I love how you never panic when the paint and water are running everywhere. So much fun watching you. I am going to give this a try and I promise to be brave. Thanks so much for the inspiration.
Beautiful!!! I've always loved abstracts, and the beauty is how this can spark your imagination. Landscape, trees, skies, mountains, and of course, the colors. This little painting is exactly what I'd like to create on a larger scale. I'm so happy I found you!!😘👍💖🎨
This is beautiful! I really appreciate this. When I don't have a lot of time to paint, I can still get the satisfaction of making an unpredictable, lovely, satisfying watercolor! Thank you so much!
Thank you for this wonderful little exercise, Jean! I haven't painted in a while and felt a bit rusty. This was really fun and now I feel a lot more confidence.
Wonderful exercise, Inspires me to use my palette knife. My very first painting was beautifully done with only a palette knife - surprised me! You have inspired me once again ! Many thanks.
Bravo Jean 👏👏👏 I saw a beautiful Tuscan landscape as soon as the trees went in! Is it Cypress trees we see on the hillsides in Italy? Jean you are soooo very inspiring. I need to do lots of this type of painting as I still feel so ‘tight’ when painting! Thank you so much for sharing your talent and all good wishes, Deirdre 😍
Hi Jean..I'm new to water colour, and your demo's are so helpful. I'm am oil painter, so it's quite an adjustment trying to work in reverse to what I'm used to. Nice South African accent too...where in SA are you from 😊?
Thank you for the inspiration, I love your paintings, my granddaughter of 8 just watched this one with me and loved it too! I have a question relating to transparency and 25 yr.old N.American W/C teaching! At that time I was taught that the paint on the paper had to stay transparent to be 'true' watercolour (to qualify for judging in shows), i.e. in layers. Is this an outdated concept? I can't see how it dries on the video, but when you put paint on with the pallet knife does it dry thick and chalky and therefore not transparent? Does this even matter anymore? Thank you for all your videos! Peggy, Canada.
@@JeanLurssen ...that's because you're very talented! For me who's never used a palette knife to apply w/c I'm wondering about the technique for application? When using the pallet knife, does the pigment dry thick and opaque, or do you apply it so it settles out to be transparent? The video isn't close enough to see what's happening. Thanks!!
You will notice that I wet the paper quite a bit and then applied thick paint. I also sprits the paint to make it run. There are areas that end up with som thicker paint. It doesn't worry me that it's not all transparent. I like the texture sit creates.
I love your pieces - so spontaneous and organic
Watching watercolor flow on wet paper is truly my favorite part of painting... totally mezmerizing!
With these tips it's good to practice. Thanks
I could watch your videos all day long!
I love how you never panic when the paint and water are running everywhere. So much fun watching you. I am going to give this a try and I promise to be brave. Thanks so much for the inspiration.
I love this kind of painting. If my actual paintings could look this good, I'd be ecstatic!
Beautiful!!! I've always loved abstracts, and the beauty is how this can spark your imagination. Landscape, trees, skies, mountains, and of course, the colors. This little painting is exactly what I'd like to create on a larger scale. I'm so happy I found you!!😘👍💖🎨
Your warm up exercise turned out beautifully. It's a gorgeous painting, one which I would have been thrilled to paint.
Your warm-ups on a cloudy day, are my end results on my best days to come :).
Thanks for sharing, I love these kinds of Tubes.
Perfectly timed new warm up. It’s beautiful!
I had forgotten about using my palette knife!
Thank you
Kathy
Thank You!
Love watching you paint! Looks like a painting to me…thanks for sharing!
Thanks
This is beautiful! I really appreciate this. When I don't have a lot of time to paint, I can still get the satisfaction of making an unpredictable, lovely, satisfying watercolor! Thank you so much!
That was a lovely little exercise, thank you!
I love it, I’ve tried many times to paint like that but you just showed what I’m doing wrong, too much water to paint. Thankyou.❤️
Thank you for this wonderful little exercise, Jean! I haven't painted in a while and felt a bit rusty. This was really fun and now I feel a lot more confidence.
Really enjoy your painting. Like the spontaneity and freedom from which you apply color.
Wonderful exercise, Inspires me to use my palette knife. My very first painting was beautifully done with only a palette knife - surprised me! You have inspired me once again ! Many thanks.
I have just found your channel and so glad that I did. This was really lovely, I shall have to give it a try.
Bravo Jean 👏👏👏 I saw a beautiful Tuscan landscape as soon as the trees went in! Is it Cypress trees we see on the hillsides in Italy? Jean you are soooo very inspiring. I need to do lots of this type of painting as I still feel so ‘tight’ when painting! Thank you so much for sharing your talent and all good wishes, Deirdre 😍
Thank you for sharing Jean, lovely painting
Thanks a lot for this tutorial ! We had an amazing time without stress, we had just let go.
Love this. Really like your loose style. thank you
Very inspiring. Thank you.
Amazing you are so talented! Thank you…
Thank you for this lovely warming up tutorial ! We would like lots more of them !👍👍😊😊
Thank you, Jean!
Inspirational, as always.
Just lovely--thank you for sharing this!
Really wonderful. You are such a good communicator Jean. Can you say why you choose hot pressed paper please?
It just suits my tyle of painting better and I feel the colors stay more vibrant once dry.
incredible!
the final image (5:19) is a scan or a photograph?
Photograph?
Hi Jean..I'm new to water colour, and your demo's are so helpful. I'm am oil painter, so it's quite an adjustment trying to work in reverse to what I'm used to. Nice South African accent too...where in SA are you from 😊?
Hi Heidi. So glad you find my videos helpful. I am originally from Cape Town. I also teach online at watercolors.jeanlurssen.com
Why would you not call it a painting? I enjoy your videos very much!
Thank you for the inspiration, I love your paintings, my granddaughter of 8 just watched this one with me and loved it too! I have a question relating to transparency and 25 yr.old N.American W/C teaching! At that time I was taught that the paint on the paper had to stay transparent to be 'true' watercolour (to qualify for judging in shows), i.e. in layers. Is this an outdated concept? I can't see how it dries on the video, but when you put paint on with the pallet knife does it dry thick and chalky and therefore not transparent? Does this even matter anymore? Thank you for all your videos! Peggy, Canada.
I've had my watercolors accepted in many juried shows with no problem.
@@JeanLurssen ...that's because you're very talented! For me who's never used a palette knife to apply w/c I'm wondering about the technique for application? When using the pallet knife, does the pigment dry thick and opaque, or do you apply it so it settles out to be transparent? The video isn't close enough to see what's happening. Thanks!!
You will notice that I wet the paper quite a bit and then applied thick paint. I also sprits the paint to make it run. There are areas that end up with som thicker paint. It doesn't worry me that it's not all transparent. I like the texture sit creates.
@@JeanLurssen Thank you, that clarifies what I should aim for! Yes, I love texture too. and rust...!
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