"I'm here to turn your frustration into absolute watercolor freedom, friends."
"Transparency is high on my list. As a general rule, I want all my watercolor to be very transparent."
"I just sharpen it into a water color palette... and I've got a cake of color."
"You've helped me find my love for watercolor; thank you."
"So I highly recommend them if you are using watercolor or anything water-based, they are super great."
"A moving Masterpiece took over the screen, a world of watercolor filled my eyes."
"Experimenting in watercolor keeps me loose and stops me from overworking my paintings."
"I started learning watercolor when I was eight-years-old and my stepfather... showed me how to do a wet into wet wash, I just remember how magical it was."
"She does a great job of making tattoos that look like they are very realistic but they also have that watercolor quality to them."
"I'm gonna practice doing some unplanned in real life with this new watercolor set."
"Slow and steady wins the watercolor race."
"The watercolor is sitting just on the sized surface of the paper."
"Those little happy accidents, that's what watercolor is all about."
"There's so much good detail and, remember, this is very fine working in watercolor, which is, um, quite a difficult medium to get this sort of detail in."
"I will do a proper Swatch card but that's about it I can't believe I I I have too many paints um and I will always reiterate that you do not need this amount of watercolor that's absolutely insane."
"Negative painting in watercolor is fantastic, especially around your clouds."
"I love watercolor, and I really do love all mediums."
"This is why Joseph Zbukvic always said, 'You need to have faith, faith in watercolor, faith in yourself that this is going to turn into a good painting.'"
"So for me right now, this is by far my winning watercolor brand for beginners."
"Join me in today's video as I will be testing out a brand new 48 watercolor pan set from Sergeant Arts."
"I've had a fairly limited color palette when it comes to watercolor paints for quite some time."
"Now what I want to do is move on and paint a really Lively loose Springtime watercolor."
"To me the most important thing in watercolor... it's all about the light because we don't really use white paint we have to reserve that light to make our paintings look 3D and just to create atmosphere Etc so it's really important to preserve that light."
"The only way you're going to really succeed with watercolor and painting is by doing and practicing."
"There's so many different ways you can play with watercolor; it doesn't have to be so serious."
"The whole idea about a watercolor journal is that it gives you the freedom to explore watercolor without feeling overwhelmed."
"This type of watercolor paper dries slowly which will allow me to create some beautiful wet-on-wet transitions."
"Each medium has its own character, especially watercolor, but the design concept or even the painting concept is exactly the same."
"The inktense colors are simply amazing, especially when you put some water over them."
"The best gift from watercolor painting is, you know, respect the white paper, which becomes your whites in your painting."
"Watercolor can be worked translucently or opaquely. Many artists choose to use both techniques."
"Much of what you lay down early on with watercolor is going to lighten up quite a bit."
"Adding like water drops in between say the purple paint you can see it adds lighter values and little like a starry sort of patterns."
"Watercolor is not very forgiving. You've got to be direct and decisive and attack it."
"Watercolor really lets them do their thing."
"This YouTube channel is all about how to do watercolor painting and the easiest way with relaxation. If this is the first time here, press subscribe and turn on notifications."
"Watercolor is just your best friend when you want things like that to happen."
"I'm uber proud of this one, really, really incredibly proud of this one. Again, all watercolor, but I used the Derwent Drawing pencils to shade in the leopard and add all the black."
"My favorite definition of watercolor is the process of controlling the flood."
"Watercolor is the process of controlling the flood."
"Watercolors is the only medium where the paint kind of does some of the work for you."
"Watercolor would be like 25% more fun if it dried faster."
"There is no set amount of water to put on a painting, and it is the painting that dictates the amount of water."
"There's a cool way to do graded washes or variegated washes if you want to use fancy watercolor lingo."
"Invest in a set of maybe 12 colors to get started with watercolor painting."
"On this channel you'll find all things watercolor, a little bit of mixed media, even some business and motivation for artists."
"If you want to get into watercolor paints without needing to spend a lot of money, I think this set is a really nice option."
"Watercolor students often complain that they're getting all sorts of backgrounds and drying lines things they call cauliflowers and blooms but if you know what forms them you can do them on purpose and they're really really pretty."
"One of my favorite ways to use watercolor pencils is to draw into wet watercolor paint."
"Is it liquid watercolor? Okay, I actually kind of like liquid watercolor because it's not like up to me to mix it and it like usually turns out better, I'm actually excited, we'll see if that lasts."
"We're going to fix this issue of not blending correctly when using your watercolor pencils."
"Watercolor paint is pretty transparent."
"Watercolor does dry lighter than it looks when it's wet."
"I love these when you add water. They just look so subtle and transparent. Really nice."
"Efficiency in color mixing is way more important in watercolor than almost every other medium because we are constantly working with the drying time."
"I really like the bleeding effect of watercolor."
"It's a nice, compact little tin for 48 colors."
"Remember in watercolor painting, less is more, so don't be afraid of the dark."
"Watercolor is all about building up colors slowly and carefully."
"I'm gonna be working on a much larger sheet of paper than normal, this is a 20 inch by 40 inch cold press 100% cotton Saunders Waterford paper."
"I would love to try these watercolors someday."
"Color may look quite different when you actually activate it with water so it's super helpful to just test that out."
"Patience is crucial in watercolor; layering takes time, but the result is worth it."
"Watercolor will tell you what to do if you dance with it."
"Push through it and especially with watercolor, like it's always ugly until it's pretty."
"Because of the color you know usually you do think of tone sketchbooks a little more for limited palettes or monochromatic palettes."
"This allows you to get some beautiful color blends and bleeds, that's one of my favorite things about expressive and loose watercolor."
"Light is so important in watercolor paintings; you've always got to be mindful of it."
"I try to embrace some of those color shifts and granulating effects that happen when you just let your paper dry naturally."
"A wash of watercolor basically what a wash is is just spreading water and paint across the surface."
"The beauty of watercolor is that it's this mantra less is more. Yeah, you can do so little with watercolor and say so much."
"Never be afraid of the splodges of watercolor. The little backgrounds, the bits of water that blend in, those are the charm."
"And this is why I love watercolor."
"...the main advantage to using watercolor inks, I think, is how intense and vibrant the colors are."
"Preparing the surface and the paint to the right moisture level is always the million-dollar question when it comes to watercolor."
"I wonder, does this one granulate?"
"With just the opening of a block of watercolor paper and the touch of a brush, you could be on the verge of a discovery."
"What attracted me to watercolor is this beautiful transparent nature."
"You don't need expensive supplies to create something beautiful with watercolor."
"Some really lovely contrasts and values to play around with in watercolor."
"Would you like to be relaxing? Have a little time for yourself every week and practice watercolor."
"There's no shortcut in art or in watercolor. It is a lifelong pursuit."
"My favorite part about watercolor is the immediacy of it, the portability of it. I love that I'm not necessarily in control. When we paint in watercolor, we're more like directors, and we can really just allow the watercolor to paint itself."
"One of the things I do in my watercolors is I go in and color spot some things."
"So have you ever wanted to get a completely flat background flatter than you could ever get with a watercolor flat wash?"
"With watercolor painting, we want to rely on the white of the paper to lighten the values that we apply."
"I'm excited to try some watercolor techniques."
"Watercolor is amazing for that, such minimal amounts of equipment, and you can produce really interesting variations very quickly which just look wonderful, look fascinating."
"I just love this, it's like a watercolor and it's just so fresh. I like that."
"But if it's too dark, like the beauty of watercolor is you just quickly grab water and blend it out, and then it's like not dark anymore, you know? It's great."
"And is this something you do all the time in your work? Yes, certainly with my watercolour."
"It's just astounding to me how much he's doing in watercolor."
"So if you're interested in watercolor, watercolor is something that you want to try, you want to know if I subscribe to a box I'm going to be getting what I am interested in every single month, then this could be a great box for you."
"Methodical thinking and planning is so important in watercolor painting."
"A lot of it's about water control and how much water and pigment you have on your brush."
"Watercolor is all about using water and making your watercolor paints create unusual effects for you."
"Watercolor is all about using water and making your paints create unusual effects for you."
"You've got those beautiful soft watercolor tones, really gorgeous."
"Your watercolor technique is incredible."
"The white crayon puts a layer of wax down on the page, and the watercolor won't stick to it."
"I'm always so impressed by people who can paint really realistic botanicals and flowers with watercolor."
"Whenever I'm doing some water coloring, I always like to start off with just a layer of water with my paintbrush."
"I love how this card turned out with the beautiful gold embossing poinsettias that we were able to watercolor in beautifully."
"Make sure that you're being super loose with your blending because watercolor is something that is super organic."
"You'll learn a fun blending technique that's going to create a wet on wet watercolor effect."
"Ted McKeever doing watercolor, I believe, on top of his inks."
"Watercolor will only spread to where the surface has been wet."
"This graded wash technique is very useful for creating gradients with subtle color transitions."
"Embrace them and let the watercolor do its thing."
"I love watercolor images, so this has just got that nice watercolor finish to it and it's just gorgeous."
"Our watercolor ephemera is so pretty and it's great for spring."
"If you want to get into doing some watercolor lettering with markers, this is definitely a good way to go."
"I am planning to bend a few of the watercolor rules and hopefully inspire painters to try something new."
"One of the fun things about watercolor is the way that you can manipulate it, the way it moves."
"The granulation is beautifully random; the flat wash is smooth, and the gradients soften off as expected."
"Creating these backgrounds on these fall cards just using different colors of distress creating a beautiful watercolor background."
"I love the shading of him in that blue, that watercolor."
"Next month is world watercolor month, and I'm so excited to participate."
"Experience the Daniel Smith watercolor magic for yourself."
"Wet your brush, apply the wet brush to one of the watercolor dots, and put your brush with paint to paper and see the beautiful color for yourself."
"Indian yellow, I fell in love with this one as soon as I painted it out, it's absolutely stunning."
"I love this indigo so much, Daniel Smith's one is beautiful and I use it a lot."
"As you practice those same basic fundamentals of watercolor, you're gonna get better and better and better."
"I'm Karen Rice and I'll be painting some beautiful spring daffodils in watercolor step by step."
"The most important things about watercolor is the consistency of the paint and the washes."
"So if you are in the market for a watercolor journal, I hope this guide was helpful."
"I experiment, I really don't see there being much joy in just having the answer immediately with watercolor, it's all about discovery really."
"If you want to create beautiful watercolor paintings, first you need to understand the media that you are working with."
"A mind watercolor palette of 10 colors and show you its usefulness."
"That's what's exciting to me about watercolor mixing, knowing the principles but letting the watercolor just kind of move within those parameters."
"The wonderful manufacturers of watercolor products have created water soluble pencils."
"Thanks so much for watching, I really hope you found that helpful and it will help you move forward with doing your sketches and allow the pencil to disappear underneath your watercolor paintings."
"Painting texture with watercolor can be a little bit difficult, but in this full-length botanical painting tutorial, I'll show you how."
"Bits of white paper are crucial, it makes it a watercolour."
"Watercolours are not what you put in but what you leave out."
"Letting watercolor do what it wants is part of the fun and the beauty of watercolor."
"A good liner brush is a star at making my watercolor weirdness shine."
"I have some secret weapons for you watercolor artists, things that you've never seen before that you're really gonna appreciate."
"You have to be brilliant to do a brilliant watercolor, in other words, reduce your mistakes and if not, you'll learn how to fix them."
"That's my secret weapon number one, a water pick."
"As long as you stay within the purity of watercolor, you can get away with it."
"You use a magic eraser from Mr. Clean, and that will definitely remove more pigment."
"Watercolor should have bleeding edges somewhere."
"I used to live in Mexico, and Mexico was the only country at that time that had an actual watercolor museum."
"I was fortunate enough to win the first place in the entire country with watercolor in around the 90s."
"When I sort of twisted my mind around to think of watercolor as really a medium of subtraction, subtracting away the light, it changed how I paint."
"I really love watercolors that look almost wet even after they're completely dry."
"Make sure you always load your brush when you're painting in watercolor, especially when you're painting washes."
"Another great thing about wet into wet is you can actually blend and mix colors on the paper."
"A graded wash starts off darker and gets progressively lighter, immediately creating depth in your painting."
"Knowing what's going on with your brush and on the surface of the paper will build your confidence in your watercolor painting."
"Watercolor begins and ends with the excitement of watching pigments in water."
"Watercolor pencils can be a little bit more versatile."
"Watercolor requires some layering."
"Watercolor just shines when you do it that way."
"The tricky thing with watercolor is knowing when to leave it alone."
"They really shine when you've got really big juicy washes."
"If you're trying out watercolor for the first time, I've got a few pointers to help you get your bearings."
"In watercolor, gravity is one of the materials besides paint and pigment and brushes you can use that's still free."
"It is suitable for watercolor, acrylic, and pastel."
"If you stick to these seven basic watercolor principles, you're going to improve your paintings."
"You now have the basics and the foundation to painting with watercolor."
"This is an excellent exercise for learning to create form not just in fabric but pretty much any subject in watercolor."
"These watercolor flowers, oh my gosh, you guys, I think this is my favorite maybe my favorite ever collection."
"So there you have it, 10 easy watercolor illustrations for your landscapes."
"The last and one of the most helpful techniques for painting white subjects with watercolor is to add a background."
"I watercolored for four hours straight yesterday because of the quarantine."
"Apply on cold pressed watercolor paper to bring out pools of granulation and passages of tone and color."
"The colors of the season... what a great way to record the season, just with watercolor swatches."
"If you like watercolor, then you'll love this."
"It's very much like watercolor in that you can produce lovely vibrant washes."
"It's the way that watercolor, when you use it wet in wet, it sort of paints itself."
"Dipping your toes in the water of watercolor, those six things are super helpful to keep in mind if you're first starting out."
"I love hand drawings, I love watercolor."
"Having fun with watercolor is what I love about watercolor painting."
"Don't be afraid of the water; it gives you the most beautiful marks and flows if you let it."
"No framing, no glass, no cutting a mount, no chipping the corners of your frame - that's one of the real joys of watercolors on canvas."
"Let the watercolor do some of the work."
"Wet on wet technique is what drew me to watercolor."
"It is what makes watercolor that shining star of a medium in art."
"It creates the most beautiful patterns and lines."
"Making watercolor fun and carefree."
"Watercolor always dries a little bit lighter, so sometimes you just have to be brave."
"Ultramarine and burnt sienna are some of the most useful mixes in watercolor."
"They dissolve perfectly on watercolor paper."
"I really like the way watercolor works."
"You can go realistic and tight, or you can go very abstract and impressionistic."
"That's what I really like about watercolor, you can tackle big areas pretty quickly and mix and mingle."
"That's the beauty of watercolor, those moments that you don't really expect to happen, and then when they do, you're like, 'Alright, doing your job, and I like it, I see you.'"
"The Derwent intense is how it looks once you dilute it with water, it becomes absolutely beautiful, absolutely vivid."
"So much of watercolor rides or rises and falls on how well the artist is able to preserve the lights of the paper."
"With watercolor painting, we need to preserve the lightest areas, allowing the white of the paper to show through to produce the lighter values."
"It's just vertical moves and time for watercolor loading, and it's pure magic."
"That's what I adore about watercolor; even if you're following any tutorials, your composition, your landscape, gonna be absolutely unique."
"I’m Eric from Café Watercolor, I will see you again very soon."
"Watercolor is all about working from light to dark."
"Don't struggle with watercolor; it should be stress-free and enjoyable."
"Learning how much water to use versus how dry you want your brush to be is everything."
"Watercolor is uniquely different from other mediums."
"Join me if you love watercolor and you're excited about creating paintings that express color and light."