Strathmore Artist Workshop - Rose Botanical Part 1

Welcome to the first of this two part watercolor workshop, taking viewers through the process of painting a Rose Botanical. This is the second watercolor workshop I did for Strathmore last Spring and the third video overall. So in case you missed it, I did a two video watercolor landscape workshop which can be seen here at these links.
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[@delila351]

Thank you for letting us see you draw it and thank you for the photo....and thank you for allowing us to watch you paint. This is wonderful.

[@karenhodges7545]

Fascinating. It’s like the rose just appears. Thank you for the detailed description

[@colliecoform4854]

Love watching this. It has shown my one of my biggest errors which is trying to go to fast. Now on to the next installment. Your videos are better than any art class. I'm learning so much more. Wish I had discovered KZbin sooner.

[@tlembro]

So glad to see some botanical watercolor in the traditional form! Have been studying for the last 4-5 years. Julia Trickey, Anna Mason and Billy Showell have great online teaching sites for those interested in going further. Thank you!

[@mindofwatercolor]

Awesome artists to emulate for sure.

[@michellea.7955]

Bravo pour vos réalisations ! J'ai passé une bonne partie de l'après midi à les regarder. Vous donnez des conseils précieux, qui me seront fort utiles, et qui répondent à des questions que nombre d'entre nous se pose très souvent. Merci !

[@TerrieJohnson731]

two THUMBS UP! i REMEMBER TEXTBOOKS THAT HAD [PLATE #S] IN lATIN, OF EACH SPECIES...i AM OLD, i KNOW, AND i LOVE THE CHALLENGES WATTERCOLOR PUTS INTO MY LIFE. iT IS SO NEW AND FUN, UNFORGIVING, AND FORGIVING. tHANKS FOR MAKING VIDEOS IKE THIS. oh poo, my caps were locked. I wasnt yelling XD

[@TracyIndy]

Thank You. Thank you. Ive been an admirer of your talent and your videos for quite some time, but this subject (botanicals) are what im most passionate about learning to paint. Your instructions and tips were very helpful to a learning watercolor artist. Im looking forward to your next videos that complete this painting.

[@Horsewoman-pt2ku]

Thanks for sharing this detailed painting. always helpful to see painting done in real time. would have even watched in real time the rest of the petals. tfs

[@leonadavis3010]

I am so glad I ran across your channel. I'm trying to do a botanical journal of my own garden this year and its hard to find this style on you tube. I'm warming up with looser illustrations, but I hope to hone my skills enough to have more scientific renderings for reference. I'll be revisiting these often, along with your channel!

[@Kimmy6519]

Beautiful! As someone who is learning to watercolor, I find that having the reference on the screen is quite beneficial for me as I can then see why you are doing the things you’re doing, or using the colours you’re using. Just a thought! Thanks! ✌🏼

[@CoxJoxSox]

Beautiful as always - I love the pale look

[@meanbean98]

what we need is someone like you to make draw the flowers darker well for me so I can actually see it this way I can draw them lightly and thanks so much for that helps me a great deal keep them coming

[@lynnehoward5629]

Love this and your style of teaching

[@sherrikent6628]

I could say simply beautiful just as it is, can't wait to see the next video!

[@GabrielleCarbonneau]

Steve, you are amazing!

[@reneelogan2947]

thank you so much for sharing your beautiful art..so inspiring me...my heart is happy!

[@jkaimaeda]

this is the most helpful video!

[@albadree2011]

Thanks Steve for sharing amazing ideas and techniques ..the perfect results need time and am always try to finish my drawing in a short time and most of the time I dont like the drawing..plz give us more lessons in drawing flowers and roses in different ways natural and unnatural..thanks again and good luck .

[@BornAgainFarmGirl]

So beautiful 😍 Steve !

[@DrawingWithFire]

Great video Steve! 😆 Very helpful to see the colors & your palette...thanks! The next time you order from Jerry's, if you don't have one...I would highly recommend you pick up the Vanish 4 in 1 eraser. For me, it erases beautifully without damaging the paper even if the you have painted over the graphite. I use it on my wood burnings to. I need to pick up some more! 😉

[@mindofwatercolor]

I'll look it up. Usually I just keep the pencil extremely soft and light and it erases very easily. Kneaded erasers are very gentle on the paper and usually suffice.

[@TheSgyro]

I just did a rose.. And it was really nice painting it slowly, petal by petal.. And then glazing on darker layers😁😋

[@beaubrummell11]

thank you for this easy to follow video

[@lubapatitucci5831]

Cool!😎

[@willdixon9525]

Great video, Thanks

[@nadakhalilchannel3955]

Your videos are amazing

[@michaelnw4135]

Hello Mr.steve, I'm Michael, your watercolor is more glossy than mine 😂 im using reeves products. I really like the flower, the gradation is perfect! Nice job Mr. Steve! 😊 keep it up with your videos! its so helping me ! XD

[@SilverNachtmahr]

Michael NW he just has higher quality products. But hey, absolutely nothing wrong with using reeves! :)

[@michaelnw4135]

woot woot Thanks man :) I will do my best 😊

[@SilverNachtmahr]

Michael NW be the greatest you can! :D

[@michaelnw4135]

OK man! 😊

[@AlucardRawks]

See if you can find the Prang watercolour set! I found it on amazon and got the 16 colour set for less than £10. I think its more easy to find the the US and Canada though, but again, Amazon is your easiest option. They are surprisingly good quality and bloom absolutely beautifully (note that the Prang set is like the Reeves set, it is less than Student grade but Prang is at the top of the class for its grade, Reeves is very chalky and a bit muddy sometimes). If you're wanting to go to Student grade paint, the Winsor and Newton Cotman 45 half pan set is a good place to start, you can get the 45 half pan set off of Amazon for less than £30. If you can afford the COtman set, I'd definitely encourage you to try them out! ArtDiscount.co.uk is also a really great place to get cheap art supplies if you're in the uk (note that I'm not sponsored by anyone, I just think you'd find these things useful). Lastly, I believe Mind Of Watercolour uses a lot of Mission Gold paints though I may be wrong as I've only just started watching him.

[@macer-music]

Hi Steve! Beautiful rose!!! Thanks so much for all the info on this one! I'm understanding more and more watercolor...and glazing gives more control over what we are doing, quite different than spontaneous painting ! I love them both. I know you have probably a lot to do and so little time but i was wondering if you could throw from time to time how you draw and some tips.....and maybe if it's not much to ask some advice on good books like you did with watercolor? It will be fantastic....I've been away from drawing and I'm quite rusty!!! Just following your advice....."painting is drawing whit ink"......I'm practicing......I'm practicing!!!! Thanks, God bless you!

[@mindofwatercolor]

Sounds trite and over simplified but its the truest thing I know, to get better at drawing just draw as often as possible. Daily if possible.

[@macer-music]

thanks! I'm trying to use as much time as i can! And i visited Stefan Baumann (thanks again for that tip!!!) and it's quite useful! :) Who would think doodling was so constructive?!

[@ladypatty1]

ok Steve where is your workshop page? I would like to get that rose

[@mindofwatercolor]

Only at Strathmore for a year. Now they’re on my channel. That workshop was in 2016. 😁 I don’t have the links at the moment but can get them later.

[@ladypatty1]

that is ok thanks

[@sourcabbagefamily684]

I can't find the photo reference for the rose anywhere can you let me know where to looks?

[@sebastiangarcia2590]

Can we use both sides of the paper equally fine or it's just one side paper?

[@mindofwatercolor]

Both sides usually. Although the texture may be slightly different side to side.

[@jinie6220]

I was painting some autumn leaves yesterday myself, even though I sketched the leaf very accurately the end result wasn't perfect. It look far from natural. Can you please show how you paint the veins in the leaves and how you get the borders to be accurate in your next video??

[@mindofwatercolor]

Well these videos were made last year for Strathmore, so the video is already done, but good news! how I handled the leaf veins are part of the next video. 😃 I'll be posting that video in a couple of days. If you haven't seen it, you might also be interested in this video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKvcZZmdlsp2q9U

[@jinie6220]

The Mind of Watercolor Thank you so much for answering! I guess I was a little late😅

[@lorenitatimdallmoro8321]

fantástico

[@kathrynholden4223]

I keep saying this, but your clear, precise teaching gives me hope as a beginner. For those of us who can't draw, is tracing an acceptable option?

[@mindofwatercolor]

Yes! Absolutely.

[@barryteghtmeyer5466]

Hey Steve! Thanks for another great instructional video! You list all of your supplies, but not your table easel. Do you normally paint on an easel, or do you use it to make videotaping easier? Also.. pros of using a mechanical pencil? Thanks again!

[@mindofwatercolor]

Check the link to my Amazon Store. You'll find it there.

[@richardbutler9692]

Have you done or can you do a segment on using watercolor pencils in addition to watercolors? Great video, as usual! :-)

[@mindofwatercolor]

Thanks! I've done 2 or 3 already. Just search on my main channel page.

[@jessicawarren1850]

Hey, Steve! Mine is looking pretty good, but I messed up my first petal and I have all this pigment settling along the lines of the edges of petals! You know what I mean? How can I fix? I tried using a semi-wet brush and blending, but it's hard with this hot pressed paper to get it up. Ugh. Help, please! Jess

[@mindofwatercolor]

Generally, pigment collecting at the edges is caused by putting down a wash then coming back after that with more water. It pushes the pigment thats there out to the edge. As you go back into a wash to apply more color or even it out, the brush should be gradually dryer.

[@jessicawarren1850]

Thank you for your response and for the explanation. You're exactly correct. I did go back into the first little section of petal a couple more times because it was just too light. I was attempting to darken the little shaded area, and because I'm such a perfectionist, it really worked against me this time. Haha after that initial mistake, I was very happy with how my other petal areas turned out. The shading out to white was perfectly seamless and has a nice ombré effect. This tutorial is the perfect exercise for me because I needed to learn that technique since I'm such a beginner with this medium. Thank you, again. Love, Jess xox

[@ciaomamabella]

Hi steve! Is there a link to the rose photo reference? I'm a minder patreon and I can't find it...

[@mindofwatercolor]

+Ciaomamabella you'll find them here. Thanks! stevemitchelldesign.com/2017/03/strathmore-artist-workshops/

[@shhq2]

I just remembered that "the frugal crafer", Lindsey, sometimes use whatercolorpencil when she is drawing the lines for a painting, do you ever do that?

[@mindofwatercolor]

Yes, I'm doing that more and more.

[@shhq2]

I just started painting a tulip, using some of the methods you demonstrates here, I thourght it would relaxe me, but with two small children, 3 and 5, who also wanted to paint when mommy started, not that relaxing... I will shoot you a link when i am done.

[@shhq2]

or tack you on instagram. :)

[@mindofwatercolor]

LOL! Sorry I know thats probably not funny, but it struck a cord. I raised 5 kids and now have 9 grandchildren. I totally relate. Relaxing has to be done undisturbed for sure, otherwise its even more stressful.

[@mindofwatercolor]

That works.

[@swapnamuk]

you are too good I wantto be yourstudent from India

[@alices.jackson4894]

Do you have line drawings of your projects? I'm working on drawing but I'm not as good as you are at it!

[@mindofwatercolor]

I don't have this particular one as line.

[@CoxJoxSox]

I'm confused, did you already do this?

[@mindofwatercolor]

+Nick Doe yes, last year. These were done for Strathmore's artist workshops on their web site last April. They had exclusive rights to use them for all of 2016. Which is why I'm just now able to post them here.

[@CoxJoxSox]

I was having a deja vu experience - but it was beautiful

[@gms9810]

Starting darker to lighter...I never thought of that, now I feel stupid

[@gms9810]

Your pencil lines look darker than usual.

[@gms9810]

A second thought. If your lines are supposed to be part of the drawing the could I use a dip pen and ink?

[@mindofwatercolor]

+gms9810 mostly for the sake of the video. I picked up a lot of it after I was done.