EP 132 :: Steve Mitchell (The Mind of Watercolor) & How to Learn Watercolour

Steve Mitchell (AKA The Mind of Watercolor) is back to tell us why he loves watercolour; what mediums are great to complement it; why you should learn from content that is more advanced than your current level; the best way to learn how to use watercolour; and his upcoming Landscape painting course!
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[@markdonovan1540]

Steve Mitchell is a superb communicator of all things about watercolour. I really appreciate his content on KZbin, he is helpful with great insights.

[@providencevalleyfarm5270]

Steve Mitchell's portraiture is incredible & he truly captures the character & spirit of his sitters. He also gets them "right." They look like the subject without being photo-realistic. His details enhance his subject. So instead of being a painting of a photograph, they have personality and depth that make them recognizable as his work. Portraiture & landscape are equally important to me, but I find landscaping more relaxing & less threatening. I think there are more expectations when you begin a portrait & that becomes threatening. It has to "look" like the subject & be recognizable to your audience, it has to meet their expectations, too. The onlooker expects a certain level of precision as well as interpretation. Automatically you're constrained by that, even if you try not to be. In landscape you don't have the preconceived image to fight, the expectations of portraiture, you don't have the same freedom.

[@colleenmcchesney1482]

Oh yay 😃!! I’m excited to see about this upcoming course & moving forward to the next level of my art journey. The combination of my new favorite Etchr sketchbook & one of my favorite KZbin Landscape artist working together is fantastic news!!👩🏻‍🎨🎨💕

[@bparsons7337]

I would definitely sign up for anything Steve Mitchell does. I've started dabbling in portraits too, starting with pets, but getting into people, and it's really challenging, but really rewarding. I'll be there.

[@user-tg8wh7uz3j]

I always learn so much from Steve's watercolor videos, from his insight about art and life

[@davidstewart6864]

I personally love watching you work on Portraits or figurative work, it so nice to see you skill and talent applied to other subject matter.

[@JackiePeacock]

Appreciate this video and especially Steve.

[@deborahbarbaccia6813]

Great interview host and Steve ❤

[@dezzydezi]

Steve is awesome 👏

[@essietangle9931]

I’ll bet it’s the freedom.