I was asking a friend who's been a graphic artist for decades for tips as I'm just starting out, and he suggested watching you--he said you were his teacher 'back in the day.' He's very good, so I didn't hesitate to look you up and wham. Just where I need to start, and if this is all I do for a while, ok. So much in three videos--just learning how much is a 3 or a 5 on the brush is such a valuable piece of information. Thank you so, so much for putting this out here!!
Thank you for these lessons! They appear simple but are actually complex and also extremely valuable. 15 minutes of video but the ease with which you showcase everything in such a short amount of time reflects your immense experience. We are lucky to have you teaching us!
Love your teaching, so inspirational! Watercolor washes are so tranquil to look at but difficult to achieve without practice. Your videos through the years have helped. Thank you.
Thank you for another awesome lessons. Been watching your lessons from 6 years ago and improved a lot from follow all the lessons. ❤❤❤ So happy to see a new lesson!
@@Stanleylestermiller I have a questions. Can I use Ultramarine Blue instead of Phthalocyanine Blue, why is using Phthalo Blue red shade not green shade?
@@vinowakart Ultramarine Blue is a red blue. It will make a better purple when mixed with red, but ultramarine blue cannot make a good green mixed with yellow. Both Phthalo blue red and green shade work much better then Ultramarine blue for mixing color. Phthalo blue red shade makes a better purple when mixed with red...but not a very good green. The green shade makes a better green but not a very good purple...
This was fantastic -- I think you're the only one I have seen who actually had your water in the shot, actually showing me how much water I should be using. Those little windows to check color? Oh man, what an eye-opener! Thank you !
Thank you, Mr. Stan, for sharing your knowledge, your techniques and your reasons for the steps you make. Is there any way you could use 2 or more water containers - at least when you film? A glass or two(2) to rinse your brush clean and a 2nd or 3rd glass to have fresh clean water to use for the yummy new paints, for example yellow 😃 I was a self-taught watercolorist for 23 years and silk painting found me 10(10) years ago. The two mediums are very similar. In fact, I use watercolor techniques to paint wildlife, pet portraits and people portraits on my silks. I'm learning faces and more from you to put on my silks. Thank you for generously teaching on UA-cam! God bless!
Needing clean water is relatively unimportant for the beginning watercolorist. I normally have a larger container but for the small amount of painting I did for the lesson, one small cup of water was plenty. If you are painting large and doing very colorful paintings, then yes, having two or three containers for water might be helpful, but even when I'm doing my normal studio painting, I only use one container for water...I simply dump it out and get fresh water if it gets dirty. Glad the lesson was helpful.
Thank you so much for sharing these very valuable lessons in the viewfinder to check your color values - not only to be used to decide your compositions ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Yesterday night I followed your advice to create transitions and for me this worked: The first time EVER it worked for me !!! I was quite frustrated before, but yesternight I painted a lemon and a potatoe with LIGHTon them. You know how to break down things to the essentials 🙂 BTW five month of watercolour painting + half a year of pencil drawings I have done so far
Hi Stan, great video. I have seen you do this in person during a workshop you gave a few years ago, so it's great to see it again. I have learned a lot from you. One thing that stands out is the fearless way you can work on a portrait in sections and never seem to mess up bringing each part together at the end. That's hard for me and I inevitably try to do it all at once and it looks patchy. Thanks again.
Glad the lesson is helpful. To become quicker and smoother in applying a series of washes one needs to practice what I show in Lessons A, B and C...every day. Like doing scales on the piano. I would recommend creating transitional washes, in black and white and also in color, where you blend out the edges so there is no sharp edge when you are done, 15 minutes a day for at least a month. It just takes lots and lots of practice to be able to do this smoothly.
Watch lesson 7, I show how to get any skin color using red, yellow and blue. It doesn't matter if you make a batch of paint, or keep mixing as you go. The skin color on any face is always changing as we go from the dark parts to the light parts.
The more water we use when painting in watercolor, the lighter the color is when it dries. If we paint thick, nearly like oil painting, the color doesn't lighten. I tell my watercolor students, "If it look like you've got the right color when you first put it on the paper...it's wrong! It has to look darker then you want it to be, so that when it dries, it's the correct color".
I was asking a friend who's been a graphic artist for decades for tips as I'm just starting out, and he suggested watching you--he said you were his teacher 'back in the day.' He's very good, so I didn't hesitate to look you up and wham. Just where I need to start, and if this is all I do for a while, ok. So much in three videos--just learning how much is a 3 or a 5 on the brush is such a valuable piece of information. Thank you so, so much for putting this out here!!
Good story, so glad my lessons are helpful!
Thank you for these lessons! They appear simple but are actually complex and also extremely valuable. 15 minutes of video but the ease with which you showcase everything in such a short amount of time reflects your immense experience. We are lucky to have you teaching us!
So glad the lessons are helpful, thank you.
Love your teaching, so inspirational! Watercolor washes are so tranquil to look at but difficult to achieve without practice. Your videos through the years have helped. Thank you.
Thank you so much!
This Chanel is so unique, love it as it feels like your learning,
so grateful,
no big ego, so refreshing.
So glad you enjoy my lessons, appreciate your comment!
Thank you for another awesome lessons. Been watching your lessons from 6 years ago and improved a lot from follow all the lessons. ❤❤❤ So happy to see a new lesson!
You're very welcome!
@@Stanleylestermiller I have a questions. Can I use Ultramarine Blue instead of Phthalocyanine Blue, why is using Phthalo Blue red shade not green shade?
Using red shade will mix a better purple than using green shade as the red is warmer
@@vinowakart Ultramarine Blue is a red blue. It will make a better purple when mixed with red, but ultramarine blue cannot make a good green mixed with yellow. Both Phthalo blue red and green shade work much better then Ultramarine blue for mixing color. Phthalo blue red shade makes a better purple when mixed with red...but not a very good green. The green shade makes a better green but not a very good purple...
This was fantastic -- I think you're the only one I have seen who actually had your water in the shot, actually showing me how much water I should be using. Those little windows to check color? Oh man, what an eye-opener! Thank you !
So glad the lesson is helpful!
Hello sir, thank you for another instructive lesson. I am especially glad you let us see and understand your work process. 👍👋
You are very welcome
Thank you, Mr. Stan, for sharing your knowledge, your techniques and your reasons for the steps you make.
Is there any way you could use 2 or more water containers - at least when you film? A glass or two(2) to rinse your brush clean and a 2nd or 3rd glass to have fresh clean water to use for the yummy new paints, for example yellow 😃
I was a self-taught watercolorist for 23 years and silk painting found me 10(10) years ago. The two mediums are very similar. In fact, I use watercolor techniques to paint wildlife, pet portraits and people portraits on my silks. I'm learning faces and more from you to put on my silks.
Thank you for generously teaching on UA-cam! God bless!
Needing clean water is relatively unimportant for the beginning watercolorist. I normally have a larger container but for the small amount of painting I did for the lesson, one small cup of water was plenty. If you are painting large and doing very colorful paintings, then yes, having two or three containers for water might be helpful, but even when I'm doing my normal studio painting, I only use one container for water...I simply dump it out and get fresh water if it gets dirty. Glad the lesson was helpful.
This awesome! Thanks so much . Learning like this is gold.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for sharing these very valuable lessons in the viewfinder to check your color values - not only to be used to decide your compositions ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Glad it was helpful!
Grateful for this new video Thank you again Mr. Miller!
Glad the lessons are helpful.
Yesterday night I followed your advice to create transitions and for me this worked: The first time EVER it worked for me !!!
I was quite frustrated before, but yesternight I painted a lemon and a potatoe with LIGHTon them.
You know how to break down things to the essentials 🙂
BTW five month of watercolour painting + half a year of pencil drawings I have done so far
Great to hear my lesson was helpful!
Thank you, Stan. Your tutorials are brilliant!
Glad you like them!
Hi Stan, great video. I have seen you do this in person during a workshop you gave a few years ago, so it's great to see it again. I have learned a lot from you. One thing that stands out is the fearless way you can work on a portrait in sections and never seem to mess up bringing each part together at the end. That's hard for me and I inevitably try to do it all at once and it looks patchy. Thanks again.
Glad the lesson is helpful. To become quicker and smoother in applying a series of washes one needs to practice what I show in Lessons A, B and C...every day. Like doing scales on the piano. I would recommend creating transitional washes, in black and white and also in color, where you blend out the edges so there is no sharp edge when you are done, 15 minutes a day for at least a month. It just takes lots and lots of practice to be able to do this smoothly.
@@Stanleylestermiller Fabulous advice that I will certainly heed. Thanks so much, Stan. Best wishes.
@@rsa4510 Glad the lesson is helpful.
You can just lay the heel of the brush down and do a single stroke instead of "dancing around" or scrubbing to do a fade.
the heel of the brush would work...but that's trickier, more advanced...
Thanks for a great lesson Stan - and Hello from Casey and Lorie!
So glad the lesson is helpful Casey and Lorie.
Beautiful, thank you!
Glad you like it!
When you figure out the hue for the face, do you make a color batch or keep mixing the colors as you go?
Watch lesson 7, I show how to get any skin color using red, yellow and blue. It doesn't matter if you make a batch of paint, or keep mixing as you go. The skin color on any face is always changing as we go from the dark parts to the light parts.
Thank you ❤
You're welcome 😊
Thank you
You're welcome
I find the problem is that if I try to match a color exactly in WC, when it drys it’s much lighter than what I intended
The more water we use when painting in watercolor, the lighter the color is when it dries. If we paint thick, nearly like oil painting, the color doesn't lighten. I tell my watercolor students, "If it look like you've got the right color when you first put it on the paper...it's wrong! It has to look darker then you want it to be, so that when it dries, it's the correct color".
thank you for everything sir.
Always welcome