Better Large Scale Gradient Blends in Watercolor

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Large gradients in watercolor can be a challenge as you try to gain control of all that water and pigment. Here are some of my favorite pro tips for achieving success when painting large, smooth, gradient blends.
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@Roslyngal 4 года назад

‘Ive had some people tell me that I brush my paper too much. I don’t.’ 🤣 You tell ‘em Steve. If those people have a different method, let them set up their own channel and stand by it with effort and vulnerability themselves. Meantime, you do you. Gave me such a giggle!

@annsowers4591 3 года назад

Steve, you have saved me lots of heartache. I love your videos and your Patreon. Thanks so much.

@LouiseDeMasi 4 года назад

'Doggone that shedding'.....lol. Great video Steve. I always enjoy watching and you always have great advice.Thank you

@mindofwatercolor 4 года назад

LOL! Thanks Louise! Have you had much experience with Hake brushes? I confess I have not.

@LouiseDeMasi 4 года назад

I have one but it doesn't get much use. I am trying to teach myself how to paint landscapes so it might get some use finally. Your video was timely for me! I love the work of Australian artist John Lovett. He puts gouache around the outer areas of his watercolor paintings to soften everything and push it back to increase attention on the focal point. He uses a hake brush to soften away the edges of the gouache.

@marykated997 2 года назад

Your voice is so soothing it reminds me of my GPA. Thank you great video

@along9971 Год назад

I really appreciate your videos but the ones you produce in reference to brush sizes and uses are so helpful

@RR-yh6vr 2 года назад

I absolutely love your teaching style. You videos are so accessible and easy to understand and follow. Especially the little 'asides', when you comment on this or that extra detail really helps me with those, "Ah-ha, thats where I'm going wrong" moments. Thank you so much for sharing your skills.

@AurorasArtWorld 4 года назад

I just knew I needed bigger brushes.. No wonder I've been struggling... Thanks, Steve! 💖

@alexandruepuran 4 года назад

NOW I know: you are the “Chef John” of watercolor!!! Best of the breed that is! Thank you for everything...

@TrueLoveX1027 4 года назад

Thanks for another great tutorial that teaches a technique that eventually all watercolorists will need to master. Since I allow my dog into my studio, I couldn't help but feel your frustration as the bristles kept falling out of the brush. Some time ago I watched a tutorial on ridding the shedding issue associated with hake brushes: After washing the brush and pulling out as many of the loose hairs as possible and then letting the brush dry completely, the artist then took super glue and applied it just below the ferrule (or stitched area) and went completely around the ferrule making sure that just enough of the glue was used to get to the center of the bristles and then let it dry. I gave it a try and it worked for me. Hopefully you will find this tip useful as well. P.S. Hot press paper really is a different animal. 😉

@mindofwatercolor 4 года назад

Yes, I've seen the super glue recommendation. However I think that a lot of the shedding is breakage and not the hair coming loose. Mostly because the shed hairs are not full length.

@plove523 4 года назад

Very informative, now I don’t feel so bad about my imperfect gradations.

@junelawniczak3794 4 года назад

I'm glad you said not to panic! lol Thanks for another great video!

@fernandocardozoledierpedro356 3 года назад

Hi! In a book I saw the following method: you prepare a good amount of paint, apply a brush stroke on the top and in the next you will add more water to the mixture. It seems a little more laborious but produces a more homogeneous result.

@anthonykoeslag 4 года назад

Thanks, your videos are a huge help to us noobs. I have been making a mess with my large washes and gradients.

@marynorby9530 4 года назад

Helpful to see how the hot press surface responds differently.

@michellefrey308 4 года назад

Thank you Steve. That was calming after a difficult day and very instructive.

@sarapilloni4982 4 года назад

Thank you so much for your videos...Watercolour was a big struggle for me (still is) but I'm improving thanks to you! Greetings from Italy :D

@victoriatexasgal8130 4 года назад

This was very helpful. I don't do very large paintings but this makes me a little more comfortable to try it. I wondered if the shedding my brush did was normal? Now I know! This is great info. And this was definitely a nice distraction for us today. Thanks Steve!

@peterkimberley4311 4 года назад

Thanks Steve for another great piece of advice . I too have problem with shedding not with the hake but with my expensive mop brush .

@rainskitchenandgarden 4 года назад

Your 2-inch brush looks so nice. Thanks for the tips, I don't have enough large brushes. I try to do gradients with the mop and I never get a good result. I never think of large brushes for watercolour, don't know why! And another good tip about the blotting rags! Interesting about the cold vs hot press paper.

@monopinion8799 4 года назад

Love the review on the gradient of paint. Thank you for your tutorial so well delivered.

@ctwmnpark5664 4 года назад

Lots of great tips. Fantastic video.

@hlk01 4 года назад

Thanks for this. I'd really like the Princeton neptune mottler but I guess I will have to do with my hake. Practice seems to be the key here.

@maryanharrell5642 4 года назад

Always a great lesson. Thanks, dear Steve.

@JohnFishman 4 года назад

You are such a great teacher. Thank you.

@JohnFishman 4 года назад

BTW, I love watching your paint dry.

@raed3063 4 года назад

This is a great tutorial. Learned so much. Thanks Steve!

@artwithcharitha 4 года назад

Great video. I really like your works...big thumbs up...

@B1ackDahlia767 4 года назад

My Stonehenge cold press & hot press blocks split when I did this. I've also had the same thing ocurr with my larger Arches hot press blocks. The thing is, I live in the desert where it hits 121°+ in the summer. I'm pretty sure the glue on my blocks was experiencing issues prior. The heat is great for drying, even for glazing oils, but sad for glued blocks & impossible for sculpting clay. I've had a lot of trouble with canvases warping too. I try to do everything without stretching my paper. I'd have to use my bathtub. I'm incredibly patient when it comes to absolutely everything but stretching watercolor paper. 😂 I've been eyeballing the stretching kit you have previously shown as well as the Keba offered by Jackson's, but it's not something I absolutely need at this time.

@B1ackDahlia767 4 года назад

I jinxed myself. Both of my 300 lb. Arches blocks just split. 😑

@rebeccajosteelman563 4 года назад

Gratitudes, thanks Steve!

@lorraineclark3517 4 года назад

Excellent demo...thanks

@JeanLurssen 4 года назад

Hi Steve. I love using hot pressed paper for my glazing watercolors. I find that a synthetic brush works best on hot pressed for gradient work.

@mindofwatercolor 4 года назад

Yep. Glazing is my favorite way to use it also. Thanks Jean.

@cassiescreations9828 4 года назад

Yep, the Hake is great for washes, colorful sunsets and the correct twirl/movement combo creates storm clouds but the darn shedding - worse than my cats . My brushes are cheap ($4.99) and they still shed so I don't like 'em yet - I hope the shedding lessens with more use. There are better brands out there and perhaps they shed less but I'm not sure. Stay well.

@eileengoldenberg270 4 года назад

Great video!

@DS40764 4 года назад

Such a great review, thank you. Those mistakes make it interesting. The sky is not perfect

@banjopete 4 года назад

Deborah Smith , yes it is.

@Omkarah 4 года назад

For gradients I use an airbrush with watercolor, gouache, or acrylic. For watercolors I make my own paints using pigments from Kremers and an aquazol binder, also from Kremers. I personally think brushes are old technology, but they have their uses for certain effects. With an airbrush you can use a great number of quality papers, so aren't limited to the very expensive watercolor papers.

@albertpietrosanu2667 4 года назад

So great rezults

@banjopete 4 года назад

Albert Pietrosanu , results, good effort!

@donnalieblick8478 4 года назад

Thank you!

@don9133 4 года назад

As informative as always!

@lylewyant3356 4 года назад

Graded wash.... One of the first things i learned to do in a college watercolor class

@jeannel1065 4 года назад

Thank you.

@susanlynn9285 4 года назад

One of the reasons I appreciate your channel is you help me choose before I buy. What do you think about 300 lb paper that is half the price of other brands. It can’t be 100% cotton, but if it’s externally sized, and has good reviews, maybe I will have less issues, what are your thoughts on painting on 300 pound paper if it’s not cotton or internally sized. Thank you!

@mindofwatercolor 4 года назад

Cotton simply acts different than wood pulp paper and handles water better. It really has more to do with that than with the weight or the sizing.

@rhondahuggins3815 4 года назад

Thankful for you

@DreamWeaverProd 4 года назад

Hi Steve, I'm fairly new to Mind of Watercolour. I love what you do and I'm starting with all the basic videos. I have a question about stretching the paper. If you don't stretch and you get buckling, can you take the buckling out for frame somehow?

@cathymartin8778 4 года назад

Hake brushes make me a little crazy with their shedding

@ArtByEmilyHare 4 года назад

How do you touch the paper and not have greasy marks on it after? I have to wear gloves when handling my paper or I have patches of paper that the pigment won't stick to properly

@eileengoldenberg270 4 года назад

I think the hairs can be just brushed off when the paper is dry, yes?

@indigodande4345 4 года назад

I have a hard time doing a border on my watercolor with tape because when i wet it after the tape doesnt stay (for obvious reasons) but one lady did her tape, made sure there was no air underneath, wetted her paper with a big brush like the hake and then used a blow dryer which was key to drying the whole thing at once to help prevent the buckling. im thinking you could wet the paper let it expand and then let it dry enough to add paper after. thoughts?

@artetconscience 4 года назад

Great technique! I'm curious, do you know why it's more difficult to work with a hot pressed paper (uneven gradation, visible brushstrokes and granulation) rather than a cold pressed one? Is detailed work the only advantage for hot pressed papers?

@mindofwatercolor 4 года назад

It's simply because of how smooth it is. Imagine painting on glass vs a board with raised wood grain (I'm exaggerating obviously). Glass streaks and shows brush marks terribly and everything sits on top. You get a much smoother application on a board with a little texture. Its a similar effect with paper. But hot press is really not that bad when dealing with smaller areas where washes are easier to control. These really large washes are the hardest to control. As for advantages, yes, details are crisper on hot press, yielding sharp crisp shapes and edges. Colors are a little more vibrant on hot press with less fading in the drying shift. Hot press is better for line work like pencil techniques or pen and ink technique where you need sharp crisp lines mixed with watercolor.

@artetconscience 4 года назад

@@mindofwatercolor Thank you for your comprehensive reply!

@ibrahimissaiaawad2888 3 года назад

Steve, did you start with paint from tubes on your palate, or where they remoistened?

@mindofwatercolor 3 года назад

remoistened.

@oftenretold 4 года назад

great video. 🙂 one nitpick (sorry!) is that hake, pronounced like cake, is a fish. hake, a japanese word (はけ), is pronounced 'hah-kay' i own a 2in hake specifically for gradient washes but god yes does it shed...

@mindofwatercolor 4 года назад

Yep, nitpick is right! Sigh. Hake = Cake Hake = Hockey Hake = Hah-kay All considered perfectly acceptable. And the MOST often recommended pronunciation I've seen is "hockey" like Sake the Japanese drink.

@oftenretold 4 года назад

@@mindofwatercolor hmmm! yes, the way i see it, as long as people know what you're talking about it doesnt matter :) ill have to assume that this is a regionalism, since sake is pronounced with the long or short e depending on who you're talking to, too thanks for the reply! i hope you're having a good sunday ☀️

@mindofwatercolor 4 года назад

@@oftenretold Having a great day thanks! And I should have added an emoji or something. My response was meant light-heartedly but its hard to tell in comment sometimes. Thanks for watching.