4 years after you made this video , I see it for the first time! seems like your work still needs to be discovered by many out there ! So sad to see many viewers and that people d'ont take time to put like's very sad! Wonderful work ! God Bless and hope he takes care of all your needs! Merci Beaucoup !
I loved watching this gradually unfold and I am looking forward to having ago using watercolour paper. Your demonstrations are truly a pleasure to watch as they are so informative and helpful. I look forwarded to seeing the watercolour wash on this. Many thanks for sharing. All of your work is really lovely. Thank you again.
Your work is stunning! One day I'm going to buy a cottage in Norfolk and spend my days drawing. You are living the dream! Enjoy and keep up the good work smoothie, I love watching you.
Thank you Suzanne, I hope you find a nice cottage in Norfolk, its a beautiful place and an artists paradise, I would love to live there too, had lots of great holidays there, its always very inspiring.
smoothie77 oh I jumped to conclusions and thought that was where you already live. I’ve looked a few cottages and even a church but haven’t been brave enough to make the move yet. Next year I think it will happen tho. North Norfolk has captured my heart! I’ve never seen anyone draw the way you do and it’s wonderful to watch but would be even better if some of that talent would rub off lol thank you for the lessons. I’m totally hooked!
Oh that's ok I probably give the impression I live there because I often draw, paint, and talk a lot about it lol, Yes North Norfolk for me too! its the best, once you've been there it gets into your soul, spent many family holidays there and always want to go back, I hope it happens for you and you live your dream, its always been my dream too, and many other peoples too lol, its a magical place!
Another bootiful drawing. So nice to see Local East Anglian scenes used. Lochs, mountains and rocky shores featured in so many artists videos don't mean much to me here in the flat counties! Thanks for a great video again.
+Linda Jenkins You're welcome Linda, thanks for commenting, I love Norfolk its an artist paradise, I have had many holidays there, hopefully I will have many more, its such an inspiring and beautiful place, I cant resist drawing and painting all the picturesque scenes it has to offer.
Amazed at watching you draw these pieces. Preparing for the painting. It's all in the prep. You have made me want to start again with watercolour, I have never really been able to master this medium. Thanks for your video's which give me inspiration.
You're welcome Alison, I'm glad the videos are inspiring you, I always struggle with watercolours too and depend on the pencil drawing to do most of the work, it makes the whole process a lot easier, tone work and detail are all done, just a few washes of colour to finish off. Thanks for the nice comment.
I agree, that is where I was struggling. As I said, its all in the prep. If the drawing is good with plenty of detail, the rest will follow on easier. Thanks again.
+smoothie77 Yes, if I can't use my brushes for a few weeks it's awful and then you do feel very rusty. I completely get where you're coming from. Art is probably one of the most addictive passions you can have.
fantastic demo yet again smoothie ,would it be possible for a short demo on foliage yours is the best I find foilage so hard but yours is amazing cheers Warren
The audio is better now. Again a great drawing. Hope your shoulder continues to improve. I am looking forward to your video on drawing grasses. I seem to have a very difficult time with nature (trees, grasses, ivy...), I struggle to make them look natural. I know this does not sound like a compliment, ( I mean it in the best possible way) but it did me good as the beginner I am, to see you have to erase several times. It is encouraging to know I am not the only one who has to fix mistakes. Thanks again and I will be looking forward to your next video
+Christopher Hasty Thanks for the kind words Christopher. I certainly make my fare share of mistakes:) and I understand what you're saying. seeing someone else making mistakes helps us to not feel so bad about our own. the eraser is obviously a great tool for removing mistakes, but its also a great tool for drawing with, I couldn't be without it, its so useful for highlighting and softening areas, its as important as the pencil in my view. Thanks for taking the time to comment,
+smoothie77 Thank you for the response to my comment. I have gone back and watched a good many of your videos after subscribing. I have seen you use the eraser to draw, with great results. However, I am hardheaded, therefore, a slow learner. :) Unfortunately, I'm like my kids. I watch your video, you say something important, I nod in agreement, then go about my way, making mistakes.
Hi, love your work, thank you for your lovely demos! However, I'm a beginner to 'art' and trying to understand perspective, you make the drawing look so easy but I'm struggling with it. I particularly like pen and wash, or straight watercolour but I have such a lot to learn when it comes to drawing! Thanks again.
Hi Smoothie77. i am very happy that you come back... very lovely drawing. i love it. Is it wiveton hall and not wiverton hall in Norfolk? . thanks for your explanations, i wait for the watercolor. see you soon.
Hi smoothie! Another beautiful work of art again and you never fail to impress :) The kneedable eraser you use, is it blutac? BTW a quick message for you and your viewers... If you are never sure what paper is best for what ever type of scene you want to draw and you are using Daler Rowney paper (in my experience) send them an email, as they sent out several samples of paper to see what I found best :) Cheers for that smoothie, because you were using Daler Rowney.
+Agui007 Hi Agui007, the kneedable eraser is Winsor & Newton, although I do use blutac as it does the same job. Thanks for the info regarding Daler Rowney paper samples, I'm sure my viewers will appreciate the info, as do I, I'm going to email them and see if they will send me a few samples, many thanks :)
This is great, I’ve seen the watercolour part several times but not the Drawing. I will try to find a reference photo on the Webb it would be nice to do this one
And of course what is one of the first photographs I find, but your watercolour landscape, I’ve taken a screen shot with my iPad and hope that will work lol
audio defo better/clearer :) beautiful drawing... would love to know how the same subject would have looked in graphite and watercolour... (cheeky hint! lol) always look forward to your videos, keep them coming! :) also, do you have a facebook page or website? -i like to follow a few artists i like (or just be nosey! lol) xxx
+shellelodge Hi, thanks for the comment, glad the audio is better :) hopefully I will make a video of this drawing with watercolour very shortly , haven't got a facebook page or website, several people have asked the same, I guess I should get around to it, its all about finding time to do these things, thanks for the kind words :)
+Maria Kellner Thanks for letting me know, Maria, I will turn the mic volume higher for the next one, I'm still finding my way around this new laptop :)
+Maria Kellner Feeling much better now, thanks Maria, I totally agree, anything that helps is a good thing, everyone please take a look at Maria's watercolour website, her paintings are incredible, she has invented a new product called colour previewers, check them out at www.marylkaart.com
Hi Smoothie, I thought your original was good. I would have left it as a place where cows/sheep congregate to be fed or go out of the gate. The ground always gets muddy there. It would have looked really authentic, but it turned out nicely anyway. (As always) Thanks for the video.
You're welcome Andy, and thank you for commenting, I'm just pleased I didn't totally ruin it, I never thought of turning it into a muddy area with a gate etc.
Please please please speak louder. I find it very frustrating trying to hear you and it detracts from the drawing experience. I would like to join your Petreon..but I'm afraid I won't be able to hear you. Thanks so much. Love your work.
Hi. You mentioned on here that the sound would be better with your new lap top...but it isn't. My speakers are turned full up and you are just a whisper....Have to concentrate too much on hearing you instead of learning from you. Very frustrating .
4 years after you made this video , I see it for the first time! seems like your work still needs to be discovered by many out there ! So sad to see many viewers and that people d'ont take time to put like's very sad! Wonderful work ! God Bless and hope he takes care of all your needs! Merci Beaucoup !
I loved watching this gradually unfold and I am looking forward to having ago using watercolour paper. Your demonstrations are truly a pleasure to watch as they are so informative and helpful. I look forwarded to seeing the watercolour wash on this. Many thanks for sharing. All of your work is really lovely. Thank you again.
Your work is stunning! One day I'm going to buy a cottage in Norfolk and spend my days drawing. You are living the dream! Enjoy and keep up the good work smoothie, I love watching you.
Thank you Suzanne, I hope you find a nice cottage in Norfolk, its a beautiful place and an artists paradise, I would love to live there too, had lots of great holidays there, its always very inspiring.
smoothie77 oh I jumped to conclusions and thought that was where you already live. I’ve looked a few cottages and even a church but haven’t been brave enough to make the move yet. Next year I think it will happen tho. North Norfolk has captured my heart!
I’ve never seen anyone draw the way you do and it’s wonderful to watch but would be even better if some of that talent would rub off lol thank you for the lessons. I’m totally hooked!
Oh that's ok I probably give the impression I live there because I often draw, paint, and talk a lot about it lol, Yes North Norfolk for me too! its the best, once you've been there it gets into your soul, spent many family holidays there and always want to go back, I hope it happens for you and you live your dream, its always been my dream too, and many other peoples too lol, its a magical place!
Another bootiful drawing. So nice to see Local East Anglian scenes used. Lochs, mountains and rocky shores featured in so many artists videos don't mean much to me here in the flat counties! Thanks for a great video again.
+Linda Jenkins You're welcome Linda, thanks for commenting, I love Norfolk its an artist paradise, I have had many holidays there, hopefully I will have many more, its such an inspiring and beautiful place, I cant resist drawing and painting all the picturesque scenes it has to offer.
Amazed at watching you draw these pieces. Preparing for the painting. It's all in the prep. You have made me want to start again with watercolour, I have never really been able to master this medium. Thanks for your video's which give me inspiration.
You're welcome Alison, I'm glad the videos are inspiring you, I always struggle with watercolours too and depend on the pencil drawing to do most of the work, it makes the whole process a lot easier, tone work and detail are all done, just a few washes of colour to finish off. Thanks for the nice comment.
I agree, that is where I was struggling. As I said, its all in the prep. If the drawing is good with plenty of detail, the rest will follow on easier. Thanks again.
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So glad you're back, Smoothie. Also, glad you're on the mend. Great video as always.
Thank you my friend, it's good to be back drawing again, not picked up a pencil in three weeks so I'm still a bit rusty, thanks for the kind words.
+smoothie77 Yes, if I can't use my brushes for a few weeks it's awful and then you do feel very rusty. I completely get where you're coming from. Art is probably one of the most addictive passions you can have.
It is always amazing to watch you draw anything. Sorry to hear that you were ill. Thank you for making these videos for us. :-)
Hi tillygirl, nice to hear from you again, thanks for the kind comment, much appreciated.
Good job Smoothie! Keep em' rolling!
+Lee Barnes Thanks Lee, much appreciated.
fantastic demo yet again smoothie ,would it be possible for a short demo on foliage yours is the best I find foilage so hard but yours is amazing cheers Warren
+wozzi71 Hi Warren, thanks for the kind words, I will add a foliage demo to the list, thanks for the suggestion,
The audio is better now. Again a great drawing. Hope your shoulder continues to improve. I am looking forward to your video on drawing grasses. I seem to have a very difficult time with nature (trees, grasses, ivy...), I struggle to make them look natural.
I know this does not sound like a compliment, ( I mean it in the best possible way) but it did me good as the beginner I am, to see you have to erase several times. It is encouraging to know I am not the only one who has to fix mistakes. Thanks again and I will be looking forward to your next video
+Christopher Hasty Thanks for the kind words Christopher. I certainly make my fare share of mistakes:) and I understand what you're saying. seeing someone else making mistakes helps us to not feel so bad about our own. the eraser is obviously a great tool for removing mistakes, but its also a great tool for drawing with, I couldn't be without it, its so useful for highlighting and softening areas, its as important as the pencil in my view. Thanks for taking the time to comment,
+smoothie77 Thank you for the response to my comment. I have gone back and watched a good many of your videos after subscribing. I have seen you use the eraser to draw, with great results. However, I am hardheaded, therefore, a slow learner. :) Unfortunately, I'm like my kids. I watch your video, you say something important, I nod in agreement, then go about my way, making mistakes.
+Christopher Hasty Haha, we all live and learn don't we :)
Hi, love your work, thank you for your lovely demos! However, I'm a beginner to 'art' and trying to understand perspective, you make the drawing look so easy but I'm struggling with it. I particularly like pen and wash, or straight watercolour but I have such a lot to learn when it comes to drawing! Thanks again.
Thanks for the nice comment Kathleen, hopefully I cover the topic of perspective a bit more in future videos.
Hi Smoothie77. i am very happy that you come back... very lovely drawing. i love it. Is it wiveton hall and not wiverton hall in Norfolk? . thanks for your explanations, i wait for the watercolor. see you soon.
+serge massa Ooops I done a typo, thanks for pointing it out :) I have corrected the title now, thank you for the nice comment.
this is so beautifully detailed
+sara rahman Thanks Sara, kind of you to say.
Hi great piece of art I am going to try and use your technique thanks Terry
Thanks, I hope it goes well for you, happy drawing!
Always love your work. Wondering if it could be possible to share a link to the refrence photos to future how to's so we could work along with you?
Hi, the photo was taken as a screen shot on my ipad from a program I watched a while ago, I no longer have the photo , sorry,
Hi smoothie! Another beautiful work of art again and you never fail to impress :) The kneedable eraser you use, is it blutac?
BTW a quick message for you and your viewers...
If you are never sure what paper is best for what ever type of scene you want to draw and you are using Daler Rowney paper (in my experience) send them an email, as they sent out several samples of paper to see what I found best :)
Cheers for that smoothie, because you were using Daler Rowney.
+Agui007 Hi Agui007, the kneedable eraser is Winsor & Newton, although I do use blutac as it does the same job. Thanks for the info regarding Daler Rowney paper samples, I'm sure my viewers will appreciate the info, as do I, I'm going to email them and see if they will send me a few samples, many thanks :)
This is great, I’ve seen the watercolour part several times but not the Drawing. I will try to find a reference photo on the Webb it would be nice to do this one
And of course what is one of the first photographs I find, but your watercolour landscape, I’ve taken a screen shot with my iPad and hope that will work lol
And now the pencil drawing, I will exercise artistic license and leave off the title banners I think. Thats when I get round to doing it
nice work !
+glen miller Thanks Glen, glad you like it.
audio defo better/clearer :) beautiful drawing... would love to know how the same subject would have looked in graphite and watercolour... (cheeky hint! lol) always look forward to your videos, keep them coming! :) also, do you have a facebook page or website? -i like to follow a few artists i like (or just be nosey! lol) xxx
+shellelodge Hi, thanks for the comment, glad the audio is better :) hopefully I will make a video of this drawing with watercolour very shortly , haven't got a facebook page or website, several people have asked the same, I guess I should get around to it, its all about finding time to do these things, thanks for the kind words :)
Im going to try this to....but why dont you go over it now with watercolor....thats so beautifull
Hi, I did paint this one, here's the video th-cam.com/video/LugXi29StQY/w-d-xo.html
Hi smoothie another great demo and scene,i could hardly hear you,so I put the ear plugs in,much better
I think anything an artist uses is fine to achieve the results,hope you are better.
+Maria Kellner Thanks for letting me know, Maria, I will turn the mic volume higher for the next one, I'm still finding my way around this new laptop :)
+Maria Kellner Feeling much better now, thanks Maria, I totally agree, anything that helps is a good thing, everyone please take a look at Maria's watercolour website, her paintings are incredible, she has invented a new product called colour previewers, check them out at www.marylkaart.com
Hi Smoothie, I thought your original was good. I would have left it as a place where cows/sheep congregate to be fed or go out of the gate. The ground always gets muddy there. It would have looked really authentic, but it turned out nicely anyway. (As always) Thanks for the video.
You're welcome Andy, and thank you for commenting, I'm just pleased I didn't totally ruin it, I never thought of turning it into a muddy area with a gate etc.
Sound is better but you still need to speak out loud :-)
+Subhabrata Sen Ok thanks,
Please please please speak louder. I find it very frustrating trying to hear you and it detracts from the drawing experience. I would like to join your Petreon..but I'm afraid I won't be able to hear you. Thanks so much. Love your work.
This is a very quiet video, the newer ones are a lot louder, have a look at the newer ones see if they are ok for you?
Hi. You mentioned on here that the sound would be better with your new lap top...but it isn't.
My speakers are turned full up and you are just a whisper....Have to concentrate too much on hearing you instead of learning from you. Very frustrating .