Painting small with no pressure and no fear for BEGINNERS (Tiny Tuesday or Try it Tuesday?)

For Beginners, painting small can take away the pressure and the fear to try new ideas, experiment and be bold with your choices. Let's play our way through watercolor. In this video we'll be exploring landscape with Cobalt Teal as the color for the sky. Cobalt Teal by QOR but you can also find it in other popular brands like Daniel Smith, M. Graham and Windsor and Newton (Cobalt Turquoise).
Get small, be brave and let's paint!
---Bee watercolor Sketchbook amzn.to/3SlLCSB
--My Palette - Qor Paints by Golden - amzn.to/3YcFazM
My brushes -
--------Princeton Aquaelite - amzn.to/40noC9u
--------Princeton Select - amzn.to/3WhKVdY
---------Silver Black Velvet - amzn.to/3FfCwR8
--My paper -
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----------Baohong Academy 100% Cotton Sketchbook. amzn.to/3wmDk2N
----------My pens - amzn.to/3hfnp2i
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[@squidkid2]

Great video. Especially good for experimenting with color combinations (warm and cool). BTW the reason the first one looks "flat" is because the lower green portion is all one dark value. If you lighten the top of the green area it will suggest things far away. This is atmospheric perspective and is a key to depth in landscapes and is very easy to learn. Teachers will sometimes tell students that dark colors seem near and light colors recede but don't explain why. The reason that things that are far away seem lighter is that we are viewing them through a lot more atmosphere which contains dust and water vapor and tends to obscure and lighten objects that are far away.

[@stephaniemerlin1]

Thank you for this info!

[@timeenuf4200]

Great exercise. Easier to show improvement and simply playful approach to watercolor. As a beginner I've tried to paint larger pictures and get frustrated with various common issues and wind up quitting . This idea gives a shorter time frame for each "piece" and lots of opportunity to experiment. Thank you for such a great idea.

[@cindytaylor6657]

Agreed

[@shanacirce2667]

So glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching.

[@donnatalley144]

I really love how organic this is!! As a beginner it’s nice to see how you go along with whatever is happening and not seeing it as a failure!!! So helpful

[@shanacirce2667]

Thanks for watching, Donna!

[@ppmppm7010]

That's half the fun going where the painting takes you

[@Apollonia222]

This was absolutely mesmerizing to watch! I love it so much, thank you for sharing. It is very inspiring and helpful! (I just wanted to add: I also appreciate that there is no background music and endless, fast cuts)

[@shanacirce2667]

Thanks for watching. 😁

[@debysmith5834]

Agreed!

[@lindachiasson5626]

I need more of this. Thank you!

[@leahosterberg5707]

I slice painters tape lengthwise to get thinner strips. I use a clear ruler and exacto knife on a cutting mat. Works better than Washi tape

[@Lauraisabelgonzalezart]

I need to get some of that thinner washi tapes to help with these tiny Tuesdays videos! And good news... the shop that I got the smaller Bee journals from finally had the 8×8 in stock so yeah!!! Can't wait to try these fun mini paintings a try!

[@marlbboro8091]

Such an IMMENSELY helpful video! You can not imagine how much you helped me. Your commentary is also so relatable. ‘That weird building ‘ 🤣 love it. That’s how I think too when odd things happen on my sketchbook.

[@shanacirce2667]

You're so welcome! I’m so glad you enjoy my random banter with myself. 😊

[@OahuHawaii503]

I love miniatures, nice work .

[@shanacirce2667]

Thank you for watching!

[@joanpringle-canning2834]

🐭🐭wonderful tiny painting. I haven't seen any videos presenting tutorials on mini-painting. Hopefully, you'll be doing more in the future, tiny cute animals & fruit/veg. Enjoy all your tutorials and learn a lot🤗🤗

[@debramarvin]

Great video and very helpful, the more wash review the better for this newbie! Thank you Shana.

[@judihussey5889]

Loved this tutorial!! Your grove reminded me of nut groves in OR!! There’s so much to learn even with tiny paintings. Thank you for this tip!! ❤

[@valeriegehling4358]

For me, as a beginner, really good idea to split the paper & trial out effects.4 sweet miniatures!

[@VickiKae]

Thank you Shana! Such a great idea... I will definitely be trying this very soon :) As for the washi tape - I've not used anything else since reviving my watercolour efforts about a year ago (strictly a beginner). I love it - it's low-tac and I can easily find it in tubes of varying widths to suit any size 'creation'. However I ALWAYS press it down with a smooth plastic paddle, particularly the edges, and have never had a problem. I always get clean smooth edges. Washi tape is brilliant and inexpensive and doesn't harm the paper (Baohong, Paul Rubens and Fabriano) except for a local handmade paper that it took the top layer off but I would suggest that would have happened with any tape - I certainly won't be trying painter's tape on it! Thanks again again for the Tuesday Tinies and your lovely folk art inspirations :)

[@pfinniganallen]

😊 excellent lesson

[@evelynr7174]

How fun...I'm loving your miniatures for my practise as a beginner ish artist! And color experimenting is so fun!❤

[@Ms1lonewolf]

I just started watching you and I like it awesome! Thank you and I'll try and catch up. JK FLORIDA USA 🇺🇸.

[@shanacirce2667]

Welcome to the channel!

[@bhornannawindeedeigh5007]

This is encouraging... I will try this, as my blank pages always loom in front of me with too much space to fill... small squares to paint aren't as intimidating. Great idea. Many, many thanks for your tutorial. 💐🙏🏽

[@jude1515]

I love painting small. I cut my paper into artist trading card size cards and paint and store them. Those plastic gum containers work perfectly for storage. Your paintings are pretty.

[@shanacirce2667]

Great ideas for storing your tiny paintings. Thank you, Jude.

[@dianaangelflower6202]

I just found you and I'm so glad I did. I really enjoyed this exercise. Great way to combine colors and see how they work together. God bless you!!!

[@lovdolls]

I think those little painting are just beautiful. I love the way you did them and how well they turned out. I haven't tried painting quite this small yet but will now.

[@shanacirce2667]

So glad you like them, Nancy. Painting small can be so fun and freeing.

[@123craftygal]

I love the one with the house and the one with the mowens. All of them evolved beautifully.😊

[@shanacirce2667]

Thank you, Catherine! Thanks for watching. 😀

[@Valerieknitterhands]

This was a great exercise I love working small and saving paper is always a plus-thank you

[@shanesummerkelly-uw5tg]

Great ideas . Could listen to your voice all day . Very soothing yet motivational. (Not talking down but explaining in a way that is encouraging.) Thanks !

[@shanacirce2667]

So glad you enjoyed it. Thank for watching! 😀

[@barblarson5354]

Love these

[@melanieforrester7689]

Love it!! Random street view - here I come 😉 I'm sooo using this idea with my new Goauche set!

[@JeanniesJems247]

that color would have made a great ocean scape

[@ginabadeaux9319]

this is what ive been doing with my watercolor journals ,i just took a bunch of photos of my art journal pages ,thank you

[@karenharmer519]

What a great video, I love the idea of painting small miniature pieces of art. Great exercise to practice with paints and colours.thank you for sharing ❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@shanacirce2667]

So glad you liked it. Thank you for watching.

[@reidpenton7345]

Great idea, thanks!!

[@jega157]

Great for me as a beginner.... 👍

[@jlm517rocks]

gotta love twinchies. great idea...

[@JUANS3F]

hey...great video. i had to start my own exercise and call it strategies... thank you for your work..peace

[@shanacirce2667]

Love it!

[@therealkathytincler]

Those are awesome! (and darling I might add as I love mini anything lol) I'm a newbie still trying to do leaves and petals. You are new to me so I will check your vids out. Thank you for this lesson. I did click like on this one. Tfs😀

[@salmaomar8466]

I bought some washi tape online and it ended up being the narrow one like in the video. Didn't think I'd ever use it but I'm so happy that I came across this today. Going to use it with smaller painting practice. Thank you Shana.

[@judykiesow3922]

Thank you! I'm so glad that I found your channel

[@shanacirce2667]

I’m glad you found it too, Judy! Thanks for watching.

[@destresswithyoga]

Love this!! Tiny paintings are my favorite. New sub ❤

[@shanacirce2667]

Thanks for subscribing. I’ll be doing tiny paintings every Tuesday so more to come!

[@cindytaylor6657]

I really enjoyed this post and learned so much, thank you.

[@ixchelssong]

I have had very little artistic training in my life, apart from a class in my senior year of high school. I had a professional artist uncle and his professionally trained wife. And they would gift me with art workbooks when I was younger, but that was all. I gleaned little from that source. But... in my high school years I did a lot of drawing. I had sketch books (and scrap paper) that I filled every space of. They weren't strictly dived like in this video, but still I filled pages with unrelated sketches and other practice. 🙂 *divided

[@shanacirce2667]

That’s fantastic. You should start a new sketchbook now and start filling it up! 😄

[@ixchelssong]

@@shanacirce2667 I already have the sketch books, but now have to overcome the "getting started" hurdle. 😅😅

[@flyfisherman3649]

I like it! I love painting smaller size paintings since it requires a bit more focus.

[@shanacirce2667]

I’m So glad you like it. Thanks for watching.

[@Horsewoman-pt2ku]

Just found you through suggested. I have found I love viridian mixed with orange and purple and reds. I need to remember to use it more

[@johncspine2787]

You can take superfine steel wool, I think it’s 4 zero, 0000, and brush or lightly scrub plastic surfaces to stop beading without making unsightly or deep scratches..

[@elizabethheyenga9277]

Vinyl striping tape (1/8") works!

[@shanacirce2667]

Thanks for the recommendation

[@chellepitts6677]

So happy I “stumbled upon” your video! I love this and want to give it a go!😊

[@shanacirce2667]

Thank you for watching, Chelle!

[@BlancaVarguesArt]

Very beautiful art works, so lovely video!😍

[@knfarns]

I enjoyed this so much! Thank you.

[@shanacirce2667]

Thank you for watching. 😀

[@Endearney87]

Thanks

[@shanacirce2667]

Thank you, Sylvia!!!! Your support is so wonderful. I couldn’t do what I do without you. 😀

[@Qu_2_wil_lmjk]

Very nice! ☺

[@mellypainter1901]

Nice pics!! Many greetings from germany :)

[@shanacirce2667]

Thanks for watching!

[@robinlathim8221]

This was a great video for me, very unpretentious and inspiring for a super beginner like myself. Thank you and i subscribed 😊

[@shanacirce2667]

So glad to have you as a subscriber. Thank you for watching.

[@WendyInMD]

Wow! I’m a recent subscriber and I’m so glad I found you! These were great tips for a beginner (and probably more experienced artists). You’ve inspired me to try some small exercises like this. (I’ll check out your other videos to!😊) If you have a paper trimmer (with the blade that slides down a ruler to cut-think Fiskars), you can put a different tape like artists tape or masking tape down in the trimmer lengthwise and just use the blade to cut the tape into slimmer pieces. Hope this makes sense. 💕

[@shanacirce2667]

Thanks for watching Wendy and thanks for the tips. 😁

[@mariannehaugaardantonsen7108]

Hi Shana, such a wonderful and funny idea! About tape: I take some broad masking tape and put it on drawing paper or what I have, not the expensive type. I then use a cutter or scissors to cut the masking tape as narrow as I want and as my cutter allows me. When I remove the masking tape from the paper, it gives me some narrow tape lengths that I can use the same way that you use the washi tape in the video, but is is plain white (and cheaper) It works for me, perhaps you can use it too?

[@shanacirce2667]

Thank you Marianne! I do have some think masking tape. I just need to apply heat to remove it to loosen the adhesive. Thanks for the tips.

[@ladyelainefairchild3546]

@@shanacirce2667 Why don’t you just use drafting tape?

[@lindachiasson5626]

I'll be binge-watching. Seems like I missed a lot.

[@ixchelssong]

For the first square, I thought the blue could have also been made to look like water ,for nice look.

[@stephencynthiascherry6340]

I feel like the top right painting could have had a giraffe sticking up above those trees! But I love it like it is, as well. Thanks for a fun tutorial, Shana! P.S. I’m pretty sure I live in your neighborhood. Do you give in person classes anywhere? If so, how could I find out more?

[@shanacirce2667]

That’s so funny! I may be teaching in person classes at Cornell Creative Arts Center this spring. Still trying to work out a schedule with the.

[@stephencynthiascherry6340]

@@shanacirce2667 Ok. I’ll be sure to watch for it! Thanks!

[@susanorban3059]

Love these and your teaching! New subscriber.❤️

[@shanacirce2667]

Thank you for watching😃

[@angelikawerner6462]

Very inspiring and helpful in overcoming the fear of beginning! Maybe you could position the camera at a right angle to your painting? I keep tilting my head - a bit tiring in the long run!

[@shawnas464]

How fun! You can clean up the edges with a white gel pen?

[@cordulapieper3858]

I'm very happy to find your channel. Which colors and book do you use in this video? Thank you

[@shanacirce2667]

Thank you for watching. In the descriptions you can usually find all my supplies. In this one I used an 8x8 bee watercolor book. And I used Cobalt teal, Payne’s grey, sap green, raw umber and burnt sienna.

[@moppetmehta2440]

wish your camera could also show what you were dipping your brush into every few seconds. For a beginner that is needed.

[@shanacirce2667]

Thanks for the feedback. I will keep that in mind in future videos. 😀

[@SharonCullenArt]

Interesting sounds like the series I did called Tiny Tuesday Tutorials that my subs asked me to resume.

[@shanacirce2667]

That’s awesome, Sharon. You should bring it back. I’m a big proponent of painting small and experimenting for beginners. I’m thinking of subtly changing it to Try it Tuesday, still doing small, but focusing on experimenting and trying things before you go big with them.

[@user-el4ms5hh9r]

Hi, This, was very informative & inspirational. What is the tape yo are using. I have been using marking tape on my page but find it lifts off very easily & Quickly.

[@shanacirce2667]

I generally use painters tape or regular masking tape, which both work well. I have used washi tape and will use it on more delicate surfaces but I find it doesn’t always adhere as well.

[@lovewillwinnn]

Colbolt? I was saying cobAlt for a long time

[@patriciasheridan7]

I have discovered you!

[@lauriebochner6936]

Beautiful! I'm struggling with finding a good washi tape. Recommendations please?

[@shanacirce2667]

I’m not a big fan of washi tape. I just happened to have some in hand. So I do t really have a recommendation. I much prefer painter’s tape or artists tape. I found this for a thinner tape. amzn.to/3mYxJxX

[@lauriebochner6936]

@@shanacirce2667 thank you! I'll give that a try!

[@LesileNeidig]

🙂

[@AmazinGraceXOXO1]

Great video!!! I need to ask you. Have you ever tried the bee watercolor paper in single sheets? They usually come in packs of 25. I can get a 50 pack from Blicks or Jerry’s Artarama for around twenty dollars. (6x9) Is this watercolor sketchbook the same paper? Just wondering because I ADORE the sheets and would love to have it in sketchbook form.

[@shanacirce2667]

Yea, I have used the sheets. That’s how I was first introduced to new paper. It’s the same paper as in the 140lb cold press sketchbook/journals.

[@AmazinGraceXOXO1]

@@shanacirce2667 thank you so much!!! That's great to know!

[@darranthompson6464]

What tape is that you are using PS love this lesson

[@shanacirce2667]

Thank you. I’m using washi tape in this one.

[@aprilwright1797]

What kind of tape are you using?

[@shanacirce2667]

I was using Washi tape for this tutorial. It’s a decorative low tack tape. I’m not a big fan of washi tape but I will use it from time to time.