Watercolor Wild Strawberries Painting Demonstration

[@fionarodricks5677]

I love the way you developed the rich negative painting for the background.

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you so much Fiona :) I really appreciate this :)

[@IrisMG]

Loved seeing that background come to life even more than the berries. Lovely!

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you so much Iris🌸☺️

[@premkumarsethi366]

couldn't get any more realistic! loved those vibrant colors.😍😍

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you so much Prem😍😊🍓🍓🍓

[@terrih.5910]

Beautiful, realistic strawberries Maria! They look as if I could reach in through my screen and take a juicy bite! Thank you for sharing your talent!

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you so much Terri 🤗❤️🌺and your very welcome!

[@essietangle9931]

Strawberries in the wild, yum.🍓🍓🍓

[@mariamorjane]

thank you Essie 🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓😀😉

[@darknesswoman8913]

yum yum. 😊😉 like this painting. beautiful beautiful😊 thank you for showing and sharing. .

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you darling🤗😀❤️Have a wonderful Sunday!!!🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓

[@leonamartinez7695]

I love your work and way of teaching thank you

[@mariamorjane]

🌹Thank you so much!

[@oswaldshat6519]

Looks so fresh and pretty yum😍 Lob you 'berrry' much Maria, you always inspire us with your kindness and skills🌷

[@mariamorjane]

haha that was so cute☺️🌺🌺thank you so much!😉💐

[@Mcsassy]

You are such an inspiration. It always seems so easy for you to do stuff like this, when I try I always mess it up some how. I hope to be as good as you some day in my watercoloring. You're awesome. ❤️👍🏻

[@mariamorjane]

Hi Keegan💖🤗Thank you so much, I really appreciate your comment. It takes practice so you will get there! You know it may be overwhelming at first when you see it, but once you have it all planned out, starting with a sketch, then planning in your head your next moves and following that, it's really much easier. I always say your pencil sketch is really important because if you do it well, you will see right away where you need to add light etc. 💕😀Thank you so much!!

[@MrMoykanal]

Bravo Maria !!!

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you :)

[@cindyfoster4353]

Amazing painting as usual by the way! You are the best!

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you so much🥰

[@maitreyeedutta3276]

its awesome and very realistic

[@mariamorjane]

Hi Maitreyee :) Thank you!!

[@44hopeful]

Beautiful and so lifelike

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you Lonna :)

[@vitordias8777]

You are great. That is so beautiful. Thank you for sharing!

[@mariamorjane]

Hi Vitor :) Thanks a lot! I appreciate that!

[@hargovel]

Какая прелесть, земляника , как настоящая! 💋

[@mariamorjane]

Большое вам спасибо за ваши добрые слова🌷🌹

[@sayanbanerjee1047]

Mam you r a drawing queen..... ur demonstration is soo good, that a beginner can create a masterpiece..... i left drawing due to workload..... But nw im engrossed in painting after getting ur guide.... Thank u mam.... i 💓 ur skills.....

[@mariamorjane]

Your very welcome my dear😉 really happy to inspire you 😉🍓🤗it's a wonderful feeling to help/inspire/motivate 🤗🍓💕and thank you for watching my videos.

[@sanjanajalvi4079]

Beautiful art I like it

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you Sanjana🤗

[@debbiebryson694]

again stunning thank you

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you Debbie :)

[@SlothFlorist]

Wow, this is gorgeous!

[@mariamorjane]

thank you so much ☺️

[@aliaajafeer560]

amazing ❤❤❤

[@mariamorjane]

Thanks for watching my videos😘

[@JavierRomero-ri6po]

You are so talented. I am trying to paint every day to become you. (I will need a thousand years)

[@mariamorjane]

awwwww thank you Javier☺️🌸👩🏻‍🎨

[@rownokjahan2005]

So cute

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you👩🏻‍🎨🌹

[@sure.6662]

انها حقاً جميله، ذلك رائع ومبهر! 👍💕

[@mariamorjane]

شكرا جزيلا :)💖

[@sonaluvsrandomstuffs4196]

wow, Its sooo cute~~~ 😆😆and I'm sure that its delicious!!! Now I wanna eat them!!😢😢 its really cool and relaxing art and one of my favorite fruit!!🍓🍓🍓All I wanna say is it really pretty!!😄😄 thanks for sharing your art and helping me Maria, well sharing is caring sooo love it!!😘😘😍😍 Have a nice day sis!!😃😃

[@mariamorjane]

🍓🍓🍓Thank you Puja, very nice of you as always to give such support! You are a very lovely young person 🤗Your mom must be proud of you. Thank you for always checking out my videos 😉🍓🍓🍓

[@sonaluvsrandomstuffs4196]

your gladly welcome Maria!!😄😄 you're also really a kind big sis!!😊😊 and my Mom is really proud of me everyones mom does on their childs so your mom will also proud of you!!😊😊 she's really happy when I complete my art,when I score 2nd in class,when I talk about you and your artwork & how you inspired me ,she's really happy and sooo I do!!! l love my Mom!!😄😄 and I'm sure your mom will be proud of you as well!!😄😄 Big sis!! Have a golden day sis!!😘😘 and thanks for your lovely comment *cries because of happiness*😄😄

[@mariamorjane]

awww Puja, you are so kind,😀🤗🤗 thank you so much!!! I wish you all the best, I am sure you will be very successful in whatever you decide to do one day!!😀

[@ryanembry9875]

such inspirational painting. i like how the green background is just suggested and out of focus. im curious as to why you paint around all your highlights rather than using masking fluid.is it to bring out the contrast more and create texture and shadow? i wondered the same thing on your beautiful camel/sahara piece.

[@mariamorjane]

Hi Ryan, thank you so much. I stopped using art masking fluid (I've used in my previous vids) because a lot of our friends here don't have it and I believe in order to have it working out fine you also need to have a good quality watercolor paper, which not everyone has access to it. When used on cheap paper, it destroys the paper. I know so because I have tested it myself lol I think masking fluid is great otherwise. In general it may be better for people to see that you can work without it anyways because that forces you to work on a light later and preserve the areas white/light until you are ready for it. Thank you!

[@IrisMG]

@@mariamorjane I'm glad you don't use frisket or mask. I think the more skilled painters like David Rankin, have learned not to even use it at all. That's the kind of skill I strive for

[@sylwiasurmacz16]

You are amazing

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you Sylwia💖🤗

[@josianeholbe]

bonsoir Maria, elles sont vraiement belles ces fraises, cela donne envie de les croquer!!! sans moderation, c est superbeeeeeee

[@mariamorjane]

aw merci Josiane, mon plaisir de partager avec vous et encore plus de plaisir quand vous profitez de ces vidéos :) merci beaucoup

[@ThatGirlTatianaH]

Mmmm...😋😋😋🍓looks soo good I could eat the painting !!!😂🤣🙃😍👍🏻👩🏻‍🎨❣️❣️❣️

[@mariamorjane]

haha thank you Tatiana🌺😀🤗❤️💕

[@01fatina]

Спасибо! Красиво!

[@mariamorjane]

Спасибо, дорогая :)

[@lizafernandes4980]

To good

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you Liza💐🌹

[@kevincarson9795]

Yet another fab painting! Just out of curiosity.....how do you decide which paintings require masking fluid (like, say, the new sailboat video) and which ones don't. Thanks for your time, Maria (and cheers! from Canada)!

[@mariamorjane]

Hi Kevin, thank you so much! it just depends on what I paint and how I want to paint background and how important it is for me to preserve the white areas.. in the case of sailboat I knew I would have more freedom in painting the sea if I didn't have to worry about getting over the sailboat. I knew my strokes would be more even :)

[@kevincarson9795]

Gotcha. Thanks for taking the time for me!

[@mariamorjane]

your welcome Kevin!

[@zimina-kino]

очень красиво, но для ученического уровня мне копировать за мастером было трудно. очень много слоёв было положено на ягодки, голова кругом)) рисовала 2 дня. получилось не так хорошо как в оригинале, но тоже здорово)) Спасибо!

[@mariamorjane]

Привет, спасибо вам большое :) Очень рад, что вы решили нарисовать эту картину. У меня скоро будет много легких учебников :)

[@renmuffett]

Beautiful work! I was looking at the pigments you use and saw Rose Madder Hue by Holbein but Holbein doesn't have a watercolor called Rose Madder Hue. I was hoping they did because I use Holbein a lot for portrait painting. They have Rose Madder that is actually a diluted Alizarin Crimson PR83. I don't know why they call the pigment Alizarin Crimson a Rose Madder because either way they are both barely durable. Before Alizarin became synthetic both were organic and made from the pigment madder lake. A plant based color. I adore watching you paint. I will be watching more of your videos. Your paintings are a combination of looseness and realism which I love. Few people can effectively paint realism in such a free loose manner.

[@mariamorjane]

Hi Renee thank you so much! Oh my I made a mistake, sometimes I work hours on editing and my brain just stops working lol and I confused the colors with Cotman's Rose Madder Hue. Before Holbein I was painting mostly with WN Pro and Cotman watercolors. You are absolutely right, it is Rose Madder by Holbein. I will make a note on that in the description. Thank you Renee :)

[@renmuffett]

You are most welcome & I truly admire your energy and talent in watercolor! All the hours you work on the video's is outstanding just like your work. I thought it might be Cotmans Rose Madder Hue. If its any consultation, despite that Cotman is student grade, their Rose Madder Hue is more light-fast and durable than W&N artist grade Rose Madder Genuine because Cotmans is made with Quinacridone Pyrrol Red, (PR206) which is a wonderful durable beautiful pigment. Their Alizarin Crimson Hue is better too because its not made with the more fugitive pigment PR83 like their Artist grade is. Its made with PR206 also. Its something many professional artists are not aware of. Cotman's is student grade only because they are not as concentrated, not because of lightfastness. Again, watching you paint is a joy.

[@khuyennguyen3556]

Hey how do you feel about these Holbein paints? do they mix well? i heard mixing is a big issue with these as they are not single pigminted paints. Is it true?

[@mariamorjane]

Hi Khuyen, I really like them and no, that's so not true, they mix great, most pigments are single pigmented paints, some do have more pigments depending on how complex the color is. All professional watercolor brands have colors where some are single pigmented and some have more. Just check out Winsor and Newton for example... their Indian Yellow or Vandyke Brown has two pigments. Check out Daniel Smith watercolors, for example Naples Yellow: 3 pigments, Iridescent Moonstone: 2 pigments. I like Holbein Watercolors because they are easier to control since Holbein doesn't add Ox Gall to their paints.

[@khuyennguyen3556]

Maria Raczynska Wow thank you so much for your reply, I'm planning to try these out. I got inspired by your paintings haha

[@mariamorjane]

Your very welcome ☺️Have fun painting!!😀

[@cindyfoster4353]

Maria how do you decide when to mask off the small white parts to show light and when not to ? If you don’t mind me asking.

[@mariamorjane]

Hi Cindy, whenever I see "light" I want to preserve it and omit the area. ☺️🌹

[@cindyfoster4353]

Maria Raczynska Thank you

[@lizzycroghan4362]

Can you please provide reference photo so we can follow along? If not could I possibly buy it off you?

[@debbiebryson694]

do you paint butterfly and dragonflies? I know you paint birds. I tend to love things that fly.

[@mariamorjane]

Hi Debbie, yes I do :) if you go directly to my channel kzbin.info and scroll down thru the videos you will see a butterfly video then two dragonfly videos :)

[@debbiebryson694]

Okay thank you much

[@nashnadesh2561]

Yummy... 😋

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you Nash🌹☺️

[@李新-x9p]

Wauw! That's so so pretty! I wish I can have a strawberry like that ;-; where we moved, there aren't much strawberries, and that was my most favourite fruit back then. So watching this also makes me very sad 😭 but it looks tasty! And you did a good job painting it, it looks really realistic! Awesome job, I think you deserve some strawberries XD

[@mariamorjane]

haha I actually just had some strawberries, wish they were wild tho🍓😉Thank you so much for your comment.🤗

[@abeerayesha4318]

i'm crushed after see that

[@nnnnn8707]

Tell me name of your watercolor , please 😺

[@mariamorjane]

Hi Sad :) I used Holbein Watercolors in tubes 😀

[@nnnnn8707]

Maria Raczynska thank u 💞 you're a great artist , realy 🎨

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you 😀

[@skyyystaaar]

^ــ^ok i want say i love you maria

[@mariamorjane]

Thank you so much 🌷😃🌺🌺🌺