Ohhhmy!!! Just as I'm finishing a plum blossom, I'm finding this great video literally answering my many questions!!!!!!! YT TV doesn't show same pc vids. Best teacher I've seen yet!!!!!! Just amazing, thank you!!!!! Must start over, lolol!!!
This lesson has pointed out the fact that I rush my painting most of the time! I really need to slow down and pay attention to more details and not be concerned with reaching the finish line. I am new to water coloring and after watching a number of artists via UA-cam, I have become a huge fan of yours!! Until I actually take a water coloring class, I am pleased to see the progress I have made since taking many of your lessons to my paper ( I’m still using my wastebasket, but not as much🙄). Thank you!
I am so delighted you are doing glazing. I never liked my watercolour flowers and switch to water mixable oils to get that sparkling. Now I will enjoy watercolours again. Thank you for teaching this.
I am drinking up all the fundamental ways of watercoloring from you. I’m so new everything you’ve talked about resonates with me and my low degree of watercolor knowledge. Thank you!
Fabulous glazing teaching technique again. You talk just enough and are silent without feeling like you must fill every second of the video. I love how you make these videos. You are much appreciated!
I just love watching your videos but this one in particular is so informative at being able to actually see you do these minute brush strokes and explaining each step. Thank you from a beginner.
Your tutorials are great. The camera work is perfect so all the details are clear. Your comments are so helpful to me also. When watching other videos I quite often wonder why the artist did something but you explain what you're doing and why. That makes the learning process much easier and more fun for me. Thank you for all the help!!
I agree with the comments saying how well you TEACH. I've been watching Many tutorials and you are the BEST. Thank you for helping me in my quest to learn how to paint in water color. Say Hey to Reese! Your humor is Great too!!
You're my go to man. I like the way you think before you talk and then actually do what you have just explained. I have learnt to listen carefully to ALL your explainations and watch how you execute the skills in your paintings. I have even mastered some of them myself. Thankyou.
What a great video. I'm coming to this many years after you made it, but this video is timeless. Thank you for making it. It's helping me take my painting up a notch, having seen in detail how you work on botanicals. Thank you!
A beautiful composition, Steve! I love it. Inspiring as always. Every time someone asks me where I learned to paint with watercolour (or for tips) I send 'em over to your channel. Clear and thorough advice, good camera work, soothing voice and an introductory jingle that my toddler loves. Keep on sharing your art with us.
I could watch and listen to you paint for hours on end. It’s so interesting, informative, and relaxing too. Thank you for sharing your work and knowledge.
I have to say I’m really enjoying your tutorials. I just recently started watercolour painting (I’m just over 50) and your videos are truly helpful and your teaching is a pleasure to watch. I’ve watched so many videos and I have to say yours are top! Thank you from a “beginner”.
Usually people who are as talented as you usually begin to draw at a young age. I can't draw everything, but have found that flowers are easier for me to draw. I have always loved the look and softness of water colors. Thank you for replying so quickly. I appreciate it greatly.
People look at a painting and those who don’t know about the process, can never guess how many patient hours of work it takes to paint something as beautiful as this. Every single detail must be painted in. Every tone, every nuance of shade, every value takes time and patience and what I refer to as the “eye” must take constant rest and come back with a clearer view. Thank you for sharing.
"Art exists because life is not enough..." - Gullar, Ferreira. Steve, it is so interesting that, after I got back to painting, after 15 years away from brushes, I started to see nature in a different way. Colors, patterns, beauty... Life is so beautiful right now. No more TV, only books, moments painting, wine, music... I just became a great fan of yours, man.
This and your video about how to get color on the brush...OMGosh...after watching hundreds ...no exaggeration...hundreds of videos I could never figure out correct water to paint amounts...kept dipping in water...and never knew what to do after my first washes of color...THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! I’m beginning to make real progress.
I agree! That video about water control and NOT dipping in changed everything! And the dip on the rag. Something so simple yet never explained like you do Steve. Others often assume we just KNOW.. as it is habit with an expert. Control of that water, one if the secrets.
A super-newbie here with no art background but I am so inspired and awed by your work! Thank you for showing a real application for glazing and keep up the fantastic work.
This is what attracts me to watercolor. I love the glazing and detail, and I’m happy to take my time. I have a partially finished floral painting that is ready for this part. It’s helpful to see you work in some very small areas.
It is so useful that you explain your thought processes while you paint , perfect for me as it helps to understand using the brush and value of paint on the brush while you work , I thank you 🙏
Thank you for explaining the phases of your paintings. Hearing you've worked on the painting for weeks did my heart good. I'm a newbie & felt I was missing something because it takes me a week or more to do flowers. I even bought a tiny inexpensive blow dryer to dry between layers so I wouldn't mess up my work by not waiting for it to dry and that helped a bit, but I still want to rush to the next step. I've finally realized watercolor is different than colored pencils and I need to relax and do one thing at a time or one layer at a time as I learn. I'm trying to walk away to help me slow down. Figuring out in what order to learn has been the most frustrating. Currently, as I come up with an idea I search your videos . Today, I wanted to do a splatter background on a painting of a pink flower so I searched for & watched your splatter video and that's what I'll practice. Then I saw the thumbnail of this light pink flower and here I am, learning. I'm reminding myself it's an opportunity to keep practicing water control and using my brushes. Again, Steve, thank you so much for your patient & thorough presentations. ❤🧡💛
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL! Your style of teaching is superior to others who “demonstrate” a process with little information. Thank you for sharing your talents. Marie
You have a very patient style It's as if you can see the finished painting stripped back to layers in your mind. Beautifully demonstrated I'll have to watch this a bunch
Hello, your painting is looking very beautiful. Your colours are all my favourite, pastel colours are so soothing. I really like how you are painting slowly and explaining as you go along. You have included many leaves which I love, the variety of greens is so lovely. Thank you for sharing. Helene Edgington
This was really helpful for me. Hearing your thought process as you're making decisions on individual areas is really useful. I'm often pleased with my initial washes and then end up with things looking heavy and overworked after the next step - especially the leaves.
I love your tutorials. Sometimes am not sure of my techniques. I have always worked intuitively but it’s so encouraging to see that I have the same approach and techniques as you show in your videos. Thanks for sharing!
Potted Ferne - I really love this.....I've been a mixed media artist for years using very good quality color pencils and this technique corresponds with the actions I take Recently I did my very first water color painting and fell in love with it. Your videos have been very helpful........thank you!!
I loooove this!! Thanks for showing us the process, when I begun with watercolor I used to do it all at once, never used layers because I was too afraid to spoil it all! I tried to do everything at first wash 🙉🙉 I've been doing it for ages like that, since 2004!! I'm still scared to spoil my contests but I'm trying to glaze more to achieve better results lately, hope one day I may be able to show you my work, thanks again SO much for your channel, I'm learning so much from you 😊😊⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🦋
You are so inspiring! I know I’m years away from being able to do this, but I also know I want to learn! Thank you for sharing your talent and inspiration!!
Wow episode 2 on Botanicals was just great. You can learn so much by just watching and taking in the steps as they appear before your eyes. So delicate. Great glazing demo. Keep up the good work Steve. You certainly had a vast audience this time around......keep the demos coming as you are assisting so many people. Cheers Lorraine. :)
I have to let you know. Your totourials help me so much. I now have a better understanding of control. The Water verses Paint amount.Light touch. Angles of light. And patients. Thank you.
Having watched this (I said before not into flowers) BUT I found I used this to paint a giraffe as it's marks are various hues of the same colour and I found myself thinking I could use Steve's technique. So techniques you teach are general so thanks Steve.
This is the exact right video for me to complete a similar botanical that even has magenta tones and curling pedals. I found it a week ago and realized that I had done the initial leaf and stem setup and then stopped out fear for how to do the petals. This is why I love following you and seeing this micro-step by micro-step development. It is welcome.
I love the botanicals that you do, could you set up a playlist for just your botanical, so we can watch the series from start to finish. This is an area that I would like to get into.
The Mind of Watercolor Steve this is beautiful! I love your style and technique it's similar to Billy Showell and oddly enough she just did an ornamental cherry on her online classes! So when are you going to start your own online classes that we can pay for? I've heard teachable .com is a good place to do classes and you have full control. Crossing my fingers you would focus on botanicals and throw in a few things here or there but I'm just being picky now. Lol. Sorry to be such a nag I'll do my best to be patient. :)
Another wonderful video! You inspire me to try so many new techniques, and while I'm happy with them, my weakness is with the initial drawing. (Mine, not yours!) It would be amazing if you could find someone to market your own drawings for sale on decent watercolor paper, and partner them with videos that we could follow along with, layer by layer; glaze by glaze. I am positive you would have an avid audience and a good income from the sales. I would love to be your first customer!
Thank you Steve for a great follow up lesson on glazing. I’ve been trying this a lot on my current piece and very happy with the results. I do find that glazing does dry pretty quickly which I’m loving. But as with all things watercolor, timing is everything. I prefer to work more slowly over slapping paint down and calling a piece done. Many can do this with good results, but it’s just not for me. I’m finally getting a grip on the style I prefer to paint in and doing it steady and slow makes all the difference. Blessings to you!
This is one of the best videos I have seen on applying the glazing technique. I like how you explain why and how you are doing each step. I would love to do a step by step workshop on this painting because i am learning to paint botanicals and this is the technique I really want to master. Thanks.
Honestly the best watercolor tutorial I’ve come across. Thank you so much for this and all your other works (art and videos I mean). Incredible helpful!
Amazing video! Love your work! Thank you so much for going through your thought process with us while painting! When I was watching other people’s tutorials, I often wondered why they did this and that. This video is extremely helpful and informative! I enjoyed every second of it! Thanks again!
I just have found you!!! I love painting flowers and I appreciate a lot your technique because it is similar to how I face my work. A lot of patience is required and I lose myself enjoying the colors and effects. I had a teacher who is a recognized painter and she always said : "if you like the final then it is well done". I want to congratulate you, it is very beautiful. I have already subscribed to your channel and be sure I will keep an eye on your art in the future. God bless your hands and gives you inspiration for developing a lot of beauty.
Regarding the petal with the chunky violet/orange first layer... I've been doing the "unifying wash" completely out of desperation lol, and I thought I was doing something wrong. Everyone says "light to dark".. but as a beginner it's sooo much easier to put down a light, go in with a dark (or pop of bright color), then put a medium over the top to blend the two. Everything just looks so much smoother and more consistent, like the color is in the surface instead of just on top.
Your approach is just fine and is still considered light to dark because every layer, regardless of value, makes it darker. You start light and build up to dark. There are no highlight layers added later making it lighter unless you use opaque paint.
Steve your tutorials are so helpful. You have an amazing talent. Can u please do few more tutorials on flowers and glazing techniques and also some lose flowers . Thank you so much
Steve, thank you so much for this video. I've been trying to get the hang of watercolor for a while now and this is the most informative video that I have watched. I appreciate your time and experience!
What a wonderful video tutorial, I've always loved your tutorials. I haven't been able to watch them lately but I'm very pleased to be able to now...❤❣
Hi Steve, thank you so much, this session was inspirational, I've just done a 2 day workshop on botanical art and found it most fascinating and very challenging. but you've reminded me that it's all about the basic techniques that we re-apply to each situation. I feel more able to continue now. I was feeling a bit inadequate!
I am new again to your channel, I forgot about you for a while, so happy I watched this episode. I would love it if you would give those who joined you a sketch of the subject and we could follow you, Like two painter I have taken classes with, Billy Showell and Anna Masson Your teachings would be another style, and having 3 masters available with different painting methods and techniques would complete my learning enjoyment. thanks for sharing this great painting with us.
Wow! You are so talented and your video is awesome! The painting is so beautiful and inspiring and your instructions so helpful! Thank you so much! I will be checking out all of your work and patreon. My interest is in the botanicals.
Ohhhmy!!! Just as I'm finishing a plum blossom, I'm finding this great video literally answering my many questions!!!!!!! YT TV doesn't show same pc vids. Best teacher I've seen yet!!!!!! Just amazing, thank you!!!!! Must start over, lolol!!!
This lesson has pointed out the fact that I rush my painting most of the time! I really need to slow down and pay attention to more details and not be concerned with reaching the finish line. I am new to water coloring and after watching a number of artists via UA-cam, I have become a huge fan of yours!! Until I actually take a water coloring class, I am pleased to see the progress I have made since taking many of your lessons to my paper ( I’m still using my wastebasket, but not as much🙄). Thank you!
I agree 👍
Sometimes happens with me too
Too much of a rush to reach finish line😀
I am so delighted you are doing glazing. I never liked my watercolour flowers and switch to water mixable oils to get that sparkling. Now I will enjoy watercolours again. Thank you for teaching this.
I am drinking up all the fundamental ways of watercoloring from you. I’m so new everything you’ve talked about resonates with me and my low degree of watercolor knowledge. Thank you!
No matter the age of your videos the knowledge is still new! I very much enjoy them! Thank you!
Fabulous glazing teaching technique again. You talk just enough and are silent without feeling like you must fill every second of the video. I love how you make these videos. You are much appreciated!
I just love watching your videos but this one in particular is so informative at being able to actually see you do these minute brush strokes and explaining each step. Thank you from a beginner.
Beautiful colour glazing.Thank you for sharing techniques.
Your tutorials are great. The camera work is perfect so all the details are clear. Your comments are so helpful to me also. When watching other videos I quite often wonder why the artist did something but you explain what you're doing and why. That makes the learning process much easier and more fun for me. Thank you for all the help!!
Maggie B yes, it’s so good
Yes, thank you for sharing your sound advice in these videos, Steve! I’m always inspired by the decades of brush mileage you clearly have!
I agree with the comments saying how well you TEACH. I've been watching Many tutorials and you are the BEST. Thank you for helping me in my quest to learn how to paint in water color. Say Hey to Reese! Your humor is Great too!!
Being a colored pencil artist, and now learning watercolor, this makes so much sense! Love your channel. Thank you so much!
You're my go to man. I like the way you think before you talk and then actually do what you have just explained. I have learnt to listen carefully to ALL your explainations and watch how you execute the skills in your paintings. I have even mastered some of them myself. Thankyou.
What a great video. I'm coming to this many years after you made it, but this video is timeless. Thank you for making it. It's helping me take my painting up a notch, having seen in detail how you work on botanicals. Thank you!
I love the way you talk through your thought process as you are painting. It helps to expand my mind into the mind of the watercolor
kellimichelle007 b
A beautiful composition, Steve! I love it. Inspiring as always. Every time someone asks me where I learned to paint with watercolour (or for tips) I send 'em over to your channel. Clear and thorough advice, good camera work, soothing voice and an introductory jingle that my toddler loves.
Keep on sharing your art with us.
I could watch and listen to you paint for hours on end. It’s so interesting, informative, and relaxing too. Thank you for sharing your work and knowledge.
I have to say I’m really enjoying your tutorials. I just recently started watercolour painting (I’m just over 50) and your videos are truly helpful and your teaching is a pleasure to watch. I’ve watched so many videos and I have to say yours are top! Thank you from a “beginner”.
Usually people who are as talented as you usually begin to draw at a young age. I can't draw everything, but have found that flowers are easier for me to draw. I have always loved the look and softness of water colors. Thank you for replying so quickly. I appreciate it greatly.
Flowers are a good beginner subject (and for advanced too). An easy and forgiving subjects to draw and paint.
People look at a painting and those who don’t know about the process, can never guess how many patient hours of work it takes to paint something as beautiful as this. Every single detail must be painted in. Every tone, every nuance of shade, every value takes time and patience and what I refer to as the “eye” must take constant rest and come back with a clearer view.
Thank you for sharing.
"the “eye” must take constant rest and come back with a clearer view. " So very true, and yet it's *NEVER* the first thing you learn.🤣🤣🤣
Wow I could watch you paint this for hours! Thanks so much for your generosity in explaining as you go. Feel like I can learn so much!
"Art exists because life is not enough..." - Gullar, Ferreira.
Steve, it is so interesting that, after I got back to painting, after 15 years away from brushes, I started to see nature in a different way. Colors, patterns, beauty...
Life is so beautiful right now. No more TV, only books, moments painting, wine, music...
I just became a great fan of yours, man.
Thanks, very kind!
This and your video about how to get color on the brush...OMGosh...after watching hundreds ...no exaggeration...hundreds of videos I could never figure out correct water to paint amounts...kept dipping in water...and never knew what to do after my first washes of color...THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! I’m beginning to make real progress.
I agree! That video about water control and NOT dipping in changed everything! And the dip on the rag. Something so simple yet never explained like you do Steve. Others often assume we just KNOW.. as it is habit with an expert. Control of that water, one if the secrets.
A super-newbie here with no art background but I am so inspired and awed by your work! Thank you for showing a real application for glazing and keep up the fantastic work.
Your sharing of your thought process makes you my favorite instructor to watch.
This is what attracts me to watercolor. I love the glazing and detail, and I’m happy to take my time. I have a partially finished floral painting that is ready for this part. It’s helpful to see you work in some very small areas.
It is so useful that you explain your thought processes while you paint , perfect for me as it helps to understand using the brush and value of paint on the brush while you work , I thank you 🙏
Thank you for explaining the phases of your paintings. Hearing you've worked on the painting for weeks did my heart good. I'm a newbie & felt I was missing something because it takes me a week or more to do flowers. I even bought a tiny inexpensive blow dryer to dry between layers so I wouldn't mess up my work by not waiting for it to dry and that helped a bit, but I still want to rush to the next step. I've finally realized watercolor is different than colored pencils and I need to relax and do one thing at a time or one layer at a time as I learn. I'm trying to walk away to help me slow down.
Figuring out in what order to learn has been the most frustrating. Currently, as I come up with an idea I search your videos . Today, I wanted to do a splatter background on a painting of a pink flower so I searched for & watched your splatter video and that's what I'll practice. Then I saw the thumbnail of this light pink flower and here I am, learning. I'm reminding myself it's an opportunity to keep practicing water control and using my brushes.
Again, Steve, thank you so much for your patient & thorough presentations. ❤🧡💛
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL! Your style of teaching is superior to others who “demonstrate” a process with little information. Thank you for sharing your talents. Marie
Very helpful! Thank you for voicing your process and not doing this whole video as a speedpainting as so many other youtubers do😀
Picture perfect. So beautiful! To God be the glory. I am just starting out in painting 😎
You have a very patient style It's as if you can see the finished painting stripped back to layers in your mind. Beautifully demonstrated I'll have to watch this a bunch
You make it look so easy!!! NOT easy! I love your videos!
Thank you..this has helped me with more than the glazing!❤
Many thanks again, Steve, for showing us the wonderful way you paint watercolors! I appreciate your work!
Hello, your painting is looking very beautiful. Your colours are all my favourite, pastel colours are so soothing. I really like how you are painting slowly and explaining as you go along. You have included many leaves which I love, the variety of greens is so lovely. Thank you for sharing. Helene Edgington
This was really helpful for me. Hearing your thought process as you're making decisions on individual areas is really useful. I'm often pleased with my initial washes and then end up with things looking heavy and overworked after the next step - especially the leaves.
I love your tutorials. Sometimes am not sure of my techniques. I have always worked intuitively but it’s so encouraging to see that I have the same approach and techniques as you show in your videos. Thanks for sharing!
Potted Ferne - I really love this.....I've been a mixed media artist for years using very good quality color pencils and this technique corresponds with the actions I take Recently I did my very first water color painting and fell in love with it. Your videos have been very helpful........thank you!!
Absolutely beautiful! Thank you for sharing 🙏
I loooove this!! Thanks for showing us the process, when I begun with watercolor I used to do it all at once, never used layers because I was too afraid to spoil it all! I tried to do everything at first wash 🙉🙉 I've been doing it for ages like that, since 2004!! I'm still scared to spoil my contests but I'm trying to glaze more to achieve better results lately, hope one day I may be able to show you my work, thanks again SO much for your channel, I'm learning so much from you 😊😊⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🦋
Steve you are the best teacher👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
You are so inspiring! I know I’m years away from being able to do this, but I also know I want to learn! Thank you for sharing your talent and inspiration!!
Wow episode 2 on Botanicals was just great. You can learn so much by just watching and taking in the steps as they appear before your eyes. So delicate. Great glazing demo. Keep up the good work Steve. You certainly had a vast audience this time around......keep the demos coming as you are assisting so many people. Cheers Lorraine. :)
You bet! Thanks Lorraine!
YOU HAVE A GREAT GIFT! STARTING FROM THE BEGINNING WOULD BE MY PREFRENCE.
Voicing your thought process is really helpful and interesting. I always want to hear the thought process of the artists that I admire.
I have to let you know. Your totourials help me so much. I now have a better understanding of control. The Water verses Paint amount.Light touch. Angles of light. And patients.
Thank you.
YES thank youfor voicing your thought process! Your clear video work is appreciated so much as well! Thank you for breaking down the vocabulary too!
Great glazing demo. I'll be watching it a few times to learn the process. You are the best Steve, Thanks.
Having watched this (I said before not into flowers) BUT I found I used this to paint a giraffe as it's marks are various hues of the same colour and I found myself thinking I could use Steve's technique.
So techniques you teach are general so thanks Steve.
This is the exact right video for me to complete a similar botanical that even has magenta tones and curling pedals. I found it a week ago and realized that I had done the initial leaf and stem setup and then stopped out fear for how to do the petals. This is why I love following you and seeing this micro-step by micro-step development. It is welcome.
Thanks!
I love the botanicals that you do, could you set up a playlist for just your botanical, so we can watch the series from start to finish. This is an area that I would like to get into.
Yes, eventually. I don't know if I have enough for much of a list just yet but soon.
The Mind of Watercolor Steve this is beautiful! I love your style and technique it's similar to Billy Showell and oddly enough she just did an ornamental cherry on her online classes! So when are you going to start your own online classes that we can pay for? I've heard teachable .com is a good place to do classes and you have full control. Crossing my fingers you would focus on botanicals and throw in a few things here or there but I'm just being picky now. Lol. Sorry to be such a nag I'll do my best to be patient. :)
I have workshops going on Skillshare.com/mindofwatercolor. Not too many yet but more coming.
Art by Duck - Darlene Gillet ii
Skillshare.com Mind of Watercolor
Another wonderful video! You inspire me to try so many new techniques, and while I'm happy with them, my weakness is with the initial drawing. (Mine, not yours!) It would be amazing if you could find someone to market your own drawings for sale on decent watercolor paper, and partner them with videos that we could follow along with, layer by layer; glaze by glaze. I am positive you would have an avid audience and a good income from the sales. I would love to be your first customer!
Incredible! We have only started doing botanical panting in our drawing classes and even the best are nowhere near this level of mastery. Many thanks!
Thank you Steve for a great follow up lesson on glazing. I’ve been trying this a lot on my current piece and very happy with the results. I do find that glazing does dry pretty quickly which I’m loving. But as with all things watercolor, timing is everything. I prefer to work more slowly over slapping paint down and calling a piece done. Many can do this with good results, but it’s just not for me. I’m finally getting a grip on the style I prefer to paint in and doing it steady and slow makes all the difference. Blessings to you!
This is one of the best videos I have seen on applying the glazing technique. I like how you explain why and how you are doing each step. I would love to do a step by step workshop on this painting because i am learning to paint botanicals and this is the technique I really want to master. Thanks.
+Janice C I'm working on that stay tuned.
Fantastic! Love it when you do that. :) Thanks Steve. I'm all about the flowers.
I love the veining (streaky little things) it adds such realism. You do beautiful work!
Honestly the best watercolor tutorial I’ve come across. Thank you so much for this and all your other works (art and videos I mean). Incredible helpful!
Thanks for such a fab video showing us exactly how to use glazing techniques, so helpful Steve. Stunning flower too.
Love the glazing process. Did not understand it before. Thank you.
Steve I love all of your videos but I do believe this is my favorite. Thank you for posting all of them.
Amazing video! Love your work! Thank you so much for going through your thought process with us while painting! When I was watching other people’s tutorials, I often wondered why they did this and that. This video is extremely helpful and informative! I enjoyed every second of it! Thanks again!
I love your flower instructions, so helpful to know the reasons for the different steps.
I just have found you!!! I love painting flowers and I appreciate a lot your technique because it is similar to how I face my work. A lot of patience is required and I lose myself enjoying the colors and effects. I had a teacher who is a recognized painter and she always said : "if you like the final then it is well done". I want to congratulate you, it is very beautiful. I have already subscribed to your channel and be sure I will keep an eye on your art in the future. God bless your hands and gives you inspiration for developing a lot of beauty.
Thanks!
Regarding the petal with the chunky violet/orange first layer... I've been doing the "unifying wash" completely out of desperation lol, and I thought I was doing something wrong. Everyone says "light to dark".. but as a beginner it's sooo much easier to put down a light, go in with a dark (or pop of bright color), then put a medium over the top to blend the two. Everything just looks so much smoother and more consistent, like the color is in the surface instead of just on top.
Your approach is just fine and is still considered light to dark because every layer, regardless of value, makes it darker. You start light and build up to dark. There are no highlight layers added later making it lighter unless you use opaque paint.
Steve your tutorials are so helpful. You have an amazing talent. Can u please do few more tutorials on flowers and glazing techniques and also some lose flowers . Thank you so much
You explain what you're doing very clearly. I think I may try some flowers. Thank you.
Thank you for the clear demonstration and explanations as you paint. Very useful!
Thank you, great to see the detail on how you are glazing. Now I must give it a try.
You are such a wonderful teacher, thank you so very much
Steve, thank you so much for this video. I've been trying to get the hang of watercolor for a while now and this is the most informative video that I have watched. I appreciate your time and experience!
Your work is amazing!
I feel so grateful for these videos. Thank you!
Gorgous botanical artwork. I can't wait to try this. Thank you for the great video. Hugs!
It looks beautiful to me as it is now. Thank you for sharing.
So beautiful. I really like Botanical art and this one is a beauty. Thanks for sharing
What a wonderful video tutorial, I've always loved your tutorials. I haven't been able to watch them lately but I'm very pleased to be able to now...❤❣
Great for real beginners like me!
I’ve learned so much watching your tutorials. Thank you.
Wow! I absolutely love this! You make it look so easy! Thanks for your great videos!
Paula in Florida
That was a wonderful experience! I look forward to being your student.
It has been very helpful. You make it look so easy. You've inspired me to try similar project.
Beautiful picture ❤️ hope I become good at this too. Thank you for sharing 🙂.
how beautiful, and a great tutorial. Thank you, Steve
Hi Steve, thank you so much, this session was inspirational, I've just done a 2 day workshop on botanical art and found it most fascinating and very challenging. but you've reminded me that it's all about the basic techniques that we re-apply to each situation. I feel more able to continue now. I was feeling a bit inadequate!
Love what you do. I have learned so much about glazing. Keep at it.
Love your stuff Steve. It's so motivating.
You are amazing and such a pleasure to watch and learn! 👍
Fantastic work many thanks for sharing and for your commentary. I find it very useful
This is extremely helpful, l am so glad you decided to do this follow up.
Thank you for sharing your time and this nice vídeo!
Great colors , perfect painting and information 😍🌺
God blessed you 🙏
i am totally mesmerized!
Love your videos, love your channel. Thank you Steve
I am new again to your channel, I forgot about you for a while, so happy I watched this episode. I would love it if you would give those who joined you a sketch of the subject and we could follow you, Like two painter I have taken classes with, Billy Showell and Anna Masson Your teachings would be another style, and having 3 masters available with different painting methods and techniques would complete my learning enjoyment. thanks for sharing this great painting with us.
I do that on occasion but only on Patreon.
Hi Steve. Thanks for sharing your reference material. It is helpful to see your starting point. Eddie
Thank you, this video will be revisited several times at this house.
This is beautiful and so inspiring - thank you for sharing your gift.
Wow! 💨blown away! You have a beautiful style! Thanks for sharing.
Wow! You are so talented and your video is awesome! The painting is so beautiful and inspiring and your instructions so helpful! Thank you so much! I will be checking out all of your work and patreon. My interest is in the botanicals.
Great video Steve! 😁 Beautiful flowers & wonderful information.