How to Paint Rolling Hills in Watercolor

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  • Опубліковано 30 лис 2024

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  • @condorreades2148
    @condorreades2148 5 місяців тому +1

    I keep forgetting to say this. I love the conversations with Reese!!! They just make me laugh. And it’s 2024 when I’m watching this and I’ll take all the laughter I can get! Also, Steve, you have a warmth, a caring, a kindness that really comes through in all your videos. When I need a gentle day plus instruction, Mind of Watercolor is where I go. And yeah, my painting is getting better, more experimental, and yet with more foundational knowledge undergirding it. So thank you.

    • @mindofwatercolor
      @mindofwatercolor  5 місяців тому

      Thanks. I often debate whether to continue with Reese. He was intended to be a device to keep me from taking myself too seriously (like some channels I've seen). I have had criticism that I should stop because it's corny and stupid. Probably, but don't care really.

    • @condorreades2148
      @condorreades2148 5 місяців тому +1

      @@mindofwatercolor Corny is good! We need warmth, humor, spontaneity and improvisation. Besides, Reese listens to every word you say, he has his own opinions and the right to voice them. But why is he scared of squirrels! I like Reese.

  • @annsowers4591
    @annsowers4591 3 роки тому +1

    I have spent the day studying this very subject. Thanks Steve for bringing it all together.

  • @StuartAdamsPhoto
    @StuartAdamsPhoto Рік тому +1

    Thank you so much for this tutorial Steve, it’s really helped me with blending etc, from a very grateful UK ‘Minder’!

  • @CharleyWang
    @CharleyWang 5 років тому +1

    I traveled with 10 painters for 10 days. Drew a lot of landscape paintings. Very helpful. Your painting skills are very helpful to me, thank you! After returning, I released four travel painting videos.

  • @evangelinepoe8952
    @evangelinepoe8952 5 років тому +3

    There's much to take away from this seemingly simple study. I'll be watching it again for sure. Thank you Steve.

  • @daleshawn1910
    @daleshawn1910 Рік тому +1

    It’s wonderful. Thanks for sharing

  • @jscook54
    @jscook54 5 років тому +3

    You are so good at explaining HOW and WHY you are doing something while actually painting. Very helpful even or maybe especially to a beginner painter. I am coming from photography so different mindset. Learning how to create the different lighting is interesting.

  • @josephoneil5883
    @josephoneil5883 2 роки тому +1

    your tutorial are so very helpful. Thank you

  • @paulettelane6428
    @paulettelane6428 5 років тому +7

    Great demo. I firmly believe that if you can draw/paint drapery, you can draw/paint anything. Have always thought that rolling hills are landscape drapery.

    • @mindofwatercolor
      @mindofwatercolor  5 років тому

      Good point. Drapery covers just about every nuance of light and shadow.

  • @cassiescreations9828
    @cassiescreations9828 5 років тому +5

    You are the one artist that consistently stresses how important sketches and studies are in our artistic practices. I've been focusing on single object studies. I began this practice for the reasons you state, to observe values, light and shadows, and, of course, sketching helps to better my drawing skills; the repetition helps me learn from my mistakes. I do get so frustrated at times with my drawings but I also see progress. Sometimes I wish I could simply look at things, without focusing on all "the facts." I'm trying to train my brain to pick and choose the pertinent details so I don't go insane! By the way, those photos are beautiful, those green hills sublime! Reese's head could look beautiful rolling down those hills. Thanks for another study! I enjoy them all!

    • @mindofwatercolor
      @mindofwatercolor  5 років тому +2

      I agree about Reese. Maybe a cool slo mo shot to lovely music! 🤣

    • @cassiescreations9828
      @cassiescreations9828 5 років тому

      @@mindofwatercolor Hahahaha. I lost it just imagining it.

    • @marynorby9530
      @marynorby9530 5 років тому +2

      I think you should do a painting featuring Reese rolling down these hills!

    • @cassiescreations9828
      @cassiescreations9828 5 років тому

      @@marynorby9530 Yep, too funny!

  • @betsykelley3561
    @betsykelley3561 5 років тому +2

    Really appreciate these studies - super helpful to hear and see your process!

  • @cherylberry1613
    @cherylberry1613 5 років тому +1

    Another great lesson. Thank you very much. These are really helpful.

  • @heather173
    @heather173 5 років тому +16

    You are just so good at everything, I absolutely love this channel and am learning and doing most of the exercises you put up. I've gone from a never painter to one who does 3 or 4 a day. So, onward to the hills!

  • @sallymcellrath503
    @sallymcellrath503 4 роки тому +1

    I love this study and am so inspired to do it! Thank you for your videos.

  • @ALittleCreative
    @ALittleCreative 5 років тому +1

    I loved this study! It feels really approachable for a lot of levels, and I appreciate that so much. Thanks so much for sharing.

  • @annegordon9487
    @annegordon9487 5 років тому +2

    Thank you so much for all your videos...and your humor! Seriously, I learn something new each time I view your videos repeatedly. When trying what you suggest, I see improvement in my work, although slowly. You pack a lot of information in your films that often is left out in other videos and even books. Thanks so much!

  • @joann5157
    @joann5157 5 років тому +1

    You are so awesome, and a great teacher! Thank you!!

  • @pambrown9523
    @pambrown9523 5 років тому +3

    First.. LOVE the T-shirt! OMGosh, how clever 😎. Secondly, thank you for sharing this study. I live in Tennessee so guess what one of my favorite photo subjects might be? HILLS! I cherish our undulating terrain. When I have been traveling and I come back into Tennessee, they are the welcoming beacon I look for first. I've rolled down them and climbed up them. They are a part of me. Just... thanks, Steve.❤️❤️❤️✒️✒️✒️🎨🎨🖌️

    • @mindofwatercolor
      @mindofwatercolor  5 років тому

      The hills are part of me also, so I know exactly what you mean. I was raised in Northern Alabama and now live in Western SC. We drive through Western NC and Eastern Tenn. quite frequently. They get in your blood!

    • @elenadejesus7489
      @elenadejesus7489 4 роки тому

      Hi Pam, I just read your comment and was amazed at how beautifully you described the terrain of where you are from. The entire communication was so written that I saw those hills in my mind and I also thought your descriptions were very much like an artist putting a beautiful a picture of those hills into words that fit

  • @OmegaRainbow
    @OmegaRainbow 2 роки тому +1

    beautiful! I'm learning so much from the landscape playlist! thank you so much for sharing all this knowledge with the community : )

  • @jmnm4894
    @jmnm4894 5 років тому +3

    Steve, that was absolutely EXCELLENT!!! I am a BIG believer in doing studies. I have been taking watercolor classes via a program for older people called, OLLI (Osher Life Long Learning) and really am a beginner in this medium. I learned early how frustrating it can be when I dive head first into wanting to do a painting and end up disappointed and disillusioned with the results because I could not achieve desired results all because of lack of practice and knowledge. Which is why I moved to doing 'Studies' where I can concentrate on just specific points I want to/need to, understand better. Such as 'how wet is wet?' One of my most frustrating challenges as a beginner w.c. painter, how wet to wet the paper? the brush? the paints?..
    From there, applying paint evenly, or capturing light, creating shadows, mixing colors, ...
    Please keep up with the studies! They are a phenomenal way to achieve two things at once, Create a picture and learn the necessary skills and techniques for advancement.

  • @christinerenaud2869
    @christinerenaud2869 5 років тому +3

    Great refresher course on shadows and values. Sure will keep this one in my paint specials file. Thank you, much appreciated.

  • @pauloolivenca5923
    @pauloolivenca5923 5 років тому +1

    Thank you so much for the wonderful lesson. It's a pleasure for me to learn from your videos.

  • @jmeyer3rn
    @jmeyer3rn 5 років тому +1

    Know when to say when. I’ve made a few notes along those lines. Nice study.

  • @heartchitect1960
    @heartchitect1960 5 років тому +2

    This is one to watch over and over. So many perfect lessons!

  • @stacyhannon4081
    @stacyhannon4081 5 років тому +3

    A comic, an amazing artist, and a trend setter with Rad shirts! Let me know next time y’all head for the hills, toward western NC and maybe my husband and I could meet you and your wife for supper or a painting session, or both! We live pretty close to Lake Lure, and Chimney Rock. There are some beautiful places there to paint or take pictures or have a picnic or do some fishing.

    • @mindofwatercolor
      @mindofwatercolor  5 років тому

      Thanks Stacy. I love the Lake Lure area. So beautiful.

  • @teresaohehir6285
    @teresaohehir6285 4 роки тому

    Thanks, that is so marvelous

  • @woutsebastiaan
    @woutsebastiaan 5 років тому +3

    Love this. It's a study but it is far far far from boring. I'm going to try this in various colournschemes 👍🏻

  • @karenjohnson6487
    @karenjohnson6487 5 років тому +2

    Thanks for the study videos. Your advice on how important and helpful studies are to a finished product helped me during last Inktober. I did different quick sketch ideas before settling on one. Studies are great practice exercises.

  • @whitelotus1960
    @whitelotus1960 5 років тому +1

    Learned so much from your videos! Thank you!

  • @bruceosborne1892
    @bruceosborne1892 5 років тому +2

    Great study Steve.

  • @mph4me
    @mph4me 5 років тому +1

    Another helpful video. Excellent.

  • @SaIrAbEe.
    @SaIrAbEe. 5 років тому +1

    Beautiful painting

  • @barbaragemin5117
    @barbaragemin5117 5 років тому +2

    Another VERY interesting video Steve. You're teaching me a lot. Thank you so much.

  • @Linda-qq5mg
    @Linda-qq5mg 5 років тому +2

    Thank you for teaching us, and showing us the value of studies. Yours is wonderful!

  • @stephw1363
    @stephw1363 3 роки тому +1

    I cant wait for you to get as obsessed with water and all the different kinds of ripples and waves as i am.....cuz it is so hard to get it right... for me anyway. Im sure you will do a study and make it look easy.

  • @angiewright-artist8246
    @angiewright-artist8246 5 років тому +4

    This is great video Steve, I love that you're helping your audience isolate and identify an efficient way to improve for self taught artists. Excellent video my friend!

  • @brentboyer79
    @brentboyer79 5 років тому +1

    I ABSOLUTELY NEED THAT SHIRT!!
    Oh, and great video.

  • @TTomJohn
    @TTomJohn 5 років тому +1

    👍Thanks, Steve. Generous, helpful and enjoyable!
    I'm sure that tee shirt will see a bump in sales this week.

  • @AJ-po4sr
    @AJ-po4sr 5 років тому +3

    Love your T-shirt ❤️

  • @jontgreene
    @jontgreene 5 років тому +3

    🧠 of 🎨 is #1 👍👍

  • @ZZmsz
    @ZZmsz 5 років тому +2

    NICE !!!!

  • @JaredCullum
    @JaredCullum 5 років тому +3

    Enjoyed the demo! Great exercise. I love sketching rolling hills. Have you ever seen James Fletcher-Watson's paintings of the Lake District in the UK? Lots of stunning landscapes. He's my favorite watercolorist.

    • @mindofwatercolor
      @mindofwatercolor  5 років тому +1

      I haven't but I'll look him up. Thanks Jared!

    • @eirenmist12
      @eirenmist12 5 років тому +1

      Fletcher-Watson is one of my favorite watercolorists too. I studied his work a lot when starting out.

    • @JaredCullum
      @JaredCullum 5 років тому

      Eirenmist i love his work. I rewatch his films on APV streaming regularly. I actually have his post card prints lining my drafting table next to Sargent, Wyeth and Eakins. :) some day I plan on traveling out to see his studio. His daughter maintains it and the gallery there. Also some day.. if I can ever get the scratch together.. I plan on buying one of his paintings. :)

  • @suel4269
    @suel4269 Рік тому +1

    I’m back again because I tried painting rolling hills of Wildflowers Plein Air yesterday. My shadows got too dark or muddy. I’ll try your way of painting sections. I didn’t sketch first.

  • @msf2126
    @msf2126 5 років тому +3

    Thanks for this :)

  • @gizgil
    @gizgil 5 років тому +2

    I haven’t watched your video yet - just got a recommendation banner, but had to say I like y9ur intro. 😊 The sound that hills sometimes make, indeed. I definitely need a laugh tonight, and you made me laugh. :) Thanks! Now maybe I’ll watch the video. 😉

    • @gizgil
      @gizgil 5 років тому

      I did watch the video after my first comment and I really enjoyed it - as much for the soothing quality of your descriptions and the rhythm of your brushwork as for the opportunity to study your technique. I just watched it today for the second time, backing up whenever I wanted to highlight something in my mind to remember h9w you did it, and I liked it even more the second time. I’ve never studied the *craft* of watercolor that much except for one class I took in college because I wanted a fun, less stressful hour in my schedule - I’m more of an instinctive painter, and I *always* use reference sources on the principle that your mind fills things in, regardless of what you call “the facts”, and it’s often very inaccurate unless you’re actually looking at the thing you’re trying to reproduce with paints or pencils. What I loved about watching this video was comparing your dialogue to the one in my head as I paint and hearing you describe the reasons for why you do what you do to get the effects you want. Understanding the principles behind certain decisions you made was really helpful because it allowed me to think about the process in a really specific way instead of just feeling my way through the landscape (I often think of a contour drawing exercise I learned from a book I found in my dad’s study when I was a kid - Nicolaides’ _The Natural Way to Draw_ - where he talks about convincing yourself that your pencil is actually touching the line you’re drawing like an ant walking along the edge of a shape). Knowing *why* a certain technique renders a particular visual effect gives me more conscious choices about where to go with my brush so that I think I could have more control over the final result. I suppose that makes things a little more complicated, having to think about what I’m doing instead of just following the ant over the hill 🐜✍🏽🐜🖌🐜😄 , but more challenging and exciting as well. And I suppose the more I think about it, the less I will *have* to think about it as I absorb and incorporate the process into my usual routine. Thanks so much for sharing the dialogue!
      Also, watching you paint soothed my frazzled nerves and relaxed the tension I was feeling this afternoon, which is a maybe less of a bonus than my main motivation for doing anything lately, so it ensures that I’ll definitely be back. Thanks again! ❤️🧡💛💚🖌🎨 [P.S. 👩🏻‍🎨 - Why is the paint palette emoji the one art supply that’s grouped with sports action and equipment??🤔🤪]

  • @jessicasobel4287
    @jessicasobel4287 5 років тому +1

    Lovely as always steve, but your shirt is amazing :D

  • @maryf.1956
    @maryf.1956 5 років тому +1

    Thank you for this demo.

  • @MrldCtyGrl
    @MrldCtyGrl 5 років тому +2

    I just have to comment on your shirt... Teenaged Mutant Ninja Painters... epic.

  • @akt67
    @akt67 5 років тому +3

    HI Steve'O....Did you ever teach at school or college? If you did then sorry for lazy research, if you didnt..you should have. I was rubbish at art, still not great but Ive only really tried the past couple of years back, Im now 52. Hardly any requirement to do art at school and what there was didnt give much encouragement. As a war vet with PTSD I find it relaxes me even if it looks like a 5 year old did it :) Axel in UK

    • @thejoydecision724
      @thejoydecision724 5 років тому

      Axel Taylor art is such a smart strategy. I use it to keep my sanity with M.E. I got a heart rate monitor recently. One day I wasn’t doing so well. I got a bit of art in but I had to go back to bed to cope. According to Garmin the time spent arting was actually better for my vitals than snuggled in bed in the dark with my eyes closed 😝 Anyway just saying hi and reaching out with a bit of human connection from another art noob. Here’s to just enjoying the process regardless how it turns out.

  • @susankeller5302
    @susankeller5302 5 років тому +1

    I have a request can you do a landscape of the ocean where the wave crash against the shore? I’m wanting to learn how to create the ocean in watercolor?

  • @MDCampbell
    @MDCampbell 5 років тому +1

    Oh my, that tee shirt... oh my, that "hills are alive" comment... oh my. lol! This was a fantastic video, not just with the humor and easy presentation, but obviously, with your perspectives. Love that you mentioned that "color doesn't matter as much as value." So important, yet so often missed. I know I often make that mistake when I'm rushing. Need to be more disciplined! A question for you: I love the Cosmotop brush, but are there other brushes you might recommend for this kind of painting? Like, how would a flat brush work for you? Just interested in your thought process of choosing the right brush. As always, a wonderful demo and excellent video work. Thank you, Steve. Always something to learn. :)

    • @mindofwatercolor
      @mindofwatercolor  5 років тому +1

      Hey Mark! Thanks buddy, glad you enjoyed the video. A flat would work great and add a different feel to the piece. I actually do hills with flats very often. I was sort of pushing the details in the mounds and divots this time, but sure, a flat would be fine. The right brush choice is often subjective. In general, a principal I use is to pick the largest brush that still allows me to accurately put paint where I need to put it, keeping in mind that at some point I can switch to a smaller brush if needed. Bigger brushes keep the washes looking fresher and cleaner.

    • @MDCampbell
      @MDCampbell 5 років тому

      @@mindofwatercolor I am the most guilty of being too lazy to pick the _right_ brush over the most _convenient_ brush. I only realize it when I'm in the middle of a piece and think, dangit. The 10 would've been better for this. lol! Thank Steve! :)

    • @mindofwatercolor
      @mindofwatercolor  5 років тому

      @@MDCampbell You bet! I do this too. Sometimes the consequences are minimal but you said it. Laziness reigns. Especially when I'm in a painting groove. I even do it with colors. Knowing I have the wrong color mix already on my palette I use it anyway thinking it might not be so bad and I'm usually sorry.

  • @diannehager7212
    @diannehager7212 5 років тому

    What is the name and size of the brush you used? I can’t seem to find details.

  • @mussoorie100
    @mussoorie100 5 років тому +2

    Might I ask how you like the Kilmanjaro paper? It is my absolute favourite, especially the 300#, but I also really enjoy the 140 lb with the 70 lb inserts. I live in Canada so I have to do a bit of finagling to get my yearly injection of Kilmanjaro paper (I have a friend who goes to Arizona each year and brings back anything I order) - any chance you could convince Cheap Joe's to connect with a Canadian source? I should also add that I am addicted to your youtube videos - many thanks 8-)!!!

    • @mindofwatercolor
      @mindofwatercolor  5 років тому

      I love it! I suspect it’s Saunders Waterford but not sure. Cheap Joe’s won’t tell anyone who makes it. Supposedly it’s from an English mill.

    • @mussoorie100
      @mussoorie100 5 років тому

      Interesting.............I do buy (when the budget allows) Saunders Waterford by the sheet at our local "big" art supply store - started using it because another favourite artist, Shirley Trevena, uses it (and she is British)......just one big universal circle!

  • @JohnFishman
    @JohnFishman 5 років тому +3

    Cool t-shirt, Steve! What is it and where did you get it?

    • @mindofwatercolor
      @mindofwatercolor  5 років тому +2

      Don't know what it's called. My wife found it. She and I stay on the lookout for cool shirts. My son (who is now 35) was a big Ninja Turtle fan as a young boy and its fitting that they are all named after famous artists. So yeah, why not!

    • @JohnFishman
      @JohnFishman 5 років тому

      The Mind of Watercolor Thanks. I should’ve figured it out. And Teenage Ninja Artists! Brilliant.

  • @wizkidsvideos
    @wizkidsvideos 5 років тому +1

    Love your ninja turtles t-shirt

  • @paulaverger4129
    @paulaverger4129 5 років тому +7

    Where did you get your t shirt. My husband needs one

    • @mindofwatercolor
      @mindofwatercolor  5 років тому +1

      I honestly don't remember. I order from a few places online. If you Google Ninja Turtle Artist T-shirt it will probably bring up a source.

  • @suel4269
    @suel4269 5 років тому

    What tablet were you using?

  • @victoriamuir8988
    @victoriamuir8988 5 років тому +1

    In support of reference photos...the hand cannot interpret what the eye cannot see.

  • @omnesilere
    @omnesilere 5 років тому +1

    must have that shirt buddy

  • @FrankMakesMovies
    @FrankMakesMovies 5 років тому +4

    I'm wondering how many people who watch this video will get your shirt! :-D

    • @mindofwatercolor
      @mindofwatercolor  5 років тому +1

      😁

    • @elenadejesus7489
      @elenadejesus7489 4 роки тому

      @@mindofwatercolor hi! I just subscribed. I haven't even finished watching your video and I had to subscribe. I haven't finished. I keep going to the start because you have so much information you are sharing and it's all fascinating! So I thank you for being such a great teacher and I will be watching all of your videos.

  • @jaspermartin7444
    @jaspermartin7444 5 років тому +2

    wow, seriously beautiful. "simple" hahahahaha.