Beginner watercolor with the Hake Water control 

This is the kind of information you never get from most videos! Thank you so much!!

Thank you for this video. I found it informative and practical as a beginner.

Thank you! I know this video has been out for a while, but I just started painting, and have been made a litle crazy by water control, and honestly not even realizing WHEN people in other tutorials were rinsing and/or drying their brushes before dipping back to the water. Its the little details! This is great!

Excellent! Thankyou for explaining the hake so well.

I’m relatively a beginner, decided to try larger paper and this was very helpful to me because I’m going to purchase my first Hake brush. Very helpful.

Thanks for that lesson. A hake is one of my lesser used brushes…quite frankly, it scared me…but you have given me the know how and courage to use it.

Very well explained. I have learned a lot from your tutorial. Thanks for sharing.

Wonderful!

I love the way you explain in detail. A beginner but will give it a go. Thank you for your time and showing us the right way to use a hake.

Thanks Joe, a lot of videos don't show/edit out how to use water and as a beginner I get frustrated that I have a messy painting and cannot understand why. You have enlightened me on water control - but I do understand that this will take considerable practice before I get to understand how wet (or dry) my brush is.

THANKYOU perfect demo

Thank you. Just taken delivery of a hake and ready to try it

Brilliant, thank you😀

Thank you, Joe. The most important part of painting with the hake, and the hardest for so many people to grasp, is 1. Water control, 2, Water control, and 3. Water control! They think it's because it's so big. No. It's because it holds soooooo much water. Once I figured that out, the hake became my favourite brush. It has really taught me how to paint more loosely and freely, and to stop overworking and fiddling! A very helpful video that I hope will encourage people to give it another chance.Mind you, it's not for small paintings, obviously, but it can still work in some instances.

Thanks for your detail explanations. After watching a couple of your videos, I am ready to try the hake brush.

I always learn a lot from you! Gorgeous.

Good one my friend. Most teachers say they can't tell you how much water to use, you must discover that for yourself through trial and error. 😬 You just proved them wrong. Very helpful. Thanks

Thank you so much for explaining this so beautifully...I love loose and fast watercolor paintings , but I have been struggling with the amount of water on the hake brush.....This video helped me immensely...

Love your instructions about the Hake. Love your loose style. I’ll use this information and try again! Thanks. 🌵

This really filled in a lot of the gaps that other tutorials missed. What many artists do is what many experience cook do when they leaves out the most important ingredient . Thanks sooooo much!

Very helpful video.

I have been struggling again with too much water and not enough paint. I never saw this video before. This is going to help me so much. Seeing this process in more detail. It really shows how you work with the hake in each stage as you apply paint especially after the beginning layer. I’m so happy I found this older video. This should make a big difference for me in my painting process.

Excellent demo of the amount of water to use on paper and in the Hake. Also great demo of the various effects you can get from the Hake.

Thanks to the inspiration. After almost 30 years, it helped me to get back to painting.

Thanks for the intro to the hake brush...and water control...basic stuff but so necessary and it's good to see a practiced hand at work!

This is such an Excellent informative video , thank you ! Just found your channel today and have subscribed 😊😊

Joe, thanks for everything you do for the community. This was quite helpful. I especially liked how you showed the water, paint and towel in relation to the brush and paper.

This was everything I needed. Thank you so much for this video. It helped me in so many ways! Beautiful art!!

Thank you Joe. Now I know where I've gone wrong. Loved this tutorial, very informative. Keep them coming!

Thank you, Joe, very encouraging tutorial. Much appreciated!

Another fantastic tutorial Joe😁👍👍👍

This is a great tutorial, water control is the most crucial skill with the hake, I learned that the hard way.

best video on water control of the hake that I've seen!

This is so informative thank you. Love the mountains!!!

Thank you for sharing! I hadn’t seen anyone use this kind of brush before so it was amazing to me. Your voice is so soothing and you are real and encouraging- a great combination for beginners! Keep sharing and know it makes a difference

Thank you so much. I learned a lot of how to manage the hake 😀

Thank you for this much needed tutorial! Much appreciated! This is the best tutorial in water control that I come across. I am finding your videos very inspiring and giving me courage to let loose with a brush!! Thank you for your generous help! 😃

This is FANTASTIC! I have struggled so much with water proportions & after the very first Sky Stroke, I'm frustrated. Thank you for this Tutorial. DIP THE TIP !

This video is exactly what I have been needing. You have guys make it look so easy and now hopefully I will have more success with the hake. Thanks for sharing.

These explanations are incredibly helpful!

Thank you so much for this, Joe. Incredibly helpful and greatly appreciated.

Thanks very much, Joe. I learnt a lot from this.

Awesome lesson. I’m new so really good info. Thank you.

Great instruction!

I’m a complete newbie/beginner to watercolour painting, I’m rubbish at drawing, so your freelance painting I’m finding very interesting! I’ve watched a number of your videos and already learnt a lot. The more info that you can give on what brush to use or what colours is most helpful. Keep up the good work, and best wishes from the U.K.

Thank you so much for sharing....no more fussy pine trees!!

Bravo mon ami,super vidéo

BTW don't be discouraged about the disproportionate views to likes numbers. I've noticed if you like the video then scroll before leaving the video, the like you hit disappears. You have to like just before you leave the video for it to count and stay posted as a like. Really tricky RU-vid.

Very, very helpful Joe, the mist is beginning to clear......!

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Thank you for such great advice!

Awesome Joe. Excellent demo on water content and what the heck to do with it because that part can be very frustrating and cause people to throw the Hake right out the nearest window. And that's a shame because it is a great brush. Very excellent demo!

Amazingly beautiful.i just love it. We are very lucky, G-D , gave us this talent, and in this days when we can't go out , we can put aware imagination, on the canvas and be there. Hope G-D is bringing an end to the virus very soon.

GRAZIE DI CUORE PER LA SPIEGAZIONE È COMPLIMENTI PER IL QUADRO 😊😊😊😊😊👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤❤

love the hake brush,you make it look so easy ,

Thanks, Joe. Great video. I am a beginner so have been painting watercolor for about 1.5 years. Just getting interested in using the Hake brush. It is a challenge to use.Your instruction on this brush is excellent. Thanks so much. Edward

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Thank you so much. That explained what i was doing wrong with my Hake. To much water..

I've seen artists use wide brushes for watercolor and now I understand how and why.

Thank you, need all the help I can learning how to use these brushes I have ordered before they arrive. My past experience over the years with a lot of other well known brands of hake brushes has been terrible. They have shed profusely, often times ruining everything.

Great Joe! Very interesting video. Can you write the link of the video of your friends Davidson (write ok?) that you speak on video? Thanks

🖒Thanks, Joe. Great one. Very informative. You definitely have teaching skills. Continue your journey.

this is so good Joe! Nobody wants to explain water control and you have done a mighty good job at that too!....my only issue is that i use those winsor & newton pan colors and my hake brush will always pick up the other colors on the small pans, so safe to say that the hake brushes work only with tube colors?

You might need a wider glass. Some of your dips are causing your brush to have a bad hair day. :-)

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Thank you Joe. This tutorial helps a lot. My older paintings seemed to dry a lot better than now, maybe I just need a better hairdryer. Can hake brushes become bad If not used for a few years?

Thanks for this. When you used your dryer at 11.55 did you get it 'bone dry' or was the paper still damp? Thanks!

Tells about the of your paint it looks always moist not just squeezed out of a tube

Excellent stuff I'm thinking of buying a hake brush, is there a size you would recommend for a first timer?

Just started with hake. The brush is new. I can't seem to keep a relatively flat edge. Seems like after I mix paint in the palate it's messed up and irregular.