Watercolor Home Portraits | Illustrating + Painting Houses

My top three tips for painting a house in watercolor: 1. Take a photo of the house and sketch from that photo. 2. Use graph paper for your initial illustration. 3. If this is your first home portrait, don’t take the photo on an angle, work with a more 2D image. Watch the tutorial for many more tips and tricks! Subscribe to my channel so you never miss a new video: bit.ly/shaydachannel
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[@susanash2557]

I am a realtor and taught myself to draw and watercolor my clients homes 3 years ago on KZbin. It’s the only time I have to watercolor and my clients treasure these gifts. So glad I got your tips. Very helpful.

[@stuartreid3540]

That’s amazing, and your tip about not being too uniform with the colour when painting bigger blocks makes so much sense thank you for sharing that

[@TheShootinStar]

Shayda, I did it!! I followed your instructions, and just completed my very first watercolor, and of course it's my house. Thanks for all your wonderful help.

[@keiko0859]

I’m getting ready to paint a picture of our friends house, and watched this video, thank you so much it’s just what I needed. Now to get the courage to start!

[@lisataliana1629]

Love this so much. I thought it was great while you painting the house, then you added the foliage, and it really changed it. I was like ‘wow’.

[@rosebudXx]

Thank you. My father built a home for us in 94. We sold it in 2013. My parents have just finished building their much smaller retirement home(at 65). I have so many emotions thinking of my childhood home, so much deep appreciation for my father to have given us that incredible home to grow and love in. They are finally settled in their new home, and I thought it would be a great idea to make something myself as an ode to the “summer st house”. I can’t wait to get started on this! Thank you so much!

[@ShaydaCampbell]

What a lovely idea!

[@roxanneschreiner4964]

What a fun yet basic process. I have been doing watercolor home portraits for a couple of years now and I have learned some new techniques from your video. I want to simplify my time and process on many of my paintings and you have shown me how to do that. I love the look and thank you...I will be following you! Have a great day!

[@un4sakngrl]

This video inspired me sooo much! I can’t wait to try it. I’m a beginner and always thought this would be too hard, but you make it look so doable! I’m bingeing your whole channel!

[@chach32]

Thank you for this tutorial. I sold my deceased father's home this weekend and this was the perfect outlet to grieve and remember him and this home.

[@ShaydaCampbell]

❤❤❤

[@keepontrollingtillyastartd2424]

Omgggg. Shayda I didn't expected this! Thank you so much for sharing new adventures

[@Akforgetmenot]

This was such an unexpected treat! I loved this tutorial. You always make it seem so easy and help take the fear out of trying.

[@mariaholloway4508]

My son and his wife bought their first house a year ago and asked me to paint a picture of it. I didn't know where to begin. Now I do! Thanks for this tutorial!

[@lindascott3885]

This turned out great! Thanks for doing a home painting!

[@RuthofBoaz]

Beautiful!! Thanks for going out of your comfort zone, the house looks great

[@tlembro]

Love this video! I am so excited! Took pictures of a friends new home....am working on a watercolor of her new house for a Christmas gift! Thank you so much!

[@mylovelyclementinemylovely904]

Great tips!! I tried painting a house for a friend and it was very imperfectly imperfect 😂 your tips are wonderful I will have to try again. Thank you for sharing your talents with us.

[@juliegargan4964]

I don't ever comment on YT but I love this video so much! It'll be my first watercolor house painting and you've made the whole process amazingly easy! Thank you! Plus you are the sweetest person ever!

[@maryk1668]

I’ve started to do some house portraits and your tutorial really showed what I need to improve.

[@ashleyhawkeswatercolor]

This is so helpful! My husband and I just bought an old country church made into a house and I have been wanting to paint it! Thank you!

[@gabbywilliamson76]

The graph paper is so smart. Thank you!

[@cowan217]

Shayda! This is lovely. A bunch of your lovely followers started following me today and I couldn’t figure out from where so I asked and they said this video. So thank you for the shout out ❤️❤️❤️ this is a lovely video! Such a great tutorial for people to have access to!

[@justwannabecloser]

I loved watching this! Turned out beautifully!

[@lalvarezromano]

This is gorgeous, Shayda! Keep on trying with more buildings, please!

[@leycap7244]

Thanks for this! Really helpful tips! Thank you for your generous and free process videos! ❤️

[@saraschwarzwalder3037]

I have attempted house watercolor before and always struggled. This tutorial makes it seem totally manageable. Thank you!

[@terrabos5582]

Loved this! As someone who moves a lot, this is such a great idea! Can’t wait to try it!

[@jeepers6676]

Thank you so much for this video! I’ve always avoided drawing anything but people, but this video inspires me so much! I’m going to try this tomorrow. It won’t be great but I’ll try until I improve :)

[@simonabogvilaite7009]

Wow! I absolutely loved this tutorial! This house is sooo beautiful! Can't wait to try this myself :) Thank you so much for sharing! ❤️

[@nengunnie9371]

Wow! It's so beautiful, Shayda!

[@watercolourartincapetown2919]

Saw this on Instagram 😍😍 can’t wait to watch!!

[@connorspern5003]

This is beautiful! I just started working for a real estate company and will try this. Thank you! : )

[@vee_2412]

This one is my new favorite video from your channel!! youre so awesome thank you for this amazing video!!!

[@Florlee619]

Lindsay your video was very encouraging for me to do beautiful houses. Hope you will make more if this in the near future!

[@studio.spirit]

Wow! I love this! The final product is nice but what I really love is how you went about it. Completely different way of how, myself an architect would go about it. Seriously very informative and very impressed.

[@100smash2]

How would u do it then? Im a student needs tips hahahaha

[@deborahtaylor7902]

I love love this shayda Hope u do more houses! I tried years ago but really didn’t know how to paint then. I am definitely going to try again now and know I will succeed. Great painting and instruction. Thanks

[@raqueljones6607]

I love your paintings! Im so glad i found this!

[@DrawninjaKC]

That graph paper idea was worth 100 million bucks!

[@ShaydaCampbell]

Right??! It's seriously the most important supply for this project 😊

[@juanitamelendez9295]

Wow that looks great. It looks loose and at the same time realistic. Love it. :)

[@loreta261]

This is absolutely gorgeous!

[@sampaionathalia_]

perfect, loved watching it!!

[@nelitasilva9026]

I had fun with the little blue house watercolour tutorial. Thanks

[@comedygumballmachine4748]

SO pretty.... I love how it looks real but still maintains the essence of being a painting, & your color choices are so serene. Thank you SO much for the techniques & tips with perspective using graph paper, tracing, & color variations within the greenery, windows, roof & all. It's a pleasure to watch your process & I love your painting style - so elegant & delicate, controlled, neat, & contained. (my stuff tends to get a bit "scruffy" around the edges & I'm not quite as patient as to work on a painting for 4 hours! Wow!) Oh... and yes... 1000% agree on negative space around the image ... people tend to want to cramp content within the whole page, but negative space gives the breathing room the mind and eye need to sufficiently "digest" the image... (learned that in a 3-D Art Class I took in college - something that surprised me as a benefit since we're taught to believe it's "wasted space or paper" if not filled....but it's just as much a part of the picture as the colored area & serves its purpose functioning as it does.) Such nice work! Enjoyed your flowers & leaves videos too. Thanks so much for sharing! :)

[@MsAnnieeeeee]

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[@MsAnnieeeeee]

Comedy Gumball Machine™ k

[@tonymarshall3162]

I hold pens, pencils and brushes just like you ! I have since I was in grade school ... Teachers tried to break my habit but I never changed ! Thanks for your channel and advice !!

[@Paperhabitj]

Love it! Thank you for sharing!

[@boots6110]

Excited to try this! Thank you .

[@aimeepotts2137]

Thanks for sharing this! I was recently asked to paint my father's childhood home, and I was waaaaaay over thinking it! I can do this!

[@SnowflakeForestFelting]

This was so fun to learn and watch you create!!

[@sarahmcgraw4244]

Please please please do more houses!!! So inspiring!!

[@vlad2896]

Beautiful tutorial, and done in a simple and pleasant way.... And your eyes are beautiful!!!

[@Rachel-wg3nv]

This was so much fun to make!!! I really want to paint houses as part of my repertoire, so thank you for this really good tutorial :)

[@freeroamer9146]

Nice work. I'm going to have to try the graph and carbon paper. You layed it out very nicely. Thanks!

[@swethap5821]

Just discovered your channel. Subscribed right away. Your videos and voice is so therapeutic to me. Thankyou for sharing your work and knowledge. Love and light to you ❤️❤️

[@sylvieauguste280]

So cute and beautiful art piece ! I love it !

[@JamesPliny]

Very nice. I like the contrast you were able to achieve with just a limited palette. Good instructions. Thanks.

[@sdehaldia6320]

my sister loves these and she doesnt wait to try them thank u shayda

[@KimberlyCrick]

Such a great first house painting! This is a lovely idea for a gift, especially if you don't really know what to paint for someone, or you just need an idea for subject matter when you have art block :)

[@ShaydaCampbell]

Absolutely! Great for a gift 😁

[@SilkChocoMilk]

Your graph paper usage is such a great idea!! This is an awesome watercolor painting!!! 😍😍

[@Nicoleclog]

I love it ! So inspiring !

[@arizielfaith609]

Hi shayda ,i've been subscribe to your channel for months now and I really really really love your Paintings it inspires me in the way to discipline myself and especially to have patience during the process. I just wanted to take this opportunity to appreciate you so much.KEEP GOING! thankyou and Godbless you. -Faith from Philippines.

[@RicktheRecorder]

As you say, colouring in for grown-ups. And what an extraordinary way to hold a brush or a pen!

[@manondesrochers8989]

I love your tutorial. Thank you for sharing and bonus you are Canadian, that's even better.

[@sue3519]

Love your work thanks for sharing

[@michellehoang576]

Thank you for the house painting tips. I actually wanted to do a drawing and maybe a painting of my own home for my November bullet journal.

[@ShaydaCampbell]

Oh nice!

[@alisabruce3909]

i love love love love your vids they are so awesome plz make more of these!!

[@SavageBeastsTheCardGame]

Gosh, you're just so good!

[@DestinationArt]

This is so much fun!

[@AbiNomac]

Great work and thank you for the recommendation.

[@carolmarlatt3834]

Thanks so much for sharing. You are a great teacher!!

[@manolicu9480]

Thank you for traying new things!!

[@jacquiedaoudi8370]

I found this to be very helpful especially the first part where you taught how to start with graph paper sketch . Thank you .

[@ShaydaCampbell]

I'm so glad!

[@karinawalls2964]

So beautiful!

[@sudhakamesh8097]

I love your Drawing and what you did with different types of trees

[@GhiaOhana]

Thank you for adding in how long it took to complete your (beautiful) art. It’s sweet of you to remember.

[@ShaydaCampbell]

No prob! ❤️

[@lamajyg2666]

ماشاء الله فعلا ابداع 💙💙 I love it so much 💕💕

[@saksham1603]

Learned a lot from this one. Was doing many things right but was important to learn about the details. Thankyou 🤓

[@randomkid3433]

U r the best art teacher

[@Darthmaulini]

O_O that is beautiful. I've never wanted to paint a house so badly

[@doesntmatter3358]

I want to try this for my parent's anniversary! I would also like to tackle my own little bungalow!

[@marie-henrietteplomteux8982]

Waw! It is beautiful! I love it

[@ShaydaCampbell]

Thank you ❤️

[@jenjen2719]

I am so inspired by your painting I'm going to give it a go myself! Thankyou so much x

[@ShaydaCampbell]

Have fun!

[@Isis-MyBelovedAtelier]

There is a money maker idea , watercolor erasers, lol. Awesome video! 🌹

[@Scrabbledat]

Fantastic video thank you!

[@nekotae5934]

Huhu love u very much for super amazing videos and tutorials❤️❤️ you help me draw very lovely picture and enjoy the beauty of leaf, tree , plant and cute things~ your colors you use for paint are beautiful and make me fell happy and cool~~~ Sorry for my bad English but anyway i just want to say : thank you and love this channel☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️

[@lguenther88]

So inspiring!

[@johnmay371]

Very inspiring great video! Help to tried myself!You make a look so easy!

[@BornAgainFarmGirl]

Fabulous lesson , thank you so much ☺️ !

[@victoriatexasgal8130]

Great teaching video! Thanks for sharing your techniques!

[@ShaydaCampbell]

My pleasure! Glad you liked 😊

[@nolakhalid7745]

This is sooo inspiring 💛

[@ShaydaCampbell]

Aw yay! I'm glad 💕

[@MadamGahan]

Very inspiring thank you !

[@dougg1075]

Hey! That’s my house! Kidding

[@HeatherMusicc]

Thank you for this tutorial. I am painting my grandmothers family home that we just had to sell. This is so helpful.

[@ShaydaCampbell]

What a wonderful idea ❤️

[@sureshpathak463]

Very beautiful Artwork

[@karla9705]

love it

[@HomewithNadineFlorida]

Thank you!

[@BluJean55]

I love this!!! This is so helpful for me because my daughter and husband just bought their very first house that they had built for them!! Thank you so much!!! I hope mine comes out as beautiful as yours did! 🥰💕

[@ShaydaCampbell]

So glad you like it! I hope you give it a try! And if you do, please share it on Insta using #shaydamademedrawit so I can see your work!

[@BluJean55]

@@ShaydaCampbell Yes! Definitely will! 😃

[@sabinecuppers]

Love 🍀

[@yolandagaleano3411]

Woohh!!!!!!

[@swarnikasharma8656]

Very nice video I have learnt lots of things

[@dcreas]

What a perfect gift for someone you love! Paint their homes ! Kathy

[@pamketron]

Hi Shayda - 😊I’m so thankful and blessed that you did this painting. I have been wanting to paint the house my Mom was born in for a long time. It was torn down many years ago. We have one photo of it. I just didn’t know how to go about it except to try and get the perspective right and didn’t understand that very well. Ive watched so many videos on painting a house in acrylics and none of them give the details needed to actually paint it. I’ve sketched it several times but never satisfied with it. I have graph paper and am going to use it. YOU explain things so well. I hope to have this done for her for Christmas. What a very special gift you have given me in showing me how to do this. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I hope that I can do this painting justice since it will mean so much to her. Got a question. If I want to make the painting a little larger than the 4X6 photo, would you think blowing this photo up a little would work to help me get the perspective right on everything? I don’t want to paint it real big, just a little bigger than the photo. Thank you so much. Hugs! 😇🙏🏻 🏡☀️ Happy Day ☀️🏡