How to Paint Trees and Foliage - 10 Minute Watercolour Lessons | 4
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- This is the fourth part of a series of ten-minute watercolour lessons, building up to painting a full picture:
Part 1 - How to Lay Down a Wash: • How to Lay Down a Wash...
Part 2 - Convincing Shadows and Edges: • Painting Convincing Sh...
Part 3 - Painting a Luminous Sky: • How to Paint a Luminou...
Part 5 - Painting Trees and Foliage: • Painting Figures and D...
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Love to watch! Makes me realize how much I overwork my paintings. Beautiful!
I'm glad the videos are proving helpful. Thanks. www.andrewpitt.co.uk
Your painting is tremendous.Your teaching style is really relaxing to watch.
Thank you very much for your interest and encouragement, it is much appreciated. www.andrewpitt.co.uk
You are amazing. You've been doing this for many years obviously, as it's easy to see in your confidence. I like the way you teach, as you point out important things, such as push the paint into the paper.
Thank you for sharing your talents with all.
Thank you. Glad the videos have been helpful. www.andrewpitt.co.uk
Another great video Andrew. Your colours, tones and textures look exquisite on camera, always so fresh and vibrant, as well as spontaneous, in effect.
Many thanks for your kind comments, they are much appreciated. www.andrewpitt.co.uk
Andrew, I notice that you favor the oriental style brushes. Do you have a segment where you talk about why you favor them? Say, as compared to a mop or a traditional round. As you know, Wesson used mops to do his trees as you use your oriental brushes.
When I saw Ted Wesson paint trees he used all sorts of brushes including synthetic ones, which had recently come out. I think it matters less what we use and more how we use our brushes. I think it is just a matter of what we all get used to. Thanks for your interest.
Thank you for breaking these up into manageable sized lessons. I enjoy your teaching style.
Glad you like them. Thanks for your support and encouragement
Thank you ! Your videos are very useful. I often overwork...
Thanks for getting in touch.
Wonderful teacher! I just wanted to reach out and change the water though, lol!
Glad the videos were helpful. I never worry about my water. It’s not as dirty as it looks and I find it isn’t necessary to keep changing it. www.andrewpitt.co.uk
Thanks for posting these short format videos. They are easy to follow and helpful.
Thanks for getting in touch.
Thank you so much Andrew! for your clear and details explanation which is very easy to follow for the beginners like me.
Glad it was helpful. Thank you. www.andrewpitt.co.uk
THANKYOU. Chinese brushes . I use a few and love the way they give random marks. Please do you know of a supplier in U.K. it’s great to have an artist teach the skills and knowledge that’s vital to acquire in order to produce our intentions when painting. My aspiration always exceed my ability . I’ll get there. With your help. Thanks .
Thanks for getting in touch. I have purchased my brushes from various art stores, including Jackson’s Art Shop in London and online. Most good art stores stock Chinese calligraphy brushes, however I have to say I was given most of the brushes I currently use by a student who came from Hong Kong.
Remember, there always seems to be a gap between our vision as artists and the execution of our vision. www.andrewpitt.co.uk
It makes it look easy. I'm sure it's not that much.
A cordial greeting and thank you very much for your time.
Thanks for getting in touch. Enjoy your painting. www.andrewpitt.co.uk
I am enjoying your videos immensely! Your teaching style is relaxing and not intimidating in any way. Thank you so very much for sharing your techniques. I appreciate it.
Glad you like the videos. Many thanks for your support and encouragement. www.andrewpitt.co.uk
So wonderful to be able to watch and learn from such a talented man, to be able to learn about the colour mixing, to make a believable shade of green, and to see the results. . I could watch for hours. I am retired and have the time now to watch and learn and have a go. So grateful.
Many thanks for your kind comments, they are much appreciated. There are many more videos on my website which might prove helpful, www.andrewpitt.co.uk
You're such an amazing teacher. Thank you so much!
Oh, that’s very kind, thank you
Thanks for showing your paint on pallet mixing that's very helpful. Also a relief to see your water🙂
My pleasure. Thanks for getting in touch
Thank you so much for providing these lessons to new and old watercolor artists. I follow you on here, and on Instagram. Love your work.
From Sherri in South Carolina, U.S.
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Two followers from S.C.
Lindo o teu trabalho. Muito obrigada por compartilhar.
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Wonderful painting. Brasil. Thanks ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊
Thank you too. www.andrewpitt.co.uk
Thank you for your clear and inspiring presentation, now let me go and find my watercolors!
Have fun. Thanks for getting in touch.
your lessons are just great....thank you very much.. I learned a lot.
Glad you like the videos. Thanks for getting in touch.
Good trees to practice
I'm learning thank you from n. Fla usa
Glad the videos are helping. Thanks for getting in touch
Hi Andrew, thank you very much for sharing your expertise. I really struggle with getting my watercolours to keep their luminous, fluid effect. Of course it’s because I’m completely over working it! Your, ‘paint once,’ advice has really helped me to stop faffing about with the painting haha.
Now I just need to work on those wonderful shadows to create the illusion of a sunny day. 😊
Glad the videos are helpful. Thanks for getting in touch. www.andrewpitt.co.uk
Really enjoying your series. Thankyou
Thanks for getting in touch. www.andrewpitt.co.uk
Bravo!
Enjoy your painting lessons. What’s the benefits of using Chinese brushes for water color painting? Will the brushes too soft or will the water colors stuck & ruin the hairs?
Brushes are very personal things. All I can say is the Chinese brushes suit me. I have had mine for many years and they haven’t come to any harm. Thanks for getting in touch. www.andrewpitt.co.uk
Thank you for this helpful set of lessons and I appreciate the helpful alternative way to paint in one go rather than in layers. It certainly saves on drying time. I presume this is a Suffolk scene, reminds me of the pink wash cottages and landscape I know so well around Woodbridge. I have unfortunately moved away to Oxfordshire, not so nice, and no coast. ☹My version turned out well though; I think.😃
Glad it was helpful. Thanks for getting in touch. The cottages are in West Norfolk, although I live on the Suffolk coast.
I love this foliage tutorial
Your buildings are amazing too.
I can't draw a straight line so I'll stick to clouds and foliage for now ❤ thank you for sharing your expertise
Thanks. You might enjoy the latest video - just sky and trees.
Excellent video and explanations, thank you very much for these lessons so well suited for beginners allowing watercolor to become a pleasure 😊
Glad it was helpful. Thanks for your support
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Thank you for this.wonderful painting I love the sky amazing.👍👍
Thank you. There are many more videos on my website, www.andrewpitt.co.uk
You are such a good teacher…thank you for your videos
Thanks for your kind comment, it is much appreciated. www.andrewpitt.co.uk
Thanks Andrew, Happy New Year. So much great information but I particularly appreciate your comment about the color of tree trunks.
Thanks for getting in touch and your kind comments. www.andrewpitt.co.uk
Thank you for being such a great teacher! Will look at all your videos now. Very grateful!
Thanks for your support and encouragement
I like being able to see your mix of paint also. Thku for sharing. Beautiful watercolour.
Thank you very much. Glad you like them.
Es absolutamente delicioso...! Se aprende mucho con tus vídeos. Muchas gracias.
Muchas gracias. www.andrewpitt.co.uk
Beautiful, fresh and watery watercolour paintings made easy ... well done!
Thank you very much.
Merci beaucoup ,c’est un vrai plaisir de vous regarder peindre,j’apprends beaucoup.Vos aquarelles sont belles et délicates.Bonne année 2023
Merci beaucoup. www.andrewpitt.co.uk
I really enjoy your techniques both in painting and teaching. Thank you.
You are welcome. Thanks
I enjoy your lessons very much. Relaxing and fun to watch you create .
Glad you like them. Thanks for your interest. www.andrewpitt.co.uk
watch your video is a gift to my eyes and heart. thank you sooooo muuuuch
Many thanks for your kind words.
Thank you for a wonderful set of tutorials, especially for beginners like me. I was wondering what type of watercolor paper are you using in these tutorials, and whether you stretch your paper before painting. It looks absolutely flat to the surface. My paper tends to buckle even though I am using 140lb cotton paper as recommended. I can’t thank you enough for devoting your time and energy to produce these instructional videos.
Glad you like them. Please scroll through the videos on my website, www.andrewpitt.co.uk There is a video which covers all my Painting Equipment and Materials.
@@AndrewPittArtist Thank you for your kind reply. I do plan to check out all your videos.
Thank you! I enjoy hearing you think! I am curious as to why you paint shadows the color of the object rather than a darker shade of the area upon which the shadow is cast. This is really lovely.
Thanks for getting in touch. There is no one formula for painting shadows, except in general, cast shadows are usually lighter than form shadows, although form shadows can have some reflected light. www.andrewpitt.co.uk
@@AndrewPittArtist Thanks for taking the time to tell me this.
Beautifully Done,Thank you for sharring.
Thank you too. www.andrewpitt.co.uk
Thank you sir 😊
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So inspiring! Thanks again for sharing your expertise.
Thanks for watching.
I have sooo much trouble with trees and foliage
Lots of us have problems with trees.
These are amazing 5 instructional videos. So informative. You reinforced some things I knew but needed to be reminded. I also did not know the difference between form and cast shadows. I understand the house and tree to be form shadows and the bush is a cast shadow.
Just confirming, are the people cast shadow, as a result the shadow is painted lighter than the form shadows.? I believe that is correct, not sure?
Thanks for amazing videos! Loved this!
I have painted a value study of this scene. Can’t wait to paint it with the same color choices as yours. Thanks
Thanks for your generous comments. Form shadows are on the shaded side of the form, be the form a building, tree, bush, figure … Cast shadows are the shadows which come about because something is blocking the light from the light source, the sun, in this case. Form shadows are often altered by reflected light. In general. Cast shadows are usually darker than form shade, but not always. Always go with what you see. And, of course, us painters don’t always get it right. There are other videos on my website, www.andrewpitt.co.uk which might help you with shadows.
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Thanks so much, that clarifies shadows.
I was wondering if ever possible you could do a video on the focal point of a painting. Sometimes I struggle finding it. I believe the focal point is often the lightest object with dark near it?
What would be the focal point in this last video? The light bigger house?
Sorry to ask so many questions.
I will check out your other videos.
Thanks
@@jimcampbell350 The focal point is rarely a particular thing. It is not what you have painted but how you have painted/emphasised an area … by extra detail, bright colour, the darkest dark against the lightest light, high tonal contrast, a sharp edge … any visual way of catching the viewer’s attention. In this case I think the viewer is inevitably drawn to the figures and the sharp vertical shadow/light edge of the house. But there are other secondary areas which attract attention to keep the viewer’s eye moving and give life to the painting. Hope this helps.
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Thanks. That explains a lot!!
Constantly learning.