Full Demo "Sacred Heart Cathedral" www.patreon.com/posts/79772425 F R E E Sample Demo: www.patreon.com/posts/65373356 PART 1 "Washes-Flat Wash" : ua-cam.com/video/z6vaGoliDAc/v-deo.html PART 2 TUTORIAL: ua-cam.com/video/G5cq0nRJa1E/v-deo.html MY BRUSHES TUTORAIL: ua-cam.com/video/3COEk4w5_w0/v-deo.html COLORS IN MY PALETTE : ua-cam.com/video/ro4g_E3r6_w/v-deo.html
This is a great reminder! I think of it like preparing for a concert performance. All of the sketches and value studies are like rehearsals. The final painting is the concert performance itself. #4 is the best of your value studies in this video. The people add extra visual interest. All of them are very good, though!
So true! Yes, I liked the 4th as well the most. I did a full sheet painting from it. Turned out to be a very interesting painting...inspired me further to do another painting "est. 1859", I'll post it later when the exhibition opens. It feels like what ever you do, sketch, value study or full painting, it's just another step in the journey.
Thank you Nina!!! Hahahaha just when I thought I understand tonal sketches, I see that I have so much to learn! You are so knowledgeable and I give you my full respect as a master artist!!!!! Thank you so much for your amazing videos and hard work!👍👍👍🙂
Thanks Nina, it’s so helpful in painting from how to catch the view and sketch, value ,tonal. And important points are provided as well in the demo. It’s absolutely a good tutorial. Thanks for the time and energy you invested. Best wishes.
@@nvfineartstudio7296One of my challenges is how to prolong the wetness of paper in a big paper (let us say 40" x 20" for example), I believe most of the watercolorist has the same dilemma :(
Thank you for posting this! Many, many decades ago I chose not to attend art school. I had always dreamed to go there. This school was a well known institute of art, in a very large city. I went several times and I found absolutely nothing was taught! There weren’t any real classes on drawing, composition, value studies and such. Everything was left for the students to figure things out on their own without learning the essentials. How can you create anything without a plan?
This is my worry too. It's ok for students to be creative, but to brake the rules you need to know them...I know a lady she does abstract...she says I do abstract only because I can't paint...(she does amazing abstract work though!) But so often she says I want to go outside and just paint what I see, for my self for my own pleasure and it always looks like my grandson did that. I'm seriously considering starting a "classical" school here in Australia, there is nothing at all here for younger generation.
Thank you, Nina, for your excellent instructions. You and Watercolour Olly are the most valuable mentors here on UA-cam for people who want to really learn and practise the art of watercolour painting and make their own art. Thanks!! I have one question: How did you practise seeing and mixing values correctly? Were there any tools you used?
Thank you Lisa! I'm so glad to hear that! I'm planning to make a tutorial on this topic. The best way is to start with only three values and it's ok not to get them spot on, the only thing to focus is the difference in value between the them. You don't need to practice #1 or #2 (white and almost white), so pick #3. Value #3 is when you actually start seeing the color in the water. In regards to seeing and using #3, anything that is light can be painted with #3, your entire first wash for example, as long as you make sure that the second wash over it is definitely 2 tones darker...#5 or #6. To mix #5 or #6 you just need to reduce the amount of water you are using to dilute the pigment. Also, you don't need to practice #9 or #10, almost black and black, so I'd pick #7 or #8. This again relates to consistency, this is when the paint on the pallet stops moving at all, feels like you spreading half melted butter on the pallet. If you want to compare colors in values you can use you camera on the phone and turn it to grey mode and look through it and train your eye... eventually you see the thickness/saturation of the mix and you just know it corresponds with a certain value.
Full Demo "Sacred Heart Cathedral" www.patreon.com/posts/79772425
F R E E Sample Demo: www.patreon.com/posts/65373356
PART 1 "Washes-Flat Wash" : ua-cam.com/video/z6vaGoliDAc/v-deo.html
PART 2 TUTORIAL: ua-cam.com/video/G5cq0nRJa1E/v-deo.html
MY BRUSHES TUTORAIL: ua-cam.com/video/3COEk4w5_w0/v-deo.html
COLORS IN MY PALETTE : ua-cam.com/video/ro4g_E3r6_w/v-deo.html
They’re all great. #4 is my personal favorite.
Thank you Christopher! Mine too, I think it deserves to be reproduced in color and large format.
This is a great reminder! I think of it like preparing for a concert performance. All of the sketches and value studies are like rehearsals. The final painting is the concert performance itself.
#4 is the best of your value studies in this video. The people add extra visual interest. All of them are very good, though!
So true! Yes, I liked the 4th as well the most. I did a full sheet painting from it. Turned out to be a very interesting painting...inspired me further to do another painting "est. 1859", I'll post it later when the exhibition opens. It feels like what ever you do, sketch, value study or full painting, it's just another step in the journey.
Thank you so much for posting this video.
Thank you! It's a pleasure!
My favourite is no 2. Thanks for a great video 👏🎨👩🎨
Thank you!
Thank you Nina!!! Hahahaha just when I thought I understand tonal sketches, I see that I have so much to learn! You are so knowledgeable and I give you my full respect as a master artist!!!!! Thank you so much for your amazing videos and hard work!👍👍👍🙂
Thank you very much Marvin! 🙏
You're so very welcome Nina! Have a beautiful week!!!🙂
Thank you for this excellent tutorial Nina. Great stuff!
Awesome! So glad!
Thanks Nina, it’s so helpful in painting from how to catch the view and sketch, value ,tonal. And important points are provided as well in the demo. It’s absolutely a good tutorial. Thanks for the time and energy you invested. Best wishes.
Thanks Lilian! I'm so glad it's helpful!
Awesome as always Nina. I'm so glad I found your channel and patreon!
Thank you Justin! So happy to be helpful!
Very useful and insightful.
This is great!
@@nvfineartstudio7296One of my challenges is how to prolong the wetness of paper in a big paper (let us say 40" x 20" for example), I believe most of the watercolorist has the same dilemma :(
I liked number 4 the best, but I also liked 1 a lot too.
Thank you Justin, same here.
Thank you for posting this! Many, many decades ago I chose not to attend art school. I had always dreamed to go there. This school was a well known institute of art, in a very large city. I went several times and I found absolutely nothing was taught! There weren’t any real classes on drawing, composition, value studies and such. Everything was left for the students to figure things out on their own without learning the essentials. How can you create anything without a plan?
This is my worry too. It's ok for students to be creative, but to brake the rules you need to know them...I know a lady she does abstract...she says I do abstract only because I can't paint...(she does amazing abstract work though!) But so often she says I want to go outside and just paint what I see, for my self for my own pleasure and it always looks like my grandson did that. I'm seriously considering starting a "classical" school here in Australia, there is nothing at all here for younger generation.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge .thanks once again. From INDIA
Always a pleasure!
Thank you, Nina, for your excellent instructions. You and Watercolour Olly are the most valuable mentors here on UA-cam for people who want to really learn and practise the art of watercolour painting and make their own art. Thanks!!
I have one question: How did you practise seeing and mixing values correctly? Were there any tools you used?
Thank you Lisa! I'm so glad to hear that! I'm planning to make a tutorial on this topic. The best way is to start with only three values and it's ok not to get them spot on, the only thing to focus is the difference in value between the them. You don't need to practice #1 or #2 (white and almost white), so pick #3. Value #3 is when you actually start seeing the color in the water. In regards to seeing and using #3, anything that is light can be painted with #3, your entire first wash for example, as long as you make sure that the second wash over it is definitely 2 tones darker...#5 or #6. To mix #5 or #6 you just need to reduce the amount of water you are using to dilute the pigment. Also, you don't need to practice #9 or #10, almost black and black, so I'd pick #7 or #8. This again relates to consistency, this is when the paint on the pallet stops moving at all, feels like you spreading half melted butter on the pallet. If you want to compare colors in values you can use you camera on the phone and turn it to grey mode and look through it and train your eye... eventually you see the thickness/saturation of the mix and you just know it corresponds with a certain value.
After 40 years I now have started doing it
No 4 last is the best
It's my favorite too, thank you for commenting!
#4
Thanks John, this is my favorite too.