A Beginner's Guide to Painting Water Drops in Watercolor Paint with Sandra J

[@Patekdesigns]

I LOVE that you showed an example of what not to do and why.

[@MMGARC]

You were so clear in your explanations of each stage you went through, and I really appreciated that very much. It all made sense as you went through each step as well. I am going to attempt it and probably many times, but I'm so inspired after watching your tutorial. Thank You, Sandra.

[@SandraJSchultz]

I'm happy that the video helped you! Sandra J

[@cherylj.harris4967]

Thank you. The concept of the water drop as it relates to light and shadow was so important to me. A great lesson in how and why it’s painted to achieve a realistic droplet.

[@SandraJSchultz]

Yes! Understanding your subject is a huge part of painting it accurately. I'm glad I was able to help! Happy painting!! Sandra J

[@joypolk3093]

Best water droplet video I’ve seen, enjoy that you are teaching with speech also and just not drawing. Also enjoyed the roasting coffee video! 👍🇺🇸

[@SandraJSchultz]

Thank you Joy. I'm glad you enjoyed the videos!

[@cdavis7395]

You are clear, calming, and concise. Like your teaching style.

[@kimberlywalitzer9133]

Oh my!!! I painted a water droplet! I will improve with practice I am sure, but I did it! :)

[@Lestanymanshouldboast]

One of the best tutorials on the subject. Very well explained. Thankyou

[@jjthimsen7376]

Loved this! Great explanations, concise, informative & superb demo. Thanx. 🇨🇦

[@SandraJSchultz]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it!

[@jerryaubill163]

I'm so glad I found your channel. Love your technique

[@MaryGadsby]

I am happy I found you today! Hoping this finds you well, thank you for this calm clear lesson!

[@emisode]

This is one of the best tuturials on this subject! Thank You!

[@teresamitchell-banks2286]

Thank you for a great lesson. You are a wonderful teacher

[@SandraJSchultz]

Thank you so much! I'm glad it helped!

[@theweddingpodcast7392]

Thank you SO much Sandra. This really really helped me learn. Never thought I’d ever paint anything remotely close to a drop and I just did. Thank you so so much 🙏🏾

[@milaynabeihn7322]

Lovely instructional video. Easy to understand and you even accomplished the hardest part... explaining “why”. Thank you! I look forward to watching more of your tutorials! Subscribed!

[@melodybeierly7222]

I like to try everything first in pencil and I must say that your instructions were so precise and easy to follow that I succeeded with only pencil. I can't wait to finally achieve this with watercolors. Thanks to you I feel confident that it can be done, lol. Thanks so much for being a great teacher and sharing this tutorial.

[@SandraJSchultz]

Hi Melody Beiery. Thanks for your comment. I'm so glad that you were able to get the concept so quickly! Go ahead and grab your paints. No time like the present~

[@jaquelineballantine1489]

Invaluable tutorial. Thank you!

[@tlojewelrylove]

Thanks! I'm a beginner and this is very helpful to me. Thanks for sharing!👍😊

[@M0odyBlue]

You are a good teacher. I was able to follow you easily. I look forward to more of your videos! Thank you for sharing your expertise!

[@barbarakoch5726]

I am delighted to find this. I will be watching and working until I am successful. Thanks

[@evelyngutierrez5204]

Thaaaaaank you!!!!!!!!! I made my very first droplets today. This class was awesome! Easy to follow and very beginner friendly :)

[@barbarabealer6295]

Best I've seen so far! Thank you for explaining

[@vijaykumarshinde7439]

usually i have seen some watercolor tutorial but this was the first tutorial which was very clear to me and my water droplets were somewhat good after some trial and errors thank you mam you have earned a subscriber

[@SandraJSchultz]

That's great to hear Vijaykumar Shinde! I'm glad you found the video useful. Thank you for watching and subscribing!

[@fabienroger2175]

Thank you for this video, it's very clear

[@kindle7191]

Amazing. You are just what I needed. I'm trying to watercolour bubbles today. Thanks from Kindle in Canada.

[@notme3252]

Most helpful! Thank you!

[@GaynorPaynter01]

Thankyou. Lovely tutorial

[@gloriasmith5281]

Thank you so well explained, I now have an understanding of a water droplet.

[@gauridanke3104]

Wowww...love the way u tought...will definatly try this....thank u...❤

[@fairytaleberry7693]

Thank you for the good tutorial 😊

[@pamelapatti1517]

You are an excellent teacher.

[@Libraryladee28]

Thank you for a perfect explanation! Going to give it a try now! 🤩

[@flarose97]

Hi there! A new subscriber here! I am so glad I found you and your channel! This is the finest water droplet tutorial ‘Ive ever seen! Thanks so much!!!

[@SandraJSchultz]

Hi BellaRoseArts! I'm glad you found the video helpful. Thanks for subscribing! I'll be posting more videos soon!

[@marytindall4650]

Fantastic instruction! Excellent teacher! Thank you!!!

[@terrilynn8119]

wonderful!! Thank You So Much!! you are a fabulous teacher of paint!

[@SandraJSchultz]

Thank you Terri Lynn!Happy painting!

[@SandraJSchultz]

Thank you Terri Lynn!Happy painting!

[@SandraJSchultz]

Thank you Terri Lynn!Happy painting!

[@1cmp1wf1]

Thanks so much for explaining this so clearly!

[@kathy9973]

Thank you for sharing your talent with me!!

[@SandraJSchultz]

Hi Kathy, I'm glad you are enjoying my videos! Thank you for watching!

[@LizatHome]

Thanks for a very helpful video.

[@namitakulkarni7717]

Thank you Sandra for this wonderful tutorial! Would love to see a watercolor glass painting tutorial pretty please 🌺

[@SandraJSchultz]

Thank you for watching! And for the suggestion. I will definitely put a water glass on my to do list!

[@larryglatt2548]

Thank you for getting to the point, good instruction.

[@cynthiacobucci4381]

Amazing tutorial. Thank you so much!

[@irmapacheco5541]

This is an awesome tutorial on water drops. I like the teaching method! Thank you!

[@ashleywright8686]

I have mastered water droplets, but I have learned also with this video.

[@SandraJSchultz]

Great! I'm glad it helped!

[@omiyaan8907]

simple, clear and important instructions and nice painting!

[@SandraJSchultz]

Thank you An Omiya. I'm glad the video helped!

[@donnaandmikesmith7035]

That was an excellent tutorial. Thank you!

[@SandraJSchultz]

I'm glad you found it useful! Happy painting!

[@soniagrewal7363]

Very good tutorial. Thank you!

[@teretrigo24]

you are a great teacher.. very well explained. Thank you..

[@annieb8955]

This was brilliant!!!

[@phoenixsky2110]

Thank you it was very useful and perfect 👌😊

[@sabrinalarson1526]

very well done tutorial thank you very much

[@GabrielleCarbonneau]

Excellent tutorial! Thank you.

[@kurodiamhanaa7668]

Great tuto! I am a beginner with watercolour ! I would like to show you my result with this water drop in order too see what I have to improve next time !

[@SandraJSchultz]

Hi gigi28 gigi28, I'd be glad to critique your water drop! I do have a facebook page, but I am extremely lame at facebook and don't understand how to make it go, so when someone requests a review I have been asking them to email the photo to me via my website at sandrajschultz.com. I'm looking forward to seeing your beautiful art!

[@kurodiamhanaa7668]

Sandra J Schultz Thanks for your answer. I have sent you an email right now through your site. Do you have done a tuto about transparent colors and opaque ? That will be important to me to learn it because I failed recently to make a tree with many steps.

[@SandraJSchultz]

Hi djihanaa! Your water drop looks great! You got the smooth shading inside the drop and the sharp lines outside the drop too. Excellent. That is difficult to do at first. I will suggest that on this drop you continue to darken the shadow on the "away from the sun" side. By continuing to darken that (it might take several coats) you will make the drop pop off the paper even more. Try this on your next drop: put an x or a mark on the paper that designates the sun. Then envision an arrow coming from the sun and going through the drop. The light spots where the light goes in and the light spot outside the drop will be in line with the arrow. This is a great start! Please send me your next drop!

[@kurodiamhanaa7668]

Sandra J Schultz Thanks a lot for your critique! I have sent a corrected version. I will fill all the sheet of water drops ^^ Also is there a difference in the light when you put water drops below ?

[@SandraJSchultz]

If you look at a photo of a water drop and really squint your eyes, you can see the value changes in and around it. Value means lights and darks. When you are working with watercolors it is difficult at first to get your darks really dark. Depending on your paint brand, you may need to work hard or not so hard to get them. Your value changes inside your first droplet are great. Your value changes outside the droplet are good, but with more coats of dark in the shadow area, they will be even better. Since this is just practice, try this. Get some really thick shadow colored paint on your brush and on dry paper, put it in the shadow area along the outer edge of the water. Then wash your brush and with clear water, wet the outside edge of that paint. That will make it move and the line diffuse. Test how much paint you have to put on the paper in order to get a good dark shadow.

[@juliatoft9183]

Very very helpful thank you

[@SandraJSchultz]

I'm glad it helped you Julia!

[@judijefferis9924]

Amazing. Thank you so much.

[@ЛарисаШейерман]

Class!!!Super!👌🌏🇰🇿🥰

[@_inky_]

Wow that's real helpful 🌹

[@janstittleburg]

Great tutorial, made it look easy - I did great on the bubble but messed up on the shadow. More practice! But one question, does this mean if I want to paint a lot of water drops I need to do them all first before painting what they are sitting on - a leaf for example?

[@SandraJSchultz]

Hi Jan. Thank you for the question. Assuming you are painting with watercolor you would need to leave the water drop space clean and white while painting the background. I would suggest trying some masking fluid so those spots are protected while painting the surface they are sitting on.

[@janstittleburg]

@@SandraJSchultz Thank you for answering so quickly! I agree, masking fluid probably is a good answer for this one.

[@tlojewelrylove]

@Jan Stittleburg Great question?👍😊 And... @Sandra J Schultz Really good recommendation suggesting masking fluid! 👍😊 I'm very new to this and was wondering IF (although it'd be more work) one could create a sphere from strips of masking tape and use it in lieu of masking fluid? Or would water seep through the masking tape? I'm just curious because its more common for one to have masking tape on hand whereas masking fluid is more of a specialty item and probably would have to be purchased. Thanks both of you! (I hope I posted this correctly)

[@janstittleburg]

@@tlojewelrylove I have had water seep under the tape, so I wouldn't really do well with that - it may depend on your taping skill. Also, making a circle out of straight edge tape is beyond me :-) I bought a bottle of Pebeo Drawing Gum, as it is called, over a year ago, don't use it too often and it's still good. It's not hugely expensive, and in the US pretty readily available at Michaels or Amazon, or any of the art stores. Not sure where you live how easy it is to order?

[@TheBeverleyann]

Oh Yes !! Thank you so so much !

[@suparnapawaskar7540]

U made me easier to paint❤️Which paper used in this painting?

[@Mark-fy9iu]

You done me good.

[@SandraJSchultz]

Glad!

[@ashleywright8686]

Out of curiosity, why do you discourage heat dryer and use of paper towel for soakage? TYSM for this video.

[@SandraJSchultz]

I was talking about a hair dryer that blows paint and may (probably will) negatively impact the natural movement of your paint.

[@ashleywright8686]

@@SandraJSchultz right, of course.

[@karinlease6355]

Great vid! Thank you!

[@SandraJSchultz]

Thank you Karin Lease! And thanks for watching and commenting!

[@nuraizeibnejubair9205]

great great..............thank u

[@SandraJSchultz]

I'm glad you liked the video! Thanks for watching

[@kuroneko252]

Thank you for the video.. I'm currently struggling with watercolor and ur video helped me a lot... Thank you much. Subbed 😄

[@bel.cascabel]

Amazing! Thank u for this! I don`t speak english so I didn't understand the name of the colours. Would you share them with me, please?

[@SandraJSchultz]

Hi Isabel. I could give you the colors I used, but it's not really important. The color of water drops in your paintings will be based on the color of the thing they are on. So if you are painting a drop on a green leaf for instance, use the same colors you used for the leaf plus something to lighten (for watercolor it's best to leave the inside of the water drop white to start with) and darken if necessary. I hope this helps. Sandy

[@bel.cascabel]

Yes! You said that at the end of the video! Thank you! But it's because I really liked those tones of blue that I would like to know the names :) To buy them hehe

[@SandraJSchultz]

Sure Isabel. The colors I used in the video are "verditer blue" and "sodalite genuine" both from Daniel Smith.

[@sliz.c.5569]

Hello. Would you kindly tell me the brand of paper you used for this project and the weight? Thank you.

[@porimolbiswash2581]

very nice,,,,

[@Elmelati]

Thank you for the tutorial. What brush are you using?

[@SandraJSchultz]

Hi Ellya Brill. It looks to me like it was one of my Princeton Neptune rounds.

[@judymartin8401]

What brush are you using?

[@minniejones5906]

thank you and I subscribed...

[@SandraJSchultz]

Thank you Minnie!

[@svetlanarohrig5313]

minnie jones Great Job!!!!!! Thank you!

[@bulbulgope7720]

Hey small ruffles of paper starts to come off while I'm painting can u give me any suggestion fo it

[@MD5243]

Thank you.

[@lindy2164]

Could the blues be done wet in wet ?

[@SandraJSchultz]

Experimenting is always great for artistic growth! I think that it may produce a very interesting water drop but perhaps not an exceptionally "correct" one. I say go for it and see what happens!!

[@esling77]

Parabolic shapes ?

[@rexr2025]

What paper should i use? Can I use sketchpad paper for water coloring

[@SandraJSchultz]

Hi Rex R. Just the act of practicing is much more important than the paper itself. HOWEVER, that said, I would recommend that you try to get your hands on at least student quality watercolor paper. It is made for the medium and the paint will flow and behave much MUCH better. I would hate for you to get discouraged because the paper is holding you back.

[@rexr2025]

Thank you for recommendation ,Godbless!!

[@mikuenjoyerXD]

I suggest at least 90lb. paper!

[@gigijohnson3211]

What Paint are you using for the water droplet example?

[@SandraJSchultz]

Hi GiGi Johnson. Those are Daniel Smith watercolors.

[@sanjibnayak6835]

wonderful

[@SandraJSchultz]

:)

[@jeremiahhiatt740]

just call it how to draw a bubble, had too much fun watching this, thank you for the laugh !

[@alexisdunstan3944]

Why did you use blue to paint the water droplet?

[@SandraJSchultz]

Because it was already in my palette. I'm thrifty.

[@alexisdunstan3944]

That is a great answer - love it. I paused the video to ask the question and as soon as I went back to it you talked about colour and choosing the colour according to what the drop is sitting on also how to shade it. I shouldn't be so impatient but then if I wait I sometimes forget to ask. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@zenia139]

Merci!

[@cdavis7395]

I’m wondering about the little triangular reflection on the outside...is its size relative to the lightest area of the droplet?

[@SandraJSchultz]

Hi C Davis. Thanks for your comment and question. No, I haven't seen a correlation between the light part of the droplet and the light that is reflected through. There might be - I just haven't keyed into it. My intuition is that it would be affected by the height of the drop. You know how some drops stand up tall and proud and others are flatter and maybe more spread out? It seems that the tall one would have a more significant light spot outside of it.

[@fatihamzah]

cool!

[@SandraJSchultz]

:)

[@Eva_320]

When they messed up on the shadow ot ruined it 😒

[@davinatest8467]

Refraction

[@bulatportret]

Сool

[@لاشيء-ي4ح]

💜

[@jimscanoe]

Definitely doesn't look 3-D-try a less uniform perimeter.

[@kathleenwall4722]

Thank you.