Thank you very much, so glad my lessons are helpful.

So glad the lessons are helpful Lee.

Glad the lessons are helpful.

Cindy Hollander glad my lessons are helpful!

Thank you...glad the lessons are helpful.

So glad the lessons are helpful.

Thank you Paru, so glad they are helpful.

You are most welcome.

Thank you Dina.

I use the same analogies...playing the piano, learning how to write...takes lots of practice.

Thanks Ellen, so glad my lessons are helpful.

Glad the lessons are helpful.

same here....

Glad the lesson is helpful...

Pan colors are great if you like soft, light, wash based watercolors (I don't). One can't get strong colors, dramatic dark colors with most pans. Pan colors are like playing a small piano key board that only has a limited number of keys...no low keys, no high keys, just the middle range keys. One can still play a nice song but nothing dramatic or powerful.

@@Stanleylestermiller Thank you! Yes, now that you explain it, that has been the problem I have with the pans. Not enough values! Time to invest in tubes. Thanks for answering my question.

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Thank you, glad the lessons are helpful.

Abhiram Padmanabhan paper does matter, cheap paper, more difficult to get dark darks, and difficult to get strong color.

@@Stanleylestermiller Gotit! Thanks! :)

Must have had a lot of practice doing these examples.

It's easier to paint square shapes, with sharp edges, with a flat brush. If you prefer a round, terrific.

when painting the apple or the face, as shown in this lesson Candice, YES, we need to dry each layer before we do another layer.

Lesson 16 and WMO speedpainting...the last lesson.

Watercolor can be painted in many styles, from abstract to impressionistic, to very realistic. All styles are good. Some artists and teachers believe that only their approach is the right way to do watercolor, watch out for these teachers.

@@Stanleylestermiller thank you

Depends on what one is going to paint. If just a circle, dark to light, at least 2 inches in diameter, yes, a 1 inch brush might be good.

I use a lot of synthetic watercolor brushes, no worries. The primary difference between a watercolor brush and some acrylic and oil brushes is the softness of the hair. Usually an oil brush is stiffer, more rigid, with thicker hair...this kind of brush doesn't work well with watercolor.

If you have a smart phone, in your photos you can choose "edit". There you will be able to make your color photo into a black and white. Then you can email it to yourself, or someone who has a printer, and they can print it in black and white. Also, if you have a color print, printed out...and take this color print to a copy place, that makes copies of your image, the copy machine can make a black and white copy from your color photo. There are many other ways to do this...ask a friend, and they will show you how to do this.

Thank you very much Mr. Miller

I use the app, Top Camera. Also, "Value Viewer".

Stan Miller i don't see the feature that posterizes the image in that top camera app. Is this an iOS app?

mix red, yellow and blue together to make brown. More red, then yellow and blue, you get a red-brown. More yellow, then red and blue, you get a yellow brown. More blue, the red and yellow, you get a blue-brown...

You should be able to get strong darks and colors on any watercolor paper. I used 140 pound Arches cold press, usually. The first reason one cannot get strong darks and strong colors is: too much water in the brush and in the paint. Secondly: the paint isn't freshly squeezed out of a tube. If you use pan paint, or hard paint, very difficult to get strong darks and colors.

@@Stanleylestermiller thank you so much for ur suggestion, I'm trying to paint the same things which u teach in ur video one by one

@@Stanleylestermiller One request sir, please continue ur video series. I will be waiting for ur new videos. Lots of love from India