Hi friends 💕☺For those of you that are interested, I offer weekly voiceover tutorials on Patreon www.patreon.com/mariamorjane If you would like to learn more about painting 'wet on wet, 'lifting colors, join a private artist group outside of Patreon (for my students only) etc please join me there💕🙋🏻♀To see available classes/tutorials with voiceover/real-time videos, please see this index: www.mariamorjane.com/patreon.html
Hi Teresa, that's what I was thinking when I was painting it.. that it was so much easier with this paper. the paint just spreads and creates these lines, i loved it :) thank you so much!!
awwwww myyyy Sarah!! wow! I am sooo impressed and so happy to be part of your watercolor journey!! that's so incredible! congratulations on finishing a 100th piece :) Thank you so much Sarah xx
Another beauty! I have tried hot press paper but never 300 lb. hot press. On my to do list. I'm interested in botanical painting and I think the hot press helps with capturing more detail. At least that's what I've been told. Thank you for sharing your talent!
good day Maria! hope you realize how good your tutorials are for us that are trying. always pleasure to watch colour,blending, composition. your replies to comments interesting. hoping your weekend was good. take care.
that's really awesome! thank you so much! I'm still working on getting my videos better in terms of showing more my palette etc soon I will have couple of real time videos :)
All I can say is WOW!!! This came up in my feed and it made me click so fast! Gorgeous work, beautiful composition!!! Thanks for sharing your talent and process! I just love peonies 😍
Thank you so much Vitor :) what would be the most characteristic colorful place you can think of in Portugal? like when I painted Santorini in Greece.... something that would be vibrant in colors and express the feel of Portugal :)...?
View this link www.google.pt/search?q=os+lugares+mais+bonitos+de+portugal&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjFte624tXSAhVB2hQKHQHDCoYQsAQI2gE&biw=1465&bih=366
bonsoir Maria , ho ! quelle belle fleurs, j aime bien les couleurs pastels , c est vraiment sublime ! (vous avez de bon pinceaux , ils sont tres souples,) c est superbes!!!!!!
May I ask what you use for reference, you are fantastic, I love everything you 🎨 paint, water color is my favorite medium, I have tried oil, acrylic and pencils, but always return to water color. Thank you for sharing your talent 🌹
Hi Anne-Marie Thank you so much🌊😊💕🤗It really depends on what I am painting, sometimes I don't use anything just my imagination and sometimes photos I took myself etc
Good day; i am,french, I love all your paintings ! It is wonderful🥰thank you very much ( sorry i don’ t speak english very well) you havé much talent I love !!Anny
hey Maria amazing work ... absolutely loved it ... I tried out the night sky paintings and it's not as good as yours but I can always dream 😅.....lots of love xo
WOW. I just fell in love with Caput Mortum after trying your tutorial. My peony came out looking like one big red mess, but Caput Mortum color sets everything off. My Quin Red looks different than yours, so I tried Carmine. Another beautiful color for flowers. Every manufacturer uses different pigments with the same name, so it can get overwhelming. I was jus surprised to see Caput Mortum in my Sennelier set and had to try it out.
Hi Bethany, thank you so much for your comment. Caput mortum violet is one of my favorite pigments right now and I use it/abuse it haha but yes, different companies create different shades of quin red etc but you don't have to match any of my colors, as long as you like the ones you have.. you can use here any pink or red, and caput m.v. is a great addition to those no matter how pink or red your pigment is :)
Thanks so much! Such a wonderful tutorial. I have never used gouache before. Instead of gouche could I just use the lifting up technique or masking for the white? One other question I had is does gouache white make the colours duller or the painting dull overall? Can we retain the transparancy of water colours even after using gouache over it?
Hi :) In this video I haven't used any gouache, it's just transparent watercolors: quinacridone red and caput mortum violet. But in general I do use sometimes designer's gouache - color permanent white which is an opaque watercolor. It depends on a video you are refering to. In some like "Watercolor jellyfish" you don't have to use an opaque white like I do but just like you said, you can lift up the colors or use regular transparent watercolor white. I don't think the opaque watercolor white I use (designer's gouache) would make colors dull. It's definitely creamy, cloudy like watercolor. If you paint one of my night scenes with Milky Ways or "Watercolor Northern Lights" you may need an opaque watercolor for the Milky Way part but I have a video where I just lift up the sky and didn't use it. There's ways around it. You can still have the transparency of watercolors even after using designers gouache white, it all depends on how much you are using. And basically yes, if you don't have it you can lift up the colors, the effects are going to be different but you will get your result either way :)
Maria Raczynska Thanks ever so much for taking the time to clear my doubts on gauche. I love your videos and the way you teach. I'm going to try the peonies but using whatever colours I have. will let you know the results!
Hi ,Maria😊 I really enjoy watching this video.🌸💟 The colour I lovvvvve and the flowers are beautiful so beautiful.🌸💟 love it so hard. Thanks Maria for showing and sharing your wonderful work also really helpful🌸💟🌸💟🌸💟🌸👍am sure am the 1st like😉also I can see this paper excellent. . .
That's awesome 💕😀🌸thank you so much for liking, watching and all your kindness 💕💕I am also glad that you said you were able to see this paper very clearly, that's what I want to make sure the difference in papers is visible enough 🤗😀🌸💕🌸Have a wonderful Sunday!!😍
Maria, is there a brand of watercolor paint you prefer over another? and if so why?. I cannot belive you are self taught and only been painting watercolor since 2012. beautiful work. If I can suggest something to think about and experiment with. I thought to myself what would happen if I painted a watercolor using the old flemish technique of doing a grisaille first, I did it using sepia and paynes grey as a underpainting color. The results will amaze you.
Hi Michael, thank you so much!! that's really flattering :) I prefer using watercolors out of tubes, that really makes a difference in my opinion. I'm still testing out different watercolor brands but will be sharing some more of that soon on my channel :) I don't think I have ever seen the old flemish technique, it sounds really interesting. I am going to have to check it out as I like exploring new things :) thank you so much!
Hi Michael, thank you so much, I did look up the painter and I couldn't figure out how he does the background but then I thought to myself.. this is actually similar to my style of painting... because when I paint animals, I always create dark background first and then work with white gouache to bring out the light, I often mix white gouache with other colors so I have these opaque lighter colors over darks.. instead of creating a background: sepia, payne's gray, I do that on the actual animal .I looked up the grisaille technique and it works when painting with opaque watercolors (gouache) thank you so much for your comments. Btw whenever theres a link or names mentioned in comments, it gets flagged so these comments don't get posted but I still saw and read it. thank you!
Thank you Yunxiao, what I did was I googled peonies, found two pictures i liked and put together three flowers. If you put in your search "peonies" there will be plenty of photos to paint from :)
My hometown is Luoyang in China and every year we have Peony Festival when the flowers blossom in early May:)People are so glad because of seeing these gorgeous pretty flowers, but their flowering is quite brief only lasts about 20 days... So nice that we can capture this beauty in watercolor:)
thank you for sharing :) how awesome it would be to attend a festival like that! wow! I visited China last year and I was there in May but probably far from where your town is. I felt in love with black sesame seed dumplings yum!!
I’m hoping your Patreon site provides some information on painting on hot press. You make it look easy, but it’s very different from cold press, and frustrating for a lot of people. I’m pretty good at cold press, but hot press has been disappointing. I’m definitely interested in joining, but I’ll wait until the start of the month because I know Patreon charges that way. As everyone has already said, your work is beautiful.
Hi Anne, thank you for inquiring about my classes. Just fyi, Patreon charges you on the date you join, and then 30 days from the day you joined. If you join March 15th, next month you will be charged is on April 15th (not on the 1st) Each Patreon creator has it set up differently. Also, these peonies are a very old video of mine. This would a real time video from maybe 2017. Today, I have detailed classes on Patreon, and VoiceOver tutorials. Here's an index to Patreon's tutorials and classes. Www.mariamorjane.com/patreon.html I started painting with watercolors on Hot Pressed - then in 2017 I started painting on Cold Pressed and Rough. In my humble opinion, Hot pressed is not good for beginners because there's no texture. You are forced to work on details. Cold Pressed, or rough are the forgiving papers. Much easier to learn how to paint on. Hot pressed dries 10X faster than CP or Rough. And to be honest, in my opinion, watercolors look much better on Cold pressed or rough, with texture.
@@mariamorjane Thank you for responding so quickly. I was taking a course on Domestika, and that particular one used Hot Press. I found myself really disliking my results, and quickly lost interest. Now, unfortunately, I have a block of Fabriano hot press that I’ll probably never use. Oh well. I paint with watercolor as a hobby, and because it’s fun, and the colors are beautiful. If it’s not fun, then what’s the point. I happen to have plenty of cold press! Thanks for letting me know about Patreon. I thought they had changed to the starting date being the date a customer signs up, but it’s not clearly stated anywhere. I don’t do as much painting during the summer because I don’t have the time, so I’m going to sign up now, while I can get in at least a month or two.
Hi Anne, you are very welcome. Patreon offers this option to some Patron creators only, so that's why with some other creators - you may still see that everyone no matter when they join - get charged on the 1st. Yes, I totally understand about Hot Pressed... It was my first watercolor paper ever. But, after years and years of teaching how to paint with watercolors, I know that this is NOT the right paper for the beginners. I was just mentioning this to a friend who's my student too, you have to be careful out there. There's a lot of unexperienced watercolor teachers out there, and even tho their works may attract someone, that person doesn't necessarily understand watercolors, techniques, and it's not only easy to pick up on their bad habits, but also, it may be hard to get honest opinions about papers and what's best for a beginner. It was during the pandemic, 2020-2021, when the most creators ever joined Patreon. There's a lot of articles about this on the internet. Anyways, I hope to see you there, if not, I wish you all the best and I hope you will enjoy painting on Cold Pressed 🤗🌹
Thank you for the info. Honestly I am still in awe of the beauty of this painting of my favourite flower, peonies! Would a process like this, with initial wetting of each petal before painting colour, work with regular hot 140lb paper? I converted 300g into gsm and it comes to 640gsm!! As I'm just beginning in watercolours, I don't know if I should try it on such thick paper yet! But I have a pad of A3 300gsm (140lb) paper! I also have same 140lb Not paper. I tried a few botanicals on Not paper and it was pretty hard to put in details.....
Yes it will work, the paint will spread in a different way but you can definitely paint these on a 140lb hot pressed. Most of my paintings are on a hot pressed 140lb. A lot of watercolor papers offer free samples, tryi writing to few companies under" contact us" section :) besides the more you experiment the better your knowledge will be on watercolor papers and how it reacts with paints etc
Thanks, that's a really great idea. But I don't think any company will send me anything, I am not a professional artist like you! Anyway I started a floral on the 140lb using, or trying to follow your process. I have had to leave it and continue tomorrow. More layers needed on the petals I have done. Is this a style that needs to be done in one sitting? Do you think stopping in the middle will affect the finished painting in any way? Also, the paper is totally buckling! I havent't taped it down, as I wasn't sure it would help. Is it necessary to use tape to stretch the paper? Am I using too much water? Thanks in advance.
Hi, I actually asked for samples because one of my subscribers here told me about it, and she doesn't have a youtube channel neither a website that's why I'm pretty sure you can ask for some too :) I always finish my painting, never walk away from it because buckling can happen once the paper starts drying. I lay my watercolor paper on a glass (kitchen cutting boar glass) and when I paint big backgrounds, the water and paint create that suction between the paper and glass and the paper always stays in place. What you could do is get a glass to paint on and brush some water underneath the paper. Just don't let your paper ever completely dry on that glass when you are done painting because it will glue itself to the glass. Now, You don't have to finish it all in one day. I just paint that way, but I know at the beginning it's probably impossible to finish a painting like this in two hours. The spotting won't affect your painting :) you can always brush it off with a wet brush... I don't ever stretch my paper. You can sure tape it down, a lot of people find it very helpful. In a painting like this yes I would recommend it too. I don't like to tape the paper down when I paint a full landscape type backgrounds, where the paint is everywhere. Mostly because the art gets trapped underneath but when you just paint flowers, you won't have that problem. At the beginning when you paint petals, it's always better to use less paint, light layers.. because you can always add more later...I hope this helps :)
Hi Lauren, with watercolors (in tubes or pans) you need a brush to paint with. And watercolor pencils - imagine regular pencils/crayons but you can use water with them, so once you draw with these watercolor pencils you can use a brush to go over the areas. I have painted with watercolor pencils before, I will try to make a tutorial on that :)
Hello maria , I love your drawing right now ,by the way in this moment I also draw roses ,but your drawing is much beautiful than mine 😍😍😍😍😍.and I love it so much.
Hi friends 💕☺For those of you that are interested, I offer weekly voiceover tutorials on Patreon www.patreon.com/mariamorjane If you would like to learn more about painting 'wet on wet, 'lifting colors, join a private artist group outside of Patreon (for my students only) etc please join me there💕🙋🏻♀To see available classes/tutorials with voiceover/real-time videos, please see this index: www.mariamorjane.com/patreon.html
I think this is your most beautiful painting yet!🇨🇦
🌸Thank you so much 😀
Incredibly beautiful Maria! Thank you so much for sharing!!
Very very beautiful and amazing skills and thank for video.
Thank you so much Linda :))
Maria, I hope you realize the impact you have on people, when you share your talent just beautiful. Thanks for the inspiration
awww thank you so much Dora, it's my pleasure💕🤗🌸
My goodness, that is mesmersing. You are so talented, such beautiful painting. Thanks for sharing xx
Thank you so much Mercedes :)) xx
Thank you so much Mercedes :)) xx
Beautifully graduated wet into wet. Your process was very clear. Lovely results.
Happy to hear this Elizabeth :) Thank you so much!
So realistic. Stunning. Love it!
Hi Effie :) thank you!!!
Beautiful painting with just 2 colours,perfect value placement and a lovely composition. Thank you
Thank you so much for this lovely comment Silvia :))
Hi!!! very pretty!!!! have a nice sunday!!!
Thank you so much! have a wonderful Sunday as well :)
Incredible velvety petals.
Very beautifully painted. In love with the colors and the painting
Thank you so much 😀🌸
Nice painting natural lovely,
Thank you Anand☺️🌷
Thank you beautiful flowers, and 300 lb paper is great even for beginners. It makes working with water a lot easier to me.
Hi Teresa, that's what I was thinking when I was painting it.. that it was so much easier with this paper. the paint just spreads and creates these lines, i loved it :) thank you so much!!
very very very beautiful
Thank you so much Alka :)
I finished this one today, it is my no.100 painting learned from you. thank you so much for sharing the wonderful demonstration with us.
awwwww myyyy Sarah!! wow! I am sooo impressed and so happy to be part of your watercolor journey!! that's so incredible! congratulations on finishing a 100th piece :) Thank you so much Sarah xx
W O W 😍 Gorgeous job, Maria. Wonderfully beautiful. Thanks for sharing with us!
thank you so much Veronica 🌺💕🌹💐Have a wonderful Sunday!!🤗
Another beauty! I have tried hot press paper but never 300 lb. hot press. On my to do list. I'm interested in botanical painting and I think the hot press helps with capturing more detail. At least that's what I've been told. Thank you for sharing your talent!
Hi Carol :) thank you so much :) and yes, that's what I believe in too.. hot pressed is better for details because of its smoothness :)
god has given you such a great talent Maria......god bless you
awww thank you Aarohi :) that's so kind of you... God bless You!
Wonderful art, n wonderful hand n control. 👌👌👌
Thank you Ayan🌸🤗
Absolutely a masterpiece! I love your work and the way you apply your brush strokes and the amount of paint on your brush. Absolutely, breath taking!
awww thank you so much, Lisa 😀🌸✨
good day Maria! hope you realize how good your tutorials are for us that are trying. always pleasure to watch colour,blending, composition. your replies to comments interesting. hoping your weekend was good. take care.
that's really awesome! thank you so much! I'm still working on getting my videos better in terms of showing more my palette etc soon I will have couple of real time videos :)
Incredible. I love the layers and layers and layers of subtle shades of colors and your patience ♥
Thank you so much for appreciating this piece :)❤️
Absolutely mesmerizing 🌹
Thank you🌹☺️
Beautiful flowers and painting.... Greetings Alan.
Thank you Alan :) Have a nice evening!
My favorite flower!😍 Your work is so lovely and inspiring, thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much for watching 🤗❤️😍😘
Thank you! Very instructive
All I can say is WOW!!! This came up in my feed and it made me click so fast! Gorgeous work, beautiful composition!!! Thanks for sharing your talent and process! I just love peonies 😍
Stunning.... Thanks Maria
Thank you Isa :))
Absolutely stunning!!
Thank you Sally :)
Your work is so beautiful 🌹, and your technique is so helpful. Thank you.
thank you so much Joanna😘❤️
Gorgeous thank you Maria
Thank you for watching Barb :)
Beautiful 😊
Thank you Mary🤗
Another great tutorial,.. ❤ it
🌹Thank you! 😊
this is outstanding 😱😱👏👏👏
hi Priscilla 😃Thank you!!!🌹💕
excellent tutorial from a great artista Its the best so farar this year
Wow! Thank you so much Victor! :))
wow that's amazing....I just love your paintings ...great talent dear.God bless you.
Thank you Manjeet :) That's very kind of you.. God bless you!
It's so amazingly detailed! 😍 👍🏻
Thank you Calista 😀😍🌺🌹💕
BEAUTIFUL!!!
Thank you Patricia :)
Wonderful. I love it.
Thank you so much :)
very beautiful details! makes my heart feel so peaceful watching it.
Thank you Raffaella :)))
nice work ,and beautiful.
Thank you so much Jagannath :)
Hi Maria, Lovely, You make it look so easy ... Well done.
Thank you so much Vitor :) what would be the most characteristic colorful place you can think of in Portugal? like when I painted Santorini in Greece.... something that would be vibrant in colors and express the feel of Portugal :)...?
View this link
www.google.pt/search?q=os+lugares+mais+bonitos+de+portugal&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjFte624tXSAhVB2hQKHQHDCoYQsAQI2gE&biw=1465&bih=366
thank you Vitor!!! and all pictures are stunning!!! now i gotta pick something :)
Love this... the details are just fabulous!! Keep up the good work
Thank you so much :)))
Ah, so beautiful. Makes me ready for spring. ❤️🌸
thank you so much!! I forgot how awesome Hot Pressed 300lb is for flowers lol☺️🌸
Hi there maria just want thank you again from watching u all the time even my oils have improved drastically 💐
Aww I’m so happy Gayle!! I appreciate that a lot! Your comment makes me very happy!! Happy new year 😍🌸💕🎈
Next magical painting again 😍
Thank you so much Ellie 😍😍
Stunning! Thank you! :)
Thank you so much Debi :)
so beautiful to watch😍
thank you so much!!😀💕
Absolutely gorgeous Maria, you are a truly brilliant gifted artist :-)
Thank you so much for your kind words🤗🌸
beautiful
Thank you Linda 😃
Stunning
Thank you! 😊
WOW WATERCOLOUR ! COLOURS ! THIS IS SO ! SIMPLE ! .
Thank you :)
YOUR WELCOM ! .
bonsoir Maria , ho ! quelle belle fleurs, j aime bien les couleurs pastels , c est vraiment sublime ! (vous avez de bon pinceaux , ils sont tres souples,) c est superbes!!!!!!
HI Josiane, à l'époque j'utilisais des pinceaux de la compagnie d'Utrecht🌸☺️
Not only do you have amazing talent but the skill is out of this world! So beautiful...😍😍
Thank you so much Laurie🌸🌸🌸 😀
beautiful!!!
Thank you so much!
this is truly amazing tutorial.. thank you so mucchh for sharing.. it helped..
your very welcome, happy to hear that :)) thank you!
Wonderful
Thank you Luigina :)
This isss sooo soo SUPER ....stunnning ...!!!! i dont hv wordsss!
thank you very much 😀🌺
you're awesome😍😊
Thank you Nefise 😃🌹🌺💐
So perfect...
Thank you so much Susan :)
Amazing talent. I use watercolor pencils with watercolor paints but you have created awesome works with minimum number of paints
aww thank you so much for your kind words ☺️🤗
Grazie mille Maria!
Grazie Magali 🤗😃
So pretty
Thank you Rachel!
gorgeous.. thank you for demostrating this :)
Thank you for watching my new video Amylia :)
This is perfection!
thank you🤗
Beautiful
Thank you :)
Beautiful. !!!!! Thank you for sharing your wonderful talent with us all. :)
Thank you so much and your very welcome :)))) xx
Absolutely divine petals Maria! Wow
Thank you so much Alison :))
Your lightness of touch is amazing. I'm way too heavy handed, no wonder my paper always warps lol. Stunning painting, so delicate and beautiful. Su xx
Thank you so much Su ;) if your paper warps.. this 300lb may be a good option for you :) it's thick.. I think it's like 1mm.. it won't warp :)
Stunning work as always! Isn't working on 300lb a dream! It's an expensive preference but worth it.
Hi Erin ;) yes... but I bought mine in a sheet 22X33 which I cut up in small pieces... it was about $11, so maybe not too bad :) thank you!!
👌🏻👌🏻 beautiful
Thank you Marion🌸
May I ask what you use for reference, you are fantastic, I love everything you 🎨 paint, water color is my favorite medium, I have tried oil, acrylic and pencils, but always return to water color. Thank you for sharing your talent 🌹
Hi Anne-Marie Thank you so much🌊😊💕🤗It really depends on what I am painting, sometimes I don't use anything just my imagination and sometimes photos I took myself etc
Thank you so so much for this! I have my art exam coming this Thursday on painting flowers and butterfly. This really is perfect!
that's awesome :) what a great timing!! good luck on your exam!
wow, I love your videos. Thanks to them, now I can understand some techniques which I couldn't acquire in my class before :(
awww👩🏻🌾I am so happy I could help 😀
Wao so great
thank you🌸
Good day; i am,french, I love all your paintings ! It is wonderful🥰thank you very much ( sorry i don’ t speak english very well) you havé much talent I love !!Anny
🌹Merci, Thank you so much 😀
Przepięknie!
Dziekuje🌸🤗
hey Maria amazing work ... absolutely loved it ... I tried out the night sky paintings and it's not as good as yours but I can always dream 😅.....lots of love xo
Thank you so much Althea ☺️lots of practice, few more months of painting and you will get there 😀💕
Maria Raczynska 🖤😊
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WOW. I just fell in love with Caput Mortum after trying your tutorial. My peony came out looking like one big red mess, but Caput Mortum color sets everything off. My Quin Red looks different than yours, so I tried Carmine. Another beautiful color for flowers. Every manufacturer uses different pigments with the same name, so it can get overwhelming. I was jus surprised to see Caput Mortum in my Sennelier set and had to try it out.
Hi Bethany, thank you so much for your comment. Caput mortum violet is one of my favorite pigments right now and I use it/abuse it haha but yes, different companies create different shades of quin red etc but you don't have to match any of my colors, as long as you like the ones you have.. you can use here any pink or red, and caput m.v. is a great addition to those no matter how pink or red your pigment is :)
This is mindblowing beautiful! I would love this as a tattoo on my arm! I will try to make this happen.
Thank you so much :) and good luck 🍀👍 🤗
best :O i like it
Thank you Thong :)
Thanks so much! Such a wonderful tutorial. I have never used gouache before. Instead of gouche could I just use the lifting up technique or masking for the white? One other question I had is does gouache white make the colours duller or the painting dull overall? Can we retain the transparancy of water colours even after using gouache over it?
Hi :) In this video I haven't used any gouache, it's just transparent watercolors: quinacridone red and caput mortum violet. But in general I do use sometimes designer's gouache - color permanent white which is an opaque watercolor. It depends on a video you are refering to. In some like "Watercolor jellyfish" you don't have to use an opaque white like I do but just like you said, you can lift up the colors or use regular transparent watercolor white. I don't think the opaque watercolor white I use (designer's gouache) would make colors dull. It's definitely creamy, cloudy like watercolor. If you paint one of my night scenes with Milky Ways or "Watercolor Northern Lights" you may need an opaque watercolor for the Milky Way part but I have a video where I just lift up the sky and didn't use it. There's ways around it. You can still have the transparency of watercolors even after using designers gouache white, it all depends on how much you are using. And basically yes, if you don't have it you can lift up the colors, the effects are going to be different but you will get your result either way :)
Maria Raczynska Thanks ever so much for taking the time to clear my doubts on gauche. I love your videos and the way you teach. I'm going to try the peonies but using whatever colours I have. will let you know the results!
That's wonderful and your very welcome :) happy to help! You can definitely use different colors :) !
amazing
Thank you! 🥰
Hi ,Maria😊 I really enjoy watching this video.🌸💟 The colour I lovvvvve and the flowers are beautiful so beautiful.🌸💟 love it so hard. Thanks Maria for showing and sharing your wonderful work also really helpful🌸💟🌸💟🌸💟🌸👍am sure am the 1st like😉also I can see this paper excellent. . .
That's awesome 💕😀🌸thank you so much for liking, watching and all your kindness 💕💕I am also glad that you said you were able to see this paper very clearly, that's what I want to make sure the difference in papers is visible enough 🤗😀🌸💕🌸Have a wonderful Sunday!!😍
Maria, is there a brand of watercolor paint you prefer over another? and if so why?. I cannot belive you are self taught and only been painting watercolor since 2012. beautiful work. If I can suggest something to think about and experiment with. I thought to myself what would happen if I painted a watercolor using the old flemish technique of doing a grisaille first, I did it using sepia and paynes grey as a underpainting color. The results will amaze you.
Hi Michael, thank you so much!! that's really flattering :) I prefer using watercolors out of tubes, that really makes a difference in my opinion. I'm still testing out different watercolor brands but will be sharing some more of that soon on my channel :) I don't think I have ever seen the old flemish technique, it sounds really interesting. I am going to have to check it out as I like exploring new things :) thank you so much!
Hi Michael, thank you so much, I did look up the painter and I couldn't figure out how he does the background but then I thought to myself.. this is actually similar to my style of painting... because when I paint animals, I always create dark background first and then work with white gouache to bring out the light, I often mix white gouache with other colors so I have these opaque lighter colors over darks.. instead of creating a background: sepia, payne's gray, I do that on the actual animal .I looked up the grisaille technique and it works when painting with opaque watercolors (gouache) thank you so much for your comments. Btw whenever theres a link or names mentioned in comments, it gets flagged so these comments don't get posted but I still saw and read it. thank you!
New subscriber. Love your work! 🌸
Hi Karen🌺😃Thank you for joining me here!
Like it very much！ PS. Do you have a reference photo of this flower?
Thank you Yunxiao, what I did was I googled peonies, found two pictures i liked and put together three flowers. If you put in your search "peonies" there will be plenty of photos to paint from :)
Thank you Maria! Actually peony is the flower of my hometown and I have a special attachment to this delicate flower ;) Thanks again for your share!
That's wonderful Yunxiao, what is your hometown? these flowers are so pretty!!! thank you!!
My hometown is Luoyang in China and every year we have Peony Festival when the flowers blossom in early May:)People are so glad because of seeing these gorgeous pretty flowers, but their flowering is quite brief only lasts about 20 days... So nice that we can capture this beauty in watercolor:)
thank you for sharing :) how awesome it would be to attend a festival like that! wow! I visited China last year and I was there in May but probably far from where your town is. I felt in love with black sesame seed dumplings yum!!
That would be absolutely amazing as a feature wall in your home omg I seriously love this you are so talented☺️☺️
thank you so much Rachael ☺️🌸🤗
I’m hoping your Patreon site provides some information on painting on hot press. You make it look easy, but it’s very different from cold press, and frustrating for a lot of people. I’m pretty good at cold press, but hot press has been disappointing. I’m definitely interested in joining, but I’ll wait until the start of the month because I know Patreon charges that way. As everyone has already said, your work is beautiful.
Hi Anne, thank you for inquiring about my classes. Just fyi, Patreon charges you on the date you join, and then 30 days from the day you joined. If you join March 15th, next month you will be charged is on April 15th (not on the 1st) Each Patreon creator has it set up differently.
Also, these peonies are a very old video of mine. This would a real time video from maybe 2017.
Today, I have detailed classes on Patreon, and VoiceOver tutorials. Here's an index to Patreon's tutorials and classes. Www.mariamorjane.com/patreon.html
I started painting with watercolors on Hot Pressed - then in 2017 I started painting on Cold Pressed and Rough.
In my humble opinion, Hot pressed is not good for beginners because there's no texture. You are forced to work on details. Cold Pressed, or rough are the forgiving papers. Much easier to learn how to paint on. Hot pressed dries 10X faster than CP or Rough. And to be honest, in my opinion, watercolors look much better on Cold pressed or rough, with texture.
@@mariamorjane Thank you for responding so quickly. I was taking a course on Domestika, and that particular one used Hot Press. I found myself really disliking my results, and quickly lost interest. Now, unfortunately, I have a block of Fabriano hot press that I’ll probably never use. Oh well. I paint with watercolor as a hobby, and because it’s fun, and the colors are beautiful. If it’s not fun, then what’s the point. I happen to have plenty of cold press!
Thanks for letting me know about Patreon. I thought they had changed to the starting date being the date a customer signs up, but it’s not clearly stated anywhere. I don’t do as much painting during the summer because I don’t have the time, so I’m going to sign up now, while I can get in at least a month or two.
Hi Anne, you are very welcome.
Patreon offers this option to some Patron creators only, so that's why with some other creators - you may still see that everyone no matter when they join - get charged on the 1st.
Yes, I totally understand about Hot Pressed... It was my first watercolor paper ever.
But, after years and years of teaching how to paint with watercolors, I know that this is NOT the right paper for the beginners.
I was just mentioning this to a friend who's my student too, you have to be careful out there. There's a lot of unexperienced watercolor teachers out there, and even tho their works may attract someone, that person doesn't necessarily understand watercolors, techniques, and it's not only easy to pick up on their bad habits, but also, it may be hard to get honest opinions about papers and what's best for a beginner.
It was during the pandemic, 2020-2021, when the most creators ever joined Patreon. There's a lot of articles about this on the internet.
Anyways, I hope to see you there, if not, I wish you all the best and I hope you will enjoy painting on Cold Pressed 🤗🌹
@@mariamorjane I’ve joined, and the tutorials are lovely.
love it!!!!!!!
Thank you 🌸😀
Hi Maria mam really it's amazing 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌
Thank you so much :))) xx
This is so beautiful. I wondered in what size paper did you do this?
Thank you so much :) I had a big sheet of hot pressed 300lb, 22X33 and I cut it into smaller pieces, this one is somewhere around 10X12...
Thank you for the info. Honestly I am still in awe of the beauty of this painting of my favourite flower, peonies! Would a process like this, with initial wetting of each petal before painting colour, work with regular hot 140lb paper? I converted 300g into gsm and it comes to 640gsm!! As I'm just beginning in watercolours, I don't know if I should try it on such thick paper yet! But I have a pad of A3 300gsm (140lb) paper! I also have same 140lb Not paper. I tried a few botanicals on Not paper and it was pretty hard to put in details.....
Yes it will work, the paint will spread in a different way but you can definitely paint these on a 140lb hot pressed. Most of my paintings are on a hot pressed 140lb. A lot of watercolor papers offer free samples, tryi writing to few companies under" contact us" section :) besides the more you experiment the better your knowledge will be on watercolor papers and how it reacts with paints etc
Thanks, that's a really great idea. But I don't think any company will send me anything, I am not a professional artist like you! Anyway I started a floral on the 140lb using, or trying to follow your process. I have had to leave it and continue tomorrow. More layers needed on the petals I have done. Is this a style that needs to be done in one sitting? Do you think stopping in the middle will affect the finished painting in any way? Also, the paper is totally buckling! I havent't taped it down, as I wasn't sure it would help. Is it necessary to use tape to stretch the paper? Am I using too much water? Thanks in advance.
Hi, I actually asked for samples because one of my subscribers here told me about it, and she doesn't have a youtube channel neither a website that's why I'm pretty sure you can ask for some too :) I always finish my painting, never walk away from it because buckling can happen once the paper starts drying. I lay my watercolor paper on a glass (kitchen cutting boar glass) and when I paint big backgrounds, the water and paint create that suction between the paper and glass and the paper always stays in place. What you could do is get a glass to paint on and brush some water underneath the paper. Just don't let your paper ever completely dry on that glass when you are done painting because it will glue itself to the glass. Now, You don't have to finish it all in one day. I just paint that way, but I know at the beginning it's probably impossible to finish a painting like this in two hours. The spotting won't affect your painting :) you can always brush it off with a wet brush... I don't ever stretch my paper. You can sure tape it down, a lot of people find it very helpful. In a painting like this yes I would recommend it too. I don't like to tape the paper down when I paint a full landscape type backgrounds, where the paint is everywhere. Mostly because the art gets trapped underneath but when you just paint flowers, you won't have that problem. At the beginning when you paint petals, it's always better to use less paint, light layers.. because you can always add more later...I hope this helps :)
What brand of paper is that? It seems to be spreading the colours so nicely
this is Arches Hot pressed 300lb🌸
wwwwwwwOooooowwwwwww!!!OMG😵😵 I really heve to try paint this too!!!!
Hi Romina 😀thank youuuu!!
I was just wondering what the difference was between water color colored pencils and regular water colors. Thank you.
Hi Lauren, with watercolors (in tubes or pans) you need a brush to paint with. And watercolor pencils - imagine regular pencils/crayons but you can use water with them, so once you draw with these watercolor pencils you can use a brush to go over the areas. I have painted with watercolor pencils before, I will try to make a tutorial on that :)
Did you use a reference photo? And if so, would you post it? I would love to see it to help me learn how to paint this flower composition
Thanks
Hi Sandra, I had real flowers as my reference, so no images. so sorry ☺️
I want outline of this design.... how can i get.... it's really pretty...
Thank you so much Geetha, unfortunately this is an older painting video of mine and back then I wasn't scanning my sketches yet...😆
Where do you get the images/line art for your paintings? Or do you draw them yourself?
HI Naomi, I draw everything myself, I make a pencil sketch first then work with watercolors
Hello maria , I love your drawing right now ,by the way in this moment I also draw roses ,but your drawing is much beautiful than mine 😍😍😍😍😍.and I love it so much.
I'm sure your roses are beautiful 😍🌺thank you so much!!!!!