Learning how to paint like Wesson

[@elenkaspasoyevic5627]

Thank you, Edo! Lovely and inspirational, as always when coming from you.

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

Thank you so much Elenka.

[@carolinarusso5538]

Thank you Edo! Very beautiful video, so interesting to see your interpretation on Wesson work, I love how the painting turned out!

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

Carolina Thanks I appreciate it much!

[@ccsitaround]

Nice demo and beautiful painting, thank you.

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

Thank you very much Larry.

[@wendouse8893]

Lovely painting

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

Thank you very much

[@hucruslub]

Amazing Edo. Wesson and Seago are two of my favourite artists and your interpretations are incredibly inspiring for me. I wish that one day I will aspire to your standard, you make it look so easy. Great idea scrolling the colours at the bottom of the screen, which helps me a lot. Keep up the fantastic work.

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

Thank you very much Dan. I have still a lot to learn. it never stops. at the end the steps are even smaller to learn. But I am happy the level I paint now. I know I paint with Maimeri, but when you paint with a other brand mixing two colours can be very different. if your cobalt blue and raw sienna are just a little more red, you don't get green but grey. The best Raw sienna for greens is from Daler Rowney. And Maimeri got three cobalt blue's to choose from. there is always be one that does the job. but with Daler Rowney Raw Sienna een a mix with Ultramarine Blue makes green. To get better read the technique pages of your watercolour books. a lot of people go to the step by step right away. but you need the technique pages. I always wanted to know about what pigments is in the tube. now with maimeri I dont have to look, they have it fixed already. in almost every tube is just one pigment! even the neutral tint and paynes grey!

[@ARUNSHARMA-ld6df]

Thank you , a lovely demonstration

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

My pleasure Arun. thanks

[@irenedevalk3282]

Very very beautiful Edo!

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

Dankjewel Irene.

[@suel4269]

So beautiful! I watched the replay.

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

Thank you Sue. I am happy you like the watercolour.

[@terryberke8601]

Well done, enjoyable

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

Thank you very much

[@rjsongwriter]

A lovely painting. Love the subtle, complex colors... so much more pleasing to the eye than the garish, acid colors one sees in most modern watercolor paintings. Bravo!

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

Thank you very much. I like the muted gray down pallette. It is more harmonieus for me.

[@chrisa1948]

Beautiful painting Edo. Thanks for the great lesson. Guess what I’m doing this afternoon. Stay safe.

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

Thanks Chris.

[@barbaragemin5117]

Such a pleasure to watch you paint Edo. This looks so much like a Wesson! Thank you.

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

It was fun to paint too! thanks Barbara

[@user-hm2tg8kz1l]

Beautiful painting!

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

Thank you very much

[@howardjones2159]

Beautifully free painting Edo! I love the classic palette! Edward Wesson - Mission accomplished!👍

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

Thanks Howard. Wesson was the best in keep it simple but just right in one time! And that is difficult!

[@geoffmitchell6515]

Love this Edo thank you

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

my pleasure Geoff. was time to get a better one out on the tube!

[@jimbobbluegrass]

How did I miss this one? Must have been asleep. I enjoyed watching.

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

Indeed, one of my best demos! ;-) Thanks Jim.

[@artistraja7623]

Beautiful landscape painting!!

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

Thank you very much

[@JornSwart]

Great demonstration, thank you Edo!

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

Thank you very much for your nice comment Jorn.

[@thomasjuracek2406]

Very well done. Very educational Edo. Thank you. I may try something like this myself.

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

Thank you very much Thomas. You need some skills here.

[@MrWatercolorguy]

Edo, I think you just out-Wessoned Wesson on this one!

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

Wesson was a painter with just the right amount of brushstrokes. Mine have many more.

[@jacquarel]

Prachtige Demo Edo, met plezier naar gekeken. Knap gedaan. Goed gekozen kleuren. Als je hem voor het eerst ziet is het een echte Wesson.

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

Mooi compliment Jack. Ik probeerde zo los mogelijk te schilderen, zoals Ted het wellicht gedaan zou hebben.

[@zoobakitchlew2018]

Excellent work 👏😁

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

Thank you so much

[@rebeccalyons1327]

Hi Edo from USA

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

Hello Rebecca.

[@tesskansas]

Very nice

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

Thank you very much

[@ChaplainEstrella]

I enjoy watching you painting. This instruction is really good. Could you please list the brushes you used? I am curious. Thanks.

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

Thank you very much They are squirrel mops, and a few sabre brushes from Rosemary brushes. But nowadays I paint with Princeton Brushes. its not in the brush you see, its just a tool to apply paint.

[@ChaplainEstrella]

@@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art Thanks so much for the information. I was just curious. I do have squirrel mops, but the are for washes mostly. Like I said, I like your channel and watch your videos all the time.

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

@@ChaplainEstrella They are called Sword liners And I have a dagger too. But too be honest I don't use them very much. I have a Princeton Aqua Elite Rigger nr 8 that does the job far better. The swords are a bit floppy.

[@ChaplainEstrella]

@@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art Thanks so much for clarifying that about the sword/dagger. I did not know they could be less precise than the rigger. I really appreciate your tip. I will keep on watching your videos. I have been learning quite a lot when trying to do like you do. I would say my favorite watercolor painters are Edward Wesson, Edward Seago, Aubrey Phillips, and James Fletcher-Watson. I still have a long way to go learning. I really appreciate you taking your time to respond to my inquiries. Thanks so much. 🙏

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

@@ChaplainEstrella If you like these painters, and they are exactly the painters I love too. I could give you the advice to look at John Hoar. He uses just two brushes, a Huge Filbert and a Sword liner. The meaning is that you can make loose lines with it. And that is what John does.

[@julew.9254]

I love it and learn a lot❤❤❤❤😊

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

Good to know it helps painters

[@billst4181]

Eco, you are an inspiration. Please tell me you didn't throw this in the bin. It needs to be framed and hung on a wall. Bill in Michigan

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

A copy is only to learn from, and yes, maybe it is nice on a wall. But in my mind it will stay a copy. Not sure if I got it still. Usually I cut copies up. Make nice book marks.

[@chrisa1948]

Ps. I too have problems with Bockingford, not sure why though. I mostly use Waterford or Langton Prestige.

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

I have no problems with Bockingford. But you need to stretch it and if you have the rough, use the back side. Bockingford dries faster. so when I filming there is a extra light that heats up the paint so it dries even faster. So that is why I used Saunders. But Bockingford need a different approach then 100% cotton paper

[@redmoon8217]

Edo, i nearly cried when you said to the bin. Please No.

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

Well, it is a copy, and you can do copies, but never keep them, or post them as something what you achieved. But, I kept this one :-) but I wrote next to it, it was a Wesson copy! No matter how close it looks. or not.

[@riverstun]

@@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art I give my trial pieces to friends as gifts, generally unsigned, they hang them on their wall as decoration, thats it. If I like the way it came out, I might sign it for them, so they remember it was from me. But the closer it is to a direct copy, I dont sign. "Inspired by" is OK. But I'm not a professional, nor do I aspire to be, so nobody is ever going to confuse it with a master. So I think the ethics is a gray area for the amateur and the end use of the painting, and how much it could possibly be confused. If it ever got near being able to be mistaken for another's work, I would not sign on the front, but write on the back my name, "in the style of XXX" or "After Painting YYY by XXX", in ink. In the end, everything we do is inspired by everyone we have learned from. "There is nothing new under the sun". How many more paintings do we need of boats on the ashore, farmhouses, wet street scenes. For professionals who sell their work, especially in galleries to e.g., investors, now everything becomes far more important. In case I ever were to sell, and become known, that is why I mostly do not sign my work, copy or not; I think the way to protect one's reputation as an artist is to sign only those works that one feels represents one's best and most characteristic art. So for example, for me, pieces that I have painted based on places I have an emotional connection to, where that feeling has come across. Which is a small handful.

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

@@riverstun I am a hobby painter, with a big dislike for people that sell copies. So not a pro. just a early retired having fun painter. Last week I saw a whole book copied and sold in China. It not fair for the original artist. So I don't give away copies from other artist on friends. I give my own paintings on friends. What you see here on my youtube channel is not the best I make. I like to keep it simple. There are other channels for more advanced techniques. When I do a master copy, I destroy it most of the time. Because the learning moment is while you paint it, Not to treasure something that is not mine painted by me. This one was so far away from Wesson, I decided to keep. And no I don't sell or giving it away.

[@MrWatercolorguy]

Another masterpiece, Edo! Have you read Wesson's "My Corner of the Field"?

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

Thank you. I have all his books, just one is missing. guess which one :-( I once buy it. I am sure.

[@tesskansas]

Thank you for calling out the colors.

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

My pleasure, every brand have the same colours, but not the same pigments in those tubes!

[@sarahpelabon9608]

Hi Edo, I have recently discovered your tutorials and I love them very much. Your work is by far the most inspiring I have found on KZbin, and I would very much like to learn from it. But as a beginner in water colors ( I started 6 months ago), I would need more precise instructions. Exactly what mix of colors are you using at each step? Is the paper wet or dry or damp ? I speak English, but I am French, and it is often difficult for me to understand your accent. Perhaps more subtitles would allow us to really benefit from the tutorial? Anyway, thank you very much for these beautiful paintings and demonstrations.

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

Thank you so much Sarah. It is almost impossible to tell what colours I mix. because there is a big puddle of green on my palette and I add colour blue to it when I want it cool and warm like Burnt sienna when I want it warm. It doesn't matter anyway, as long as you have variation in your greens. One side of the tree needs a sunny side the other a shadow cooler side. a good tip, go see the beginner tutorials from my friend Oliver Pyle. there are 6 of them. kzbin.info/door/dBT5EZMnANZrTNvrk3ceCgvideos

[@sarahpelabon9608]

Hi Edo, I took the time to watch Oliver Pyle’s videos before answering you. They are very useful, in particular the ones on the trees. And there is a short one that just says “beginners should use more water and more paint “ and it’s been a great help ! Still love your work very much. Your definition of watercolors “making spots of the right color at the right place “ is exactly what I would like to be able to do… Thanks again!

[@fareehanazeer2368]

Great tutorial I m just a beginner I'll definitely try this tutorial ❤ pardon my ignorance what or who is Wesson 😬

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

Wesson was a great english watercolour painter. look him up on google, Edward Wesson