When I discovered you several years ago I thought “if I ever win a lottery I’m going to move to Maine and pay Lindsay (handsomely) to give me private lessons”. Hahahaha! Sorry to say, I’m still poor 🤣🤣
Love seeing the WHOLE process!! Even you EXPERTS have doubts sometimes. 😊 In Texas we can only grow one kind of lupine, the Bluebonnet, and we love it so much it's our state flower. They are starting to bloom now. 😃 Thank you!
I watched the whole thing but haven’t tried it yet. I am a complete newbie to watercolor, heck to painting basically. I intend to come back and watch again and try it. I know it won’t be great, but that’s okay, it will be fun. I love the longer content, I miss it from the “old days” and I agree that all the social media sites seem to be pushing shorter content. I find it awful as people barely have any attention span left and we don’t need to be feeding the problem! Thank you for sharing how you create and teach a class and also for your honesty as you were going along. I think it’s lovely, but we are all our own worst critics! I also felt better knowing that someone as talented as you has parts of the process where you don’t like what you are doing, but you showed me to press on until I get where I want to be. Have a great day and thanks again!
Agreed! Too bad TH-cam doesn't love them as much as we do. It's almost as if social media is trying to force short attention spans lol. Hence why we need to support our educators, because no one else will lol. Even though flowers aren't really my thing I'm pleased to admit I loved how this turned out. Blessings to all.
Now that I’ve had time to watch the whole video I have to say…there is nothing wrong with this painting! It’s beautiful! I think you were right on adding the splatters of color and a bit of white. Lovely.
Lindsay, This is a really such a great tutorial for so many different reasons and on so many levels !! There was literally a bit of everything ….interesting listening to you about your process in planning for your students….your thoughts and ideas, all sorts of hints and tips….using water in various ways….explaining the various brushes and then swapping them over and why….caring for the kneadable eraser ( I didn’t realise it can dry up and go hard…maybe I will wrap it in cling film !)….etc., etc., etc. ! The whole video was excellent. Lucky people to be able to attend your teaching in person at your local library ! 🤩🤩💕💕🤩🤩 Thank you…..as always 🤗🤗
Hi Lindsay...I watched this video again and as a fellow teacher I appreciate your dialog through the entire painting because it helps me so much in my own process...thank you. ❤❤
Hey Lindsay great tutorial, I love it! I'm down south in Texas, as I watched you paint these lupines, I thought these look so familiar as if I've painted them before; so I did so googling and found that bluebonnets are a lupine flower as well and being in Texas, I have painted quite a few of them. I love hope you explained how to paint and teach how to paint this painting!! You touched on all the points I struggle with most when thinking though a painting. I'm very happy with the step by step process so helpful! Sorry TH-cam isn't pushing this video but I plan to share it on FB. It's a great video! Thanks for all the hard work you do and sharing it with the world!
Loved hearing how you design a lesson and your thought process while you paint. Painting turned out great so I know your students will enjoy your lesson and their finished painting.
I think it turned out great! I 'm sure the library ladies will enjoy painting the flowers that are so special to your state. Thanks for bringing us along on your journey.
I'm brand spankin new, and am at the 'just playing around with my paints' stage. But, I think I'm just about ready to finally, actually try to paint something, and this is it. You have a gift for teaching that is apparent, and, we have pupils here is Washington State. 😊
LOVED THIS! Thank you so much Lindsay for taking us BTS. ive taken several online classes from you and loved every one of them. I'm still awful, but im not giving up. i painted along with you and it was so much fun - awful results, but fun! You are a wonderful teacher!
What is bts? By the side? I'm trying to learn. Don't want to get left behind and be the only geezer that can't understand the language lol. When people first started using emojis I thought great; we've finally regressed back to speaking in pitcograms. I refuse to participate in what I deemed regressive childishness. Until, I realized I was being an old fuddy duddy and couldn't keep up. I still refuse to use emojis and can't understand half of them, but I'm learning lol.
The 13-minute mark would have made a nice Salt Flats picture with a few race cars added. Beautiful, finished painting. Almost like running the gauntlet but laughing through to victory.
Beautiful Lindsey! I really enjoyed hearing about your process of creating a class and how much thought and experience goes into making those successful. Using all these tips for my own beginner work at home. Great tutorial, as usual.
I thought this looked a lovely light one to try. I was so surprised you didn't feel it was working. I'll be giving it a go maybe as an Easter card for my stepmother to bring some cheer. Keep these coming, please.
I painted along with you. I have learning to do. Mine looks abstract. I enjoy abstract paintings so I guess that fits. My clouds came out great! I need to learn to mix a lighter gray. I like how it came out! Thank you so much for guidance and inspiration.
I saw the thumbnail and loved it but, in the middle of the painting i thought this cant be the same painting lol. Then you worked through it and i saw the transformation. The white splatters were the key for me. Thanks again, love your watercolor tutorials
It was nice watching you paint!! …….having parts you are not happy with….that happens to me all the time & I just beat myself up about it, so I guess it happens to the super experienced and talented people as well. I’m so glad I watched I learned so much now I know how to do clouds …..I was swatching out my prismacolors and trying to blend them as you where painting.
Thanks for the lupin tutorial, I practiced painting the flowers without the background. They're really beautiful (to me)... what fun!!! Btw, I've seen lupin when hiking in California. I wish they'd grow in my garden, maybe I'll give them a try. 🪻🪻🪻🪻💜💙🎨🌞
Lindsay, I don't livein Maine, but I grow lupines in MN and of course we have lots of lakes so this will be fun. Not too much for hills, but if I go to the North Shore there are more hills and definately some very rocky areas. Looking forward to trying this a beginner.
I love lupins. I am originally from Nova Scotia - where they bloom wild all over the place. I tried planting some here in Manitoba - but they don't like the over-wintering. I guess I need to move back to Nova Scotia...LOL I also loved the tips you gave for teaching a class. I was approached by a local Community Centre about offering an Introductory Watercolor class....I am stoked....but imtimidated at the same time. I am definitely going to be trying this one for myself. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Lindsay, this turned out beautifully! IMHO, you are way too hard on yourself! The shading on the clouds is beautiful, but not really a must for beginners. The detail on the foreground Lupins is perfect, the depth in the distance is perfect. IMHO, the white was not needed. I love spatter, but sometimes I can't get the consistency and placement the way I want it. Your students are very lucky that you care enough to make sure you are teaching them these wonderful techniques and that they have lovely results to take home. Thank you so much for sharing this planning session with us! We are lucky, too, that you are willing to share! Your class will be a tremendous success and I would love to see a follow up video....as if you don't have enough to do!!😂❤
Many thanks. It was fascinating to get so many insights into your process. I completely agree about working with a large palette and big premixed puddles of paint making a vast difference in easily making a successful painting. I preferred your painting before you added white, but each to our own tastes. Your dedication to your students is admirable and heart-warming. Keep up the good work.
“Why would you want to paint lupines?” Why WOULDN’T you want to paint lupines is what I say! Lol, though, as a fellow Mainer, I am, admittedly, biased. I think this turned out so pretty, and I’m looking forward to trying some of those techniques. I’m gonna have to get a cheap toothbrush for painting , since mine has replaceable heads, so I don’t get a very useful “paintbrush” once they wear out.
You have made creating depth look so easy 😮 I love your channel and learn so much from you. I live in my van so watercolor makes more sense given my space and clean up process. Thank you for teaching me so much over the year that I’ve been doing this and following my dream to become a full time artist. I absolutely love you Lindsay. Have a fun class with your students 🎨🖌️
Thank you for letting us see your struggles. The lupines are lovely! I was a little concerned about the center front splodge of green and yellow. I kept hoping you were going to resolve it and where it was going. So glad you added the white detail. Nicely done! ❤
Does each student bring their own paints and brushes and paper? What a beautiful landscape, love the clouds, awesome! Thank you so much Lindsay for sharing.
Beautiful! I haven't been to Maine but I have seen similar scenes when I travelled in Nova Scotia. I've enjoyed painting along with you. Thanks, Lindsay.
I love the colors and subject. Thank you for sharing your process. I wish our libraries offered little classes like this. There are 5 in the area, and they really don’t offer much of anything.
I always love it when you start out with your M Graham pallet! It's lupine season here in Oregon so this was a fun warm up for some plein air painting soon!
i painted right along with you ,mine is ok but only i will appreciate this one,my landscape looks awsome ,this is what i have been wanting to get better at ,compositions and values are not my best ,thank you ,i love yours very much.
Just consider it a 2 for 1 class... two styles/techniques in one class 😂 its better than anything I can do, so don't beat yourself up too much. It really is a lovely painting. I wonder if on the two lupine where the darker shapes are more defined and sharp you could just paint a bit of water over it and let it sit so the colors bleed out a bit, making it softer? Guess that would depend on how reactive to water the colors are...
Thanks for this. I found your planning really interesting and useful, and the painting looks lovely. Not sure why TH-cam didn't suggest this one (found out about it on seeing your Instagram post) but anyway, thank you-it's great.
Hullo Lindsay, I just begged off a class at my local Senior Center as I simply did not have a good idea for a class! This is brilliant! I am wondering if there is a way to use a Molotow masking pen or marker instead of the white bleed-proof ? I know I need to get over the use of the white pens and gouache for highlights! I do admire your bravery and to show up in a real time for local class is to be truly admired! I am curious if You have ever tried filling wells at the back and leaving space in the well for diluting the color for application? Maybe even for mixing? I did it with my 40 well studio palette and I might fill more often, but I am happier with getting paint from the well in creating lighter tones.
I've done that in slant well palettes before. Feel free to use this idea at the senior center if you want. I don't use masking in a library class due to dry time.
Lindsay I started to do this picture on some old arches paper which could be 5 to 10 years old. It was a full sheet that I dived up and I was working a 8x10 piece. The Daniel Smith paint was acting very weird. It came out with a very flat blotchy look and the paint really soaked in quickly and left hard edges very quickly that absolute would not budge. Is this what a sizing problem looks like. If it is is there any solution? I have several more sheets.
I'm embarrassed to say that you lost me there a little bit when you referred to the painting as being too literal? and cliche? I know those words alright, just not in how they apply to a painting?? I love how you work your way through the things you don't like. Learn so much from that.
You are such a wonderful teacher! Next best thing to being there!
Wow, thank you!
When I discovered you several years ago I thought “if I ever win a lottery I’m going to move to Maine and pay Lindsay (handsomely) to give me private lessons”. Hahahaha! Sorry to say, I’m still poor 🤣🤣
Love that!
I agree with you 💯 percent. If only I could win the lottery 😢. God bless you and our lovely Lindsay 💗. Sincerely Becky B from Arkansas
Love seeing the WHOLE process!! Even you EXPERTS have doubts sometimes. 😊 In Texas we can only grow one kind of lupine, the Bluebonnet, and we love it so much it's our state flower. They are starting to bloom now. 😃 Thank you!
You can still win, never give up on the dream!
We have lupin on the Central Coast of California each spring also! This was a fun lesson. Thank you!
Our pleasure!
I watched the whole thing but haven’t tried it yet. I am a complete newbie to watercolor, heck to painting basically. I intend to come back and watch again and try it. I know it won’t be great, but that’s okay, it will be fun. I love the longer content, I miss it from the “old days” and I agree that all the social media sites seem to be pushing shorter content. I find it awful as people barely have any attention span left and we don’t need to be feeding the problem! Thank you for sharing how you create and teach a class and also for your honesty as you were going along. I think it’s lovely, but we are all our own worst critics! I also felt better knowing that someone as talented as you has parts of the process where you don’t like what you are doing, but you showed me to press on until I get where I want to be. Have a great day and thanks again!
You're welcome 😊
Love these tutorials! My favorite type of video! Thanks so much for sharing ❤
You are so welcome!
Agreed! Too bad TH-cam doesn't love them as much as we do. It's almost as if social media is trying to force short attention spans lol. Hence why we need to support our educators, because no one else will lol. Even though flowers aren't really my thing I'm pleased to admit I loved how this turned out. Blessings to all.
Now that I’ve had time to watch the whole video I have to say…there is nothing wrong with this painting! It’s beautiful! I think you were right on adding the splatters of color and a bit of white. Lovely.
Thank you so much 😀
Lindsay, This is a really such a great tutorial for so many different reasons and on so many levels !!
There was literally a bit of everything ….interesting listening to you about your process in planning for your students….your thoughts and ideas, all sorts of hints and tips….using water in various ways….explaining the various brushes and then swapping them over and why….caring for the kneadable eraser ( I didn’t realise it can dry up and go hard…maybe I will wrap it in cling film !)….etc., etc., etc. !
The whole video was excellent.
Lucky people to be able to attend your teaching in person at your local library ! 🤩🤩💕💕🤩🤩
Thank you…..as always 🤗🤗
Thanks 😊
Hi Lindsay...I watched this video again and as a fellow teacher I appreciate your dialog through the entire painting because it helps me so much in my own process...thank you. ❤❤
You are so welcome!
Hey Lindsay great tutorial, I love it! I'm down south in Texas, as I watched you paint these lupines, I thought these look so familiar as if I've painted them before; so I did so googling and found that bluebonnets are a lupine flower as well and being in Texas, I have painted quite a few of them. I love hope you explained how to paint and teach how to paint this painting!! You touched on all the points I struggle with most when thinking though a painting. I'm very happy with the step by step process so helpful! Sorry TH-cam isn't pushing this video but I plan to share it on FB. It's a great video! Thanks for all the hard work you do and sharing it with the world!
Thank you!
Beautiful...truly! Your students will love it! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much!
Loved hearing how you design a lesson and your thought process while you paint. Painting turned out great so I know your students will enjoy your lesson and their finished painting.
Thank you so much!
I think it turned out great! I 'm sure the library ladies will enjoy painting the flowers that are so special to your state. Thanks for bringing us along on your journey.
I hope so!
I'm brand spankin new, and am at the 'just playing around with my paints' stage. But, I think I'm just about ready to finally, actually try to paint something, and this is it. You have a gift for teaching that is apparent, and, we have pupils here is Washington State. 😊
Awesome! Good luck!
Oops, that was supposed to read 'Lupins', not 'Pupils'. 😄
LOVED THIS! Thank you so much Lindsay for taking us BTS. ive taken several online classes from you and loved every one of them. I'm still awful, but im not giving up. i painted along with you and it was so much fun - awful results, but fun! You are a wonderful teacher!
Thank you!
What is bts? By the side? I'm trying to learn. Don't want to get left behind and be the only geezer that can't understand the language lol. When people first started using emojis I thought great; we've finally regressed back to speaking in pitcograms. I refuse to participate in what I deemed regressive childishness. Until, I realized I was being an old fuddy duddy and couldn't keep up. I still refuse to use emojis and can't understand half of them, but I'm learning lol.
@@phillipstroll7385 it means Behind the scenes. 🤣I’m still
Learning too
I think it's "Behind the Scenes" @@phillipstroll7385
Hi, Lindsay. Thank you for your video. Have a good week.❤.
Thank you! You too!
This is so stunning, you always explain these excellently ☺☺
Thank you! Cheers!
Missing your weekly watercolour classes, thanks, Lindsay.😊
More to come!
Me too!
I'm saving to watch later! Thank you for posting these tutorials!
Glad you like them!
The 13-minute mark would have made a nice Salt Flats picture with a few race cars added. Beautiful, finished painting. Almost like running the gauntlet but laughing through to victory.
Lindsay, thank you for this comprehensive video. I love lupins and this is a beautiful composition of them. I wish I could be at your library class!
You are so welcome!
Beautiful Lindsey! I really enjoyed hearing about your process of creating a class and how much thought and experience goes into making those successful. Using all these tips for my own beginner work at home. Great tutorial, as usual.
Thank you so much!
I thought this looked a lovely light one to try. I was so surprised you didn't feel it was working. I'll be giving it a go maybe as an Easter card for my stepmother to bring some cheer. Keep these coming, please.
Will do!
Lovely painting! The flowers look like Texas bluebonnets and Indian paintbrushes. They are all over the countryside right now. So pretty!
Thank you so much 😀
That's because the bluebonnet is in the lupine family.
This looks lovely! Another excellent tutorial
Thank you! Cheers!
I love it! I live in Nova Scotia and lupines bloom all over the province in June. Thanks for the inspirational painting.
You are so welcome!
The painting came out great! We’re our own worst critics!
Thanks 😊
The bluebonnets (Texas lupine and their state flower) are already in full bloom. Saw tons when I went there last week
Wow!
Enjoyed this immensely Lindsey! I really feel like I could paint this too. I'm going to try it for a mother's day card. My mum loves lupins.
Wonderful!
I painted along with you. I have learning to do. Mine looks abstract. I enjoy abstract paintings so I guess that fits. My clouds came out great! I need to learn to mix a lighter gray. I like how it came out! Thank you so much for guidance and inspiration.
Wonderful!
I also shared on FB. You have the best tutorials on youtubr!
Thanks!
I so wish I could come take your classes!
Me too!
I saw the thumbnail and loved it but, in the middle of the painting i thought this cant be the same painting lol. Then you worked through it and i saw the transformation. The white splatters were the key for me. Thanks again, love your watercolor tutorials
Thank you so much 😀
It was nice watching you paint!! …….having parts you are not happy with….that happens to me all the time & I just beat myself up about it, so I guess it happens to the super experienced and talented people as well. I’m so glad I watched I learned so much now I know how to do clouds …..I was swatching out my prismacolors and trying to blend them as you where painting.
Beautiful. Thank you for your time and crafty self.
You are so welcome
This scene reminds me of a photo I took in Homer , Alaska.
Thanks for the lupin tutorial, I practiced painting the flowers without the background. They're really beautiful (to me)... what fun!!!
Btw, I've seen lupin when hiking in California. I wish they'd grow in my garden, maybe I'll give them a try. 🪻🪻🪻🪻💜💙🎨🌞
Lindsay, I don't livein Maine, but I grow lupines in MN and of course we have lots of lakes so this will be fun. Not too much for hills, but if I go to the North Shore there are more hills and definately some very rocky areas. Looking forward to trying this a beginner.
I love your honesty.
Thanks!
Fun as always 😊
Thank you 🤗
I love lupins. I am originally from Nova Scotia - where they bloom wild all over the place. I tried planting some here in Manitoba - but they don't like the over-wintering. I guess I need to move back to Nova Scotia...LOL I also loved the tips you gave for teaching a class. I was approached by a local Community Centre about offering an Introductory Watercolor class....I am stoked....but imtimidated at the same time. I am definitely going to be trying this one for myself. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Great! Enjoy!
Lindsay, this turned out beautifully! IMHO, you are way too hard on yourself! The shading on the clouds is beautiful, but not really a must for beginners. The detail on the foreground Lupins is perfect, the depth in the distance is perfect. IMHO, the white was not needed. I love spatter, but sometimes I can't get the consistency and placement the way I want it. Your students are very lucky that you care enough to make sure you are teaching them these wonderful techniques and that they have lovely results to take home. Thank you so much for sharing this planning session with us! We are lucky, too, that you are willing to share! Your class will be a tremendous success and I would love to see a follow up video....as if you don't have enough to do!!😂❤
Thanks! The class filled up fast so the library booked me for another night because we have more than a clasfull of students on the waitlist!
@@thefrugalcrafter That’s wonderful!! They are very lucky people!❤️
Many thanks. It was fascinating to get so many insights into your process. I completely agree about working with a large palette and big premixed puddles of paint making a vast difference in easily making a successful painting. I preferred your painting before you added white, but each to our own tastes. Your dedication to your students is admirable and heart-warming. Keep up the good work.
You are so welcome!
… wish I lived close enough to go to your in person classes. I’ll do this class…sometime. 😅. Never enough time to craft.
I hear you!
It's great to witness the progress, the design, the regret, as well as the success! I really like it and your students will too.
Thanks!
“Why would you want to paint lupines?” Why WOULDN’T you want to paint lupines is what I say! Lol, though, as a fellow Mainer, I am, admittedly, biased. I think this turned out so pretty, and I’m looking forward to trying some of those techniques. I’m gonna have to get a cheap toothbrush for painting , since mine has replaceable heads, so I don’t get a very useful “paintbrush” once they wear out.
Good idea!
I love lupines! I wish they were in MN too.
Maybe you can plant some!
You have made creating depth look so easy 😮
I love your channel and learn so much from you.
I live in my van so watercolor makes more sense given my space and clean up process. Thank you for teaching me so much over the year that I’ve been doing this and following my dream to become a full time artist. I absolutely love you Lindsay. Have a fun class with your students 🎨🖌️
Thanks so much 😊
Thank you for letting us see your struggles. The lupines are lovely! I was a little concerned about the center front splodge of green and yellow. I kept hoping you were going to resolve it and where it was going. So glad you added the white detail. Nicely done! ❤
Thank you!
I like the BP white. And Lupines are universal, but also very "Maine-looking" Thanks for sharing!
Thank you!
Does each student bring their own paints and brushes and paper? What a beautiful landscape, love the clouds, awesome! Thank you so much Lindsay for sharing.
No, provide everything they need. They just bring a positive attitude and willingness to learn:)
Beautiful! I haven't been to Maine but I have seen similar scenes when I travelled in Nova Scotia. I've enjoyed painting along with you. Thanks, Lindsay.
Thank you very much!
I love the colors and subject. Thank you for sharing your process. I wish our libraries offered little classes like this. There are 5 in the area, and they really don’t offer much of anything.
Suggest it to them, they often have an activity budget but if not you might be able to form a group to paint with.
@thefrugalcrafter I will ask! I should find an instructor 1st I guess.
BTW, I love the stencils. I might do this in the large circle.
Another great one. Thank you
My pleasure!
I always love it when you start out with your M Graham pallet! It's lupine season here in Oregon so this was a fun warm up for some plein air painting soon!
Yay! Thank you!
Wow! I learned you doubt your design steps a lot… nonetheless it is a skewt WC painting!🎉❤
Thank you! Cheers!
I love these videos ! Thanks!
Glad you like them!
i painted right along with you ,mine is ok but only i will appreciate this one,my landscape looks awsome ,this is what i have been wanting to get better at ,compositions and values are not my best ,thank you ,i love yours very much.
Wonderful!
It’s lovely Lindsay! Thank you!
Glad you like it!
Excellent video. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
So pretty
Thanks 😊
Just consider it a 2 for 1 class... two styles/techniques in one class 😂 its better than anything I can do, so don't beat yourself up too much. It really is a lovely painting. I wonder if on the two lupine where the darker shapes are more defined and sharp you could just paint a bit of water over it and let it sit so the colors bleed out a bit, making it softer? Guess that would depend on how reactive to water the colors are...
Thanks for this. I found your planning really interesting and useful, and the painting looks lovely. Not sure why TH-cam didn't suggest this one (found out about it on seeing your Instagram post) but anyway, thank you-it's great.
Oh thank you!
I have been trying to paint lupine for years and I jumped can’t get it right. Looking forward to trying to paint with you this time.
Awesome!
Beautiful! I can't wait to watch this video when I get home!!!
Hope you like it!
Lindíssimo. Obrigada.
I miss Waterolor Wednesday!
Hullo Lindsay, I just begged off a class at my local Senior Center as I simply did not have a good idea for a class! This is brilliant! I am wondering if there is a way to use a Molotow masking pen or marker instead of the white bleed-proof ? I know I need to get over the use of the white pens and gouache for highlights! I do admire your bravery and to show up in a real time for local class is to be truly admired!
I am curious if You have ever tried filling wells at the back and leaving space in the well for diluting the color for application? Maybe even for mixing? I did it with my 40 well studio palette and I might fill more often, but I am happier with getting paint from the well in creating lighter tones.
I've done that in slant well palettes before. Feel free to use this idea at the senior center if you want. I don't use masking in a library class due to dry time.
@@thefrugalcrafter well that makes perfect sense! Thank you for sharing all of your wonderful ideas and ideas. Please take care and enjoy your day!
Lindsay I started to do this picture on some old arches paper which could be 5 to 10 years old. It was a full sheet that I dived up and I was working a 8x10 piece. The Daniel Smith paint was acting very weird. It came out with a very flat blotchy look and the paint really soaked in quickly and left hard edges very quickly that absolute would not budge. Is this what a sizing problem looks like. If it is is there any solution? I have several more sheets.
It sounds like the sizing went bad. You can use the paper for pastel or gouache or gesso it for acrylic or oil paint. Or collage on it.
I'm embarrassed to say that you lost me there a little bit when you referred to the painting as being too literal? and cliche? I know those words alright, just not in how they apply to a painting?? I love how you work your way through the things you don't like. Learn so much from that.
Basically, I mean too predictable or cutesy.
Understand. I do like how you brought it around to something you liked better. Learned alot from this one.
@@thefrugalcrafter