This Watercolor Trick Will Transform Your Paintings Forever

[@maryannebaker4314]

That is an interesting technique. Never seen it before. Beautiful. Have to give it a try.

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@marisafaith]

You make me happy, Diane. Thank you for sharing your creativity with us. When I get myself too worked up about starting to paint, you are like a calming salve, relieving the agitation and friction. Everyone should know you. ❤

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

You are so welcome! So kind xxx

[@pauline3379]

The collective noun (or nouns, as there's more than one) for a group of butterlies are, A flight, a flutter or my favourite, a kaleidoscope 😊

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Interesting! Thanks ❤️

[@Anikanoteven]

How fun! I love learning the correct names and terms for things and I’ve never heard that before. Thx!

[@cindyhorton6980]

Thank you, that's cool to know!❤

[@Wethepurple77]

I love that! Thank you

[@sweettart24]

It's my favorite too, and so apropos :D

[@fireflye10]

The background and butterfly are absolutely beautiful. I love how you make things so interesting.

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Thank you so much!

[@melodycrites3145]

Unique technique!

[@ladonnarode2979]

Lovely. This background technique is new to me and I’m excited to try it!

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Have fun! It’s such an easy technique, better than most I’ve come across.

[@katemcallister2403]

What a fun background technique! Also like the butterfly technique as well. Can't wait to try them. Thank you!

[@Brenda-lp5vr]

Beautiful butterflies 🦋 from a beautiful artist❤

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Thank you so very much ❤️

[@azadehshalgooni8919]

Very Nice and Beautiful Butterfly, More Thanks.👌👌🌸🌸💕💕

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Thank you too❤️

[@Shells1968]

I LOVE the background! The butterfly is gorgeous too. Thank you!

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

You are so welcome!

[@mariacohen5179]

Absolutely thrilled with both background technique and butterfly, going to do this for my Ocean creatures 🥰🎨🪼🐠thank you

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Wonderful!

[@cindyhorton6980]

Oooooo, that's a good idea!

[@carolyndaughton3373]

Wow Diane...what a cool technique! Love the paper towel idea. I'm going to try this.

[@coralorkin2020]

Love that I have found you. Been painting butterfly’s all day And now I see your tutorial!

[@debfarrell2505]

Thank you for sharing these techniques.

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

You are so welcome!

[@angelabohm4237]

Thank you Diane this was beautiful and I love the background technique. Can't wait to try it 😊

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

You are so welcome!

[@bobbibrady9649]

Thank you so much for this new technique. You are amazing.

[@JulesTools23]

Dearest Diane, you have wowed me again with this gorgeous background technique and the fix for symmetrical butterfly wings! One of my favorite painting’s that I’ve done from watching a previous piece of yours, is the 3 butterflies, like you explained towards the end, one over the next. It turned out great, and now you’ve inspired me to try many more, thank you sweet lady!!! I’ve seen you use the ever shrinking colored pencil in several tutorials, and decided I need to gift myself w/one the next time I save up a little mad money, heehee 😉 In effort to keep this short, bahaha…I’ll say BIG ty, and enjoy the rest of your weekend!!! (HUGS to Lotti sp?, and apologies for not knowing your other babies name…but love to you all) xx Gratefully, Jules 💜🦋✨

[@jeaniemiller1929]

Hi Diane! I thoroughly enjoyed watching this video! Now a new and fun way to make a background I have never tried. I love the butterflies... so lovely! Lottie and Zen are so good! Thank you!😊❤

[@dawnfry8189]

I love them both and so excited to try that background technique

[@Gillian-c8l]

Thank you for sharing this technique with us. I will definitely try this. You are so inspiring!

[@lstandish9]

Nice to see you doing something new. It’s beautiful.

[@TeriKozeluh]

I love this! Can’t wait to try it!

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Have fun! It’s a great technique with nice surprises!

[@patlatour2465]

❤great idea Diane I’ll have to give it a try. 😊

[@yovamccoy2806]

Thank you so much for the new techniques. I am excited to try the background one.

[@jacquiposener7262]

Fabuloso! The texture is what is drawing me in as well as the butterfly. Thanks for sharing this?😊

[@pennefreeman1053]

Ty so much. I could listen to you all day!

[@rhondaross181]

Thank you Diane for such an enjoyable video. 🦋

[@martingrotsch4676]

So beautiful Diane 👍🏻😃 thanx for sharing 🌺 regards Tanja 🙋‍♀️

[@lyntivenan4441]

Beautiful butterflies! Really enjoying all your videos.

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Glad you like them!

[@conniejenskindsfather979]

Love the wet on wet technique. I tend to go for the soft effects. Will try the background approach. Thanks❣️

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

You are so welcome!

[@kayclark4406]

Looks like a fun technique! I love butterflies so much. Thank you for the inspiration.

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

You are so welcome! It can be adapted in so many ways!

[@sylviasauseda5933]

Beautiful. I love Butterflies. Thank you for sharing your creativity.

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Thank you so much 😊

[@andreaharutunian3838]

Love this! Great techniques 🎉🎉🎉

[@juliec.]

Both are gorgeous!!!

[@christinecloutier4015]

What wonderful techniques! Beautiful results!

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@journalforjoy1726]

Love the butterflies, the pink was my favourite but I loved the technique for the background on the other one to make them very different. Thank you and bye bye doggies ❤

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Thanks so much 😊 - try the background with pale colors and a bit less water, it’ll be great!

[@keariewashburn4680]

Love this Diane 😀 Thank you 😊

[@sussiemikkelsen1764]

Thank you 🙏🎨💫 Great technique - like your pen with different personalities😄

[@ralphherrick596]

Very interesting technique...will be trying myself....thank you for sharing your talent!!!

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

That’s great, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it!

[@janetschlicht6984]

Great lesson!

[@LindaMW]

Thank you!!Very nice. I am going to do this in pinks reds with heart for valentine cards.❤

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Wonderful! That’s a great idea!

[@AlineJoyGoodchild]

Awesome Butterflies.

[@debbieakers1967]

I love this and the butterfly ❤

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Thanks so much 🙏

[@gillie6664]

I absolutely love the idea of this. I have never seen it before, and I shall definitely try it. Thank you Diane 😊

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

You are so welcome!

[@craftykat]

Really gorgeous, Diane! I just ordered a small set of Kuretake Gansai paints too. I love your pets at the end too. ❤❤

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Oh thank you! So glad you enjoyed it!

[@sylviarogerson7662]

WOW! This is so cool. Can't wait to try this. Thank you!

[@awinterss]

What a great idea for backgrounds. Thank you 😊

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

You are so welcome!

[@panther5031]

🦋An amazing background technique, and so pretty🦋

[@MsCougar94]

So pretty 😍

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Thank you!! 😊

[@dreamalamb4259]

You never cease to amaze me, Miss D. ❤ Beautiful painting and coool techniques 😊

[@hannahcrumley3103]

Beautiful butterflies! That background looks fun to try!

[@debchard3532]

Fabulous the background effect is amazing !

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@marycampbell8892]

Love this new technique

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

So glad!

[@annehebert6959]

Love this. I am definitely going to play today. Thank you for sharing.

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@kathgarvey]

Absolutely love this, thank you so much ❤

[@patriciahorelick6450]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! I struggle with butterflies! I loved the dragonflies you taught us also!

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ladeanaburton6863]

Love these ideas 💗

[@Linda-qq5mg]

I will be trying the new techniques! They are lovely and different! Thank you so much.

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

You are so welcome!

[@margmcgill1645]

Thank you I really enjoyed this technique. I’m going to share this with my friend who wants to make birthday cards.❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇦👏👏👏👏👏👏🥰🥰🥰

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Wonderful!

[@jolovesnailart]

What an interesting way to make a background 🤗 and with very different results. This will be fun to try out but with cheaper paint than the kuretaki paint 😂 Thank you for sharing this technique 🙏

[@dottieburns3420]

This is fabulous and oh so fun! Thank you for sharing!!

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

You are so welcome!

[@joycestevens376]

Beautiful!!

[@paulabeaulieu52]

What a good lesson today! I learned a lot of new things.

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@hilarybailey2902]

Loving the background technique. Thanks for sharing it with us Diane. It was quite dramatic. A piece of art in its own right! 😊

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Thanks so much 😊

[@ljscheible6007]

Good lessons. Thank you. ❤

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

You are so welcome!

[@cindyhorton6980]

Great tutorial, very enjoyable!! This will lots of fun! Thank you!❤

[@hopeclark7817]

I want too try this technique all the through... I love trying new things, and your art is beautiful... I am looking forward to getting into it...

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Thanks so much 😊have fun!!

[@viviandibrell849]

Love this, gonna try it. I originally thought you were going to paint the butterfly as a shadow and cutting out the other butterfly and add it on top with its wings bent up slightly! I might try that.

[@pauline3379]

Ooh that's different 😮 I will definitely have a play with that. Haha your cooking technique sounds like mine Diane 😅

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

LOL❤️❤️❤️

[@StemwinderBand]

That is how I cook, too.

[@astromommyuniverse]

So beautiful! I can't wait to try this. Thank you so much!

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

You are so welcome!

[@gloriamoline678]

So fun!

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Thank you Gloria! Enjoy!

[@fivefiresdressagecentre3251]

Love this ❤

[@RoseSzabo-wb8sr]

Love this! So freeing…

[@LindaKing-nq6ut]

Interesting background technique

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Glad you think so!

[@playingitagain5636]

Absolutely lovely and the background effect was fun and surprising. Thank you always, Diane, for your awesome channel! Has anyone else ever thought that the word butterfly got messed up and it was meant to be flutterby?

[@sherylosullivan9619]

I believe that is true. They were originally called flutterby.

[@glennmorrison7595]

I love this background...Thanks for sharing this with us. Dawn. from Alabama USA

[@joaniegreen2184]

Great video!

[@KKPeterson-q9f]

I love it!

[@kimlong692]

I just found your channel..This is beautiful..Im not familar with using the towel method but Im going to try it..Thank You

[@susanamer7904]

Dear Diane, this was fascinating, I thoroughly enjoyed it. The results were stunning. Can't wait to try it for myself. Lots of tips and techniques, thanks so much for sharing 😊 Btw don't think I've heard of forest gump green 💚 😮😂😆xx

[@jocelynekent6488]

I absolutely love this background technique. Your butterfly looks amazing as well. I definitely plan to give this a try. Could you please share the palette used to arrange all of your paints? Thank you so much!

[@debishaw9355]

That’s like my cooking, Diane. I would rather paint

[@antoniahicks320]

Wonderful! I have a very interesting photo of a butterfly against a dark mixed green background my brother took that I have thought about painting. I was a bit intimidated, but if I do it this way, it might come out quite nicely! Yea!

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Oh wow!

[@lorenoakes3934]

I purchased the the “ink & wash florals” book, thank you for your recommendation the book is fantastic.

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

You are so welcome!

[@reginamalm6263]

Wow the background turned out gorgeous. I was having a hard time watching this thinking I could not do this with my Daniel smith or my handmade Mashawatercolors or 31purplefish watercolors . I definitely need to buy cheaper watercolors to try this . Or maybe try this when I’m about wash or clean off my palette. It hurt my heart to see the paint wasted on the paper towel but it’s truly gorgeous technique.

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Hi Regina, thanks so much for your comment! As someone said recently, The only wasted paint is the paint not used! Don’t feel bad about it. Also I have supplies of inexpensive paint which can be used just as easily for this technique - Meeden is ideal.

[@intentionallyinpired]

Is that wax paper for tracing? Beautiful xoxox

[@frankie7723]

do you discard your practice ones or do you keep everything , even ones you aren't satisfied with ? thanks for all of your lovely videos

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

I keep pretty much everything, although often I might paint on the back of things for trying things out so as not to waste paper!

[@daydreambeliever6603]

How do you decide to do the background first or after?

[@tarakennedy3041]

This piece stopped me in my scrolling tracks! Beautiful. Can you tell me are you saying that Bahong is the same as Meeden or just that they are both 100 cotton? Thanks! I just purchased Meeden and so far like it. I did use your code, so thank you!.

[@cindyhorton6980]

I thought I'd speak up cause I've heard Diane say they are the same paper and they are both 100% cotton! 🙂

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Yes, it is the same paper apparently. I always hesitate to say anything categorically, but it was.Meeden themselves who sent me the Academy paper which has a different cover to the block from their own branded paper. My contact at.Meeden told me that it’s the exact same paper. Certainly as far as I can tell it is no different. Thanks for enjoying the video and I’m so glad that you are going to give it a try!

[@debifrank2294]

Lovely instruction as always Diane! Thank you! I am now very curious after your comment on the paper… What is your inside scoop about the Bao Hong paper being the same as Meeden? Are they made in the same factory with the same cotton products?

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Yes, that’s what my contact at Meeden told me. You will find the same paper that I used yesterday on the Meeden website. But only in some sizes. They switched over the paper covers a while back to their own branded cover.

[@dorothykocher8984]

Can you please tell me the name of the thick and thin pen?

[@jennyharvey7601]

Just a suggestion…..It would make a fantastic underwater picture with say a turtle instead of a butterfly 🥰

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Great idea! Hope you give it a try!

[@malikachauhan126]

Thankyou so much mam .I really needed this deep and amazing technique with watercolor.... now I am trying to make real butterfly myself.❤ can you make video for oil painting technique too.its really grateful if you can ...with regard Malika from himalayas (india).

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

Most welcome ❤️

[@patriciahoffmann1201]

what is the tick and thin pen called please ,i am confused ......thank you

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

It’s this one: Tombow Fudenosuke Brush Pens amzn.to/3QIcn2N

[@jeanbillington4856]

After you take the paper towel off I think I would try to put it on a new paper and spray it again and see what you get out of the paper towel the second time.

[@janebaxter841]

Apparently a group of Butterflies is known as a kaleidoscope, swarm or rabble. Who knew?! I prefer a flutter.

[@kimmom7785]

❤️

[@verwilliams1]

Not control freak- it’s your artist eye

[@DianeAntoneStudio]

LOL!!!

[@lorenoakes3934]

I am a member and don’t seem to be able to open member only videos, I must be doing something wrong

[@debraalexander9069]

❤