You are so relaxed , we can't go wrong right ? You have so much confidence in your audience . You make it sound easy . First of all we need to RELAX ❤ This our first . I have no idea what kind of paper, paint medium you mention . I just got the paper for water color mediums ( very cheap ) . We all have squirt bottles ! Thank you ! I'll try 🥴.
I've painted for fun for most of my life, and it never ceases to amaze me how you often come across someone like Ellen who teaches you something nice and simple and adds to your enjoyment.. thank you Ellen 😊
I have forgotten how to paint, draw, using different mediums . This is such a refreshing visit to my first wishlist painting ! I could horses in detail d musculature.but now everything sit s in my art bags all zipped up.. I think I'll grab some scratch pad sketchbook and while I'm being inspired come join you very soon ❤. Your voice and flub up giggles remind me tok laugh at myself which sure brings gorgeous colors to the tip of your brush .Look what we're missing 🎨🖌️. Thank you 🕯️
I am new to watercolor painting, as in i opened the brushes up right before i gave this tutorial a whirl...it took me a lot longer than the video, as I would pause, rewind and replay as i learned. I am thrilled at how my first painting turned out, and i appreciate your easy to follow style and flow! Looking forward to watching and learning more! THANK YOU!!
I’m only watching this for the first time a year after you first posted this and it’s exactly what I needed to see to get me painting again after a few weeks of doing none!
Ellen, I can't believe how pretty this is! I really appreciate how you show us how to draw it. That is always a challenge for me. These two little hummers are painted beautifully. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful-I love hummers! Can’t wait for their spring return! Thanks for choosing them for today! You break it down so they look “do-able”! A work in progress!
I love your confidence Ellen. The way you get in there and not worry and everything comes out perfect. I can ne er paint as nice as you. Yourr good. Thanks for teaching us.
I pained along with this tutorial. I very much enjoyed the process but my painting looks nothing like yours! LOL But I had fun and I will try again. Thanks!
I started painting last summer ( 1 year ago). Hummingbirds are my favorite animal and I’m always thankful for a new perspective and tutorial on how to paint or draw these amazing creatures. Thank you for your channel and your teaching! When I retire, I’m going on one of your watercolor trips! Mark my words!
Hummingbirds are the sweetest birds. I saved a fledgling that fell in my front yard. Then let him go and he's still eating from my feeders a year later. They're so delicate.
Love this. I am trying to doodle while on my lunch. I attempted this. My bird is a little on the thin side. Lol, I painted it with the vivivia color sheets, so my colors are bold . Still, it's a fun practice . Thanks for the idea and tutorial.
I did it! I painted a hummingbird and it even looks like a hummingbird! Thank you for this help and it has given me the confidence that I lost years ago. I love yours and they look much better than my little one but I got it done! Thank you so much for your video and your help!
I can’t thank you enough! You hit the nail on the head because I got supplies for Christmas and am intimidated to try anything other than a rose and a galaxy. Just learning at age 55 and am grateful to have found you here and on Tiktok! Excited to learn more!! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you 🥰
Love how you make it look so easy and fun. I am such a perfectionist and I have to learn how to be more loose and have more fun. I get overwhelmed and then I do nothing. Got to get more daring and you really help with that. Did a lot of your Christmas designs as Christmas cards and loved all of them. Thanks for making painting look and feel fun. Can’t wait to try these darling birds.
What a great tutorial! I just started watercolor painting a month ago... I'm 57 and an empty nester so needed something new and exciting to try and I'm addicted to watercolors lol. Can't wait to paint these hummers!
Thank you, Ellen! I love this tutorial, and before today, I had thought that hummingbirds were too difficult for me to attempt painting. Your teaching style is great!
Love the way you just boldly started blobbing at the edges with all sorts of colours! Looks amazing like that. I'd love to see more tutorials on that kind of thing, backgrounds, background colours, etc.
It took more than five minutes, but that is because you were enjoying it so much you couldn’t stop 🙂, makes me want to try this too, thank you so much for this great idea! ❤️
Thank you Ellen~ hummers are my favorite bird and connect me to my dad who is gone from my sight. Mixing is my challenge .. I am going to paint this, and one a day, until I gain some skills. Take care and thank you!
Just painted some hummingbirds & ty for this tutorial! Was having bit of trouble having different color transitions & doing it the wetter way works much better & love using metallics over the regular paint as they do shimmer in real life 🤗!
Ellen, thank you so much! I've tried for days to make these birdies. I just can't. I'll keep watching your paintings though I really enjoy them! You are so talented and gracious to take the time to teach us all
Ellen, those little fellas are just precious and so fun. I’m glad to hear that you are going to be doing detailed flowers in the tutorials to come, I look forward to that! You truly are gifted and I appreciate you sharing!
Absolutely LOVE your tutorials. I love the way you laugh at yourself etc. etc. You are so energetic and I love it. I love to try all your beginner stuff. Sometimes I am ok with them, not always but hey I keep trying... Thank you.
So beautiful! Wonderful transformation through all the steps to the final product, a totally unexpected, wonderful surprise how your painting turned out! Breathtaking!
I have been dying to try a hummingbird and never knew where to start! Thank you so much for your explanation and assurance that we can just go with the flow! Beautiful painting!
Thanks for this tutorial! My first attempt is not great, but I'm just barely getting started in watercolor, so I'll definitely come back to this and try it again once I've practiced more.
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You are so relaxed , we can't go wrong right ?
You have so much confidence in your audience . You make it sound easy .
First of all we need to
RELAX ❤
This our first .
I have no idea what kind of paper, paint medium you mention .
I just got the paper for water color mediums ( very cheap ) .
We all have squirt bottles !
Thank you !
I'll try 🥴.
I've painted for fun for most of my life, and it never ceases to amaze me how you often come across someone like Ellen who teaches you something nice and simple and adds to your enjoyment.. thank you Ellen 😊
I have forgotten how to paint, draw, using different mediums . This is such a refreshing visit to my first wishlist painting ! I could horses in detail d musculature.but now everything sit s in my art bags all zipped up.. I think I'll grab some scratch pad sketchbook and while I'm being inspired come join you very soon ❤. Your voice and flub up giggles remind me tok laugh at myself which sure brings gorgeous colors to the tip of your brush .Look what we're missing 🎨🖌️. Thank you 🕯️
Love your style of painting and the way you teach! Thank you! 🌸💕
Thank you so much!
LOVE the sound effects!! They enhance the “stress free” atmosphere of your exceptional tutorials!
that was pure joy watching this painting coming to life :) imagine that water coloring can look this easy :)
I am new to watercolor painting, as in i opened the brushes up right before i gave this tutorial a whirl...it took me a lot longer than the video, as I would pause, rewind and replay as i learned. I am thrilled at how my first painting turned out, and i appreciate your easy to follow style and flow! Looking forward to watching and learning more! THANK YOU!!
I did this, it took me 50 minutes not 5, and my hummingbirds look like drag queen ducks!
😂😂 we are our own worst critics!!! I'm store they're gorgeous! Ellens tutorials taught me how to paint flowers with watercolor ❤
😂😂😂
Lol
Would love to see them Hanna!
Love your comment!
I Love your technique Ellen. I like the top bird's wings because of the wispy little details. This is a great lesson!
Omg,,,, i did it, my first hummingbird, i am so proud of myself, thanx Ellen, greetings from the Netherlands
Wonderful!
Hi Anja 👋 greetings from Ohio USA…this is my first bird as well. I just adore Ellen and am learning so much!
I’m only watching this for the first time a year after you first posted this and it’s exactly what I needed to see to get me painting again after a few weeks of doing none!
This tutorial helped me get back to painting after seven months--thank you!
So fun! I am a brand new painter and I was able to recreate these reasonably well. Thank you!!
Ellen, I can't believe how pretty this is! I really appreciate how you show us how to draw it. That is always a challenge for me. These two little hummers are painted beautifully. Thank you for sharing.
You are so welcome!
Thank you so much, Ellen.I am starting with a series of birds, and this is the perfect start.
You're so welcome!
Lovely. Did you use regular water colors or gwash (sp)? Bdy❤
Absolutely love this. I’m going to give it a go. Thank you so much for taking the time to make it whimsical and carefree ❤
Awww, they are such sweet little jewels. Love them, Ellen! Thank you for teaching us how to paint these and I love all your sound effects! 🥰
You are so welcome
Beautiful-I love hummers! Can’t wait for their spring return! Thanks for choosing them for today! You break it down so they look “do-able”! A work in progress!
Glad you like them!
Your style of teaching is very relaxing and makes me want to pursue painting with water colours. Thank you.
I love your confidence Ellen. The way you get in there and not worry and everything comes out perfect. I can ne er paint as nice as you. Yourr good. Thanks for teaching us.
you’re a fabulous teacher! i started watercolor at 64 .. no lessons except what i see on youtube
You are my favorite artist to watch😊. Thank you!!
Thank you so much 😀
Such a lovely piece. My favorite thing in summer watching all those birds fight over feeders in my yard.
Wow! You are a super artist and super teacher Ellen! :)
Thank you so much!
I pained along with this tutorial. I very much enjoyed the process but my painting looks nothing like yours! LOL But I had fun and I will try again. Thanks!
Wonderful!
While watching you painting, I could feel the joy and fun you kept talking about” have fun”. Love it. Thank you so much❤❤❤❤
Thanks for sharing, It's awesome!
I started painting last summer ( 1 year ago). Hummingbirds are my favorite animal and I’m always thankful for a new perspective and tutorial on how to paint or draw these amazing creatures. Thank you for your channel and your teaching! When I retire, I’m going on one of your watercolor trips! Mark my words!
I love this!! Thanks for showing both ways to draw the birds..that’s really helpful. Can’t exit to try this one!
Glad it was helpful!
Hummingbirds are the sweetest birds. I saved a fledgling that fell in my front yard. Then let him go and he's still eating from my feeders a year later. They're so delicate.
I love this! I am going to give it a try with my cobalt green, opera rose, red, and maybe some iridescent gold etc. 😊
Go for it!
My favorite bird! Oh, how beautiful!
Mine too!
Love this. I am trying to doodle while on my lunch. I attempted this. My bird is a little on the thin side. Lol, I painted it with the vivivia color sheets, so my colors are bold . Still, it's a fun practice . Thanks for the idea and tutorial.
You can do it!
I did it! I painted a hummingbird and it even looks like a hummingbird! Thank you for this help and it has given me the confidence that I lost years ago. I love yours and they look much better than my little one but I got it done! Thank you so much for your video and your help!
This is so wonderful, Ellen. Thanks for showing us how it's done. Your tutorials give me a lot of confidence! 😍
Love the hummingbirds! I can't wait to see them this spring 🥰 also like the 5 min challenge 😊
Yay! Thank you!
Currently watching a snow storm outside … YOU saved the day Ellen by bringing back some summer ❤ Thank you so very much!
These little birds are so sweet and pretty!
I can’t thank you enough! You hit the nail on the head because I got supplies for Christmas and am intimidated to try anything other than a rose and a galaxy. Just learning at age 55 and am grateful to have found you here and on Tiktok! Excited to learn more!! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you 🥰
You are so welcome!
Love how you make it look so easy and fun. I am such a perfectionist and I have to learn how to be more loose and have more fun. I get overwhelmed and then I do nothing. Got to get more daring and you really help with that. Did a lot of your Christmas designs as Christmas cards and loved all of them. Thanks for making painting look and feel fun. Can’t wait to try these darling birds.
I love the energy, colors and short amount of time used to make these gorgeous hummers. Thanks Much Ellen
What a great tutorial! I just started watercolor painting a month ago... I'm 57 and an empty nester so needed something new and exciting to try and I'm addicted to watercolors lol. Can't wait to paint these hummers!
❤So Pretty!! Perfect Bird for Watercolor!!
I had so much fun painting these humming birds! ❤
I really want to create this. I am new to watercolor. Have yet to make an actual painting. Got supplies for Christmas. This is just so beautiful!
thanks! I managed to do them semi decent! I like that you comment on water/ paint I have alot of trouble with managing that
I just finished painting these and I want to cry! They turned our so good! Thank you!!
Love the sound effects almost as much as the pretty birds 😊
Thank you, Ellen! I love this tutorial, and before today, I had thought that hummingbirds were too difficult for me to attempt painting. Your teaching style is great!
What pretty little guys! How lucky we are to have them for inspiration! Many thanks!
Beautiful painting Ellen thank you They are such wonderful birds xx
Thank you! Cheers!
My favorite bird, thanks for showing me how to draw and paint them!
Love the way you just boldly started blobbing at the edges with all sorts of colours! Looks amazing like that. I'd love to see more tutorials on that kind of thing, backgrounds, background colours, etc.
It took more than five minutes, but that is because you were enjoying it so much you couldn’t stop 🙂, makes me want to try this too, thank you so much for this great idea! ❤️
I LOVE THIS. hummingbirds made easy. 🎉
I love this video and how you explain everything. Beautiful!
Thank you so much. That was super fun to do... especially as a true beginner. Very satisfying and indeed quick. 💜👍
I loved it! Thank you. Not sure how great mine are but it was fun!
Thank you Ellen~ hummers are my favorite bird and connect me to my dad who is gone from my sight. Mixing is my challenge .. I am going to paint this, and one a day, until I gain some skills. Take care and thank you!
I love hummingbirds so I was excited to try this. I am a beginner so I do get intimidated but you made it fun to try!
Thank you for making your drawings so easy to see! That is only reason I enjoy your tutorials. 😍
Beautiful.. I love hummingbirds..and these 5 minute ideas are perfect! look forward to more of these
Glad you like them!
My first attempt was amazing result and I can’t believe it. Can’t wait to try the next lesson. 😎
Just painted some hummingbirds & ty for this tutorial!
Was having bit of trouble having different color transitions & doing it the wetter way works much better & love using metallics over the regular paint as they do shimmer in real life 🤗!
Love love this tutorial. You demonstrated perfectly that anyone can do this, even me. Thank you for sharing.
Love these hummingbird and flowers 😊
I am new to watercolors. I love hummingbirds and curly willow in my backyard. I hope to do this soon. Thankyou God bless hugs.
Wonderful hummingbirds…a real sense of moment created with the wings🙂
This was so fun. Loved following along! You are an amazing teacher Ellen! Thank you
Ellen, thank you so much! I've tried for days to make these birdies. I just can't. I'll keep watching your paintings though I really enjoy them! You are so talented and gracious to take the time to teach us all
what a fabulous tutorial. I don't know if I could ever get to this level of looseness or speed but, this definitely is worth trying. Thank you!
Ellen, those little fellas are just precious and so fun. I’m glad to hear that you are going to be doing detailed flowers in the tutorials to come, I look forward to that! You truly are gifted and I appreciate you sharing!
They're lovely.
Thank you, Ellen!
thanks
So much fun… love the hummingbirds!!🤗🥰💖💖💖
I love these little birds. The colors are very pretty and your instructions are very easy to follow. Thank you Ellen.
Thanks so much 😊
Absolutely LOVE your tutorials. I love the way you laugh at yourself etc. etc. You are so energetic and I love it. I love to try all your beginner stuff. Sometimes I am ok with them, not always but hey I keep trying... Thank you.
I miss having time to watch your videos. You taught me so much. Hubby had a stroke soI been busy with him. Thanks for being here!!💕
So beautiful! Wonderful transformation through all the steps to the final product, a totally unexpected, wonderful surprise how your painting turned out! Breathtaking!
I'm fascinated by the paintings in the background. Do you think you could do a video giving us a tour of your art displayed in your studio?
Thanks my studio is mess - video would scare ppl they are acrylic and one oil painting.
Thankyou! I can't wait to paint these beautiful birds!
I love your style
thanks!
I’m saving this for sure. Been in a block and was sick. Been at least 3-4 weeks since I picked up a brush.
I feel ya was there around Xmas time!
Thank you, Ellen!
I think you are wonderful.
You have taught me so much..
Just started painting with watercolor. Hope to give this a try. Your instructions are inspirational.
Ellen you’re such a great teacher! Arches should sponsor you!
I wish!! LOL
Lovely movement and color choices!
Thank you! Cheers!
I love your style of teaching you make it look easy and give me confidence to try. Thank you Ellen x
Love your hummingbirds. They are beautiful.
I love this! So bright and loose
Great for us beginners!
Beatiful ❤️❤️❤️ thanks for sharing
Thank you for a sweet tutorial! I throughly enjoyed your verbal “embellishments”.
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I love these hummers! Thank you! I hope to try in the morning.
Thank you Ellen you are fabulous and help me feel like painting everyday!
Just love these.... adorable. Adding the eyes just brings them to life 🥰
I have been dying to try a hummingbird and never knew where to start! Thank you so much for your explanation and assurance that we can just go with the flow! Beautiful painting!
Hermosos colibrí, gracias por enseñar 🪻
Such a beautiful painting 😊
Absolutely incredible! Even if those watching have to slow it down and take more than 5 minutes…..so what….practice!
Thanks for this tutorial! My first attempt is not great, but I'm just barely getting started in watercolor, so I'll definitely come back to this and try it again once I've practiced more.
I love your sound effects with your teaching!! ;-)
You're such a great instructor! I absolutely love this painting and can't wait to try it . THANK YOU!