Great tutorial especially love the colour mixing aspect of the tutorial. Really loving the folk art themes I have my fingers crossed you will continue to do more. I don’t see anyone else doing this theme as well as you. Thanks so much for sharing.
I am enjoying your tutorials of folk art and hope you will do many more! This one is interesting with the color mixing to arrive at the beautiful serene feel to it. Thanks for sharing.
So glad I came upon your CZcams site. I like making homemade cards for friends and family -- not event related, but just to let them know I'm thinking of them. Your posts look like a great way to exercise my creative side. Thanks again!
Makes me want to take a walk there and have the moon soak into my rattled brain - and perhaps calm me down some. Your painting makes me feel soothed. I thank you for that. 💐
What a beautiful painting! Thank you for this tutorial. I often paint on cellulose paper, and a technique I learned for making washes is very helpful for not getting drying/harsh lines. It’s called “keeping a bead”. Works best on slightly tilted paper. It means to dip the brush into the paint for every stroke so that a small ridge of wet paint collects on the lower part of the stroke. Then with your next stroke you pick up that collected paint and form a new ‘bead’ on the bottom of the stroke. That bead prevents lines from forming, even with staining colours like phthalos on cellulose paper. You have to keep going of course but it gives that bit of extra time.
I learned so much from this video. I’m a CZcams-taught watercolorist. Mixing complementary colors to desaturate is something I never really got. Nor did I know how fantastic desaturated colors look together. Thank you so much!
I’m so glad you were able to get some takeaways from the complementary color mixing. Color mixing is magic to me and I love how much you can do if you know just the basic rules.
I love your style of folk art landscapes! I'm glad you said that was a fire tower, I thought at first it was a side profile of a penguin 🐧 🤣. Thank you for your explanation of your color mixing. ❤️
I just love how you talk us through what you're thinking. Thanks so much for letting us know our own points of indecision, etc. are valid and even productive!
Hello. I am really delighted by this folk art series. Great explanations for mixing colors. I have never seen this style of tutorial in France and it is very interesting. I will do the series with great pleasure. Thank you very much. Sincerely Katy
Thank you so much for this video. As I have been struggling with losing more and more of my artistic soul, I finally hit the point where I am not okay with it and starting to figure out how to get back to the rhythm of pushing myself artistically but also with compassion and understanding of myself as an artist. Thank you again for bringing this video to us and sharing your insights. All the best and all the love sent your way :)
Shana, this is so beautiful and calming. I love it. I’m not sure I will try it because I’m so new and the color mixing seems daunting. You however, are my favorite artist! I just love your work. Happy Weekend!
I am so excited to cone across your YT account! I have watched 2 of your tutorials and will try to follow them. I have also followed you on IG so I will definitely tag you when I do it and post it! Thank you for these tutorials!❤
I'm so happy to have found your channel as i love folk art and watercolor. Is there a book/books that you could recommend on the folk art topic? I really enjoy watching and learning from your tutorials ~ thank you!
Thank you, Ann. I am just discovering and uncovering my love for Folk Art and have been looking at a lot it and letting inspire my work. I don’t have any book recommendations as of yet, but I will keep an eye out.
Enjoyed the color lesson. Someone may disagree with me but I had poor results on hot press 100% cotton. I’m going to try again on cold press. I’m beginning to think hot press is best suited for markers.
Hot press is a much smoother surface and can be great for illustration and fine detail watercolor. I am not a fan of it for my style of painting but there are many who love it for their style.
I’m so sorry Margaret. Keep practicing. Gradients are tricky. I recommend the doing little squares or rectangles to practice, over and over until it feels more comfortable.
I am enjoying your folk art so much. Thank you. I have a question: do the hills have their own shadows, or are they not included in this type of painting? I love the way it looks like this. Also, are primitives considered folk art? Sorry for asking so many questions!!
Hi Angie. Great questions. First, I will say that these are Folk Art inspired pieces. I’m looking at a lot of Folk Art to inform or inspire my pieces. There are also not a lot of hard and fast rules in Folk Art. There are definitely themes and a general look but traditional Folk Art is produced by self taught artists so they often made up their own rules. I’m still learning a lot about the genre. You could definitely add shadows from the hills themselves. I think that could look great. And yes, I do believe primitives are considered within the larger umbrella of Folk Art.
@@shanacirce2667 Thanks, Shana, for your prompt answer to my questions. I love your art as it is, I just was curious about shadows. I am interested in primitives as I am lucky to have inherited a quite beautiful and expensive primitive that my husband and I adore. I hope you continue exploring this genre. I have the title of a book that I believe you’d enjoy. It’s not at hand but will send it to you a later. Thank you again
I'll chime in with a rookie question. I have (cheapish) pan watercolors. I do not quite know how to mix colors when I am loading my brush out of a pan. Seems trickier than having tube watercolors. Am I confused?
Do you have another surface to mix your colors on? Even if you don’t have a separate palette sometimes you can mix in the lid of your pan set or you can use a ceramic plate from your kitchen. Activate your paints with water and mix them on the palette( plate ) before you use them.
Thanks for the feedback, Amy. 😀. If it’s too slow for you, and you want to speed up the tutorial, you can mute the sound and watch it in 2x speed. I hope that helps. Then it will be a little zippier for you or others who want to move more quickly. 🏃♀️ Thanks for watching!
I'm joining the request for more folk art. Thanks, this one is such a gorgeous example!
Thanks you, Nancy. More is coming.
It makes me think of a chilly fall night 🍂
Great tutorial especially love the colour mixing aspect of the tutorial. Really loving the folk art themes I have my fingers crossed you will continue to do more. I don’t see anyone else doing this theme as well as you. Thanks so much for sharing.
As always, Thanks for watching Carol! I’m living this style and will definitely be playing with and expanding upon it.
This was AWESOME…and I absolutely loved the neutral colors blended from complimentary and secondary colors….
Thank you. I am also requesting more of your stunning folk art please.
I am enjoying your tutorials of folk art and hope you will do many more! This one is interesting with the color mixing to arrive at the beautiful serene feel to it. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching.
Needed a shadow of the tiny little tower at the top of the hill
More folk art please 😊❤
Thank you for the mixing of colors approach. I can understand and follow!!! I started with the Folk theme in my early crafting, it's in my heart.
So glad I came upon your CZcams site. I like making homemade cards for friends and family -- not event related, but just to let them know I'm thinking of them. Your posts look like a great way to exercise my creative side. Thanks again!
I’m so glad you found it too! Thanks for watching.
I really enjoyed the session Thank you so much.
Excellent ….. great colours…interestingl .. 🙏
Makes me want to take a walk there and have the moon soak into my rattled brain - and perhaps calm me down some. Your painting makes me feel soothed. I thank you for that. 💐
Thank you, Bhorn. I’m so glad you like it. Thank you for watching. 😀
Thank you
What a beautiful painting! Thank you for this tutorial. I often paint on cellulose paper, and a technique I learned for making washes is very helpful for not getting drying/harsh lines. It’s called “keeping a bead”. Works best on slightly tilted paper. It means to dip the brush into the paint for every stroke so that a small ridge of wet paint collects on the lower part of the stroke. Then with your next stroke you pick up that collected paint and form a new ‘bead’ on the bottom of the stroke. That bead prevents lines from forming, even with staining colours like phthalos on cellulose paper. You have to keep going of course but it gives that bit of extra time.
Great tips.
Loving this lesson, thank you! 😊
My pleasure. Thank you for watching.
I'm so glad i found you! Thank you for teaching about color theory and mixing, it's just what I've been needing!
Thanks for watching, Linda. I love spreading the magic of color theory.
Love this
Loved it! Thank you
Beautiful
Pretty 😊
I learned so much from this video. I’m a CZcams-taught watercolorist. Mixing complementary colors to desaturate is something I never really got. Nor did I know how fantastic desaturated colors look together. Thank you so much!
I’m so glad you were able to get some takeaways from the complementary color mixing. Color mixing is magic to me and I love how much you can do if you know just the basic rules.
Really enjoyed this tutorial , looking forward to giving it a try 😊
Thank you for watching, Jean! Happy painting.
I love this!!!
Thank you!
Love the softness of this palate… something to do with my granddaughters so they have a better understanding of using complementary colors! Thank you!
I love your style of folk art landscapes! I'm glad you said that was a fire tower, I thought at first it was a side profile of a penguin 🐧 🤣. Thank you for your explanation of your color mixing. ❤️
No penguins today! 😂
@@shanacirce2667 😄
I kept wondering about the lighthouse (?) on the hill... so relieved when you painted it in!
Haha. Yeah, I almost forgot it. I was so excited to take the tape off. Glad I remembered it too.
The purple red green combo is gorgeous
Thanks for watching!
I really liked that. Years ago did toll painting. It was similar.
Loved painting with you and mixing complementary colors lots of fun thank you❤
I love folk art. I am learning so much, Shana.
I have binge watched all the videos in your folk art playlist and I have enjoyed them. I’ve painted two and I look forward to trying more. Thank you!
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I just love how you talk us through what you're thinking. Thanks so much for letting us know our own points of indecision, etc. are valid and even productive!
Thank you Lesley! It’s all a process. I love to share it with others.
Hello. I am really delighted by this folk art series. Great explanations for mixing colors. I have never seen this style of tutorial in France and it is very interesting. I will do the series with great pleasure. Thank you very much. Sincerely Katy
I’m so glad you are enjoying it. Thanks for watching all the way from France! 😀
This style speaks to me so much! I can't wait to see more from you as I too love to paint in this style!
I’m so happy you connect with this style, Laura! Thank you for watching.
Thank you so much for this video. As I have been struggling with losing more and more of my artistic soul, I finally hit the point where I am not okay with it and starting to figure out how to get back to the rhythm of pushing myself artistically but also with compassion and understanding of myself as an artist. Thank you again for bringing this video to us and sharing your insights. All the best and all the love sent your way :)
Take it one day at a time and be kind to yourself. You will find the flow again.
I love this. Thank you for sharing
My pleasure. Thanks for watching.
Love the colors ! Zen
Shana, this is so beautiful and calming. I love it. I’m not sure I will try it because I’m so new and the color mixing seems daunting. You however, are my favorite artist! I just love your work. Happy Weekend!
Thank you. That is so kind of you.
Love the colors you chose. Makes me think for a fall evening.
Thanks for watching, Deborah! This color palette was so satisfying to me. I’m so glad others liked it too.
Good lesson on mixing.❤
Thank you, Ellen.
Very nice I would like to see some more more country scenes too
I love this tutorial thank you!
Thank you for watching, Denise!
A great tutorial
Thank you!
I live in the Finger Lakes area. New York is a beautiful state!
The finger lakes are such a beautiful region.
Your color mixing is wonderful! Such beautiful results!
Thank you watching.
Beautiful colours ❤
I am so excited to cone across your YT account! I have watched 2 of your tutorials and will try to follow them. I have also followed you on IG so I will definitely tag you when I do it and post it! Thank you for these tutorials!❤
Thank you for watching! Welcome to the channel. 😄
The muted, neutralized palette is perfect for this folk art evening landscape.
Thank you for watching.
I enjoyed this exercise so bad! I'm a total beginner. Thank you so much
So glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching!
Just found you today and I’m very enthused, this style appeals to me and feels like something I will really enjoy practicing with. Thank you!
So glad you enjoy the style. Thank you for watching.
I am gonna have a go at this. Thanks, you explained it all so well. New subscriber ❤
I'm so happy to have found your channel as i love folk art and watercolor. Is there a book/books that you could recommend on the folk art topic? I really enjoy watching and learning from your tutorials ~ thank you!
Thank you, Ann. I am just discovering and uncovering my love for Folk Art and have been looking at a lot it and letting inspire my work. I don’t have any book recommendations as of yet, but I will keep an eye out.
Enjoyed the color lesson. Someone may disagree with me but I had poor results on hot press 100% cotton. I’m going to try again on cold press. I’m beginning to think hot press is best suited for markers.
Hot press is a much smoother surface and can be great for illustration and fine detail watercolor. I am not a fan of it for my style of painting but there are many who love it for their style.
Love this thank you. How can I get the sketch of this ?
If don’t have Q gold & been discontinued by DS which could substitute for Q. gold? Ty & love this style!
Thanks for watching. Try Gamboge yellow and a touch of alizarin crimson. It will get you close.
Or any warm orange will do if you are just using it to mix complementary colors.
Color mixing for me ended up with all the wrong colors. 😢I am having a really hard time with gradient washes.
I’m so sorry Margaret. Keep practicing. Gradients are tricky. I recommend the doing little squares or rectangles to practice, over and over until it feels more comfortable.
Love these ! Pretty sure Quin. Gold would be considered yellow, you stated orange. Actually I don't care what color you used, lave the outcome.
Thanks!
I am enjoying your folk art so much. Thank you. I have a question: do the hills have their own shadows, or are they not included in this type of painting? I love the way it looks like this. Also, are primitives considered folk art? Sorry for asking so many questions!!
Hi Angie. Great questions. First, I will say that these are Folk Art inspired pieces. I’m looking at a lot of Folk Art to inform or inspire my pieces. There are also not a lot of hard and fast rules in Folk Art. There are definitely themes and a general look but traditional Folk Art is produced by self taught artists so they often made up their own rules. I’m still learning a lot about the genre. You could definitely add shadows from the hills themselves. I think that could look great. And yes, I do believe primitives are considered within the larger umbrella of Folk Art.
@@shanacirce2667 Thanks, Shana, for your prompt answer to my questions. I love your art as it is, I just was curious about shadows. I am interested in primitives as I am lucky to have inherited a quite beautiful and expensive primitive that my husband and I adore. I hope you continue exploring this genre. I have the title of a book that I believe you’d enjoy. It’s not at hand but will send it to you a later. Thank you again
what's the thing that you used to roll away the drawn lines? is it some type of eraser?
Hi there! That’s called a kneaded eraser. You can get them from any art store or online. They are excellent for erasing lines on watercolor paper.
I'll chime in with a rookie question. I have (cheapish) pan watercolors. I do not quite know how to mix colors when I am loading my brush out of a pan. Seems trickier than having tube watercolors. Am I confused?
Do you have another surface to mix your colors on? Even if you don’t have a separate palette sometimes you can mix in the lid of your pan set or you can use a ceramic plate from your kitchen. Activate your paints with water and mix them on the palette( plate ) before you use them.
Which watercolour paper are you using for this
I’m using Arches cold press
I like your color mixing but I'm not sure if I would label this true folk art. More block painting I think. Good job though.
How do I find your drawings?
If you join my studio crew membership, all the outlines are in there. umbrella-arts-academy.teachable.com/p/studio-crew
It's ok tutorial video, but slow and long and dragging. Too much talking. Nice painting
Thanks for the feedback, Amy. 😀. If it’s too slow for you, and you want to speed up the tutorial, you can mute the sound and watch it in 2x speed. I hope that helps. Then it will be a little zippier for you or others who want to move more quickly. 🏃♀️
Thanks for watching!
You are talking too much, in my opinion.
Thanks for watching and thank you for the feedback.
Love this
Thank you!