Watercolour Tutorial | Painting Flowers with Billy Showell | SAA Archives

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[@Taty731]

I love this video❤

[@robchallis2423]

Thank you so very much Billy. Really valuable technique and narrative.

[@nanaoas368]

I think her voice is so relaxing and beautiful. I listen to her videos to relax at night.

[@dorisandrini-heller6335]

Wonderful how good you can explain ! Very clear thank you

[@josygiani3022]

Lovely voice and tutorial. Don’t let negative comments get to you ❤

[@sandraneale128]

My goodness, what precise, delicate and beautiful depiction of this flower. First time I have seen such amazing brush and colour work. Thank you ❤️🦋

[@janicerobinson5286]

Absolutely perfect tutorial. Ms Showell's skill and patience with the media is very commendable. Her use of these classic techniques is much appreciated, which shows in the final creation. I would love to see one of her finished creations (not made for a study), I’m sure the background would also be lovely. Thank you, Billy, for share your talent to the world. 🥰xo

[@kbrnz5744]

Exquisite demonstration of an equally exquisite painting. Thank you. I very much hope I can find more of your tutorials ahead.

[@cheryleward9579]

I find it so hard to control, watercolor or to let it control and just manipulate. I kind of stay away, but your teaching is showing me how so thank you.

[@MsVivian99]

As newbie to water colour and have purchased Billysbooks which I love, this tutorial has brought it all to life and is giving me more confidence to try some. Thankyou forposting thistutorial !,

[@lisabarnfield1089]

Absolutely amazing tutorial, thank you.

[@automne8683]

Avec 26 lettres, je crée un monde. Avec 3 couleurs seulement vous nous proposez un paysage, une saison, une ambiance, un voyage. C'est toujours un réel plaisir de vous regarder œuvrer et d'essayer de reproduire vos gestes si précis 😍

[@S-DR.P]

OUI, tu as rasion!

[@joanhalverson3796]

I am so excited to see you on You Tube. I love your work and have several of your books. Please put some of your flowers up on the wall behind you, they would be beautiful on your blue wall. Please continue teaching on this channel, as soon as people see your work they will fall in love with you too.

[@susyaguero8968]

❤salud mujer!!!! Maravilloso trabajo!!! Felicitaciones desde Argentina! Gracias por prrrmitir traductor a español❤❤❤❤

[@sandrafenton1207]

I just love your art and the way you teach, so inspiring and stress free

[@DayByeDayChristine]

Thank you for explaining things incredibly well!

[@christianejehanneravallec]

Merci infiniment 😀🙏, c’est absolument magnifique. Merci de votre générosité, de partager votre talent prodigieux. Mes remerciements et mes amitiés de France, Christiane.

[@MsVivian99]

Just ordered the Book and then found this tutorial! Wonderful, more motivated now to try!

[@Brembelia]

Please do some forest mushrooms. There are so many different types and they are such fun. 😊 🍄 😊 Thank you so much for this tutorial. I'm going to watch it two times more before diving in. Your tutorial is most inspiring! 🍃 💕 🍃

[@user-xb1if8ge2n]

Thank you so much for this video. I have seen many where they just show the process but you have explained each step in detail so very well. You have cleared so many of my questions and issues. It's a beautiful painting ❤

[@user-nt5ct3ss5v]

Like your tutorial makes everything very clear ❤

[@art-creator]

So great memories about this tutorial, which I've made 10 years ago these days :)

[@UserUser-cg2ei]

Просто прелесть!Смотрела с наслаждением! Благодарю!

[@juliajanze7648]

Wow. Einfach fantastisch, großartig ❤. So toll erklärt. Bitte, bitte zeig uns mehr von deinen Videos.

[@laurapinera3524]

Amazing tutorial!

[@AshB_Watercolors]

Billy you must have a you tube channel! It would be so nice to do you weekly and see what little skill you have in order for us today!!! I mean I would still follow your teachings on your website ! It would just be a nice bonus! Lovely to see this on my feed!

[@art-creator]

She already has one. And one of best watercolor school.

[@barblallier9413]

I love to hear your reasons behind the instructions! Very helpful,,absolutely lovely! ❤❤

[@brunocirinesi1428]

Wonderful work and superb video explication…great!

[@sherryburnett6088]

Beautiful ❤

[@vittorinafeletti2706]

Maestra di alto livello. Bell’effetto anche sul rotolo di scottex! Grazie. Arrivederci!😊

[@margueritemitchell1829]

They had some of your books at the library ❤❤ i was a serial borrower Hello from Beautiful British Columbia Canada 🇨🇦

[@kathieeidem5670]

Absolutely beautiful..thank you for such a great tutorial

[@jackdooarts2208]

❤❤ apaixonada nessa ilustração 😮

[@aissarahoub7240]

Sincèrement bon travail et bonne continuation bravo... Félicitations

[@diegorodriguesfisio]

O melhor tutorial do mundo. Obrigado por compartilhar tanto conhecimento. És muito talentosa .

[@elizabethdillinger8735]

Omg. Thank you for such a great class!

[@Gypsisoul1111]

stunning to watch!

[@shreeyatyagi]

Wonderful tutorial ❤❤❤

[@marylynmiles5293]

Absolutely Beautiful, I am following you and one day I will paint as Lovely as You.... Thank you ❤

[@tributetomama]

You are an amazing artist.

[@christianejehanneravallec]

Grand merci 🤩

[@christianejehanneravallec]

Je reviens vers vous, c’est si remarquable..😀

[@ashleyevans3330]

❤stunning!!!

[@user-sp1vx6vz9z]

New subscriber here. Are you using the term "glazing" to mean applying clear water to existing paint? Excellent video! Lots to learn, here. I love the detail you give in your teaching.

[@rvi812]

Impressive💞

[@chloemaxwell2628]

Beautiful, but how do you paint in a white outfit without getting it covered in paint?

[@SAAProducts]

🤣 It's a skill Billy has acquired over many years!

[@Nikita-vx8om]

Botanical watercolor usually use small brush & small amount of water. So the paint not splatter & stained the clothes.

[@kathieeidem5670]

What weight of paper and finish are you using…hot press, cold press, 140 lb. Or 300 lb.?…thank you!

[@SomethingImpromptu]

Beautiful work & a nice tutorial. I have to say though- no disrespect as far as the fashion of it, but that expensive looking, pale off-white, probably fairly absorbent jacket is probably the LAST thing I’d want to be wearing while I paint. 😆 I know that with watercolor you have relatively good control & it’s rare to get covered in paint (it’s not like doing some kind of Jackson Pollock splatter art or working on a huge acrylic piece or something)… But all it would take is one little splish-splash, one little drop (I know that sometimes if I make a quick swipey brushstroke, with some pigments in particular, it’ll send little droplets further afield than I would expect) & unless you’d notice it immediately & stop everything to clean it, it would probably have vibrant, colorful stains that will never come out. Haha.

[@sugarcane9425]

What brush you used . Thks

[@aissarahoub7240]

Votre méthode de faire des beaux tableaux comme ça me plaît beaucoup es ce que me donner quelques informations de suivre votre chemin. Merci et je suis fière de vous connaître

[@mariepierreroignant6141]

Coule you tell me please which papier you use.thznks

[@theresaavery4670]

I do love your exquisite style. I wish though that the camera would stay on your painting and not go back and forth between the picking up of paint or water and then blotting onto the paper towel. It distracts from your work. Great job of explaining your layers and why you are doing what you are doing.

[@karenharmer519]

Oh for goodness sake, get can you hear yourself's , do as you want to do, it her choice if she wants to use the roll as it is. For me i would like the image that is being painted, I'm using a different image so i'm finding it difficult to follow the lesson, so i'm doing my own thing because i want to see it through. 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞, it's all a process & thank you for sharing.

[@solar979]

As much as I enjoyed tutorial using that whole paper roll spoiled for me completely. What happened to good old rags.

[@marionbik2022]

Yes that’s good to use rags.. but if you are filming paper roll presents better and I also find paper roll is more absorbent when dabbing brush. This is my personal take on using paper roll.

[@kathleenstoin671]

Yes, it would have worked well to use a sheet of paper or two, folded up, instead of an entire roll. I'm just too frugal to use an entire roll like that!

[@elisadinsmore231]

She isn't using the entire roll in one go! A lot of artists (especially watercolor) opt to use the roll very much like a rag. You can keep turning it before ever having to remove a single sheet. Once you've used the equivalent of a single sheet - you remove it. Then you keep using the same roll for many more paintings. 🙈

[@tiffanyyoung4840]

That's so wasteful! We only have one planet. For me, it was like nails on a chalkboard

[@tiffanyyoung4840]

Your work is beautiful, regardless of the disregard of waste

[@Nancy-tr5fi]

Lovely flower and your technique in actual painting, the different layers are very helpful. Too much talking can be annoying and interrupts the process. Perhaps you might consider less as actual colors and how you mix them is valuable but amount of time spent seeing you mix and talking, talking, oh well.

[@ligaskirbauska8652]

She is very knowledgeable about pigment use and uses right pigments for a reason and she gives right advice..but well if it’s not valuable for you,we the rest will appreciate it then 😉

[@Brembelia]

Instead of using up all that paper toweling (trees), you might like using a clean, large sponge or what we call a "face cloth" but I think you all may call a "face towel", or a cloth kitchen towel. All of which can be washed clean and recycled, saving a ton of paper and money over the years. 😊🍃😊 PS I have a couple of your books and totally love your work. I hope you will start a channel on KZbin and take us through color mixing, brushes, and wc techniques with tips along the way. 💐

[@VagoniusThicket]

@@Brembelia🤦🏻‍♂️❄️