Thank you, thank you, thank you. Ollie you have produced a series of videos where you actually describe your thought process and the reasons why you are approaching your subject in the way you are. It is so helpful. I think I will need to watch this video a few times because you have imparted so much valuable insight. Can’t wait for your book to released 😊
I have been watching your videos for several years and so appreciate your style of both painting and teaching. Watching you today reinforced the diagnosis of my number one issue--impatience. But it was the word you used, "panic", which inspired me to write to thank you for continuing to inform and encourage!
A really, really good video. I found the individual steps were explained very well and are easy for me to follow. Thank you very much for the video. For me, you are one of the best watercolor teachers on the Internet. Thank you very much.
Ollie, It is great to see you work on a complex painting and break it down into manageable; steps. Handling the lights with such precision, e.g., even to the point of making sure the background farmhouse has a relatively white front. Also working the sky with two brushes so that the second one can smooth regions will be very helpful for me and others
“Don’t be afraid to relax”. Olly, I’m terrified to relax haha. This is really great to watch though. How calm you were while you painted was amazing to me. I enter with the intent to do this but I literally sweat with the concentration and stress of missing the timing on something. It helps to watch someone do it. I’ve started planning the next one with the specific intent of being suitable to this method.
This is such a great series, thank you! It's exciting when a new one comes out. It's such a fundamental watercolor skill. Great idea to put the series in a playlist. I suggest doing the same with your fabulous series of 7 videos about painting skies. I had a challenge figuring out which videos were of that series and in which order to watch them.
Impatience gets the better of me at times. I think this is a key lesson for me, to leave the painting alone for a while and come back to it. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Thanks so much Ollie this video series is going to be so helpful. I am encouraged by the fact you approach the painting in sections. I tend to do it all in one sitting and it has yet to work out! Thanks
Thankyou so much Sir. I very much loved this video. Dry brushing before putting in the wet in wet for the water I found very helpful ajd in excited to give this technique a try. 🙏
Thanks so much for this information. I am now encouraged to try some sky and water washes by remembering to dry between them. I also appreciate you discussing how you decided to use masking fluid. Very thoughtful. These techniques are invaluable!
I am so excited for this next tutorial. I must express my gratitude to you. This is the very best tutorial I have ever seen. Thank you for your expertise and knowledge.
Enjoying this process so much. This is by far the best way to teach, explain and demonstrate how the painting evolves. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience.
Another tutorial that is succinct and clear. Your style epitomises watercolour painting and a way in which I strive to achieve. I appreciate all the time you give to inspire people to paint.
I found this video to be quite helpful. I’m truly loving this series of your step by step process. The tip I found particularly helpful, in this video, was your use of the broken underpainting in the river then glazing over it to capture the subtle movement of the water. I’ve always struggled with capturing that sparkle of light the water can get in the sunshine while employing wet on wet techniques. I believe that this technique will definitely help me achieve that. Thank you! I’m so looking forward to your next installment in the series!
Thank you! Just waiting for the next video will be an excercise in patience. Good lesson for me on how to show slight movement in waterways! And I really look forward to your book to land in my mailbox!
Very enjoyable Oliver, and interesting to see your carefully planned, slow progress. It’s what I’m comfortable with. Looking forward to the next video ☺️
Thank you for the practical advice. It's so much easier for me to paint a little bit every day or so. Taking a full day just never happens. Sometimes it's difficult to keep from going too dark all at once to fool myself I'm making more progress than I am 😅🥴💖
Thank you so much Oliver! I particularly loved the idea of making 'prompts' to yourself with light and dark drawing lines to remind me us of the softer edged areas and harder edged areas, I always 'lose' where my edges are supposed to be hard or soft...Cheers, Magdalena
I will do a video about this some time. The colours that mix on the surface will have a transparent quality and a freshness that is not possible on damp paper. When the surface is damp, it is at its most vulnerable and it tends to grab the pigments and drags them into the paper. This leads to a a duller presentation of colour. Dropping colours into a wet area (before the paper has had a chance to become wet internally) allows the pigments to sit on the surface, suspended in the clear water - they blend beautifully and dry on the surface with a high degree of clarity.
@@oliverpyle-ourlandscape4442 Ollie! This is fabulous information! Mega mystery about flat and dull paintings and how to work to keep the luminosity of water color - as you do! THANK YOU!
Thanks for the interesting video (Maybe this video should be titled "How To Plan Your Watercolor Washes 3"?) Completion of a work is always the best explanation. I look forward to the next video because in general videos always talk about dark subjects on light backgrounds and less often about light subjects on dark backgrounds (in this case: the boat, the fence,...) and in these cases the management of the edges is not very clear to me. I would suggest more videos for beginners on this topic (i.e. on the management of the edges of light subjects on dark backgrounds). Thank you 🙏
Thank you. This series will be suitable for beginners once it has been completed. I'm quite happy organising my channel and content 'suggestion' free, thank you. Of course, if you run a channel that has 350k subscribers, then perhaps we should have a discussion as I'd be interested to learn more.
Hi Hello, I thank you for this third video, a little contrary to what is said, or you must be "fast" in the watercolor. You demonstrate the opposite with precise but thoughtful gestures. In fact, you have to "think before actingt". Many tips in your videos, which must also be assimilated, again Thank you.
Hi oliver, watching one of your videos about a year old you were offering talking about your patreon... but I wasn't able to find it anywhere... Can you tell if you still offer it? I appreciate your response. Have an excellent day. Is there a chance to
Thanks for the next in the series, & I‘ve not yet acquired a style but, my daughter said I was very detailed & when you mentioned the masking fluid something clicked, I‘ve tried it with a drawing pen, it clogs, & I get annoyed & blobs appear so I down tools & use a toothpick it gives thinner lines! Perhaps with practice my brush work will get better & I‘ll lift out thinner lines. Thanks
Absolutely - the beauty of painting is that each painter can use their own method to achieve the same results. It's a very personal thing, and there is no 'right' way to paint this scene. All I can show is how I do it.
I have a wee question Olly. If one makes an error when graduating the initial sky wash toward the horizon (i.e. going too light toward the horizon and too light around a white lighthouse for example), is it do-able, when it’s dry, to re-wet the paper, and then go back in with a light second wash, which then corrects the issue? I hope that question makes sense. In short, I basically went way too light around a front-lit pure white lighthouse on my first wash (yesterday). PS Thanks for these truly excellent longer videos. They are simply fantastic.
Absolutely Mark. Providing you use perfectly clear water to re-wet the area and a nice, soft brush, then it's a good technique to use, and allows you to fine-tune an area of the painting. I do this often in my paintings. If you watch my sky series on YT, I demonstrate this as a method for enhancing skies.
@@oliverpyle-ourlandscape4442Thanks Ollie. I did that tonight, with a light raw sienna wash, with the picture turned upside down, and it worked a treat. The lighthouse now stands out beautifully. Thanks!
@Sherlock2022 we unconsciously assume that finishing painting in a quick manner proves our desired skill. We assume wrong. Time lapsed video made feel inferior and I ran at hundreds miles an hour 🙃 😅
I heard another watercolor artist mention that she adds a touch of light red to the yellow to keep it from turning green in sky washes. It's the touch of red or permanent rose that does the trick
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Ollie you have produced a series of videos where you actually describe your thought process and the reasons why you are approaching your subject in the way you are. It is so helpful. I think I will need to watch this video a few times because you have imparted so much valuable insight. Can’t wait for your book to released 😊
Thanks Olly, a lovely way to brighten up my Friday evening listening to your lovely calm voice and expert instructions 😊
Hey, thanks Tom! You are such a great help to your dad and this channel. Keep up the great work!
Thx Pam - I'll pass that on.
I have been watching your videos for several years and so appreciate your style of both painting and teaching. Watching you today reinforced the diagnosis of my number one issue--impatience. But it was the word you used, "panic", which inspired me to write to thank you for continuing to inform and encourage!
A really, really good video. I found the individual steps were explained very well and are easy for me to follow.
Thank you very much for the video. For me, you are one of the best watercolor teachers on the Internet.
Thank you very much.
Thank you. My impatience gets the best of me at times. Your reminder to take it slow is appreciated. I'm looking forward to the next video.
Same here!
Ollie, It is great to see you work on a complex painting and break it down into manageable; steps. Handling the lights with such precision, e.g., even to the point of making sure the background farmhouse has a relatively white front. Also working the sky with two brushes so that the second one can smooth regions will be very helpful for me and others
I started reading all the comments on this video and realized there is little I can add to what has already been said! Many thanks!
“Don’t be afraid to relax”. Olly, I’m terrified to relax haha. This is really great to watch though. How calm you were while you painted was amazing to me. I enter with the intent to do this but I literally sweat with the concentration and stress of missing the timing on something. It helps to watch someone do it. I’ve started planning the next one with the specific intent of being suitable to this method.
Unique and wonderful instructions. No other watercolorists on YT teach in this manner. Appreciate your artistic style very much
This is such a great series, thank you! It's exciting when a new one comes out. It's such a fundamental watercolor skill.
Great idea to put the series in a playlist. I suggest doing the same with your fabulous series of 7 videos about painting skies. I had a challenge figuring out which videos were of that series and in which order to watch them.
Good idea - thank you!
Thank you! I appreciate the time and effort that goes into sharing your knowledge and skillset in these videos.
Really enjoying your content.
Thanks Olly for another great video. So much to learn but im enjoying it. This is my Saturday morning treat. ❤
Impatience gets the better of me at times. I think this is a key lesson for me, to leave the painting alone for a while and come back to it.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
This is a great lesson. Thank you so much.
Thanks for this series Oliver, I’m learning a lot.
Thanks so much Ollie this video series is going to be so helpful. I am encouraged by the fact you approach the painting in sections. I tend to do it all in one sitting and it has yet to work out! Thanks
Yes, the same goes for me too!
Thankyou so much Sir. I very much loved this video. Dry brushing before putting in the wet in wet for the water I found very helpful ajd in excited to give this technique a try. 🙏
I am loving these demonstrations
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise. It's helpful for those of us who are learning watercolor.
Thank you for sharing your expertise and decision-making! Yet another excellent teaching session.
Many thanks for the lesson! Very useful tip about broken strokes!
Thanx for this next step in the painting, nice clear advice, already looking fwd to the next step 😊
Thanks so much for this information. I am now encouraged to try some sky and water washes by remembering to dry between them.
I also appreciate you discussing how you decided to use masking fluid. Very thoughtful.
These techniques are invaluable!
It is a treasure indeed. Thank you so much for this! Eagerly waiting for the next video of this series now!
Always picking up a new tip(s) each video! TY!
I’ve preordered your book Olly, on Amazon🤣I’m excited !
Me too! 😊
I am so excited for this next tutorial. I must express my gratitude to you. This is the very best tutorial I have ever seen. Thank you for your expertise and knowledge.
Once again, such useful and valuable instruction! Thank you for your generosity ❤
wonderfully clear and precise, thanks
Alot of fabulous knowledge. Thank you for sharing.
Looking forward to seeing the next phase.
Gracias Oliver!!! I always learn a lot from your teachings!!!!
You're still the best watercolor instructor I've come across online. Thank you so much! I hope one day to join in a live workshop.
Great idea to make it sequential, thanks for these 3 chapters, looking forward to the next releases
Thanks Oliver great tutorial again 👍👍🥃
Enjoying this process so much. This is by far the best way to teach, explain and demonstrate how the painting evolves. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience.
Another tutorial that is succinct and clear. Your style epitomises watercolour painting and a way in which I strive to achieve. I appreciate all the time you give to inspire people to paint.
Thank you Paul
Brilliant demonstration as always, Oliver. Great content and calm and soothing voice. Thanks a lot, Oli.
I loved the technique of adding in the texture before your wash. I'm really enjoying your series!
Thank you so much. Wonderful to see the light and life emerge on paper🇨🇦
Merci Oliver, this is one of the best video on watercolor I’ve watched, you teach very well.
This has been a GREAT series and a very helpful series. THANK you!! Anxiously waiting for the next video. Thanks, David, West Virginia, USA.
I found this video to be quite helpful. I’m truly loving this series of your step by step process. The tip I found particularly helpful, in this video, was your use of the broken underpainting in the river then glazing over it to capture the subtle movement of the water. I’ve always struggled with capturing that sparkle of light the water can get in the sunshine while employing wet on wet techniques. I believe that this technique will definitely help me achieve that. Thank you! I’m so looking forward to your next installment in the series!
i like your tip about softening the edges of the dry brushing areas with a damp brush to make it feel more natural
A wonderful series emerging. Thank you Ollie
Thank you! Just waiting for the next video will be an excercise in patience. Good lesson for me on how to show slight movement in waterways! And I really look forward to your book to land in my mailbox!
Loving these videos! Please keep them coming....never get tired watching you paint, so informative and inspiring 🥰
Very enjoyable Oliver, and interesting to see your carefully planned, slow progress. It’s what I’m comfortable with. Looking forward to the next video ☺️
These are great videos. I'm particularly looking forward to seeing you tackle the difficult midtones. Those tend to trip me up.
Been looking forward to this treat all week! Thank you!
Thank you Ive learned so much already. Hoping I can put it into practice.
Thank you for the practical advice. It's so much easier for me to paint a little bit every day or so. Taking a full day just never happens. Sometimes it's difficult to keep from going too dark all at once to fool myself I'm making more progress than I am 😅🥴💖
So relaxing to see the process, Make me think on trying again watercolor.
Thank you so much Oliver! I particularly loved the idea of making 'prompts' to yourself with light and dark drawing lines to remind me us of the softer edged areas and harder edged areas, I always 'lose' where my edges are supposed to be hard or soft...Cheers, Magdalena
Gorgeous as always! Would you say more about wetter washes mixing on the surface of the paper resulting in richer colors/?I found that fascinating!!
I will do a video about this some time. The colours that mix on the surface will have a transparent quality and a freshness that is not possible on damp paper. When the surface is damp, it is at its most vulnerable and it tends to grab the pigments and drags them into the paper. This leads to a a duller presentation of colour. Dropping colours into a wet area (before the paper has had a chance to become wet internally) allows the pigments to sit on the surface, suspended in the clear water - they blend beautifully and dry on the surface with a high degree of clarity.
@@oliverpyle-ourlandscape4442 Ollie! This is fabulous information! Mega mystery about flat and dull paintings and how to work to keep the luminosity of water color - as you do! THANK YOU!
Hi Olly
Great to see these three videos. Takes me back to Italy. Really useful replay so many thanks.
Thx Lindy. It was a great week, and hope you're keeping well
Thank you. I tried to make the live stream but wasn't able to. Enjoying watching the series very much.
Many many thanks !!! very inspiring
Thanks for your analitic mind😊
Gosh! So love this! Thank you!
Lovely videos!
Gracias Maestro!!
Thanks Olly 👌🏼🙂
Great lesson sir , can you recommend a good gummed tape for stretching water colour paper?
Thanks for the interesting video (Maybe this video should be titled "How To Plan Your Watercolor Washes 3"?)
Completion of a work is always the best explanation. I look forward to the next video because in general videos always talk about dark subjects on light backgrounds and less often about light subjects on dark backgrounds (in this case: the boat, the fence,...) and in these cases the management of the edges is not very clear to me.
I would suggest more videos for beginners on this topic (i.e. on the management of the edges of light subjects on dark backgrounds). Thank you 🙏
Thank you. This series will be suitable for beginners once it has been completed. I'm quite happy organising my channel and content 'suggestion' free, thank you. Of course, if you run a channel that has 350k subscribers, then perhaps we should have a discussion as I'd be interested to learn more.
Thankyou I’m loving this
another great instructional video olly, did you have your board flat or at a slight angle ?, really looking forward to the next video
flat for wet-on-wet work. It helps me to control the flow, but I normally use a slight angle if working wet-on-dry
@@oliverpyle-ourlandscape4442 thanks ollie , looking forward to the next video
Thank you!
This was such a pleasure to watch. Apologies if I missed you saying this, but what size paper are you using? Thanks so much for a wonderful tutorial.
Hi
Hello, I thank you for this third video, a little contrary to what is said, or you must be "fast" in the watercolor. You demonstrate the opposite with precise but thoughtful gestures. In fact, you have to "think before actingt". Many tips in your videos, which must also be assimilated, again Thank you.
Gracias Oliver
Thank you! So helpful
You can get blue masking fluid. If i use it I use this colour as its easier to see. But yes its still tricky stuff.
Sure is Paul!
Would like to see your drawing technique for such a busy area..
Hi oliver, watching one of your videos about a year old you were offering talking about your patreon... but I wasn't able to find it anywhere... Can you tell if you still offer it? I appreciate your response.
Have an excellent day.
Is there a chance to
Yes - you can find it at www.patreon.com/oliverpyle
I am waiting ....
Thanks for the next in the series, & I‘ve not yet acquired a style but, my daughter said I was very detailed & when you mentioned the masking fluid something clicked, I‘ve tried it with a drawing pen, it clogs, & I get annoyed & blobs appear so I down tools & use a toothpick it gives thinner lines! Perhaps with practice my brush work will get better & I‘ll lift out thinner lines. Thanks
Very helpful lesson, thank you! Would it be possible to put the dark reflections into the water in this first wash?
Absolutely - the beauty of painting is that each painter can use their own method to achieve the same results. It's a very personal thing, and there is no 'right' way to paint this scene. All I can show is how I do it.
Thank you 🙏
I have a wee question Olly. If one makes an error when graduating the initial sky wash toward the horizon (i.e. going too light toward the horizon and too light around a white lighthouse for example), is it do-able, when it’s dry, to re-wet the paper, and then go back in with a light second wash, which then corrects the issue? I hope that question makes sense. In short, I basically went way too light around a front-lit pure white lighthouse on my first wash (yesterday).
PS Thanks for these truly excellent longer videos. They are simply fantastic.
Absolutely Mark. Providing you use perfectly clear water to re-wet the area and a nice, soft brush, then it's a good technique to use, and allows you to fine-tune an area of the painting. I do this often in my paintings. If you watch my sky series on YT, I demonstrate this as a method for enhancing skies.
@@oliverpyle-ourlandscape4442Thanks Ollie. I did that tonight, with a light raw sienna wash, with the picture turned upside down, and it worked a treat. The lighthouse now stands out beautifully. Thanks!
Thank you very much !
Thank you
Thanks a lot
Send my best regards to Tom 😊👍
Will do - thanks!
Tysm :)
Well said ! No need to go hundred miles a hour 😂. That's my problem
Same here! 😊
@Sherlock2022 we unconsciously assume that finishing painting in a quick manner proves our desired skill. We assume wrong. Time lapsed video made feel inferior and I ran at hundreds miles an hour 🙃 😅
How come you use yellow and blue in the sky and it didn’t turn green
I think Ollie said that he adds a little permanent rose and cobalt blue to the Naples Yellow. Hope this helps.
Thanks
I heard another watercolor artist mention that she adds a touch of light red to the yellow to keep it from turning green in sky washes. It's the touch of red or permanent rose that does the trick
@ indeed it is.
. Yes, I understand it’s the color of yellow you mix - for example yellow ochre with blue will not give you the green shade.
Hi sir u r the best for me . Give me ❤️ please.
I'm a new viewer, could you please use inches rather than the metric measurements.
The measurements we use in the USA 🇺🇸 TIA
We've been using metric in England since 1965, and being English, I'll continue using metric if that's ok. FYI - 1 inch = 2.54cm.
@ I'll move along
Thank you very much!
Thank you