It’s just so wonderful that you do this so that regular people can get a real look at what a real artist does!! We who have found you are so fortunate!! Thank you!!!

The best, most comprehensive watercolour tutorial I’ve ever seen 😊

Thank you very much for uploading parts 1 and 2 of the demo Oliver - it is much appreciated. It has been interesting to hear your thoughts throughout the process. Your calm approach is also a reminder to me not to panic and to take my time.

Thank you thank you!! This is the best tutorial I’ve seen on KZfaq! You are so generous with your talent and your time!

It was great watching you paint this slowly so I see every detail! Thank you 😊

You're a true master, it's so good to hear your thought process, I learn something every couple of minutes watching you paint. Thank you so much for sharing with us!

This is wonderfully helpful. It's so useful to hear your thought process throughout - the decisions you are making, and the reasoning behind them. Thankyou!

Thank you very much for sharing your wealth of knowledge so generously! You are a wonderful teacher and explain the technical aspects of painting with great clarity. It is most helpful to watch the whole process from beginning to end. Please never shorten your lessons. Your paintings are wonderful, as well!

While I was watching this video (1 June 2022) I glanced out of my window and saw exactly such a sky - rich blue above with white streaks of cloud, and below a paler cerulean blue with greyish patches. Ok, it was over some fairly ordinary urban houses, but it was still beautiful. And now I know how to paint it. Many thanks, Oliver!

That was a great demonstration! I was amazed at how my perception of the sky area continued to change a half hour after you finished painting it. Thank you!

You give us tips for improve our own watercolours, thank you Oliver.

Thank you so much for your generosity in sharing this tutorial. It is so helpful having you explaining everything.You are a great teacher as well as a very talented artist.

"Years" ago, my art instructor stated that watercolor artists had to attempt 2,500 painting to become an effective artist. Meaning, practice, practice, practice...then, you can become successful! Money was a factor, so choosing one art, oil, acrylic, watercolor was a factor! I greatly appreciate your posts and tutorials. Your style is inspiring for a senior citizen wanting his youth back and growing in the fine arts! Thanks!❤

I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your help. I’m a long time painter, self taught and it took years of trying in order to be able to get a decent painting. There was no internet back then and, I learned mostly from books and practice. I’ve now been painting watercolor over thirty years and still learning. Thank you ever so much for this. 🌴 Tampa, Florida 🌴

Thank you so much for your instruction in detail. I can’t tell you how much you have made it so clear to me that this is the direction I want to paint. Landscapes just amaze me and I know now that I don’t want to paint flowers!

Thanks for taking the time to clearly explain the technology of applying watercolor

“…when your kids have decided to come home from school through the woods.” I love your descriptors! I live in the Southwest deserts in the US, so that sent me into a momentary fantasy drift! 😂

Many thanks for a great demo Oliver. I took up watercolour again after a break for many years and there are just a few artists on youtube who I have found to give me inspiration and help for my new journey. Am happy to say that you are one of the few! I love your work and am looking forward to the next video.....take care...

I appreciate the time you take to explain things so well. I have struggled with the amount of water and timing and your videos are opening my eyes. Thank you.

Thank you Olly for allowing us to look over your shoulder as you work, and watch the colours being mixed and applied, with hard soft/hard edges - great explanations. It's fascinating! I was surprised by the brush sizes that you used for most of it, reassuringly medium sized, so no scary big wash brushes 😬 Also extremely useful to watch you keeping that bead wet, and working down and across, something I have to practice more of. Great part 1, now I'm off to watch part 2 of Poole Harbour ! 👍😀

Information you give is invaluable. Have been searching for an instructor with landscapes and here you are. I'm so grateful I found you.

I concur with everyone else here. Oliver, you have a very unique gift , ok several but one of them is the ability to teach in a clear and concise manner. Really learn a lot from your tutorials and I am gratefull!

Hello, Ollie I am a retired surgeon living in New England . I had dabbled in portrait drawing with pencil 60 years ago but didn’t continue. Who knows why. I recently took a local course which, unbeknownst to me, was sketching in watercolor. I had no interest in either watercolors or landscape. And then I came across your tutorials. Besides being an accomplished painter, you are also an exceptionally good teacher. Of course part of that is your being British. I have an absolute obsession with listening to how you Brits use the entire English language. We Americans are too used to using short cuts. Thank you for inspiring me to get into watercolor landscapes. We in New England have an unlimited number of beautiful landscapes. I don’t have enough time left to become really accomplished at painting, but I will use that time to enjoy the journey. Thanks again. Don B.

I am learning so much from you. Thank you. Today I painted a butterfly on a flower from a photo I took years ago. I used some of the techniques I've learned watching you and it actually came out pretty good.

Lots of valuable lessons in this tutorial. Thank you!

Amazing how you explain, how you paint! I just discover your tutorials and can”t stop to play all. Thank you so much!

I think the video length is just right it's far better than lots of editing thank you for your time

If you are ever wondering whether you talk too much, don't. I need to know what is going through your mind before, during and after you paint. It makes a big difference in how I see what I am trying to accomplish. Your paintings have a very light, easy and relaxed look about them. You get the mood of the subject very well. It is the most important thing, I think.

Wow! I’m so very grateful I found you! What a mastery of watercolour. So rewarding as I’m very new to watercolour (art) and I wonder everyday why I spend so much time studying and it’s so tempting to just go off track and copy ‘loose’ techniques without any real technique at all!!! I found your website and your app. Thank you very much for the sharing

I wish I’d seen you when I first started painting 5 yrs ago aged 75 . I love you artwork amazingly good . Thank you for taking the time to show how little we need to paint . It’s so refreshing ,.

Wow it’s so beautiful and this man is so gentle , I am becoming a fan now.

I'm completely captivated watching each brushstroke you put on the paper. Until now I was never really engaged with the art of painting, but since covid I just realized how beautiful it can be to spend time alone, just listening into my head, or writing down the thoughts or details that sticked in my head. And now seeing you painting I'm sure that I saw one of the purest forms of captivating emotion. Thank you so much for sharing!

Wow, the best watercolur tutorial on youtube.

Thank you very, very much for this lovely detailed demo! And many grateful thanks for the sketch and photo - this is so very much appreciated and will make it much easier to try painting this lovely scene - appreciate your generosity. I am learning so much from you - you are an excellent and patient teacher! I can never be an artist - too old for that - but do enjoy every minute of the journey .

Bloody hell, you're incredibly good. I had to give up with watercolours (I work in oils and acrylics now.) However, I have so much respect and admiration for anyone who can master this medium. Stunning work. Beautiful and thank you.

Since I found you, I watch every day one or two videos and really you are exceptional. Thanks for all your tips and kind explanations

I’m so glad to find your channel as I love your painting style! Thanks

So very much instructional information in this video and so well delivered. I love this painting. I practice what you teach over and over. Maybe in a few years I'll be able to approximate your style. Thank you.

Not too long. Love the interaction w/this tutorial. I appreciate the look of watercolor painting and enjoy watching. I’ve been afraid of watercolor painting… I paint oil & acrylic mostly. I have a heavy hand with paint & color. Keep doing these!

Thank you for sharing your talent and knowledge. Your detailed instruction is most appreciated. I’ve only just started with watercolor painting, have no talent for it, but your wonderful videos have given me new hope that I can learn!

Very beautiful, thank you for sharing the technique of watercolor painting and scenery to see 👍👍👍🥰🥰🥰

Such an inspiring and properly helpful demo. Loving all the videos you are posting. thank you!

Thank you Oliver ... I enjoyed this very much and I’m looking forward to part 2 before I give it a go ..

You are so talented. the way you add details is so refined and amazing. this gives the Atmosphere and soul a painting needs. Wonderful. Bravo !

I absolutely love your videos! I watch them over and over. One day soon, I'm going to get the courage to paint along with you. Thank you for producing your content. 😊

I am so thankful that I found your site! I am learning so very much! I hope to some day create paintings even a fraction as beautiful as yours! Thank you for instructing in such detail!

You are so right! To be free or not to be free, that is the question!

Having been a computer programmer for 30 years, breaking away from living in a world of black/white, true/false, 1/0, everything exact and robust is not an easy transition to water colour., which I have been doing since retiring 2 years ago. Up till now my water colours have resembled my code...exact, detailed and exhausting. I am obsessing with minute detail of buildings, trying to make it look exactly like the original. They look ok, but I need to move on to a less controlled and easy going style if I am to progress and enjoy painting a wider range of subject. So, having watched numerous YT videos, I have been fortunate to find your videos and specifically these 2 which I feel I have learned and can relate too more so than any others that I have seen. So, I'm gonna change, I just need practice in being much looser and hold back from detail. It's gonna take a total change of mindset for me from a world of black and white into a world of ever changing tonal values, whispy bits and merging slodges. Thank you for your videos.

Thank you!! I love the way you explain! Yours paint is beautiful! Greatings from Chile! ♥️

I think you do such a good thing when you explain art work. An it makes it so easy to paint a long with you. An very relaxing ❤

Thanks Oli for this demo very pedagogic. I like very much this real time length! please keep on, you're so helpfull

I loved the intro

You are an absolutely amazing artist and teacher. Thank you!

Learning so much about the timing of adding paint before it gets to dry or too damp learning more to walk away and try again when completely dry Just a beginner but you have given me the courage to keep going even thou I am 74

Thank you Oliver for guidence. Your work is beautiful.

Oliver! I loved this video especially soft and sharp edges!

This is so nice, educative and inspiring! Thanks Oliver!

Thank you for this demo! Very educational and beautiful!

22:01 brilliant!! Embellishing technique

I love your videos! You really deserve quite a few thousands of subscribers!

You're an amazing teacher. Thank you.

Thank you for the good video.. I think painting loose is both a style and state of mind..

Amazing demo and invaluable art tips👏 thank you so much

Great painting! I'm kinda binge watching while I doodle with my paints. I try and apply some affects you do, without making a commitment to a whole painting. I don't know why I do that.

Great demo, also got me looking at google maps for these mentioned islands :) Thank you

Loved this tutorial Oliver thank you.

Thank you for sharing. I enjoy your color combinations and washes

You are great !!! Thank you very much. Kisses from Brazil 😊

I enjoyed watching your tutorial. I will have a go. Thank you so much.

Beautiful! 🙌👏❤️

Hi I like your videos a lot I was painting in acrylic up until about 5 years ago my wife took sick and passed I'm finding it hard to get back at it but I would like to try water color. I'm going to keep looking at your videos thanks.

I wonder if you could make a tutorial of the Sussex Oak. I just love how you painted the tree. Thank you for sharing your talent with us…happy painting!

Great teacher, would be great if one day we could see how you tackle a rocky cliff face and ocean, I live near the ocean in Australia and love your painting process, many thanks to you.

Beautiful painting.

I am thrilled to have discovered your videos, your work is stunning. Your video length is perfect, don’t change it, it’s how I’m learning how techniques are accomplished. Do you take frequent rests during a painting to come back with fresh eyes, or would that disrupt your creativity for that particular painting?

Always a great lesson. 👍

I don't understand everything of your explainations because I'm a foreign. It's a little frustrating for me but I love your subtle colors and I try to understand the most possible.. thank you.

Love the unedited tutorials!

Thank you so much!🙏🏼🙏🏼

Regarding using more than 1 blue in a painting...I say mud is a myth. You can mix every single color on your entire palette and the result is the most complex and interesting neutral imaginable. Mud is usually the result of fiddling on the paper's surface too much. Great tutorial.

Благодарю! Замечательный урок.

I like it. Appreciated the teaching especially rewetting

THANK YOU !!!

Very interesting Oliver! Thanks ! I like this tutorial. Which kind of watercolour paper do you use?

I'm learning so much from your videos. Your paintings are gorgeous!

Where is the train?

It is wonderful that you put up this magnificent demo. And even more the explanation and wisdom you share here with us! And I really hate some Ass#@%&%es are giving your demo the thumbs down. Thanks Oliver!

Oh that was so nice….

Was waiting for this....fantastic. thank you.

Oliver - excellent video. Looking forward to part two in a few minutes. A question on your decision to glaze the foreground. Since you made the decision before painting anything, you must have had experience with the technique employed and decided to use it before seeing anything painted. Curious as to why you thought so. Along that same line, you explained your rational for using raw sienna, but why would you have chosen that color to begin with, rather than say a pale green? It is a grassy area you are painting. Is this imply a favored glaze that you employ to get a certain look into the painting? Thank you in advance for any thoughts.

Great work, amazing

Excellent...very nice. Keep it up...

I think the 'one primary' rule that I recently was sticking to should have a disclaimer that it is for when you are learning the basics of color mixing and how colours gradate and interact. Once you know these things well, mixing a cool blue from a warm one only serves to get a less intense version of the colour you want, which does help bring union to the colours but if the goal is a wider gamut and you need the intensity your only holding yourself back by being so rigid.

This demo, tutorial is great...but where is the train from cover image ? :D

I love your videos. I would like to make one small suggestion: the instruction does not need any support from music. I find the music intrusive and interrupts the calm of your presentations. Your verbal instructions and painting demonstrations are very strong in their own right. Thank you.

I am unable to download either link you attached. Says my google doc needs permission

So thoroughly explained, as usual! Are you using rough paper? I am trying to transition to rough and finding it extremely difficult. Will you please give me your advice? Toni Hyler

Thank you so much for this amazing, informative demo 😃😍🤗🙏! I’ve learned a lot by watching this! Do you mind to share what type of rigger you are using here? I haven’ seen anything like that! It’s so thin!

Really nice. May I know what brand you are using for your Ultramarine Blue, I am experiencing granulation with DS Ultramarine. Thanks.

I would love to have access to the tonal sketch and ref. Photo, if possible. Thanks!