Quick Tip 186 - The Edge of Watercolor

[@gracedoernerart2138]

Thank you SO much for your Watercolour and Gouache playlist. No one on yt teaches or explains it as well as you. I love Watercolour and finally I feel like I can paint like an artist with watercolour. I will remember your joy and enthusiasm as you paint... especially the comment *boom" as you paint the green under the Tulip. To that I laughed out loud... you go girl!! Cheers x

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Keep enjoying the journey and thanks for watching.

[@beckyhofer4328]

You are an excellent teacher, Dianne! Please...keep posting watercolor videos. Love the learning!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thank you, Becky.

[@joanistotler8804]

Wow, very informative and brave to do on camera, Dianne - painting watercolor and talking at the same time - you get a gold star!!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks, Joani! I'm just a glutton for a challenge 😄.

[@joanistotler8804]

@@IntheStudioArtInstruction Yes, you've definitely proven that! LOL

[@jenniferoden9343]

I just came across your videos this week (July 25, 2020). I have learned so much. Thank you! You are an amazing instructor.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks. Glad you found us.

[@thewanderess]

Dianne! It's such a pleasure watching you do Watercolour! Your enthusiasm and energy is contagious! 💜 Lots of love!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@corneliuiancu2642]

Your watercolor painting method approach is really special. It is looks to me perfectly adapted brushstrokes from oil painting to watercolor. Excellent and I think original!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Actually, it's a traditional method of working with watercolor. But thanks.

[@peggyt5409]

Love the idea of showing the same principle in three media! I will watch them all 😊

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Stay tuned...

[@joanistotler8804]

Finally got to watch this one Dianne and see how your method of not making a bunch of watery puddles and instead making pure colors to work from on your palette, ends up making in lively color, something I seemed unable to pull off when I was painting in watercolor. A great video - thanks!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Give it a try. Bet it will make a world of difference.

[@joanistotler8804]

No doubt! Will do!!

[@MonicaJamesFineArt]

Dianne, what a lovely demo. I’ve never used watercolor but you made it irresistible! Loved watching you. What you can do in 20 minutes is magic.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Try it. It's a fun medium though it WILL have its own way.

[@linda7345n]

That was so helpful. Thank you, Dianne.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure.

[@vibramarc]

everything has already been said in the many comments of your many high quality videos. thank you for your honest generosity.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

It's a pleasure. Thanks for watching.

[@annewright8184]

What a fabulous lesson! You are such a wonderful teacher! Many thanks! I'm learning so much from your videos!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks so much! As long as folks are learning, I'm a happy teacher.

[@joantucker4731]

Great study! You were a born teacher!!!!! I can't manage watercolors but LOVE watercolor paintings. Those little black metal boxes of watercolors that I got at the first of the year all through elementary school discouraged me from attempting other mediums for the majority of my life. Finally, I realize using oil paint would allow me to piddle with the best of piddlers.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

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[@oksusha2000]

I would like to see more on watercolor. Video was great. Thank you.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

We will be doing more on watercolor. Stay tuned.

[@AstaMuratti]

thank you so much, I was afraid of watercolor because it seems to be so uncontrollable, but now I know it is just my lack of study and training, and with your guidance I am eager to try it, learn it and discover inner beauty of it

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

I often say that watercolor is more like pottery than painting because it's more about controlling the water. All it takes is practice and paying attention to the wetness.

[@AstaMuratti]

yes, controlling the water may seem obvious, but I realized this only recently and The Edge of Watercolor video makes it so clear I feel i can do it

[@lizpellegrin8974]

Thank you for the great watercolour demo. I'm hoping to see more watercolour demos. Liz

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Stay tuned.

[@Kitchensurprise]

Thank you! Best tutorial in a Quick tip ever.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks!

[@TheLeahsKitchen]

Thank you - I learned so much - and what a wonderful style of painting! So enjoyable.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks. It's not really a style, just keeping watercolor spontaneous.

[@susankievman642]

I see you like to work with a flat brush. Most water color teachers use a round brush. I had a little difficult time understanding the the differnce between soft edges and lost edges. The hard edge is easy to see.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Susan, the lost edge in this QT is not as lost as I would have liked it to be. Essentially, a lost edge is an edge that disappears between two shapes or between a negative and positive area where a soft edge is one that is blended. About the brush, I work with both round and flat brushes. This little demo worked best with the flat.

[@mischabe3]

Will you please also show us why it’s important to leave the white of the paper, where, why and how?

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

For watercolor, the white paper serves as our light. I'll put your request on our schedule.

[@karl-heinzfietzek7371]

Thank you for the great demonstration!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

It's all in a day's work :)

[@joycesnodgrass7068]

Thank you! My focus is watercolor painting, so this was most helpful.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

I am delighted.

[@marymindfull]

Wonderful demo! Thank you for that.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure.

[@muhlenstedt]

The intelligence way of painting with watercolor I have ever seen. usually is a pain to begin with contouring or masking, the results stiff and lifeless. This is far more exciting and brings variety to the whole. Thank you

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

I realize that a lot of watercolor painters us all that masking and meticulous drawing, but from my point of view, watercolor has its own unique character that is controlled by the degree of wetness. I think of it as a spontaneous medium.

[@sandyshreve389]

Could you add one more version of this tip, please - for acrylic???? Many thanks!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Sandy, the method will work the same with acrylics as with oils. The only difference is moving fast enough to keep the acrylics from drying. If you've been working with acrylics for a while, you will already have worked that out. If not, I suggest using open acrylics or a fine mist of water as you work.

[@gresanatomy]

Thank you so much! It's a great lesson! 🙏🏻

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure.

[@joanlhubsch]

Very helpful indeed thank you very much.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You're welcome!

[@terif3754]

Even though watercolor isn't what I use, this tips was helpful to me. Thank you. You mentioned doing this instruction with other mediums. I wish you'd do one for acrylics, which I use and you didn't mention. I like your brush/water holder. What is that called?

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Teri, I didn't mention acrylics because the method is so much like using oils. The only difference is keeping the acrylic wet which you probably already know. The brush washer is called a brush tub. Jerry's Artarama has something similar called Jerry's Brush Basin and Blick has the same thing called Loew-Cornell Brush Tub II. Mine is the Loew-Cornell model.

[@terif3754]

Thank you so much for the reply. Yeah, keeping acrylics wet is an ongoing challenge, especially in this dry CA climate.

[@mosiotv]

Oh sorry I was a bit late this time! 😁 But great qt as always and really brilliant idea! Thank you so much 🌷

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

It's never too late 😎

[@Gftgnhhy]

thank you so much!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You bet!

[@geraldskinner63]

Awesome Dianne! you demonstrated what it is about watercolor that I Love.. It is a medium that is alive and constantly moving in and out of reach of the Artist's good intentions Lol! In regards to edges, I have found the right paper has a lot to do with how well water holds and dries.(I Love Rough 140lb) Are you using a watercolor board the quick-tip?

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks, Gerald. In this one I'm using an Arches 140 cold pressed sheet.

[@BarbaraH691]

Thank you!! this was so helpful to me..

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Wonderful! Thanks for watching.

[@toequantumspace]

Thank you !

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You bet!

[@stevesidare2493]

There is also the Rough Edge. (Very helpful videos!)

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks for adding that.

[@harryfisherman]

Great tip. Thanks, love the idea of same tip three different media. Now can we meet your cat?.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Perhaps we will show some shots of him and his sister in some upcoming tip.

[@jagodamarzec948]

🍁🍂

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

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