Watercolor for Beginners | How to Use Wet-on-Dry (Part 2)

In this watercolor technique video, I show how to paint using the wet-on-dry technique.
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[@gwengordon4940]

Hi Jenna. I’ve been learning to watercolor for the year or so. I’ve never heard anyone explain about using wet on dry so well. Like the importance of letting it dry for details and showing examples. I’ve always had trouble with that part of it. I will definitely be watching more of your videos. Thank you for sharing. 🤗

[@JennaRaineyChannel]

You're so welcome, Gwen! Thank you for letting me know this has been helpful! xoxo

[@SharonCreamer671956]

You did a bird of paradise? Show off! I'm only kidding! The bird of paradise, the palm leaves and that last looks like it might be a rose of Sharon, came out beautiful! What a lovely job.

[@JennaRaineyChannel]

Lol. Thanks, Sharon! ❤️

[@user-oq5ij4vu8r]

Hi Jenny, the wet-on-wet lesson is great! That will help a lot

[@jvs8135]

Thank you for your classes!! I’m so grateful. I’m a very very beginner. I can’t wait to learn with you.

[@Azk674]

Love your videos... specially the leaves 🌿 series.💜💛💚💙🖤

[@joiedefi]

Fascinating and incredibly helpful. I'm using my watercolour paints a huge amount now in my journal spreads.....just shared one today. I'm a beginner who is absorbing tips like a sponge and loving every stroke of the brush. Joie 💜🌿

[@JennaRaineyChannel]

I am so happy to hear this is helpful for you and that you're absorbing all these tips! Enjoy the painting process!! xoxo

[@louisscenti3813]

Thanks Jenna, this is a great compliment to the wet-on-dry tutorial. Looking forward to more. Very helpful

[@mrspenguin145]

Ordered one of you watercolour books over the Christmas Holiday.... very impressed. It will keep me busy for ages. Love the way you have given estimated times for each chapter.

[@JennaRaineyChannel]

Debra Cowley love to hear that!

[@cathyhaynes2700]

Thank you again for the lessons-! Looking forward to the next.

[@JennaRaineyChannel]

Glad you like them! Thanks Cathy!

[@ARTYCOATY]

Very wonderful art! I will continue to support you. It was a fun video. 🌈🌈🌈

[@JennaRaineyChannel]

Thank you very much!

[@dotydiva]

Thanks for the technique. I will give it a try. I loved your samples

[@JennaRaineyChannel]

So glad you liked it! Thanks for letting me know!! xoxo

[@sassycat378]

Thanks for the awesome examples. I'm really enjoying this series. It has given more confidence that I now understand what people actually mean.

[@JennaRaineyChannel]

Good! I am so glad it's giving you extra confidence! We'll try to come out with more in this series soon!

[@belugarobloxlol2410]

Jenna thanks i did this for my project :)

[@presidentjbr]

Love the details!!

[@JennaRaineyChannel]

me too!

[@dearbrave4183]

Thank you! Loved the playlist From A to Z and I learnt so much.❤️ Your explanations make everything so simple❤️ will definitely make time for another one😊

[@crystalbritin9665]

Your tutorial is very good. I understand more about wet on dry technique, thank you❤️

[@shrutibose2612]

Thank you Jenna ❤️

[@JennaRaineyChannel]

Of course! Thank YOU for watching! xoxo

[@shrutibose2612]

@@JennaRaineyChannel love all the way from India ♥️ Stay blessed

[@terraspath2642]

I have enjoyed your videos for many months now. I am new to watercolour painting as of last May. So, I was out shopping on Sunday. Went in to Barnes and Noble I asked the clerk where the watercolour books were located. She walked with me to the area and pulled out a book she said she liked. She paints too! I thumbed through the book and decided to bring it home with me. As I was looking at it later that day I flipped the book over and discovered it was yours! I got so excited that I let out a war hoop! Scared my family to death. Great book Jenna! (Did you pay that clerk?) LOL

[@JennaRaineyChannel]

LOL!!! I love this story, thanks so much for sharing! A "war hoop" -- that's absolutely incredible. Thanks so much for the support, I truly appreciate you!

[@acerituraj4153]

Awesome informative video. I like how wet on dry technique was explained. The bird of paradise drawing was really beautiful. I loved how the technique was explained using the leaf drawing it was detailed and precise. Best part of video would be when you were waiting for the drawing to dry and John was waving hand behind you lol whoever came up with that idea for this video gets 10/10 it was really funny to watch. Would definitely love to see more videos incorporating wow and wet on dry techniques. Keep up the good work Jenna and John :D

[@JennaRaineyChannel]

Thanks Ace, as always, for your kind comment!! I'm glad you got a kick out of the watching the paint dry portion of the video, haha! We have more watercolor for beginner videos on our to-do list, so hopefully we'll get to them soon! Take care!

[@meri8746]

Purchased your watercolor book on Amazon. 👍🏼

[@JennaRaineyChannel]

❤️❤️❤️ I hope you LOVE it!!

[@raha.art.9950]

I want say i love your 😻 you soooo fantastic ... In this month i start painting watercolour with your video and learn a lot thing and thank you soo much i am very excited😘😘🙂

[@JennaRaineyChannel]

Thanks for sharing! I am so happy to hear you are diving into watercolor and these videos are helping you out! Enjoy your painting!! xoxo

[@ekaterinaponomareva5358]

Thank you Jenna!☀️. You are such an amazing artist !I wish you and your family lots of beautiful moments in 2020. I know how challenging it could be to find time and balance between time for yourself, work and family for a mom, I have 3 kiddos:). I wish you to find joy and balance in everything you are doing in 2020 . 💛☀️ Lots of sunshine for you from Costa Rica😊 ( I have your first book and it is so beautiful!💛)

[@JennaRaineyChannel]

Aw thank you SO MUCH Ekaterina! That means so much, I appreciate all the love and know that we send our love right back at ya. All the best in 2020! xoxo

[@ekaterinaponomareva5358]

Jenna Rainey ☀️😊

[@mizbeadmkr]

Love your work and style! Will put your books on my wish list. So for clarification, and because I was curious: e·nun·ci·ate to utter or pronounce (words, sentences, etc.), especially in an articulate or a particular manner: He enunciates his words distinctly. to state or declare definitely, as a theory. to announce or proclaim: to enunciate one's intentions. verb (used without object), e·nun·ci·at·ed, e·nun·ci·at·ing. to pronounce words, especially in an articulate or a particular manner. Then there's annunciate - uh-nuhn-see-eyt verb (used with object), to announce. I think it's hard to find a word that means to define, articulate or clarify regarding a visual action, they all seem to relate to speech! Weird, huh? Anyway, keep painting, keep inspiring! 😉

[@JennaRaineyChannel]

Thanks Mari! Ya, words can be tricky sometimes, haha! Take care!

[@CielAmanogawaCh]

Hello I use a lot of wet and dry technique but after like two hours the layered part still assorb the brushstroke and it comes fuzzy , not crisp like in some areas, also sorry for my English , can some one help me? I use a 300 gsm x 140 paper over an MDF surface, that’s is like wood, but at the touch is always very cool , not that warm like a wood panel, it can be an influence over the overal painting? I mean he surface that u put under the paper. Thanks a lot, also I love your book everyday watercolor I can go without ❤

[@denaleetrudeau5406]

Hey Jenna. I'm loving your Everyday Watercolor book. However, I'm stuck with midtones and details. I'm on the bird of paradise and not having these basic techniques down pat, it's frustrating and holding me back from starting to paint the flower. I've been struggling since day 8. Just saying\asking it'd be awesome to see more tutorials on adding midtones to wet on wet and then accentuating them with the fine details when dry. Perhaps, the monstera leaf and\or the birds of paradise flower... I'm so excited to paint, but still nervous to start. Thanks for all that you've provided this far! Can't wait to see what come next.

[@ml10102]

What do you think of using a dryer to dry it and not wait? Will it effect the outcome? TIA! Love you videos!!

[@JennaRaineyChannel]

That won't effective the outcome (of course, as long as it's not on full blast and actually pushing paint around). We would've used a dryer if it weren't all the way upstairs and we were too lazy to get it, haha.

[@Renilou2]

It's very simple and uncomplicated. Anytime you are putting your brush onto an already wet surface is, Wet into Wet. (Wet brush on Wet paper) Anytime you put your wet brush onto a dry surface is, Wet on Dry. (Wet brush onto Dry paper) Then you have Dry Brush which I do on occasion.

[@JennaRaineyChannel]

Yep! Exactly!

[@johnr4670]

Watched paint never dries, haha! Srsly, that took forever watching that paint dry. 😂

[@lyseclement6628]

I was wondering why you didn't use the an air dryer?

[@JennaRaineyChannel]

Haha, too lazy to go upstairs and get it.

[@user-oq5ij4vu8r]

Do you teach watercolor portraiture?

[@annegreensfelder7917]

Your work is lovely and I am enjoying using your book "Everyday Watercolor" however I feel a need to point out that the leaves are not structurally correct: the beautiful monstera deliciosa should have veins that are alternating off the leaf rib, not opposing. This might seem like a small detail to some but as a budding botanical artist it is important to me. Thanks for sharing your techniques so generously and I apologize if I have caused offense.

[@natford8271]

“Enunciate.” I think you mean emphasise? Enunciate is about verbalising and speaking. 😉

[@JennaRaineyChannel]

Thanks!

[@SharonH11100]

We English major types just love to correct you normal people ~ sorry, but not ~💁🏼‍♀️

[@SharonH11100]

Thanks, Nat ~ glad I’m not the only one💁🏼‍♀️

[@SharonH11100]

Oh, BRAVO! UCBerkeley via KGV, Hong Kong all-American “Scotch-Irish” here.

[@bbqstud]

wHY DON'T YOU USE A BLOW DRYER TO FAST DRY YOUR WORK?

[@duke2011ful]

Why doesn’t the wet on dry bloom?

[@JennaRaineyChannel]

Since the paint you are painting over is dry, the wet fresh paint you are using paints on as if you're painting on paper -- not interacting with wet paint on paper.

[@susansarcar9928]

Is it just me, or just Jenna look somewhat like Shailene Woodley?

[@chickadee5607]

You're using an incorrect word over and over in your dialog.. Enunciate.. enunciate actually means to pronounce a word correctly. It sounds really wrong when you keep using that word over and over to describe a painting technique. A more appropriate word in your context would be ... to highlight. Or accentuate....or emphasize... or.. draw attention to... or feature... or focus on... etc... but enunciate means to say or pronounce clearly. As in "she enunciated each word precisely". .. and not "she enunciated the painting with a brighter color." Its difficult to listen to your videos when you are using the same word incorrectly so many times throughout the video.

[@JennaRaineyChannel]

Your name, Chickadee, is being used incorrectly. You're a human, not a bird.