Hope you are feeling better. Arms tightly around. I am 75 and have done various kinds of art in my life. When I retired from teaching Humanities, I promised myself I would learn to paint. I had been through sooooooooo many videos but none can touch the kind of advice you give. As a teacher, I had to reframe my knowledge for those who were beginners. You do that in painting and really! show us the process and the tips that would have taken years to figure out. Thank you thank you thank you for your thoughtfulness.I can't begin to express how grateful I am for your videos and your presence.

You are a great teacher. As someone who works in a school I understand how your You Tube students are here to learn, and I see how you enjoy your teaching. A win all around!

So much easier to see you mix colors while explaining the why and how. I think most artists are visual people. Thank you so much!

Hi Louise, thank you so much for making this video. I’m retired and is thinking to learn something new. I have NO knowledge about any painting but I found your video very useful and inspiring. Your tips have given a green light and courage to try out watercolour painting. Thank you very much. You’re a wonderful teacher. Thank you.

Hi Louise, this is an excellent video and so helpful! Thank you. Helene

You are a great teacher with such a calming voice. Thank you!

Yes clean palette, I agree! I used to think I don’t want to waste paint so I didn’t clean my palette. However after a while of trying to find a clean space and cleaning small areas on my messy palette I just decided to clean the whole palette. Clean palette = fresh start, clear mind, and avoids muddy/contaminated pigments. Trying to find a clean space on a palette was cluttering my mind and wasting my time.

Yes 🙌 “Watercolor is meant to be spontaneous, fresh, and fluid.” 13:35 That’s a mantra that’s going to run through my head while I’m painting from now on.

Oh gosh I have been needing this video & this list of tips are all the things that I have got to get in the habit of doing better at. That’s a great idea about putting the color mixes into a sketchbook journal. Thanks for sharing this wonderful informational video with us. I really appreciate it this week. 😊💕

Keep up the endings Louise lightening my mood

You are the best teacher ever! And your bloopers are the cherry on top 😁

Thank you for sharing all the tips, explaining it in simple terms and showing at the same time.

That’s it you are my new teacher. This is the 10th video i watch on the subject of mixing watercolors and this is the best by far. Clear thorough explanations with advice and clear definition of what is a good practice versus what is an opinion

I am that person who shies away from mixing colors because I feel like I don’t do a good job with it and I don’t want to waste paint. But I do see how many artists do this so I am determined to do more experimenting-thank you for this lesson-always appreciate your generosity in sharing your knowledge with us ❤ - Bonnie

A very sweet lady and a great teacher........she talks to you rather than at you.

Fantastic job explaining so many important hidden variables to watercolor success. Thank you❣️

I love your bloopers! Don’t stop. I am a subscriber and watch and save all your videos. You are easy to understand and follow instructions. Thank you!

I love your natural mood.At the end of the video we understand how you struggle to make a brilliant video without any mistakes.So nice of you your heart is so brilliant too Dear Louise Thank you for taking your al time and making such useful video and using a clear language.Thank you thank you.❤❤❤❤

Thank you so much, Louise. The tip on starting with the lighter color has been really helpful. Greetings from Croatia.

Very clear and thorough step by step instructions. Thank you.

I used to be petrified mixing my greens when I started with watercolor... Bought green in every shade I could find 🥲 Recently, I finally realised the potential and rid of the fear, I'm so sad I didn't just focus on the yellow blue and reds instead haha I'm experimenting mixing with the greens to make them a lot more natural but I have loooots of green to work through 😅 Live and learn I guess!!! Thank you Louise for the great tips!❤

Thank you for this video, helped with a number of things I’m struggling with at the moment. Love the idea of the colour mixing journal.

Another clear, really helpful video thank you Louise. I particularly enjoyed the demonstration of the techniques. I even picked up that you ‘twirl” the brush in the paint to coat it fully - something that never even occurred to me. Game changer! PS and thank you for making me chuckle yet again with your bloopers.

Good point Louise about seeing the colour on your painting to judge intensity.👍 very good information 🥰

Thank you for your great videos. You're such a sweetheart. 😊

Brilliantly done I really needed this

You always teach me something and make me feel like a teacher I can respect and especially like! Thank you for all your hard work!

Love, love, love this lesson❤thank you (and thank you for the bloopers at the end...)

Very useful information Louise! Many thanks.

Louise, I love your videos and the end boo-boos are hilarious 😂❤

I love your bloopers -makes you so authentic and fun!

Thank you so much, Louise! This, and really all of your videos that I have seen so far, have been so extremely helpful to me as a beginning watercolor artist. I appreciate your generosity in sharing all that you’ve learned with us. And the humor at the end of the videos always make me laugh. So thanks again. I can’t wait to watch and learn more from you! 💝

Great teacher and you paint beautifully. I am wowed by your artistry.

Thank you Louise for another really helpful video. Your paintings are beautiful, i really like your duck you did. Love the bloopers too 😂

Thanks, Louise, all great tips👌😊.

Yes, this is so helpful. You confirm what I am learning and you assure us that this is not a perfect science. We must let the water do what it wants to do.

Love the Steven Quiller palette! That’s what I use plus a little dish if my painting is larger and I save my dried paint. I keep( usually ha) my mixes separated on my palette but sometimes I just need to wipe the area that sneaks over to another color. I really appreciate that you mentioned the technique of charging the wash or adding in while wet, it creates some of the most spontaneous beautiful backgrounds and just the surprises that make us chuckle. I do a lot of botanicals but still keep the general common colors and I do love Winsor and Newton agua color. Holy cow it mixes beautifully and I mix it with my greens especially if a cooler on is needed. I have purchased a few Qor paints lately to compare. WN still has in my opinion the best and closest lightfast color to indigo in case anyone wanted to test 7 brands. What can I say , you are a dear and your reminders are always wonderful for this artist.😊

Thank you Louise! I always learn from your experience 🙏🏻

I'm thankful you are mixing your colors. You have always painted stunning works of art but the addition of mixed colors really adds a dimension that adds depth. The most valuable class I ever took online was Jane Blundell's Mastering Watercolour course. Not only did she use a limited palette, but the course had students painting mixing charts while they explored different triads. Without even knowing it, you were connected with color theory and harmony, all while learning various watercolor techniques. There is something amazing about Aussie instructors. You and Jane have been amazing guides through my watercolor journey. I appreciate you both. Now I know exactly which colors to mix to obtain the color I want, and if it's a color I don't mix all the time, all I have to do is break out my trusty mixing carts I painted during class.

Your tips are sooo sooo helpful! Thank You again, coming back from blending video to this. I tried more limited pallete as mentioned in tip #7 5:56 . It gave me so much more understanding how color theory, warmth, cold etc. in colors works ❤

Everything you paint is just beautiful

One of the best watercolor videos that I have watched. Thank you!

Thank you for your precise explanations about watercolors. . I just found you on the internet!!!

SO helpful! Thanks 💕

These are invaluable tips as always. My favorite is not to overblend because it is so much more interesting to have the variations. I usually "cheat" with sap or hooker's green and add other colors to them (but never use straight from the tube). You've inspired me to create my yellow/blue color chart. Side note - this blouse looks spectacular on you! The blue is incredible and lights up your skin and face beautifully.

Thank you for your help. The video clearly presents exactly the skills I need right now in my water colour journey. I would send a monetary thank you but I am leery of using my credit card. I am more comfortable with using PayPal. Love your work!

Wonderful video!!!

Just loved your very helpful tips, and the section on mixing paint was just what I was looking for. The bloopers at the end were a complete and wonderful surprise. Thanks for your sharing your expertise.

Merci pour ces informations et explications très claires

Great Tips, thank you👌🙏

Thank you for sharing these tips, Louise. They’re really helpful.

Many thanks! Nice to learn from your experience!

Thank you for this video

Hello Louise. Enjoying this video is an understatement for me. This is such an educational, informative, and detailed presentation. Just excellent on all levels. I have been collecting supplies and watvhing videos for quite a while, without actually starting. As a retired educator I want to learn as much as I can first. I do have an interest and background of doing a lot acrylic painting years ago. Many, many different arts and crafts starting at a very young age. Now I finally want to add watercolor to the list. Having watched already, many helpful watercolor tutorials on paint and mixing, I feel that yours is superior, and I am so appreciative that I found your site. (I happily subscribed.)

Your tips and tricks have been very helpful. I really appreciate you sharing this with us. Thank you very much.❤

Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge with people! I am just a beginner so once I get better at painting I would like to take your online class. 🫶🏻🫶🏻

Thankyou thankyou thankyou, I learned soo much with this video.

Such a helpful video. Wish I could give it a hundred likes. So many aspects of mixing wish I had seen it decades ago. Thank you very much.

Very well put together tutorial!Your voice is so relaxing,no pressure lovely!

What a fantastic video! Thank you so much!

Thank you very much 😊❤!!!

Thank you so much for patiently and clearly explaining.

That might be my trouble I am not a visual person at all. I love colour and I think that I understand it. I just add a drip off of my fingers to add water to paint. I was drawn to watercolor but I do think it is a lot more complex than other mediums. It's lovely to watch your video's and see how beautiful your painting are. Thank you 💖

Thank you so much for this! These tips will really help! I enjoyed your bloopers at the end as well!

Thank you so much for your wonderful explanation Louise De Masi🙏 and I love your way of explanation also❤❤❤

So helpful. Thanks for sharing your experience. PS, love the outtakes!

this is exactly the kind of instruction I’ve been looking for. Seeing you actually mix the colours is enormously helpful. I am guilty of mixing them ‘like cake batter’. I will try your suggestion of giving them just a quick mix

Thank you so much!!!

Great lesson. Thank you.

Merci Louise pour tous ces conseils.

Great video ... a lot of good points to store away and use as and when. Thank you for posting.

As usual Brilliant!!😁

Brilliant what I needed thank you very useful and informative. Have a great day.

Ooh my goodness! You have an amazing eye your talent is a gift. Sure glad you made these videos to share with the world

I have so many watercolor supplies, but have been struggling with what do with them and how to achieve what I envision in my mind. I have not been truly excited or inspired until I found YOU!! You are such an amazing and conscientious teacher and you have changed my watercolor world. :) One question... which palette are you using that is the smaller, rectangular one?

I wish I had known all this when I was beginning Excellent, excellent teaching!!!❤

Thanks again Louise always great to watch one of your videos. Big hello from Queensland😊

A very useful video indeed - thanks Louise!

These tips you are teaching us are so helpful thank you so much

So many great tips in this video, thank you!

Great tutorial Louise thank you ,very interesting and just what I needed . I will also start a mixing journal, thank you for sharing with us xx

Thank you 🙏🙏🙏

Love your art

I’ve just discovered your channel , and oh my , info abounding . Loving all the advise . I’m pretty new to all this but enjoying your style and wonderful presentations . Liking the bloopers at the end too . Binge watched you tonight and just realised I haven’t eaten , and it’s 22:58 ! Just subscribed .

Fantastic instruction😊😊😅😅😅

I have the ceramic quiller palette, but I haven’t filled it yet. I’m inspired to do it now. Thank you!

Thank you so much Louise. You have a wonderful way of explaining the process so its simple to understand and yes, I think all artistic people are visual. Your channel and knowledge you share is so informative and easy to follow. Cant wait for the next one, in the meantime I will practice mixing better with a limited pallet, the limited pallet has been my own challenge this month so this worked in well with that also.

Thank you, very useful 🎉

Very good video. Thank you.

Great tips and demos. Thank you!❤

You explained everything so well. Thank you! You have a new subscriber. 😃👍

im so glad i found this videoooooooooooooooooo

😂😂😂 outtakes, love it!!

Thank you! 🤩

Bravo Louise!

Fantastic tips

Great video Louise. It was good to watch your process as, for some reason, I get really nervous about mixing paint. I don't know why 😅

I could not get the effect I wanted until I tried your tip about mixing the colours on the paper. Thank you so much.

I wish I could go back to my beginner days. I have so many convenience colors and I feel like I HAVE to use them. They weren't cheap, you know!

I think have a crush on this lady because of her voice! (well, and her talent, content, and adorable face, to, I guess).