Floral Watercolor Demo With Rae Andrews

A demo using veiling of colors and negative painting to produce a bold floral image

[@valerie6354]

Beautiful and magical. What an exciting process. Thank you for sharing .

[@raeandrews1925]

Thanks so much for your comment Valerie. I’m glad you liked this one 😊

[@Pamisretired]

Thank you for recording these videos for us. I’m am disabled and unable to attend classes so these videos allow me to learn to watercolor. In particular, the specific tips you give like anchor it in 3 corners are really helpful for advancing beyond the beginner level. I appreciate your generosity!

[@raeandrews1925]

You are very welcome.. I am so glad you liked this one.art is a wonderful therapy for us all.😊

[@anneware2983]

I absolutely love the way you paint! Thank you so much for sharing with those of us who couldn't afford a private lesson ! 💞💞💞💞

[@raeandrews1925]

Thanks so much Anne ..it is my pleasure.❤️

[@TheBeachperson]

Thank you for your generosity sharing your secrets and your genius. As always, I am in awe.

[@raeandrews1925]

Cynthia ... such a lovely comment thank you. I’m glad that you are enjoying my videos❤️

[@MariaGTNovoa]

Is absolutely amazing!! Thank you very much!! I love your watercolor style!! 💖

[@raeandrews1925]

Thank you so much

[@yunzers]

Once again, FANTASTIC! Thanks so much.

[@raeandrews1925]

Thanks so much 😊

[@kathrynveronica1804]

Just beautiful...so lively, love your style!

[@raeandrews1925]

Thank you so much Kathryn..I appreciate it.😊

[@bullwinkle8266]

That dagger brush is a killer! Thanks for another exciting floral design.

[@raeandrews1925]

Yes I love my dagger brush and I’m glad you like it to you’ll get lots of interesting and fun marks with it

[@lauramcmahon7189]

Just lovely. Thank you for sharing with us!

[@raeandrews1925]

Thank you Laura I am so glad you liked it ..😊

[@schnukele]

Gosh I love this!!! It is so inspiring. Can't wait to unleash the inner loose me and give this a "go".

[@raeandrews1925]

Lisa ... that makes me very happy that you feel like you want give this a go....have fun and just go with the flow😊

[@heidekrause469]

This is stunning!!.Thank you so much for sharing. Your technique is my inspiration🌹🌹

[@raeandrews1925]

It’s my pleasure I hope you try some painting in this manner it’s great fun

[@lenandtannismoody9890]

Love the vibrancy of your work. ThAnks for sharing

[@raeandrews1925]

Thank you so much for watching this video I appreciate your comment

[@lovelylily7418]

hi Rae, thanks for coming back. It is challenging and interesting for me to see how the layers work together to make a beautiful whole painting.

[@raeandrews1925]

Thank you so much for your comment... this was a fun one to paint and video for you all I’m glad you liked it😊

[@susanhepburn6040]

What a wonderful demonstration! Thank you so much. Sending very best wishes from the UK.

[@raeandrews1925]

Thank you so much for your comment I appreciate it😊

[@stillalive8583]

Lovely painting, Rae. Thanks for the demonstration. The way you use the white of the paper is exemplary. :)

[@raeandrews1925]

Rain Forest ...thank you so much for your comment.. I am glad you liked this one, it was fun to paint..😊

[@denisevance1045]

Love this piece and your beautiful fluidity!! I am at a place in my work with watercolor after many years, knowing a change MUST come and I find myself leaning towards more fluid movement and sponteneity, seems that is what makes me happiest!! Will definitely be seeing you again!! My work has always been very splashy but finding myself wanting more:)

[@raeandrews1925]

Denise ..Great that you got something out of this video and being able to paint in a more spontaneous way, I think, is a great thing to look forward too ...so have fun and I know your work is going to as you get used to all these new techniques.

[@pgrace2555]

Beautiful as always! ♥️

[@raeandrews1925]

P Grace ...So glad you like this one thank you for your comment

[@maryrjfitz]

So beautiful and fun to watch you create this masterpiece.

[@raeandrews1925]

So glad you liked this one Mary, it was great fun to do for everyone

[@RobertaMariaAtti]

I feel like saying FINALLY! I have found a true Master of Watercolor Art. Thank you for sharing your skills, process and inner beauty with us. I hope to learn much from observing you. Peace.

[@raeandrews1925]

That’s wonderful to hear thank you Roberta I hope you get a lot out of my videos on your own journey

[@betsyglass7272]

Absolutely fascinating....beautiful work....thannk you for sharing. You inspired me.

[@raeandrews1925]

Betsy .. thanks so much for watching and leaving your comment I’m so glad you feel inspired❤️

[@elizabethsodahl9659]

Love and admire your creative process.

[@raeandrews1925]

Elizabeth ... thank you so much I am really happy that you like this video and my work. It’s always a joy to get feedback such as this❤️

[@cindydore4456]

Always amazing Rae!

[@raeandrews1925]

So glad you liked this one .Cindy thank you so much for the comment to I appreciate it❤️

[@ssharma8896]

A free spirited painting, music to my eyes!!

[@raeandrews1925]

Thank you so much I’m glad you like this one

[@doreenaitken5308]

Stunning!

[@raeandrews1925]

Thank you so much

[@CeraselaEla]

Great artwork, great technique, great video!

[@raeandrews1925]

Thank you so much for your feedback I’m glad you enjoyed this one

[@lmiller853]

Aaaaaamazing!

[@gillyslikejillysart7458]

Stunning as ever Rae!

[@raeandrews1925]

So glad you liked it thank you for watching❤️

[@karenhoward303]

Omg how did I miss that you are in utube??? SOOOO EXCITED TO FIND YOU!

[@raeandrews1925]

Hi Karen thank you so much for your comment and I’m glad you found me ..these are very old videos though I’m very slack about getting some new ones on here

[@rosamondjourdan1487]

I really enjoyed this video and I think I would like to have a try painting like this. It looks so free and relaxed and fun too. I do love watercolour and love to paint but sometimes I do not want to paint so precisely. Thankyou so much for sharing.

[@raeandrews1925]

I hope you have fun following along with this one I sure enjoyed it, thank you for your comment

[@botticelli728]

Gorgeous! Thank you!

[@raeandrews1925]

Thank you so much

[@vahl1certified]

Im still learning about the negative painting techniques. You are right, im afraid to attempt this but as you said, i just need to be brave. I’ll try it soon. Thank you so much

[@raeandrews1925]

Enjoy the process, it’s such a wonderful medium to explore. Have fun..😊

[@mehdikhan5885]

Whenever I see your name in the notification page, I go Yaaaaa. Thank you so much for your generosity. Love from Bangladesh.

[@raeandrews1925]

Mehdi ...That’s so pleasing to hear I’m glad you enjoy my work. Come visit me often on my site I’ll try and post more videos very soon

[@dr.kritikarawat3620]

Loved this.

[@raeandrews1925]

Thank you so much for your comment. I’m glad you like this one.

[@sirhans15]

Beautiful!!

[@raeandrews1925]

Thank you so much for your comment

[@yunzers]

Beautiful!

[@raeandrews1925]

Thanks so much for your comment 😊

[@StefanHelldoerfer]

Was für ein grandioses Aquarell :) Hut ab !

[@raeandrews1925]

Thank you for your comment

[@karenhoward303]

I LOVE IT, SO EXCITED TO LEARN TO PAINT LIKE THIS, less structure, more flow!

[@raeandrews1925]

Glad you like it thank you Karen

[@krisbarber6208]

I think it takes years of experience to accomplish this beautiful style. Thank you.

[@raeandrews1925]

We all work and learn at our own pace Kris, and I certainly have been around many years now!😊

[@debbiemacrae3609]

Lovely composition!

[@raeandrews1925]

Thank you so much for your comment Debbie

[@sushmasabnis6454]

Enjoyed your negative painting. I shall try although I am an oil painter

[@annicksellam5181]

C est magique et magnifique. Merci

[@raeandrews1925]

You are very welcome Annick thank you so much for your comment

[@MiraTulic]

❤

[@91Orik]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@raeandrews1925]

Thank you

[@fionafarren8084]

Your explanation of why you do eg wetting certain parts of the paper, is so informative

[@raeandrews1925]

Thank you for your feedback Fiona. I appreciate it and I’m glad you thought this one was informative for you.😊

[@mysticriver9420]

Superbe ❤❤❤

[@ChrisHobelArt]

A wonderful video

[@raeandrews1925]

Thank you Chris. This was a fun one to make a video of I’m glad you enjoyed it.

[@suzannewaters6114]

This is just wonderful Rae! Thank you so much for sharing this so generously! I really enjoyed watching you paint...so much to learn from you. Will need to give it a go!! Very inspiring. Could you tell me what brand and type of brush your 2" is that you used to add that lovely coral top right corner and other parts of the background.

[@raeandrews1925]

Suzanne ... thank you for your comment .. That brush is a jack Richeson brush and it’s 1 1/2 inches

[@suzannewaters6114]

@@raeandrews1925 thank you!

[@bacholin1]

I love you painting style! I would love to learn to paint loosely like this since my style is so tight. I have sketch club app. Perhaps you would consider giving a tutorial on using sketch club as a composition tool?

[@raeandrews1925]

That’s been asked of me before.. I will sometimes show my students little things on Sketch Club connected to a tutorial in my courses

[@carolratcliff]

I truly love how your work develops! You seem to have great intuition about your painting. Would you say that you have an overall plan or watch and take leads from your paint? It looks like you do the later, and have grown by doing. ❤️ Hope I can get that comfortable some day!

[@raeandrews1925]

Hi Carol thank you for your inquiry on how I approach my work. Most of the time I would say I’m very intuitive and generally, I always have been. So many times I don’t plan at all.. I just let the paint play and then I find my subject in the paint later on. That’s not to say that I’ve never planned a painting because I do.. I look at photographs or I might look at a scene I’ve seen while I’ve been walking, and I do a mental note of it, That way I can generally have an impression of that particular scene in my mind.. Maybe the colors, maybe the values, or maybe shapes have attracted me, and that would be what I try to portray in my painting. I am publishing a book right now on watercolor techniques which will be available on Amazon when it’s released. That will be probably a couple more weeks you might be interested in getting it.

[@carolratcliff]

@@raeandrews1925 thanks. I will look for it.

[@ranjanachand9306]

Beautiful

[@raeandrews1925]

Thank you so much 😊

[@gailcheck8611]

I love to watch your magic. Could you explain a bit about the Sketch Book app that you mentioned? How did you “doctor” your reference photo?

[@raeandrews1925]

Cynthia the SketchClub app is available to iPad users or Mac I believe ... I have used it for many years and I have taught students how to use it in their own art here in my studio.......there are many tutorials on KZbin on how to use this app and I suggest if you’re interested , you perhaps should go there first.... it’s a little too complicated to explain it here. But it’s a photo altering app, if that’s the way you want to use it .....or you can use it from scratch and make your own images a lot like Photoshop... but not quite as sophisticated or complicated. It works in layers just like Photoshop but not as many layers as Photoshop allows. I think sketch club has probably up to 20 layers if the artist needs that. Are usually only use about four layers of fat. What I do is transport my original photograph into SketchClub and I use my stylus to drag some of the colors and put them in different areas and soften certain areas so that it looks a little like a watercolor. I also use the app to transport my painting into my iPad and try some different color combinations over my painting before I might put paint to paper ....that way I don’t want to make any mistakes on my originL painting and it’s a safer strategy. The app is only $2.99 to put on your iPad and there are tutorials in the SketchClub app as well but KZbin is a good source for visuals if you need that. I hope that helps and thank you for your question

[@susanrgreetdanielsen4826]

This is so inspiring Rae. I could watch you paint for hours!!! Where did you find the wonderful reference photograph and what is the flower called. Thank you for sharing. Sue

[@raeandrews1925]

Susan ...So happy you like this one and thank you so much for your comment. I have no idea where I got the flower reference from and the backgrounds really made up. So I really have no clue as to what type of flower this is I just called Rae Andrews flower.. it could be magnolia? But who knows❤️

[@marysiagirl]

Very educational, good advise, thanks

[@raeandrews1925]

Thank you so muchnt

[@raeandrews1925]

Sorry that was meant to be thank you so much for your comment🤪

[@junerubenstein8966]

Bravo!

[@raeandrews1925]

Thank you June I’m glad you like this one

[@rubywestmoreland7485]

Lovely

[@raeandrews1925]

Thank you so much

[@annhovland8407]

Love your work. Could you tell me what sketchbook app you use on your iPad?

[@raeandrews1925]

The app is called Sketch Club Ann.. you can get it for $2.99 in the App Store

[@sarahhepburn2524]

Rae, another beautiful painting 😃 how much do you plan your paintings, or do they just evolve after the initial washes? Sarah

[@raeandrews1925]

Thank you for your question Sarah, I do sometimes loosely plan my paintings however, I never stick completely to the original plans. I have used photographs as my initial reference for things sometimes two or three at times and other times I just get a thought in my head and think I want to paint ..oh, let’s say an orange flower. And I’ve done so many flowers that I can usually paint one out of my head and with the help of the watercolor properties, so it becomes less stilted and relaxed which I love. I very rarely do a complete preliminary drawing of what I’m going to paint. I mostly try to get a subject to come out of the paint and that keeps my work very unfocused and not so planned looking. But having said that, I go where the mood takes me ..

[@gailahitt9738]

I just found your videos. Love your technique and results..beautiful! What paper are you using? Is it a block? Thanks for your demo.

[@raeandrews1925]

Gaila ...Thank you for your comment. I use Arches cold pressed paper and it is an Arches block

[@gailahitt9738]

Thanks Rae. I struggle with buckling on the 140 lb so makes sense to use a block which will save lots of hassle. On your mailing list so hope to take a class from u in the future. Thanks again for sharing your technique.

[@135lupinelady]

inspiring

[@raeandrews1925]

Thank you so much

[@jsjsjdjdjy7534]

🇨🇱😍 💞 bello

[@raeandrews1925]

Thank you 😊

[@RibutAstutik]

nice this video

[@raeandrews1925]

Thank you so much

[@SusaraHEKusel]

I have been searching for someone who paints like you, and am so happy I found you. I am from South Africa, kzn. How long have you done waterpaint, painting. Love Susara

[@raeandrews1925]

Thank you Susara.. I have been painting Watercolor for over 50 years, a long time and I’ve been teaching Watercolor for the same amount of time almost. It’s a wonderful medium.😊😊

[@chloemaxwell2628]

Stunning!

[@raeandrews1925]

Thanks so much