How to paint a graded wash in watercolor // Beginner watercolor techniques

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Painting a graded wash is a fundamental technique to learn when painting in watercolour. I take you step by step through the process in this video. #louisedemasi #watercolor
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Winsor & Newton artist watercolour paint: Alizarin Crimson
Brush: Da Vinci Mop brush #4
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@janenewman6601 4 жыл бұрын

I don’t know how you can take a simple lesson that has been shown hundreds of times and make it fresh with lots ❤️of new info. Thx

@LouiseDeMasi 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jane! 💕

@Bees123Knees 4 жыл бұрын

Some people are amazing artists, and some are incredible teachers. Louise is meticulous in both💕! I can't tell you how nice it feels to finish an online tutorial successfully once in a while!

@LouiseDeMasi 4 жыл бұрын

A beautiful compliment. Thank you very much Debra. 💕

@carlaa.1617 4 жыл бұрын

This is the best tutorial on a graded wash I've ever seen. Thank you so much Louise! 🙏😍

@LouiseDeMasi 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Carla.

@deecozy 4 жыл бұрын

Lol the bloopers are fantastic!

@andrecardon2141 3 жыл бұрын

Bonjour Madame, well I love your clear and soft voice and the experience on differents paper and conditions dry, wet, and if there is a slope or not, on the table. I appreciate also the writing resume at the end. Great, thanks

@yesika1157 3 жыл бұрын

This is very detailed and straight fwd! Tq❤❤❤❤

@doraevatt8320 4 жыл бұрын

Your so funny with your outtakes,thanks for the lessons they make a big difference

@LouiseDeMasi 4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad they are helpful. Thank you Dora.

@funpathik 4 жыл бұрын

Very helpful,slow and easy to understand thanks for beggner video

@ldaunej 4 жыл бұрын

I totally agree the first one is the best (nicest)

@LouiseDeMasi 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! You have a good eye. 💕

@HeatherRiderCoaching 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tutorial!

@annettemckinney7776 4 жыл бұрын

“I hate rules” Stares at camera God you are a gift to humanity.

@LouiseDeMasi 4 жыл бұрын

Lol......thank you! You made me chuckle. 😘

@archanaanupam7686 3 жыл бұрын

So nicely explained 😊

@privatename8228 10 ай бұрын

Excellent video! I just started my watercolor journey this week and so far have only been practising how to do graded washes. Thank you for such clear instructions and demonstrations.

@river4140 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!!! This is exactly what I needed

@CLAllder 11 ай бұрын

Been painting for about a year now, and for the past 2 days I have been really struggling to get a good gradient wash. The tutorial I followed said to wet your page first (as most do) but I either ended up with bands of colour or just a flat wash. So I decided to watch a simple tutorial and practice. Your different examples were really helpful and as you concluded, starting from a dry page gives the best results, for me anyway. Thank you!

@crystalheart9 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this demo on different ways to paint a graded wash.

@suel4269 4 жыл бұрын

So relaxing to watch and listen to you.

@maryalgar8779 4 жыл бұрын

When you said something about looking at YOUR book, I got all excited that perhaps you had written a book. Enjoyed your comment on hating rules -- was lovely to see your lighter funny side. Your instruction is THE BEST. Your fans should be growing quickly and I'm sure they will. So perhaps a book is on the horizon :)

@LouiseDeMasi 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mary 💕.

@juliedavies3481 4 жыл бұрын

As always your tutorial demonstrates exactly how to get the desired results. Excellent thank you 😊

@LouiseDeMasi 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Julie. Hope it helps. 💕

@sueshanks9447 4 жыл бұрын

Good lesson. I liked your test of different papers of wet and dry. I agree I liked the first one. Glad you showed the difference.

@Martycycleman 2 жыл бұрын

As usual very thorough, thanks Louise.

@wbflowersvt 4 жыл бұрын

Another great one for this beginner!

@sabinesimon2222 4 жыл бұрын

You are a very good teacher Louise ! Thanks from France ;)

@rosine2 4 жыл бұрын

Thank-you very much Louise

@deecozy 4 жыл бұрын

Love your explanations and examples, thank you!

@solar979 4 жыл бұрын

I can't wait for the next one. Thanks!

@LouiseDeMasi 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Coming up.

@simpleartideas 4 жыл бұрын

Good tutorial. This is cool thing to try out myself in leisure. Thanks!

@seahorse5689 4 жыл бұрын

Louise, you are a fabulous teacher! Wish I'd found your YT channel before I spent so many frustrating hours trying to learn washes on crappy paper with tiny brushes. Ah, well, now I know where I was going wrong. ;)

@ElizabethStLouis1 4 жыл бұрын

I love your lessons they are so informative and easy to follow 💞 Thank you for taking the time to film and post them all.

@LouiseDeMasi 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Elizabeth. 💕

@karenl6216 4 жыл бұрын

"Abstract Landscapes by Louise De Masi" coming soon!!!

@LouiseDeMasi 4 жыл бұрын

Lol.....I'm practicing! 🥴

@v.macneil7468 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for a beautifully taught watercolour lesson.

@LouiseDeMasi 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you V. 💕

@benalbritton Жыл бұрын

I really like the simple painting application at the end. I think it's super helpful to have little exercises like that. I wonder could you do a tutorial on this same thing, graded washes, but within a drawn shape that you are trying to fill, instead of having tape or the paper's edge. It seems a bit harder when you can't just swipe all the way over across the area.

@soleilmanart 4 жыл бұрын

nice lesson , thanks for sharing

@LouiseDeMasi 4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure. Thank you!

@patriciateal2099 4 жыл бұрын

You are just soooo good! I also love your bloopers at the end... :)

@LouiseDeMasi 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Patricia. 💕

@artbyjayson7467 4 жыл бұрын

I'm always waiting for your new upload 😁 Thank you for sharing this 💚

@LouiseDeMasi 4 жыл бұрын

That's good to know. Thank you!

@artbyjayson7467 4 жыл бұрын

@@LouiseDeMasi i have learned so much by just watching your videos. You are a wonderful teacher 💚 Glad I found your YT channel. 😊

@YooperGranny 4 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed your video and the use of the mop brush. I am trying to use my mop brushes more and this will be a very good practice technique for me. I also liked the way you used the divided palette dish to mix the color.

@elliria_home 4 жыл бұрын

I loved it, at 5:49, when you segued into your playful quip about hating rules. Well done, and good for you for testing the rule out for yourself. By the way, I liked the hot-pressed result the best.

@LouiseDeMasi 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Elliria! 💕

@lydiabosley9152 4 жыл бұрын

Very clear and useful, thank you!

@LouiseDeMasi 4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thank you.

@cookingchinesewithmeiru6710 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I really enjoy learning the skills from you. I have a little tip for painting wash. I hope you don’t mind I share it here. When the weather is hot or using hot pressed watercolour paper, it’s difficult to keep the area open. I found by using watercolour slow drying medium (it’s made by A J Ludlow) could keep the area open longer. It’s easy to use. I used the slow drying medium instead of water to the areas. It helped me to create even wash. I hope it could help more people to overcome the problem.

@LouiseDeMasi 4 жыл бұрын

Such a good tip. Thank you very much!

@jenniferduval-smith2361 4 жыл бұрын

Very helpful thanks Louise!

@LouiseDeMasi 4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure Jennifer. Thank you!

@alisonhendry2928 4 жыл бұрын

These tutorials are fabulous for beginners! Thanks for doing them. I am sharing them with my class. Hope I can create some more groupie subscribers like me! Big fan!

@LouiseDeMasi 4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure Alison. I'm glad you enjoy them. Thank you! 💕

@mariamaragonesjust2150 4 жыл бұрын

Me encanta!!Muchas gracias Louis,muy util tutoral!!👏👏😍

@kimberlysparkman2679 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for great information. I’ll practice to get ready for your landscape tutorial on Patreon! Thanks for heads up!

@LouiseDeMasi 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Kimberly! I've got to practice myself 🥴! 💕

@celestekat-hy6101 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you Louise 🙏🏻 🕊 💕 xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo 😘

@LouiseDeMasi 4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure Celeste. Thank you!

@MelanCholy2001 3 жыл бұрын

I liked #2 the best! You're such a good sub. Actually, they're all useful: I can see the makings of trees in numbers 3 and 4! Alizarin's my favorite (with indigo and raw umbers): I've tried something like this with different pigments (several brands) and find some "misbehaving" paints seem to play by rules of their own, too 😂 and not just the multi-pigment paints. Ie: potter's pink (Schminke brand). That one is lovely but seems to make up rules as it goes along! -and that's okay, too. I least like flat washes with phthalos because they're so staining (and a famous yellow pigment I can't recall offhand, also Schminke though) that when doing the wash, one teensy driplet of water from a stubborn bristle of a size 12 brush will cause a super bloom! File that under #CarefulWithStainingPigments and #WhyILoveViridian 😂❤️

@SuzanneLegault 4 жыл бұрын

I have watched a million well okay I admit it's more like a million and a half graded wash videos and now I finally know how to make a perfect and a not perfect one. Thanks a tone! But what did Louise find at the end of the video? Maybe we'll find out next week...

@SuzanneLegault 4 жыл бұрын

I got it! She found the rule!

@LouiseDeMasi 4 жыл бұрын

Lol.....I'm happy to have helped Suzanne. Thank you!💕

@don9133 4 жыл бұрын

Love the blooper reel :-)

@LouiseDeMasi 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Don. I have to laugh or I'll cry. 🥴

@don9133 4 жыл бұрын

@@LouiseDeMasi You make it look so easy,

@pattycyr8662 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for your great teaching skills . Your wash tutorials are the best I've seen. What mistakenly causes thin white lines to sometimes go across a wash esp. graded ones? I'm thinking it might have something to do with too much water in the brush going across and lifting all the paint on that line - esp. in the graded washes. Any advice appreciated! Thanks again so much for sharing your talent and in a way that all can understand and be motivated by.

@LouiseDeMasi 9 ай бұрын

I'm not sure Patty- I haven't noticed any white lines like that. Could it be the brush you are using? Maybe a softer or newer brush might help. 🤷🏼‍♀️

@pattycyr8662 9 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for responding - much appreciated. I look forward to your upcoming videos. @@LouiseDeMasi

@Zippypep Жыл бұрын

Thanks, absolutely. brilliant Can you recommend a book, maybe the one you referred to? Thx :)

@vilvile Жыл бұрын

This is the best gradated wash tutorial I have found, after watching over 20. Thank you. One question: my top section gets diluted, and it’s hard for me to get it super intense / masse tone without getting it muddy. If I go back after the first wash, I always leave a line (even if the paint is damp). Is there a best approach?

@LouiseDeMasi Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad it's useful to you. if you are using tube paints try squirting out some freshly squeezed pigment and mix some water with that rather than trying to re-wet pigment that has hardened on your palette. I find when I used fresh pigment I can get a deep colour more easily. It's best not to go back in and fuss with the wet wash if you can help it.

@zofoblueszofoblues8339 4 жыл бұрын

Louise Thank you for Sharing your Wonderful Art and Hard earned Skills. Might be a Silly Question but ,I am Starting from Square one and want to learn a Lot more about Watercolor, Do you have pay as you go lessons ? TY again for all you do .

@LouiseDeMasi 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I have lessons on Skillshare and Patreon. I've put the links in the description.

@paulinelane7316 3 жыл бұрын

So I could put masking fluid on a drawing and then do that over it?

@lada7539 3 жыл бұрын

🌹🌹🌹

@marioseeeeee Жыл бұрын

Love your videos! They’re so helpfull. But I have a question, I tried the first example, and work with a big spalter brush (8 cm). But somehow I still see strokes in mijn paint. It’s like the paint dries so fast after the first stroke. Any advice? ❤❤

@IGFineArt 4 жыл бұрын

Well done my friend, l like it very much, you have new follower my friend...😊🖼👌🙂👏🖌

@tednorth4795 4 жыл бұрын

Very useful tutorial on the subject and an excellent demo. But only before 14:35 when a quick practice started and it was too fast to be useful. Speeding up a recording in my opinion always ruins any painting demo.

@kimmphelps7619 2 жыл бұрын

Your video is blurry. I can't see what your doing.

@LouiseDeMasi 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Kimm, It's not blurry. You may have the quality settings on the video set too low. Click on the little circular icon that looks like a gear on the bottom right of the video. You'll see a pop up menu appear. Go to 'Quality' and click on it. Then select 1080p. That should make it better for you.