I love how you just do it, paint, and not explain every little thing in detail! We can see what you’re doin as you talk about it. We can see what you’re doing as you are talking about it. So refreshing. These are going to be the first examples I try of the bokeh effect.❤
Your technique of Bokeh was really different than what I knew. The technique of the blur that I know is removing color color to create the effect. Interesting that you can create similar effect by adding color instead of erasing color.
Dear Ellen, thank you so much for the wonderful tutorial. I love your humor! An hour of painting with you is the best good humor therapy that exists in this dark season :-)
😊 thank you I try! I had just finished this video when my my mom told me my uncle passed from a horrible car accident he had gotten into yesterday. We thought he was going to be okay but then he took a turn for the worst. Any humor & fun I can give those who are hurting right now makes me happy. Have a great holiday & thanks for subscribing.
@@ellencrimitrent Oh Ellen I am so sorry to hear about your Uncle’s passing suddenly. My mother passed just two day’s before Christmas in 2006, it’s awful when we loose our loved ones this time of year. I am keeping you and your family in my prayers. Hug’s. 🙏 🤗 😘
There is a lot of complex art going on in this tutorial. The plays on color, texture, and light are spectacular. I only started watercolor painting 2 months ago but I have a long history in jewelry design, art glass, and sugar flower making. Thank you so much for this absolutely spectacular tutorial. I've made three cards from this tutorial. Every single one is different and I'm trying to capture that AHA thing that you do there. I believe the trick is to make sure that the green surround is dark enough for the translucent gouache circles to pop from. I'm loving this. You make the world a better place!
Thanks for this fun and easy Christmas cards! I had a lot of fun painting both cards and went wild with the snow specks. 😅 your guide was very helpful during the process!
I just found you a couple days ago and I'm obsessed with your techniques and love listening to you walk us through the process. My Christmas cards are looking great, thanks to you, Ellen. I'm so stoked!!! THANK YOU!! So MUCH!
Thank you for sharing this. Definitely going to be trying it out. I recently found your channel and it kind of brought me back to the reason why I love watercolor and wanting to learn agian. Thanks for being you too. It makes your videos enjoyable. Have a great evening.
Oh Ellen.. you have me in AWE!! I'd love to do these but I'm just not sure of my level of "creativity".. one day I will though.. I just love these sooo much!! Thank YOU!!
Ellen, you are my favorite watercolorist with MY kind of humor! Your paintings are a pleasure to watch! You have honestly helped return me to the art I love! Your details, while demonstrating various watercolor techniques and colors to use , has helped me to get back to the art I love! Thanks so much for getting me at age 85, back to my favorite pastime!
Dear Ellen, just hang around UA-cam during Christmas holidays. I found the tutorial very interesting. I just picked up my materials and tried. Lovely, Lovely Christmas painting 🎨. Even I can do it. Thank you so much ❤️
I had to revisit this video. And I know it won`t be my last time... LOL This is so beautiful and so much fun. How does anybody even come up with a technique that could make magicians envious?
I absolutely love this technic! That's gorgeous! Yes, I'm going to be using that one allot. Thank you for showing me so many new ways. I need to learn some that are easier because the nerve damage in my hands are slowing me up. I have drawn and painted all my life but certain things are getting in my way and I'm damned and determined to not let it stop me! So thanks for all the ways I'm learning that I can still do from you. Hope you had a great Holiday Season, Blessings! 😃
Oh! This might be the technique I see in a lot of paintings I like on Instagram. Now I know what its called!! ❤💚 Merry Christmas to you and I wish you great creative happiness!
Hey Ellen. I love your videos and how you walk us thru the technique. You’ve got a great personally too. What is a good brand of gold for watercolor do you use. Thank you.
Thank you dear Ellen! I can not wait to try this technique and I am doing christmas cards right now and they are not the same so this is a great technique! Love and Light to you
I love watching you paint! It looks like a hot mess on the paper…until it doesn’t. And then, voila! At the end it’s magically gorgeous! Thank you for making such fun tutorials! Maybe one day, with practice, my final result will be half as beautiful. :-)
Thank you, Ellen! I’m learning so much from you. I’m a rank beginner and I have a quick question… when you mention “neutral tint” what is that exactly? I’ve heard you mention it numerous times in different tutorials. Thanks so much!!! 💕
Hi Ellen, I’ve been watching you off & on for a couple years, I love your teaching skill. I plan on joining your patron as soon as k can. I can only do one at a time. Thank you your an awesome artist. Chris
LOVED these, thank you for showing another method and another great way to have so much fun - my friends loved the cards I made for them and started a whole conversation about art during a get-together improving the party as well! Hope you're having wonderful holidays, Ellen, and I wish you a great 2022.
Love your laid back - no worries approach and find your videos extremely informative and useful. I note you use Scotch Magic Tape to fasten your paper down with - do you de-tack it a bit before you stick it to your paper or is it quite low tack? And I’m assuming it’s waterproof? The masking tape I use tends to come unstuck when I use watercolour. 😊
I really enjoy your lovely ( and entertaining ) videos Ellen. I’ve made a number of nice Xmas cards from these ideas. My friends think I’m clever - hahah, I’m NOT - these are all your ideas and I wishes I could think them up. Thank you very much.
I’ve followed a couple of your tutorials for a few paintings. I hadn’t don’t watercolour since primary school. But your videos make it fun and relaxing, combined with classical music it’s my go to for decompressing after work. It’s also giving me the inspiration to attempt to make Christmas cards this year 💜☃️🎄 Thank you for all the content making watercolour more accessible and fun for relative newbies
Ellen! This is exactly what I needed. Thank you for sharing, for the fun, creativity, and ideas. I've been back, and forth on Christmas cards this year. You helped inspire me on the beautiful pine tree branches. The Bokeh is awesome. I'm a photographer, so I understand that very well. 😘👍💖💖🌲
I love how slap-happy you are with your paint....that's my style.
I LOVE splattering too!
Sorry Ellen to read of your loss and bless you for thinking of us x
thank you!
Love this channel your a great teacher and love your humour- you always make me smile and laugh- love it
Thank you Ellen & so so sorry for the loss of your uncle. 💐
thank you :)
@@ellencrimitrent ♥️
I never knew we can PAINT bokeh!!! Thank u so much for sharing the technique!!
These aee gorgeous! I can’t wait to try it.
I love how you just do it, paint, and not explain every little thing in detail! We can see what you’re doin as you talk about it. We can see what you’re doing as you are talking about it. So refreshing. These are going to be the first examples I try of the bokeh effect.❤
The splatters make me happy 😊 im ready to try it 😊❤
Hope you enjoy!
@@ellencrimitrent ❤
Your technique of Bokeh was really different than what I knew. The technique of the blur that I know is removing color color to create the effect. Interesting that you can create similar effect by adding color instead of erasing color.
yes you can remove or add I have seen ppl add- and I have seen ppl remove the tree I remove paint with the towel but you can remove with brush.
とてもロマンチックなChristmas card🎄✨ 🥰
How FUN!!! Love the ‘splatter’ motif.
Dear Ellen, thank you so much for the wonderful tutorial. I love your humor! An hour of painting with you is the best good humor therapy that exists in this dark season :-)
😊 thank you I try! I had just finished this video when my my mom told me my uncle passed from a horrible car accident he had gotten into yesterday. We thought he was going to be okay but then he took a turn for the worst. Any humor & fun I can give those who are hurting right now makes me happy. Have a great holiday & thanks for subscribing.
so sorry for your loss :(
@@ellencrimitrent Oh Ellen I am so sorry to hear about your Uncle’s passing suddenly. My mother passed just two day’s before Christmas in 2006, it’s awful when we loose our loved ones this time of year. I am keeping you and your family in my prayers. Hug’s. 🙏 🤗 😘
@@ellencrimitrent so sorry for your loss. Prayers for your family.
This is how christmas trees looked like when i was a child. Very educational..
I have done 2 of these, so fun to do. Great for wellbeing and something that it is a little bit wrong, it still works very well
Amazing technique. Never heard of it
I like your technique, where any stroke is possible and art flows freely. Thank you very much.
Your “real ness” really saves my sanity. Happy Holidays. I learn so much.
I absolutely love this technique. And your confident “come on, just go for it” message sooooo works.
There is a lot of complex art going on in this tutorial. The plays on color, texture, and light are spectacular. I only started watercolor painting 2 months ago but I have a long history in jewelry design, art glass, and sugar flower making. Thank you so much for this absolutely spectacular tutorial. I've made three cards from this tutorial. Every single one is different and I'm trying to capture that AHA thing that you do there. I believe the trick is to make sure that the green surround is dark enough for the translucent gouache circles to pop from. I'm loving this. You make the world a better place!
Ellen you make me smile every time I watch you paint
Coucou I love your technique, your explantion and your voice. Thank you for everything that you explained. Excuse my english I am french.
Thanks for this fun and easy Christmas cards! I had a lot of fun painting both cards and went wild with the snow specks. 😅 your guide was very helpful during the process!
Appreciate your tutorials very much. You have helped me improve my watercolor techniques. I love the loose component of your style.
I sure needed this lesson. I love that look but didn’t know the details. I did know it had to wet on wet. Love those.
These are literally the prettiest cards ever, Ellen.. Can't wait to try. Thank you. 💜💛
Love the way you want people to have fun, it makes it fun to watch & want to try! It is alway a beautiful work of art you do.
I just found you a couple days ago and I'm obsessed with your techniques and love listening to you walk us through the process. My Christmas cards are looking great, thanks to you, Ellen. I'm so stoked!!! THANK YOU!! So MUCH!
Love this technique, and you sound effects. Thanks
Thanks so much!
Love your commentary as you paint! You have inspired me to get back into my watercolors. Thanks❣️
I love this for any winter scene cards - since I don't celebrate xmas. This works for the season.
Thank you for sharing this. Definitely going to be trying it out. I recently found your channel and it kind of brought me back to the reason why I love watercolor and wanting to learn agian. Thanks for being you too. It makes your videos enjoyable. Have a great evening.
Oh Ellen.. you have me in AWE!! I'd love to do these but I'm just not sure of my level of "creativity".. one day I will though.. I just love these sooo much!! Thank YOU!!
You can do it!
You're a wonderful watercolor painter. And I love splatter .
Those are beautiful, thanks so much for sharing these techniques! I love the finished product so much. It's so soft and magical.
Watched video several times, made the designs , will be using as Christmas Cards this year
u are funny , between sound effects and your excitement and cheer-leading. Like a kid in a candy shop! very cool effects! Thank You for the video!
These are like magic! I haven't painted in years, but I think I want to learn this technique!
Ellen, you are my favorite watercolorist with MY kind of humor! Your paintings are a pleasure to watch! You have honestly helped return me to the art I love! Your details, while demonstrating various watercolor techniques and colors to use , has helped me to get back to the art I love! Thanks so much for getting me at age 85, back to my favorite pastime!
I need to practice; my bokeh effect is for the birds!
But I loved the trial and play in the video!
Thanks Ellen
I did them both and love them. I really enjoyed painting these. Thank you for demonstrating You made it very easy to follow.
You can be proud of yourself , brilliant and thank you for sharing your time and talent
I love bokeh. Beautiful Ellen. Thank you for teaching this.
I think I can! I think I can! I’m going to do it now!!! Thank you!
Me encanta! Y muchas gracias x poner subtítulos. Así cuando no entienda algo, puedo pausar el vídeo y traducir
This technique was new for me. But I love it! Cannot wait to try it! Thanks for all the time you share with us here!
They're both beautiful! Thank you!
Really fun watching you paint! Gave me some good ideas!! You could even do yellow circles with the white ones.
more Bokeh effect tutorial ua-cam.com/video/5P3LsHPIDkc/v-deo.html
I love this bokeh technique! It's so unusual, but it has such a beautiful look.
This is great with the combo of techniques…love your sound effects too🙂
Dear Ellen, just hang around UA-cam during Christmas holidays. I found the tutorial very interesting. I just picked up my materials and tried. Lovely, Lovely Christmas painting 🎨.
Even I can do it. Thank you so much ❤️
I had to revisit this video. And I know it won`t be my last time... LOL
This is so beautiful and so much fun. How does anybody even come up with a technique that could make magicians envious?
Love it! Live bokeh! And love the sound effects. Never stop!!!
Thanks so much!
I absolutely love this technic!
That's gorgeous! Yes, I'm going to be using that one allot.
Thank you for showing me so many new ways. I need to learn some that are easier because the nerve damage in my hands are slowing me up. I have drawn and painted all my life but certain things are getting in my way and I'm damned and determined to not let it stop me! So thanks for all the ways I'm learning that I can still do from you.
Hope you had a great Holiday Season, Blessings! 😃
This turned out wonderful , I think I’ll try this thank you so much for sharing 🎄
thanks!
Love your style and running commentary!
Thank you for sharing this beautiful work. 🎄🎆🎇🎍
Our pleasure!
@@ellencrimitrent ❤️💐
Bokeh technique is amazing. You make it look easy .. I’ll try it
Loved this tutorial, so effective and stunning results, Thank you!
They re beautiful Ellen I’m of to my art class ,I’m doing them lv Ann
What a great tutorial. I do all types of crafts, but have never tried water paint. You make it look so easy. I can't wait to try it!
I love it too!!
oh cool, I was just trying to get this effect in a snowy sky
Love your sound effects!
I will love doing this. Thankyou so much for the tutorial.
Loved this technique for Christmas cards. Thank you so much.
Ellen this is beautiful! I’m a year late... but it’s universal Boca! 😃
Bravo c’est top !! J’aime beaucoup votre façon d’expliquer sans prise de tête et avec humour ! Merci à vous 🙏🌺
Love both of those pictures. Thank you
I had a go at your Christmas tree today at my art group and really enjoyed it so thank you ☺
Love this. I’m So addicted to the gold ❤️❤️❤️❤️. Thank you Ellen
This is so cool! You make loose paintings look so easy! Mine still continue to flop! Lol
Loved this, fabulous technique. Thank You 🙏
You're fun Ellen, I love watching your videos, I really want to try this bokeh painting ❤
Oh! This might be the technique I see in a lot of paintings I like on Instagram. Now I know what its called!! ❤💚 Merry Christmas to you and I wish you great creative happiness!
yes!! play around with it some do serious ones mine is all trial and error.
Hey Ellen. I love your videos and how you walk us thru the technique. You’ve got a great personally too. What is a good brand of gold for watercolor do you use. Thank you.
I adored this technique. Thank you.
Wow this is brilliant. They turned out so beautiful! I'm going to try this right now!
This was so fun and really helped me release any, self imposed, “art pressure”. Thank you!
I love it. Its pretty. I have to try it! Thanks!
Gorrrgeous
I LOVE this technique! Going to try these for sure! Thank you and Merry Christmas!
Have fun!
Thank you dear Ellen! I can not wait to try this technique and I am doing christmas cards right now and they are not the same so this is a great technique! Love and Light to you
I love watching you paint! It looks like a hot mess on the paper…until it doesn’t. And then, voila! At the end it’s magically gorgeous! Thank you for making such fun tutorials! Maybe one day, with practice, my final result will be half as beautiful. :-)
This looks like so much fun. Thanks for the tutorial, I will like to try it!
Thank you, Ellen! I’m learning so much from you. I’m a rank beginner and I have a quick question… when you mention “neutral tint” what is that exactly? I’ve heard you mention it numerous times in different tutorials. Thanks so much!!! 💕
Hi Ellen,
I’ve been watching you off & on for a couple years, I love your teaching skill. I plan on joining your patron as soon as k can. I can only do one at a time. Thank you your an awesome artist. Chris
I love these! Beautiful! Thank you for sharing! ♥️
Thank you! 😊
LOVED these, thank you for showing another method and another great way to have so much fun - my friends loved the cards I made for them and started a whole conversation about art during a get-together improving the party as well! Hope you're having wonderful holidays, Ellen, and I wish you a great 2022.
Really cool and beautiful Ellen. Thank you for such a fun tutorial.
You are so welcome!
Love love love the effect! Thanks for this.
Love your laid back - no worries approach and find your videos extremely informative and useful. I note you use Scotch Magic Tape to fasten your paper down with - do you de-tack it a bit before you stick it to your paper or is it quite low tack? And I’m assuming it’s waterproof? The masking tape I use tends to come unstuck when I use watercolour. 😊
I really enjoy your lovely ( and entertaining ) videos Ellen. I’ve made a number of nice Xmas cards from these ideas. My friends think I’m clever - hahah, I’m NOT - these are all your ideas and I wishes I could think them up. Thank you very much.
I’ve followed a couple of your tutorials for a few paintings. I hadn’t don’t watercolour since primary school. But your videos make it fun and relaxing, combined with classical music it’s my go to for decompressing after work. It’s also giving me the inspiration to attempt to make Christmas cards this year 💜☃️🎄 Thank you for all the content making watercolour more accessible and fun for relative newbies
Love, love, love the bokeh ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Damn!!!! Gorgeous! Magical! Thank you very much!!
Oh my gosh! I LOVE THEM!!! Thanks, you are the best!
love love love this look
Ellen! This is exactly what I needed. Thank you for sharing, for the fun, creativity, and ideas. I've been back, and forth on Christmas cards this year. You helped inspire me on the beautiful pine tree branches. The Bokeh is awesome. I'm a photographer, so I understand that very well. 😘👍💖💖🌲
I love bokeh, thank you for this tutorial! It was so fun and relaxing to do this. Merry Christmas!
Beautiful! Thanks for the tutorial! I'm sorry for your loss! Many hugs and prayers!
Ellen thanks a million MILLION for all you do! I really love this one, I am going to try it.