My Version of an Edward Wesson Painting

[@pni2009]

My dad was a massive fan of you. He was pationate about watercolour because of you. We are more into oils. I love your style. Thank you

[@StevenCronin]

Many thanks for your kind words.

[@cliveperry4207]

I'm getting back to a bit of painting now I have more time - this is truly lovely - I wish I could work that loosely, the result is restful and calming. First of your videos I've seen - I shall look out for more. Thank you.

[@StevenCronin]

Thanks so much 😊

[@lindamariecoffey9258]

Steven - Just came across this; it is a lovely rendition!!! ❤❤❤

[@StevenCronin]

Thanks for watching Linda

[@jenniefrench1338]

I really enjoy your tutorials so much. You know I only have a couple of large flat brushes besides rounds even riggers and a cat's tongue. But you have inspired my to try the hake so I am going to purchase one. Your painting fascinates me I have seen so many wc artists. Just amazing and I still refer to you in a kind way as 'The hake king'. Great paintings thank you so much.

[@StevenCronin]

Many thanks Jennie for your support and best wishes. I hope you have some success with the hake brush. It's a big awkward brush and takes a bit of getting used to but you'll enjoy in the end if you stick with it. Best of luck and happy painting

[@carolinafernandezoro733]

Awesome as always!!!!!

[@StevenCronin]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@dorothywicks9271]

Love your style Steven. You get such beautiful hazy atmospheric tone/ touch to your painting and which such ease.. Amazing. Thanks for sharing .

[@StevenCronin]

Thanks for watching Dorothy

[@Jaci75]

Thank you. This has encouraged me to practice with the hake brush.

[@StevenCronin]

Thanks Doreen and happy painting

[@mireilleromain9058]

With your painting of Edward Wesson, I am learning a new way of doing everything starting from you painting on the horizon line to the way you handle your rigger. Magnificent demo for the sky and its reflection on the water. Would you please tell me what represents this black line behind the house ? Great your version of this painting by Edward Wesson. I imagine he is(was) a great artist !... Thank you for sharing once more. I did enjoy watching you painting. I never could understand how you paint so fast and yet so perfect !

[@StevenCronin]

I'm not sure what you mean by the black line is it the Windmill blades? As always many thanks for your kind words and support. I hope you continue to practice your watercolours and wish you every success. Best wishes and happy painting

[@barbaragemin5117]

I love this one Steve, it looks very effective and I think you should do more paintings of different types of countryside. You have the skills to do anything. I do hope copyright doesn't prevent you from selling it. I wouldn't think so myself.

[@StevenCronin]

It's for sale now on eBay Barbara so fingers crossed. Yes I think it's good for all of us to try different styles methods and techniques. Keep practicing and very best of luck

[@carolinafernandezoro733]

Beautiful!!!!!

[@StevenCronin]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@madhushreepawar3203]

Lovely painting sir , beautiful Sorry But I have a observation that as far as tower and tree's reflection concern it is perfectly fine . But I think the hut is really far from and also the tall grass is between so it's reflection was not required . Please correct me if I am wrong .

[@StevenCronin]

I used a painting as reference for this one so to be honest I wouldn't really know without seeing the real scene from life. But thanks for watching and thanks for your comments

[@barbarahumph7784]

Great video Steve. Thanks. Lovely loose style.

[@StevenCronin]

Thanks for watching Barbara

[@Vermiliontea]

Very nice. I watched this video again, because I wanted to decide if I should try a version of it next. Well, I will, but not next.

[@StevenCronin]

Well I wish you all the best with your next painting.

[@Vermiliontea]

@@StevenCronin Thankyou. I did your latest next. But it got a bit dark and blurry. I had to finish it as a rainy, swampy autumn landscape with crows. The two trees are there though. 😁

[@StevenCronin]

@@Vermiliontea well I hope it turned out well for you. All the very best with your artwork and happy painting

[@mikeevans1390]

Impressed the way that this paper is not cockling, did you do anything to stretch it?

[@StevenCronin]

All I do is just wet the paper all over before I start painting so that it stretches evenly . thanks for watching and best wishes

[@mikeevans1390]

@@StevenCronin I normally use Waterford block paper which I must say works very well. Actually a lovely pallette that you used. Here's my effort www.seeksystems.co.uk/pic.php

[@kevinmanning3753]

Thanks Steven for the tutorial nice watercolour!

[@StevenCronin]

Thanks for watching Kevin

[@JamesJohnson-bo9pt]

A fabulous interpretation of the Wesson style carrying your own "imprint" if you will. A tribute painting for certain. I think we must consider your work to be premier among contemporary watercolourists!

[@StevenCronin]

Many thanks for your support James and kind words. Thanks for watching and very best wishes

[@jazmindelpais]

Amazing !!!

[@StevenCronin]

Thanks for watching

[@tedberkeley]

The windmill reflection is absurd. The adjacent building is near the base of the mill, whilst the reflection is at the mill's top.

[@StevenCronin]

Yes I should do a preliminary sketch if I wanted it accurate I just paint fast and loose and just see what happens. Thanks for watching and best wishes

[@TerryMcGearyScotland]

Nice. Thanks. I'll give it a try.

[@StevenCronin]

Thanks for watching Terry

[@suel4269]

Holy moly , you paint fast! 🤣

[@StevenCronin]

Thanks for watching Sue

[@andresmichaeli]

Like your work Steven. Can you tell me the paper you use? Thanks. Andres from Chile.

[@StevenCronin]

Thanks for watching. I use fabriano paper. You'll see a list of my materials on my patreon page via the link in the description. Best wishes and happy painting

[@franciscoaguilar282]

Tengo curiosidad por saber que papel utilizas, saludos.

[@jenniefrench1338]

No soy él pero le voy a traducir. El normalmente usa papel Fabriano Artístico 300gm o 140lb

[@StevenCronin]

Thanks for helping Jennie. Best wishes

[@StevenCronin]

You'll find a full list of all the materials I use on my patreon page. Thanks for watching and best wishes

[@k6lsn]

Love it! It really is similar in many ways of your style. Notice that your work lately has had a bit more color, or brighter colors. Be interesting to see a different pallet with different color selection and you challenging yourself with that...most of us would probably go WOW, is this yours?... 😎 Peace, Wheelchair John in Idaho 😎

[@StevenCronin]

Thanks John. Yes I have come to realise that I need to introduce a little more colour into my paintings . I'm glad you like them. Thanks for your support and very best wishes

[@AroundMeBangladesh]

I want to improve my skill to be like you . amazing drawing art work... l love it

[@StevenCronin]

Keep practicing and you'll get there. Best wishes and happy painting

[@robsmith9190]

Copy or not Steve, it's still brush, watercolour and skill to produce, i like it, thanks Steve.

[@StevenCronin]

Many thanks Rob and best wishes

[@balal7028]

Awesome!!

[@StevenCronin]

Thanks for watching

[@7000bass]

Stunning, as always Steve. More than anyone else, even Ron, mega loose with an ultimate forward vision. You are truly unique. Thanks for sharing your genius talent.

[@StevenCronin]

Many thanks for your support and kind words. I'm glad you like the paintings. Thanks for watching and best wishes

[@stuartwilson8706]

Nice watercolour but the reflection of the house roof is in the wrong position.

[@StevenCronin]

I was a little carefree with this one Stuart but thanks for watching and very best wishes

[@НаиляПавлова-у3м]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@StevenCronin]

Thanks for watching

[@stephenhouse7451]

My understanding is that Its perfectly legal to create a painting as a recreation of an original as long as you are not trying to sell it as an "Edward Wesson" original. And usually named something like "Lakeside Cottage (After said artist)". And signed by you.

[@StevenCronin]

Thanks Stephen. Yes I appreciate your comments. I have used other paintings as reference in the past but changed them sufficiently in my opinion so they were unrecognisable from the original so never really thought it as a problem. It's just that this one came out similar so I wasn't quite sure what to do. But thanks for your comments and very best wishes

[@stephenhouse7451]

@@StevenCronin Hey Steve. Yeah, I'm sure you are safe there. People have been effectively copying other art works since forever. It was even part of Turner & Cotman's training. I saw a BBC documentary about forgeries where the Inspector on the case clearly stated that as long as you don't sign a copy as the original artist, but as yourself its perfectly legitimate to replicate paintings. Not that, thats what you're doing anyway. On a side note I wanted to mention to keep up the good work and video's. Very inspirational for a lot of people. Catching one of your vids a few years ago got me back into painting to where I'm now quite happy with my work. Cheers, Steve.

[@StevenCronin]

@@stephenhouse7451 yes to be honest that's what I thought, as long as you sign it as yourself then it should be OK. Otherwise how would you get around people painting the same view? Thanks Stephen for your support. I hope your painting is going well. Best wishes and best of luck.

[@Martycycleman]

Great painting Steven, something differant. Not sure about copy write.

[@StevenCronin]

Many thanks Marty

[@mikeevans1390]

Well I've just plagiarised yours so it's getting more complicated! I have heard of the idea of doing a mirror images to get round the problem. I think a lot of artists mix and match parts of other peoples work. I think it's not difficult to change things around enough to make it your own. For example I left out the biulding and added some foreground and a sun. Mine is for interest only, not selling to anyone!

[@StevenCronin]

Thanks for your comments Mike. Yes I did try the mirror image once but it was only the once and to be honest I don't really like using other paintings as reference. As you say it's not too difficult to change elements around here and there to try and put our own signature on things. Best wishes and happy painting

[@mikezaw1]

Прекрасная работа, вот бы мне так научиться ! ;) Желаю вам дальнейших творческих успехов!

[@StevenCronin]

Thanks Mikhail. Keep practising and you'll get there. Best of luck and happy painting!

[@mikezaw1]

@@StevenCronin Thank you for your response, please tell me what size brush ( large) you use in this video and what is it made of?

[@StevenCronin]

@@mikezaw1 the brush is a large Ron Ranson hake brush (45mm) made of goat hair. You'll see a link in the description

[@iraceruk]

From what I've read, Copyright on original artwork does cover copies of that work. It's not so bad if you copy a painting for demonstration purposes, but if you copy a painting for financial gain, you can get into trouble. Having said that, if you were to paint an existing scene today from life or a photograph that you've taken that another artist has also painted at some point, I don't see how anybody could claim copyright infringement, but directly copying a scene/painting in the style of the original artist and then selling it would seem to be an infringement of the copyright on that particular work.

[@StevenCronin]

yes, that's just how I interpret the guidelines. I try not to use other artists work as reference - it's just the occasional times when I need some inspiration.

[@halfabee]

Born: 29 April 1910, Blackheath, London Died: 1983. Images are still copyrighted. If you only do the painting for educational purposes or keep it as your own, it is OK. When selling a copied painting, that is where issues may arise. Love your version of the painting.

[@WokeSteve]

I thought only if you try to sell it as the original it is a problem.

[@stacyhannon4081]

Steve Harding That’s what I thought also. And because he is clear that he has done his own version and ‘Tweaked’ it a bit, I think he should be ok.

[@StevenCronin]

Thanks Paul. The problem is if you use a painting as a reference how much does it need to change from the original before you can sell it. I've used paintings occasionally in the past as reference but always changed them to put my own stamp on them it's just that this one came out very similar and I wasn't sure what the rules were?

[@StevenCronin]

I'm just not sure if you could copy a painting directly and then sell it as your own?

[@StevenCronin]

Thanks Stacey. Yes I'm just not sure how much tweaking you need to do before you can sell it as your own?

[@michaelyates9199]

Hello Steve - re copyright: The only safe option is to create something that is not copied or adapted, in any way, from the work of others, or seek the permission of the rights owner (you should expect to pay a fee and/or royalties for this). I tried this with David Taylor once - he replied 'no' to displaying it. Still enjoyed painting my version though but it stays in a drawer. If you want 'free' inspirations, use Paint My Photo. pmp-art.com is free membership and contains thousands of photos that members would like others to paint.

[@StevenCronin]

Thanks for your comments Michael. Yes I much prefer to use my own work normally it was just a one-off really using someone else's work as reference. I certainly won't be making a habit of it. Thanks for the link and very best wishes

[@annemurphy2654]

This is really your style, atmospheric and delicate...so I would def. see no problem with copyright..still different from Wesson in my view(who I also love)

[@StevenCronin]

Many thanks Anne for your comments. Best wishes and happy painting

[@annettefournier9655]

Is it a copy of an Edward Wesson in subject? If it is then you are right to question copy right law. Yours is a little more loose imo. But I wouldn't want to see you get in trouble Steven. We can't even use someone else's photo without getting into copyright trouble unless we have permission. Ugh. So touchy.😒

[@StevenCronin]

It's a very grey area . I'm really not sure how different our own paintings need to be before we infringe on someone else's copyright. That's why in the past I've just stayed clear of using other people's work as reference and tried to stick with my own unique stuff.

[@annettefournier9655]

@@StevenCronin Regardless, it's beautiful Steven😁😁

[@Margo714P]

To be able to copy another artist's painting without their permission, he or she must have been dead between 75 and 100 years (there are different rules about that time frame). On the other hand, if you only do the painting for educational purposes or keep it as your own, there shouldn't be a problem. It's when selling a copied painting, that is where issues may arise. As for it not looking just like his, it must be very different from the original, which would make it YOUR original.

[@StevenCronin]

Yes I have used other paintings for reference in the past but I have changed them sufficiently in my opinion to make them unrecognisable from the original so I've never really thought of them as a problem. It's just that this one came out pretty similar so I wasn't too sure what the legal side was seeing as I was going to sell it on eBay and I'm putting this video on a monetised KZbin channel. But thanks for your comments and very best wishes