Various Ways to Create Wet in Wet Watercolor Washes

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6 жыл бұрын

Wet in wet washes are one of the signature looks of the watercolor medium and they can be created in a number of ways for various interesting effects. We'll look at several of them in this video.
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@jolovesnailart 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for demonstrating these wet on wet techniques 🙏 I am just starting to learn to paint with watercolor and I am really struggling with this. This helps very much 🙏

@reginacasto3179 2 жыл бұрын

Great idea 💡

@vilvile Жыл бұрын

Very helpful tutorials. Thank you.

@popeyedodson 5 жыл бұрын

great video for a beginner!

@pjlewisful 5 жыл бұрын

very cool!!!!

@SandyWong-wf5ln Жыл бұрын

This is the most useful demo I've have seen on wet in wet, thanks

@LearnerChess Жыл бұрын

This set of video instruction is a real blessing. Thanks.

@annemorgan2928 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Steve. Great videos.

@appleknocker56 13 күн бұрын

Thank you on wet on wet! As did a first wet on wet but need to darken areas by going over it with water again & going to have to practice which way as usually rewet the whole paper again (carefully) not to remove what already put down.

@sheilarae51 Жыл бұрын

❤You are such a great teacher!

@annemorgan2928 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. I learned a lot. Thank you.

@carolebentley5697 3 жыл бұрын

Fun!

@lindsayjayne2169 3 жыл бұрын

Another amazingly wonderful video, thankyou Steve!!✨

@meggraham7564 11 ай бұрын

A really fun exercise to do. I have a Japanese brand Kuretake and it is resin, honey-based. With a bit more research have discovered it doesn't behave quite like western w/c. This exercise is teaching me a lot about the type of w/c I have got. Having fun doing galaxies.

@michelfloquet8129 6 жыл бұрын

C.EST DOMMAGE JE COMPENDS RIEN MAIS VOS COURS CA ME PLAIS BIEN

@jilliancrawford7577 2 жыл бұрын

I actually appreciate you not using clean water in these demonstrations because it's just muddy enough to see in the video but light enough for your to get a good enough result for these examples and convey the information appropriately.

@chrissie4452 6 жыл бұрын

I love your intro 😊

@Megzamani 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for doing these. I am just beginning to paint again. I survived the sticker price shock but I am needing to get a basic set of colors. I have decided to get the 5ml tubes as that's plenty of paint for now.

@lavonnecarrick2238 4 жыл бұрын

You don’t have eyes anyway (to Rese) LOL 🤩🤩

@PattisArtInnaVan 6 ай бұрын

That purple blue color is called Mission Gold? That's a gorgeous color! Thought it would be more like Aussie Red Gold!

@mindofwatercolor 6 ай бұрын

No, Mission Gold is the brand.

@PattisArtInnaVan 6 ай бұрын

@@mindofwatercolor got it! Still loving the color!

@jean.marion 4 ай бұрын

Thank you SO much for putting the links to the water bottles. I couldn't find any that weren't a fine mist. Just FYI - The 3rd and 5th links are no longer valid...

@karennaturallyartby 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a bunch! I needed that.

@mvswaaij 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Steve for all these very valuable lessons. great teacher you are !

@jentai7536 6 жыл бұрын

You are the greatest, Steve!

@donnalieblick8478 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your talent and gifts.

@yvonnewhitehouse 5 жыл бұрын

Brill! So helpful thank you.

@gorway7 6 жыл бұрын

This is something you really have to play around with and experiment. The biggest thing I struggle to get my head around is trying to remember how the different pigments react with one another (I have the memory of a gnat) so I keep a swatch book of my experiments and jot "notes to self" by them. It amazes me how you can get pairs of colour that behave so differently from others, like one colour infusing into and dominating the other, just blending to make another colour or the real weird, when one colour appears to push back the other colour. Dropping burnt sienna into ultramarine always amazes me, you get this halo where the blue just appears to vanish due to the transparent neutral it creates, you gotta love it.

@mindofwatercolor 6 жыл бұрын

Great comment, thanks Peter!

@isisyanqi 5 жыл бұрын

Your lessons are everything I need for learning watercolors!!!

@jaspermartin7444 5 жыл бұрын

Neato, thank you!

@KarenElaine 5 жыл бұрын

Love your channel, clear tutorials and sense of humor! You’ve inspired me to improve my channel, thank you. 😀

@joycesnodgrass7068 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Great "warm-up" idea.

@susananncherrysetter3902 6 жыл бұрын

This IS why I Love Watercolor! TFS!

@heather173 5 жыл бұрын

What a great video for a beginner to stumble upon. Thank you so much.

@lulugregory3246 6 жыл бұрын

I love wet on wet.. excited.. want to go paint now lol

@teretrigo24 5 жыл бұрын

very useful! thank you,

@SteveAtkinsonFineArt 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Steve, I am always amazed at how much I learn from every one of your videos. You da man!!!

@mindofwatercolor 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve. Glad to hear it! Thanks for stopping by!

@else-britjarl9721 6 жыл бұрын

Love your demo 's. 👌💕

@JamesPliny 6 жыл бұрын

Interesting comment by Bitemefox. I know people say WC is a difficult medium, but I tell them that if you learn just a few easy- to- learn techniques it can be mastered. Even 5th grade children I have taught learn how to use watercolors in an hour or two. As always, what I like about Steve's presentation is that he never assumes we know what he knows when he does various techniques and procedures to get where he is going with a piece.

@mariegamber 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for a wonderful tutorial.

@annekirstennrholm1377 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! 🤗

@kendradavey6080 4 жыл бұрын

It was actually really helpful when the water wasn't completely clean and clear on the clear washes. Made it easier to see on camera and judge just how much water you're putting on there. Great tutorial.

@alexthe1cat 5 жыл бұрын

Terrific educational video on wet on wet washes. Thank you, per usual, Steve!2

@rockingguitar2050 5 жыл бұрын

Steve , Thanks for your demos! I am an acrylic artist an just begging to learn water colors , it is a different world, I'm back in kindergarten at 67yr! I just found your site and I have a lot to watch & Learn, thanks again Rich

@galedar1537 5 жыл бұрын

Steve, I learn so much from your videos. You have a wonderful sense of humor and great teaching style. Thank you so much for sharing your gift with us!

@pamelathompson9890 6 жыл бұрын

I have watched alot of your videos, don't always comment because I watch it on TV. But anyways, I just love your style of painting, have learned alot from you but still needing to learn. I find watercolor is hard too, but I am not going to give up trying. Thanks for sharing!

@mindofwatercolor 6 жыл бұрын

Definitely keep at it. Watercolor is one of those mediums that is mysterious at first but with perseverance, will click eventually.

@pamelathompson9890 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, your comment means alot.

@ullaireneeriksen7473 6 жыл бұрын

Learned a lot! Great video, as always!

@abby-fichtner 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! What was that first mission gold color you put down? It looked like both blue and violet together?

@maryriley6163 5 жыл бұрын

Fascinating! I never realized all these effects. After years of tight colored pencil drawing, this is the breath of fresh air I need. Thank you.

@joangagne1903 5 жыл бұрын

Great video! I’m a beginner and I love your videos, I learn so much!

@Donna_G 6 жыл бұрын

Wet in wet is my favorite technique. I've used nearly all of the applications you demonstrated on my art journey.

@batya7 6 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you suggest playing with the media, Steve. I love the blooms, edges, and surprises where color meets color. I've heard some teachers saying those results are poor technique while you are saying the contrary. Fun!

@kathyn3978 6 жыл бұрын

I love these unstructured videos, Steve. Thanks for all the usual great tips. Now I need to go play with some watercolors and make a fun mess. Oh yeah....love your t-shirts too.

@paulapost8004 6 жыл бұрын

Another great video! Thank you! Keep reminding myself how important these basics are if I want to keep improving my painting.

@annewright8184 5 жыл бұрын

I've learned so much from your very informative videos and have been passing along tips to my grandchildren as they enjoy painting with watercolors! Many thanks to you, Steve!!!

@lucillefemine2339 5 жыл бұрын

So many great ideas. Thanks :)

@brianparnell2256 6 жыл бұрын

Great lesson Steve. Some very interesting effects there.

@alyxskyler 5 жыл бұрын

Your little edits like with the shirt are so fun and cute! Thanks for all the content you provide!

@didierleprince6106 6 жыл бұрын

Very interesting tips. Merci beaucoup. 😊

@denaheck1506 6 жыл бұрын

Think your shirt trick is fantastic use of video, would never know how to do that magic. Fun fun

@renateschmidt1204 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this informativ and inspiring Video!

@SwizZLe333 2 жыл бұрын

This is a great find, considering my largest brush that I have right now is a 16 round...kinda tricky getting a consistent flat wash with it or gradient wash...so until I get a bigger brush or mop..I'll be experimenting doing some backgrounds or even lights via these methods

@sharonmcmann-morelli4896 Жыл бұрын

do you think the mop brush is as good as the 2” flat or should i have both?

@poulkonrad5310 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Steve. Please show us how to paint reflections and transparency in glass

@michaelannfitzgerald8742 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing this one. I think I kinda like the blooming, they remind me of trees and clouds. Great t shirts! I especially love the Bob Ross one😍 lol. Thank you! 😊👍

@jhufendick 6 жыл бұрын

I feel like when you do these types of demos I see stuff like looking at the clouds. I need to just go play and you are inspiring me to try things. Thanks!

@rhayes7005 6 жыл бұрын

Best video EVER, Steve! Watercolor blossoms are sooo difficult to explain, and you have done the best job I have ever seen. Bravo!

@belindahall5220 6 жыл бұрын

Love this!! So very helpful!! Thank you so much! I look forward to seeing the scripture at the end as well!

@lindasmith8625 6 жыл бұрын

Another very informative video. Steve, you never fail to teach worthwhile techniques, approaches, products, etc. Thanks for sharing your expertise!

@peterkimberley4311 5 жыл бұрын

You have given me hours of pleasure and I have learnt a tremendous amount .Thank you . I have been trying to loosen up and I am having great fun trying you techniques but not very successful .

@dorothyminor7581 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve been water coloring for a couple of years now. With some good and some bad results. So I’ve decided to watch ALL of your videos and practice practice practice. Things really make sense now! Thanks so much Steve! I value and respect what you do for all of us.

@mindofwatercolor 4 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

@happymv5350 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Steve - The wet/wet applications is what makes watercolor so magical for me. I so enjoy allowing the paint to react to various water applications and creating a piece from that point. Thank you for this great lesson....

@Cati.Colours 6 жыл бұрын

I can't thank you enough for everything I've learned with your videos, you're the best!

@kathrynsloan4694 5 жыл бұрын

Love the shirts. Loved your video

@karenjohnson6487 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. I liked the pulling technique to create lost and found edges. Painting color into water made the technique an ah ha moment. Looking forward to next Friday. 👍🏻

@amjPeace 5 жыл бұрын

I had been binge watching your awesome videos when you mentioned your beginner playlist, so here I am to gratefully learn the basics. It's humbling to learn that I've been way too wet and overworking. (Not that I ever had any complaints mwahaha!)

@nancyrolfe3033 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you once again! I'm excited to experiment..I've fallen in love with how paint moves with the water. i.e. charges. I wasn't aware different pigments spread at different amounts..THAT information helped me! I can "swatch" colors doing this and have a guide...Nancy

@RinasAMaker 6 жыл бұрын

This was a great video! I didn't know that some colors actually move differently (slower/faster) because of their pigment. I do have some colors that irritate me for not wanting to really bloom out. That would be a good video too, discussing how some pigments may be slower or faster to move. The look and dimension you get with washes are always so fun because you never know how it will turn out and no two are ever the same. Thanks for sharing the info! Very much appreciated! :)

@HokageNoFujin 6 жыл бұрын

When you mentioned oiler, did you mean that is what those bottles with needles on their tops are called? (I'm guessing its just water inside and not oil? ) the spidery effect looked cool :D also a fun technique I knew from kindergarden is when you daub paint on the surface of the paper and grab a straw and blow the liquid around with the straw. They either end up splatter-y or thread-y, but I rarely use it.

@mindofwatercolor 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, just a name. No oil is used. They're also called fine line applicator bottles.

@otodidact6134 6 жыл бұрын

The washes techniques were very informative, I especially liked that salt look around 8min and I favored that last one near the end of the video. Learned a bunch, thank you!

@ashlyrz252 6 жыл бұрын

Water in a fineliner bottle...... Even when I didn't think I was going to learn anything and was just watching bc, well, STEVE! 😂 You go and blow my mind! I can't thank you enough for what you do! ♥️ You brought me through my beginner watercolor journey! If I had a question, I could always find the answer here. 😊

@TTomJohn 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks again. 🖒🖒 Trying to meld my mind with the water's mind. A little thing I like to call, Steve's Carolina Mind Meld. 😁 Merry Christmas!

@federinik77 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your Watercolor Painting Basics, I am learning a lot from it. I was wandering how to handle properly the dirty water from brush washing. Since watercolor can contain potentially toxic pigments and heavy metals such as cadmium, chromium, lead and so on. Is there a way to dispose the water properly to avoid or mitigate environment pollution? Thanks again!

@mindofwatercolor 3 жыл бұрын

I personally don’t use cadmiums and almost no chromium but in paint water, the state is so diluted it’s basically trace amounts and fairly harmless.

@CouzCat 6 жыл бұрын

Fascinating. I don't recall how I found your channel but I'm very glad I did. I started in paper crafting then stumbled upon mixed media which drew me into water colour. The use of water mists & droplets in crafts tends to be more extreme than I like. The effects you showed here with sprays especially are far more subtle. Less expensive papers like Canson XL & smooth papers are more prevalent in the craft world since cards are ephemeral & it's far easier to stamp. But yes, I love Arches, it does amazing things. Very much a newbie but it is fun to play!

@kimlivengood5916 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing the great tips. Love the t-shirts. Have a great evening.

@Jana2WorldsArt 6 жыл бұрын

This was super helpful thanks!

@renmuffett 5 жыл бұрын

Steve, I would love to see you do a demo of this exact same subject ( wet into wet washes) with some of your other brands, say, M Graham watercolor? It would be great to see. You always put a little joy in my day and thanks. You are very appreciated.

@mindofwatercolor 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Renee!

@susinok 6 жыл бұрын

I want that DaVinci Vader shirt!

@essietangle9931 6 жыл бұрын

Way to go Steve start off with a laugh or some new t/shirts. I have to admit to getting out my Inktober shirt but it was just too hot. Thanks for the Friday review, this is what makes watercolor so much fun.

@DrawingWithFire 6 жыл бұрын

Great video Steve! 😁 Love the t-shirts. How dare Reese complain... just because he isn't showing any skin. Lol 😆 A lot of great info in this video. Last week, I did the spontaneous painting. Let just say I got great colors for mud! 😂 Well going to try it again. I hope you are staying cool & doing well. Take care my friend! 🤗

@mindofwatercolor 6 жыл бұрын

LOL! oh well, Reese is a whiner. What can I say. Glad you tried the spontaneous painting. Don't worry, we've all created a little mud. Part of the learning process. Keep after it! Thanks Val!

@jendeleonart 6 жыл бұрын

This is probably the best and most informative video on wet/wet I’ve seen! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Just subscribed and looking forward to learning more from you.

@Cbooks100 3 ай бұрын

How do you do this without creating blooms ?

@mindofwatercolor 3 ай бұрын

A bloom is adding too much water after a wash has started to dry. Squeeze out your brush to make it drier and pick up any excess water. Don’t let water pool on top of a partially dry wash.

@Cbooks100 3 ай бұрын

@@mindofwatercolorthanks it's challenging !

@sharonmcmann-morelli4896 Жыл бұрын

is glassing the same as another wash?

@mindofwatercolor Жыл бұрын

Glazing? Yes. Letting the first layer dry.

@bitemefox9102 6 жыл бұрын

The more I watch this channel the more I realize this medium is WAY more complicated that I ever dreamed!!!

@mindofwatercolor 6 жыл бұрын

And yet, at the same time it can be so simple. Not every technique or look has to be used every time. Some watercolorists for example rarely use wet in wet techniques. Or some use only that and only one type. Your path can be a simple one.

@Kyomiibrown 6 жыл бұрын

Bitemefox Watercolour offers such a great platform for fun-filled learning quite unlike any other medium IMHO. Once we embrace the diversity of watercolour, only then can we realise that we have the control to create a complicated piece as simple as we want it to be and visa versa.

@Sunny-pr1qw 5 жыл бұрын

yeah, I used to think I was pretty good, not great, but wow it takes a lot to get good!

@theodorebraxton4509 3 жыл бұрын

dont know if anyone gives a damn but in less than 15 minutes I hacked my friends Instagram account using InstaPlekt. Find it on google if you wanna try it

@watercolorarttirthashankar2094 6 жыл бұрын

Very nice as always... #watercolourarttirthashankardas

@cassiescreations9828 6 жыл бұрын

O wow, the famous Leonardo da Vinci Darth Vader - I hear it's worth millions. Just kidding, of course. I love the video. I just love that effect with the water splatter "making" the foliage (a most perfect example of the mind of watercolor) and I love those "tendrils" when you used the oiler tip. They look like human or animal nerves. Fun stuff. Like someone else stated, "We are just big kids".

@wanttolearnreidy4469 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this Steve, as usual, so many very interesting ideas and tips with heaps of helpful and inspiring info. I hope that I can incorporate some on my next painting. I have so much trouble trying to create interesting backgrounds. Cheers form Down Under.

@joegriffin5851 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent and very helpful. Thanks. You mentioned that some pigments move faster than others. Something I've also been struggling with. Do you have a 'speed' table of pigments showing the relative speed of movement of each? I've never found one over the past year of looking.

@mindofwatercolor 6 жыл бұрын

No, its too inexact a thing. Brands, pigment loads, binders can all affect it. In my opinion the differences don't matter enough to the results of my painting and I suppose thats true for most watercolorists or you would even see some extensive homemade tests.

@joegriffin5851 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks anyway. Experience is what counts.

@azzuparis 6 жыл бұрын

I love your intro!! Thanks for this very interesting video, Steve 😊

@brianashmorestudio 6 жыл бұрын

Backwashes, even in someone else’s video, give me anxiety. Thanks, Steve! Can we get nails on a chalkboard in the next one? 😂 Kind of continuing from FB... as great as digital can be, I doubt digital will ever be able to produce all the manageable but wildly unpredictable wet in wet techniques of watercolor you’ve demonstrated here. One of the reasons watercolor is my favorite medium by a WIDE margin. Great video. 👍

@mindofwatercolor 6 жыл бұрын

LOL! Blooms can be taxing for sure, especially when you want to keep painting but the drying phase is in that danger zone. And yes, completely agree about digital. No app I've ever tried has been able to come close to recreating the physical characteristics of WC. None. A few can simulate a similar look but the feel of painting it digitally is completely different.

@sharonmcmann-morelli4896 Жыл бұрын

how do you get the different values? with wet into wet?

@mindofwatercolor Жыл бұрын

By changing the amount of paint in the wash.

@sharonmcmann-morelli4896 Жыл бұрын

i finished my first workshop today, wet into wet, it was very challenging…..thanks so much for responding, your videos are great!

@catherinelevison3310 5 жыл бұрын

Very good. My new problem is via layerings of light to dark for landscapes I have become consistently too dark and then I struggle with not being effective when detailing. One possible reason is I’m experimenting with various papers and paint. I’ve recently started using DANIEL SMITH watercolor and perhaps they are more pigmented than all the others I tried along the way? Any input? I have to get lighter.

@mindofwatercolor 5 жыл бұрын

Just practice. Sounds boring I know but learning to vary value is a key skill. Paint value scales as practice, going from lightest to darkest and back again. It really has nothing to do with Daniel Smith. Several brands are just as pigmented. Usually highly pigmented paint gives you more control not less because you have a greater range. Learning control is what its all about.

@catherinelevison3310 5 жыл бұрын

The Mind of Watercolor hi, okay, thank you.