Painting Boats at Low Tide in Watercolour at Elie, Scotland

[@barrywebb7579]

I’m working on being more free flowing with my painting. Your work helps show me how to do it. Well done, thanks.

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Hi Barry, That’s great that you’ve got something from the video. It’s really important to be free with Watercolour. Like with most things in life when you’re trying too hard, it doesn’t go well. Best wishes, James

[@jemmirza2721]

I can feel that beautiful essence in your watercolour paintings. Great work :) 👍

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Thank you! I’m glad you like the paintings. It’s always interesting trying to interpret what you see and put it on the paper simply. Best wishes, James

[@bsmac1]

I like how you are taking us with you on an adventure around Fife and then topping it off with us watching you paint a scene. Its lovely!

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Hi. Glad you’re enjoying our adventures. Lots of autumn and winter trips to come 😊 Thanks James

[@kevinmckenna9960]

Very inspirational. Thank you!

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Hi Kevin, Glad you enjoyed it and got some inspiration from it. When the weather warms up, hopefully you’ll be able to get out and paint. Best wishes, James

[@kathyleveck267]

Love watching you paint! Keep going! Scotland is the best!

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Thanks so much, Kathy. 😊 You’re right, there is so much wonderful landscape in Scotland. Lots more to come!

[@patsymccown2766]

I’ve never seen a painter put pencil marks in at the end… That is very very interesting and I like it, and I’m shocked that I do! Lol! You’re a great fun to watch, and I learn a lot! I’m glad I found you!

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Thanks Patsy, so pleased that you found my channel. I really enjoy my pencil work, for me it marks the end of the painting and a finishing off 😊

[@maryannnash653]

Really enjoyed this! Thank you. Beautiful painting!

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Thanks Mary, glad you enjoyed it. Lots more to come 😊

[@JulesFree]

I really enjoy your paintings and look forward to them. Your partner does an excellent job filming them - very smooth movements and good compositions.

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Glad you enjoy watching. Tanya does a great job behind the camera. Hopefully more in front of the camera soon 😊 Many thanks James

[@GrandmaMuggy]

I love watching you paint. It’s a really beautiful setting today!

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Thank you very much! The next video is in the same place. I hope you enjoy it. James.

[@VEHarris100]

Great one today. Love your explanations during the painting, so helpful

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Thanks very much. I hope your painting is going well 😊

[@jennytellier631]

Really helpful to see you tackle a complicated scene and talk through your decision making process. Thanks for the fun content. :)

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Thanks Jenny, glad it was helpful! I always try to simplify the painting, even if the scene is complicated. Thanks James 😊

[@roberthoward3723]

Having just come back from Brancaster Norfolk and made a pigs ear of a boating scene I have found this painting most helpful the clarity of your guidance and the simplicity in giving a demo is good.

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Hi Robert. We were in Brancaster and around the Norfolk coast at the end of March; Norfolk is a wonderful county 😊 Great that you get out to paint and very glad that my video was a help for you.. My next video is also about painting a boat. Hope you enjoy it. Thanks James

[@SandraKeatley-p5r]

Love it! Thank you James and Tanya from Sandra in Australia

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Hi Sandra, Good to hear from down under. Would love to be in Australia now with all that summer sun! Glad you like the painting. Best wishes, James.

[@jacoblozano5040]

Great work! Amazing how easy you make it look.

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Hi Jacob, Glad you enjoyed the painting. It probably looks easy on the outside, but on the inside it might be a bit of a different story.😀 Best wishes, James

[@jackiesterios1859]

Lovely

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Hi Jackie, Thanks again, James

[@clairebradbury11]

Love it. I'm so impressed that you don't put any pencil lines down first, straight in with the paint. Thanks for posting, I love watching you work.

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Thanks Claire. I do do a simple sketch, but the video didn’t pick it up because the sun was so bright on the white paper. My sketching for a painting is incredibly simple, no detail just depicting the masses. Then I go into painting where the real accuracy begins. Thanks James 😊

[@ivodassen87]

Awesome, I find it to very similar and lively as the John singer Sargent watercolor paintings. Good luck with your channel, I subscribed

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Thank you very much. Sargent was a magnificent painter, any comparison to him is most welcome.😊

[@anthonyparr2122]

Fresh air and painting nice work James

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Thanks, Anthony. The benefits of getting away from the studio 😊

[@philipbrough8109]

Love your fresh style!

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Thank you Philip 😊

[@colinjoyceart]

I live in Fife so it was nice to watch you painting, and staying, at Elie. I was using it as one of the locations for recent painting holidays. Looking forward to seeing where you paint next. Not sure when you were there but you picked a good day weather wise.

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Hi Colin Elie is great. We were there a couple of weeks ago, amazing weather. It’s all over now!! 😂 The next video is also in Elie. Thanks James

[@willpotter8343]

Amazing work James!

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Thanks very much! 😊

[@mell5111]

Yay! I love watching you paint😊 its so nice that its filmed in a way that you're constantly showing the scenery, reference, palette and the painting. It truly feels like im there. Im sure its difficult for the videographer. Also nice that you began by showing across the bay to show the spot you chose from that vantage point👌

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Hi Mell Many thanks for your comment. Tanya’s very happy that her video skills are being appreciated, she really does a great job 😊

[@lacamasprairie]

Your coloration is perfect!

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Thanks very much, always a challenge in such bright situations😊

[@richk9633]

These Scotland episodes are really 1st rate. thought it was a travel TV series. Would enjoy to see a few still pictures of the scene from different angles. Wish you both grand fulfillment and adventure.

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Hi Rich, Glad you enjoyed my TV series!!! It’s amazing how much adventure there is in painting. Thanks James

[@needle.thread.watercolor-jloh]

Lovely scene.

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Elie is a beautiful place. There are lots of great harbours all along the Fife coast. Thanks James

[@lynwalsh3850]

Another spectacular day in Scotland 😊

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

It sure was Lyn😊 that really was the last of the summer here in Scotland, raining today. Thanks, James

[@dees3179]

Well done Tanya for managing to make us feel like we are there trying to look at the view and the paper and the paint all at the same time. It was really effective. With static set ups we often get a good view of one thing but when the painter is talking about the house over there or this manky bit here, we can’t really see what is going on. This was very helpful. Including close ups on the pallet as well, which are really helpful to see as a fellow (aspiring) artist. The painting was ok too I suppose…….

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Hi Dee! Well, that’s made Tanya‘s day! They’ll be no stopping her now! I always love The comments, that praise Tanya, it does her the world of good. 😊 Much appreciated, James

[@moonstonerising6856]

lovely picture

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Thanks very much 😊

[@cojamescojames4762]

REALLY NICE

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the comment. James

[@CHicksArt]

Just recently found your channel and love your enthusiasm and style! Much success with building a following…subscribed! From my lovely coastal town of Duxbury, Massachusetts USA (near Plymouth and part of the Pilgrim’s early colony and Mayflower landing) 🛳️⚓️🎨💙

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Hi. Glad you found the channel, lots more videos to come! I would love to visit Massachusetts one day, especially Plymouth. My great, great etc uncle, John Carver, was on the Mayflower (my mum was a Carver)and was the first governor of Plymouth colony. Thanks for your kind wishes, James 😊

[@CHicksArt]

I am a direct descendant of Richard Hicks who came over on the Fortune (the 2nd ship) closely following the Mayflower….these new pilgrims helped re establish the Plymouth colony as they had lost nearly 1/2 of the original settlers. They married and expanded the settlement over the next several years into Duxbury and surrounding land. We have a town close to Duxbury called Carver, likely your ancestor’s land when divided. We have a street in Duxbury on the water named for my ancestor’s land grant….Hicks Point Road….about a mile from where I live. We may be related no doubt. What a marvelous discovery! This made my day….💙

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Very nice to have such a common interest with you. The connections between USA an England are so strong. James

[@purpleplump6650]

Just found your channel and really enjoyed watching you create such a lovely scene. I tend to go into more detail but would really like to make a more impressionistic painting. I'll keep watching !!

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Hi, glad you enjoyed the video. It’s a really interesting challenge painting more loosely. It’s really the art of simplifying, to paint the minimum but getting the maximum out of it. Keep working on it! Thanks James

[@gloriastephens7371]

Hello James--I’ve been watching your videos and loving and learning a lot! I just wondered if you were going to do a video about your van? I have wanted something exactly like this for my rretirement years which are hopefully just around the corner! Any chance of it? Gloria

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Hi Gloria, Glad that you’ve been enjoying my videos. I’ve lots planned for the year ahead. Travels in our camper van will be front and centre of our adventures, so I will be showing and giving tours of our campervan. I hope you enjoy them. You must be very excited about getting your own van, it’s a wonderful thing to do!! Best wishes James

[@stephenfoster1818]

Following on from my comment yesterday having watched your your part 1 video "most important to learn about mixing watercolour paints", the apple. As a total beginner I wanted to jump to watch you paint a complicated picture, just to watch how the style and way you did it. I really enjoyed it, I love the impressionis style. Quick, effective,fresh and stunning. I'm hooked. So now I need to buy some paper,type?, Ive a watercolour starter kit bought by my wife years ago! So armed with knowledge from your apple video I have started my watercolour journey...too dramatic? Maybe but that's how I feel. Thank you for sharing your painting, did you mention doing a weekend painting slot? Steve

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Hi Stephen, I’m so pleased you enjoy my video so much and that it’s giving you inspiration The most important part at the beginning of your Watercolour journey is enthusiasm and passion, and you seem to have that in spades! For practice, you should use Boxkingford paper because it’s a decent quality and comparatively inexpensive, so you can afford to make mistakes. When you feel confident move onto Fabriano Artistico 140lb paper. I’m relatively new to KZbin so haven’t organised any weekend sessions yet. Not sure how that works. Good luck Best wishes, James

[@lenamccubbin1068]

I find it fascinating that you put “marks” on the paper which look like a jumble, when, suddenly, my brain snaps to and I see the illusion and the picture suddenly looks real.

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Hi Lena, I think that’s one of the pleasures of having an impressionistic style, when you look closely at the marks, there’s nothing there and then you move back and the picture appears. Glad you enjoyed it. Best wishes, James

[@username-mu8yf]

I have a comment on your non-optimal positioning of a quick release plate. let's look at your setup at 2:41 -- the upper part has quick release plate mounted in the middle of canvas board. this makes the lower part of it to hang over your horizontal supplies board covering about 50% and making it unusable. now imagine you have your quick release plate mounted in the lower 10% of your canvas board. it will still be strong enough to hold your canvas (it can hold heavy cameras), although the upper part may wiggle a bit under some wind. but there will be no overhang over your horizontal board which makes it fully accessible, so your paint and water is no longer wobbling on the edge. I'd be happy to see you improve your plein-air setup.

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Hi, Thanks for your message and interest in my set up. I can see what you mean, it does block some of the table board but I don’t really put too much on it,as long as it holds my water and my brushes that’s all. I really need. The back of the board is sort of wasted space anyway. However I do need the extra space when I do my full sheets. I hope your set up is working well for you. Best wishes, James

[@mikeflynn8799]

Very interesting - would rather not have the cuts in it if possible

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Thanks Mike. The sun was so bright and reflecting off the paper that it made the photography challenging. Less cuts in the next one 😊

[@BIGPROWLER]

Like the comedian who crafts humor from tragedy you have made compelling art from a subject i have no interest in.

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Hi, That’s interesting comment! To enjoy a subject, that you have no interest in is always a good sign from my point of view!😊 Thanks for watching, Best wishes, James

[@mikehinchcliffe7453]

That is awful!!!!

[@JamesPotterAboutArt]

Thank you