Haha, this guy knows. He's got so much mileage he could paint with a floor mop. Value is king. Shape, value, edges. Great vid, thank you.

My favourite lesson which I never get tired of. This is one of those precious AHA!-type eye openers that is beyond valuable....valuable..pun not really intended but I aint even mad :)

This is amazing. I have been doing watercolours for 5 years now and after looking at your lessons I realise that I have not understood the importance of values! I cant wait to put this into practise. Thanks for inspiring me!!

You’re a genius! Thank you for opening my eyes about not concerning myself with colours. Brilliant!

Hi Stan. First I want to thank you for your generosity in explaining what you do for your wonderful paintings. Really, really thank you. You have a talent of teaching and pairing

Stan, I've watched all your videos and want to thank you for sharing your time and talent.

Mr. Miller... I just started painting watercolors and I feel so lucky to had found your lessons. Thank you so much for such an invaluable advice and instruction you give. People like you make the world a better place.

I didn’t know where you were going with this one, as it looked like a mess. But suddenly it came together and looks great. Amazing!

Amazing!!! Thank you so much for sharing this video with us all💐 Greetings from India!

Great lesson. :). It's not the brush. It's not even the color. It's good drawing and accurate values, good composition and design. Taking the tape off is one of my favorite parts!

You are an amazing teacher! Not often do you find an true artist who can teach. Thank you. You are beyond generous in providing these online lessons for all of us.

Your effortlessness in both Lesson 16 and 25 amazes me. I've been keeping myself away from the brushes for the longest time, and now after watching you videos, painting doesn't seem so intimidating anymore. Thank you.

i was told by my teacher that values are the most important in the painting and i could never get that. But I do see now. its silly how long it took me to get it but I'm thankful for your lessons. Maybe i needed to see that in practice.

I've watched this multiple times - I am learning a LOT and relaxing about my watercolor. THANK YOU!!!

OMG!!!! Such a talented Artist and Teacher!!!! Many million thanks!!!!!!!

your series taught me more than all those years of private art classes. thank you!

LOL Everyone has to use fingers now... I love your videos.. thank you so much for the journey.. it's been very enlightening and I have learned a lot due to your generosity of time. thank you

you are an awesome instructor, thank you for posting these on KZfaq, I would never have the opportunity to learn these at a college or university.

A side note, this lesson alone makes watercolor and many other mediums so much more accessible for people. Everyone always rants about the cost of making art in a physical medium, and I think many give up because they don't want to 'waste' what they paid for.

Excellent. Thank you so much. I wish you’d been my teacher at school!

Yes! Thank you for another wonderful lesson :) The basics are so important, so your repeating them is welcomed :)

Thank you very much for this valuable training and your lessons. I hope God gives you a long and beautiful life. This will benefit the humanity. I wish you continued success.

Awesome.... Love the way you do it...

Having seen your other videos I found the finger painting section hilarious! Well done!

I have learnt more in the few hours spent watching your lessons than I did in an entire year at a college studying colourisation techniques! 😳 Thank you so much for your videos & please keep them coming!

Awesome! Your skill is amazing n you are making it look so simple! But in reality, to achieve your level of skill....!

Thanks, your lessons inspire! In love with your painting technique

This is totally fresh and amazing! Thanks for your lesson!

This lesson is so important to understand, very eye-opening. Thank you so much for sharing this! This really helped me progress as a painter.

Stan I have been tattooing professionally for 10 years ,jus recently got addicted to water color. I'm obsessed with your videos.if you are ever around nm whatsoever I'd love to catch a class in person. thank you for the videos I wake up an fall asleep to them . this channel is basically the bible..thank you very much mr

I love this. Not many lessons I find with this perspective. ❤️

This is the best video in painting lesson, thanks for sharing your knowledge and talent!

I thought we'd never see you again. I'm having trouble with brush control and softening edges video. I can't make the sphere look 3D yet. It frustrates me but I'll keep working on it.

oh after along along time another fantastic tutorial. thank you :)

Thanks Stan! A big hug from Brazillll!! :D

This is brill. Loved when you threw the brush down and got your fingers in there haha.... I am such an uptight beginner, and desperately need to loosen up. I'm just beginning to understand the importance of value! Thank you so much for these lessons, so very much appreciated.

Wonderful. ❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

thank you for all this videos! Can't wait for the next one!

Amazing!! Thank,you so much. Value values.

"I apologize for saying again and again" ... we apologize and thank you for all your efforts. I have found lesson 16 extremely informative and crystal clear; it seems many people do not get the idea easily for some reason. Moreover this video was interesting to see how you get back the picture in shape after applying too much wet paint that run over some parts. I think I also have learnt something new from it. You are a great teacher as well!

Thank you very much for your lessons.

Our famous poet Njegos once said "In the hands of the Mandusic Vuk, every gun will be a deadly". That's the moral of the story.

this is the great video to improve my skill during quarantine!!

DEAR SIR I AM FROM ASSAM IN INDIA THANKS FOR UPLOADING THIS VIDEO YOU THE ONLY ONE WHO TEACH ME THIS PART VERY SHORT AND EASY THANKS AGAIN SIR

Total Boss 💪

Love it 😍

Thank you so much for the valuable series

thank you very useful lesson...

gracias por tan valiosa lección para perder el miedo!

Been a long time but I'll never unsubscribe to your channel and this is why. My lord what I wouldn't give to be one of your students. Where are you from if I may ask?

Great class. I get the same thing teaching guitar and production. Everyone wants to know what guitar, what strings, what amp, what mics etc.. and I try to explain, any guitar, any amp, any mic.. the equipment doesn't make the musician. So I can really relate to this. Thanks

Very honest useful lesson.

Will you be making more of these lessons? I am loving them! I've spent 35 years feeling intimidated by watercolours, and your videos are helping me taking the plunge. Your insists are so useful, I wish I could come to a live class but unfortunately I am in Norway. Would love more of these KZfaq lessons though!

You’ve all kinds of awesome @Stan

This is so inspiring and is just how I paint, loose and fast! I'd like to know whether you used the same brushes when you 'fixed-up' a few areas, the parts you didn't film....? Thanks for sharing!

THANKS A LOT!!!!!!

Considering the grey scale, how many levels do you use? 9,7,6,5?

Great...

I am new to your Channel! I'm loving what I am seeing! I'm glad to see that you're also still in touch with the channel even though you have not produced any videos lately! I am going to subscribe to your Channel and ring the bell! It would be so nice to see you do some new paintings in HD! After doing the painting you could perhaps refer to a video that explains the lessons behind the painting! A friend of mine referred me to you because of your teaching styles! I am currently not interested in doing portraits but I would love to see you do some Landscapes and cityscapes! Putting your techniques to work! Either way thank you for the videos that you have done! Which do you prefer landscapes or portraits? Marvin

A great lesson. Applies to music and photography too. The gear you use isn't as important as how you use it. You can buy the most expensive brushes in the world, but that won't make you paint better. That being said, painting got a lot easier when I finally bought good brushes and high quality paints and paper.

Legend

Thank you.

Had some paper rip when I pulled the tape off. Do I need weaker tape or better watercolor paper?

Thank you. What paper do you use? I find that 140# seems to dry quicker than 300#.....I hate hard edges.

Hey Stan, I no longer teach because of this exact issue. THe workshops or lessons end up just being full of the same questions every time. What kind of yellow there, what blue paint is best, what brush. Students just obsessed with materials thinking that is even close to the important thing. I use to make it a point to go in my drawer pull out a few horrible brands, a home depot brush, etc. and show them that you can create an identical painting using materials from anywhere. Even then, they still dont want to hear it most of the time.

Hi Stan i have discovered your you tube videos and i am loving them, is there an oportunity to get a copy of your pictures that you give your students so that i can follow and then go a a ay and use the pictures to practice?

What size Stan Miller finger did you use? I just had to tease all of us who aren't prioritizing the MOST important processes. Thanks for this great lesson.

Thank you

Stan you are so correct! I just ordered your CD !! Tired of so many instructors telling us what we should or should not be using . But paper is important .. Right?

What magic is this?

Hi Stan i wrote a message and it hasn't uploaded...I've just discovered you you tube videos and i love them....i am wanting to learn and I'm wondering if you are able to provide your classroom workshop work sheets so that i can follow after watching the videos...also the basic photos that you demonstrated for beginners painting? Thank you 😊

Which paper do you use for your paintings?

What type of paper u use

Any example of taking a poor watercolor and fixing it to what it can be? Obviously for too far gone part one has to use some other technique but it might be valuable to see. Also, maybe, example of don't throw 'failure' away if you can use it to mixed media continuation.

Sir, I want to learn painting techniques from you, how can I join your classes?

I love your videos. they're helping me a lot more with my paintings, but I was wondering if you could go a little more in-depth about composition?

I just went through all 25 tutorials in one sitting. I understand I can paint with my tongue or with my butt using all the fun, psychedelic colors i always use... as long as I have my drawing right and I dim the lights to check my values...but I still have ONE question. ***That's your cue to scream. Aaaaaaaahhhhkkkk! *Now, that you're done swearing at me, I want to know about white paint. (My crutch.) * I realize you will probably tell me to use white shoe polish or to make a white paste out of flour and water, but I am going to take the chance of offending you because I've tried Copic Opaque White (recommended) as well as watered down white acrylics, and both crutches leave a crusty, bubbly, chalky surface when painting over several layers of colorful mistakes. ... So, if you have any ideas or recommendations (other than chucking the painting) I would love to know. I promise not to ask which finger to use when spreading paint, because I think you might give me a visual demonstration that would make my grandma faint. Meanwhile, I'll try to find one of your workshops. Hugs, Tina.

I closed my eyes for like two seconds right at the point when he cut to it finishing and I thought I fast forwarded an hour in time...

at first I was like ew thats ugly but shocking at the end result.

Please do this just one more time, but in HD...then it would be great in reverse by taking a coloured photo and painting it in neutral shades of grey..if that is at all possible??