I believe I've watched this video, 3-4 times, it SO helps me... and I think I've said this before, but it's worth saying again, you are a VERY GOOD teacher! Thank you!
@carmie243110 ай бұрын
thank you for explaining removal of hard edges. very helpful use of hard brush.
@angiewinchell4463 жыл бұрын
Very informative, thank you for your excellent instructions! 😊
@claudetteobrien10865 ай бұрын
Your work is so beautiful so perfect I cannot imagine that you would paint loose.
@barbarabackley21872 жыл бұрын
I am a beginner at watercolor and have struggled with understanding how artists get soft edges. This is the clearest explanation I have heard and gives me drills to do to help me apply what you have explained. Thank you.
@juneservant343 жыл бұрын
Love your t-shirt and really enjoy your videos right to the end. Lol
@jlu3ai2 жыл бұрын
This video deserves a subscription. I like that you give done examples and then show in process that example. I have a feeling I will return to this channel often. Thank you.
@karenmorgan425011 ай бұрын
You quite an extraordinary artist and teacher. I am so glad I found your videos. I am a timid painter and you have given me more confidence. Thank you!
@debbiebruce69202 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing all of your tips on how to soften edges. I learned so much watching this video. Your paintings are amazing!
@theresaposey2 жыл бұрын
You are a wonderful teacher. I am loving your videos.
@polygimik3 жыл бұрын
It's really great to see the bloopers after a very very good teaching session, it reminds us that even teachers are humans 😂😂😂. I've been binge-watching your videos since day one I discovered your channel.
@DianeHicks3 жыл бұрын
I have to say, THANK YOU! One of the things that is so frustrating about learning in isolation, away from your teacher, is the outcomes that don't go to plan...and then trying to figure out what has gone wrong. It's so demotivating when you're not really sure what has gone wrong. Not many teachers share practical examples of what can happen, if you don't do the technique quite right...this is one of the best videos I've ever seen for this, so thanks Louise, it's so, so helpful to see visual examples of what I might be doing wrong :-)
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
I'm glad it was helpful. Thanks so much Diane.
@lir33793 жыл бұрын
Yes to the THANK YOU. I was further frustrated when I finally got to an instructor. Based on my work she placed me in the third class up, class one (beginner at 64 yrs) being the class for which I applied. OK so some of my stuff looked fairly good but it was just luck, or a knack or my sense of color that I found out other people can't see - but I still didn't know a friggin' thing! No basics.
@DarylBambic3 жыл бұрын
Love the t-shirt!
@DeanMarsh1962 Жыл бұрын
One of the best Watercolor teaching videos I’ve seen! Thank you, you really explained with detail how to handle the different situations. I liked and subscribed! 😊
@unrulymuse7643 жыл бұрын
Clearest explanation of achieving soft edges that I have seen anywhere ... and I have looked far and wide! The bloopers are a delight - and a gift that teaching is not as easy as your finished videos make it look.
@charlescallery44202 жыл бұрын
GREAT video. Lots of good information about soft edges clearly presented! Thank you!!!
@simpleartideas3 жыл бұрын
Yes, this video is very much helpful to me, for any artist with interest in watercolors, The pink flowers looks beautiful. Your videos are always detailed and useful.
@Gopimenon1232 жыл бұрын
These tips are a treasure for me 😃 that you.
@coloringwithd3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, thank you, thank you. You cleared up quite a bit for this true beginner. One question that I wasn't sure that I heard an answer for or if it was even addressed or relevant for this video is, can you fix a a water bloom? If so how? I painted something and I somehow got two blooms. I didn't see it until it dried. I tried to fix it and it is a sore thumb. Thank you again for this video. It shed light on areas I'm having issues with. ♥♥♥
@fergiemax18293 жыл бұрын
Love your bloopers!
@rowenacorlett31463 жыл бұрын
Great tutorial again Louise - I think you have also shown how tricky this can be!
@fanatlarge3 жыл бұрын
This was an eyeopener for me. Very helpful, thank you!
@patriciamcpherson46672 жыл бұрын
This video has helped me a lot. You are a great teacher thank you for sharing this.
@pattycyr86622 жыл бұрын
Excellent video - incredible. You are a fantastic teacher.
@mollypenwhistle79182 жыл бұрын
Tea shirts are fab in case you forget who you are Louise 😂, I love your videos, Thank you x
@AlpayBeler3 жыл бұрын
You are the best, Louise.❤️ Great tutorial! Thank you!
@tanyaostanina6773 жыл бұрын
This is GOLD. Thank you. P.S. I adore your giraffe painting on the background. It is truely wonderful.
@setasworld3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this excellent tutorial!
@gingerkelly51463 жыл бұрын
I so enjoy your videos. I have my coffee and I just smile as I learn. You relax me and make me want to try all your lessons. Thank you for being a teacher and a friend! 💐💐. And I love your “bloopers”! So adorable!!!
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful! Thanks so much Ginger.
@schoonergirl26583 жыл бұрын
Your videos are so enjoyable, informative and amusing! Not many people would include their bloopers but it adds such a nice, warm, human touch. Thank you Louise for sharing so much of your delightful humor!😊
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! 😀
@watercoloracademy10832 жыл бұрын
Gosh you deserve 10m subscribers
@sponce5003 жыл бұрын
Thank you Louise for yours videos
@federicocastro28692 жыл бұрын
What a video! Many thanks I've been struggling with the softness technic and this video has been very, very useful!
@palashsdeliciousfood3 жыл бұрын
👍💕wowww too good & helpful video my friend thanks for beautiful sharing 🥰🙋♀️💖💓
@2010ymg3 жыл бұрын
You’re such a great teacher. This subject is so difficult for us, distance learners, but your explanation is straightforward and easy to understand. Thank you very much! (And the bloopers are adorable).
@joddiew2 жыл бұрын
I love your bloopers! Thank you for sharing the behind the scenes and thank you so much for creating all the videos. It helped me a lot as I only just started watercolour.
@irmareitz7013 жыл бұрын
Thank you for a really helpful tutorial.
@yapwaimei3 жыл бұрын
Appreciate your sharing and tips of creating soft and hard edge. It’s a very detailed video! Thank you so much!
@patriciaespinozarodriguez24033 жыл бұрын
I noticed your personalized T-Shirt....I really like it 👍...your name is already a well known international brand Louise!!! 😉
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
Lol- thank you Patricia.
@gigi54503 жыл бұрын
I have you on Patreon, but come here for the out takes, I just love them ...lol thank you for the laughs xx
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
Glad you like them! Thanks Gigi.
@don91333 жыл бұрын
Tea- check, WIP check - listening to Louise and learning check!
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
Lol- you're a tea drinker - same as me.
@jennyforeman48443 жыл бұрын
Great advice Louise, thankyou!
@kimotten98853 жыл бұрын
This was so helpful -- especially the "What not to do" sections. Having a real-time demonstration of what can go wrong and how to fix it is really appreciated.
@dianneleon25226 ай бұрын
Beautiful 😍 thank you! This is very helpful 💗
@Jeanine65203 жыл бұрын
You are wonderful !!!!💖💖💖
@zeldathomas22263 жыл бұрын
So patient !! Great advice
@sherrieleslie74783 жыл бұрын
Thank you. So helpful.
@citizenoftheworldsz92 жыл бұрын
this was excellent! so many different scenarios explained, so clearly, loved it! thank you so much!
@lindacmiller9483 ай бұрын
A brilliant tutorial! Thank you for sharing your talent!
@anissasaadi30413 жыл бұрын
Very good tutorial. Thanks a lot for your tips.
@LifenaDay5253 жыл бұрын
❤️ this tutorial the most! Very helpful. “So when I paint” I make sure no one see’s it. 😬😉
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
Lol- thank you!
@laurenfox56843 жыл бұрын
this was very very EXCELLENT! Thank you for taking your time, to teach us, your sample paint examples really helped me, as Hard edges "intimidate" me, so then I get mud, a lot.
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful! Thanks Lauren.
@SalmaK.Shamshad3 жыл бұрын
Thanks alot for this video. I always look forward to the bloopers. Makes me laugh. 😁💕
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
Glad you like them! Thank you Salma.
@joansmith50102 жыл бұрын
Very helpful, Thankyou so much.
@shereehanna62303 жыл бұрын
Thank you for such helpful tips, and I love that you share your outtakes too! You have such a beautiful gift....thanks for sharing it with us!
@nkguenther13 жыл бұрын
Very helpful, Louise. Thank you! I like your t-shirt, too!
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
I'm glad. Thank you Nancy! 😃
@diannaa56312 жыл бұрын
Very helpful thank you
@pamelarivers3924 Жыл бұрын
Great video!!! Thank you!!!
@jaapongeveer62033 жыл бұрын
Great techniques!
@tombryan7203 жыл бұрын
Great tutorial!
@michellewainer74193 жыл бұрын
Perfect, thank you so much. You explain things so well. Love to see the examples. Several “aha” moments for me!
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
Perfect! Thanks Michelle.
@varshakoli87063 жыл бұрын
Love your tee!! Thank you for sharing different techniques with us..
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
Any time! Thanks very much Varsha.
@onamissionjpg16583 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!!!!
@yvettebonilla87393 жыл бұрын
Thank you. So well explained
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful! Thanks Yvette.
@kimh57683 жыл бұрын
Very helpful tutorial. Thank you! 😊
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome! Thanks Kim.
@tynaheadrick-phipps67683 жыл бұрын
Excellent video, I appreciate the time you take to explain the techniques so clearly.
@anonymousefitz87362 жыл бұрын
😂😂 I love the last part, pretty unexpected n get me laughing
@lydiabosley91523 жыл бұрын
Hi Louise! Excellent tutorial, very helpful and complete, thanks. Love the bloopers as always, and the new T-shirt looks great, I am going to see what I might like to order (maybe a PURPLE hoodie!) 💜💛💚
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much Lydia! 😊🥰
@bridgettecomellas913 жыл бұрын
What an incredibly gifted teacher you are Louise! Thank you for the lessons
@VictorSeremet3 жыл бұрын
Great tutorial! Very well explained when to use and how to achieve soften paint edges.
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful! Thanks Victor.
@kellypreviti69633 жыл бұрын
Wonderful!! Great new details I've picked up. And of course, keep those out-takes coming. Love them!!!
@awatercolourist3 жыл бұрын
Thanks 🙂
@brandikellerscraftcorner23252 жыл бұрын
I love your videos💙
@AtomsInWar3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this video. It is so helpful to see not only how to do it right but also how you do it wrong
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful! Thank you.
@SuzanneLegault3 жыл бұрын
Nice t-shirt Louise! As always entertaining and immensely informative 👍
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it! Thanks Suzanne.
@rmuller3663 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this thorough tutorial on softening, Louise. You’ve answered about a million questions I’ve had on this subject. I’m especially grateful for the teaching on how to soften a hard edge. I keep getting this technique either too early, or too late. As you said, PRACTICE. I’m getting there. So happy I found your channel. New subscriber, and a big fan. Blessings to you!
@cherylgall51252 жыл бұрын
I just want to say I’m a fan you’ve taught me a lot. I’ve noticed your lovely giraffes picture in the background .With all the beautiful paintings you’ve done I’m surprised you don’t change them up and show them off. Your bloopers are super cute. You’re super talented hopefully I’ll be at least half as talented as you thanks for your video’s
@jasperlotushawkins76073 жыл бұрын
Hi Louise! I absolutely love your spirit and deeply appreciate your generous sharing. You’re a fantastic painter and teacher. Your t-shirts are cool and you’re recent livestream with your guy was fun! All best, your fan Jasper Lotus. 🙂🙏🏽⭐️
@barryedgington68123 жыл бұрын
Hello Louise, thank you so much for this vide. It’s so important and useful, especially for a beginner with watercolour. I realize how practice and practice and patience is the key to succeeding I can’t wait to join you on Parteon in the beginning of June. It’s too bad that we live so far from each other. I live in Ottawa, Ontario. Canada. I enjoy your videos so so much. Thanks again. Helene Edgington
@gordscraig3 жыл бұрын
Hi Louise I am one of your Patreon subscribers. Thank you for your amazing videos and tutorials. I would like to put in a request if possible for a full Patreon tutorial for the two giraffe painting that is against the wall behind you in your video. Thank you again for your help and advice.
@danielsutton22903 жыл бұрын
A very important video. Catches the vast majority of edge building in watercolor. I’m going to try these with gouache.
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful! Thanks Daniel.
@SharonH111003 жыл бұрын
Very helpful, as always ~ thank you!🙋🏼♀️
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
Pleasure. So glad! Thank you Sharon.
@Aydeet23 жыл бұрын
Excellent video, Louise...thanks so much!!
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful! Thanks Edie.
@Silpart3 жыл бұрын
I always wait to see your painting ☺️❤️
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 😀
@gratefulperson62 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this excellent video. The subject of course is very helpful. Your language concise and clear and the editing to bring in examples from previous videos is timely and crisp. Do you have a production team or is video production also a still you’ve mastered?
@SarahNewburyArt3 жыл бұрын
I always get really excited every time you upload a new video Louise and I love the t-shirt! Still need to get an eradicate brush though! Have a lovely weekend 😊💜
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much Sarah! A lovely weekend for you too 😘.
@michemman3 жыл бұрын
Hey Louise So to clarify, a staining colour like a phthalo, as a dry hard edge mark, is able to be softened better with two things 1) great paper that can take scrubbing like Arches and 2) a wet but not soppy, hog bristle brush with shorter length like the eradicator length...? Do you ever get called away, or distracted, and have to do these repairs? How annoying and exasperating to be interupted while doing our practice , eh it is a bugger factor? I don't seem to recall you using many staining colours, if at all? You seem to like WIndsor and Newton professional, and have limited palettes. I love it when you put the Windsor Violet down seems to be such a lovely warm shadow colour a signature thing you do. Loving how you bleed to the background, also a style choice that is unique to your practice. Does white paper still scare you? Or when you do details, is that scary still? Or when you are nearly finished and touching up something? I love how your backgrounds have been progressing and becoming your unique style.... Also have you ever tried to wet your paper after you work, on a thicker Arches, to flatten it later and either use a hairdrier or place it onto a pane of glass with tape while soppy? I recall in one of your videos a while back asking for any suggestions to your practice. I think though, you like your process of getting ready, your standard getting in the mood practice of making a drum, with tape and staples, and stretching it, so you can think about what and how while you do these steps...and if so, you must have to consider losing the paper and allowing for waste, time and extra cost, and making your paper non standard sizes for hanging...? In your case this process is valuable as it adds to your mindfulness? Or is it a bugger factor to still do this stretching? You also seem to be a quiet person by nature, and a perfectionist, so that is why you have to practice your watercolour even though you know it well, and still get used to the camera on you and wary of how you look and sound? Like it never gets any easier for you to be anything less and the struggle is real? Thanks again, for listening to my rant, Louise. I love watercolour, collect many, do some, and have worked with Jane Blundell a few times. I found this video informative with a lot of tips, even after many years....it is great to see and hear you say the same old things in a different way, lucky it seems to click at just the right time. Now I will go and practice making and correcting these hard edge marks.... In kindred spirit Eliza in Dulwich Hill, Sydney, Australia xx
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
Hi Eliza, Thank you for your message! Staining colours are much more difficult to remove/correct/reduce but you could try a stiffer brush as long as you are using Arches paper and are being gentle with your rubbing. Other paper doesn't stand up to it- I have found. I've never tried to straighten wavy paper after it was dry but I've seen others wet the back of it evenly with a brush and sandwich it between two sheets of clean sign board or gator board or something like that and weigh it down with heavy books for a few days. I find stretching paper to be a chore but it doesn't take long and I'd much rather paint on flat paper and have a flat painting when I've finished. I hope you are getting some painting time! 💕
@nanschifris87343 жыл бұрын
Great video and the shirt is 🤩
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Nan! 😁
@ShahanoorMamun3 жыл бұрын
Outstanding Watercolor !! Good tutorials ❤️👍👍
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 😀
@izzitme27073 жыл бұрын
Happy Friday! Thank you for another wonderful tutorial. Your patient explanations are always so useful and easy to remember. And your birds! They are so, so beautiful. will the bird you are painting in the demo be on Patreon soon?
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Happy Friday to you too. No they were paintings I did a while ago and I don't have all of the footage for them. I'd have to paint new ones.
@loriannferraioli26983 жыл бұрын
This was a great tutorial. Learned so much. Thank you.
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@vickiestewart73943 жыл бұрын
As always, wonderful and helpful tips for all watercolorists, and thank you SO much for your extremely useful insights here and on your even more thorough, exciting and hysterical :) PATREON site!!
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful Vickie! Thank you. Enjoy your weekend. 😘
@scarz19513 жыл бұрын
Great vid. Chock full of useful info and tips. I always like shots of paintings you have done that you use to demonstrate the techniques. I crack up at the bloopers and out takes. You're almost as good as Mr. Bean. Yup. Rowan better watch out or you may have his spot on the telly.
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you! Lol.... Mr Bean hey? 😝
@Marilynnr533 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing. This has been very helpful.
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
My pleasure. Thanks Marilynn.
@donnafriend1533 жыл бұрын
Another informative video. Thank you, nice t-shirt also!
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Donna!
@henriquejanuario8813 жыл бұрын
Great class and vídeo! Thanks for sharing!
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks Henrique.
@jakea10353 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@rnee10003 жыл бұрын
Very helpful. Thank you Louise. Will there some day be a tutorial on that orchid painting?
@LouiseDeMasi3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Renee. Not this one. It's an old painting - I didn't film all of it. I'd need to paint a new painting to make a full length tutorial.