This Watercolour Painting Trick Could Change Your Life
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- Опубліковано 14 лют 2024
- This watercolour painting trick could change your life
If you want to improve your drawing and painting then this video is for you. I have tested out the painting with the right side of your brain theory. This is the book I was talking about:
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You will also need some kitchen roll, an eraser and a pencil
Colours we used
Paynes Grey
Burnt Sienna
Yellow Ochre
Moonglow
Cadmium Red
Alizarin Crimson
Prussian Blue
Sap Green
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My son at 9 said that he couldn't draw. I gave him a picture of Garfield but turned it up side down and asked him to draw the shapes and lines that he saw. It turned out amazing 😂 He was so proud of himself. Now he's 35 and a graffiti artist.
That is an awesome story! 💖 Thank you for sharing.
What a wonderful, wise momma or poppa you are!
Thank you for doing that for him. Not everyone has a parent as awesome as you. I hope he thanks you all the time
That’s fantastic!
Awesommmmme❤❤❤🎉
The book that teaches this: Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards 1979! It is an amazing help for those of us who think they can’t draw. Thank you for bringing this to watercolor!
Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks for the tip I’m going to get the book
yeah! I was going to say that and saw that you've already commented. I have that book and did all the exercises, including drawing a portrait upside down. really cool exercise and it actually helps to turn off the inner critique!
There are three books in that series by Betty Edwards. Anyone interesting in learning how to draw should read them, they are very helpful in teaching you how to see, and how to become a better artist
I learned this technique in college, it is what made me be able to draw a face perfectly. When you draw and/paint upside down, you don’t focus on the overall picture, you focus on shapes and proportions! It changed my entire approach to drawing!
That's great!
Wow, this could help me!
Don’t worry about your credibility. You’ve Proven yourself beyond doubt as a solid art teacher! We know you’re just trying something new and it could succeed or fail and so what. 😊
Happy to see left-handed artists like me on UA-cam !
Happy to help!
It Worked!! I tried painting a picture of a dog upside down and it came out great! Once I flipped it over, I made a few minor adjustments but it's the best dog I've ever drawn! Thank you Harriet ❤❤❤
Great job! Isnt it amazing!
I’m a right-handed, start at end of magazine reader, so probably painting upside down won’t be that strange. I will try this. Thank you!
That's a great idea!
I also start at the end of the magazine??? And am right handed.🤷
Thanks that was interesting and beautiful! You learn something new everyday.
I too am left handed. It seems as such I have always had to rethink things to adjust to a " right " handed world. You are so inspiring. Thank you so much for all your tutorials. This is the first time I have ever felt so compelled as to comment.
Absolutely! I’m not sure right handers know how much we have to adapt.
Very interesting! I think if I try this I will cover the reference photo with a sheet of paper and just reveal a little bit at a time. Otherwise my eye will be trying to take in the whole at once.
I’m right handed but had an accident so couldn’t use it for quite a while. I had to use my left hand as my leading hand. It is definitely different and gives a diff view point. I can write equally with both hands. Find it easier to flick a book from back to front. I find myself using my left hand when my right gets tired.🥰
Read the book years ago and did many of the exercises. Helped to train my brain to actually “see” what I was drawing.
Wow as soon as you turned the rose upside down the shape and shades looked clearer to me, I will be trying this, thank you!
You’re welcome 😊
I'm left-handed and was so delighted when I found you. It is so much easier for me to follow along with you. I think left-handed people do many things differently, and it is often labeled backward. But I find it gives us a flexibility of the mind in problem solving. My family was 50/50 3 lefties and 3 right-handers growing up. My husband who is a wonderful artist and a computer programmer is left handed. Our 2 children are right-handed and very artist.
What I like is that you didn’t paint the rose exactly like the picture. So many times I try to paint so exactly perfect. So, thank you for sharing ❤
Thanks so much 😊
I'm left-handed, as well. So is my husband. My house is therefore set up for lefties. Oftentimes right-hand ed people are befuddled by the way our clothes is put on hangars, the direction twists ties are twisted and the fact that I wash dishes in the left sink.
My husband and I are both left handed. One of my son's in law is too. That's why I started following because your instructions made sense.
Hahaha! I would love your house!
This is a common trick, taught in most art classes from high school onward to help people draw what they see and not what they think they see.
It's amazing how simple tips can make a big difference in art!
I've never tried painting upside-down before, but I have found that turning a drawing or painting upside-down while I'm working on it helps point out the errors I've made, in proportions or perspective especially.
That's a great idea!
We definitely see the world a little differently. I think we also have learned to adapt better in awkward (right-handed) situations.
This upsidedown technique helped me with accuracy when I was a highlighter for Thomas Kinkade years ago.
Cool!
Left hander here and I too flip through picture books and magazines etc from the back to the front
Girl! You are so spot on!! I’m a lefty and I just instantly understood where you were going with this, it made so much sense!
Interesting truth……i do mostly watercolor as i adore it’s magic, the colors blending and shading never cease to amaze and thrill me. BUT, I also love oils and I happen to be working on a large commission right now that includes a LOT of detail. Just yesterday I was thinking “ maybe I should turn this upside down to do this”? I’ve never seen or heard of anyone doing it but it just seemed logical to me?!! And today I find you and this tutorial! When the student is ready, the teacher comes! Thank you so much for this valuable lesson and the validation of my instincts.🤗👍👍 🎨
I do a lot of realism. It takes a lot of time but I can get good results. But boy, Harriet! I watch you and I am in awe and completely humbled! I always admire your drawing ability and this is not exception. You are 'da boss' of freehanding! Thanks for the inspiration and tips!
that was so interesting. I'm right handed, but as soon as it was upsidedown I could really see the shape and the shadows. It was so much clearer😊
I did try a similar exercise once before. It was drawing a man in a suit of armour on a horse - quite complex for someone of my low skills. The exercise said to cover the upsidedown source picture with a sheet of paper and slowly reveal the next part a I drew. The result was surprisingly good.
Interesting!
"Seeing drawing". It's a huge help to me, too.
Wow!!!!! As a right handed painter, I'm definitely going to try this!!!!!!
So am I! As a new drawer and painter, I have been struggling with the exact topic ... translating what I see to the paper and as you said "getting out of my own way".
Recently I had right hand surgery ~ since I wasn’t sure how it would go I thought I should try painting left handed. It was an amazing feeling in my brain (it was like a flip) and the focus required was crazy but in a good way! In this healing time I have continued to draw & paint with my left hand and find it very meditative!
I painted the rose upside down. It was the most Rose-y rose I have ever painted! I thank you and will try this with other subjects!
Wonderful!
I'm just so grateful to have found a couple of wonderful left handed watercolor teachers here on UA-cam - you and Kateri Ewing have helped me immeasurably. Left handed process is different, and it took me a long time (as a beginner) to figure out why I was having so much trouble. It's such s relief to watch someone paint and see it the same way i see what I'm attempting, instead of trying to reverse it all in my brain, on the fly, as i do with crochet.
Same!! So hard to teach yourself from right handers. So happy I found you lefties❤
It's not a theory. It's science based knowledge. Thanks for this interesting exercise. I recommend others reference Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain.
Thanks for the tips!
I'm left handed and that's why I like so much your videos. I feel more comfortable in following your brush strokes and the way you organize your work. It is inspiring and give confidence. Thank you so much. 😊
Awesome! Thank you!
I painted a rose and it was the best rose I ever did! Amazing.❤
That's awesome to hear! Keep up the great work with your painting skills!
Betty Edwards has a wonderful book on this!
This has BLOWN my mind! I just tried this and it works so well! I’m so excited to use this from now on! THANK YOU!
AH I'm so pleased!
I so appreciate that you filmed the video in real time for a good part of the painting. I will certainly try this approach! thank you
Glad it was helpful!
I was so pleased, when I first found your channel, to find a left-handed artist!! The viewing feels so much more natural to me. I think I'm fairly balanced, because while I am left-handed and an artist, I am also a mathematician and have a very logical and linear way of thinking. In a primarily right-handed world, I think my favorite thing is when right-handed people kind of freak out a little when trying to show me something, or feel like they have to adjust for my sake. It's sweet and kind, but not to worry! I will either mirror them, or figure it out otherwise!
The rose is lovely! Viewing the image upside-down is a technique I've seen but tend to forget. It's amazing how a simple change can give you a whole new perspective!! Thanks for this!
Omgoodness upside-down?! It is just beautiful! Thanks for this video 😊❤
Leftie here. When using a notebook (pre laptop days), I always started at the back. When helping a client choose a new hair color, I would have them turn the magazine upside down. That forced their brain to focus on the color, not the image as a whole or the model. Worked, and saved many women from disastrous hair color choices.
Looks like being a leftie comes with some cool perks, like saving people from hair color disasters!
I’m left handed and I’ve always opened a book starting at the back instead of the front….good to know I’m not the only one.😊
We lefties have to stick together, even if we read books backwards!
Wonderful Harriet! 15:51
Brilliant Harriet! I could watch you paint for hours. I definitely need to loosen up so will have a go. 😊
Thanks so much 😊
this is a really interesting technique! and it actually makes a lot of sense beginning the rose at the bottom rather than the centre 😮
Yes I'm ham left handed to love my water colour art . I read my book s back to front
This helped when I started painting faces in acrylic
AH yes, faces would be a very good thing to try
What a great tutorial and fantastic outcome. I'm a lefty too and could relate to all you said, except reading or looking at a book from back to front. Must be from the days at school where teachers tried to make me a righty.🙃
This is fascinating! It’s amazing how our brain works! Great video. Thank you!
This works so well. I tried portraits like this many times and it really tricks the brain.
This Methode is in the book of Betty Edwards. It helps for people who believe they cannot do drawing. It´s amazing that you show us how to do. Thanks a lot!
Thanks for sharing!
I understand that as I am left handed as well hahahah thank you for sharing xxxx Happy times xxx
Yes, I’m left handed and do flick through a book from the back, enter a gallery and roam anti clockwise, can write from right to left easily etc etc etc.
Yeah I can relate
Wow, that was fabulous! It turned out beautiful. I can't wait to try the upside down painting!
Thanks so much for watching!
This is great! I hate to paint roses but I'll give this a try.
Everything you said about the traits of being left handed also resonates with me.....except I am right handed😢. And fear of failure, that is my biggest blocker.
Thank you from Australia.
Ah that's so interesting. Fear of failure is definitely universal, you're not alone x
I learned this a long time ago from an art teacher I think. It really works and I tell friends that tell me they could never paint to try this and it forces you to paint what u actually see and not what you think you see
One of the first lessons in art school, really helps! Great video!
This is so eye-opening! I read that book many years ago, but had forgotten about the ideas in it. Now I’m going to have a go and see how I do. Thanks for the inspiration, as always! ❤
What a great idea! Thank you for sharing with us. As soon as you turned it upside down, it made so much more sense!
Glad it was helpful!
I’m left handed and that was very interesting to watch you.
Great!
I’m also left-handed and can relate to much of what you said.
It's nice to know we're not alone!
I am left handed and I paint in pastels . I definitely paint upside down especially if I am struggling with proportions. I find that my brain then no longer thinks of the object you are painting and your expectations of how it should look. I also use it if I think I made a mistake but can’t quite figure out where, turn it upside down and you can usually see the problem right away.
By the way I flip through picture books from the back to the front too 😊
This is a very great way of tackling a daunting watercolor task. Upsidedown! Backwards also helps! Thank you ❤
I may try this next time I go urban sketching, just need to turn a few buildings upside down, actually may be easier to hang upside down - or maybe don't look for shortcuts and fear hard work.
Spiderman would have no problem!
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Your rose looks better than the original subject matter…..amazing.
Wow, thank you!
Just beautiful! This is the second time to watch for me. Cheers!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you!
So glad that I have discovered a left-handed artist to learn from.
You are a God sent to me. Love the way you teach!
You are so welcome
I’m left-handed, too! Thanks
Welcome!
I am left-handed trying to learn watercolor painting sometimes I have to set up a mirror in front of my tablet and look at the mirror to better understand. I so enjoy watching your videos❤ you are a very patient teacher thank you
Oh and I’m right handed and also flip through magazines from back to front also
What a great idea!
Perfect!❤
Beautiful! What a fun exercise, and yours turned out so very beautifully! Thank you so much!
You're so welcome!
I love your videos!!
Amazing 🤩
❤ That was a great video! Thank you!! ❤
Love this!! Great ezercise Harriett
Brilliant idea, makes absolute sense. Thank you x
lovely!
I like yours better than the original photo. 😍
Wow, thank you!
I agree, it supports more objectivity and focus on shape rather than focus on what the object represents.
WOW! I'll give this a try🤞
fun exercise, never tried upside down in painiting Mine came out really tight. but it was fun to try and definatly has its advantage in seeing the values
Brilliant!
Years ago I took a course based on Betty Edward’s Drawing from the Right Side of the Brain. We did some upside down drawing techniques. V interesting. I kind of knew you were going to paint this rose upside down❤
I should go back to these exercises. Thanks for the video.
Very cool!
Interesting and so pretty.🖌
I can’t wait to try this method. As a perfectionist, I think this will help loosen me up but maintain enough accuracy for the viewer to easily see the image. Thanks.
You can do it!
I am currently learning to paint with color. I’ve had many years of not picking up a brush. But previously, I use to only paint with conte and crayon on grey parchment. I learnt to paint people upside down and it was so much better because the brain does not try and interpret only rather what is sees. So thank you so much for reminding me. I’m back on it. Great job.
Thanks for watching!
I’m definitely going to try this!!! Thank you so much for the inspiration!
Man, you NAILED !
Simply stunning. Mine not so😂. But a really helpful exercise to get out of the whole, I'm painting a rose mindset
You are amazing!
Fantastic excersizze! I wonder if you went another step and removed colour, and just painted the form and value and texture…
I’m going to try your technique because I always get in my own way 😁
Excellent!
I’m right handed but I too AKWAYS look thru magazines, books w/pictures from back to front 🥴 & have done that since I can remember. ??? Thank you for this video - I’m going to try this in the morning!
Exactly!!
This looks really brilliant, I'll try this, I can see the different perspective looks to help paint what you see. I'm also left handed. And BTW, your painting was nicer than the photo, warmer colors.
Extraordinary
Wow! Perfection!
Thank you! Cheers!
Fantastic!!I’m going to try this!!
Very interesting! I’m going to try this. Thank you!
Lovely
Yes! I am a lefty and you are spot on. My flute teacher who is left handed also said to me once she always have to a little more effort to teach her right handed students than with me, it felt so natural communicating with me. I found you through an FB group because I am a beginner I was struggling following right handers and I wanted to see if there was a difference following a fellow left hander and someone recommended you. I loved drawing fun characters with Draw with Rob but I wanted to watch a lefty painter. I am a music educator and see this in my teaching life too.
It's great to connect with fellow lefties and share experiences! Thank you for sharing your story.
Wow. Beautiful.
Thank you! Cheers!