Watercolour Struggles - How to Master Water Control

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Here are the watercolour materials that I use!
Paint Palette:
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Arches Watercolour Paper:
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Princeton Snap Brushes:
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[@karenstoner3938]

This is the only video I’ve found that actually teaches you about activating paint, controlling water on your brush and how to get those beautiful bleeds! I’ve been so frustrated since I started over a year ago. This new info will be so helpful. Thank you Emma!

[@vedaanderson7009]

I totally agree 💯%

[@abigailfan1723]

You are so corect

[@dreqdreck7531]

The painting assignments back in high school were always on an easel. That tilt caused thin streaks of water to run outside of their desired borders and all over the paper. No amount of brush strokes could ever halt those streaks. It was frustrating, to put it lightly. Granted, we were never taught to wet the paper first. My brush just went from the water cup, to the tray of a given color, created a watery pool of said color on the other side of the watercolor tray, then right onto the paper.

[@connieefurulee]

It amazes me in trying to learn watercolor from KZbin how many videos don’t include how to load your brushes and how to control the water on the paper. Seems like it’s assumed that when you buy watercolor brushes, paint and paper somehow you are supposed to automatically know. Thanks for the video

[@ylyvin1387]

You’re the best teacher on KZbin! I’m totally new to watercolours and painting in general, I’m learning from you 😁 thank you!

[@CoCoComet]

Most useful tutorial I've seen about water control, thank you

[@laurencefilo420]

THANK YOU for clarifying the WHY (and how) of the blooms I love to see in my paintings but that only get by accident! Great explanation I don’t believe I’ve heard anywhere else. Thank you! You are a great teacher!

[@plantwithrae3656]

Eeekkk! Waking up to a new video from Emma is such a good way to start my day!

[@stefaniarampini4377]

Emj this is the best and most complete explanation about water control that I've ever seen, thank you for this amazing lesson! You are not only super talented in art but also in teaching it, thanks for helping us to learn and develop!

[@laurahanback6903]

Thank you! You have helped me so much. I am beginning to like watercolors because I see how to use them.

[@TanteDorle]

just dropped in to rewatch yesterday's video & woohoo- already another very good one. Thanks a ton Emma, very helpful again

[@michelinelevesque8293]

Very helpful as always! Love your work Emma!

[@ghislaine8146]

What a great teaching tool you are giving us! I will be playing with my newly bought paint this weekend with you. Thank you

[@caronjackson386]

You teach and explain things so well. Thank you Emma from Coventry, England 😊

[@guillerminaayrolo2929]

GREAT video!!!!! Your way to explain is great!!!!! Thank you Emma!!!!!

[@pepperenyvs2496]

This is the best water colour video I've ever watched! Thanks for sharing these tips, makes me realized to keep pushing , practicing and apply these techniques 🖌️🎨

[@elliria_home]

Thank you for another great tutorial. I especially liked the parts on blooms and bleeds. Your explanation of the science that make them happen and how it can be used to control their behavior is something that will prove useful again and again and may well rescue some of us from occasional painting disasters.

[@debbieabruzzini7004]

Love your videos! I'm just begining and you make watercolor very approachable.

[@lindasmithmccormack5225]

Again, a refreshingly helpful video! I was discouraged last night but having watched your introduction to watercolours and then this video, I am excited to try again! Thank you, Emma!!!

[@jelynix]

Great advice. This is my biggest problem and it frustrates me sometimes!

[@beverleyphillips7499]

This video is SO-O-O helpful, Emma!! It give me hope that I’ll get there...someday😁. I’ll definitely be watching it a few more times to help it sink in. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and craft with us!!

[@charlinefisher2650]

Have just started with watercolors am ,so appreciate your tutorials they get to the simple problems and how to solve not like others keep up good work

[@margaretknightly1372]

You are such a good teacher!! Much appreciated. It's hard to find good instruction on IG. So many so called beginner tutorials are beyond me.

[@norenebroyles283]

Thanks so much! This was exactly what I needed. Can't wait to get experimenting with your suggestions.

[@marylawrence5349]

This video is a big help. The examples were a great visual. Thank you

[@Mizowi75]

Thank you Emma for such a great tutorial on water control. I have been struggling with it and am anxious to give it a go using your suggestions!

[@soulsisterssurvivorssister8463]

This video explains just what I really needed... Thanks so much!

[@marianeschmidt8068]

Oh, yhis is a great video! Very helpful!!! Thanks so much for sharing this with us !

[@Smla19]

Emma: “okaayyy ?” Me: “okay” You are a great teacher 🤓

[@EmmaLefebvre]

Sou Mya haha, love that!

[@hsuehsu1719]

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[@vivianamieres]

Truly you are an amazing teacher. Super clear , good examples, problems and solutions really well explained 🤗

[@susangrunbaum53]

Wow! This is very, very helpful for me! Thank you, Emma

[@Allen-jn4kx]

This is great, thanks. I have been trying to figure this out and this really explains it greatly.

[@wendywalker627]

Your good at teaching and explaining things. Great job!

[@barefacedquestions]

Thank you Emma, this is so helpful. I never notice how little actions you make during the painting process can make such a big difference, such as not drying the brush after washing it to reactive paint, or tapping the brush loaded with paint to avoid pooling (I always scrub it hard against the towel, so no wonder why it becomes dry).

[@dakotaisme2991]

This video is exactly what I needed. Thank you💛

[@janetmitchell9285]

Awesome! This was very helpful. You're a good teacher. Now to go practice☺

[@marijadika6444]

Excellent video! Full with details and easy to see... thanks!

[@kaeyates7227]

This was the best video I've ever seen that teaches how to do water control and not create cauliflower leaves! Thank you.

[@lynda7254]

Great video! Thank you. Am working on correcting built-up bad habits and your video helped greatly. Have saved your video as a periodic reminder to keep me on the right path ;-) Again- Thank you !

[@karenwelch3436]

You are an awesome teacher ! You anticipate our problems!

[@lovemymolly]

Thank you so much for this amazing tutorial!

[@judithpool8177]

Woow this is great for a beginners, I am soooo thrilled I stumbled upon you side. Thank you very helpfull

[@theresashay7169]

Finally, a video showing in detail about water control. I am so glad you actually show your water glass and how you are rinsing and whipping and such. Thanks Emma💕

[@deejohnson827]

Thank you so much, Emma, for your very helpful hints. I love your teaching. Hugs from Iowa! ❤

[@catherinelevison3310]

Great job. I have been letting my Facebook people know about this YT channel. It’s so helpful. I was having too many of those white ghosty marks and it turned out to be my sketchbook paper and my paints run toward the chalky side too, (White Nights). Also, cold press vs. hot press, the cold will usually stay wetter longer and hot tends to dry faster. All inferior paper tends to dry too fast. May I kindly suggest that people don’t dunk the tip of their brushes aggressively on the bottom of their water jars? Also, I just learned to dry the barrel of my bristles off using paper towels...it doesn’t always have to be dried from the tip. Thank you!!

[@lyndaculp5060]

Thank you for this lesson! It was helpful!😊

[@kellyy4525]

Such great tips! Thank you... now I understand why I kept getting so much bleed effect. Some I do like though. Thanks!

[@Suzy373]

Thank you Emma. That was very helpful as always 🙂

[@gerribrown7602]

Great video! I had been fighting the water until I watched this and another of your videos. You communicate well!😊

[@Joy.Elizabeth]

Amazing video like always! 💫💫Thank u so much!!

[@Annie-tt8xv]

This is a fantastic tutorial!! Thank you so much!! 🥰🥰🥰

[@marxc2]

I love your videos. So helpful!

[@tidus_1135]

This was a great explanation. Thank you very much.

[@vivienlawson7256]

Thanks so much for all your information you are a great teacher love your work 🥰

[@janetalbot6529]

Great explanations! Thank you

[@sueb7959]

Thanks so much, Emma, this is very informative!!

[@BornAgainFarmGirl]

Thanks Emma , very helpful video .

[@lindaeastment4542]

Hi Emma, Thank you for sharing a very interesting and very helpful crafty tutorial 👍 all the best Lin in South Wales uk x

[@karenfrizzo4251]

Very helpful, thank you Emma😊

[@jasminlatifa5516]

Amazing video! Thank you.

[@georgethomas2990]

Just have to keep telling you how well you explain "how to" and "how not to". Thank you.

[@megperry5586]

I always learn something new and very helpful, thank you

[@terraspath2642]

Thank you Emma!

[@natford8271]

Thank you SO MUCH for this - finally someone explained it in words of half a syllable with examples!! /me looks for double-plus-like button…

[@corazontan7747]

Nice explanation. Water control is really hard to master.

[@sumansarkar8136]

Nicely taught. Good for beginners like me.

[@vickiem1010]

Hi from Vancouver BC! Thank you for all your fabulous tips that you share ;)

[@Paula-mk3co]

Thank you this has been very helpful and informative 💜

[@paulinestevenson1961]

Great advice, just need to practice now...

[@dawnkieffer6865]

Thanks, Emma. Good information for me to have.

[@Coletta123]

Thanks Emma🌺

[@babswinter3133]

This was very well explained, thank you

[@marymorgan2221]

You're a Master, thank you Emma. Xxx

[@kristiscocco9405]

Thank you so much. That was super helpful!

[@jennio3087]

Thank you so much Emma this video has been so helpful for me :-)

[@janinewoodhull3611]

Soooo helpful! Thanks, and I look forward to and really need this series!

[@kaypinard]

Good Video Emma! Thanks!

[@DeirdreWingell]

Stumbled over this today. THANK YOU! This is exactly information I needed presented in a way that clicked. It never occurred to me that the paper I used was making a difference. I'm now going through every video you have!

[@LisaYoungmpp]

This was SO HELPFUL!!! Thank you for sharing these tips, Emma!!

[@sneddeb]

This was so helpful!

[@cindyhorton6980]

Thank so much! This helps alot for me!!❤️❤️

[@user-tk2hk5mr7m]

Greatest of all!!!

[@deborahgarretson653]

So helpful. Many thanks.

[@marksmith4648]

Very helpful, thanks!

[@michellemybelle7768]

Thank you so much! I will watch out for that low quality water. 😜 Also- Wow! That purple is so pretty!! You're awesome.

[@lorialtamirano441]

I absolutely love the way you present yourself and the instruction. Thank you. I struggle with keeping the image of what i want my painting to look like in my mind, having a reference thought, so im always correcting the perspective. I hope that’s clear.

[@saolyartstudio752]

Thanks for sharing the technique ❤️I’m Learning Water colors 😜👍

[@kathryncurry2662]

Great tips, thank you!

[@rowdybug]

Finally, the ONE thing I could never figure out: how do you have a light wash, but don't add all that water to your painting? Dry brush first. It worked! Thank you SO much!!

[@Brvfan2012]

Thank you. The funky lines on leaves have been such a problem for me. I’m very new so know I have a long way to go. Appreciate your videos. I learn so much

[@e.machocolat775]

excellent video! thank you

[@DeneeMUA]

I have watched almost all of your watercolor beginner videos, and they are amazing. They make more sense, and you break it down to the nitty gritty , or what most people might think would be common sense when it comes to watercolor. But for a total beginner, it's fantastic!!! They are so in depth, and I really appreciate that! Have you tried watercolors made from sellers on Etsy? I just wanted to get your opinion of the paints if so. I am a beginner, but I hope to excel to buy better supplies. Thank you :)

[@Off-gridchic]

Thank you learned a lot . you made it make sense for me.

[@samanthaquant7411]

Thank you so much for these videos! I’m so inspired! (I do get a little distracted by how much you say, “okay?”) 😉

[@roisinho2668]

great video!!

[@metlrabbit]

This was SO helpful to me. Thank you for making the video. I'm new to watercolor painting. I'm an American living and working in South Korea. Would you please make some Christmas painting videos?

[@sugarcane9425]

Great technique ever .thks

[@annlee2938]

Thank you so much for this video! This was just the info i needed not to give up on watercolor. I will play it over and over I’m sure!

[@AlliListArt]

So helpful thank u Emma x love Alli and Bella XXX

[@BeckyB330]

So helpful... Thank you!

[@maureensudlow9449]

Thanks so much for this