Light Through Trees in Watercolor

Create wonderfully atmospheric trees in watercolor with effective use of light.
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[@alexandramaxwell9656]

Alexandra from NY I'm 92 years old. I love to paint in water color. My favorite hobby. I love watching all your Videos I still am learning. The one I loved is how to paint water drops, so well done. You are one of best teachers. Thank you

[@neilmcvicar4577]

I hope I’m still painting watercolours when I’m 92. I know there’s enough to learn to fill 10 lifetimes.

[@kimgalea6529]

Shelly I Love,Love, Love this! Thank you so very much! I am going to watch this over and over until I can get mine close to yours.❤️❤️❤️

[@needle.thread.watercolor-jloh]

Amazed at how you painted the sunbeams. Very nice demonstration. Thank you.

[@shelleypriorfineart]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Thanks so much for watching! :)

[@Geeky_Violet]

I find your streams ever so useful for learning and growing my skills in watercolour! Thank you so much for what you do and share Shelley! ❤ I would love to see you do a nebula or space themed piece one day ☺

[@shelleypriorfineart]

Thanks so much Geeky. Thanks so much for the great suggestion.

[@austinlady54]

I'm newly retired and just beginning to explore trying my hand a painting in the wonderful world of watercolor. Yesterday, I happened upon one of your lessons explaining the basics of watercolors....; pigments, the color wheel, transparency vs opaque, etc. You explained so clearly and answered many of the questions I have been struggling to understand. Thank you! I'm excited to begin learning to paint; however, I'm in the process of clearing possessions and preparing my home to sell. My kids have invited me to move in with them in Colorado; therefore, I won't have much time for painting but hope to dedicate an hour a day. I'm so excited and grateful to you for sharing your gift, talent, and personal experiences with us. Blessings! Emma

[@triciashaw1973]

Hi from Australia! Love your videos thank you. I’m interested in learning to paint old derelict houses, barns etc so would love to see a video on that subject.😉

[@susiewallace4191]

I love the way you created the Sun-rays coming through

[@juliadean2473]

My most favourite. I have a small magazine picture of a very old beech tree forest with sunlight filtering through autumn leaves. The shafts of light defeated me as I'm total novice. This video gives me hope.

[@Maya-mi2hp]

Hurray🎉🎉, so glad you're still doing these kind of videos. I'm just starting...have never done painting before and you make it look so easy. Went and bought lots of materials😊 so now I'm gonna give it a try. You're a true inspiration, THANK YOU❤. Artists and art is what makes the world more beautiful.

[@shelleypriorfineart]

Thank you so much Maya. Have fun with your new supplies! Don't take yourself too seriously. Enjoy learning, mistakes and all!

[@avanellehansen4525]

Good for you. I've been painting for more than 50 years and have two degrees in art. She is a great painter and instructor. I enjoy her videos too.

[@avanellehansen4525]

​@@shelleypriorfineartThe fun really is in the learning. 😊

[@RuralSpanishRetirement]

Wow! I love this style of painting. I shall definitely give this a go but I don’t think it’s as easy as you make it look 😂 but hey.. nothing ventured 😂 thank you for taking the time to do this stuff.. you’re now my main teacher 👍

[@janinecovert6994]

Thanks for doing these tutorials! Very informative

[@shelleypriorfineart]

I'm so glad that they are beneficial. Thanks so much Janine!

[@kerbear829]

I have to comment again. I have been watching a lot of video instruction and you are the best! I love that I can actually keep up with the video and my practice paintings come out very nicely!!! Thank you!! By the way, Daniel Smith makes a masking fluid with applicator nozzle and different attachments for different thicknesses.

[@karenwilson6147]

I am a newcomer to your site and a newcomer to watercolour. Many years ago, I took scratchart classes from you at Liz Garcia’s. I have already learnt so much from you today. ❤

[@goat8477]

I want to be there! Taking a stroll and have a picknick!

[@shelleypriorfineart]

Thanks so much. Watch out for the ants! ;)

[@Pattymelt415]

Bravo! Love your more loose paintings! ❤

[@shelleypriorfineart]

Thanks so much. I appreciate it.

[@joys4524]

Royal and Langnickle has a set of scrubber brushes that work really well for th9se of us who don 't have a collection of old brushes.

[@shelleypriorfineart]

Thanks so much for that suggestion!

[@angelalderson8657]

Something I really struggle with, and would appreciate some mentoring with is how to breakdown a reference to paint it - to determine not just composition, but also would it be best to do wet on wet, wet on dry, does it need an undercoat - if so how do I determine what color the undercoat should be, how to plan out the process - what needs to be done first, second, etc. How to break it all down and plan it out from inspiration to completion, determining what are the best processes to get the finished product I want. If you could do a session on that, it would be much appreciated. You are such an amazing teacher, and really help to make things clear for me.

[@BrazenSpirituality]

👆What they said☝️

[@shelleypriorfineart]

Thanks Angel. Every painting presents a new challenge and potentially a different approach. I can try to break it down into categories perhaps. Let me think a bit on how to present that idea. Thanks for the suggestion.

[@KurtKriese]

Great painting demo and example of creating your own composition that differs from the source photo. Thank you!

[@inmadelcastillo1126]

Hello Shelley. First of all, let me tell you that I see all your tutorials and I love your way of teaching. Would you be so kind as to activate the subtitles so that all of us who don't know how to speak English can understand it? Thank you so much. So your community will be even bigger.

[@anniefeld2158]

You can easily translate into your language by going to the top right of the screen on the cogwheel and there are subtitles and translate. You can then choose your languageI

[@inmadelcastillo1126]

Gracias. Cuando puse el comentario no había posibilidad porque no estaban activados los subtítulos. Muchas gracias por hacerlo!!!!

[@shelleypriorfineart]

Thanks Annie for your help.

[@shelleypriorfineart]

Thanks so much Sharon! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@janaemerson3344]

So Pretty- love The colors and Style I would love to see more landscapes and complicated florals or garden scales and ways to make them Unique. I really appreciate how you instruct. Other ideas are nocturnes 🥳

[@shelleypriorfineart]

Thanks so much for watching and for the great suggestions!

[@JeanetteAnjier]

Sun through trees is one of my current favorite themes to paint and this tutorial is the best I've watched. Learned so much! Love the negative painting approach. Thank you!

[@pamgibbons2043]

So annoyed with myself missing the live tutorial but still enjoyed watching later. Thanks so much .lots of tips in this one for me as landscapes are my thing .😍

[@shelleypriorfineart]

Thanks Pam. Glad you were able to catch the replay.

[@barbaramilbradt2188]

This turned out really nice!!!

[@marcelledaigle8766]

Very nice! Great tutorial…thank you for this!

[@deniselanglois8544]

Hello Shelly. I am a newcomer on your site. I love the way you work and your way of explaining what you do. I am really happy I found you.

[@JessicaDiGiacomo-lb4sc]

Thanks for the beautiful inspirational painting

[@virginiavredeveld7956]

Beautiful. Thank you for sharig your painting experience with us.

[@maryrichinick7287]

I just found your videos. They are amazing and helpful for a newbie water color artist!

[@melindaavila498]

Great tutorial! I've always had the conundrum of where to start. Thanks for all the tips.

[@tinaari88]

✨🤙🏼

[@glennakendall6155]

Beautiful!

[@mysticriver9420]

Superbe ! Joyeux Noël 🎅

[@angeladingwall5680]

Just found you amazing artist and tutorial Angela Scotland x

[@ArtByJasper]

Hello from Scottsdale Arizona 🌵I love your work! It’s very inspiring and the other day I painted along with you painting the berries and pine cones.. I don’t mean any offense, but I’ve gotta say, I’ve never ever seen anyone “stretch” paper with staples Have you tried using gummed paper tape ? It would spare you all that work of taking out the staples and leaving holes in the paper from all those staples… it looks kinda time consuming I also would add that using the gummed paper tape, doesn’t destroy the paper. I too was a professional custom picture framer. I don’t ever recall seeing anyone do this in all the 20+ years archival framing for galleries and museums. I’ve matted and framed watercolor paintings where the artist wants to show the deckle edges and have their painting floated on a mat board. While getting my degree in printmaking at ASU, I took 2 semesters of watercolor painting. We were taught how to stretch the paper very differently. We also soaked the whole sheet in a basin for about 15 min. then we used a damp sponge to remove puddles of water and then used the gummed paper tape to a board. It’s been more than a decade since I’ve painted in watercolor, and my W&N paints are still good! ☺️ (life happens but I’m back to painting again) Watercolor is so much more enjoyable than acrylic paints. But I do love oil painting and have been mostly doing that with mixed media for last decade. Now everybody is into watercolor, I forgot how much I love it 🥰 I love your paintings and your technique and you’re truly inspiring and I appreciate you, but tbh seeing those the staples are driving me crazy lol 😂 but to each their own I guess 🤷‍♀️

[@shelleypriorfineart]

I have tried both methods - tape and staples. Personally I do not care for the tape. I’ve had it lift while trying to paint whereas the staples stay put. Gummed tape doesn’t save me any time if I later have to soak and scrape tape off of my board. The tape on the paper needs to be cut off as well. I don’t care for the look of the staple holes either but I do know that this can either be trimmed or will not show under the mat. I know many artists use the tape but it has not worked well for me. Staples are actually very quick. I have a video on it as well.

[@kaycarpenter33]

Really enjoy watching you. Your voice is very soothing and you give us so much inside as to how to approach painting. Thank you.❤

[@shelleypriorfineart]

Thanks so much Kay. I'm glad you enjoyed it :)

[@dougg1075]

Nice

[@suzanneboily5224]

from Northern Ontario fun to watch

[@tinyfacemcgee9211]

I love love love this! Please help with foreground water ripples that look diagonal💕💕💕

[@shelleypriorfineart]

Thanks for the suggestion TinyFace. I'm glad you enjoyed the trees too!

[@breyerdenmw]

Lovely and excellent instructions

[@karisteinbacher4535]

Hi Shelley, I always look forward to your videos. What you are able to do in a few hours I will work on for days being new to painting. This one, my first attempt, did not wait till my paper was completely dry before removing the masking fluid and between that and the roughness from the salt ended up with a whole in my paper. The second attempt made the masked areas spots too large but as usual had a good time and will probably try again 😊

[@daleshawn1910]

Thank you! Your videos are so helpful.

[@meliaklapadaki2309]

Ευχαριστώ πολύ που μοιράστηκατε τις γνώσεις σας καληνύχτα από Αθήνα

[@Pattymelt415]

❤would love seeing fog. I live in SF and I'm having difficulty with painting fog. Thanks!!❤

[@shelleypriorfineart]

Thanks Lola. I can definitely try another foggy scene. Meanwhile, you may enjoy my misty trees video. kzbin.inforZP2LQrcL14

[@envynathan1]

Great tutorial, thank you very much. Very helpful to me being a beginner. You advised not to use the hot blower on the masking fluid applied areas, but I am seeing you using it several times. Pl clarify this point please.

[@tinyfacemcgee9211]

Also with water ripples how do we do an ocean gradient with ripples and sky color in perspective, I can’t get my head around it! I wish you had a book with easy step by step paintings to follow with all your techniques. You are a very good teacher!

[@shelleypriorfineart]

I like your suggestion. Thanks very much and I'm adding it to the list. I have seriously contemplated a book, although publishing is a tremendous expense with all the risk to the author. Then there's the whole marketing and distribution (ugh). Maybe sometime down the road when I have more spare time and money. Meanwhile, videos are a quick and affordable solution which also offer replays whenever you want :) Thanks for watching!

[@surpriseitsus9622]

I'm with tiny, I would do everything I could do to promote a book should you choose to write one.❤

[@kimdeiter7761]

Nice tutorial 🎉

[@vicescala6001]

Hello you have a great art how about Sunset landscape in Manila w/ nepa hut

[@janaemerson3344]

Hi again Also, what green did you use for the bottom sunlit part? It’s leaf green by davinci mixed with something? It’s really pretty

[@janetgoldstein7597]

HI SHELLY! Love your video. I was wondering do you ever use gouache in your paintings?

[@shelleypriorfineart]

I mostly use transparent watercolour. I might add a few small white highlights at the end but only occasionally.

[@user-bh4qk7bt6u]

I'm new to watercolors and to your channel. Do you always paint wet on wet?

[@shelleypriorfineart]

@@user-bh4qk7bt6u Welcome. I work on dry as well. It all depends on what I’m trying to achieve (blend, hard lines, soft lines etc)

[@AlliListArt]

Lovely work Shelley x thank u for your teaching x I woke up in the night last night, dreaming about how to paint heat coming from tarmac, u know the haziness that it brings...so as if u r driving along a dual carriageway/motorway, the cars coming towards u look fuzzy...I don't mean fog or steam x ..do u know how that is done Shelley? love Alli and Bella xxx (Bella is my bestie Chihuahua)

[@shelleypriorfineart]

That's a cool idea Alli. Thanks so much. I will put my thinking cap on.

[@AlliListArt]

@@shelleypriorfineart I'm so glad u understood what i meant Shelley x x

[@itsumademoaktf]

WHAT COLOR CAN YOU USE INSTEAD OF QUIN GOLD? IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THEY HAVEE DISCONTINUED IT.

[@FannaTurano]

If it were me, I'd try Raw Sienna, or a bit of Burnt Sienna with a smidgeon of Cad orange mixed together. Try them on paper first, as a sample. I've not heard of Quin Gold being discontinued. It's a wildly popular color, can't imagine they'd (art stores?) cancel it. Good luck!

[@shelleypriorfineart]

From the Winsor and Newton website - Please note: Pigment PR206 will be changed to PR179 soon. To reflect this pigment change, the name of this colour will also change to Transparent Gold Deep with the resulting colour an extremely close substitute of Quinacridone Gold.

[@ALAllisonVortexman]

How long do WATER COLOR LAST, I HAVEN'T PAINTED IN 10 YEARS

[@shelleypriorfineart]

I’m not exactly sure but I’m still using paint from 1970’s. Even if it’s dry and crumbled I can reactivate it with water. It may need a drop of gum arabic too but it’s still usable.

[@janaemerson3344]

Hi Shelley I’d like to buy some of your workshops on your website and am wondering if you take USD? I am assuming yes and hopefully I didn’t totally space and miss that somewhere.😬

[@lorenacairo6079]

What do you mean take off masking flood?

[@janetgoldstein7597]

HI SHELLY : can you try to add a bit of warm peach as well.

[@lindawiedemann5014]

WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR ROUND PALLETE?

[@shelleypriorfineart]

Unfortunately this palette is discontinued but it’s very similar to the Stephen Quiller palette

[@lindawiedemann5014]

Thank you for getting back to me! I very recently found your channel, and I am so happy I did! I love your teaching approach and style❤

[@janetgoldstein7597]

Mr clean sponges help lift paint. Tiny scrubber brushes save you hours of labour

[@MrLolobulle]

Nous sommes très loin de la photo ,lumière,chaleur ,contraste et densité des pigments. Jsuis déçu car vous avez fait bcp mieux. Merci pour vos videos

[@Cchouette]

If I may ask, your weaknesses in watercolor are glazing and lack of realism 🎨🤔😉

[@dougg1075]

If I may ask , is that a question or a statement?