If you'd like to follow along at home as I paint this there are copies of the sketches and images on my website: www.andrewpitt.co.uk/lessons/1 Also, if you enjoyed this video, you may be interested in my book, Seasons and Reflections, which is available again as an eBook and a re-released hardback. You can buy it from Amazon or at a discounted rate through my website: www.andrewpitt.co.uk where there are also links to other videos and painting resources. Part 4 of the series will be available tomorrow, February 12th.
Thank you again! Excellent demonstration and invaluable education! Also, please thank your son and wife. They are doing a very professional job. Very generous of all of you!
Thanks Andrew for sharing these latest videos. The first part on sketches helped clarify a few things for me. Over the past year I started doing many sketches before painting. Only through sketching can one see where problems may occur and identify further simplification. Many other artists push the idea of doing value studies (using a single colour of paint). Your approach I think is better, because the values are clearly identified in the sketch. Another area that is often overlooked by beginners and students is composition. By the way, I am still reading (and enjoying) the second edition of your latest and beautifully illustrated book. It has demystified watercolour painting and encouraged me to continue with the pure watercolour approach. It is the first and only book I ever purchased on watercolour painting.
You have such an unusual approach that is so different from many other tutorials I've watched. Your precision with the brush you are using is amazing - not sure I could achieve that. Thank you for showing another way.
Thanks for getting in touch. I don’t think of my way as being unusual. The best thing to do is take the bits you think will help you pursue your painting goals and disregard the rest. Hope that makes sense. Thanks for your interest. www.andrewpitt.co.uk
So wonderful. The only thing I love more than your video lessons is your beautiful book. Every page is packed with so much inspiration and instruction. It’s the first book on watercolour that I just keep re-reading and I find something new each time. I’m so very grateful to you. You’ve changed my painting significantly Thank you
Thank you very much for your generous comments, they are much appreciated. I might use what you have been kind enough to write as a review, if I may? I am writing another book which will come out later this year. Thanks again. www.andrewpitt.co.uk
@@AndrewPittArtist oh you may, Mr. Pitt. I’m so excited to hear about your new book. I am so grateful to have found you. No other single ‘method’ has improved my painting so much. When I look through my photo gallery of my paintings I can see the exact moment I found you. Your impact is that remarkable
I have to smile when you talk about not having the sun and wind to help dry the paint. Where I live, it’s the opposite as no matter how wet I work it all seems to dry almost immediately. Do you think that heavier paper would help slow the drying? The Arches 140 lb cotton paper sometimes seems like a sponge. I have learned to try to break it up into smaller areas whenever possible and get through them quickly but still find it frustrating. Thank you so much for these brief, but in depth, lessons. The points that you make in narration are succinct and very instructive. Also, the camera angles and views and the editing are very good and really add to the overall effectiveness. I recently bought your book, “Seasons and Reflections,” and am finding it to be “right up my alley.” Thanks for your instruction and your encouragement.
Thanks for your kind comments. I’m tempted to suggest you move house/country! To be serious, it is not so much the thickness of the paper, but the sizing on its surface that will retard drying. You will obviously need to work in the shade and perhaps cool the paper down with a damp wash, but don’t make the paper too wet. I haven’t had a lot of experience painting in hot weather, but when I have it been out on hot days the conditions have proved difficult. I found the paint drying in the palette was the worst problem. Sorry I can’t help more. Do consider moving further north! Good luck.
you are such a joy to watch. my question is, if you are working with deliberate brush strokes, and leaving it, are you not worried when dry that the colors dry lighter? there is so much about layering and building up intensity. that is what i struggle with. thank you.
Yes, you are quite right, watercolour does dry lighter. I try to allow for that. My second brush stroke has to go with the first, the third with the second and so on. If I then over paint and change one of my washes I have condemned myself to repainting everything else and hence loosing the freshness I particularly like in watercolour. Hope this makes sense. Really, I suppose I’m saying. if you know it is going to dry lighter, make it stronger in the first place.
Mr. Pitt, I did download your sketch for this particular painting. My question is: is there a sketch for the painting in your second series, where you deal with shadows, edges, etc. It also has to figures in front of the cottage? If so, I’d like to know. Thank you. I find it very helpful initially to get that muscle memory going as it applies to sketching.
Yes, I think I have a sketch for the demo you mean. Can you please send me an email to info@andrewpitt.co.uk and then I can send you a copy of the sketch as an attachment. www.andrewpitt.co.uk
If you'd like to follow along at home as I paint this there are copies of the sketches and images on my website: www.andrewpitt.co.uk/lessons/1
Also, if you enjoyed this video, you may be interested in my book, Seasons and Reflections, which is available again as an eBook and a re-released hardback. You can buy it from Amazon or at a discounted rate through my website: www.andrewpitt.co.uk where there are also links to other videos and painting resources.
Part 4 of the series will be available tomorrow, February 12th.
Thank you again! Excellent demonstration and invaluable education! Also, please thank your son and wife. They are doing a very professional job. Very generous of all of you!
Thank you! Will do!
This is magnificent! Expertly filmed and edited! So enjoyable and calming. What’s more is the painting is outstanding!
Thank you very much indeed. Glad you enjoyed the video. More at : www.andrewpitt.co.uk
Thanks again for a great lesson. I can stop, rewind, listen again and learn bit by bit. I only wish I hadn't been so afraid to give it a go before.
Thanks. Glad the videos are useful. www.andrewpitt.co.uk
Thanks Andrew for sharing these latest videos. The first part on sketches helped clarify a few things for me. Over the past year I started doing many sketches before painting. Only through sketching can one see where problems may occur and identify further simplification. Many other artists push the idea of doing value studies (using a single colour of paint). Your approach I think is better, because the values are clearly identified in the sketch. Another area that is often overlooked by beginners and students is composition. By the way, I am still reading (and enjoying) the second edition of your latest and beautifully illustrated book. It has demystified watercolour painting and encouraged me to continue with the pure watercolour approach. It is the first and only book I ever purchased on watercolour painting.
Oh, glad the videos are helpful. Many thanks for your support and encouragement, it is much appreciated.
You have such an unusual approach that is so different from many other tutorials I've watched. Your precision with the brush you are using is amazing - not sure I could achieve that. Thank you for showing another way.
Thanks for getting in touch. I don’t think of my way as being unusual. The best thing to do is take the bits you think will help you pursue your painting goals and disregard the rest. Hope that makes sense. Thanks for your interest. www.andrewpitt.co.uk
Loved the detail you put on the chimneys. Such a small passage but huge impact
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for getting in touch.
So wonderful. The only thing I love more than your video lessons is your beautiful book. Every page is packed with so much inspiration and instruction. It’s the first book on watercolour that I just keep re-reading and I find something new each time. I’m so very grateful to you. You’ve changed my painting significantly
Thank you
Thank you very much for your generous comments, they are much appreciated. I might use what you have been kind enough to write as a review, if I may? I am writing another book which will come out later this year. Thanks again. www.andrewpitt.co.uk
@@AndrewPittArtist oh you may, Mr. Pitt. I’m so excited to hear about your new book. I am so grateful to have found you. No other single ‘method’ has improved my painting so much. When I look through my photo gallery of my paintings I can see the exact moment I found you. Your impact is that remarkable
Thanks. What you have said is little short of incredible.
Love all of these.. they really help thank you ❤
Glad the videos are helpful. Thanks for getting in touch.
I am really liking this real time series. Super helpful, thank you
Glad you are enjoying the videos and finding them helpful. Thanks for your encouragement.
I have to smile when you talk about not having the sun and wind to help dry the paint. Where I live, it’s the opposite as no matter how wet I work it all seems to dry almost immediately. Do you think that heavier paper would help slow the drying? The Arches 140 lb cotton paper sometimes seems like a sponge. I have learned to try to break it up into smaller areas whenever possible and get through them quickly but still find it frustrating. Thank you so much for these brief, but in depth, lessons. The points that you make in narration are succinct and very instructive. Also, the camera angles and views and the editing are very good and really add to the overall effectiveness. I recently bought your book, “Seasons and Reflections,” and am finding it to be “right up my alley.” Thanks for your instruction and your encouragement.
Thanks for your kind comments. I’m tempted to suggest you move house/country! To be serious, it is not so much the thickness of the paper, but the sizing on its surface that will retard drying. You will obviously need to work in the shade and perhaps cool the paper down with a damp wash, but don’t make the paper too wet. I haven’t had a lot of experience painting in hot weather, but when I have it been out on hot days the conditions have proved difficult. I found the paint drying in the palette was the worst problem. Sorry I can’t help more. Do consider moving further north! Good luck.
I like your suggestion to move north. I have a sister in Canada. Maybe I should try that!😊
you are such a joy to watch. my question is, if you are working with deliberate brush strokes, and leaving it, are you not worried when dry that the colors dry lighter? there is so much about layering and building up intensity. that is what i struggle with. thank you.
Yes, you are quite right, watercolour does dry lighter. I try to allow for that. My second brush stroke has to go with the first, the third with the second and so on. If I then over paint and change one of my washes I have condemned myself to repainting everything else and hence loosing the freshness I particularly like in watercolour. Hope this makes sense. Really, I suppose I’m saying. if you know it is going to dry lighter, make it stronger in the first place.
@@AndrewPittArtist brilliant, thank you for the explanation.
Vidéos très pédagogiques, bravo.
Thank you.
Mr. Pitt, I did download your sketch for this particular painting. My question is: is there a sketch for the painting in your second series, where you deal with shadows, edges, etc. It also has to figures in front of the cottage? If so, I’d like to know. Thank you. I find it very helpful initially to get that muscle memory going as it applies to sketching.
Yes, I think I have a sketch for the demo you mean. Can you please send me an email to info@andrewpitt.co.uk and then I can send you a copy of the sketch as an attachment. www.andrewpitt.co.uk