Various Ways to Create Wet in Wet Watercolor Washes

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  • čas přidán 16. 08. 2018
  • Wet in wet washes are one of the signature looks of the watercolor medium and they can be created in a number of ways for various interesting effects. We'll look at several of them in this video.
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  • @jilliancrawford7577
    @jilliancrawford7577 Před 2 lety +1

    I actually appreciate you not using clean water in these demonstrations because it's just muddy enough to see in the video but light enough for your to get a good enough result for these examples and convey the information appropriately.

  • @gorway7
    @gorway7 Před 5 lety +7

    This is something you really have to play around with and experiment. The biggest thing I struggle to get my head around is trying to remember how the different pigments react with one another (I have the memory of a gnat) so I keep a swatch book of my experiments and jot "notes to self" by them. It amazes me how you can get pairs of colour that behave so differently from others, like one colour infusing into and dominating the other, just blending to make another colour or the real weird, when one colour appears to push back the other colour.
    Dropping burnt sienna into ultramarine always amazes me, you get this halo where the blue just appears to vanish due to the transparent neutral it creates, you gotta love it.

  • @meggraham7564
    @meggraham7564 Před 10 měsíci +1

    A really fun exercise to do. I have a Japanese brand Kuretake and it is resin, honey-based. With a bit more research have discovered it doesn't behave quite like western w/c. This exercise is teaching me a lot about the type of w/c I have got. Having fun doing galaxies.

  • @jolovesnailart
    @jolovesnailart Před měsícem +1

    Thank you for demonstrating these wet on wet techniques 🙏 I am just starting to learn to paint with watercolor and I am really struggling with this. This helps very much 🙏

  • @LearnerChess
    @LearnerChess Před rokem +1

    This set of video instruction is a real blessing. Thanks.

  • @SandyWong-wf5ln
    @SandyWong-wf5ln Před rokem +1

    This is the most useful demo I've have seen on wet in wet, thanks

  • @bitemefox9102
    @bitemefox9102 Před 5 lety +42

    The more I watch this channel the more I realize this medium is WAY more complicated that I ever dreamed!!!

    • @mindofwatercolor
      @mindofwatercolor  Před 5 lety +15

      And yet, at the same time it can be so simple. Not every technique or look has to be used every time. Some watercolorists for example rarely use wet in wet techniques. Or some use only that and only one type. Your path can be a simple one.

    • @Kyomiibrown
      @Kyomiibrown Před 5 lety +1

      Bitemefox Watercolour offers such a great platform for fun-filled learning quite unlike any other medium IMHO. Once we embrace the diversity of watercolour, only then can we realise that we have the control to create a complicated piece as simple as we want it to be and visa versa.

    • @Sunny-pr1qw
      @Sunny-pr1qw Před 5 lety +1

      yeah, I used to think I was pretty good, not great, but wow it takes a lot to get good!

    • @theodorebraxton4509
      @theodorebraxton4509 Před 3 lety

      dont know if anyone gives a damn but in less than 15 minutes I hacked my friends Instagram account using InstaPlekt. Find it on google if you wanna try it

  • @rockingguitar2050
    @rockingguitar2050 Před 5 lety +3

    Steve , Thanks for your demos! I am an acrylic artist an just begging to learn water colors , it is a different world, I'm back in kindergarten at 67yr! I just found your site and I have a lot to watch & Learn, thanks again Rich

  • @kendradavey6080
    @kendradavey6080 Před 4 lety +1

    It was actually really helpful when the water wasn't completely clean and clear on the clear washes. Made it easier to see on camera and judge just how much water you're putting on there. Great tutorial.

  • @maryriley6163
    @maryriley6163 Před 5 lety +3

    Fascinating! I never realized all these effects. After years of tight colored pencil drawing, this is the breath of fresh air I need. Thank you.

  • @JamesPliny
    @JamesPliny Před 5 lety +3

    Interesting comment by Bitemefox. I know people say WC is a difficult medium, but I tell them that if you learn just a few easy- to- learn techniques it can be mastered. Even 5th grade children I have taught learn how to use watercolors in an hour or two. As always, what I like about Steve's presentation is that he never assumes we know what he knows when he does various techniques and procedures to get where he is going with a piece.

  • @Donna_G
    @Donna_G Před 5 lety +2

    Wet in wet is my favorite technique. I've used nearly all of the applications you demonstrated on my art journey.

  • @otodidact6134
    @otodidact6134 Před 5 lety +6

    The washes techniques were very informative, I especially liked that salt look around 8min and I favored that last one near the end of the video. Learned a bunch, thank you!

  • @happymv5350
    @happymv5350 Před 5 lety +7

    Hi Steve - The wet/wet applications is what makes watercolor so magical for me. I so enjoy allowing the paint to react to various water applications and creating a piece from that point.
    Thank you for this great lesson....

  • @Cati.Colours
    @Cati.Colours Před 5 lety +12

    I can't thank you enough for everything I've learned with your videos, you're the best!

  • @lindasmith8625
    @lindasmith8625 Před 5 lety +6

    Another very informative video. Steve, you never fail to teach worthwhile techniques, approaches, products, etc. Thanks for sharing your expertise!

  • @galedar1537
    @galedar1537 Před 5 lety +4

    Steve, I learn so much from your videos. You have a wonderful sense of humor and great teaching style. Thank you so much for sharing your gift with us!

  • @joycesnodgrass7068
    @joycesnodgrass7068 Před 5 lety +2

    Thank you! Great "warm-up" idea.

  • @rhayes7005
    @rhayes7005 Před 5 lety +3

    Best video EVER, Steve! Watercolor blossoms are sooo difficult to explain, and you have done the best job I have ever seen. Bravo!

  • @paulapost8004
    @paulapost8004 Před 5 lety +2

    Another great video! Thank you! Keep reminding myself how important these basics are if I want to keep improving my painting.

  • @alyxskyler
    @alyxskyler Před 5 lety +3

    Your little edits like with the shirt are so fun and cute! Thanks for all the content you provide!

  • @batya7
    @batya7 Před 5 lety +2

    I'm glad you suggest playing with the media, Steve. I love the blooms, edges, and surprises where color meets color. I've heard some teachers saying those results are poor technique while you are saying the contrary. Fun!

  • @karenjohnson6487
    @karenjohnson6487 Před 5 lety +2

    Thanks for the video. I liked the pulling technique to create lost and found edges. Painting color into water made the technique an ah ha moment. Looking forward to next Friday. 👍🏻

  • @susananncherrysetter3902
    @susananncherrysetter3902 Před 5 lety +3

    This IS why I Love Watercolor! TFS!

  • @lindsayjayne2169
    @lindsayjayne2169 Před 3 lety +1

    Another amazingly wonderful video, thankyou Steve!!✨

  • @donnalieblick8478
    @donnalieblick8478 Před 5 lety +2

    Thank you for sharing your talent and gifts.

  • @jhufendick
    @jhufendick Před 5 lety +1

    I feel like when you do these types of demos I see stuff like looking at the clouds. I need to just go play and you are inspiring me to try things. Thanks!

  • @heather173
    @heather173 Před 5 lety +2

    What a great video for a beginner to stumble upon. Thank you so much.

  • @jentai7536
    @jentai7536 Před 5 lety +2

    You are the greatest, Steve!

  • @dorothyminor7581
    @dorothyminor7581 Před 4 lety

    I’ve been water coloring for a couple of years now. With some good and some bad results. So I’ve decided to watch ALL of your videos and practice practice practice. Things really make sense now! Thanks so much Steve! I value and respect what you do for all of us.

  • @essietangle9931
    @essietangle9931 Před 5 lety +11

    Way to go Steve start off with a laugh or some new t/shirts. I have to admit to getting out my Inktober shirt but it was just too hot. Thanks for the Friday review, this is what makes watercolor so much fun.

  • @RinasAMaker
    @RinasAMaker Před 5 lety +9

    This was a great video! I didn't know that some colors actually move differently (slower/faster) because of their pigment. I do have some colors that irritate me for not wanting to really bloom out. That would be a good video too, discussing how some pigments may be slower or faster to move. The look and dimension you get with washes are always so fun because you never know how it will turn out and no two are ever the same. Thanks for sharing the info! Very much appreciated! :)

  • @lulugregory3246
    @lulugregory3246 Před 5 lety +1

    I love wet on wet.. excited.. want to go paint now lol

  • @isisyanqi
    @isisyanqi Před 5 lety +1

    Your lessons are everything I need for learning watercolors!!!

  • @peterkimberley4311
    @peterkimberley4311 Před 5 lety +8

    You have given me hours of pleasure and I have learnt a tremendous amount .Thank you . I have been trying to loosen up and I am having great fun trying you techniques but not very successful .

  • @karennaturallyartby
    @karennaturallyartby Před 5 lety +2

    Thanks a bunch! I needed that.

  • @CouzCat
    @CouzCat Před 5 lety +1

    Fascinating. I don't recall how I found your channel but I'm very glad I did. I started in paper crafting then stumbled upon mixed media which drew me into water colour. The use of water mists & droplets in crafts tends to be more extreme than I like. The effects you showed here with sprays especially are far more subtle. Less expensive papers like Canson XL & smooth papers are more prevalent in the craft world since cards are ephemeral & it's far easier to stamp. But yes, I love Arches, it does amazing things. Very much a newbie but it is fun to play!

  • @belindahall5220
    @belindahall5220 Před 5 lety +2

    Love this!! So very helpful!! Thank you so much! I look forward to seeing the scripture at the end as well!

  • @nancyrolfe3033
    @nancyrolfe3033 Před 5 lety +1

    Thank you once again! I'm excited to experiment..I've fallen in love with how paint moves with the water. i.e. charges. I wasn't aware different pigments spread at different amounts..THAT information helped me! I can "swatch" colors doing this and have a guide...Nancy

  • @mvswaaij
    @mvswaaij Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you Steve for all these very valuable lessons. great teacher you are !

  • @kimlivengood5916
    @kimlivengood5916 Před 5 lety +2

    Thanks for sharing the great tips. Love the t-shirts. Have a great evening.

  • @annewright8184
    @annewright8184 Před 5 lety +1

    I've learned so much from your very informative videos and have been passing along tips to my grandchildren as they enjoy painting with watercolors! Many thanks to you, Steve!!!

  • @jendeleonart
    @jendeleonart Před 5 lety +2

    This is probably the best and most informative video on wet/wet I’ve seen! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Just subscribed and looking forward to learning more from you.

  • @alexthe1cat
    @alexthe1cat Před 5 lety +2

    Terrific educational video on wet on wet washes. Thank you, per usual, Steve!2

  • @kathyn3978
    @kathyn3978 Před 5 lety +2

    I love these unstructured videos, Steve. Thanks for all the usual great tips. Now I need to go play with some watercolors and make a fun mess. Oh yeah....love your t-shirts too.

  • @else-britjarl9721
    @else-britjarl9721 Před 5 lety +2

    Love your demo 's. 👌💕

  • @amjPeace
    @amjPeace Před 5 lety +2

    I had been binge watching your awesome videos when you mentioned your beginner playlist, so here I am to gratefully learn the basics. It's humbling to learn that I've been way too wet and overworking. (Not that I ever had any complaints mwahaha!)

  • @michaelannfitzgerald8742
    @michaelannfitzgerald8742 Před 5 lety +2

    Thank you so much for sharing this one. I think I kinda like the blooming, they remind me of trees and clouds. Great t shirts! I especially love the Bob Ross one😍 lol. Thank you! 😊👍

  • @brianparnell2256
    @brianparnell2256 Před 5 lety +1

    Great lesson Steve. Some very interesting effects there.

  • @yvonnewhitehouse
    @yvonnewhitehouse Před 5 lety +2

    Brill! So helpful thank you.

  • @renateschmidt1204
    @renateschmidt1204 Před 5 lety +2

    Thank you for this informativ and inspiring Video!

  • @ullaireneeriksen7473
    @ullaireneeriksen7473 Před 5 lety +2

    Learned a lot! Great video, as always!

  • @mariegamber
    @mariegamber Před 5 lety +1

    Thank you for a wonderful tutorial.

  • @jaspermartin7444
    @jaspermartin7444 Před 5 lety +1

    Neato, thank you!

  • @azzuparis
    @azzuparis Před 5 lety +2

    I love your intro!! Thanks for this very interesting video, Steve 😊

  • @annekirstennrholm1377
    @annekirstennrholm1377 Před 5 lety +1

    Thanks a lot! 🤗

  • @sheilarae51
    @sheilarae51 Před rokem

    ❤You are such a great teacher!

  • @annemorgan2928
    @annemorgan2928 Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks. Steve. Great videos.

  • @Jana2WorldsArt
    @Jana2WorldsArt Před 5 lety +1

    This was super helpful thanks!

  • @ashlyrz252
    @ashlyrz252 Před 5 lety

    Water in a fineliner bottle...... Even when I didn't think I was going to learn anything and was just watching bc, well, STEVE! 😂 You go and blow my mind! I can't thank you enough for what you do! ♥️ You brought me through my beginner watercolor journey! If I had a question, I could always find the answer here. 😊

  • @KarenElaine
    @KarenElaine Před 5 lety +1

    Love your channel, clear tutorials and sense of humor! You’ve inspired me to improve my channel, thank you. 😀

  • @vilvile
    @vilvile Před rokem +1

    Very helpful tutorials. Thank you.

  • @SteveAtkinsonFineArt
    @SteveAtkinsonFineArt Před 5 lety +2

    Hi Steve, I am always amazed at how much I learn from every one of your videos. You da man!!!

  • @kathrynsloan4694
    @kathrynsloan4694 Před 5 lety +1

    Love the shirts. Loved your video

  • @lucillefemine2339
    @lucillefemine2339 Před 5 lety +1

    So many great ideas. Thanks :)

  • @Megzamani
    @Megzamani Před 2 lety

    Thank you for doing these. I am just beginning to paint again. I survived the sticker price shock but I am needing to get a basic set of colors. I have decided to get the 5ml tubes as that's plenty of paint for now.

  • @annemorgan2928
    @annemorgan2928 Před 2 lety +1

    Excellent video. I learned a lot. Thank you.

  • @didierleprince6106
    @didierleprince6106 Před 5 lety +1

    Very interesting tips. Merci beaucoup. 😊

  • @reginacasto3179
    @reginacasto3179 Před 2 lety +1

    Great idea 💡

  • @teretrigo24
    @teretrigo24 Před 5 lety +1

    very useful! thank you,

  • @TTomJohn
    @TTomJohn Před 5 lety +1

    Thanks again. 🖒🖒 Trying to meld my mind with the water's mind. A little thing I like to call, Steve's Carolina Mind Meld. 😁 Merry Christmas!

  • @joangagne1903
    @joangagne1903 Před 5 lety +1

    Great video! I’m a beginner and I love your videos, I learn so much!

  • @PattisArtInnaVan
    @PattisArtInnaVan Před 6 měsíci +1

    That purple blue color is called Mission Gold? That's a gorgeous color! Thought it would be more like Aussie Red Gold!

  • @wanttolearnreidy4469
    @wanttolearnreidy4469 Před 5 lety +1

    Thanks for this Steve, as usual, so many very interesting ideas and tips with heaps of helpful and inspiring info. I hope that I can incorporate some on my next painting. I have so much trouble trying to create interesting backgrounds. Cheers form Down Under.

  • @pjlewisful
    @pjlewisful Před 5 lety +1

    very cool!!!!

  • @denaheck1506
    @denaheck1506 Před 5 lety +1

    Think your shirt trick is fantastic use of video, would never know how to do that magic. Fun fun

  • @SwizZLe333
    @SwizZLe333 Před 2 lety +1

    This is a great find, considering my largest brush that I have right now is a 16 round...kinda tricky getting a consistent flat wash with it or gradient wash...so until I get a bigger brush or mop..I'll be experimenting doing some backgrounds or even lights via these methods

  • @popeyedodson
    @popeyedodson Před 5 lety +1

    great video for a beginner!

  • @pamelathompson9890
    @pamelathompson9890 Před 5 lety +1

    I have watched alot of your videos, don't always comment because I watch it on TV. But anyways, I just love your style of painting, have learned alot from you but still needing to learn. I find watercolor is hard too, but I am not going to give up trying. Thanks for sharing!

    • @mindofwatercolor
      @mindofwatercolor  Před 5 lety +1

      Definitely keep at it. Watercolor is one of those mediums that is mysterious at first but with perseverance, will click eventually.

    • @pamelathompson9890
      @pamelathompson9890 Před 5 lety

      Thank you, your comment means alot.

  • @elflordsjourneys
    @elflordsjourneys Před 5 lety +9

    Kids love to make messes and we're just big Kids right? I like to put paint in the spray bottles and spray the paper for backgrounds.Also have been playing with rain-x,alcohol dropped into wet paint.😀

  • @brentboyer79
    @brentboyer79 Před 5 lety +2

    Another great Star Wars shirt!! (I have the Bob Ross tee.)

  • @DrawingWithFire
    @DrawingWithFire Před 5 lety +2

    Great video Steve! 😁 Love the t-shirts. How dare Reese complain... just because he isn't showing any skin. Lol 😆 A lot of great info in this video. Last week, I did the spontaneous painting. Let just say I got great colors for mud! 😂 Well going to try it again. I hope you are staying cool & doing well. Take care my friend! 🤗

    • @mindofwatercolor
      @mindofwatercolor  Před 5 lety +1

      LOL! oh well, Reese is a whiner. What can I say. Glad you tried the spontaneous painting. Don't worry, we've all created a little mud. Part of the learning process. Keep after it! Thanks Val!

  • @renmuffett
    @renmuffett Před 5 lety +1

    Steve, I would love to see you do a demo of this exact same subject ( wet into wet washes) with some of your other brands, say, M Graham watercolor? It would be great to see. You always put a little joy in my day and thanks. You are very appreciated.

  • @susinok
    @susinok Před 5 lety +1

    I want that DaVinci Vader shirt!

  • @cassiescreations9828
    @cassiescreations9828 Před 5 lety +2

    O wow, the famous Leonardo da Vinci Darth Vader - I hear it's worth millions. Just kidding, of course. I love the video. I just love that effect with the water splatter "making" the foliage (a most perfect example of the mind of watercolor) and I love those "tendrils" when you used the oiler tip. They look like human or animal nerves. Fun stuff. Like someone else stated, "We are just big kids".

  • @maryanharrell5642
    @maryanharrell5642 Před 5 lety +1

    Fun!

  • @jean.marion
    @jean.marion Před 3 měsíci +1

    Thank you SO much for putting the links to the water bottles. I couldn't find any that weren't a fine mist. Just FYI - The 3rd and 5th links are no longer valid...

  • @camille6346
    @camille6346 Před 4 lety +3

    Thanks for this really great teaching video. A great demonstration of what I did not understand, and was not taught, in all the many previous classes I have attended. Looking forward to getting back again to my "kitchen-table painting! You are the best!

  • @chrissie4452
    @chrissie4452 Před 5 lety

    I love your intro 😊

  • @nancyrolfe3033
    @nancyrolfe3033 Před 5 lety +4

    Love the scriptures!! I couldn't get Alistair Begg, Faith for Life this morning so I thought I'd watch painting video..Isn't God good!!! I have a meditation

  • @watercolorarttirthashankar2094

    Very nice as always... #watercolourarttirthashankardas

  • @poulkonrad5310
    @poulkonrad5310 Před 5 lety +1

    Hi Steve. Please show us how to paint reflections and transparency in glass

  • @lorrieg4498
    @lorrieg4498 Před 5 lety +2

    I'm looking at this for the second time and I'm certain I'll look at it a few more times because there are so many ways to approach using watercolor, and it also depends on how I find it useful in different applications. I look at other tutorial videos now and then, but mostly prefer Steve's laid back approach, laid back but with so much expertise. I have even become more tolerant of Reese and I can see why one might have an imaginary friend in the art studio given that producing art is such a solitary endeavor. L. Graves

  • @michelfloquet8129
    @michelfloquet8129 Před 5 lety

    C.EST DOMMAGE JE COMPENDS RIEN MAIS VOS COURS CA ME PLAIS BIEN

  • @brianashmorestudio
    @brianashmorestudio Před 5 lety +1

    Backwashes, even in someone else’s video, give me anxiety. Thanks, Steve! Can we get nails on a chalkboard in the next one? 😂 Kind of continuing from FB... as great as digital can be, I doubt digital will ever be able to produce all the manageable but wildly unpredictable wet in wet techniques of watercolor you’ve demonstrated here. One of the reasons watercolor is my favorite medium by a WIDE margin. Great video. 👍

    • @mindofwatercolor
      @mindofwatercolor  Před 5 lety

      LOL! Blooms can be taxing for sure, especially when you want to keep painting but the drying phase is in that danger zone. And yes, completely agree about digital. No app I've ever tried has been able to come close to recreating the physical characteristics of WC. None. A few can simulate a similar look but the feel of painting it digitally is completely different.

  • @NefliteArts
    @NefliteArts Před 5 lety +1

    cool shirts :D

  • @ann-marielofberg1159
    @ann-marielofberg1159 Před 5 lety +1

    The one to the left looks like a monster from the side with an eye, nose and drewling mouth, the InkMonster

  • @lavonnecarrick2238
    @lavonnecarrick2238 Před 4 lety +1

    You don’t have eyes anyway (to Rese) LOL 🤩🤩

  • @richardlumpkin4607
    @richardlumpkin4607 Před 5 lety +1

    Great primer on wet on wet and watching watercolor’s mind come alive. I just love the spontaneity and creativity of how pigment swims around in water. You can predict what it might do based on what you know but it still has this wonderful way of surprising you. If you let it or in my case if it’s your only choice. I haven’t mastered the taming part yet.😏 You’ve inspired me yet again. It’s a rainy Saturday morning. Im finally back home. I’m going to watch your last video again and dust off my paints and paper and spend the afternoon watching paint move. Should be fun. Were you using paint straight out of the tube for your demo? Have a great weekend!

    • @mindofwatercolor
      @mindofwatercolor  Před 5 lety

      Thanks Richard. Well put about the "mind" aspect. This paint came off my Mission Gold palette.

    • @richardlumpkin4607
      @richardlumpkin4607 Před 5 lety

      The Mind of Watercolor I guess my question is do you let the paint on your pallet dry or is it still sticky? Sorry for so many questions. The consistency of the paint seems to make a difference. Or better put, the amount of pigment in the water seems to make a difference.

  • @joegriffin5851
    @joegriffin5851 Před 5 lety +1

    Excellent and very helpful. Thanks. You mentioned that some pigments move faster than others. Something I've also been struggling with. Do you have a 'speed' table of pigments showing the relative speed of movement of each? I've never found one over the past year of looking.

    • @mindofwatercolor
      @mindofwatercolor  Před 5 lety

      No, its too inexact a thing. Brands, pigment loads, binders can all affect it. In my opinion the differences don't matter enough to the results of my painting and I suppose thats true for most watercolorists or you would even see some extensive homemade tests.

    • @joegriffin5851
      @joegriffin5851 Před 5 lety

      Thanks anyway. Experience is what counts.