Lesson 6 / Watercolor Basics / Stan Miller

[@thailoneus]

stan, I went thru most of your lessons. will now go back over them slowly. i would like to commend u as a "true" teacher with heart and selflessness. I have watched hundreds of videos and nobody explains watercolour concepts completely the way u do. especially about amount of water, dryness of brush, thickness of paint, blending, and how to do so. i am a beginner and your lessons are pure gold. thank u.

[@Stanleylestermiller]

Thank you very much, so glad my lessons are helpful.

[@blackcat138]

Best watercolour lesons on KZbin are right here folks!

[@leemoore3299]

I'm grateful for the lessons and the level of comfort and talent in the lessons. Breakin it down and really teaching

[@Stanleylestermiller]

So glad the lessons are helpful Lee.

[@dd4376]

This is essential! Evaluate and work with the right brain and appreciate and recognize with the left one! This helps me a lot as an architecture student. Thank you, sir!

[@laurieworth9732]

Yes- I am unable to find any classes that I can attend around my work schedule. Your lessons are really helping me - I so appreciate you sharing your knowledge and skill.

[@annuwilson7308]

Hurrah!!! I have got a true teacher. The videos are really helpful. You are an inspiration Stan.

[@Stanleylestermiller]

Glad the lessons are helpful.

[@roshank9455]

You teach everything so easy and neat. I hope you continue your lessons❤

[@Stanleylestermiller]

So glad my lessons are helpful, thank you.

[@vinr]

Unbelievable skill of teaching.

[@Stanleylestermiller]

Thank you...glad the lessons are helpful.

[@robertsemans5457]

Wonderful lessons, Stan. They are concrete and presented in a very logical order Many thanks for sharing

[@Stanleylestermiller]

So glad you enjoy them!

[@ciannedoodlestoo]

Thank you so very much for these lessons! I’ve been scared to paint, though I’ve been drawing forever. You’ve helped me see painting in a different light. Going to start doing your lessons tomorrow. Excited to learn now!

[@Stanleylestermiller]

Cindy Hollander glad my lessons are helpful!

[@Stanleylestermiller]

Here's lesson 7: Watercolor Basics / Part 3 / Stan Miller

[@ParuUma23]

Thank you sooo much for these amazing lessons....simple..straight to point...just watched seven in a row ha ha!!!

[@Stanleylestermiller]

Thank you Paru, so glad they are helpful.

[@antonsmid4362]

Mr. Miller thank You very much. I think that your lessons are the very best on net. Clever and sistematic - veil by veil the secrets reveal. Beautiful. Thanks.

[@jannieschluter9670]

Amazing how skilled you are in making the subject approachable to total drawing newbies with zero skill. It gives me hope.

[@noelflores8155]

I'm an architecture student and I have a feeling that watercolour will be our main medium for the next semester, and I'm so glad I found your video lessons! Thank you so much!

[@Stanleylestermiller]

So glad the lessons are helpful.

[@abcd1234783]

Thank you Stan. You made it simple for us. Very good. Congratulations for sharing your knowledge. Very humble.

[@Stanleylestermiller]

Thank you Dina.

[@77777aol]

Your painting of the portrait is nicer and finer than the photograph. Thank you for the lesson.

[@cipherhello]

You are a Guru ! thumbs up !

[@AsiaZawadzkaLazuchiewicz]

I watch your lesson again and again until they become my next nature. Thank you.

[@sukanyabordoloi6081]

Your lessons are so helpful! Thank you for making them! 😊❤

[@Stanleylestermiller]

You are most welcome.

[@ES1077]

Approachable brilliant lesson on values. I lean too heavily on color.at times. This is perfect sketchbook practice for me, I love your calm simple approach to building a solid foundation. Thank you so much!

[@Stanleylestermiller]

Thanks Ellen, so glad my lessons are helpful.

[@silvanocece1365]

Excellent explanations Stan and very useful. Thanks Silvano ✍️👌

[@LisaChin]

Love watching your painting and learning from you. Any suggestions for using the pan watercolors I already have? Other than just buying tubes? Thank you so much for posting all of these lessons!

[@Stanleylestermiller]

Pan colors are great if you like soft, light, wash based watercolors (I don't). One can't get strong colors, dramatic dark colors with most pans. Pan colors are like playing a small piano key board that only has a limited number of keys...no low keys, no high keys, just the middle range keys. One can still play a nice song but nothing dramatic or powerful.

[@LisaChin]

@@Stanleylestermiller Thank you! Yes, now that you explain it, that has been the problem I have with the pans. Not enough values! Time to invest in tubes. Thanks for answering my question.

[@jeanielaramie6617]

These are wonderful lessons. I find it difficult to rein students back. They don't want to waste paper & paint on practice sessions. I have often equated the learning of painting to learning the alphabet, proceeding to words, sentences, paragraphs, and finally the novel. Music is similar. One must learn notes before composing the symphony. I like your approach.

[@Stanleylestermiller]

I use the same analogies...playing the piano, learning how to write...takes lots of practice.

[@margretmartin7572]

Fantastic!

[@chrisgnatural7224]

Loved the lesson Stan! Great job at keeping it simple. Subbed!

[@HY34HU]

Great video man! Thanks for doing these!!!!

[@grdhog]

Wow! Very easy to follow thank you

[@Stanleylestermiller]

Glad the lesson is helpful...

[@suranjanghimire659]

Old is gold 🙏🙏

[@allinemagalhaes4194]

Thank you very much for your generosity and for this lesson! The funny thing about it is that this is so basic to him that he paints the apple holding the paper in the air without any support, hahaha!

[@ObsydyanInkTV]

Dude, I love you.

[@Stanleylestermiller]

Glad the lessons are helpful.

[@Ishouldbedrawingnow]

thank you for this your videos make me want to paint again

[@aragamsubbarao5912]

Excellent .Thank you.

[@Stanleylestermiller]

So glad my lessons are helpful!

[@annangel4828]

... If ya know how to draw (7:30) should a beginner attempt with 1 inch brush without a sketch?

[@Stanleylestermiller]

Depends on what one is going to paint. If just a circle, dark to light, at least 2 inches in diameter, yes, a 1 inch brush might be good.

[@skylarkingable]

yes you are right of course! xxx

[@freedom130590]

Thanks for these amazing lessons Stan! Does the paper matter ? I am using 300gsm textured water color paper.

[@Stanleylestermiller]

Abhiram Padmanabhan paper does matter, cheap paper, more difficult to get dark darks, and difficult to get strong color.

[@freedom130590]

@@Stanleylestermiller Gotit! Thanks! :)

[@ashokram6504]

great... u make water color seem soo simple...but takes a lot of practice LOL..

[@pathikbiswasvisualart]

Thanks for sharing.

[@NguyenNguyenArt]

Thanks so much Stan Miller!

[@Merikanova]

loved it! your method works for me :-)

[@AFOLABITIMI]

same here....

[@jackyeo5393]

Hi Stan, I love your painting, I am a beginner, i noticed that there are many photo like realistic water colour painting posted on utube and find it interesting , however was told that water colour painting should not be too realistic; is that true ?

[@Stanleylestermiller]

Watercolor can be painted in many styles, from abstract to impressionistic, to very realistic. All styles are good. Some artists and teachers believe that only their approach is the right way to do watercolor, watch out for these teachers.

[@jackyeo5393]

@@Stanleylestermiller thank you

[@umairsafdar4927]

Thanks for the great education

[@Stanleylestermiller]

Thank you, glad the lessons are helpful.

[@danmanofmiddletown]

Why do you suggest a flat brush? I seems soeasy with a round.

[@Stanleylestermiller]

It's easier to paint square shapes, with sharp edges, with a flat brush. If you prefer a round, terrific.

[@abdulrahmanhosny1012]

Mr. Miller sir, how do you sir convert the images to black and white? Thank you very much in advance.

[@Stanleylestermiller]

If you have a smart phone, in your photos you can choose "edit". There you will be able to make your color photo into a black and white. Then you can email it to yourself, or someone who has a printer, and they can print it in black and white. Also, if you have a color print, printed out...and take this color print to a copy place, that makes copies of your image, the copy machine can make a black and white copy from your color photo. There are many other ways to do this...ask a friend, and they will show you how to do this.

[@abdulrahmanhosny1012]

Thank you very much Mr. Miller

[@spinthatmetalfreak]

the fred part was awesome!

[@stefancounts1391]

One thing that I think would help is just seeing a few paintings develop in time lapse.

[@Stanleylestermiller]

Lesson 16 and WMO speedpainting...the last lesson.

[@sharonc6721]

thank you for lesson

[@Morticia147]

Interesting approach but it drives me nuts that you hold the paper in your hand....

[@halfabee]

Must have had a lot of practice doing these examples.

[@strifegirl93]

Hey Stan, we need to dry each layer of water color before painting another layer? I saw you using a hair dryer Great videos, thank you! :)

[@Stanleylestermiller]

when painting the apple or the face, as shown in this lesson Candice, YES, we need to dry each layer before we do another layer.

[@MyMegaman19]

how to turn photos like that? what is that called please help

[@Stanleylestermiller]

I use the app, Top Camera. Also, "Value Viewer".

[@juliettejustice5069]

Stan Miller i don't see the feature that posterizes the image in that top camera app. Is this an iOS app?

[@thailoneus]

I do have a question. I live in a country where supplies are sparse and sales are ignorant. how do I differentiate between a synthetic watercolour brush vs acrylic or oil?

[@Stanleylestermiller]

I use a lot of synthetic watercolor brushes, no worries. The primary difference between a watercolor brush and some acrylic and oil brushes is the softness of the hair. Usually an oil brush is stiffer, more rigid, with thicker hair...this kind of brush doesn't work well with watercolor.

[@AK-jz1ef]

شكرا لك 😁

[@pradnyas9285]

Thank you very, very much your

[@GoodtoKnowSallyO]

I am very appreciative of your offerings. Most gracious, and of course skilled. I am embarressed, but ask a favor please... if you include words that explain what you are doing, rather than 'do this, here, there, like this, like that'. My little brain cannot use those directions. Thank you kindly.

[@ByronTaylor]

Where is Lesson 7?

[@surajray9657]

Hello sir, im one of ur admirers. Im amazed with the way u paint and teach. Please sir can u tell which paper one should use while painting...the paper i use, its difficult to paint dark strong colours in it and it got messy. I will be waiting for ur comment, sir.

[@Stanleylestermiller]

You should be able to get strong darks and colors on any watercolor paper. I used 140 pound Arches cold press, usually. The first reason one cannot get strong darks and strong colors is: too much water in the brush and in the paint. Secondly: the paint isn't freshly squeezed out of a tube. If you use pan paint, or hard paint, very difficult to get strong darks and colors.

[@surajray9657]

@@Stanleylestermiller thank you so much for ur suggestion, I'm trying to paint the same things which u teach in ur video one by one

[@surajray9657]

@@Stanleylestermiller One request sir, please continue ur video series. I will be waiting for ur new videos. Lots of love from India

[@MyMegaman19]

can you please teach how to make bnw ?

[@Stanleylestermiller]

mix red, yellow and blue together to make brown. More red, then yellow and blue, you get a red-brown. More yellow, then red and blue, you get a yellow brown. More blue, the red and yellow, you get a blue-brown...

[@halfabee]

Harder than it looks to weald a 1" brush in the shape of a 1" square.

[@lassebrun84]

Wow you just made something complicated, look like a child game.

[@dd4376]

This is essential! Evaluate and work with the right brain and appreciate and recognize with the left one! This helps me a lot as an architecture student. Thank you, sir!

[@blackcat138]

Best watercolour lesons on KZbin are right here folks!