Hi Louise Boy was I lucky when I came across your site. Your the best in all ways. Took up watercolour painting back in 2012 I was 69. Packed in work as Wen my wife became ill with dementia and I would not have her in a home so l looked after her. Art was my sanity. Still is but in a different way keeps me young with a purpose, want to leave more than a lump of stone in a sorry peace of dirt. In my 81st year now with more than a few adventures (PAINTINGS) to go, will be trying watercolour on canvas now that will be an adventure. Learned a lot from you wasted a lot on books wished you had been around earlier you would have saved me a fortune. Wish you well good luck in all things. As the Arapaho say Only the rocks live for ever. Fred
Thr colour mixing tip is really good. I often feel too lazy and just want to paint and use a large pan, but I try to limit myself to choosing a few of the 32 colours. I feel like art is such a huge area sometimes I don't know where to start! I try to mix practice with just relaxation and enjoyment.
Hey there Louise!! I Just wanted to take a moment to express my gratitude for the constant stream of knowledge and inspiration you share on your channel. Your experiences and insights are like a beacon of light guiding me on my journey of growth to be a better Artist. On days when I feel a bit off-kilter, your words have a magical way of realigning me with my purpose. They help me refocus and set me back on the right path. As an artist, I understand the profound impact of a little appreciation. ❤ So, here's a big THANK YOU for not only sharing your stunning art with the world but also for generously sharing your wisdom, knowledge, and experiences with all of us. Your contributions are truly invaluable and mean more than you may realize. Keep shining, keep inspiring! ❤️🙌🎨
Louise thank you for your insights and for sharing your expertise with us. I know you have contributed so much to my learning and these past few years. I just want to reach out and thank you and give you my deep gratitude for all you do for us. Blessings!
Louise: agradezco mucho tus tips, son muy educativos y útiles para los que somos novatos en el arte. Vengo siguiendo tu sitio desde hace algunos años, y me encanta ver que has evolucionado bastante! Felicitaciones por ello! Tienes la didáctica a flor de piel. Por otra parte, me impresiona lo grande y bello que ya está tu gato! recuerdo el video cuando nos lo presentaste y era una hermosa bolita de pelos =)
Dear Louise, You have become my go-too watercolour guru. I am honoured and grateful to try to follow your lead into the mysterious watercolour realm. I am blessed with Many major challenges. A few are cancer, difficult heart issues…I once ended up in a hospital morgue with a painful toe-tag on my toe! Even at 74 years, I am like a thirsty child wanting to try and to learn everything at once. So the opportunity for mistakes is phenomenal 😂. I endeavour to make it as a poet and an artist before my next assignment with the death process 😢. I also am a Shaman, third generation. So life has not been a slam-dunk…😅. I have been trafficked, raped, beaten, now ridiculed for being “One With Nature “. I absolutely adore your work and your extremely beautiful and uniquely inspiring teachings. Thank you from my heart-brain and Heart 💜. Theresa Walton in Port Perry, Ontario, Canada
Thanks for sharing your experiences. It is very helpful and inspiring. It’s also nice to know I’m not the only one with a kitty 🐈⬛ that insists on being part of the artistic scenery! 😊
I love your art, videos, and especially your outtakes! So many people want perfection to be their brand, but it takes the genuineness away! We all want to be perfect, or as close as possible, but I would be happy to have these outtakes and flubs. My problem? It would be 25 minutes of nothing but outtakes! 😉
Ahhh very helpful habits for me to add, especially with the last 3 tips of habits. I am just getting ready to do those. Thanks for sharing this wonderful information & I adore your furry assistant so much! 🥰🎨
Thank you for the behind the scenes looks at your studio-inspiring for those of us still painting at our dining room tables. My favorite advice is to “push through your problems.” It’s frustrating to have a failed painting, but painting it again with everything you learned helps you improve quickly. I keep all the variations to remind myself how much I improved from one attempt to the next.
Your studio looks like the perfect sanctuary for creating and painting. I have a question about Your comment on color mixing. I get overwhelmed with the number of paint colors and sometimes think I need to buy every color that an artist suggests. Do you have advice on resources that teach limited palettes where one only needs a basic set of colors. Many of the tutorials I watch specify certain colors that I've never heard of. For example: how many and which blues are needed in an artist's paint supply. Thank you.
I love color mixing and I think you will too once you jump in and get your feet wet. You can search for 'split palette build' to find resources on this. But I'd recommend you buy a very small palette and just start mixing from that limited pool of colors. Try the Sennelier Aqua Mini. It is a travel palette that comes with 8 colors and only cost about $20. The paint is creamy, rich and mixes well. The only disappointment is the brown (umber), which is too weak. You can mix tons of colors with just the yellow, red, ultramarine and Payne's Grey in this set, but it also has a nice selection of greens and lighter blue to play with. The goal is to limit yourself to simplify the process. I was able to mix every color except pinks, peaches, and pastels with that palette. Mix each color with each of the other colors in a 50/50 mixture, and you get 64 different hues. From only 8 pans. The red and yellow make a lovely orange, the ultramarine plus red makes a nice purple, etc. Once you've swatched out those 64 colors, you can experiment with adding the Payne's Grey to get darker colors, or mixing 3 colors. I like to mix the yellow, red, and ultramarine to get brown, then add Payne's Grey to make it a nice dark neutral. After you get comfortable with mixing those, add a Quinacridone Magenta to make pinks. If you want pastels, add in Buff Titanium. For instance, add Buff Titanium to the orange you mixed before, now you have a soft peach. To help you, I'd suggest you buy the Color Wheel Company's classic color wheel, which was only about $6. Select a color, and it will tell you what you will get if you add blue, red, or yellow. I also have the CMY Primary Mixing Wheel, because I use magenta a lot. With just two items (the Sennelier palette and the classic color wheel) you can experiment and learn to mix on your own. The only rule you need to memorize is all three primaries (red, blue, yellow or cyan, magenta, yellow) will make brown. So never use 3 primaries together unless you want brown, of course! Once you get the hang of it, you can go back to using all your paints. But the limited palette will really help you get there. Good luck!
Thank you Louise for some more sound advice. I shall make a note of them in the journal along with the other advice. I do appreciate your videos, Thank you x
Great video. Had to watch it twice and take notes to make sure I don't forget this. The little cat is getting big and curious 😊 I'm always curious about the wall hanging behind you 🤔
Excellent advice and video! Not to mention, perfect timing. I am currently in the process of building a portfolio for an online platform, as well as joining our local art gallery here in town to display some pieces. I have a lot to learn and techniques to master, but the process and creativity are the really fun and enjoyable part.
i'm glad to see that i'm not the only one who has many palettes. Love your new space, but I'm ok with my corner for now, LOL...I just carved out a corner, and hope to stop sitting in bed with two puggle dogs draped across my lap :)
