Make wet on wet watercolor easier - using a spray bottle

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3 жыл бұрын

The beauty of watercolor lies in wet on to wet. But in order to achieve wet on wet, the paper needs to be moist. And if you are like me, you probably feel frustrated sometimes because your wash dries too soon. So what do we do? Today I want to introduce you to my new best friend, the spray bottle.
p.s - sorry for the choppy video during the demo. There were some errors during the recording.
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@del7920 3 жыл бұрын

There so many things to like about Eric, he’s a great instructor, his voice is so calming and he has the cutest face! And great artwork too!

@anilsalvi5257 Жыл бұрын

Perfectly said 👏

@sylviestar8666 18 күн бұрын

Looks so easy but I KNOW IT’S very difficult. You make it look so easy, but you’re a professional painter. Thank you for sharing your talent and tips. ❤❤❤

@judyonody7748 3 жыл бұрын

That sky is so beautiful Eric! The spray bottle is a painters “must have” !😊

@JayNathanWatercolor 3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes simple tools can make such a difference. Thanks for sharing these tips.

@katherinelawrence1608 3 жыл бұрын

OHHHH THAT's how you use a spray bottle. Thanks for the fabulous lesson and demo!

@pamelaparker4044 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for showing your reference photo. It helps me to see how you interpret your colors and forms

@katpaints 3 жыл бұрын

Fabulous! I knew this was a familiar scene and hearing you say you were in Seattle made sense! I grew up near Tacoma and moved to Portland in 1972. there is something about the light... and those Douglas firs there makes me happy. We're much hotter down here, so keeping the paper wet is a challenge, especially in the summer. I have a piece of plexiglass that I've often used, laying my soaked paper on it and lifting it and spraying the backside as i go keeps it damp longer! Keep painting!

@elaineporter182 3 жыл бұрын

I like the tip on knowing when to stop. Thank you

@ritaobrien9093 Жыл бұрын

Five minutes! How helpful is that! Thank you! "You need to know when to stop." I seem to over do every painting!

@jolovesnailart Ай бұрын

Gorgeous sky and painting 😍 Thank you for the tips 🙏

@Drew.Hunter.Maker.Artist 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the demonstration! I'll definitely have to give this a shot

@fiddler1252 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful clouds! I'm grateful for your love of the rainy, cloudy, dramatic, skies in my home town, Seattle. I now live on the BC coast which also very spectacular for a plethora of clouds and light. ,💗🌧️💗🌧️☺️

@bpacarro8419 3 жыл бұрын

Very helpful, informational, and inspiring, Eric. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, experience, and expertise.

@user-hm2tg8kz1l 3 жыл бұрын

I love the painting! Thank you for the lesson.

@bessiesegal5885 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Eric Yi Lin, for a helpful and interesting tutorial. Your cloudscape is gorgeous!

@catbraunwell6450 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. You’re very informative and patient. Good teaching skills!

@michouxe13 Жыл бұрын

What a beautiful sky! Thanks for this helpful demonstration.

@GuReumArtStudio 3 жыл бұрын

Love this landscape piece. Your spray bottle idea is awesome! Thank you for sharing, Eric!

@jaclee6 2 жыл бұрын

just the tip i need. i will definitely experiment with using the spray bottle more. thank you!

@rachelchan2215 3 жыл бұрын

Love your paintings and sharing! Never disappointing us!

@ginaschissler9887 2 жыл бұрын

Great instruction Beautiful philosophy And painting

@SB-qs9zu 3 жыл бұрын

You thoroughly explain every single detail. Super helpful. And your paintings are beautiful and inspirational. Thanks

@MsTigergirl1 3 жыл бұрын

I love big stormy sky’s. Your tutorial is very helpful 👍🏻

@karenmcelroy9571 3 жыл бұрын

Such a helpful hint! Thank you!

@freepal1 3 жыл бұрын

I find you the most helpful watercolour artist. Regards fromScotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👌🏻

@catzrulez910 3 жыл бұрын

I also use a spray bottle whenever i need a fast lay of water on the paper, and sometimes also spray my palette (ceramic plate with some leftover mixes) a little if i want to reuse some colors

@parizati8928 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the sharing your experiences to us I really enjoyed learning about you

@TheLeahsKitchen 3 жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful painting.

@chinkk8581 3 жыл бұрын

Thank u Eric for another inspiring wet on wet sharing. Yes the mist spray will surely allow us slow coaches more time before we get clauliflowers all over the place. I m learning a lot from your sharing. Thank u so much.

@paintingtheskykingdom9005 3 жыл бұрын

love this painting, thanks for the tutorial

@dorideb1 3 жыл бұрын

Enjoy learning from a teacher & fellow painter who is patient & easy to listen to. 👍

@aliciamolloy5948 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Eric great tip, beautiful painting.

@ann-marielofberg1159 3 жыл бұрын

Thank You, this was a real good video that can make my paintings getting better, by knowing what to do and When!

@rajbharadia3643 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing tip and clouds painting! ❤️❤️❤️ Thank you!

@watercolourartincapetown2919 3 жыл бұрын

Yuuuup I’ve been storing my hand spray bottle for watercolour The spray bottle allows for beautiful effects. Definitely agree about using from 10 inches away, Tom Lynch has some great tips too

@mickael7778 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your expertise. I love your style of painting and of beeing. Greetings from France 🇫🇷

@johnmonsterwatercolour 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful sky, Eric 👏👏

@lauriebreda7241 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Eric. thank you for your videos that are so didactics !! thank you so much. You're a good teacher and a good painter too.

@Ali-hu3qm 3 жыл бұрын

I love your work and how you describe your process 🖤

@anilsalvi5257 Жыл бұрын

You are the best artist also the the best teacher ❤️

@ardnasatelier78 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Usefull information about spray bottle use in watercolors. 👍

@annevanderwoude9319 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful beautiful thank you.

@fiddler1252 3 жыл бұрын

In addition to increasing wet paper time I also use the fine spray to move paint for making rain showers and foggy shorelines. 💗🦋💗

@natalykenny2069 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! Thank you!😍

@debcavan 10 ай бұрын

Very helpful. thank you.

@anitahoward8506 3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you so much... I needed this class :).

@lindathaxton1994 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@SC4RArt 3 жыл бұрын

It's really amazing, I Absolutely love it!!! Thank you for sharing. 👀👀👀

@virginiarinkel7544 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. I like the explanation of a "fine mist" spray bottle and will search my house for one of these, or go buy one. A good tip here.

@mygranddaughterstungac7232 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful...Thank you..

@philipmartin4341 6 ай бұрын

I am enjoying your videos and commentary… love seeing your journey …Philip

@OnePillKillz 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful 💜

@ShahanoorMamun 3 жыл бұрын

rthe sky is so much amazing... i like your video

@davidgreene3809 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks again, Eric. You are a great painter and very patient teacher. It is a pleasure learning from you and i really appreciate you taking the time to share your expertise.

@yaireinav9011 3 жыл бұрын

You can also can wake up your color with the spray. Useful.

@carmenbriones8040 3 жыл бұрын

Today I'm going to do it. Gracias from PV

@Bearwithme560 3 күн бұрын

1:36 provides a hilarious visual of what the paper might have seen as l prepared to water-bomb it. With that in mind, l shall never repeat that mistake. 🤣

@kaygeenair 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful..

@ushisenchury8185 Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@lisarnful 3 жыл бұрын

The dollar store eye glass cleaner is perfect and cheap. Dump the cleaner and wash the bottle. Makes a fine spray.

@kathyhall668 3 жыл бұрын

Thankyou!

@jytte47 3 жыл бұрын

beautiful :o)

@philipmartin4341 6 ай бұрын

Ok you got it

@estellasaville1610 3 ай бұрын

I love your videos, and yes you have such a satisfying calm approach which is so enjoyable but I do have a question. So you ever use watercolour pencils?

@elizzievb 3 жыл бұрын

Superb!! You make it look easy - haha! It isn’t. ❤️👍

@YoannisYoannis 2 жыл бұрын

Hi...Saunders paper take 45 minutes to dry, Arches 30 and cheap paper dry fast. So quality of paper also matters. Continue your excelent work Eric.

@munirah9020 2 жыл бұрын

Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah awesome speech

@xzsei5980 3 жыл бұрын

原来老师每次都是录两遍视频嘛~一遍中文一遍英文~~~~辛苦老师啦

@Cafewatercolor 3 жыл бұрын

哈哈是的

@CharleyWang 3 жыл бұрын

Your channel is really serious and very professional. It is a very good watercolor channel. Although I have watched your channel for many years, I still have to say something to you.

@juliegarten3780 5 ай бұрын

Great video, good instruction, thank you! What grade of watercolor paper are you using?

@saharsamie4729 3 жыл бұрын

😍😍

@christiananggoro 3 жыл бұрын

Eric! Will you make a video on food watercolor illustration?

@zitaborba8376 3 жыл бұрын

Where did you get your palette and watercolour set. I cant find it here in London. Thank you for the lovely painting. So beautiful.

@munirah9020 2 жыл бұрын

So honest

@jeananczak3119 3 жыл бұрын

Like your liquidity in transition from color to color. Would like some names of colors used.

@greeneyedchestnut5225 3 жыл бұрын

💞

@awendaawenda8011 3 жыл бұрын

Instead of paying $10.00 for spray bottles on Amazon, try a dollar store. They usually have small containers for shampoo and conditioner and a spray bottle for a buck or two. You can also get the kits for more money at Walmart. Thanks for another great lesson! Have a fantastic day!

@petrusgandamana 2 жыл бұрын

it will be helpful if you can inform the colour name when you put it on the pallet

@dougg1075 3 жыл бұрын

You can buy a metal atomizer that you pump up and it sprays a fine mist, like a fog.

@marjoriejohnson6535 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry...floor office rug. My studio has had hardwood floors in every house i have lived in. Therefore I have stayed away from spray. Now i am beginning to think that i have been working to hard at keeping my paper wet. Thank you for in-depth analysis of benifits....

@helencameron7721 Жыл бұрын

I think the smaller bottles have a finer mist.

@weill6872 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job as always :) A question: how do you get the greyish mixture on the top right corner of your palette ( 4:00 ) ? a kind of blue and raw sienna it seems ..?

@Cafewatercolor 3 жыл бұрын

cobalt blue with burnt umber and I might've added a bit of neutral tint

@weill6872 3 жыл бұрын

@@Cafewatercolor thank you :)

@htalif1173 3 жыл бұрын

I used it before many times but I was not comfortable with it

@marjoriejohnson6535 3 жыл бұрын

After watching you and Liron ( from Israel) , i have decided I need a floor

@thescarecrowman 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know if you have any videos on this already, but I was wondering if there's advice for darker watercolor paintings? I tend to overwork my paper a lot since I'm working light to dark and dark colors take up most of my page. When I reduce my layers, I don't always get the results I want.

@Cafewatercolor 3 жыл бұрын

I'll probably do a night scene soon, if I can pull it off :)

@thescarecrowman 3 жыл бұрын

@@Cafewatercolor I look forward to it.

@weill6872 3 жыл бұрын

I'd be interested in darkest watercolor scenes too :)

@wild_lemon_art_studio Ай бұрын

Help, not sure why I'm missing the spray bottle technique here. I've watched it twice all the way through and don't do not see a spray bottle being used. Thanks for any tips!

@staygulf83 3 жыл бұрын

I find the best time to spray is around 3.27pm.

@alexshi9320 3 жыл бұрын

I live in Canada and its very dry in the wintertime. I wonder if this affects anything because my washes seem to dry up super fast.

@Cafewatercolor 3 жыл бұрын

There are multiple factors, weather humidity, ,temperature, also the paper you use and the paint you use.

@freccianord9883 2 жыл бұрын

Grazie maestro Please give me the mark of colors giù are using Thanks

@CoxJoxSox 3 жыл бұрын

LOL - so covid has come to this - befriending spray bottles

@cheryldodd-marko9787 Жыл бұрын

🕊🇺🇲💕

@lily_love7570 3 жыл бұрын

OMG I thought I was cheating using my spray bottle. I’m such a slow poke.

@thescarecrowman 3 жыл бұрын

My philosophy in art is there is no cheating. If it works, it works.

@lily_love7570 3 жыл бұрын

@@thescarecrowman I like the way you think

@BobStrawn 3 жыл бұрын

Eric, you speak clear and wonderful English, but if you turn on the English translation, you will be laughing for days about what it thinks you said!

@Cafewatercolor 3 жыл бұрын

I can only imagine 😅

@lindaraereneau484 3 жыл бұрын

I can say you are cute because I'm 73 years old. I enjoy your videos. If I were 23, I would flirt with you.

@philipmartin4341 6 ай бұрын

Another tool is a credit card to lift out in a dark wash… timing is important…