Watercolor Tutorial: Olive Branch

[@amandawebster7970]

Love all of your tutorials, both here on YT and on Skillshare. You do such a good job of breaking it down and making it approachable for a relative beginner! You're talented at both painting and teaching. :) Thanks for the work you do!

[@Nianiani]

Amanda Webster aww thanks so much! I’m also still learning to bring better content for everyone 😊😊😊 I’m so happy you’ve been enjoying the tutorials and classes

[@savitaayyar8356]

This is so elegant! Absolutely gorgeous! Thank you for sharing!

[@ir5879]

You are a super teacher, amazing. I love how you explain part by part.

[@Nianiani]

Thank you so much!

[@antonioromopiano]

Another wonderful video! Thank you so much for sharing your talent with us. 😊🎹

[@Nianiani]

Antonio Romo no worries! Glad you can get something out of the video 😊😊😊

[@guillerminaayrolo2929]

GREAT tutorial!!!! very calming and beautiful. You are a great teacher!!!

[@Nianiani]

Glad it was helpful!

[@bobbyc926]

Love your colour mixing tips😍😍

[@Nianiani]

So glad!

[@Zenia_Noble]

You're such a great teacher!!! Love your videos! Useful, beautiful and relaxing! Thank you!!!!!

[@Nianiani]

I'm so glad! Thank you so much :))

[@withrynz962]

Amazing video like always; very calming and relaxing :)

[@Nianiani]

WithRynz thanks! 😊🎨

[@rosangelaneff4528]

I love everything you do for us.Thank you.

[@Nianiani]

always a pleasure! ^__^

[@gracieclark8570]

This is fabulous! I look forward to trying these techniques!

[@Nianiani]

Have fun!

[@spoedreeks]

ow ow ow, love this....it is sooo beautiful....

[@Nianiani]

Thank you so much! :))

[@EllaPesonenArt]

Great work! The leaves ended up looking very good!

[@Nianiani]

Thank you ☺️

[@carolyndaughton3373]

Really beautiful Nianiani!

[@debbiebuttars5598]

I love this video. So instructional. So relaxing. Thanks!

[@Nianiani]

No worries! Glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@patriciaschoenberg1261]

Thank you! The olive branches are beautiful!

[@Nianiani]

Glad you enjoyed the vid! 😊

[@jakea1035]

Mmmm! I can smell the olive grove. Thank you for the tutorial.

[@Nianiani]

Welcome! ^__^

[@samanthamonteiro1910]

Thank you so much 😊 I am a newbie to drawing and painting..I used brush pens and truly enjoyed painting this 😀 new subscriber 😊🥳

[@claudiabasto4941]

Amo o seu trabalho , você é a melhor. !!!!!!!

[@nouveau8073]

I only found your channel yesterday and have only watched two videos so far, including this. I usually use watercolor to color a pencil sketch and I’m so excited to try out your technique. I’m usually intimidated to start painting straight with watercolor but the breakdown you do is very helpful! Thank you for sharing your techniques!!!

[@Nianiani]

Yea I usually do sketches too. But sometimes I like to try to paint without an outline and I feel like it loosens my way of painting which is good practice for me 😊 hope you enjoy painting along!

[@julietparadise3808]

Beautiful 💕 it. Thanks for sharing.

[@Nianiani]

Happy to share :D:D

[@barbaradunlop6444]

You are a fabulous teacher. I love your work.

[@Nianiani]

Thank you so much!

[@biancat5158]

I love your tutorials (: the olives are super cute!

[@Nianiani]

Bianca T thanks! They were super fun to paint 😁

[@Delwaar]

Beautiful!

[@Addleysmom]

So enjoyed this video as I truly learned so much from color mixing to composition. Also very much appreciate the wonderful videography such as the excellent close up visuals to the written notes/visuals along with the verbal cues for colors and the details given during the paintings. Thrilled to have discovered your channel and to learn you are on Skillshare. I will definitely be joining some of your classes.

[@Nianiani]

Aw thats so sweet of you! I'm glad that you're enjoying the tutorials so far. I do try to make shorter lessons on youtube and longer ones on skillshare, so if you're interested for more complex pieces, I have a few classes there, but I'm also trying to include different levels of paintings on my skillshare. Hope to see you there aswell ^_^

[@PaintingStepByStep]

Magnificent! Amazing.

[@Nianiani]

Thank you 😊

[@conniemesce4093]

Very pretty!

[@nancyfava1050]

Wonderful! You make it seem possible!

[@Nianiani]

Give it a go! U'll never know. Might turn out better than you anticipated :)))

[@marcinhaUK]

Wonderful!!!

[@Nianiani]

Thank you!!!

[@Nurse3811]

This is amazing . . I stretched a couple pieces of Strathmore 400 2 days ago and then couldn’t figure out my mojo what I wanted to paint , lol . Now I’m going to grab some pics of our olive tree in the backyard for inspo!! Thanks, subscribed!

[@Nianiani]

How lucky to have an olive tree in your backyard! ^_^ Happy painting! :)))

[@Nurse3811]

Nianiani and keep up the tutorials . You are so soothing to listen to and a great teacher!

[@JVan-yd3zz]

Amazing work as usual! You do such great work breaking down and simplifying the underlying structure?

[@Nianiani]

Thank youu! ^__^

[@hyebinchu8178]

I enjoyed painting it thanks ☺️👍🏼

[@Nianiani]

Great to hear! :D

[@Crossbow4000]

Amazing explanation thanks sooo much.

[@Nianiani]

You're very welcome!

[@123craftygal]

So gorgeous and I love your narrative and explanation as to what you’re doing and why. I have loads of color but not rose madder, what is a good substitute? I hope you do more fruits, I love painting them!

[@Nianiani]

No need to use the same colours :) Rose madder and crimson lake is very similar? But you can just use a different type of red as well, the tone of the colour mixture might be a bit different but it's okay :))

[@user-mf1rz9mn3l]

I love your videos and your art!

[@Nianiani]

Thank you so much! ^_^

[@raginimeenpal6879]

Loved it

[@Nianiani]

Thank you! 😊😊😊

[@raginimeenpal6879]

I really loved it, nowadays l am watching your videos specially ( food illustration tutorials) I tried to make these olive branches and the result was amazing. I want to ask something! ( who is your favorite youtuber)

[@icysoda4847]

I am speech less.... u are amazing

[@Nianiani]

Glad you found the tutorial useful! ^_^

[@meri8746]

Lovely!

[@Nianiani]

Thanks! :D

[@Qetziah-9]

Amazing 👏 🙀

[@Nianiani]

Thanks 😆

[@cathymikequimbyquimby7315]

Love it!

[@Nianiani]

Thank you 😊

[@maryannknox7158]

I Love Olive Branches 🕊 .....Blessings xoxo 💋

[@cindyhorton6980]

Very enjoyable!! Thank you!❤️

[@Nianiani]

No worries! ^_^

[@christinelucciardi2411]

J"aime beaucoup c’est très bien filmé et très bien expliqué Merci beaucoup 😊

[@Nianiani]

You're very welcome! ^__^

[@dianesmith9898]

This is so beautiful! I love your style and method of teaching. I’m wondering what more do you offer on skillshare? I will surely try to paint this! Thank you!

[@Nianiani]

You cn actually have a look at the list of classes I have there. I mostly do food illustration, but I've made some basic watercolour classes as well. The food illustrations are more of a semi realistic approach so it has more detail. I teach much slower on skillshare and divide the class into shorter lessons, so it's a bit easier to follow.

[@mitchellemoras7874]

Loved this. Tried this. :)

[@Nianiani]

Awesome! Hope the painting went well! ^_^

[@mitchellemoras7874]

@@Nianiani I wish I could show you :) I think it went ok...:)

[@Nianiani]

@@mitchellemoras7874 you can tag me on ig if you would like to :)

[@mitchellemoras7874]

@@Nianiani I'm not on IG :)

[@Nianiani]

@@mitchellemoras7874 oh that's totally fine ^_^

[@ermajaramillo7815]

Wow, very nice. Thank you.

[@Nianiani]

Erma Jaramillo no worries!

[@petronila55]

Great tutorial! ( as usual ;))

[@Nianiani]

Thank you! ^_____^

[@Yr_.165]

Thank you this is really helpful✨👌🏻

[@Nianiani]

welcome! ^_^

[@larryglatt2548]

Very good video, thank you. I often get confused from one instructional video to another from what the instructor says. As examples; some have said put the lighter values in the background to show depth & less in focus and to add more value first going to lighter & the reverse. How do you suggest? Thank you.

[@Nianiani]

This just depends on what's easier for you to work with. With watercolours, it's always easiest to start with lighter colour because it's hard to take off paint once you put it on in comparison to say acrylic and oil which you can just pile any value on top of one another. This means that watercolour would require you to think ahead before painting because it's harder to fix mistakes. However, for me, when I'm painting more complex paintings, it's easier for me to start from base/light colour and rough placement of midtones, then sometimes I go to shadows then go back again to the mid tones. You can do this if you work in sections and think of shadows and highlight more as shapes or silhouettes themselves. This might be a bit confusing but there are several ways to go about this and the more you paint, the more you will be able to recognise the method that you're comfortable with :) Hope this helps...

[@larryglatt2548]

@@Nianiani Thank you for your reply and information.

[@Nianiani]

@@larryglatt2548 Welcome ^_^

[@marymccaslin1690]

Inspiring!

[@Nianiani]

Mary McCaslin thanks! Glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@ginettegingras7081]

TFS Always very informative...

[@Nianiani]

Welcome! Happy you enjoyed it ^_^

[@monikamidbrd7346]

You are a god teacher

[@Nianiani]

Thanks! ^_^ Glad you enjoyed the tutorial!

[@lizzy9975]

Lovely demonstration. One quick question - how did you get your paint pallete to not bead in the mixing areas? I just scratched mine with a piece of steel washer but it hasn't worked. Thanks in advance.

[@Nianiani]

I think my palette still beads, but I use my palette and clean it quite often so thats probably why it doesnt bead so badly. To be honest.. I'm nt really bothered by it so.. I never experiment with it but I've heard you can try putting toothpaste and then cleaning it to prep new plastic. But the best option is probably to use a porcelain plate or palette if the beading is really an issue for you 😊

[@fabiennerossi6398]

Nice explanations for me...I am a beginner...Thank you !!@

[@Nianiani]

Nice! All the best :))

[@deenaa5545]

once i see olive tree i directly remember palestine and thank u 4 this beautiful paint

[@Nianiani]

Thats awesome! Hope you have fun painting along! 😊

[@keepontrollingtillyastartd2424]

Niceeeee

[@Nianiani]

Thankss! ^_^

[@keepontrollingtillyastartd2424]

@@Nianiani very welcome. I subbed to you when I saw your strawberry doodle video! I love it! It inspired me!

[@Nianiani]

Nicole Faye that’s awesome! Hope you had fun painting

[@AnnaCuffari]

Could you provide a link of where to buy the products you used?

[@AnnaCuffari]

id like to paint a larger painting. what size brush would you recommend?

[@joanpringle-canning2834]

🤗🤗💓💓💓🤗🤗

[@katalinar77]

Thanks :)

[@Nianiani]

Welcome! 😊

[@찌아오디앤]

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[@Alloniya]

your watercolors are amazing!

[@Nianiani]

Aw thanks 😊 I'm also still learning

[@bobbyc926]

Love your colour mixing tips 😍😍😍

[@Nianiani]

Thanks so much 😊