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Ocean Wave Sketching and Breakdown in Watercolor on My Beach Vacation.
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Күн бұрынWhat did I do on Summer vacation? Aside from enjoying time with family, I studied and sketched a few ocean waves in my watercolor sketchbook. Join me as I show you a few things I learned.
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@johnchapin9270 Жыл бұрын
Thank you I watch a lot less t.v. Now I'm retried . Watching you Paul clarke I could spend my day watching you guys..
@mindofwatercolor 4 жыл бұрын
Some of you might be curious how our vacation was given Covid restrictions. We were actually very surprised and delighted. Mask wearing was common indoors with most shops requiring it and even many restaurants required it until you were seated, which we would do anyway. Tables were distanced in every restaurant we ate at. Many establishments had hand sanitizer on hand at doors and checkouts. Our lodging was all contact free check in/out. We had no trouble social distancing inside or outside. The most crowded beach day was during our June weekend on Saturday at Isle of Palms but there was no other party within 15-20 feet of us. At no point did we feel crowded or uncomfortable. The one exception was a grocery store where I needed to get some things. It was very crowded (the only one on the island strip). I donned my mask, kept sanitizer in my pocket and just did my best to distance and get out quickly. But for the most part, I really felt like people were trying to make the situation better. Businesses were definitely working hard to make a go of things and stay compliant with CDC guidelines. Kudos to them. It's really tough for business right now. Thankfully in SC the numbers are coming down.
@reneeaubuchon6683 4 жыл бұрын
I am really glad that you and your family got to have some vacation time together, and am really appreciate of this video!
@geraldineconway1865 4 жыл бұрын
Aww Steve I love how you speak of your wife and family.
@cametientaucoeur 4 жыл бұрын
This is so instructive. Most people try their best to keep everyone safe, here in Florida. I am so glad that you had a nice vacation with your family. In my opinion, no offense meant, I think of you as the Dr. Fauci of Art instruction = knowledgeable, calm & well liked. Jeanne
@karenjohnson6487 4 жыл бұрын
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@SVNopq 4 жыл бұрын
Sunshine (Vit. D), fresh air, and exercise is the best thing for you and your family right now. Glad you are supporting struggling local businesses there. We are doing the same here in St. Petersburg, Florida.
@katejohnson7019 3 жыл бұрын
Love how you encourage us to really LOOK at things. Not follow a formula. That's my goal right now. Learning tonal values and observation.
@mindofwatercolor 3 жыл бұрын
YES! Thanks for getting that point. So important. Ever so much more than, what brush? what paint? what color?
@kathiecranston1577 3 жыл бұрын
I know exactly what you're talking about! If people could hear what I was saying to myself in my mind...! I'm always thinking about how I could draw or paint things; values, shapes, colors, form, texture, etc. Combining video comments: Now "My First Hake..."Stay-at-Home" Special!" Just so you know, you DO help my health Steve❣ And I agree with you, so far as the forward message 😉 I also usually have a natural instinct for composition. I was amazed & delighted with how this painting turned out . Thanks once again & always 😁 GOD bless you & yours my Dear Steve❣
@alanvandever9683 2 жыл бұрын
One of the best and most comprehensive videos I've seen. Very good. Thank you. You've encouraged me to get the sketchbook and get out of the studio.
@stephw1363 2 жыл бұрын
Yesssss!!! I love that you are observing waves, i can already tell this will be helping me and im not even finished the vid yet!
@alionagry7256 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your videos!! I never comment on KZfaq videos but I just can't help myself and comment a big big thank you for you knowledge, personality and humour. Praying for your wife and family. Thank you
@martha4204 4 жыл бұрын
You are so right about the need to look at and study what you are painting! I paint for fun. My only formal art training was decades ago, in college, when I took a single introductory drawing course. It was weeks into the course before we were allowed to look at the paper while we were drawing. We focused on contour and gesture, and by the time our instructor allowed us to look at the paper while we drew, I had learned to look at what I was drawing and just glanced at the paper. I am forever grateful to my instructor for teaching me to really pay attention to the world around me, in all its diverse beauty. Margaret Rigg, of blessed memory.
@CupCaked 4 жыл бұрын
martha4204 - Your instructor used a method of observation many use, my instructor(s) used it, and I use it as an instructor, myself. Whenever someone asks how to draw a person, a horse, a vase of flowers, I just tell them to “look”.
@anneedmunds9025 3 жыл бұрын
We are going on holiday at the beach your lesson is very handy Anne from New Zealand
@peaches5712 4 жыл бұрын
I’m in continual awe of your talent and instructions! I have watched your videos over and over and I always seem to learn something new that I missed previously. “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” Pablo Picasso
@debonairLADY 4 жыл бұрын
You are so talented, thankful for your videos. Beautiful family
@michaelfrench8703 4 жыл бұрын
Steve if you go back to Edisto be sure to visit Botany Bay. The beach is about 1/4th mile from the parking lot, but it's well worth the walk because there are very few people on the beach. There are no houses on the beach and there are thousands of shells because shell collecting is not allowed. This beach is the beach before development happened and there are miles of it to enjoy. As you can tell this a place that I love.
@Makbabe72 3 жыл бұрын
Such a cute area Isle of Palms, was able to visit there twice, great tutorial on waves, I have my challenge for the next time I visit.
@DSmith-pc9jn 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this. So many people just show you how to do but not the patterns involved, how to break it down in the patterns and shapes.
@ThomiBMcIntyre Жыл бұрын
The patterns of nature…. Watch Geoff Lawton’s “pattern language”. It will blow your mind!
@gee355Art 4 жыл бұрын
You’re so right about STUDYING the subject and the values, I used to tell the students I taught that drawing and sketching is like 50% looking and 50% drawing. I’ve heard some people tip that more towards the looking too, 🙂 but the basic idea was the same, study your subject. Lovely video and painting, waves aren’t easy to do well 😀
@mindofwatercolor 4 жыл бұрын
Yes, exactly. And the older I get the more I seem to want to look. Thanks Gee!
@joyfulldj 4 жыл бұрын
buff white and quin gold mixes a sublime splash of warmth in the foam heads of waves. I only need to be careful that i dont endup with a murky green lol. The waves in the netherlands are not nearly as bright as usa or greece waves,ours seem to be a bit more muted,would not do me much good as dutch to paint me an ultramarine glow for a dutch seascape. Wich is one more tip; each country,even each state comes with its own unique palette of colors, that is really fun to study. The only really bright season we have is autumn and spring but due to our beloved sea climate the dutch summer and winter are both muted; take into concideration that airpolution plays a big part in that and you get why I chose a mixing palette with a lot of single pigments for landscapes making it easy to tone down each mix by adding a simple opposite of the colorwheel.
@peterkimberley4311 4 жыл бұрын
Not only did we get another master class but we saw what great photos of your wonderful family . It is good that you managed to have a relaxing time in this time of worry . You are so greatly blessed with a beautiful family.
@essietangle9931 4 жыл бұрын
Glad you and your family are doing well and got to spend time at the beach. Breaking down the waves and taking it step by step looks like the way to go. In the past someone had a video where they took a clear wax crayon and went lightly over the paper and where the wax was left created the lace pattern in the foam when they went over it with color. It wasMaria Raczynska/Using wax to make waves in watercolor, no masking or white gouache. There is something so calming about being by water, its been a long time for us. I am encouraged now by what you said in your extra note on what you all experienced. Thanks for the information.
@ntong4952 4 жыл бұрын
I do talk to myself in order to learn, this is easier to understand events and what to do next for nicer and better 😊😆👍🏻
@Cheripie506 4 жыл бұрын
Lol, I'm constantly talking to myself! Art or otherwise.
@kirstynewbery8012 4 жыл бұрын
What amazing patience! Thank you for your commentary about observing your subject, That is something I'm getting better at.
@amyzahn-stern6428 4 жыл бұрын
Looks great
@kristenlapham2368 4 жыл бұрын
i have always wanted to have a beach notebook. Now I have a bit more confidence and a guide to begin. Thank you for enriching my life!
@Julie-vy3oz 4 жыл бұрын
I love what you said about observing and talking to yourself (actually a bit relieved!). I snap pictures all the time because I like the variegated values of a shadow of a tree or the way a corn field are rows of values that come to a central point in the distance, or even how I know a pine tree has depth because it’s so dark towards the center. I love the habit because I see how amazing creation is! ...Now to work on/ practice (and repeat) the skills that can put those observations down on paper!
@heyitsLOOOU 3 жыл бұрын
lovely paintings
@saredeome2983 4 жыл бұрын
Amazing wave study! Especially liked your foam which can really present an enigma when trying to paint! Your study of this was extremely helpful to me! Thank you so much for sharing your talents! You are a great watercolor teacher!
@paulalister80 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this awesome tutorial! Wow supper happy I be. Live right by the sea here on the WC of NZ so this has opened my eyes up in so many ways. Never been brave enough to paint the sea (we have beautiful sea scapes here with rocks in the water and also small stones on the beaches) I am going to give this a go now. Lovely to hear you had a wonderful vacation with family and must say you and your wife look so cute together. Have a nice week and I can’t wait to see your next watercolour tutorial .
@marjoriebader5754 4 жыл бұрын
As usual, a breath of fresh air. Thank you.
@BigDomski 4 жыл бұрын
I get exactly what you mean with those conversations. I'm still new to all this, and only recently I began looking for forms/structure of everything I draw. Before, I would put my lines down as I'm thinking about it, quickly realising that I've made a mistake that I can't correct (since I draw with a pen)
@deborahraenelson 4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful photos. I look forward to your sketches and watercolor inspired by the photos. So glad to hear you felt safe and everyone was behaving safely.
@mindofwatercolor 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Deborah!
@libbyeichmann2956 4 жыл бұрын
Hi from Australia, really pleased that I have found this tutorial again. Your tutorials are excellent for a person who is very much a novice in watercolor painting. Your tutorials fill in the gaps which our tutor doesn't cover in our classes. Will pass on your site to the other students. We are a watercolor class with U3A, Univeristy of 3rd age, i.e. classes for older people with volunteer tutors. Thus online tutorials are really helpful to our art classes. Most online tutorials forget to talk to us or tell us which colour or mix of colours is being used. You really cover most aspects of watercolour painting and thus give us everything in the baby steps which we need. Thank you for your consideration in your tutorials.
@lisesheeba4156 4 жыл бұрын
I need to practise...love water...ocean, lake, rivers, any water...i was always scared to try...but you’ve inspired me.
@mindofwatercolor 4 жыл бұрын
You can do it!
@christinegelormino5594 4 жыл бұрын
I love watching how your paintings develop
@SilverSeaOT7 4 жыл бұрын
This is very helpful. I always struggle with beach scenes. Thanks for sharing your vacation.
@colleenmcchesney1482 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this. Watching the palm tree & waves in your video helped me to finally paint my favorite watercolor painting of a beach wave. I had been struggling for weeks attempting this but your suggestions made a difference.
@cherylredmond672 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Steve. What an awesome family. How blessed you are! The waves you did were amazing, especially since you don't do them all the time. I can't wait for you to paint the clouds you saw -- in particular the wispy clouds and the silver-lined wispy clouds. In Texas we get lots of those and I can't seem to capture the brightness, not even with a camera.
@burcukeskin7878 4 жыл бұрын
Your family is so cute! Thanks for sharing with us!
@rebeccalyons1327 4 жыл бұрын
Loved it. So glad you were in the Lowcountry. I hope we can see that marsh scene in the future. I’m focusing on painting the marsh right now. The colors of the marsh make me feel so good.
@debbiemcclain3984 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for these demonstrations and explanations. I have been struggling with a painting that has rolling waves and then the foamy water. The foamy water has been the part of the painting that is difficult for me. After watching this, I know exactly what I've been doing wrong and understand why my attempts have not been successful. Thank you again.
@deejay2838 4 жыл бұрын
I love the beach and the one thing is watching how waves form...love studying them ! Definitely a favourite pastime. Your waves are beautiful Steve ! Thanks for sharing and take care. ⛱🌊🌊
@eileengoldenberg270 4 жыл бұрын
Great tips.. we live about 4 blocks from the Pacific Ocean and yes, sitting and observing is a great way to see the way waves break and where the lights and darks are. It is tricky that they keep moving..so photos do help once you want to paint. I love the white foam patterns too. Glad you got to spend time with your family! I think a beach in Hawaii would have better waves. Don’t you? 😀😀🤪😅😄😎😎
@mindofwatercolor 4 жыл бұрын
OH man, YES, would love to see the beaches in Hawaii! Thanks!
@paulah317 4 жыл бұрын
The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. Psalm 95:5
@mindofwatercolor 4 жыл бұрын
Yes! Love it! and this one: 8 Or who shut in the sea with doors when it burst out from the womb, 9 when I made clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band, 10 and prescribed limits for it and set bars and doors, 11 and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stayed? Job 38:8-11
@bethw7 4 жыл бұрын
@@mindofwatercolor I live on the coast of Maine and I think of this passage every single time I see the tide coming in! The ocean is awesome in its power and grace, but it's a mere reflection of the God who made it.
@rebeccalyons1327 4 жыл бұрын
Loved the video. We just found a great beach. If you ever vacation in Hilton Head check out Fish Haul Beach. Not a good wave/swimming beach but full of natural beauty and very few humans. Lots of plein air opportunities and you could study sand ripples instead of wave ripples.
@melindaavila498 4 жыл бұрын
I love this! I live near a Pacific beach, and want to paint it! Your guidance and comments make perfect sense, thank you!
@hidilley 4 жыл бұрын
Loved your video and interpretation of the waves! I wish they would bring back that size of the perfect sketchbook, I find the larger ones unwieldy for travel, and it would be nice to have a lower price point for a smaller sketchbook that would still work (I do a lot of sketching while backpacking so the smaller the better!). Anyway, always enjoy your content...glad you had some fun this summer! :)
@junelawniczak3794 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome photos. I really liked the trees. I seem to observe nature more since I started painting a few years ago. Artists have a different perspective of nature, I think.
@SVNopq 4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful! I've been concentrating on painting waves lately. Not as easy as it looks, but with practice, it does get better. Your waves came out great! Glad you and your family had a fun vacay.
@artscience9981 4 жыл бұрын
I appreciate you comments about how to analyze an object. I just went to the Smokey Mountains, and spent a good deal of time studying streams and how water flows around rocks. My first painting of a stream was kind of a mess, but my last one really started to look like a stream. It just takes awhile to understand a subject you haven’t painted before.
@WateryStar 4 жыл бұрын
Drawing waves always intimidated me. Yet again you broke things down to make the subject approachable. I did a quick sketch and already have the courage to give painting waves a go.
@CupCaked 4 жыл бұрын
It just dawned on me that, in all the years I’ve painted, I’ve never painted waves. Interesting! BTW, I talk to myself when I draw and paint, too. Now I don’t feel so silly 😊
@cheekyducksart1828 4 жыл бұрын
I love waves and I love your sketch! Beautiful and 3D 🌊
@pennygower372 4 жыл бұрын
Sitting on a beach in Greece, watching your video. A great way to practise observation. I do like the idea of doing the ‘network’ using negative spaces. I’m going to take a few photos and give it a go when I get home. Thanks for a very helpful video. Love that little sketchbook, by the way.
@patriciarinaldi9390 4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful and inspiring...I need to pull my pictures out and attempt waves.
@maryanharrell5642 4 жыл бұрын
My family loves Edisto Island, and some were there last weekend, too! Beautifull. Glad you missed the storm. Thanks for the lovely sketches. I am glad you had time with your family, Steve. Those visits are precious.
@kimesch9698 4 жыл бұрын
You read my mind. This is just what I was looking for!
@kimesch9698 4 жыл бұрын
Oh, and clouds! Great photos.
@maribelteklado7491 4 жыл бұрын
Great lesson. Learned at lot!
@Eliel7230 4 жыл бұрын
Research through observation. 😁
@veebles6265 4 жыл бұрын
Really beautiful reference photos.
@jennifernewmanart 4 жыл бұрын
This is absolutely wonderful, Thankyou so much , I’ll definitly be trying this
@jennygort 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video It is very helpful
@ulfettte 4 жыл бұрын
Amazing ! You’re a genius ! 😃
@mindofwatercolor 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! 😊
@artmuseum123 4 жыл бұрын
Your channel is so cool.😍❤️I envy you so much when I see your channel. 😍️❤️Your channel gives joy and happiness to many people. ❤️
@tericarter2886 4 жыл бұрын
Love Edisto Thanks for sharing
@olivierbastien1680 4 жыл бұрын
Inspiring video!! Many thanks from France
@Querenciatv 4 жыл бұрын
Nice ☺️ ❤️&✌️
@milaronyartgallery4667 4 жыл бұрын
Wow......... Amazing work.This is too much attractive. I enjoyed THIS. Stay sfe stay connect.......... ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤.,............
@arleenszeliga8324 3 жыл бұрын
I have such a hard time figuring out how to paint ocean water with waves. So this is very helpful for me. A week ago I was down the New Jersey shore on a most glorious sunny winter day and I was trying to study the waves and paint them. Your explanation is extremely helpful. I love your paintings, I watch your KZfaq videos all the time. Thank you so much for taking your time to train us. I have one question: your holder/easel is a new one. Is there a name for it or did you devise it yourself? If you bought it would you please share? Thank you very much.
@SootheTheSoulMusic 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your amazing channel. i'm your biggest supporter. Let's grow together. ❤️❤️❤️
@wilsonbethlehem3101 4 жыл бұрын
1.Value 2.Form
@jeanfugate-besalke5734 3 жыл бұрын
First i want to say I love your videos I have learned so much! I have a question can you recommend a not so expensive watercolor sketchbook (not spiral bound) to just practice in. I would love Etcher but, right now out of my price range. I do a lot of wet on wet and layering. Right now I would prefer to order from Amazon. Thank you!
@lara-ce2kg 4 жыл бұрын
I love all of your videos ,but I really enjoyed the one about your favorite watercolor paper and why Archie's is your favorite.. after watching your video I bought a block of Archie's to test it myself and it's amazing to paint on, but also $$.. I recently I have discovered another brand of watercolor paper named Meeden (if you buy it from Amazon ) or Baohong (if you buy it from AliExpress )in my opinion it performs the same way for a lot less and was interested if you ever used this paper before and what your opinion was . you can buy it from Amazon or AliExpress the blocks of paper have ither a green or reddish orange cover ..
@mindofwatercolor 4 жыл бұрын
I have not used it.
@vaughnigami2588 3 жыл бұрын
You seem to be very good at taking photos for paintings - I was wondering if you have any videos on the subject. If not, I would like to ask for a video on it. I know there are things like the rule of thirds, but want to know if you have any tips.
@mindofwatercolor 3 жыл бұрын
Not yet!
@erinpeabody8368 4 жыл бұрын
Steve, when are you going to start up a online art school? I really think you should do that!
@mindofwatercolor 4 жыл бұрын
No plans to. I will do some online workshops at some point but just having trouble getting to it.
@MusingsFromTheDen 4 жыл бұрын
Have you tried 'liquid pencil' by Derivan? I got some tubes in a subscription box recently. It's an odd medium at first but the granulation is lovely and would definitely suite a painting like the waves. I found you can also mix it with regular watercolours, which is fun. 😊
@mindofwatercolor 4 жыл бұрын
Not yet!
@darkglamramos 4 жыл бұрын
Regarding storing, protecting and varnishing watercolor painting, what would you recommend? I have some portfolios to storm them in but do you recommend using any fixatives sprays?
@mindofwatercolor 4 жыл бұрын
No. No need to fix or varnish. I like to store in clear archival sleeves similar to this.
@darkglamramos 4 жыл бұрын
@@mindofwatercolor thanks Steve, appreciate the help.
@dawnabbott3783 4 жыл бұрын
Did you use your iPad to take the photos or a more professional type of camera in order to get a good reference?
@mindofwatercolor 4 жыл бұрын
Dawn Abbott iPhone
@sylvia4425 4 жыл бұрын
Sorry to trouble you but what Color Transition®️lenses are you and your wife wearing in the photo on your iPad @ 0:52? Trying to decide which color to get. Sorry for the odd request. Lol 🙏🤓
@mindofwatercolor 4 жыл бұрын
Sylvia ours are gray I think. From Vision Works.
@XtianApi 3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful as always. The hip hop music is a little out of place. Lol
@elizabethschaeffer3584 4 жыл бұрын
how do I support you. how to send money??
@mindofwatercolor 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for asking! Patreon.com/mindofwatercolor or one-time donations at PayPal.me/mindofwatercolor
@alphiesnowbear 4 жыл бұрын
I'm noticing a lot of ads in your videos. Is this something on your end, or something KZfaq sticks in? I hope you are at least making money, but they're getting annoying.
@mindofwatercolor 4 жыл бұрын
KZfaq. They recently enabled mid video ads on many more videos (I really hate them and they don't make much money). They were previously reserved for long videos but they've shortened the threshold. KZfaq creators have to go in and manually turn them off. I need to do this on this video. Its a pain though to go back and turn it off on all previous videos one by one. So, don't blame you. They annoy me too. I'm headed over to turn them off on this one for sure. They've also increased the pre-video ads to multiples instead of just one. Nothing I can do about that one. Again, not a fan! KZfaq mostly makes money for KZfaq. Sigh!
@alphiesnowbear 4 жыл бұрын
@@mindofwatercolor Thanks for your reply. There are apparently tricks for viewers to bypass ads, too, I'll have to figure that out!
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