5 Easy & Essential Watercolor Techniques For Beginners

This is a video for watercolor beginners or people that are interested in learning these skills. Here I walk you through the wet in wet, wet in dry, glazing, dragging and charging techniques - all require practise but are really easy techniques to start with.
Give me a shout in the comments if you have any questions about this video, or if you have any suggestions for future videos :)

[@danielavonhieber5168]

I love that you demonstrated these techniques on a flower, an actual object. Not just a square or sphere... I am a bloody beginner and seeing these differences is HUGELY helpful 🙏👍

[@Jellyfamilyfr3648]

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[@Ava-cq1zi]

Literally my thoughts. Yes. Thank you.

[@Anna-yl2lp]

For some reason I can't grasp it enough to apply it unless it's demonstrated with an actual object.

[@sharronwood3639]

This is a great tutorial … I’m a month in on my water colour journey and this is the best illustration of the different techniques by far … I’ve been searching for my next practise piece and this is it! Thank you so much! 👏👏👏

[@robertafierro5592]

Bloody beginner! How funny! I love the English!

[@lowlee78]

This may seem silly, but as someone who hasn’t tried to paint with watercolors since I was 14 in art class in school, this was magical. Such a perfect way to easily showcase simple techniques with such lovely results. I bought my first watercolor set in 31 years after watching this. Thank you for encouraging my inner child to play.

[@x3AnimeFanXD]

THIS!!!! WHY DID NOBODY EXPLAIN ME ANY OF THIS BEFORE??? This is exactly the reason why i think watercoloring is one of the hardest mediums for art 😭

[@yoohimi]

Wow. now I know what those are called. I usually just go in blind, and learn from the previous mistakes.

[@Valentia51]

My favorite was Glazing :D!

[@pujabhattacharya2857]

this CHANGGED MY LIFE. your descriptions are so clear. Thank you for sharing this!

[@deliawashington505]

I am rediscovering my inner child artist. I had been dissuaded from pursuing art for so long. I can’t wait to try these techniques this evening. I am so glad I found you! ❤

[@nandini_ag]

Likewise, all the very best!

[@meganswem1554]

I am new to watercolor, and this is probably the best mini tutorial I’ve seen yet. Succinct and perfect explanations! Thank you!

[@MiotaLee]

I've been using techniques I didn't know that was a name for.

[@everydaychick1]

Thank you for saying it takes practice! It was a lot of fun, but my flowers definitely dont look like yours! Ill keep working on it.

[@LoquaciouslyDucki]

He’s so relaxing to listen to I could watch this man while trying to sleep. Also the fact that he made a mistake with the dragging technique and kept it in the video, showing that there is no such thing as perfection, and that you can always start again.

[@scribbliedoo]

Thank you for not editing out your mistake! This is great and so easy to understand

[@k8marlowe]

I’ve been working with watercolor for a few years now, but this demonstration has been the most helpful, truly. Somehow, seeing the same flower done differently really helped to clarify how the various methods could be used to one’s advantage. Thank you for sharing your knowledge…and humor. 😉

[@aariva]

This is probably the best flower tutorial I've ever seen! Thank you so much for sharing 🤗🙏

[@nancys.5968]

Perfect beginning tutorial - just what I was looking for. I love that you got right into the demonstration without a lot of irrelevant chatter. Thank you!

[@imawonder]

So delicate and beautiful! Also, incredibly informative - been binge watching all your videos!

[@Finelinernerd]

Thanks Tina! I’ve been meaning to catch your channel, I’m gunna go do it right this second 🖤

[@FrankdTank-oh4ji]

This is such good practice: how much water, strokes and patience for it to dry. Charging and glazing are quite a challenge for me. My fave's dragging.

[@musfirartistic]

Dragging 2.0 was a good one 😂 Loved the video, pretty precise and crisp. 😍😍😍

[@teamorn7539]

More tutorials plsssssss for beginners cheers! You’re the best

[@mipooooo]

Yep , I really want to watch his tutorials :(

[@letshuman8985]

OMG this has got to be the BEST watercolor tutorial EVER! Thank you!

[@connielester1641]

Absolutely the best comparison video I’ve seen. Thank you!!!!!

[@artisticafflair408]

Mess? paint palettes aren't messy their your gateway to creativity. Thank you for this. I prefer the much more precise ways of working. I like having control over my work.

[@cocoabean321ify]

The glazing technique on the flower is so beautiful!!

[@bleakez1544]

Great video, I tried watching other watercolor channels and they just kept preaching about letting the intrinsic beauty take over and that you can't control water color. Obviously it's a hard medium but there are techniques like what you showed that have really helped me understand how to take my painting to the next level. Thanks so much!

[@c8Lorraine1]

I’ve just subscribed to your KZbin channel for more videos like this one.

[@kopahnoja]

I love your work. It is soo beautiful and inspiring! This video was very helpful. Even advanced artists can learn here some new things. It is always great to see this kind of videos on youtube, especially from you. Thank you! Sending love from Slovakia!

[@Finelinernerd]

That’s so nice of you! Thank you for watching, and I’m so glad you found it useful 🖤🖤

[@PixelTree404]

i love how youre also showing the process of working around and sometimes with your mistakes, learning how to do that is such an undervalued skill in art!!

[@pseudonamed]

Very useful as a beginner to see the exact same subject done in such different ways.

[@kathyisaacson4645]

Do you let the petals dry on all techniques with the exception of the first two?

[@pupawupagus]

edit: 7:22 sorry/not sorry but lmao, your reaction. it’s like you dropped a baby. i would be remiss if i didn’t admit i’ve had many “dropped a baby” reactions over simple mistakes when painting 🤣 i love this so much!! i paint botanicals, and as luck would have it, a sh*t ton of poppies. as a self taught artist, i’ve been doing all these things but never thought of most of them as discrete techniques. this is extremely helpful thank you!

[@russellcurtis6334]

This is exactly what I’ve been looking for! I really appreciate this kind of tutorial, which shows the underlying logic of how to understand what’s possible with watercolour. Plus, it’s *practical.* I know exactly what’s being done and why it is or isn’t working. No hand-waving away details we beginners need to know. Thank you!

[@Skipper1609]

It is so lovely how you handled the dried paint. It was great watching this tutorial, how you speak calmly and explain everything, thank you for this.

[@paula2wetzel]

so glad i found you. your teaching technique is clear very helpful for a complete beginner. i can’t wait to try these this weekend snd watch more of your tutorials. thanks so much for the info snd encouragement.😊

[@MsBlue-od7rg]

For a beginner this is one of the best videos. Thank You so much.

[@anniemonroe9285]

I've never seen several of these techniques before. I love all of them. Thank you!

[@ShawnaTW]

You have made an incredible video! I'm a complete beginner to watercolor. This is going to help me enormously!

[@missparadise879]

Thank you for doing this in this exact fashion! It's a perfect guide when the same image is used for each example. This is exactly what I needed to get started. Tyty

[@thehoodbox3161]

Thank you so much for making this video, I have wanted to practice watercolors so long and all my paints have failed. I blamed myself for many years (I know there are books about it but I find it hard to understand trough just reading text), so it turns out I've not understood the importance of hot & cold pressed papers and importance of different brushes, yet the amount of water needed to reach the wanted result!

[@sallymccornack122]

Found this so, so helpful. Just starting out really and learning every day

[@melindagardner2536]

Practicing on cheap paper is very frustrating. Get 100% cotton paper for all your painting needs.

[@amandajstar]

I've never seen half these demos before, and I have a number of books on watercolour.... Well done and thank you!

[@bereniceseydoux3096]

Thank you for this tutorial ! I love watercolor but I didn't know how to use it properly :)

[@ifatflower]

Thank you🙏🌸. A great video! I wish there was a clear video like this one, when I started painting with watercolors.

[@lydiegpe]

Ive recently been doing more traditional arter spending most of my life doing digital, this seema like a fun exercise to try out 😍

[@kristallklar3687]

Wunderschöne Techniken! Great! Thank you for sharing with us!

[@cycledelic7066]

This is beautiful I'm going to get into watercolor.

[@bellblue5527]

Excellent tutorial! Clear, informative, precise and easy to understand. So glad I found it, thank you 🌸💮🌺

[@surpriseart9481]

Thank you! So artistic and clear at the same time!

[@LaurenInesRuiz]

Wow. Great video! Step by step and beginner friendly with the reassurance that it does take practice.

[@didiirwin]

This is one of the BEST watercolour videos I have ever watched!! I love your style, your sense of humour, your clear instructions, everything!! I have just found you and am really thrilled. I am subscribing and look forward to many more great videos. Many thanks 👏❤️🇨🇦

[@fidgetssailing4725]

This was really helpful. (I love that you forgot you were talking because you were too focused - looks like something I do constantly)

[@NancyRichmondTarot]

Love this! I was unsure about trying watercolors but this tutorial explains so much in such a short amount of time. Fantastic turorial, thank you so much!

[@HeatherHogue73]

Thank you! Self-taught artist appreciates. I love the dragging especially!

[@ruxijubleanu]

I've been using watercolors for some time, but I did everything from instinct, going through trials and errors, because tutorials never really helped me. I knew the techniques, but never really understood what to use them for. This is the first time I understand.

[@Finelinernerd]

I really appreciate that so much, I felt the same as you for a long time and so I wanted to make a tutorial that put the techniques into context. I’m really happy to hear that it helped 🖤

[@lindawakiyama1603]

Hello, just found your channel and you have a new subscriber from Japan.

[@Angelrosegirlmx7j]

I like the techniques that you thought and how you did the flowers, they are so perfect!🥰

[@lorelladepieri]

Best technique demonstration I’ve seen. Thank you

[@rprice7921]

👏 The BEST beginner watercolor lesson! Thank you!

[@artStuHuerta]

you slayed this! thank you :,)

[@RameyRocks]

I love this video. My favorite is the glazing and charging.

[@theresaavery4670]

Thanks for this! Good to see how the techniques differ all at once. Well done.

[@CornerSoapShop]

Thanks for this video...going to try this. Just starting out and love learning these techniques. WIll be checking your library for more!

[@vivianeb90]

Really well explained! You have a knack for teaching!

[@butchjohnson9736]

Great video, I would probably add lifting as a technique

[@Krondelo]

THANKS! I just took an interest in WC after many years as an artists and it is probably the most difficult medium I've tried (and I've tried a lot!). I found this informative and really like the "charging" technique look. Gonna give that a shot!

[@Yaratoma]

Thanks for demonstrating. It got a lot easier to understand

[@nicimarie]

I've been watching dozens of beginners tutorials and this is by far my favorite! Can't wait to check out more! 🙏

[@edeta1201]

Thank you for demostrating it so clearly and beautifully

[@JeanBenefield]

Thank you for sharing these tips with us beginners. It was very helpful. Now to practice!!

[@close-upwithkamalika1461]

Thank you so much for explaining so well. Really appreciate your help.

[@feralbluee]

thank you so much. beautiful bit of teaching watercolor. i never really knew any of these techniques except the dry paper one. i’m not an artist,but love to paint anyway. so well done. and have a great day! :) 🌷🪻🌱

[@plainsailingmotivation7864]

Thank you so much. I’m rediscovering my inner artist and this is so useful

[@mirabelapip]

Thanks--I'm so excited to begin!

[@user-xk7pb7ev9p]

Great for for me with very basic stuff since I'm just starting out. Thanks!

[@dianemcdonald3900]

Such cool ways to paint a poppie! Thank you!

[@BuddyLuv]

My fave techniques video by far. Thank you for putting this together : )

[@gabrielblack5805]

It's so funny. I use these techniques all the time. And, spare the first three, I never knew the names. "Charging" and "Dragging" are two if my most essential watercolor techniques, but I never actually knew what they were called.😂

[@Finelinernerd]

That’s cool! Did you figure out the techniques through trial and error?

[@gabrielblack5805]

@@Finelinernerd Yeah, basically! I knew that other people used similare techniques, and I learned from their methods as well. But I never knew that actually had proper terminology!

[@leslietempleton9422]

Very nice :) This is very helpful. I am just starting out with watercolors so now I know a little more about it. Thanks so much!

[@user-er9kl9nn5y]

Thank you for this tutorial; this is exactly what I needed and will try it now. Thx

[@LipsitaArt]

Gorgeous watercolor flowers. Thanks for sharing

[@tracythomas8127]

I just discovered your videos and had to comment. I love how well your teaching style mixes with your lovely accent and your honesty! It quite literally engaged me to where I shut off my audiobook to listen.... and here I thought I was just gonna "glance" at some new techniques. Well Done!

[@marinaneary7502]

Thank you so much for putting names to the techniques. I used to use them haphazardly.

[@gigih.9254]

This was my first time ever learning these five techniques. Thank you for such great explanations and for illustrating with the same item (petals) to show the differences between each.

[@alinagumenuk6949]

Simply amazing tutorial! learning it while drawing something beautiful yet simple was very instructive. Thank you

[@piperricca7832]

thanks so much for this! been wondering how people will create masterpieces while i end up scratching the paper 😅

[@Morganite13]

You have made everything just click for me. I have been struggling with why i can not get what i am trying to achieve but this video helped me so much. 🙏 thank you! Your amazing!

[@kristihelmersen4945]

Thank you! I am going to try all of these techniques! I have done some watercolor, but I am never happy with the outcome. I decided to start over since I haven't really had much in the way of instruction. This seems like a good start! Thanks again.

[@MaeS68]

Thank you for a fabulous demonstration! 💗💗

[@RushedaSavage]

great techniques, as a beginner. Thanks!

[@bennu547]

I thought these were cherry blossoms😹 I’m still gonna try these techniques with cherry blossoms anyways. I love cherry blossoms and I think that a flower is a good concept to try out different water color techniques. I think I heard that somewhere. Regardless I will give these a go with beautiful sakura blossoms🌸

[@santisanti8386]

Lovely tutorial! Thank you so much!

[@peggydavis9475]

Loved watching this!❤❤❤

[@ashsar2408]

Thank you. This was a very comprehensive video. I learnt a lot from this video.

[@user-dm1ps4ri1s]

That was a great demonstration ! Thanks

[@moiseechen]

as everyone has noted, SUPER HELPFUL. clear, precise, and including what and HOW to avoid. INSPIRED me to advance from watching watercolor vids with longing to actually DOING! just happenstance that yt served it up to me!!!! hope you do more florals!!!! BigTHANKS!!!!

[@sandhyagupta5038]

thank you so much!. you teaching style is really very good.

[@gilashroot8697]

Thank you. I learned a lot! Well explained. Seriously beautiful flowers.

[@wendymillergleason3796]

Thank you for this. I am new to painting and this will be a great practice for me. I love flowers!

[@lcolvin142]

😊😊😊😊😊

[@kellikuhn9758]

This is brilliant! Thank you so much for sharing this. It is hugely helpful.

[@veratanger7034]

Easy and clear explanation. Will follow your steps and practice. Thanks

[@amelierosales1154]

this was really great and concise!!! Thank you