Easy Ron Ranson Inspired Watercolor

[@njejlester1603]

Maybe use a fine brush for a bit, at the end, for details in the foreground. The light on the water and in the sky is beautiful.

[@joemenzaart]

Thanks, mainly showing the hake brush here for viewers interested in the Ron Ranson technique

[@paulfogarty7724]

The sky is so beautifull !

[@TheMichaela67]

Absolutely amazing!

[@joemenzaart]

Thank you

[@marlenedelvecchio8074]

Love your tutorials. I purchased these brushes several years ago. But due to unfortunate events happening in my life I stopped painting. Now I’m excited to get busy again. Beautiful painting! You’ve inspired me! Thank you!

[@annikaglavstedt5588]

This is just WOW! Amazing light! The sky is fabolous! Love.... 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🥰🥰🥰

[@Nancy-tr5fi]

Just found you, thus Ron Hanson. It literally takes my breath away. Just emerging from my beginnings to THIS so it appears. Thank you for this beauty, LIGHT.

[@pinanay]

Thank you so much for this demo. I like Ron Ranson's paintings. I'm glad I found your channel. Keep up the good work!👍

[@montgal99]

Joe, thank you again. Getting more excited for brushes to arrive. What are the seven colors Ron favors? I can see my traditional palette isn't going to work well with these brushes so will set one up on butcher's tray. (rescued from garage so it is authentic)

[@joemenzaart]

Ult blue, Payne’s grey, alizarin crimson, lemon yellow, light red, burnt umber, raw sienna. After his skies book he added cerulean and Prussian blue and burnt sienna.

[@10mileroadie]

wicked beautiful! thanks for sharing!

[@victoriaharris6091]

Great tutorial

[@joemenzaart]

Thank you!

[@ourjourneyonpicoisland-car552]

Looks so relaxing great way to relieve stress thank you for the video Joe! Love the blooper at the end😂

[@zofoblueszofoblues8339]

TY for sharing. I am just getting into Watercolor. I really like what you do and Ron Ranson was a wonderful Teacher. TY again.

[@joemenzaart]

Zofoblues Zofoblues thank you and thanks for watching.

[@Stu_Yorkie]

A beautiful piece of work done in minutes. It was a pleasure to watch you paint and it has inspired me to pick up the brushes again after decades of not painting, Thanks.

[@joemenzaart]

This has made my day, that this brought you back to painting. Thank you.

[@peaches5712]

I’m somewhat new to watercolor and after watching your video, along with some other lose painters, I need to learn to let it go after laying down my paint! I really like this painting......it’s so pretty!

[@berniehayes286]

Love the painting and your tutorials,thankyou so much,happy painting.

[@deborahlucas2282]

What kind of wizardry is this?! It’s mesmerising. It all starts off looking chaotic and then suddenly it all makes beautiful sense. I love, love, love that sky and the way that light appears. Inspirational. Thanks so much. 🧙‍♂️

[@joemenzaart]

Thank you!

[@vikrantmodak6634]

Same here...

[@rajpereira7280]

Nice and attractive.

[@jaquelinedeponce5251]

Thank you! After 30 years of painting in watercolors and many failed attempts with using different hake brushes, I have purchased a set of Ranson hake brushes. Just watching demo’s while I wait for them to arrive. I’m really trying to loosening up and branch out into new ways of painting. I have invested in an insane collection of professional brushes over the years, not much room in my large studio for more brushes but, I’m excited to experiment with these simple brushes! Not sure if I will utilize them with portraits, lol.

[@joemenzaart]

Portraits will be tough but I’ve seen it done. The big brush fast and loose approach for me is very enjoyable. I can use most any large brush but the RR is my favorite.

[@cheribarh3681]

Love your style. Clean and easy and the result.. is magnificent!

[@deborahrech7429]

Beautiful painting. Especially love the sky! Thank you for the video.

[@ginatexasgirl9438]

Good instructions well done. You really helped me. I’m an old woman you made me happy.

[@joemenzaart]

Gina TexasGirl I’m glad I was able to help! Thank you for watching and commenting.

[@paulinegee4083]

Beautiful

[@manuelahallmann5287]

What a beautiful picture!!

[@philipaklonis7906]

Great demo Joe!🎨🏆

[@MsBettyRubble]

That's really pretty! Great explanation too. Thanks.

[@yayacuculis7929]

Awesome picture!

[@LoisDavidsonArt]

Wonderful painting Joe, I love the sky and forground in particular, lovely to see you at work, and very brave to show the blooper at the end, it did make me laugh, thanks for posting, what a wonderful, relaxing hobby we have x

[@joemenzaart]

Yes, I had to put that in but I did not want to spoil the flow of the video itself so I did edit. :)

[@vharrald]

Beautiful painting Joe. I love how it becomes 3 dimensional

[@enlighteneduk]

Love it! I haven't picked up a brush in 30 years but at last have time. I was greatly inspired by Ron back then. Lovely to see his legacy living on! ❤

[@maggiejones7520]

Dave Usher recommended you and l've really enjoyed your fast and loose methods. Thank you for the demo.

[@joemenzaart]

Maggie Jones That was really nice of him. Thank you for the feedback and I’m glad you are enjoying the videos.

[@Taiga9191]

Great painting Joe, and super demo. Thanks for sharing. Hope you do more.

[@joemenzaart]

Hannah Clements Thanks I try to do one a week time permitting

[@molossergirl2]

Lovely loose painting with a restricted palette, less is more. I follow Stephen Cronin here in the UK who is also a Ron Hanson fan! Great demonstration.

[@joemenzaart]

Steven is great thanks for watching

[@donky75]

Nice quick and simple.my idea of painting..Nice video Joe..just waiting for some new paints to arrive

[@joemenzaart]

Yes simple but hopefully not dull, that is always the challenge.

[@glendagatchalian]

Your tutorial looks so easy to follow. Hope to see more tutorials in the coming weeks!😊

[@rebeccalyons1327]

Incredible glow

[@carolinafernandezoro733]

Awesome!

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

Great sky Joe!!! Awesome result!!

[@joemenzaart]

Thanks Edo!

[@belindahall5220]

Awesome 👍

[@TwistedTattoo.WarShorts]

Really nice work Joe, loving the sky😁👌👌👌👌

[@joemenzaart]

Thanks, different blue this time.

[@stringz63]

I'm trying my hand at this style - you did a great job with this! Look forward to learning more from your videos.

[@joemenzaart]

stringz63 thank you for watching!

[@PAINTWITHJOY]

wow !!! nice watercolor work

[@francoiseblais884]

Thanks it is so beautiful

[@joemenzaart]

Thank you for watching.

[@margaretporzenheim961]

This is GREAT!

[@emmiellamas-cruz3842]

So nice! Watching this while on board a bus on my way home. I’m raring to paint one similar to this. I’m happy to know you’re using 140 lbs Fabriano. That’s the kind I have at home.

[@shawnas464]

WOW!

[@plurban443]

Thank you so much. I took your suggestion and joined the FB group 😊

[@tomhohn5234]

Ron would've loved this one. I studied with for awhild and you hsve captured his philosophy well. Good demo well done.

[@tomhohn5234]

I meant to say I studied with him for awhile.

[@joemenzaart]

Thank you Tom that’s good to hear! You should join us in our Ron Ranson group on Facebook and share some of your memories.

[@maridabeyens7089]

Thanks too

[@esling77]

Ty Joe

[@chrissycanvasart]

Hi Joe, I really enjoyed this, thanks for the info, I appreciate it 👍🏼🎨🇬🇧😄

[@joemenzaart]

Great thanks for commenting!

[@wheelie1207]

Could you go back into the blue cloud with more blue? Great vid

[@joemenzaart]

As long as the paint is still wet otherwise is can mess it up.

[@vikrantmodak6634]

I purchased d kit ; ) hope I can do atleast 2% of what Joe is teaching..wish me success Joe : )

[@joemenzaart]

Most important is to have fun! I wish you success!

[@vikrantmodak6634]

@@joemenzaart Thanks Joe..true...I will get the kit by 31st...thanks for making such beautiful vids..Inspired!! Watching vids one after another ; )

[@joemenzaart]

Thank you, have fun!

[@huntleyhuntley8864]

Joe, thanks for showing how you mix your paints on your pallet. It looks like it is new. Do you clean your pallet before each painting? I certainly have gained a lot of experience from your videos as using the hake brush is a new technique for me. Thanks again, Roger

[@joemenzaart]

I don’t clean it necessarily but I will use my brush and clean it up to get a grey color from old mixes. For my color wells I spray with clean water and drain.

[@lindarobinson5816]

Great demo, beautiful results. I like your comment - painting is like meditation..you really do lose yourself. Thank you!

[@joemenzaart]

Linda Robinson thank you!

[@kathleenhall8153]

I enjoyed your demonstration. I have a request. I’m a little older and my eyes aren’t as good as they once were... it’s difficult for me to see because its so dark. Would it be possible to brighten your studio up? I hope so because I really enjoyed your teaching style. Thanks again.

[@joemenzaart]

Kathleen, this is an older earlier video. Take a look at my newer videos which are not so dark. Thanks for watching.

[@kathleenhall8153]

Joe Menza Thank you very much. I will give it a watch later today.

[@AvisadRay]

Awesome 👏

[@wolfdances]

LOL Love the blooper!

[@joemenzaart]

Betty Hester I’m sure there will be more lol

[@sujatapatwardhan3670]

nice teaching...thank u ...doing 30 minutes a day

[@celestesource9460]

Thank you very much Joe for sharing, it’s so interesting, I’ll try it. I got the set of these brushes for 2 years, but not really dare to paint a landscape 🤨 😅 You win a subscribe 🤣 Stay healthy and safe 🕊 😇 💕

[@joemenzaart]

Thank you

[@bienaven]

Excelent painting, what brand of paper are you using?

[@joemenzaart]

For this video I want to say I used Fabriano studio if I remember correctly.

[@evakarina4140]

Magnifique!!!!! Please could some one give me the name of blue used....

[@joemenzaart]

Ultramarine blue cotman

[@barbarameetze1457]

What are Ron’s 7 colors? I just got his Big Brush Watercolor but haven’t read much. I began watercolor at the beginning of the pandemic in the US but don’t practice as much as I could. However, I find watching instructional videos on KZbin sort of a meditation in itself.

[@joemenzaart]

Ult blue, lemon yellow, Payne’s grey, light red, aliz crimson, burnt umber, raw sienna

[@joemenzaart]

Hi everyone thank you for all the views on this video I hope I make Ron Ranson proud. This is an older video I have learned much since.

[@chrissycanvasart]

Ooooppppss at the end😂😂😂👍🏼👍🏼

[@laurenboyd4684]

What is everyone’s favorite Ron Ranson book? I would like to buy one ,thanks Love this video, liked and subscribed!

[@joemenzaart]

Skies.

[@rogerhuntley1862]

Joe, what type of pallet do you use?

[@joemenzaart]

It varies honestly. I use several travel palettes, trays and I even use a scrap piece of paper.

[@andrewbarber8389]

Hello Joe, I’ve just started watercolours (3 months) and really like the Ron Ranson style. I’ve tried to emulate your painting but with poor success. I don’t have a hake brush - I’m just using a wash brush so wondering if this is the problem. Also, for the foreground, do the colours need to be straight from the tube to get the strength? Thanks in advance. PS I’m on the RR FB group but until I get something approaching reasonable I’m afraid to upload it!

[@joemenzaart]

Hello Andrew! Don’t be intimidated to post in the group we have all skill levels there and it’s a very encouraging group! The hake brush, for me, is key to this style. If you watch artists like Alan Owen, he uses the larger mops. To answer your question, as I move down the page my paint volume increases and my use of water decreases. I do use paint straight but the hake always has some moisture on it. Once you get a hake you will get how the moisture is as the hake holds a lot of water. Thanks for watching!

[@andrewbarber8389]

Joe Menza thank for your reply Joe👍

[@joemenzaart]

Andrew Barber no problem anytime. I’m happy to help along the way.

[@lanas430]

This style is for me! Was that on cold press paper? What make do you prefer? Subscribed.

[@joemenzaart]

Lana S hi Lana! I typically use 140 lb Fabriano studio or canson xl both cold press and not super expensive. Thanks for the sub!

[@lanas430]

Joe, thanks, I have some Canson paper.

[@zhongmingchen5385]

很好很好！用力过猛，画板都掉下来了，哈哈😄。

[@joemenzaart]

That has happened to me too.

[@stevesidare2493]

Thank you for sharing this technique! (PS: It's pronounced "Hockey")

[@joemenzaart]

Thanks for watching. We’ve had several discussions in our group and I’ve mentioned the ways to pronounce it in other videos. Because Ron Ranson himself and others on you tube have pronounced it as “Hake” most of us say it that way. And as a big Hockey fan it’s less confusing lol.

[@cuzzinvinni]

what size paper are you using

[@joemenzaart]

11x14

[@mandygreen9152]

im sorry but i don't like the sky its looks hysterycal and restless

[@joemenzaart]

Appreciate the feedback. This was one of my earlier videos and I was trying to show the Ron Ranson technique. My Father liked it and he enjoyed it till he sadly passed away last year.