This is a great tutorial for me. A beginner… I wanted to do a first painting to send to my daughter for her birthday. It was very easy to follow and I’m happy I did get a painting I’m proud of! Thank you!
I just watched you on the Hobby School...and since you said you're most active on TH-cam...here I am! Thanks for the good primer. This helps me to understand more of the basics. I see you have tons of videos I know will be super helpful for me. Woo hoo! Thanks!
Hi Julie, welcome to our art community! It's great to have you here. I hope you find my videos fun and helpful. As we speak, I'm in the process of filming new material. So stay tuned because more videos will be published soon!
That was super Miranda - can't wait to try it out. You make it look so easy ;) . How about a path through trees? or, surf on the beach? Thank you so much for your teaching and generosity. 😍
Hi Mari, thank you for your kind words! I have published two watercolour courses on the online art education platform titled Foxsy, and I teach art webinars/live classes on Foxsy, too. If you'd like to learn more about these watercolour courses, check out the links in the description!
Yes, I create art with watercolour pencils, but I haven't done so in a long time. However, I can add this idea to my list and maybe in the near future I'll make a watercolour pencils tutorial.
As a beginner at watercolors & enjoy doing landscapes ty so much for these tutorials! Learning more colors you use (more difficult as a beginner) & learning to get these two color’s blended easier! Getting that mountain (misty look still practicing) then simple moon & easier way to add tad of “gouache” for water reflections & going to try to do this one 😊! On Payne’s grey (mine is PBk6) & strangely leans bit “green)? Will often use neutral tint (3 pigment mix) as Payne’s grey can look very different depending on brand! Love the soft colors then darker mountain contrast you achieved 😍. My math skills are not good as just found out about the tiny “marks” inside that 1 inch on the ruler 🫠. If my area to paint is 5”s & 1/4th (vertically) how to I measure so can know 1/3rd’s of it & mark place for the 2/3rd part? Yes, taking off the tape fun part! Tyvm & doing test sketch first 😊.
Thank you for sharing your watercolour experience! Honestly, I don't worry about measuring and dividing the paper into perfect thirds. Instead, I estimate where each third is and then I make a mark on the tape so that I know where the thirds are. Once I've done that, I begin painting. I hope you find this advice useful!
Hi Ruth! Good question! Watercolour paper curls for several reasons. The first thing to to check is if you taped the corners of your paper down. If you didn't, the paper will curl as it absorbs water. The second thing to consider is how much water you used while painting the layers. If you used too much water, the paper might curl and warp. The third thing to consider is the quality of your paper. If you're using wood pulp or cellulose paper, it can't absorb a lot of water without curling or buckling. In this case, use less water while you're painting so that the paper can handle the water more easily. And to smooth out the paper after it has curled, lay it face down on a table and place something heavy on it (like a stack of books) to flatten the paper out. I hope you find these solutions helpful!
When ppl tell me as a beginner to “let it dry” I would love some time frames. Should I just grab my heat gun, or should I sit here for about 5 minutes or so?
That's a good question! When I let the layers dry, I usually wait about 5 minutes. If I'm not sure if the paper is 100% dry, I touch the paper with the tip of my finger to make sure that it has dried. However, if I use a heat gun to dry the paper, that only takes 2-3 minutes. But I always wait until the paper has cooled before adding the next layer. I hope you find this answer helpful!
This is a very bad video and tutorial. It is clearly not for beginners and for beginners, you should give more detailed instructions. Would never recommend for someone else
@@nancyhessler3358 No, I didn't bother. Watercolour and art in general is for the naturally talented, simple as. I gave my watercolours away to my uncle who agrees with me, it is simply a talent and cannot be taught.
@@SteSeedsame here, sometimes I thought let's do, learn watercolor painting because I saw realistic watercolor paintings on yt, Instagram. But when I try to paint watercolor i messed up 🙄 It's okay to not learn this medium and stick to the oil pastel, pencil, colored pencils medium???
@@SteSeed dont be discouraged!! talented artists have true passion and draw lots, its why they are good.. if you want to create art, you should LOVE art just as they do!! keep practicing if you want to become good, everybody starts somewhere, and for every good work there is many "bad" ones!! ❤😊
Watercolors take practice. Lots of practice. Harder than oils but worth hanging in there. Don't give up. Just keep watching one tutorial after another & practicing.
Thanks for watching! What kind of watercolour tutorial should I film next? Leave your suggestion in the comments below! ⬇
One for beginners
@@saw-whet Thank you for your input!
This is a great tutorial for me. A beginner… I wanted to do a first painting to send to my daughter for her birthday. It was very easy to follow and I’m happy I did get a painting I’m proud of! Thank you!
Wow thank you for sharing your experience! I'm so glad you felt proud of your painting. I hope your daughter liked it, too!
Love this video. Simple, clean, easy to follow. Thanks!
You're welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed this tutorial.
Please keep posting more beginner videos ... this was easy to follow for my first attempt and I love how it turned out. Thank you!!!
Thank you for your feedback! I'm glad that you enjoyed this tutorial. I'll be making more watercolour tutorials in the future!
That was lovely-a gift to your audience that they can aspire to recreating uniquely thanks to your clear instruction.
Thank you for your kind feedback! I appreciate it.
Great tutorial. New at watercolor and this was fun to do. Look forward to more tutorials. Thank you!
Thank you for watching!
Thank you so much for your time and excellent video. One of the best I've seen for beginners. I am encouraged to try!
Hurray, I'm glad this tutorial has encouraged you! And thank you for your kind words. I appreciate it!
Hello Miranda, I have just been watching the video and it has convinced me that watercolour painting is lovely
That's wonderful to hear! And I agree that watercolour painting is lovely. Thank you for sharing!
This was really educational and fun
Thank you for watching!
Thank you!! This was so perfect for me as a beginner!
@@marinastant5249 You're welcome! I'm glad you liked this video.
Fantastic. I’ve painted two! Thank you!❤
That's awesome! Congratulations!
Thanks
You're welcome!
Thank you ma'am ❤
You're welcome!
I tried this... and result is amazing😊
Congratulations!
I just watched you on the Hobby School...and since you said you're most active on TH-cam...here I am! Thanks for the good primer. This helps me to understand more of the basics. I see you have tons of videos I know will be super helpful for me. Woo hoo! Thanks!
Hi Julie, welcome to our art community! It's great to have you here. I hope you find my videos fun and helpful. As we speak, I'm in the process of filming new material. So stay tuned because more videos will be published soon!
Thank you so much for the video...
You're welcome!
That was super Miranda - can't wait to try it out. You make it look so easy ;) . How about a path through trees? or, surf on the beach? Thank you so much for your teaching and generosity. 😍
Those are both good ideas! I'll add them to my tutorials list. Thanks for sharing!
@@MirandaBalogh Thank you so much :)
@@celticpeasant9753 You're welcome!
Thank you
You're welcome!
Thank you very much ❤❤❤❤❤❤
You're welcome!
Tahnaks because it was my first good water colour drawing thanks thanks alot🎉🎉🎉
Congratulations! Keep up the good work!
You are an amazing teacher! Do you teach classes anywhere else?
Hi Mari, thank you for your kind words! I have published two watercolour courses on the online art education platform titled Foxsy, and I teach art webinars/live classes on Foxsy, too. If you'd like to learn more about these watercolour courses, check out the links in the description!
Do you do water color pencils
Yes, I create art with watercolour pencils, but I haven't done so in a long time. However, I can add this idea to my list and maybe in the near future I'll make a watercolour pencils tutorial.
As a beginner at watercolors & enjoy doing landscapes ty so much for these tutorials!
Learning more colors you use (more difficult as a beginner) & learning to get these two color’s blended easier! Getting that mountain (misty look still practicing) then simple moon & easier way to add tad of “gouache” for water reflections & going to try to do this one 😊!
On Payne’s grey (mine is PBk6) & strangely leans bit “green)? Will often use neutral tint (3 pigment mix) as Payne’s grey can look very different depending on brand!
Love the soft colors then darker mountain contrast you achieved 😍.
My math skills are not good as just found out about the tiny “marks” inside that 1 inch on the ruler 🫠. If my area to paint is 5”s & 1/4th (vertically) how to I measure so can know 1/3rd’s of it & mark place for the 2/3rd part?
Yes, taking off the tape fun part!
Tyvm & doing test sketch first 😊.
Thank you for sharing your watercolour experience! Honestly, I don't worry about measuring and dividing the paper into perfect thirds. Instead, I estimate where each third is and then I make a mark on the tape so that I know where the thirds are. Once I've done that, I begin painting. I hope you find this advice useful!
@@MirandaBalogh That’s what I finally decided as more looked at them (less time to paint) 😊!
@@appleknocker56 Awesome! I'm glad it worked out for you.
@@MirandaBaloghThink got the paper to wet (put pink in) then bottom blue.
Went up to sky blue & feel covered up to much of the pink but how I learn!
@@appleknocker56 It's all a learning process. I hope you're having fun painting!
Hi I am just beginning and have painted this picture , however my paper as curled can you advise please?
Hi Ruth! Good question! Watercolour paper curls for several reasons. The first thing to to check is if you taped the corners of your paper down. If you didn't, the paper will curl as it absorbs water. The second thing to consider is how much water you used while painting the layers. If you used too much water, the paper might curl and warp. The third thing to consider is the quality of your paper. If you're using wood pulp or cellulose paper, it can't absorb a lot of water without curling or buckling. In this case, use less water while you're painting so that the paper can handle the water more easily. And to smooth out the paper after it has curled, lay it face down on a table and place something heavy on it (like a stack of books) to flatten the paper out. I hope you find these solutions helpful!
When ppl tell me as a beginner to “let it dry” I would love some time frames. Should I just grab my heat gun, or should I sit here for about 5 minutes or so?
That's a good question! When I let the layers dry, I usually wait about 5 minutes. If I'm not sure if the paper is 100% dry, I touch the paper with the tip of my finger to make sure that it has dried. However, if I use a heat gun to dry the paper, that only takes 2-3 minutes. But I always wait until the paper has cooled before adding the next layer. I hope you find this answer helpful!
Yes! This option also works well.@JeanClaudePeeters
A galaxy :)
Great suggestion! I love painting galaxies, so I'll add this to my list of future watercolour tutorials.
@@MirandaBalogh thank you
@@tashaiq9290 You're welcome!
This is a very bad video and tutorial. It is clearly not for beginners and for beginners, you should give more detailed instructions. Would never recommend for someone else
This tutorial is so helpful! Your instructions are so clear and Thank you so much for sharing! I feel less intimidated to try this!🙏🥰🤗❤🎴
Thank you for your lovely comment! I'm glad that you liked this tutorial.
Beginner? Right... 😢 Think I'll give up now with watercolour then.
Yes I know not for complete beginners… did you find anything that’s for ppl with no experience?
@@nancyhessler3358 No, I didn't bother. Watercolour and art in general is for the naturally talented, simple as. I gave my watercolours away to my uncle who agrees with me, it is simply a talent and cannot be taught.
@@SteSeedsame here, sometimes I thought let's do, learn watercolor painting because I saw realistic watercolor paintings on yt, Instagram. But when I try to paint watercolor i messed up 🙄
It's okay to not learn this medium and stick to the oil pastel, pencil, colored pencils medium???
@@SteSeed
dont be discouraged!! talented artists have true passion and draw lots, its why they are good..
if you want to create art, you should LOVE art just as they do!!
keep practicing if you want to become good, everybody starts somewhere, and for every good work there is many "bad" ones!!
❤😊
Watercolors take practice. Lots of practice. Harder than oils but worth hanging in there. Don't give up. Just keep watching one tutorial after another & practicing.