How to use a Fan Brush for Watercolor Painting
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- Опубліковано 20 лис 2014
- The curious fan brush can do some interesting things in watercolor painting. Here are a few ideas and techniques you can try.
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I don't know of another 6 minute video that gave me more ideas than this one! Thanks for sharing the techniques.
Glad to hear it!
Great techniques! Bob used his fan brush by pressing up on the handle and therefore the bristles bend down. That’s how he made such realistic pine trees!
@ Clare - Glad to hear it. Thanks for the sub and welcome!
It can also be used to make a beautiful waterfall
I'm an absolute beginner with watercolour and am finding your videos incredibly helpful, Thank-you!
Now subscribed :)
That was a fun "watch"! Thanks for exploring the many possibilities of a fan brush!
Love them for evergreens! Takes practice as all techniques
Very helpful, Steve. Thank you! I will buy one and use it for painting grasses, tops of trees, and adding some textures to landscapes.
Great techniques for the fan brush that I didn't think could be used successfully in watercolour. That's given me a whole lot of inspiration. Thankyou so much.
I love my fan brushes and use them in the many ways you've shown. Thanks for sharing.
Hello. I love how organic your brush strokes. the water looks so real.
hah - I laughed some hard at "it's a great brush for brush" ;)
Thanks for the brevity. I bought a fan brush tried to use and decided to check you out. It fit by attention span.
This was actually very helpful. I loved the little scene you did with the grass and the water. I just got a set of hog bristle fan brushes and I love the way they work. Thanks.
I like the area you did first. If you fill in the gaps with another color like light sienna, it would give the impression of a field with varying colors and types of vegetation.
Thanks man, these tips helped me finish my art project, much appreciated
I love all of your intros! Such genuinely clever watercolour humour :)
Needless to say, I also love your videos. I've just started painting a few weeks ago, and I've learned so so much from your videos!
Totally gave me an idea I want to try with this brush. It came in a set and I had no idea what to do with it. Thanks!!!!
Wow!!!! My heart was racing with delight!!
The side crunch technique is really cool, I will plan to use that to make fur trees.
I'm just learning and this tutorial was very helpful! Thank You.
Great tutorial, I love the interesting and helpful tips you share. Thanks!
Melodie Fairburn Thank you, glad you find them so!
I'm very impressed by this tutorial, it's straight to the point and super informative as well, thank you
+Oceanlinx Glad you liked it!
Appreciate the tips on how to paint grass and get other textures. Awesome video.
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@ Nancy - Thanks! More WC pencil to come for sure.
Thank you so much for helping me fix my landscape mistakes. This fan brush tutorial is awesome and filled with great ideas on how to use the brush for varied textures.
Elizabeth Kilbride Glad it was a help! Thanks for watching!
Fan brush has Amazing Techniques......Thanx,
steve
It seems like you can paint all landscape elements with this brush. Nice. Thank you so much for your videos!
It is very versatile for landscape.
Thanks for sharing the technique
Very, VERY helpful to this beginner. Keep videos coming, please.
I really enjoyed this video, as I am new to watercolor. I had used this with oils, but decades ago.
Wow it has so many uses it makes me want to buy one 😄
Awesome, learned so much in such a small amount of time... thank you!
This is really helpful. Thank you for te great tips! I'm glad I found your channel.
Great ideas, thanks!
Thank you all for these great tips👍👍👍👍
Very helpful and clever as are all your videos!
Thanks 😊
That was so very helpful i have just ordered a new set of these brushes so I am looking forward to using them now with confidence. Thanks!!
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Fantastic !😍
Great effects and some I haven't seen. Thanks.
Binging your videos tonight- thank you for the content
I'm getting all kinds of wonderful water and beach/ride ideas
That tapping in yellow would make a great dandelion i think
Those were pretty cool.
Love your ideas of using the fan brush... having fun experimenting with all your techniques
+Jan May 👍
+The Mind of Watercolor live in Tasmania and am limited for workshops, in fact none at all! Please get a book out... you have a fantastic way of explaining
Thanks for the lesson.
@ Prabha - Palm trees probably. Not the best brush for flower petals though.
Very helpful! Thank you.
Very interesting, thank you! I only use my fan brushes à la Bob Ross, but I really should experiment more. It's funny that what you learn you just keep doing...sometimes without the thought of experimentation.
Good brush and good painter from new friend thanks
If you’re not happy with what your watercolour fan brush does, try using an acrylic one. It’s thicker and gives greater control and much better results. Most watercolour fan brushes are very thin and sometimes difficult to use. Great video . Thank you for some cool tips - Dawn 🌅
Good tip. I have a variety from WC to acrylic and multipurpose to oil hog bristle. Each has pros and cons.
Thanks
Very interesting and helpful
Thank you! I'm inspired to use my fan brush now!
+Sherree “sherreefotos” Faries 👍
now i know a little how to use a little of this kind of brush. Thanks for the tips and greetings from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil!! :)
+Cris Costa you bet!
I kinda feel they would be great for a little blending - you know, when you're painting wet on wet, and everything starts drying and the colors starts to settle and don't move and blend as nicely as you needed it to, but rather just sit one next to the other? A tiny little nudge (sweep ever so slightly with the tip toe of brush's hairs) with a damp fan brush, can move and blend it slightly, without lifting anything. But you would need a softer brush for that I think. It may also be great for delicate dry brushing :)
You are a great instructor. Longer videos would be wonderful. Thank you so much.
A Murphy Thank you, and I so appreciate you watching. Some videos will go longer on occasion but in general this was designed as a quick tips and techniques show. Some day I hope to do this full time then maybe... :-)
Thank you for getting back to me.
A great instuctor naturally gave us the two best ways to employ the fan-really awesome surf there dude!
I never quite knew what to do with this kind of brush, but now I do. Great tips I'll be trying tomorrow.
Karen Segboer Its one of the most fun brushes to experiment with. Great uses for landscape in particular. Thanks!
Thx for the tips!
You are a fantastic teacher. I wish you would be in Australia 🇦🇺 doing workshops 😊
Can't wait to test this out!!
Thanks Steve, I enjoyed watching that 👍
Keith Payne Thanks for watching!
Very helpful.
thanks for this tutorial, I have just purchased one fan brush but no many ideas how to use !!
Thanks this was so useful!
Very helpful! I feel like my landscape painting lack texture. That's what I struggle with the most! Fan brush is now on my néed list. Thanks Steve for the video
Antonea Payan Thanks, glad they've been a help!
A great book by Ray Hendershot called "Texture Techniques for Winning Watercolors" shows his use of fan brushes. He cuts into the edges to make them jagged and irregular. (He uses razor blades but I use hair cutting scissors.) He calls them "scary brushes." They work great for foliage, grasses and distant background shapes. I have made lots of scary brushes & would not be without them. He also uses them for dry brushed grain in old wood. Loved your video with other uses of fan brushes.
Yes, good book. I have that book too. amzn.to/2eCDYSH
I’d love to see you cut a fan brush using the ideas in the Hendershot’s book for making a ‘scary brush’. You are a wonderful teacher. And I love your book recommendations. as well. That book, , was in one of your book recommendations from several years ago. Lovely. 🌹
Cool tutorial
I liked the video because it shows how easy it is to be creative and loose at the same time.
Jim Morrison Thanks, glad you like it.
useful video. thanks
Very interesting thank you
Many thanks for this tutorial..A big help to me!
+glass house Glad to hear it.
Thank you for sharing Steve!!:)
0433elva You're welcome. Thanks for watching!
lovely!
I get and retain so much from each of your videos! I hope you will do several watercolor pencil technique videos. Derwent inktense would be nice too. You
"Beginner" never heard of a fan brush ! Bought one not really knowing how to use it. But NOW wow what a brush !!! Thanks great vid Thank you
happy days
richard culverhouse Glad it was a help, thanks for watching!
Thank you!
Thank you
Me gustó la explicación...gracias...
I didn’t know that I needed a fan brush. Now, I must have one.
I would think this would be a neat effect for fur as well
Useful tutorial. Thank u very much.
+Don't Be Sad (drawing channel ) sketching and watercolor 👍
Thank you!!!
Fantastic. Thank you - i could never get the hang of using a fan.
When using the brush on its side, did you deliberately clump the bristles together, (or cut them) or did they just stick together by accident?
I've just discovered your videos, and though i've painted wc for some time, i'm learning lots and really enjoying your demos. Thanks for sharing them with us.
***** You're quite welcome. Thanks for watching!
The brush that you " BOUNCED " with , is that one the same as the first one you showed.... it looks different... like it's having a bad hair day. I love that you showed them in use and the tidbits you gave about them. Thanks so much.
wow I've never known how to use these brushes thanks! 👍👌
+Harmony Ivins 👍
Merci, mon ami! Well done!
Trish Fitzpatrick Thank you!
Great demo thank you
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Thank you for this great video. Is it possible to paint coconut leaves or palm tree leaves with a fan brush? Or even flower petals?
Thank you!! So helpful :D
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Fantastic! I give in, - am subscribing & then getting the paints out lol
Loz Arbonne Haha! All part of my evil plan!
I am your fan. Thank U.
Muy bueno, gracias....
Thankyou
cool tutorial
final message: just mess around with it and see what comes out.
I'm a big fan of that idea :)
Cool! Thanks!
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i will try that thanks for the tips steve
Andy Coakes You bet!
fan brushes work great with acrylics as well
Great tips!
LHudsonART Thanks man!
yes thank you
Thank u.
great
thank you ^^