Painting Old Buildings in Staithes, Yorkshire

A watercolour painting demonstration in Staithes, painting the old buildings and river mouth. The video covers colour mixing and application as well as tips to make the buildings appear old.

[@ralucacristina7394]

thank you so much for exeptional teaching moments, 2 years from the moment you recorded and is fresh and beautifull. i start to watch all your videos, you are so talented and easy spoken. best regardes from Romania

[@alisonhendry2928]

Brilliant. Love how you discuss what you are doing as you do it and why.

[@angustimmons729]

Having the colour indicated when you're going to the palette is super helpful! I think that's the first time I've seen that in a video on KZbin. Even though my palette is different, it gives me some insight to your thought process. Well done video all round, thanks a bunch!

[@lassehallqvist3244]

High quality demo, both the art, sound and camera! You have a new follower!

[@johncowburn4444]

I think you're the best watercolour tutor online and I've watched quite a few!! Reasons? You are a top watercolour artist, you explain everthing you're doing and thinking all the time, you show what's happening in your palette, you have a great northern irish brogue which is a pleasure to listen to, and finally you have a nice sense of humour.

[@PaintingWatercolour]

That is very very kind of you John. Comments such as yours are so encouraging. Thank you.

[@loreneabella4479]

Learning something new each time. Thanks, Grahame!

[@alisonhall-thompson9338]

I've just discovered your videos! East Belfast girl here and spotted the cranes when searching tutorials 😊. I have learnt so much already from the few videos I've watched, I like your teaching style.. Thank you Grahame.

[@PaintingWatercolour]

You are very welcome Alison. You will also find other material on my website www.grahamebooth.com and from there you can go to my Facebook and Instagram pages.

[@michaelduxbury3525]

First time I've watched your video from start to finish and thoroughly enjoyed and more importantly I learned a lot. Thanks

[@ingatorfadottir5873]

Master! That is all I am going to say plus a fantastic instructor!

[@scarz1951]

Thank you Grahme! I needed this. I mean I literally needed this. Something has been off about my paintings. This showed me what is was. Loosing too much light. Treating edges wrongly. There is so very much of value in this tutorial for me. Tis little wonder you have become one of my favorite artist on a short list of artists. Thanks very much.

[@PaintingWatercolour]

Glad to be of help!

[@sonjamartin3452]

Always enjoy watching you paint!

[@berniehayes286]

Thankyou for your very informative tutorial and colours useing .Thankyou Graham.

[@joewinkler5034]

Thank you. Great demo, especially explaining your method and color use.

[@frankklepeisz3219]

Great demo and outstanding explanations - thank you very much!

[@stclairbeatty1202]

Your demos never disappoint learn something new every time.Thanks.

[@daleshawn1910]

Thank you for your very informative video. You’ve answered so many questions for me.

[@pjs3514]

Great instruction from beginning to end One of the best!

[@joannelamb9908]

Thoroughly enjoyed your painting. Very helpful in mixing colours and using darks against lights. Thank you.

[@elviramcintosh9878]

Lovely! I love the brush. A well produced instructional video. Thank you.

[@andysimmons2648]

Thank for for a really enjoyable video. The advice is excellent and I found it very relaxing to just sit back and watch.

[@TheMarkEH]

An excellent demonstration with a realy helpful commentary. Thank you.

[@sidjones6079]

A well thought out video. I like the "Drying Time" info, which links the stages very well. More please!

[@marylabrec2728]

Thank you so much for the color caption labels! It's so helpful for this beginner😊 also appreciate your laid back approach

[@MaryGadsby]

I loved watching this!!! I am totally new to art, you taught me soooo much. I am a new, devoted fan, greetings from WA State

[@brianparnell2256]

Masterful as usual. Your videos are always excellent.

[@dianerose4469]

thank you so much Grahame!! wonderful demo

[@janen668]

Thank you Grahame - enjoyed your demo!

[@kascialelonek8757]

Fantastic video filled with great tips. TY

[@tarias_sketchy_adventures]

Fantastic tutorial Grahame, thanks so much!

[@jan-olofatterfors2084]

I really like your tutorials Your way of explaining and share your knowledge thumbs up 👍

[@nek114]

thank you so much for the video tutorial! it's really helpful! you're a wonderful teacher!

[@ianm5249]

Great demo, so much information in 32 minutes. I really enjoyed watching.

[@philgriffiths4467]

Great tutorial Grahame, thanks.

[@paulineshelley4421]

I remember visiting Staithes so years ago and was shocked to see so many seagulls everywhere. It seemed they’d taken over! It’s a place with great character like Clovelly in Devon. I loved your demo particularly how you talked through all your thought processes. Thank you!

[@jimbobbluegrass]

Thanks. Enjoyed watching your techniques very much.

[@mikeorrey9025]

I really enjoyed that demo, thanks Graham.BTW your commentary is what makes it and so reassuring to hear your...'should I ....shouldn't I....oh what the hell this is my painting anyway' attitude! love it and know the feeling!

[@rosfraser-johnson9220]

I’ve found this really helpful. Thanks 😊

[@Nasauniverse001]

That was great. .lve been trying to find my style and this helps a lot. Cheers.

[@user-lu2tn3wo6m]

Thank you Grahame for a very enjoyable video from Sandra in Australia

[@PaintingWatercolour]

Glad you enjoyed it Sandra

[@louisemckernan4938]

Your demonstrations are so, so informative! You have a way of explaining what you're doing as you go along that just makes everything make sense! I have learned more from your tutorials than probably any others that I have watched! And I love your style of painting. Thank you for sharing so much with us!

[@PaintingWatercolour]

Thank you Louise, glad you enjoy them

[@akulina36]

Super!!! Love it!!! Thank you!!!!

[@conchitaaristizabalcani5162]

Impresionante Qe manera de sombrear Qe mezcla de color tan bueno Muy interesante Muchas gracias

[@hollowmoon9]

Brilliant, thank you!

[@annierodenberg2327]

Love it!

[@carmium]

Nye, this is hye you do it, without dyte! Enjoyed your accent (which has the admirable advantage of being clear to everyone, anywhere) almost as much as the painting! I learn so much from every different watercolourist and his/her approach.

[@annettefournier9655]

Thank you so much for filming and posting your painting process. I'm to new to absorb it all but by bits and bobs the more I see and hear I remember a little more each time when practicing. 👍💜

[@PaintingWatercolour]

Practice is the most important thing Annette. The more you practice, the more skills you will learn and remember.

[@annettefournier9655]

@@PaintingWatercolour I had better hurry though before memory loss sets in. Taking my supplements 😉

[@makarandjoshi2188]

Oh ..interesting work..old buildings is my favorite subject too.

[@StereoSpace]

Beautiful!

[@robertaneuhauser1418]

Wonderful explanation of technique! Thank you

[@kamaljamal2773]

Beautiful art and well present it.. Well done and thank you 😊☺

[@1Thedairy]

That was a super demo! I loved the looseness of it all and the way you kept the beautiful transparency allowing the base colours to shine through. One very useful tip for me was don’t use a dry brush for darkening your colours, use more paint in the water. I loved the outcome. It was a beautiful painting and I love Belfast despite the rain! Thank you.

[@jayfogelman]

Simply one of the best watercolour instructional demos I've seen. The combination of the narrative and the visuals was completely satisfying. Grahame's quick facility was a bit unnerving, though. Providing captions for the elements of a mix was a great idea. Thanks!

[@PaintingWatercolour]

Much appreciated Jay, glad you enjoyed it.

[@garygraham997]

So good!!

[@neilbarton7216]

Another great painting Grahame, hopefully catch up next July 🤞

[@paulinedavis3660]

Excellent video thanks Grahame

[@gennydavidsonsmith85]

Terrifically good Grahame. Please do more!

[@PaintingWatercolour]

More on the way Genny

[@auraservent7282]

Fantàstic!!

[@malcolmwalters1799]

Well done 👍 comprehensive explaination of your methods thanks

[@astridsaragih8559]

Thank you, Sir. Good health and joy to you.

[@kennysmith8358]

Thank you enjoyed the demo .

[@k.b.woodworker3250]

Thank you for this wonderful video! I just purchased your book and am eagerly awaiting its arrival. You tell us what you are doing and why, which is invaluable.

[@ingatorfadottir5873]

Yeah, and thank you!!

[@santaaugustino1]

Beautiful...

[@bnataliya]

Thank you very much! Very helpful every time you touch paint name of colour appears (it should be time consuming for you), I like you share your thoughts. And I love your accent!!

[@PaintingWatercolour]

Thank you Nataliya, It is time consuming so glad that it is useful.

[@isobelmckee3199]

Grahame you're paintings were great

[@isobelmckee3199]

Grahame you're book you have just finished is it on sale yet .I shall be buying your muçh sought after book lsobemckee

[@jellyartist]

Nice demo, Grahame.

[@loretacolantonio7398]

Thank you for a great demo with lots of tips and indications. I always learn so much from you. Let us know when your new book comes out!

[@auraservent7282]

Genial!

[@unclemonty9506]

I saw that opening shot and thought 'holy crap that's amazing, it looks like a photograph'...still a nice painting though 😎

[@marykelly8707]

Very enjoyable

[@damienkearns3654]

Great to see a new video from you, thanks. Buy Grahame's Searchpress books from Amazon, learn from the best 🙏❤️

[@xVentax]

I have been watching watercolour videos/tutorials for some time now - I can’t believe I only just found you yesterday! I love your work, and I find your colour mixing and explanations so informative. (It helps that you sound a lot like my much missed, recently passed mammy - she was from Enniskillen. ☺️) Thanks for your tutorials, I’ll be recommending them on the watercolour beginners Facebook page I’m on.

[@damienkearns3654]

Check out those books of Grahame's especially the one called Paint Pad Artist: Watercolour Landscapes. Street Scenes is great also for Beginners. NB. I'm not Grahame's PR, I've just seen a lot of books, a lot of tutorials and his way of painting light and mixing paint is rare, it's the way anyone can learn from.

[@xVentax]

Damien Kearns Thanks, in fact I just came here now to see if there was a link to his books, so I’ll definitely be checking them out. 👍🏼

[@damienkearns3654]

@@xVentax No problem, enjoy

[@PaintingWatercolour]

Hi Venta. Glad you enjoyed the video and sorry to hear about your mum. I have spent many happy holidays at the Fermanagh Lakes.

[@xVentax]

Grahame Booth Ah wonderful - mum was born & raised on a farm on the banks of Loch Erne.

[@bonifaciomagdiwang1697]

I really liked your mixing pallet. please what brand is that?

[@DavidSteadStudio]

Ah beautiful Staithes - so difficult to find places to paint it from.

[@janicetio1219]

Superb

[@timheidrich8032]

Hello Grahame, thanks so much for this very informative demo. I like how you let us see the reference photo when appropiate during the process. I'm curious about the paper, was it hot-press? Cheers, Tim in California

[@PaintingWatercolour]

Hi Tim. The paper was a cold press paper from St. Cuthbert's Mill in England, called Millford

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

Wonderful demo Grahame! Thank you very much!! By the way what are the brushes of Rosemary? Kolinsky or Squirrel? Thanks!

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

@@janen668 I saw, but find me the one Grahame used on that page. I have a few Rosemary brushes already.

[@PaintingWatercolour]

Hi Edo. I use the series 888 Goat Wash, Series 402 Sable/Synthetic size 14, 7 and 4 and the 1/4" swordliner series 770, all Rosemary & Co

[@EdoHannema-Watercolour-Art]

@@PaintingWatercolour Thank you so much Grahame! I will look for them! I have the sword-liners and a few sables! very good brushes Rosemary makes!

[@rg2265]

I think I was more listening that watching! Thank you! Could you please tell what kind of brushes (both light beige handles) you have used? Thanx

[@PaintingWatercolour]

All Rosemary and Co. I use round brushes series 402 (size 14 and others) and a 1/4 inch swordliner, series 770

[@naturesketches126]

Absolutely brilliant instruction!! Thank you! What size is your brush? Seems very versatile. Thank you.

[@PaintingWatercolour]

Thank you. The brush is a size 14 Rosemary & Co series 402. I love it!

[@markdlehane]

Thanks Grahame, this is a brilliant demo. You've explained your process in such a clear and common sense way. It's made a huge difference for me. I wonder do you have a Patreon page or painting course?

[@PaintingWatercolour]

Thanks Mark. Because of Covid, I probably won't be able to run my usual classes this autumn and so I am looking at how I can do online classes that match the "live" ones as much as possible. I haven't quite finalised what platform I'll use but I'll certainly announce it if and when I'm ready.

[@garyweybright3227]

I subscribed before you were finished! Loved the addition of the paints used onto the screen, also the reference to the photo you are working from! Could you tell me about your folding palette? ClaudiaSJI.

[@PaintingWatercolour]

Thank's so much! I designed and made the palette myself but it's a bit rough round the edges. It is now produced by my friend Peter who is an expert brassworker: lapetitepalette.com/grahamebooth.html

[@garyweybright3227]

Grahame Booth WHAT? Really you made that yourself! It’s as cool as the painting IN my opinion. I would love to see it in folding action! Wow! It is brass? I had a guy in England make me a palette but your design is soooo cool. I will check out the link and look up your friend. My was from John Hurtley “The Little Brass Box” . Thank you so much! ClaudiaSJI

[@CaptChaos1964]

I haven’t picked up a brush for about 25 years, I used to watch Alwyn Crawshaw, stumbled across your superb video, it’s inspiring me to get my paints out, a quick question, what brush are you using?

[@damienkearns3654]

Rosemary and Co is definitely the brand, I think it's a 12 or 14 Round from the 401 Pointed Sable Mix range. They are £15 and £20 respectively and are very highly regarded. You can get them on rosemaryandco.com. They could possibly confirm identify as well. Get out those paints and get painting before the inspiration wears off 😂 You'll be glad you did. There's a whole new world available now to learn online. KZbin, Patreon, Domestika, etc.

[@PaintingWatercolour]

As Damien suggests, it is a size 14 sable blend but it is series 402. Excellent brushes Robert and not too expensive.

[@darvoid66]

What is the magic disc you wipe your brush on before going to the paper? Thank you for sharing your art.

[@PaintingWatercolour]

It's just a high absorbency sponge in the lid of my water container.

[@robbiej2070]

👍

[@davidsmith812]

Is the large round brush you used for this tutorial the Rosemary #12 Series 402 brush? Thanks.

[@PaintingWatercolour]

Well spotted David but it is actually a size 14

[@boubella11]

Your cerulean blue doesnt look the same as my Daniel Smith cerulean. Mine is more granulating. What brand?

[@PaintingWatercolour]

Hi Kathy. It is Winsor and Newton Artists Quality.

[@Nasauniverse001]

Your paper dudnt Buckley, how and why?

[@PaintingWatercolour]

It actually did Janis, but I work with the paper at an angle of about 45 degrees. As a result the water doesn't sit in pools and so the buckling is minimised.

[@gennydavidsonsmith85]

Hello Grahame, Any chance that you might consider setting up a subscription based website? I’m thinking along the lines of Billy Showell. I dare say that there are other artists doing something like that (mostly via Patreon), but there is no one with you skill, easy way of teaching and style. No one wants to learn from an artist unless they really admire the way they paint, and it’s clear from all the comments on your KZbin tutorials that there are loads of others like me who feel the same way. There’s a huge gap in the market just waiting for you to fill it. Best wishes Genevieve

[@PaintingWatercolour]

Hi Genny. As you know my online courses site has just gone live (thanks for joining!). I may operate on subscription at some point but at the moment I just don't have enough material. If I am able to offer subscriptions in the future I would offer discounts for those folks who have paid for stand alone courses and who would like to switch to subscription.

[@gennydavidsonsmith85]

Grahame Booth Thank you Grahame and yes, I’ve signed up for the course starting 19 October. I’m really looking forward to it. I’m assuming I can access this any time after it’s gone live so I can fit it around my job? Genny

[@martmarriner6793]

Did you leaern to paint ferom Alwyn Crawshaws books? youer style is very similar.

[@larryseals4665]

Good. What would you do without UMB and Burnt Sienna? A muddy grey at best . Then again you live in a muddy depressing country.

[@bankruptbritain6103]

Too much fiddly detail, there's no mystery left, you spelled it all out