Watercolor Flamingo Painting Demonstration

[@catmorrsbuddy]

Not only is your flamingo beautiful, so is your KZbin video. Peaceful way to start day. Thank you.

[@mariamorjane]

aww thank you so much ☺️🌷

[@jerrytorres4193]

Maria Raczynska hi. I would like to do an oil painting of your flamingo. Can you help?

[@nursdurkin]

Another favorite!

[@mariamorjane]

thank you Paula :)

[@bobsmith1478]

Outstanding picture. Love how you do water. The Flamingo is stunning. Thank you Maria.

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you Bob :) I appreciate your comments!

[@ankitsharma5466]

im 16+ year old boy..you know i maked one of your painting and got lots of appreciation ..from morning today you are my personal tutor ...thank you very much....love your paintings cant wait to paint new one ....going to make this one now...:-D

[@mariamorjane]

That's awesome Ankit 🤗Happy to hear this! Thank you so much and enjoy painting :)

[@irinaemirziade7563]

Very beautiful and without haste❣

[@mariamorjane]

Thanks a lot 😊

[@MelanCholy2001]

This one's amazing too! Thanks! Love the signature at the very end! Mine is so complicated and time-consuming... maybe I can make that my "2021" signature and come up with something that requires less time yet looks unique!

[@mariamorjane]

lol Melan, I was just practicing my new signature since I was never a fan of mine😂 maybe it's not as bad after all.. I always liked the longer signatures, more like a calligraphy style..

[@jossrun]

Really very very beautiful. A lot of talent !

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you so much 😋

[@norakaven3705]

Wow! And yet another spectacular painting! Love watching your process Maria!

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you so much Nora🌷☺️

[@molossergirl2]

lovely Maria, beautiful tones and water as always A1 👍

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you so much 😀😋🦋🌼🤗🌹💕🌸🌺

[@veroniksa87]

unbelievable beauty!👏

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you 😋💕🌺

[@vandamachado1337]

Amazing!😍😍😍😍

[@mdrezaullah1054]

nice painting

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you!

[@debrawalters9746]

Absolutely beautiful!

[@mariamorjane]

🦩Thank you so much!

[@nicolem376]

Lovely!

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you🎨🙋🏻‍♀️

[@lindamcneff79]

Your paintings inspire me. I'm a beginner and sometimes feel I'll never be as good as artists like you. But I enjoy the process - isn't watercolor magical! - and I'll keep practicing. Thank you for your beautiful videos.

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you Linda, you know artist can be very harsh on themselves :) Im glad you are still painting :) maybe you feel this way because you haven't found your style yet? I think it's good following different tutorials I mean different styles because then you can find the style you are the best at :)

[@bethmulligan2588]

Maria...I live in Jacksonville now but lived in the Keys for over 23 yrs & flamingos are one of my favorite creatures and this piece(as well as ALL of you others) just simply enraptured, captured me. I have several Flamingo prints on my bedroom wall & as soon as I get home today & some "ME TIME..." I am going to try to replicate this...thank you so much for all the beauty you put into this old girls life...I do however, have a question you may be able to answer...many yrs ago, when I turned 36,(27yrs ago)my sister, who is an award winning make up artist for NBC, gave me a make over & she went to a craft store to buy artist brushes to apply make up to lips, eyes, cheeks, face...yet I always hear you artist say in your live tutorials for blending...smoothing out...softening effects...use a big fat powder/blush brush...which leaves me rather perplexed/amused...any reasoning? thanks again...

[@mariamorjane]

Hi Beth, thank you so much! And my pleasure! We don't have flamingos here on a west coast I would love to see some next time I'm in Florida again 😀🌺💕I hope you will enjoy painting this one :) just please remember I painted it on hot pressed, quite different from cold pressed and rough. I'm not sure if I understood this right about brushes :) but I don't think you need a big brush for blending unless it's a big piece of watercolor paper you paint on :) 🌺For the make up, yes.. if you apply a blush /powder... for softer effects 😀Also every artist in painting has a favorite set of brushes, I find myself using a lot an angular brush 😋😊🌹

[@bethmulligan2588]

I did notice that with the angular brushes...fortunately...I have a few of those...I did stop at Michael's & didn't see a hot pressed paper there(hobby lobby closed on Sundays so will go today)...or I guess I will go to Jerry's or amazon. Thanks for that reminder...I've just picked up brushes again, after 40yrs,& they were oils & canvas back then so watercolor is a whole new learning experience for me & I'm simply fascinated w all the ways it performs. I'm playing w different papers now & just in process of making some journals so I can kind of write my life story w WC illustrations for my 2 grand children.(I left home @ 15- hitchiking up & down east coast, chopper motorcycles, concerts, oh my...I've such stories...it'll be such a great legacy for them) anyways...oh yes..as far as the blending brushes...I saw them say that w acrylic...

[@mariamorjane]

Hi Beth, what an interesting life you have :) 😃💕I hope you will have enough watercolor paper to illustrate all that 😊🤗Sounds really fun and love the idea on creating an illustration story book for your grand children :) I hope you find all the brushes you need, if not, please email me and I can help you find some online. [e-mail] thanks Beth!

[@bethmulligan2588]

Many thanks...Michael's just had a sale...Cansons...60 pages...9x12-$8...bought 6...fingers crossed. Now to get some remnant leather...

[@silviasunesen7649]

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing

[@mariamorjane]

Hi Silvia, thank you 😊

[@anshuk6456]

Maria .. Thank you so much for all your paintings.. like the previous comment , i was drawn towards your work coz of the colors n attention to the details .. m a beginner and m learning a lot from you .. wish I could meet and take personal lessons from you! thanks again!!

[@mariamorjane]

Awww thank you 😊 big smile here 🤗Thank you so much for your comment and appreciating my art and channel. I guess I never thought that of my style, but you are so right. I do pay a lot of attention to detail and colors are very important. I always take my time and think of my next piece.. on what colors I'm going to use 🌹🌺😀😊I will be giving classes at some point. Different parts of tUS and the world 🤗🌸thank you!!!

[@nashnadesh2561]

Oh MY .........This is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO beautiful beyond words Maria....I'll give 1000 likes for this

[@mariamorjane]

thank you so much Nash, I appreciate your 1000 likes😋☀️

[@nashnadesh2561]

Hi, what time is it there now?

[@mariamorjane]

Hi Nash, right now its 12noon🤗 but when I was first responding to comments it was 7am

[@nashnadesh2561]

Maria, i was surprised to read your reply that early.. Bcuz it was arnd 10pm at my place n i knw it was too early at your place 😂 By the way,... the water texture is soooo real and amazingly beautiful, your touch is so stunning especially below the flam's 'long neck' .. WOW what can say?... 🎩s off Maria. You're truly Awesome!!!

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you so much and lol 😂 I usually reply in the morning and then in the evening again when I’m done painting editing 😅

[@RavinderSingh-ue6de]

Wonderful!!!! And so beutiful

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you so much☺️

[@parvathiragesh5571]

thanks for giving me this wonderfull painting

[@sempriniromina518]

Wonderfull Flamingo!!😄

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you Romina 😃🌺🦋🌼🌸

[@patty7407]

Beautiful painting!!! Thanks for sharing

[@mariamorjane]

thank you for watching Patty :)

[@vitordias8777]

Very pretty ^^ Beautiful work Maria!

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you so much Vitor 😀🐬!!

[@blushingcat2767]

It's so majestic! 😱💕

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you Calista 💕🌺🌹🌸🤗

[@berryqueen6416]

You never cease to amaze me🌟

[@mariamorjane]

That's so nice to hear - Thank you!

[@cklew8999]

good morning! like the colours & attention to detail that is a trait in your work. think your paintings would be easy to spot anywhere. looks wet there. take care.

[@mariamorjane]

Hi, Good morning! Thank you! That's awesome - thanks a lot for your comment. I think every artist wants to hear this haha

[@ankitsharma5466]

like your critical artisitic fantastic awsome paintings

[@mellasone]

Awesome

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you :)

[@rebecca1839]

This is beautiful! 👌

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you Rebecca 😊

[@philjean8125]

I love all of your art work wow

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you so much Phil🌸

[@shannonmartin3650]

You are so consistently amazing!

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you Shannon😊😃

[@johnnytorres7534]

exelente tutorial,,,bien detallado..gracias

[@mariamorjane]

Gracias Johnny :)

[@Createfulart]

This is so pretty. Great work. :)

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you so much :)

[@manojv5444]

Really awsome

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you🌸

[@hitakshijethva2905]

its mind blowing you did fantastic job I also love flamingo as it has very much shades of fresh and beautiful coloured feather its so fantastic art

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you Hitakshi 🤗Flamingos are really fun to paint because of theirs colors and their black peek that just adds to it, that contrast! 🦋😀

[@hitakshijethva2905]

yes Maria absolutely and you keep that magical touch in painting as always have a dreamy night ✨💫

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you Hitakshi 😀⭐️✨🤗😋

[@262sam]

The way you paint is really stunning.. Every detail n how to do it.. You showed it brilliantly.. Hats off to you. 😊

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you so much Sam🤗😊my pleasure!!! Really appreciate your comment!

[@karenkrosnick8725]

Beautiful

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you Karen🤗

[@darknesswoman8913]

First comment😊 love this bird😍 so pretty😊 you have done a great painting. thank you for showing.

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you for your comment 💕🤗and thank you so much! Glad you like it🌸

[@mariapop779]

Love this one! I'm not sure how in the world I missed it😁

[@mariamorjane]

☺️🌷🌷thank you Mimi

[@Shersan2]

I’ve been looking for this one! I absolutely love it. Love your dragon fly and wolf too. You just have your own style that is so beautiful. There are so many I want to do and only hope I can capture some of what you have! Keep them coming......I’m afraid to try some of them but guess I won’t get better if I don’t try.

[@mariamorjane]

Hi :)😀💕thank you so much, that's really sweet of you... I appreciate your kind words. I say you gotta try as much as you can :) that's the best and only way to learn, and don't be afraid experimenting new things :) be brave with watercolors! that's the way I discovered a style I like to paint in the most xx

[@christianecarregues5923]

MagnIfique !

[@mariamorjane]

Merci Christiane🌺

[@hiyasen1320]

awesome art

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you Hiya :)

[@josianeholbe]

bonsoirMaria, tres beau flament rose, majestueu xavec de belles couleurs c est superbeMaria, j adoreeeeee.

[@mariamorjane]

merci beaucoup Josiane, j'apprécie que☺️💕🍬

[@abia.kyarna3418]

wonderful creation 🌼💐🌹

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you so much Abia😍

[@rebeccajones9762]

You've earned yourself a new subscriber.

[@mariamorjane]

Awesome :)) thank you Rebecca and welcome :)

[@rebeccajones9762]

Maria Raczynska no problem! :D

[@fun012345]

pretty picture dear

[@mariamorjane]

thank you Carl

[@ninoubuitre1730]

Magnifique...

[@mariamorjane]

merci☺️🤗

[@christymccarthy9357]

Hi Maria, Love your paintings. What type of paper do you use? You can use a lot of water and I don't see it buckling. Thanks for being able to visit your amazing work...

[@mariamorjane]

Hi Christy 🤗Thank you!!!🌺I use hot pressed 140lb 100% cotton watercolor paper 🤗And yes 😋I use a lot of water and paint and the paper doesn't really buckle. I also place my watercolor paper on a glass board ! Thank you

[@李新-x9p]

I have never been this early! Wow! XD I seriously love your art, and it inspires me so much too. It's just so pretty, and I'm going to try watercolour soon enough ;) amazing work as always!

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you so much, so glad you are about to start your watercolor journey :) 🌸🌹🌺💐

[@MrPYCR]

beautiful

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you :)

[@OnlineCollegeofArtandDesign]

amazing!

[@aparna7252]

Such a beautiful piece of art!! Really i should understand the basics for Water color.. The paper we need is of special variety i suppose.. And water is the midium tfor the brush?

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you so much 🌹☀️😀

[@ketlirocks4399]

wonderful

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you!!!

[@deniseisabel7144]

Wow vraiment superbe un grand merci ! Une petite question quand tu fait bruch esse mouiller ou a sec ? Encore merci 😉

[@mariamorjane]

Bonjour Denise, certaines parties de la peinture sont humides sur sec, comme je peignais plus humide sur sec .. 😅🌸

[@joyzan]

Hi Maria, Love this one....of course I love all your paintings....I belong to your Patron & love it. I had a problem with the masking fluid on this one. I was wondering if it was my brand of masking fluid, which is "Dr Ph. Martin's Frisket Mask Liquid" or if it was my paper, "Canson 140 lb. Cold Press". I covered the flamgo in it as you instructed & when I tried to remove it, it pulled some of the paper off. So much came off that I couldn't finish the painting. So I was wondering what you thought about it. I'm wondering if I should get another brand of masking fluild or different paper. Since I'm just learning watercolors, (I have painted in acrylics & oils), I haven't invested in the more expensive paper yet. Thank you for your thoughts on this....I have did other paintings with you & enjoy painting with you very much . Hugs, Joyce

[@mariamorjane]

Hi Joyce☺️Thank you so much and nice to hear from you🌹👩🏻‍🎨By looking at the supplies you used it's definitely the paper.. I have used Canson XL before and any cheaper Canson papers can't handle masking fluid at all. It does rip the paper.. I have seen it myself 😅 SO sorry you have experienced that.. My favorite masking has been by Winsor and Newton so far. I recommend it.

[@aminaelabdi8265]

fantastic! I'm a beginner and I wonder how do you know where to put shadows and where to put light, thank you

[@mariamorjane]

Hi Amina, I observe everything wherever i am, whatever I see.. it's just looking at things in that day. When I walk to my car I look at the trees and imagine if I painted them... then I look where the shadows and light is...so let's say you are painting from a photograph, you want to look at it before start painting and see where the light is hitting an object where are the shadows.

[@aminaelabdi8265]

thank you

[@lauriestephens681]

what is the yellow stuff you are using to prevent the color from getting in the sections you don't want it to? I'm a beginner and felt inspired by that idea

[@mariamorjane]

Hi Laurie, Thank you! Here's a little info I put under my video description about Art Masking Fluid for Watercolor. You can also just google those words and you will see where to buy it. "What is art masking fluid? It's a fluid (also known as liquid frisket ) that preserves white areas, white areas of the paper where you want to stay white. It's made of some sort of latex. Once you place it on your watercolor paper, on the area you want to stay white, wait until it completely dries before starting to paint. At the end of your painting, once your paper is dry, you can peel it off easily with your fingers or with a help of an eraser." Thanks Laurie!

[@user-hk6eh2gb3z]

your paintings are always so beautiful! How long have you been painting with watercolour?

[@mariamorjane]

Hi🤗Thank you!!! I started in 2012.

[@heartbreak1172]

Os😍😍😍mmmm

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you so much 🌸😀

[@nanovega5054]

thanks for this video.. you did an amazing job..but i have a question , in my country i didn't find a masking a fluid so is there any subsitute for this stuff i can use ... thanks in advance

[@mariamorjane]

Your welcome :) Thank you for watching. I haven't seen anything so far that would replace art masking fluid, when I don't have it I'm just very careful and don't go over the main object, like here, you would have to go around and be careful so Indigo and Turquoise don't go over the Flamingo. I wanted to suggest a candle wax but that doesn't come off. I have a lot of videos where I don't use art masking fluid...

[@nanovega5054]

thanks alot for your kind reply...I really appreciate it and I will do my best without masking fluid

[@mariamorjane]

Your welcome and good luck to you :) it's probably better to practice first without art masking fluid because that will force you to focus more on details 🤗Then if you ever get art masking fluid it will be like going down a hill 😃

[@hollybriggs1701e]

it might be a avaliable but called something else. in some countries it's called frisket or liquid frisket

[@luisakrajina6507]

Could you paint penguins!!! I really want to paint a family of emperor penguins and would love it if I you did a painting so I'd had an idea of what to do xx this is beautiful too :))

[@mariamorjane]

Hi🤗And yes! Would actually love to. I have painted penguins before but don't have any video on that so I will ad your suggestion to my request list 🦋😀🙌🏻💕

[@miabryant1892]

This is now one of my favorites, the peonies and boat on the water are two of the others. :).. Do you have drawings and videos for these on your Patreon site? Love it

[@mariamorjane]

Hi Mia, thank you so much :) On my Patreon, I have a lot of pencil sketches but mostly for my newer videos because I started patreon in April and before that I wasn't saving my pencil sketches. There's a pencil sketch of the boat on a Lake (the video I published yesterday :) I could create a pencil sketch for this flamingo. I could create it out of a screenshot in photoshop.. since its an older video and I didn't save a pencil sketch. Also I don't have real time videos for the ones you asked. I have over 20 videos on my Patreon but about 11 are real time videos as I mostly post twice a month, sometimes more. Real Time videos require many more hours to edit and they are 1.5-2hrs long about. The real time videos I post there are newer videos, they are published on my Patreon first before YT, and on YT it's only a short version, speeded up etc.. I hope this helps :) Thank you Mia!

[@miabryant1892]

Just beautiful!

[@mariamorjane]

Your welcome Mia :)

[@GodzHarleyGirlStudio]

I was just watching "Wild Venice" and "Wild Italy" on KZbin and I got a gazillion shots to paint someday. There were flamingo's in both and they're GORGEOUS in real life. I'm in love with animals and nature.🖤👍🐬 I may have to move soon, but if and when, my watercolor shingle will be nailed up and girley, Imma hafta try n catch up with ya! LOL!! Anywho (yes, anywho is spelled right, parents from Arkansas), there isn't a thing left that ya can't amaze me by painting with feelings in your brush!! (Yup, I just made that up). Ya betcha count on me posting after I move?!/get well. Deal? 🤝 Hugz🐢, Tree 😍💕🥀

[@mariamorjane]

🌷☺️aww thank you Tree, I know what you mean because I just love painting nature.. animals.. anything that has to do with water..☺️🐬🌹so relaxing! I just painted another flamingo yup! 1 year later, another flamingo.. crazy how your style changes over time☺️ thank you so much🐢🤗

[@GodzHarleyGirlStudio]

Maria Raczynska LOL! Ya need some variety though! 😉 Hugz, Tree

[@mariamorjane]

🌷☺️💖

[@gjartstudios9970]

Maria, STUNNING!!!!! 💜💛💚💙 But... no white gouache???! 😲😂😉

[@mariamorjane]

Hi Gosia 😋haha no, not this time! 😋😂😄I know... it's so weird not to use it... but I need to have some variety in videos without it because a lot of our artist friends here don't have access to it. We all live in different parts of the world 😋

[@gjartstudios9970]

That's very true!! I'm lucky enough that they have plenty of it in the UK!☺ By the way, I managed to get a metalic silver designer's gouache and it's lush! I need to send you the picture I painted with it for our bedroom 😊

[@mariamorjane]

Wait metallic silver designers Gouache ? I don't think I've ever seen 😋🌺yes please! Do you have Instagram? You can either find me on Instagram @maria_morjane or I can find you? 😊Or email ?

[@gjartstudios9970]

Yep, metallic silver!!! 😊 It's gorgeous! Very smooth, spreads like cream even on cold-pressed paper and it's very efficient.

[@mariamorjane]

Sounds really cool 😀my email [e-mail] pls send me a picture whenever you are free - would love to see 🌺🤗and feel free to delete your comment so none can see your email address cuz this is my Professional artsy email 😃For everyone to use here to communicate with me.

[@amysandifer9421]

I would really like it if you could post a like to your reference photos. I love your work!

[@amysandifer9421]

link

[@mariamorjane]

Hi Amy, this is one of my older paintings and I don't have a reference photo. but recently I have been using a site called pmp-art.com and I will be sharing links to my ref photos, thank you :)

[@ressyrisdianaagustina2519]

hi! can i try it, i got task from my teacher to paint realism art, i think i must get your permition to paint it. im indonesian student and i like your paint

[@mariamorjane]

Hi Ressy :) yes and thank you for asking, you have my permission :)

[@christianecarregues5923]

💕

[@mariamorjane]

❤️

[@ankitsharma5466]

is there any other way to mask flamingo?

[@mariamorjane]

Hi Ankit, I'm not aware of any other substance you could use instead of this art masking fluid but you don't have to use it at all. I haven't been using much of art masking fluid anyways. I do it sometimes but for the most part I'm too lazy to apply it then waiting on it to dry :) the best practice is to not use it at all :)

[@Wren44]

Do you go to art school?

[@mariamorjane]

Hi, no I didn't, I'm a self taught artist 😋

[@Wren44]

Maria Raczynska wa but how, you're amazing

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you 😋🤗I just love to paint

[@weastley0]

YO TANGO

[@mariamorjane]

;)

[@teresaavila2132]

Beautiful

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you Teresa :)