【DOS AND DONT'S】5 Watercolor Mistakes to avoid

[@wrlccywrlir]

5:34 "Don't start stroking without a tissue nearby"

[@annelencallaway2826]

*beats brush*

[@MochaxMatcha]

Bob Ross I cracked up 😂

[@frossty8876]

Bob Ross XD OMG STOP BOB ROSS YOU NEED TO CHILLLLL 😂😂

[@karennaturallyartby]

Bob Ross Hi Bob! Love your work!

[@aSyMbolden]

Bob Ross this is my favorite lmao

[@MminaMaclang]

I love how instead of focusing on "this is how I do it so it's a Do", you instead presented properties that you can use to your advantage, depending on what style youre going for. Also have you always added this much comedy and quirk in your videos?

[@jazzpear8877]

"Don't start stroking without a tissue nearby" That's the best thing I've heard all day

[@RaspberryMalina190817]

KaoKay lmaooo

[@amiemarieart]

Lmao!

[@aniraseraug2104]

I like the way you did it!!! Because its not "do this technique and not this one because its just a stupid look" its more focused on "know what youre working with and what your goal is, using how your tools react and affect things to your advantage"!

[@minoeschpreusterink4054]

Seinsei laovaan is my fave laovaan

[@kakonya2994]

Minoesch Preusterink whoa I have the same profile pic on another acccount. You have good tastes. We know what to look for in screenshots

[@fahmidayesmen9065]

otaku sensei ^_^

[@LivanisStudio]

This video is a holy Gift from the watercolor god T^T

[@AnotherFishyMuffin]

KZoomii _ Well, isn’t he the watercolor god himself ?

[@Mijuki]

It's T H I C C enough

[@kayaeki]

That T H I C C won't do any good :(

[@dapperghost3997]

It’s to BOOTYfull

[@jessicagomez1760]

booiiiii that thiccness tho

[@Wolfcaster]

07:11

[@Elbylicious]

What up, Hila Kleiners!

[@thebrowneyedgirl97]

Oh no he's cute

[@sweatshirt1725]

W h e e z e I feel your pain

[@Zainabxzl]

You mean His avatar?? 😂

[@fewcuchptat7431]

Zain ab him irl is cute too

[@Kata_Rin]

I heard this in the squidward voice for some reason haha

[@iyanubanks100]

I find his avatar adorable tbh❤️

[@davidtagle1344]

Love the anime character

[@terrythomas790]

That thing is annoying and not needed

[@tori4770]

@@terrythomas790 most people don't think that

[@terrythomas790]

@@tori4770 Thats ok. I do, Its actually stupid. What does that have to do with watercolors??

[@tori4770]

@@terrythomas790 chill dude.. The thing is, people like avatars. That's all there is to it.

[@aninditadeysengupta3287]

Redstone

[@pixiemixieheart9618]

Loving the sound effects when Laovaan said 'Foreveeeer' ..... foreshadowing of doom is strong! gave me goosebumps. :D

[@sachi-hime6203]

Pixie Mixieheart He can make you feel like: Hold my brush, it's about to go down.

[@nicolle2126]

A good rule of thumb for people starting out with watercolors, the order of importance in choosing materials is: 1. Paper 2. Brush 3. Paint If you have the opportunity, it's okay to start out with an okay paint, pretty good brush, and the best paper you have access to. Artist paints on flimsy paper will just make you cry

[@kenseikc]

Quality content

[@LiobaBrueckner]

WHaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!! This video is so well done! I LOVE your anime avatar SO MUCH!

[@MoistCrumpet]

Those little clips thrown in where you’re looking at the memes kind of remind me of those infomercials you see for useless inventions, where the actors are being all overdramatic. That said, this tutorial was pretty useful. Thank you.

[@Echolox]

русский, Español, français, 日本語, Deutsch? We have subtitles! (this only works on your computer though) Click the gear icon in the lower-right corner of the video. Select "subtitles", then "auto-translation" and choose your language.

[@makarm369]

Echolox it's really helpful **

[@umpoucodetudoealgumacoisa]

There is not to portuguese... -.-

[@Echolox]

Just tested it, Portuguese is definitely available. Make sure you've turned on subtitles first. That's the button left to the gear icon which for me says [CC]. Then, when you click on the gear icon, you should see "Speed", "Subtitles" and "Quality". Click subtitles, then "Auto-Translation" and scroll down to Portoguese. The list is alphabetical so you will have to scroll a bit. Let me know if this helps :) PS: I wish KZbin would make this feature a little easier to find and advertise is properly

[@livera9178]

CC!!! Thank you!!!

[@olena_sketching]

Echolox lol just watched it in english (i'm russian) but could have used the subs) language practice )) thanks for option ^^

[@carlachem6065]

Watercolor tips, memes, an anime laovaan and a beautiful irl laovaan... This video is everything I ever wanted

[@Craftsworldsocial]

Ur avatar is cute as hell, I can't take it

[@iyanubanks100]

Yeah🥺

[@nova-kiin]

You are so adorable omg I want to hug you xD also, thank you very much for this video, it’s very helpful. :)

[@skyrim1949]

that don't in the thumbnail is way better than my drawing

[@Alecexo]

Shiraayuki shhh

[@ZenitsuKunn]

lmaoo same

[@NCAGutierrez]

This is soooo helpful! Thank you very much once more!! Your explanations are always very clear and objective :D ☆ (btw you're still too handsome bye~)

[@boogerbutter2965]

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[@aintahater3005]

Meghan Openshaw 😂😂

[@kxminxri]

I swear i had this as my "real name" on DeviantArt in the exact same font

[@TrueGamingVault]

Can you make a detailed video on which tools you use, Thank you, Loavaan

[@sandragonz813]

Oh my goodness i was laughing so much during this video! lmao! So awesomely put together. Thank you so much for making these, I'm extremely new to watercolor and I only got into it because of you! You are my goal and I love your art so much. Keep up the amazing work!

[@lonelywolf6936]

I have always struggled with watercolor, this Vid really helps :)

[@zelim9514]

I like watercolors and all, but all I wanna talk about is your new avatar and how adorable I think he is xD

[@otaku11bts23]

I’m glad you posted this because I got into watercolor recently, and was looking for helpful videos literally yesterday

[@ThatLazyStray]

This is a pretty good example of do's and don'ts. I've seen a lot of stylised do's and don'ts which i don't really agree with and a lot of the time i end up liking the 'don'ts' more than the actual do's. These are actual helpful tips more guided to help you use your medium to more effect rather than about style, and that's super helpful. I didn't even know about granulation before this.

[@nou257]

please make more watercolor mistakes to avoid! i know most of these already but that's because i've been painting for over a month now and learned a lot through my short journey, the other do's and don'ts of watercolors aren't like this, yours is very in depth and unique and very very important to beginners!

[@hopelincoln4]

"Don't start stroking without a tissue nearby" LOLOLOL

[@Niaoni]

Finally a video about watercolor that isn't just a tutorial for people who never painted with watercolor before! Nice job :3 And omg the character is so cute ^.^

[@shannonsmith6936]

this is hands down the best video I've ever seen on watercolor technique. I paint with watercolor fairly often but had no idea wth was going on with the granulation. Or that the pigment dictates how erasable a color is. I never see that stuff mentioned. THANK YOU!!!

[@jaquelinehennecke1220]

Die animation ist ja Mal sowas von niedlich 😻

[@justine.Semidea]

Best video about watercolor tips I ever watch (and I have seen many of them).

[@__j__9575]

Thank you for making this! I normally don't like do and don't videos because they over simplify things. But you are clearly a very experienced watercolor artist and it came across in this video. You explained everything very well and it was super helpful! Thank you!

[@chevvy427]

DON'T START STROKING WITHOUT A TISSUE NEARBY

[@amandac8836]

Cece Burton I DIED

[@saenzasmr8524]

this is amazing, usually artists do these kind of videos so incredibly vaguely that they never really help, but this was so helpful, and i feel like i was learning rather than being lectured at for my mistakes!

[@emman5758]

This was very helpful! Thanks! I like that it was more of a presentation of different options and things to know, rather than hard and fast dos and donts.

[@naiyou2840]

I already watched this but I’m rewatching because I find that little animation oc absolutely incredibly adorable

[@KlamJams]

I really enjoyed hearing you talk about the paper the most.

[@elizabethcattarin4645]

This is one of the best "do's and dont's" in water color I've seen. Explaining the outcome of each "Don't" and showing how to test for yourself makes the information far more useful than "just don't do this." Also using tape to create swatches is genius and I'm mad I haven't thought of it. Also the anime laaovan is adorable and I'd love to see a whole series of this. I'd pay good money for that art tutorial series. You're a natural teacher!

[@emilygraceillustration]

This is probably THE only useful "dos and donts" video ive ever watched, and it's very useful to both beginners and experienced artists! Thank you for this

[@GossamersArt]

I adore the new editing, it adds a personal touch that made me smile

[@snuuby5468]

Thank you for these very helpful tips. I am a beginner to watercolor and I have watched many how-to videos and Do and Don'ts. Your video gave me more information on the different paints and how they work. Also paper information on the reasons why they are different. What I appreciated the most is that you give the whys something is the way it is and how to use it.

[@alicestate2967]

The thing I like about this channel is that it is informative in a way that actually walks you through intuitively how to do things, whilst be entertaining. Like, the art styles on this channel are incredible and unique, and there is a large side portion of memes?

[@drawinglikeasir]

Ich warte nur ab wieviele Sekunden es dauert, bis in deinen Videos das erste Meme vorkommt :'D

[@LaovaanArt]

+Drawinglikeasir haha jaa, das Video sollte etwas unterhaltsamer sein um den Frust auszugleichen den man hatte es zu machen xD aber so hats auch Spaß gemacht :D

[@feyrune3205]

Omg meine deutschen lieblings artists auf einem Fleck? Und sie kennen sich?! Holy mein Traum wird war!! (๑♡∀♡๑)💕 Ich sehe eure Stände schon nebeneinander auf der nächsten con! (´ ▽｀).。ｏ♡

[@christianarowan1921]

Haha, das wäre lustig!

[@hoodybox477]

omg what language is that? i like it

[@eleafabeththefirst8814]

+my name does not matter It's german ^^

[@CheeseLord]

I've been relatively experienced in watercolor but those properties at the beginning were really helpful to know. Thanks for the awesome video!

[@st_th]

I love your accent so much i usually don’t listen to many voiceover art videos but your voice makes it so engaging

[@touisbetterthanpi]

Really liked this way of doing a “dos and donts” I’m someone who likes to use the effects of using a medium “wrong” and so often these videos bug me. However, this one just felt infomative

[@gerbilnoa2877]

Master, from your mouth it all sounds so simple. But I know how hard it is. Your lessons will not be forgotten. I have to try too!

[@borkingmad756]

Everytime you sit down to look at your sketchbook and cry afterwards, it really hits home.

[@Manganization]

I really like how you addressed the limitations of those Do's and Don'ts discussions. With that said, this is a very informative video. I prefer watercolour over Acrylic painting, but during school I learned very quickly how difficult to work with it can become.

[@SayantiFineArts]

excellent information...... specially the concept granulated paint pigments.... I had no idea

[@knightroartz3846]

I can't stop rewatching this. I love the part where u say "making it God dann hard" i just love that. But this helped me greatly and especially the one that helps with the realistic look which is what I was looking for

[@stripeytapir]

Dude! These are some great, really useful tips! Thank you! Also, your little semi-animated avatar is the bomb, I love him

[@creatingarte1015]

Very well stated video! I sometimes feel that a lot of artists are either pushing people to use high end products that they are not ready to use and will waste. Other artists will do a does and don’t video and not properly explain it well and can come off arrogant cocky and insensitive.

[@iamnikson4525]

Great vid 😁

[@Echolox]

Watching at 20x speed you are? ;D

[@iamnikson4525]

Echolox i was in a hurry :)

[@thetwelve5922]

2:48 the forever one made me laugh sooo hard.😂😂😂😂

[@thisisawesome4532]

These were some of the best tips I've found online. Very clear and straight forward. Very good video!

[@lonelywolf6936]

henlo Laovaan, you are amazing

[@drawntoicehockey]

Your watercolours are so beautiful. I find it very moving to look at them.

[@Mambo1061]

Great video, very fun to watch 👍🏻 I’d say dos and donts are quite effective for grabbing attention, structuring advice, and being constructive.

[@yulian3578]

Thank you so much! I'm relativly new to watercolours and this helped me a lot. Sadly, I can't really afford different paper or different kind o' watercolours, but at least I'll know now that (at least to some part) it's not me but my material. Personally, I'm not sure what to think of Do's and Don'ts. Often they fail to actually teach something, and especially as a beginner you feel like all they are saying is "Do it pretty, not ugly". And in the process of learing how to draw/finding you style there are a lot of stages, and they all are important. A beginner will draw differently than someone who's been doing art for a long time, and it's completly normal and important that they do. Do's and don'ts often don't acknowledge that. However, yours was pretty good! Probably because you did not talk about how (as in what) to paint, but provided general information about the material, which is important no matter whether you're a beginner or not, and no matter how you express yourself stylistic wise. Again, thank you a lot!

[@farahs8341]

I think it's a super nice way to help others, dictating what to do or not can take away from the creative process. what's a no for one artist can be the biggest do for the next and it's refreshing to see a different approach! I'd still love to know what kind of tape you use. I tried a few and they always ruin my paper upon removal or they won't stick to it as soon as I use water.

[@yensid4294]

I really appreciate the information about the graininess of different brands of paint. Never thought of that! Great tip, very helpful.👍

[@bubbles-1020]

Ich hab keine Ahnung wieso, aber deine Stimme und deine Art beruhigen mich total. Mir geht's momentan wirklich nicht gut und ich fühle mich gerade viel entspannter nach dem Video. Vielleicht nicht das, was das Video eigentlich bewirken sollte, aber trotzdem danke.

[@CrazyMoonKittyKat]

this video was so useful!! and i loved your characters animation throughout it!!

[@gurkensohn7807]

Holy shit! I can't believe how well this video was made! It was definitely the best and most helpful video about watercolour I've ever seen AND it still was so funny that I was crylaughing at some point in the video. I've started to use watercolour a few months ago and being completely new to the medium, this video contained all the information I needed and really helped me out! I also really liked your little character and the memes (there can never be enough memes :D). You can really see all that work that has been put into this! I love it!

[@Lilyium]

Everything in this video is art, all your art is beautiful even if it's a don't, the animations give more personality, especially the monotone face palm moments and the tutorial is super helpful! I think I've learnt more than what my old art teacher has thought me.

[@fayewild2734]

I don't usually like the Do's- and Don't's type of videos, because art is subjective and blah blah but this was really insightful and useful!! I definitely learned stuff. Thank you!

[@alicechase2235]

literally the best do and donts watercolor video ive seen on the internet, thanks laovaan!

[@danaedwardsart726]

your video editing skills are getting so much better and more FUN!!!!

[@wolfrayne8355]

Very nice basics tutorial! Also I loved the kakariko village painting

[@aria7907]

YOUR PAINTINGS ARE GORGEOUS 😭😭😭

[@uneagerly]

Thank you so much for this. I'm currently in AP Art and after being introduced to watercolor only last year, I've taken a liking to it. I've basically taught myself through trial and error, so I tend to still make many mistakes. I've been stressed out over perfecting my skill and this was the perfect video to help me.

[@kyu_b3285]

Great video! these tips are really helpful! And i really laughed out loud by 1:43 XD

[@KakuMommy]

These tips are fantastic! I wish my teacher had taught this in art class. I wouldn't have been so frustrated when trying to use watercolors!

[@Argentarana]

Die art wie du zeichnest mit aquarell haut mich immer wieder aus den socken. Respekt

[@Knisspel]

For #2, colors like schminke have symbols on them that show how much they stain (i think for granulation as well) in case you wanna know before you buy them.

[@Raduselderbrother]

You are so talented and your voice is so calming. This channel is my new favorite thing

[@gayjoke2714]

Bestes "Do's and Dont's" Video dass ich bis jetzt gesehen habe. Ich liebe es wie du deine Art in das Video eingebracht hast :3

[@MRorizs2]

LOL I laughed so hard at the scenes where you get frustrated XD they're golden. Your art is amazing and getting any tips from you is super nice because your technique is awesome! Thanks for this video ^^ Also I love the anime you

[@gailpucciarelli9825]

I have watched several of your videos ...they have really helped me with getting smooth beautiful skin tones. Thank you so much for that!!

[@Just.Celeste]

Never has a watercolor video been more useful!

[@NeroTMAnimations]

Dat ''forever'' part. It describes it well. I would say to well.

[@bhartih5181]

I think u are really helpful laovaan bc I'm just starting watercolor and I do coloered pencil artworks so I don't know if this will work out, but seeing your video, you really help me to understand the do and don'ts with watercolor. Thank you.

[@lilianasilva5278]

I discovered your channel just now. I'm still a begginer in watercolor medium. Thank you for the tips.

[@artsygirl8604]

The animated version of you is great, love it. 😁 Also, great tips as well.

[@saltyhedgie5209]

“Don’t start stroking without a tissue nearby” I love you

[@eveewantspjmanpants570]

I love the little acting scenes, those were amazing, good job 👍

[@cinidevil]

This was wonderful, thank you. :) Your work is a great inspiration and reference for me, and although I'd figured out a few of these by myself already, it's always nice to solidify things. I'd love more of these! Have a nice week, Laovan!

[@SweetTea-Stephens]

Please do more. Love your tips. Thanks. Never understood the difference between hot and cold press and now I know how to get smooth paper. All my have texture and I hate it for most instances. I need hot press.

[@anonymousbathtub9550]

I had no idea about the granulating thing, I just thought it was something cheaper paints do!! thank you so much for this tutorial❤ (also loving the memes 💯👌)

[@tkdshine]

Thank you!! These were especially helpful, specifically the tips on painting skin.

[@neonnyagic8803]

When I know a pigment that granulates I often mix a small amount of white poster paint to have a smooth application

[@zweiundzwanzigg7442]

Wowowow ich muss dir jetzt mal ein riesiges Lob aussprechen! Ich bin echt kein Fan dieser "Dos" & "Donts", aber dein Video war so krass informativ! Nicht wie die anderwn oberflächlich, ich hab so viel neues gelernt. Danke!

[@Lillyrosechan]

I have the canson 300gr one in A3 size but I rarely use watercolor now since I'm in love with prismacolor premier pencils and draw and color digitally

[@HallowDirge]

Very encouraging and informative! I think do's and don't videos are helpful so long as u don't take them as the be all end all and still experiment, practice, and learn through experience.

[@MilleniumActress]

This was very helpful and pleasant to watch. You covered some points that other videos didn't, at least those that I've watched.

[@Ash-hl2mr]

I love anime laovaan!

[@Anniken961]

I really loved the video and the animation! Sometimes I have the craving of painting with watercolors but sometimes I forget some special 'watercolors' tecniques. Watercolors are like a little tyrannical, they do not allow you to make mistakes. But it's well worth it if the result is like your works! Thanks for the advices! Very useful!!!