know in case others are also interested. Best!
You mention your brush - I bought my first ‘pricey’ brush and suddenly felt like Harry Potter Diagon Alley - it came in a beautiful box and reminded me of a wand!
Thank you for a fantastic video. What happens when practice doesn’t work? I have sheets and sheets of loose watercolored roses like those in the floral class. They don’t look right. They are lacking something. How do I figure it out?
Sometimes I’ve stepped away from pressing to do something-I can t be good at everything, and that might be the discovery. I did that with the popular “loose” florals like thousands of artists do exclusively (often combined w brush lettering). I could mimic it kinda but it never looked right. Then I realized I was only pushing to learn it because it was “popular,” and once I changed direction I found other ways to paint that I *did* like. I could have chased that flower style for years and never gotten there.
@@SandyAllnock1 perfect response! Thank you! I still wish I could do it but I don’t fundamentally understand it. I think I signed up for one of you classes on doing a real rose 4 ways. Perhaps that’s next! Thank you! You made my day!
I love your philosophy to practice one subject at a time. Teaching us how to practice is so valuable. Focused practice! Your landscape series has been ideal for that practice concept! Keep them coming!
This Makes so much sense! I’m one with lots of ideas and want to do all at once and nothing comes out right 😂 I love your classes! Xx I will take your advice, thank you 😊
Absolutley love this! I had unconciously been bracticing this by doing several very similar paintings in a row of sea, sky and the focal part was a shillouette. I concentrated on the sky primarily, and I made a beautiful card that I gave to a friend for her retirement. I sized the painting and put a cardstock mat on it so that she card could be popped into a 5x7 frame. It was really fun to do and I will take your advise and focus on one component at a time. Thank you!
This is brilliant! I get so fed up messing up doing so many mediums poorly because I don't sit down with one and actually PRACTISE one medium at the time properly. Please keep up with the weekly practice - I am doing leaves this week!
Thank you Sandy for a very good informative video. I learned so much. Have a lovely weekend.💖🌿🍃🪴
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I feel absolutely blessed to have found your channel and this video was exactly what I needed to hear. I have been drawing, coloring, sketching and painting since I can hardly remember. Now, finding myself in my dawning years and quite disabled, I am blessed to still have wonderful vision and one very able left hand. Thankfully, I am a leftie! Soooo..... although I hadn't touched a sketchbook in over 20 years, I thought I could just jump back on the horse and be an expert overnight. No doubt, beginning with watercolors (I had only painted in oils in my younger years), was not the wisest decision. But, I have been stubbornly plodding along. Trying everything from flowers to landscapes to sunsets to dragonflies. Well, the list goes on and on. And, as you can well imagine, out of my many, many attempts I have only 1 painting that I am just barely happy with. Your video today just knocked my socks off!! It was EXACTLY what I needed to hear and the very, very best teaching moment that I have been so very fortunate to have heard in the 6 months that I have been avidly watching every single watercolor tutorial that I could find. WHY, couldn't I have found you and this particular lesson 6 months ago?? By far and away, this was the very best teaching moment. As of tomorrow, my very first exercise will be with my best brush, my entire pad of slightly lesser quality watercolor paper and one shade of green. I shall be painting leaves. Over and over and over again. It makes absolutely perfect sense. Perhaps, after a week or so, I might allow myself to practice skies. You have yourself a new and very devoted student! Thank you!
I’m so glad you had an aha moment! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
So helpful as everyone below has expressed. Thank you!!!
This is Brilliant Advice!!! Just what I needed!!
Making Christmas cards is a wonderful way to practice. I send out from 40 to fifty cards and you can practice and get better with each one! 🥰
Thank you so much for this lesson in developing visual vocabulary as it is spot on with articulating my struggle with focusing. The beauty of you tube tutorials is that there is so much content to choose from which is also the downside because there is so much to choose from! Wanting to do it all and do it all right now is exactly how I've been trying to 'manage' my art which is so frustrating. I think we all know from experience that learning the basics to build a strong foundation on which to grow a skill is imperative but it is difficult to not want to run with it right away. Your talk is just what I needed to hear at this moment. Listening to you while watching you paint was enlightening and relaxing. Cheers and stay well.
Glad you found it helpful! ❤️
This was very helpful…you explained visual language so much better, thanks and I loved your watercolor.
Thank you for the wonderful wealth of helpful information to help us improve and have direction in our art. We are blessed to have the benefit of your many years of experience.
Love your “doodle.”
Thanks for a great video, the magic of social media videos seem to jump over the hard fact that practice and mistakes are so important to the learning process. You have given me hope to continue the my practice and love your classes and your style of instruction
That’s because many channels are the readers digest condensed version of how to’s. Sandy is actually teaching. She’s terrific at explaining the theory behind the work. One reason I’ve been following her for so long.
Indeed, lots of folks expect to just sit down and have art fall off their brush….uhhh nope 🤣
Thank you so much Sandy, great video and lesson!
This is excellent, you take a complex subject matter and explain it so beautifully. Thank you for sharing and I’m super happy to have found your channel!
I’m glad you’re finding it helpful! 🙌🏼
So much good information here! I LOVE doing brush strokes - I find it so relaxing. I was so mesmerized watching you paint I almost lost some of the voiceover! And I agree with the vision of motion. It's why I fell in love with Norwegian folk art (rosmaling). It's not static. Thank you so much for the video!
Oh my goodness this video is so awesome, thank very much 🙏🇬🇧
You really gave me a lot to think about! Concentrating on one subject makes so much sense. I’ve done it in the past, but for some reason I stopped and just started creating landscapes. I did hundreds of trees but not hundreds of clouds, or sunsets, or mountains and lakes and yes, waterfalls. Taking your Watercolor Jumpstart class is slowing me down so I can almost start at the beginning. But I want to take your postcard class …lots to learn there! And your new Christmas class so I can get better with greens and pine cones. And the one with rain…so much out there to learn! Have you ever thought about a waterfall class? I’ve been painting for several years and still feel there is so much to learn. Thinking I will be a student forever! But then I think we are all always learning. Thanks so much for being such a wonderful teacher!!
Waterfalls will be next in the foundation class probably in the fall 🥰
I really enjoyed this teaching. Thankful that it had perfect timing. I have a few take aways:
Limit my learning objectives/subject, and being ok with myself and my current ability (shh all you voices in my head)
“You can’t learn it all at once.” A couple take aways for me in this sentence- “learn”- art can be inherit to some level - but looking back my sister actually was much more interested in art and practiced more at a younger age and therefore was the better ‘artist’ (she has those genes, and you don’t- this comment was meant lovingly)
And “at once” - hallelujah, there’s time- be encouraged- go pick up that brush! Thanks Sandy
I sometimes think of it as the "flow or "rhythm" of a piece...not static. How does it draw the viewer's eye? Lovely leaves and berries!
Very informative. I practiced one kind of leaf for a specific card I wanted to make. I will have to practice a LOT more with all kinds of leaves. 🤭
Love this video. Great topic.
Thank you!
Hi Sandy - great video. I tried to use the link in the doodle doo to go to the classes and I got a 504 Gateway time out notice. I’ll try later but wanted to let you know in case others are also interested. Best!
The host is having some off and on problems, try again later 🥰
Thanks as usual I love your lessons 💕👍🏻😍
I do find newer artsts are so eager to learn everything at once they just get overwhelmed and frustrated
You mention your brush - I bought my first ‘pricey’ brush and suddenly felt like Harry Potter Diagon Alley - it came in a beautiful box and reminded me of a wand!
It's like the feeling when I bought my first "new" sofa instead of getting one used. I felt so fancy!
Thank you for a fantastic video. What happens when practice doesn’t work? I have sheets and sheets of loose watercolored roses like those in the floral class. They don’t look right. They are lacking something. How do I figure it out?
Sometimes I’ve stepped away from pressing to do something-I can t be good at everything, and that might be the discovery. I did that with the popular “loose” florals like thousands of artists do exclusively (often combined w brush lettering). I could mimic it kinda but it never looked right. Then I realized I was only pushing to learn it because it was “popular,” and once I changed direction I found other ways to paint that I *did* like. I could have chased that flower style for years and never gotten there.
@@SandyAllnock1 perfect response! Thank you! I still wish I could do it but I don’t fundamentally understand it. I think I signed up for one of you classes on doing a real rose 4 ways. Perhaps that’s next! Thank you! You made my day!
You sometimes say that we can find something in the “dooblydoo” (or something like that). What is that please?
It's a pet name for the description under the video :)
@@SandyAllnock1 Thank you!
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