6 Advanced Watercolor Techniques to Jump Start Creativity

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  • Опубліковано 15 гру 2024
  • In this video I'll share new ways to lift out highlights, how to get geometric shapes perfectly straight and square, how to improve your drawing skills, how to paint soft disappearing edges, and more! These advanced watercolor techniques are beginner friendly - everyone needs to know them!
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  • @rainbowfox1934
    @rainbowfox1934 Рік тому +3

    I appreciate you talking about the levels of wetness in paper. This is tough to learn. Also, your facts are accurate, but it is the left side of the brain is analytical, the right side likes patterns. Different tapes have varied stickiness. Some have very little stick. They are good to use on watercolor paper.

  • @arts_andcats
    @arts_andcats Рік тому +4

    my gosh I love your cat paintings 😹 thanks a lot for all these tips.

  • @crystalheart9
    @crystalheart9 Рік тому +1

    Love your work, especially your cats. Thank you for these fabulous tips. 🖌🎨❤💛💙

  • @JadeWatercolors
    @JadeWatercolors Рік тому +1

    Side note….love your sweatshirt!!! Oh, and your channel is amazing, I’ve learned SO SO MUCH!

    • @rachelparkervarner
      @rachelparkervarner  Рік тому

      I'm so glad! I learned about that sweatshirt from another youtuber @makeupbytiffanyd so she made some affiliate $ off me ; )

  • @kingfisherdesignsmetals
    @kingfisherdesignsmetals Рік тому +1

    What a great presentation!! Thanks

  • @bevbarbara6597
    @bevbarbara6597 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for sharing your knowledge, I tried the lamp black on one of my cat painting. I love your presentation, you're really funny.

  • @eleniphotos
    @eleniphotos Рік тому +1

    Thanks for sharing generous being!

  • @Calme1918
    @Calme1918 Рік тому +2

    Great tips. Love your content

  • @teresajordao6634
    @teresajordao6634 Рік тому +1

    This tutorial is so inspiring. Thanks!

  • @silylily1212
    @silylily1212 Рік тому +1

    Very cool tips that I haven't seen anyone else talking about. Thank you! Subscribed!

    • @rachelparkervarner
      @rachelparkervarner  Рік тому

      Thank you! I always try to talk about the why as well as the how so my viewers can advance with their own journey much faster! Also, in almost every painting I experiment, so I'm always discovering new wonders - that's why I LOVE watercolor! Between reading books, watching videos and my own experiments I'm always on my toes with fresh ideas!

  • @raheelazam6385
    @raheelazam6385 Рік тому +2

    Hi beautiful awesome work💛💖💛❤💛💝💛💝💜❤💝💟💖💛❤💟💖💟

  • @happyfarmer979
    @happyfarmer979 Рік тому +1

    Great videos. Love your work.

  • @charlenewilson9860
    @charlenewilson9860 Рік тому +2

    Rachel, as usual you're so personable and you share such wonderful tips so freely. Thank you.

  • @rachelparkervarner
    @rachelparkervarner  Рік тому +1

    ua-cam.com/video/g33u8ki4R8I/v-deo.html is the start to finish experimental cloud painting session - if you enjoyed this video you may also enjoy my video about advanced techniques at ua-cam.com/video/Pt4NZJFs8vA/v-deo.html Join my community of watercolor artists on fb at facebook.com/groups/rachelswatercolorworkshop/ to share your work, get feedback about your paintings and enjoy seeing others' art too! Join my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rachelsstudio for access to a library of real time start to finish tutorials - Peruse my visual library of tutorials to see if they would interest you at www.rachelsstudio.com/patreonindex See if you like my style for free at ua-cam.com/video/xcBAVW0jQIs/v-deo.html What was the most useful technique to you in this video?

  • @marceystevens8275
    @marceystevens8275 5 місяців тому

    Thank you for showing us these new techniques

  • @johncitizen3361
    @johncitizen3361 Рік тому +1

    Great tips just found your channel thanks.

    • @rachelparkervarner
      @rachelparkervarner  Рік тому

      Glad you enjoyed it! I like to talk about the why as much as the how so my viewers can advance on their painting journey much faster : )

  • @yvettejeaulinne2410
    @yvettejeaulinne2410 Рік тому +1

    Super great video Rachel! I always learn something when I watch you. Excellent explanations and demos! ❤❤ So funny you mentioned Drawing on the Right side of the Brain as I just bought it last weekend at a charity shop.

  • @urssysplace2622
    @urssysplace2622 Рік тому +3

    Great tips and techniques! Could it be possible to share a link to the wonderful calligraphy brush you use in this video? Your technique is fabulous showing how you used it with this beautiful kitty! Wishing you all the best of luck in the women's watercolor entry of this unique painting. Ursula from Canada.

    • @rachelparkervarner
      @rachelparkervarner  Рік тому

      Yes, my whole supply list is at www.patreon.com/posts/my-supply-list-36350960

  • @kathyhall668
    @kathyhall668 Рік тому +2

    Oh yes ,I took instruction from one of the contributors of "Drawing on the right side of the brain." She was amazing. She has since passed. I wish I had drawn her.😮

    • @rachelparkervarner
      @rachelparkervarner  Рік тому

      How fortunate you took a workshop with her - I bet it was wonderful!

  • @colleenmcchesney1482
    @colleenmcchesney1482 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for sharing these great watercolor techniques especially with the soft edges. I have been using quite a few of these techniques already. Definitely a game changer with watercolor painting! 😊💕

  • @ingam3310
    @ingam3310 Рік тому

    Thanks Rachel

  • @schnook-in-boots1027
    @schnook-in-boots1027 Рік тому +1

    Great tips/techniques, Rachel! Pretty psyched about those brushes, as I bought them 2 weeks ago. I have a big sumi-e goat hair brush (also wasn't that expensive) and I love how you can splay the hair and make really cool marks with it. I couldn't resist the calligraphy brushes because they have awesome points and hold plenty of paint...and a girl can't have too many brushes.

    • @rachelparkervarner
      @rachelparkervarner  Рік тому

      They are so great and SO cheap too! They do fall apart but they aren't expensive to replace.

  • @robynwhite5662
    @robynwhite5662 Рік тому +1

    I have some cheap calligraphy brushes but they drop so much of the hair. How do you stop that or prepare a new brush for painting?

    • @rachelparkervarner
      @rachelparkervarner  Рік тому

      I don't know how to stop it. Dickblick has a line that might hold together better

  • @frankietheghost
    @frankietheghost Рік тому +2

    Hi Rachel ,
    I loved your video and the techniques that you shared , and as a beginner hobbyist I really enjoyed your content. However , the statements you mentioned from the book you recommended about "the left and right side of the brain" are actually incorrect. I am currently working on my BA in psychology and this is actually a very popular myth in psychology. The way the brain works is not that simple unfortunately. There are regions of the brain that specialize in certain tasks but it is not split up via left and right side.
    Thank you for your time and expertise 👻🖤

    • @rachelparkervarner
      @rachelparkervarner  Рік тому

      That makes sense, the brain is much more complex but for the purposes of what the book is trying to teach a simplification makes things more clear perhaps. Congratulations on your studies, knowledge is something no one can take away from you!

  • @K.ART_vlog
    @K.ART_vlog Рік тому

    amazing, ❤😍 new subrsciber

    • @rachelparkervarner
      @rachelparkervarner  Рік тому

      That always gives me a little pop of dopamine to hear so thanks : )

  • @SharonCullenArt
    @SharonCullenArt Рік тому +2

    Actually you have the brain backward. I’m a registered nurse and also read the book. As she explains it she is correct. The right hemisphere of the brain is the artistic side, because this is where we have our spatial ability and creativity, as well as intuition and music creativity. It is also the subconscious side. The left side of the brain is where logic, analytics and order come from. This is where our brain tells us something is cylindrical, like a tree, even though we can’t see the other side. It is where our brain tells us the color of sky, or that a house is cube shape even though we cannot see the other side. It is logic. We have to set the left brain aside or turn it off and think with the right side. We draw shapes, only what we see, using values and it forms into a beautiful piece. I hope this helps someone. 😊

  • @tanyaperrin8844
    @tanyaperrin8844 Рік тому +2

    The left side of the brain is the analytical side - the right is the creative side.