Watercolor Illustration "treepeople" with masking fluid and colored pencils by Iraville

[@olgakeely4095]

I love the depth you can get with watercolor and the different textures you work into you paintings, I'm new to watercolor and so far everything ends up looking very flat for me. Love your style to it makes me feel very lighthearted & cheerful when I look at it.

[@belapatata1819]

that masking fluid marker is heaven sent. I just wish great things like these easily available everywhere

[@HaleysArt]

Oh wow, watching you create these works of art is mesmerizing. I love every detail. So amazing! Thank you for sharing your process with us.

[@OldLady-um9kt]

Nicely done. I enjoy listening to you explain your work. Your English is very good. You have a wonderful natural eye for colors. I am just starting to use watercolors and love learning new ways to layer transparent colors. Thank you for all your time and effort in making such interesting, wonderful videos.

[@Sbeth85]

Yes please, I'd love to see a video about how you edit your work on the computer. You are so talented, thank you for the beautiful paintings as well as for your comments and the soothing music :)

[@dandelionmosssycamore8218]

The fact that you were recording this with a bad resolution camera and it still shows your talent and skill really marvels me. Also, I love tree people. And I know you were a bit miffed with some of the details here and there but I personally think this was beautiful. Hello and I hope you have a great day if you're reading this. 💐

[@IAmYourHEAVEN]

У Вас есть свой собственный стиль!! Узнаваемый! Иногда, это дороже золота)))

[@Sabysi]

This wonderful illustration reminded me movie "Song of the sea" Thank you!!!!

[@Lizlapointeart]

Ira, this is absolutely gorgeous :) I really love seeing when you layer paints and use the masking fluid to create detailing, such a cool technique!

[@DerrickBarrows]

Thank you. Very relaxing to watch you paint to the music. I learn a lot

[@hollybriggs1701e]

I love this piece. lovely colors. so sweet

[@carmengimenez5817]

Eres una gran artista. Me ha encantado. Muchas felicidades y gracias por compartirlo.

[@TaysirBBL]

Always wanted to know how that kind of illustration were made. Amazing work, and amazing time lapse, thank you for sharing it !

[@hgkittykat]

Your tree people are so adorable. I want them in my life.

[@gooorgeouss]

beautiful, wonderful!!! you're such an inspiration!! every time I watch one of your videos all I want to do is pick my watercolors and paint!!!! hehe seriously, keep up the amazing work!!😘

[@enlilmardukcanicra]

this is the most relaxing, therapeutic channel on youtube! Love this!

[@0.1fishfishnae77]

너무 사랑스러운 그림이예요 .. and also I like this music.

[@CyanotypeFr]

Your videos are always so peaceful and sweet! it was almost meditative to watch you paint with the music! you've inspired me to paint again, so thank you so so much!!!

[@wileretdoll]

I've just fallen in love with Molotow Masking Marker. I need it :O

[@kelliecarter7391]

love to watch you create your artwork.... this one is my favorite for sure!

[@darlettecisnerosbecerril9778]

I really love your work it is so inspiring

[@currylemoyogurtc6442]

oh my god.. i love her style so much... keep up the awesome work!

[@artsymonarch9611]

You always make such beautiful work and I love the music you put in you videos.

[@JoeyB_art]

These watercolor painting videos are relaxing to me thank you :D

[@育己]

ohmygod, your art is really special.

[@lenap.2401]

Oh my God i Love your Art style!! It would be perfect for a Child's book !! It looks so Dreamy and the idea for the picture is amazing !!

[@somebodyelsa]

every week I look forward to watching your videos!

[@jodiecroft9332]

This is a lovely painting, super cute. Love your style.

[@glitterandglueforyou]

That's so pretty, I love to watch you paint.

[@nurunnaher1258]

I love yours illustration.

[@AnnyBun]

Thumbs up up up. Your art are amazing! Love this one a lot. TFS

[@daliaabdelshafi]

Einfach nur GEIL!!!!!!

[@kiwipiwi3301]

So cute and very creative!!

[@ellaconner9452]

Love your forest! The colors are very pretty!

[@THEMAYQUEEN1]

Such beautiful work!! and I really love your masking fluid pen!

[@gayledsouza8624]

I love this! So beautiful.

[@nicolabremner10]

Love this so much!

[@deborahmeyers7839]

Beautiful artwork thank you for sharing

[@dreagenoveva1333]

Beautiful Work!! Thanks for sharing your process and tips with us! i've already learned so much from you, thank you, and greetings from Portland, OR:)

[@nncerpower1]

Oh my God, that drawing gum pen seems to be such a great tool ! :D And wonderful work, as always, it's extremely relaxing to watch you paint ^^

[@milykong]

So inspiring love your works♡♡♡ you make me want to try watercolor painting

[@dragonsong86]

I adore them! They would fit right in as characters from the movie Song of the Sea. :D

[@ailsakim]

omgg i was thinking the same!!

[@maxinekristimorris4635]

I absolutely love your work! And don't worry about your English! It's better than most Germans English I know! And hat off for trying so hard! And I don't understand why people are offended! I understand everything!

[@Taichientaoyin]

love your work

[@demasiadomar]

That's so cute, I love your style! 😍

[@OccultVettr]

I love how the shape of the trunks also kinda look like the hair to the faces .v. especially on the treeperson in the front.

[@victoriavidaud]

Ha! I finally figure out what your style reminds me of, Aisling from the Secret of Kells! Super good movie, and makes me love your style more

[@MuffinMasterful]

I was going to say the same thing! I love that movie and the Girl and the Sea. They're both so beautiful!

[@tori6056]

This is such a pretty illustration! I love watching your videos. I hope I can get better at watercolor and draw half as good as you :) I'm just to impatient with them.. Hope you have a great day!

[@pavanaarts]

wow! I like this soooo much! Great job.

[@hollijolly]

This is adorable!! I love your art style!!

[@JayAyers]

Masterful! I just realized that I'm following you on Instagram as well!

[@michellemah2758]

This piece reminds me of the faeries from Song of the Sea. Both are beautiful :)

[@kittypaws1269]

I really like how you do ,love the video

[@artnya5843]

Die Musik passt voll toll. ^^ Ich fand das Bild ja schon am Anfang super, aber du hast Recht, am Ende wirkt das Ganze noch mal ausbalancierter. Die Bäumchen wirken auf mich ein bisschen, als wären sie in Bewegung. Im Rhythmus der Musik vielleicht. :)

[@pattithompsett9540]

so adorable!

[@hammads9045]

Incredible - I can't begin to understand your thought process. How was the shading on the face accomplished? Was a very watered-black used??

[@Cloud-Yo]

Another amazing video Ira! what a great painting! :D

[@86madi]

I love your drawings!I'd love to ask..Where do you take most of inspiration?Do you have some favourite illustrators?

[@laeythh__1211]

u should be happy abt it cuz its amazinnng!

[@sixyura]

amazing ira

[@ck3printing]

hi iraa!! I really love your works

[@EveBolt]

Your paintings are so pretty! Can you please tell where the song is from? It's beautiful!

[@soyeonjeon2218]

Lovely!!♥♥

[@IllustrationWithEveii]

soo pretty!!

[@donreuter9793]

Beautiful work. I am curious what round brush brand you are using.

[@susanwale8887]

Beautiful, thank you so much❤️

[@wantonruminating4171]

beautiful!!

[@rftt89]

Really amazing, congrats for your talent. I'm trying your way to paint, just to learn this skill. This is really amazing. Can you tell me the name of the song in this video? Thanks

[@Narodro]

Hiii!! I love ur works!! Tell us how did u start to be an illustrator? How did u begin?

[@paintingwithray8550]

Great work can u explain more on what materials that u r doing

[@navidehart4171]

Hi.its very good.Can we use it.please answer thanks

[@gotweetyful]

I love this... One of my faves of yours! What size brush do you use? Is that a 4 or 6? Do you always use the same size? Wonderful work!

[@lunaamore20]

So dat's what da blue marker was for! Haha nice Beautiful work. Love it ♡ Da crew dat created "Song of the Sea" n "Secret of the Kells" should hire u ^-^

[@PancakeTutu]

Wieder einmal ein wunderschönes Bild, Ira! Illustrierst du auch Bilder-/Kinderbücher? Wenn ja, müsste ich mir nämlich unbedingt eines für meine Sammlung besorgen! :)

[@planty5242]

this is so cute! 💕

[@otavioaugusto.b]

you're AMAZING!!

[@4everminky]

amazing work, tfs

[@xmirdavx]

what song or music is this soo peaceful and inspiring also your work is an inspiration

[@kate-miawhite5633]

love this so much :)

[@gippafortunato]

sei bravissima!

[@Финская-о5с]

Как всегда прекрасно)

[@elefantenomada]

how much time for this watercolor?, i love your work!

[@cristianvak4765]

que bonita ilustración

[@Artchick1972]

Fantastic

[@miaetstralchat3359]

It's so Beautiful *0*

[@zajormita]

Hi Ira :) I know it's an older one, but I'm wondering if it's available for sale. Either the original one or a print. I LOVE it a lot! Your work is amazingly beautiful and inspiring. Thank you for sharing your process. Zita

[@iraville]

sorry but it´s already gone. it was a gift for someone :)

[@zajormita]

That is one very lucky person :) Thanks Ira!

[@kunzhang4086]

Hi Iraville. What those pen did you use? Thanks!

[@sallysummers]

i love it

[@creantzy]

Was ist das für ein blauer Stift, den du danach wegradiert hast?

[@AsparagusApparatus]

VERY cute!!!

[@HaylieSings]

Hi!! I’ve been working on a lot of watercolor illustrations lately, and every time I attempt to scan them in, they look terrible. Just really washed out and not at all like the originals. Is there anything I can do besides having to do a ridiculous amount of editing in Photoshop?? (I don't even know how to use Photoshop- my husband does, but until I learn, I would love to not have to try and explain to him what I want.) Is the only other option to take really high resolution photos of my work? I really appreciate your videos and love your work!

[@iraville]

well, its normally not a rediculous amount on editing in PS. as i said in the Video, i did more on this painting because i wasn´t happy with it. normally it takes just one or maybe two minutes to do color-level correction and you can do that with every program for Fotos, you don´t need PS for it. But also scanner normally have Setting Options for the Color. but since every painting is diffrent with diffrent papers, i want to keep the original scans with all informations and do Color correction individulay in PS. i think 2 minutes is not too much work for a pianting you already spend time and thoughts on it :)

[@HaylieSings]

Haha yes, 2 minutes would be amazing! Maybe it's just what I'm using or the way I'm painting, but at the moment when we're editing in PS it takes hours and still doesn't quite feel like the original. Admittedly, I need to learn PS myself and that would probably help the process. :D I will have to see if I can play with settings on the scanners. Thank you!!!

[@Vanillekripfel]

Hi du! Ich liebe deine Bilder total, und schaue nun seit einiger Zeit deine Videos und muss sagen, du machst das echt klasse. Auch wenn dein Englisch nicht perfekt ist, ich finde dich super und mach auf jeden Fall weiter damit! :) Ich hab aber jetzt mal ne richtig blöde Frage: Welches Abklebe-Klebeband nimmst du (zB hier)? Ich habs mit normalem Malerkreppband versucht, reiße mir damit aber das Papier mit ab (zumindest kaltgepresstes Watercolor Papier, weiß nicht ob es daran liegt, könnt ja sein). Ich dachte vielleicht kannst du mir einen Tipp geben, weil die amerikanischen Marken, die andere Illustratoren benutzen, finde ich kaum oder zu unglaublich hohen Preisen auf amazon. Liebe Grüße!

[@iraville]

Dankeschön!!

[@Vanillekripfel]

+iraville Danke dir! :D Dann bin ich mal gespannt auf deine Erfahrung mit dem neuen Kreppband und bin froh, dass ich nicht die einzige bin, der das passiert. :D lieben Gruß ^^

[@iraville]

ahhh da hätte ich es doch beinah vergessen. das neue tape war super und zerstört nicht das papier, wenn man es vorsichtig löst. und zwar ist es dieses hier: www.gerstaecker.de/Farben-Hilfsmittel/Zubehoer-Malerei/Kreppband-/ARTOS-Krepp-Band.html

[@Vanillekripfel]

Aah, du bist ja ein Schatz! ❤👍 Vielen Dank! Werds gleich mal bestellen und testen! :D

[@jenniferlueders436]

Do you attend or sell at any fantasy or comic conventions? I would like to attend the one in Germany.

[@kevskevs9388]

I find the masking fluid scrubbing satisfying haha. btw i love your style. :)

[@fayeandco]

Not sure if you check your comments, but out of curiosity - how much time total, does it take you to complete a piece like this?

[@iraville]

this is always difficult to answer because i always do my paintings inbetween other work because drying takes very long so i often paint 3 pieces at the same time while one painting is waiting for drying i paint an other illustartion or sketch or doing digital stuff. Real time recording time was about 2-2,5 hrs .

[@fayeandco]

+iraville Thank you for replying! I was wondering how long it takes because of drying time between layers. I am very impatient when I am painting, and don't like waiting for it to dry. But of course, that's not a good way for me to work. I've been enjoying watching your channel, and from someone who is trying to learn German, allow me to say your English is very good!!

[@iraville]

aww, thank you.

[@fayeandco]

Good to know! I have very limited time to paint in the evenings, so I try to paint as much as I can in that little bit of time. Maybe I'll do more sketches during the week in the evenings and leave the painting for weekends.

[@pamj7823]

After years of using a computer, I have trouble with my arm. Glad you rest it and watercolor. You are so talented!!! I can't do much digital art because it hurts my arm. But the Apple Pencil with the iPad is wonderful! It doesn't not hurt my art at all. Thanks for sharing your wonderful talent. I have learned so much from you.

[@mr.yellowbearanddaisy]

Can you tell me what is the blue ink you use first ?

[@LuongDuyen_panhpeovodung]

What those pen did you use? I really want to know blue pen you use. thanks

[@KikoRamos13]

any tips on removing the masking fluid? I'm using the exact same one but every time I try to remove it, it takes the paper with it, destroying my drawing... am I not waiting enough?

[@liviaholm179]

how where you able to remove the eyes and re do them again??

[@mrgamegirl2011]

WOW