These LAZY Watercolor Techniques Will Change How You Paint!

[@paintingandchocolate]

I hope you enjoyed this video and learning about my lazy process :) You can practice this train along on my Patreon: patreon.com/francoiseblayac

[@lauriebanerjee3971]

You are such a good teacher with such good tips. I really like the highly professional nature of your videos. Not one minute is filler. Every thing you say is valuable. Thank you!!!

[@paintingandchocolate]

And thank you for this feedback 🙏

[@rainbowfox1934]

I think your point is a good one. As long as the basic shape is accurate, the values strong and the composition well done, the rest is style. I own about 70 paints. I repeatedly use about 30. You learn over time which are favorites. I select 2 to 3 variations of each color when I paint. I use up the ones I don't like and keep the rest. The train is such a lovely 2 toned painting.

[@paintingandchocolate]

You sumed it up so well, thank you. Sharing about your journey with color will be valuable to others here I'm sure.🙂

[@elflordsjourneys]

Best tip ever for beginners is using 100%cotton paper, i used cheap pulp papers for years, had decent results but cotton is so much better for sure. 😊

[@paintingandchocolate]

Couldn't agree more on that one 🙂

[@franceswai816]

Thanks for your video. I love to be lazy ... that's the way I want on my paintings :)

[@paintingandchocolate]

Yes me too 🙂

[@bobbiegraham7729]

I think you just saved me. I paint realistically. But have been in a severe slump because it takes so long. So I haven't wanted to start on a time consuming project that I wasn't particularly interested in. My only question is what paints do you know will lift well? Is it just a matter of testing each one or do staining and non-staining indicate ease of lifting? This was a wonderful video. I've followed you from the start, but this one really "hit home" with me. ❤

[@paintingandchocolate]

I'm glad this was helpful! So yes,I know from testing, honestly I never look at how they label this or that paint 😁

[@Bearwithme560]

There's an excellent chart that someone whose name l forget (Blundell?) has made of staining, non-staining, fugitive and light resistant colours. A quick Google search will find it. For me, be very light-handed when using yellow ochre.

[@Merletth]

Beautiful

[@paintingandchocolate]

Thank you 🙂

[@kathyphifer7546]

Wowie! Incredible technique ❤️

[@paintingandchocolate]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@cnburton1]

Just amazing! ❤

[@paintingandchocolate]

I'm glad you enjoyed!

[@debbieb595]

Wow, you made that look really easy 😮 Thank you!

[@paintingandchocolate]

You’re welcome 😊

[@murmulefy]

Awesome advice❤ Thank you!

[@paintingandchocolate]

Glad it was helpful!

[@glenda7921]

So nice to see your channel growing along with your on camera confidence and painting skill. Congrats on choosing an unexpected subject and making it interesting. One suggestion…it would be nice to see a Picture in Picture of the reference from time to time, you are clearly looking at it often enough and it would be helpful for us to see it too. Thank you for considering. 🇨🇦

[@paintingandchocolate]

Thank you Glenda, and yes, good point about the reference.

[@pamelaburns1081]

Thank you for sharing you words of wisdom…is there a tutorial for this train? Both my son in law and 2 grandsons love trains

[@paintingandchocolate]

You're welcome ! Yes, the tutorial is on my Patreon, accessible to the $4/month tier. There's a link above in my own comment, or the description of the video.

[@frenchie77310]

Bonjour Françoise. Je découvre ton site suite à un article dans le magazine de la Ville de SERVIAN. BRAVO ! Penses-tu pouvoir en faire d'autres en français ?

[@paintingandchocolate]

Bonjour voisins 🙂 d'autres vidéos en français ? Pas pour le moment à part mes cours à la mediathèque. J'ai une expo sur mes murs et je suis là toute la semaine (horaires école) si vous êtes par là cependant. Merci pour ce message!

[@susanzahn812]

What are the brushes you are using and the paper? Thank you

[@paintingandchocolate]

This paper is Baohong masters choice. All paintbrushes I use are listed in my kit.co link in the description of the video. Happy holidays!

[@sylviestar8666]

Just gorgeous even the snow effect looks outstanding! ❤❤❤❤ by the way, how did you do it…it’s hard to see what you used in your hand to achieve such a nice effect. 😊😊😊😊

[@paintingandchocolate]

I use white gouache on a brush. I show it in other videos. It's good to use some water so the drops fall easy but still enough pigment that it shows when dry.

[@sivadasanvk4647]

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[@MDemaio-m3e]

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