"I look at clouds from both sides now, from up and down, and still somehow...it's cloud's illusions I recall, I really don't know clouds at all". I really am that old. ;)
@vegasrenie
5 жыл бұрын
Heather - lol. Same here!
@ladyhecate9450
5 жыл бұрын
I know the answer and Steven Stills wrote a song about her and it was his "heart that is a suffering , it's a dying, that's what I have to lose."
@elsa_draws_stuff
6 жыл бұрын
I'm 19-years-old and I got your quote without even thinking. I love classic folk-rock. I'm excited to have found your channel because I would like to switch to watercolor from markers for my illustrations but I don't know where to begin!
@bl9531
5 жыл бұрын
Wow, I loved painting 40 years ago then just got too busy - recently retired I am just rediscovering art - so glad I found your videos - thx so much for your efforts - you have taught me so much
@TheNovemberlight
8 жыл бұрын
That Joni Mitchell quote really made my day - even though I'm not an "oldie". Good music is good, regardless of the age of the listener. :)
@mindofwatercolor
8 жыл бұрын
+Anonymous Yes indeed!
@Lilikoi2024
7 жыл бұрын
Great that you show problems as well as successes -- I learn more from watching how you approach the problems! Inspiring and freeing - I have to stop trying to make it perfect, and just enjoy the process. Thanks!
@debramoss2267
6 жыл бұрын
Mine too, got it pleasantly stuck in my head, now!
@carolhoule8410
4 жыл бұрын
The one you say didn't turn out looks like iceberg pieces or floes floating the water. Oh and I like Judy Collins version of Both Sides Now.
@scotthagens6613
7 жыл бұрын
I love that you show your mistakes and allow us to learn from them!
@marklaw7185
6 жыл бұрын
Yeah all 4 of them lol, only joking
@slvrhrt6
4 жыл бұрын
75 years young and renewing a long ago abandoned hobby. Thankful for your videos.
@roseryan1542
8 жыл бұрын
I like learning by doing element studies. I think beginners get bogged down on the thought of doing a whole composition, I know I did. But doing elements makes it all much easier to put together in a composition later. I learned that by watching you and other artists. You got me started with waterlor doing trees. Now I'm going to practice clouds. I know how to do some rudimentary ones, but I'm looking to have a wider range. Great tutorial. Thanks for making learning fun. By the way, I loved seeing you on the Ask an Artist video with Lindsay@thefrugalcrafter.
@mindofwatercolor
8 жыл бұрын
+Rose Ryan Good points. Thanks!
@chrysanthenan8860
8 жыл бұрын
+Rose Ryan Very encouraging, I'm finding that SMALL element studies keep me motivated and learning. At the right time I know I'll feel comfortable tackling a bigger, more complex composition! Love these videos!
@isabelle.9
7 жыл бұрын
Both sides now : one of Joni Mitchell's best songs in my view. Such wonderful lyrics and emotion.
@My2up2downCastle
5 жыл бұрын
Ice cream castles in the air...... Interesting subject for a painting.....
@tarotbysemaj2424
2 жыл бұрын
I just found your page and really enjoy learning from the mistakes you make. That is a sign of a GREAT teacher! Someone who is willing to show the struggle and the success. Thanks for the education, for taking the time to instruct, for being AUTHENTIC too. That speaks volumes especially to those of us who are just beginning our watercolor journey.
@barbarabunn86
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you again. I like your 'study' idea with the four sectioned off paper. This can further serve as a reference sheet when I'm trying to decide what sky to use. Thanks, Barbara
@ellenconklin8643
5 жыл бұрын
I just found you on you tube...I like your free style... I love the idea of studies... not always creating a finished product. Allows for experimentation and learning.... this is perfect for me ! Thank you so much for sharing!
@mothymandibles
2 жыл бұрын
The one on the lower right is so pretty and organic it’s my favorite.
@TTomJohn
5 жыл бұрын
🖒🖒 Late again. Thanks. Encouraging us to do studies is terrific, really. Knew it was Joni The Great at the second word. She also said, "Oh I am a lonely painter, I live in a box of paints, ..." - Joni Mitchell, A Case of You, Album: Blue, (1971) Thanks, Steve. Continue your good works, Merry Christmas! P.S. I don't want to give my age, but this'll be my 66th Christmas 😉
@robertmansell3667
7 жыл бұрын
Really great video,not your usual perfect finished painting that most people feel they can never achieve and give up frustrated,your comment about allowing yourself to make mistakes is very important
@AJ-po4sr
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for letting us know that nobody is perfect you learn by experiencing
@bardotte5757
6 жыл бұрын
Skies are my pet hate. I very rarely find a painted sky that I think looks good and I definitely cannot get them how I see them, so I keep away from the beautiful clouds as much as I can. However; Mr Mitchell :)) after watching your enthusiasm you have awoken something and I am determine to “face my fear” ;)) and get down to practice practice and practice those graduated sky washes and get out those paper towels and create those blue and white heavens with a touch of colour as I see them (we get some beautiful skies on the IOW) Thank you once again for these brilliant classes and Happy Painting!
@mymartinez3830
6 жыл бұрын
Bardotte keep trying! You can do it!
@stephw1363
3 жыл бұрын
Love your experiments....have watched a ton....but.....patiently waiting for one on waves and subtle water ripples and water reflections overtop of shallow rocks. Heres hopin! Crossing my fingers and brushes!
@marisajane7229
3 жыл бұрын
I love putting your videos on when I paint...your process helps me let go and be more flexible with the outcome. I’ve noticed I tend to get frustrated when things don’t come out exactly as I was picturing in my mind (which is just about always) and your voice is so soothing!!
@empress_craft
6 жыл бұрын
Really appreciate that you kept the final study, despite your original intention not working out. Not only is that a good example of learning no matter how experienced you are, but also how you shouldn't give up and at least attempt to salvage what may have been a "mistake" originally. I actually really liked the last one as it turned out!
@DianaTrout
5 жыл бұрын
lol. I love that Joni like any old hippie would. Thanks for this. Informative
@karenturner-cf7vq
Жыл бұрын
I have recently done a scene with a lot of clouds. Diving straight in. Perhaps I should of done a study first. I will do a study, looking at your demonstration.
@isabeltipple4389
6 жыл бұрын
As usual, a very useful lesson, especially the tip at the end about not being afraid to do studies. I fall into the category of " never wanting to 'waste' paper" , so this was aimed directly at me and I will tAke it on board! Thanks again Steve.
@GwynethSleuth
8 жыл бұрын
Judi Collins did it best singing about clouds ;-)
@MrIronose
2 жыл бұрын
Judy Collins! You goof! I laughed out loud. Or, as the whippersnappers say, LOL!
@NICOLETAALINA
4 жыл бұрын
I love your videos so much, you are a great person and a wonderful teacher.THANK YOU
@suel4269
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing. The two on the left are my favorites. I’m painting a sky or more a day for World Watercolor Month 2022.
@cgo225
Жыл бұрын
"I really don't know love, at all" Both Sides Now Andy Williams (and others) 😊
@TucsonBillD
3 жыл бұрын
Even five years later, my aging little grey cells seem to still be somewhat functional… Joni Mitchell’s song “Clouds” still resonates.
@Galwayblazer
4 жыл бұрын
Loving these tutorials, learning something new with every video and enjoying the process ,much appreciated 🙏
@jmeyer3rn
6 жыл бұрын
I don't know if it's you or your trusty wingman Reese, but I just loved this cloud study and the encouragement to face my worst fear/greatest challenge. Reese makes it all the more entertaining with his witty silence and blank stares. Please keep him on your payroll.
@rhondacarson3990
5 жыл бұрын
maianne Faithful a lot of covers...Jonie Mitchells words?
@JamesPliny
7 жыл бұрын
I've looked at clouds from both sides now, from up and down, but still somehow.....
@biancakeable3902
3 жыл бұрын
Joni Mitchell is the quote
@janetbailey8966
5 жыл бұрын
You're such a fabulous teacher!! Thank you!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE your channel!!
@jobee9113
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for freeing me up and inspiring my creativity. ( I try to ignore the cost of the paper!)
@jacoblanau9893
5 жыл бұрын
Un placer verte pintar. lo siento no entiendo el ingles. un saludo.
@pokey3010
5 жыл бұрын
Awesome info and techniques!! Thank you
@whitelotus1960
7 жыл бұрын
Just started watercolor painting and for some reason I was 'cloud challenged.' Well, I took your advice of trial and error and I finally found what works for me! Yeah! Thank you!
@jacquelinepearce1127
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and also for being so enthusiastic.
@pathayes6084
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this demo. I have been disappointed and struggling with my skies as they never came out the way I wanted. Seeing this demo and trying them myself I can say that my skies have improved 200%! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
@renee5608
8 жыл бұрын
Steve, I love your videos so much. I appreciated the end of the video when you told us to give ourselves permission to be free, to be expressive and to make mistakes openly - that we'll learn and progress much faster that way. That whole little monologue really hit home with me! Thank you so much for your wisdom and insight. :)
@mindofwatercolor
8 жыл бұрын
+Renee My pleasure!
@joandenson2952
6 жыл бұрын
Judy Collins made the song popular.
@TerrieJohnson731
7 жыл бұрын
I LOVE this video! I am getting the Princeton Oval wash 50 next payday. It will be my 4th. I just love the colors you selected for these skies too! I have to do the Indigo and Gold one asap! I will watch this again and again!
@SelynaB
5 жыл бұрын
You are such an inspiration. Telling us that it’s okay to make mistakes because that’s how we learn :) Thank you for sharing your talent!
@SketchingRocks
6 жыл бұрын
Excellent!! This helps a lot thanks.
@elizabethbergan9989
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Steve. You are an inspiration in so many ways. At 82 years, I have been watching you for more than a year. My artist son suggested I take the art supplies, which he and I bought 20+ years ago, off the shelf (I had just retired). He has been expertly guiding my attempts. My love of all elements of nature led me to try landscapes, especially sky and clouds. I have had some success thanks to other of your tutorials but I'm far from accomplished. Thank you. By the way I am a patron.
@markfw54
8 жыл бұрын
Written by Joni Mitchell in 1967, first recorded by Judi Collins in 1967. Then recorded and released by Joni in 1969....... yes I'm an old timer... :) And thank you Steve for the sky studies... love them... I'm a cloud watcher.... I really love the lower right one, reminds me of a sky I have seen before.
@mindofwatercolor
8 жыл бұрын
👍
@margaretkayemba6987
4 жыл бұрын
Am impressed I will study them agin.
@deborahbarbaccia6813
2 жыл бұрын
hi steve, well I love watching you and learn alot in the process. But I'm confused about something. I've heard you say before Not to add clear water to an area of drying paint, because it will cause back runs. But you seemed to do that here several times. Could you please explain ? Maybe I'm understanding you wrong. thanks
@mindofwatercolor
2 жыл бұрын
Thats true you shouldn't add it if your goal is to even spread washes. However if you want to lift paint and create a back run on purpose (usually for highlights) you can do it. It's a good thing to experiment with. Helps you to understand back runs and why they happen and how to actually use them.
@mb-kw8mj
5 жыл бұрын
I appreciate your videos! I'm learning and they are the best explanations I've found. Thanks!
@cchello2029
5 жыл бұрын
Great video, helped me a lot, thanks!
@joannarundale555
5 жыл бұрын
Oh dear, I’m an old guy. I know.
@davidhooper9769
5 жыл бұрын
Fantastic, just love the direction I am going in with your teaching, a big thank you . 👏👏👏👏👍🇨🇦
@anetakowalska2068
7 жыл бұрын
that was verry helpful... thank you :) I love watercolour
@frankcorneloup9955
5 жыл бұрын
Hi, I have enjoyed a lot of your youtube videos. Can you tell me if you are using QOR paints Chroma or Earth ?
@mindofwatercolor
5 жыл бұрын
I have some of both. Those are just groups of pigment types.
@Ms1lonewolf
5 жыл бұрын
I liked this video. It gave me some inspiration on how to complete a wash and your correct I'm trying to paint a perfect picture. I will try not to do this anymore. I don't have the correct paper for this type of wash, I don't think, because my paper bukles a lot. I'm just experimenting with watercolors and can't spend the money on the best paper. I got 100 percent cotton at 1.00 a sheet on Amazon to try out now so I'll let you know how it turns out. Also tryed watercolor pencils that I like very much. I'm using canson mix media for practice paper. Keep the videos coming and thank you.
@luckarian6041
5 жыл бұрын
I use the daler rowney 300g jumbo pad for training, it has 60 sheets for 15 (a4), very nice cellulose paper. The other one I use is Claire Fontaine 300g etival, also cellulose, but 100 sheets for about 23€. Then I found a 100% rough complete cotton paper on Amazon, 50 sheets for 20€ but the structure is not eryones favorite. My favorites are arches (expensive), Hahnemühle britannia, cornwall, daler rowney paper (both jumbo pads), etival and bamboo from hahnemühle. My paper for training is not that expensive and does not buckle much, has very nice medium grain, some of them are sold in grain fine, grain medium or rough. Maybe it helps you, greetings
@Alabamastrutt
2 жыл бұрын
I like your philosophy and approach to doing studies. It really takes the pressure off. Thanks
@mindofwatercolor
2 жыл бұрын
It also yields great results in artistic development.
@lessatwi1
5 жыл бұрын
Brilliant practical tips. Thnx.
@bls924
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this great video! Self-teaching watercolor is not easy. I struggled around for quite a while, and almost quit until I thought of a different way to approach it, and your video here solidified it for me, it was yes! he's right! That's what I need to do. I singled out what was my biggest challenge, the hardest, and it was clouds , at least clouds that could be recognized as clouds. The simple studies are invaluable! It's all there, the wash, the color, values, water control, the thought process on creating shapes, etc. all of it. And, those simple studies can be applied to most of watercolor painting, trees, water, waves, etc. the list is endless. After some confidence is achieved a cohesive painting should be a bit easier. All you need is paper, paint, and practice with no pressure on yourself, so you can enjoy the process of learning and gaining that confidence to do.Thanks again!
@annenglish2935
2 жыл бұрын
Looked up reference on clouds, Both Sides Now, written by Joni Mitchell and sung by Judy Collins 1968... I remember Judy singing this... which makes me 69 years old... but you, my artist friend, amaze me and encourage me... recently found your site and a beginner at watercolor! Thank you for sharing your gift with all of us around the world, a California gramma 😄🌴🌺
@PT-MX5RF
3 жыл бұрын
Inspiring study.. as others mentioned refreshing to see your "mistakes"... As a beginner, I'm still working on avoiding blooms/ backwashes ;) I could see the first one as a seascape if rocks and spray/splatter were added to the foreground.
@paradisemaryann
Жыл бұрын
Both sides now - joni Mitchel
@gizimama
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for your training
@lyndachinery3535
Жыл бұрын
Joni Mitchell of course.
@jaspermartin7444
6 жыл бұрын
You're an excellent teacher, thank you. :-) Have been feeling way too intimidated by all the ways to screw up expensive paper, and you made me feel a whole lot better.
@helenrichards4667
7 жыл бұрын
P.s. Love your videos so thank you for that as well 😊
@jeanettesmith4789
8 жыл бұрын
Awesome.....I really need to stop looking and get to and paint Thanks for the lessons
@mindofwatercolor
8 жыл бұрын
😄
@diana828100
6 жыл бұрын
Send in the clowns :::: I saw Judy Collins play live last summer on Cape Cod with my 81-year-old mother and of course set there and wept because she sang this song :::: Thank you for encouraging us beginners and I guess everyone else to give ourselves permission to do things like studies because that something that I feel I am always trying to do with my art I’m always trying to learn and I always feel like I learned from my mistakes - watercolors new to me colored pencils or not so I kind of have a feel for persistent so to speak because I don’t know if you are familiar with colored pencil art but the time it takes ... Even if I am lowly colonist ::: The amount of information I have gleaned from my colored pencil work I think is very helpful with watercolors and I appreciate everything you do Steve and these types of things or things I feel like I can do.
@tbefilms
2 жыл бұрын
I LOVE your attitude towards making mistakes. Very Bob Ross, but also you point out exactly what you learned from it. I'm so new to watercolors that practically everything I paint is a study, but I don't think of it that way, so I get very frustrated with myself when my paintings don't turn out the way I picture them in my mind. Thank you for reminding me that we're not all masters to begin with!
@rainbowfox1934
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the permission to learn. We need to hear that because we live in a perfection culture.
@mindofwatercolor
8 жыл бұрын
👍
@Soungiimoya
3 жыл бұрын
Very useful thanks 🙏
@dorothygladsjo3510
Жыл бұрын
This was fabulous, and very informative, I just realized that this is 7 years old! Timeless
@marymiller1339
5 жыл бұрын
I love all of your videos Steve! I especially love the Bible verses!
@samanthaglorioso8440
6 жыл бұрын
Love this video. The running thought process is fantastic. I am also a quilter and there is a pro I follow who says, "what was I thinking, you ask" which I find immensely enlightening. Also love that you show the whole process, including the mistakes. Very encouraging, since I am just learning, and make a lot of mistakes. Love your teaching style. Thanks so much, Steve!!
@marinadossantos7822
7 жыл бұрын
HI Steve, beautiful work! Very good advise on making studies and allowing ourselves to make mistakes.... I love sky's, so this video hit me strongly....difficult to say which one of the 4 is my favorite.....like i said i love sky's!!!
@Parkview112
7 жыл бұрын
Really, really helpful! Thank you!
@janetbreneman9091
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! Love the emphasis on try, try, try! Don’t be afraid to try; we’re not just turning out finished pieces. I also love your theme verse: The heavens declare the glory of God! You did it justice!
@ashrienart3363
2 жыл бұрын
I don't feel so bad now knowing that I made the same mistakes as you did. Thank you for showing them on video, it's really helpful 💖
@eledelosoriogiddings5069
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for these great videos! Totally agree with you doing studies. I was one of those people where I tried to make finish pieces everytime i pick up my brush. A lot of frustrations! Until I started to do studies! More freedom, and discoveries and learning.
@yvonnewhitehouse
6 жыл бұрын
Wow this is so helpful. After using oil and acryllic i find watercolor very hard and this gives me great confidence to jump in and practise. Thank you
@ann-marielofberg1159
6 жыл бұрын
ITA with post just before me, when You show us how Your intensions didn’t work out, makes me think, as if didn’t You do mistakes, if Your thought didn’t work for being an experienced painter makes me think It IS okey if it doesn’t work so more studies.
@garyhiggins6718
5 жыл бұрын
Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins and Hayley Westenra, all great versions of a great song.
@DavidSamuelBl10
6 жыл бұрын
I 💘 the way you animated watercolor painting those beautiful skies, & different clouds, sir.
@teresaclymer-flora4794
7 жыл бұрын
I love how watercolor is like magic~beautiful
@tanyaratti
6 жыл бұрын
The lower right one looks like an ocean scene with a big wave crashing over the rocks in foreground. I really like it. Especially with the sky above it from top right study. 😀
@lynnn3365
5 жыл бұрын
Well this was taped 3 years ago, and I'm sure you have improved your clouds. I usually like your paintings, but this study not so much. The bottom right I liked because it looked more like intense ocean waves.
@Saginaw72
6 жыл бұрын
So very instructive and encouraging. I'm trying to learn to just be free and accept mistakes. Thanks for the video.
@raglande
6 жыл бұрын
Even though you had "the most trouble" with the bottom right, I think that is the one that turned out the most real-looking, and it's my favorite! Thanks for this upload. I've spent several years away from my painting practice and am trying to get back into it, so videos like this help me with inspiration. Keep up the great work.
@simpleliving-bulgaria4787
7 жыл бұрын
More, more, more please :-) thank you for always reminding us that mistakes are a good thing. Playing, experimenting is a good thing.
@maryriley6163
5 жыл бұрын
I can't think of the name of that song, but I could hum a few bars. It's an oldie but a goodie for old folks like me. Lovely skies. That 's one of the things I really want to accomplish. I love a moody, dark sky. Those blotted clouds are a great idea . Thank you for this demonstration. You are painting as I write this. I'm astounded with every one of them!
@DineseBeckert
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! The clouds have been off the charts here in Florida this year. They keep screaming for me to paint them! I bought the tools and now I am studying all I can before I get into it. I subscribed, and hope you are still making magic! Thank you!
@gwenanderson1914
5 жыл бұрын
Love what you said about study - playing and making mistakes provides you with so much more freedom to just have fun.
@shelleygriffith8293
4 жыл бұрын
joni mitchell, steve
@loveandlife4222
5 жыл бұрын
So interesting! I learned a lot! The last one reminds me of the ocean with frothing water hitting against the rocks (before you softened them out). Thank you for sharing your expertise with all of us! And yes, I’m an oldie and knew the cloud lyrics too! 😁👍
@belindahall5220
6 жыл бұрын
From Both Sides Now... always a classic! Thank you for the advice at the end as well as the instruction! All very helpful:)
@katriter1
7 жыл бұрын
I really want to learn to paint cloudy skies better. This will really help. Thanks
@BornAgainFarmGirl
3 жыл бұрын
5 years later I’m still here to refresh my understanding of skies , love it.
@thatswhatshesaid.literally737
5 жыл бұрын
😀 *Now I know why you're a **_minder_** ... Telekinesis with Reese!* 😄
@TerrieJohnson731
7 жыл бұрын
Taping off paper and doing tomorrow, it's very late and I painted off and on all day. I decided the onions are repaired with Prismacolor ;-) They will go into my art journal with the pear. I cut and glue them in so I can look back and see progress (or not)
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