I'm an aspiring professional artist but have never been able to afford proper schooling. Been watching tons of tutorials and yours are THE most simple yet informative I've come across. You really break it down to the essentials in a way that feels very intuitive. Thanks man!

Greatest lesson of all times!

Thank you a thousand times, Stan! Wow, your lessons are blowing me away. You're an amazing teacher and I so admire your work. You simplify the complex and make watercolor a much more approachable medium. I've watched the first 14 lessons, and once I'm finished with them I'm going to come back and focus on the aspects for which I need more practice. Thank you for sharing your gifts with us! ~Laura

Every now and then I rewatch this lessons to re-assert what is basically important to remember when painting and set myself free. Your style of constant repetition of your point is so valuable. With other teachers they might mention a point once and you might miss it because there is so much to take in. Your short lessons, point rammed home, is really really helpful.

by far one of the greatest demos I have ever watched about watercolor painting

Amazed as the lessons go forward. I needed this series. You are too generous sharing these lessons. I thank you very much.

oh oh oh I learned so much in this one.. well just like all the others but I'm going to hit the hay now on this note ... I'm going to try all this out tomorrow morning. I'm actually excited! What a great thing.. value more important than color! This is so key ...I've been doing pen and ink and pencil drawings for EVER ... but you just helped me even in that.. a small piece that is huge that I was missing. I'm looking at everything around me differently now. You just gave me the gift of "new eyes" as I tell my own students. I love learning a new art and this I have been saving for last for many reasons.. but i'm so hooked. now .. my great grandfather I'm sure is grinning broadly at all this. Thank you so much! What a blessing you have to leave a great footprint in life.. you certainly left one for me. That is all I want in life is to leave a great footprint to someone. Create an awesome day for yourself.

Stan, thank you so much! You are an excellent teacher.

This was a "scales falling from my eyes" moment. Thank you.

Love your lesson series, Stan! Extremely helpful for people like me who struggle to get out of self imposed or badly interpreted rules around how watercolor paintings need to be constructed!

Thank you so much. i can not but writing that u are the greatest teacher ever! :)

Stan, you are a fantastic teacher - you shared such terrific tips here - the essence of fresh, watercolor painting!

Please keep teaching. Your videos are very informative and you explain concepts in a way that make sense to a beginner.

Thank you Stan. I have been waiting 20-years to grok this lesson and you explained it perfectly. Don't know why it took so long for my synapses to fire, but NOT understanding the difference between value and colour handicapped me badly. I'm excited to try this lesson myself but am overjoyed that you were able to make me understand it.

Amazing series I re-watch all the time

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I think you might agree with me that no matter how long we paint in watercolor we never stop learning. I've had a relationship with watercolor for over 25 years, I never feel like I have a handle on it. And so much to learn from you... Barbra Joan

Excellent lesson and very helpful! Makes a whole lot of sense = )

Excellent lesson. Value is always stressed but your demonstration illustrates this very well.

Thank you! I am no longer afraid of color! Looking forward to trying out several of the things you've shown!

this is amazing, i'm very happy to have found your channel!

It's perfect. Amazing! You're fantastic and a very good teacher. Thank You very much!

Thank you Stan I love your approach to painting !

I appreciate your posts immensely

Stan you did a great job with this. I have been painting for a few years, and I remember when I learned what you are teaching concerning values in my watercolor painting, it was one of those "A-Ha" moments where things just clicked and really freed me up in my paintings. I know this is an older video, but if you still read your comments, just wanted to pass a note along.

Eu adorei este vídeo! Muitas lições valiosas, obrigada por compartilhar!

Marvellous ! Thank you for sharing your knowledge !

Wonderfull teacher n tips n knowledge shared.. wished if we can have more of your lesson.. thank you whole heartedly.

I love your lessons. Thank you so much for all you teach

Very useful and inspiring lesson. I've enjoyed it very much. Many thanks for sharing.

I have recently discovered this channel from a mention on another channel: Liron Yanconski. I am now starting to go back to basics and really look at the values more closely. I love painting landscapes, but I tend to try and represent what I see or do something completely abstract and from imagination. This here seems to combine the two in some way, but by adhering to the balance of values it seems that the whole thing works wonderfully. Whether we want to be more representational or less, without the right values and contrasts it can get a bit confusing and lack clear focal point for the viewer (which happens to me quite a bit)

Wow, what a great lesson Stan.

Brilliant! So well explained.

I love your lessons. Thank you!

Hi Stan, what a great video, I learnt lots from this tutorial, amazing lesson, thank you.

Fantastic teaching, Stan. Great painting lesson. Let us know if you come to Sydney, Australia.

excellent instruction. clear and to the point!

As a newcomer to watercolour painting I found this demonstration amazing. It felt as if I was watching a magician performing close up magic in that I can see what you did unfold very quickly but it will take time for me to learn how you handled your brush and paints.. Thank you for uploading the video; it is a joy to see such craftsmanship.

thanks for emphasizing values over color ...I get your point clear ..hope i can relate them to my drawing...thanks nice tutorials

yeyyyyy!!! love it...

Love this!

Stan, you're the man

Fabulous demo !!!!

Very exciting!

This is great! Thank you!

Thank you! ♥️

Terrific lesson!

This actually answers most of my confusion on colours. Thank you so muchh

Really brilliant. Just soften a few cloud edges and you have a masterpiece! Paint any photograph.

Very cool!

*slow clap* ...Thank you Stan.

Very educational to understand value concept.

Genius!

Nice tecnique!

Update on my comments - I've been doing this method for a few days now - done 2 portraits from b&w photos and I'm pleasantly surprised at the results because colour has been a difficult area for me since I can draw better than paint. So thanks again.

Wow.

very very inspiring teaching

Helpful tutorial, thank you

Amazing.

Muito bom!

Amazing

amazing I had no Idea about thjis !!

Hi Stan, love these videos - very helpful. What sort of masking tape do you use? I've had my tape tear the paper when I'm finished too many times!

This video really blew my mind.

Thank you, those are really useful tips! I am a bit confused though when you say choose any color your want, because I remember in one of your previous videos using only blue red and yellow (the portrait one) you used that order of colors to represent descending values from dark to light. So if I want something to be really dark I have to use a blue (or blue + red) right? For instance, I wouldn't really be able to paint the dark patch of trees in the middle of this picture using red, would I, if there was blue elsewhere on my picture?

very helpful!

Sorry to be asking such a very basic question but is this one done on wet or dry paper? Thank you for these great tutorials, by the way!

But should we worry about the values? Seriously though, these lessons are invaluable! Thank you for sharing!

This is so very helpful! Thank you. What colors did you use? Just joking.

Would it be possible to get the sunburst, and how would you do it?

Can we do this on an easel if we have one, or stay flat?

This is good video on value.

You (and other stellar teachers) place such an emphasis on values that I wonder if you recommend staying away from subjects that have a relatively small range in the values and stick with one-source high-contrast lighting? Problem is, a lot of people asking for commissioned work want us to work from quite flat subjects/scenes (in value terms)..

good painting.....

Just wondering, Renoir said that color defines shape. What's your opinion? Thanks for the art.

Thank you sir ji

Sometimes one can hear the same thing over and over again and it just goes in one ear and out the other……sigh…. Don’t know why….but these lessons seem to be staying in. Very helpful….Thank you from a 75 year old - 5 year on hobbyist..

Stan, do you consider colour temperature ?

I would ha to say you have had some extremely “lucky” students!

so should i get my drawing right and my values right?

You are so dope.

I think it is very difficult to see the value and compare the black and whit value to the color value

Okay great lesson but HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU HAVE TO SAY VALUE. I think ppl understand the importance after the first 20 times you said it. I eventually had to put it on mute. It also makes me extremely anxious that you don't put the pictures down. They're not still the entire time and I can't focus on anything specific.