How to Paint Watercolour | Refresher Workshop 

I am very grateful to you for not speeding up the video so we can see the whole process in real time with the actual painting gesture. It is extremely useful and I find your "method" very liberating in many ways (not pre-wetting the sky, doing each area once, not worrying if some viridian gets into your neutral yellow/violet mix, etc.)

Hi Andrew, I have learnt so much from your videos. I have always had a bit of a disappointment with the medium even though I love it. I returned to it feeling much more inspired after watching your lessons. The way you break things down and point out the small details, which others assume as a given, is incredibly helpful. Your audio is spot on and the pace of your narration is perfect. It allows me to actually process what I am seeing on the screen.

Really enjoyed that, Andrew. Loved the fact that you allowed us to share in the impact of the scene as it silently emerged from the purity of an all white background. Your process of laying down the basic shapes over the entirety of your painting make it jump up off the paper as you progress.. And the process... seeing you cleaning off the palette multiple times. I've seen multiple artists working proudly from dirty palettes they never ever clean. It defines who you are as a person, plus the underlying flow and sense of movement it creates, those places where you in your mind's eye love to linger. It was comforting to see the humble bicycle standing at parade rest against the shack, telling strangers, "know that here is where I am.and here is where you want to be... a quiet, protected place of uncompromising beauty and safety". Lucky us!. We only have to glance up to be instantly transported back here in space and time.

What a beautifully shot demo film! Really enjoyed it. Lovely studio space. Appreciate your generosity with knowledge.

Watching you paint and hearing your explanations are so inspiring and educational. Thank you .

I'm always impressed with the freshness of your paintings. I really have to stop being so 'frugal' and start using fresh new paint from the tube instead of trying to coax tired lumps of pigment back to life. 'Touch each area once.' I hear your advice every time my hand moves to revisit an area of the paper. Thank you! You've made me a better painter.

I am so grateful that you take the time to give us a step-by-step video approach, instead of hyper lapse. You add a wealth of knowledge by narrating along with everything you do; and it's much more authentic that you talk WHILE you paint instead of dubbing over later. I also very much enjoy the comforting, peaceful ticking of your clock in the background. I feel like I'm right in your studio. Thank you for inspiring me 😊

I love to watch you paint. It is so fresh and just amazes me every time.

People have learned a lot with this one. Especially confidence. It just kept getting better and better.

A wonderful lesson. Managing the water and paint is always problematic but you’ve helped me understand that a bit better. Thank you, Cynthia

It's always a pleasure to see your didactic demos ! Thank you so much!

Yes lovely studio didn’t even watch the video before I subscribe. I jus knew I would love it base on tbe artist walking into the studio

I’m so grateful to you for your most generous sharing of your wealth of knowledge and skill. I have thoroughly enjoyed watching you and listening to your explanations of how and why you paint each step along the way. You are so helpful and inspiring!

Thank you Andrew for sharing so generously. Realy enjoyed watching your latest video. Very useful learning experience. A breath if fresh air.

What a beautiful painting. Your style of painting is so interesting, and your color mixing is brilliant on the paper. Thank you once again. I always enjoy your tutorials and demos.

Managing the amount of paint and water is difficult for me but you helped clarify this. You’re such an inspiration, thank you! Cynthia

I was so excited to find this new video this morning! Thank you so much for your thoughtful instruction and inspirational work.

What a gift you have with your beautiful art and great teaching, as well! Blessed to have discovered your channel here. Thank you.

Amazing! I am always mesmerized by watching you paint, how easily you apply all the lines with such ease!

Thank you so much for this wonderful demonstration. I like all your tips especially enjoying the spontaneity😉

40:10 is gold. Thanks for the great walk-through!

Such a treat to watch you paint. I'm very grateful. Many thanks. By the way, you're studio is beautiful.

Your painting is interesting. I learned mark making as well as mixing. The yellow turns all the tones of your colours bright. I like it a lot. It’s really interesting how the eye sees colour. ~~~ I do love your chicken in the background picture!! 😊 Thanx again… From the west coast of Canada. 🇨🇦

Your paintings are so fresh! I've used somewhat different way of mixing greens and browns and I really like what you get from the colors you use, and I wish to incorporate more of your colors into my mixing range. Thank you so much for the information you give as you paint!

Excellent demo, I thought your tips on painting the sky was very useful so that you don’t end up with a generic or sky that always looks the same. As you say each sky is different I will try to remember this and strive to represent each sky in its unique form and colour. Thanks for sharing.

Excellente démonstration . Méthode simple mais très efficace. Merci

Painting and thank very much for sharing.. looking forward to painting this one to go with your other Demo's which have all been very enjoyable !

Lovely Painting and thank very much for sharing.. looking forward to painting this one to go with your other Demo's which have all been very enjoyable !

Thank you so very much. You tuition has been superb. And one thing I can put right immediately, add paint to water, an area where I have lost control on occasion!

🏵Sensational painting! Excellent lesson. Thanks so much for sharing your art!

Hello Mister Pitt, you are an amazing artist, this is fantastic. thank you for your very instructives videos. Have a nice weekend, Séverine

A very helpful video Andrew, thank you. I'm still plodding on! Must convert to soft colours too.

Great work, Andrew! Always a pleasure.

i really enjoyed this tut Andrew. |Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Lovely colours to get the eye focused on main areas. 😊

Just came across your post tonight. Love your attention to detail!

Such a lot of great advice and explanation to help me with my painting. Plus, your studio looks so cosy with the little stove on and the garden outside, it makes the whole video very pleasant and relaxing to watch.

An hour well spent, thank you

Beautiful & your way of painting is insightful- thank you for sharing 🙏

Dear Andrew, in my eyes, this "fresh up" is master class and I am very thankful, that I can learn so much from you. 🙏🏼 Best wishes from germany 🌈

Really enjoyed watching that. Your paintings really do have a freshness about them. I try to only paint each area once but always end up going over parts a second time (or more). Oh well I hope that improvement will come with practice and experience. Thank you for sharing 🙏

The best teacher ever

Fabulous as ever - thank you!

I enjoy ALL. your videos! This one was particularly helpful w/ 'managing' the palette w/ pigment vs water, which I have struggled with mightily! I take it that you are NOT a fan of spattering? MY thought was that spattering might be a good way to define the pathway but I see that your method keeps the eye of the viewer where you want it, whereas spattering might have been distracting. As I've heard so many say, less is more! You don't have any old brushes you don't want, do you?? :). Thanks for ALWAYS putting out a wonderful, high quality, and informative tutorial. I can't wait for the next one!

Thank you sir. I like the paint it once advice. What a help! God bless.

An education in paint magic

Thanks Andrew.

Eccellente lezione Andrew!Complimenti e cordiali saluti.

Loved it!

Hi Andrew. I've just come across this and can't wait to come back and enjoy it later. Thanks for your bother.

Wonderful!

Stunning painting, I enjoyed watching you paint. Hello from South Africa.

Gracias Andrew, su composición, su colorido y sus explicaciones son extraordinarias, me gustan esos pinceles de escritura china que yo también utilizo, mis felicitaciones por todo, un fuerte abrazo.

Very helpful instruction!

Good morning! (well morning here in Oregon, USA) What a treat it was to find your videos! As I have just recently restarted my art after years of neglect it helps to have generous people, such as yourself, out there keeping us all inspired, curious, and hungry to do better work. Thank you! I recently learned about stretching paper. Is that what's going on around your paintings? Or do you even worry about preparing your paper? I hope that's not too many questions. Thank you, again!

Thank you so much. This gave me quite a lot if insight into my reworking problem. Wonderful video.

Handling colour balance and brush strokes express your experience 🌼

Wow, you're really good at drawing Urban Sketch. ~ ^^👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Thank you Andrew for another Beautiful piece and informative video! These are Great extensions of your Book!

Love your studio and you work!

Fantastic demo, thank you Andrew,

Just found your videos they are great!. I hope your planning to post more regular videos . I am absolute novice with painting and would like some tips for beginners if possible.

Very beautiful. Thank you for sharing 🙏😍

Thanks

I like it so much

Thank you Andrew, such a useful video.

THANK YOU!!!

Your painting is really impressive and beautiful

Beautiful painting!

Wonderful work Andrew :) all the best to you and keep creating!

Another excellent tutorial Andrew. I have learned so much from each of your videos. I watch them over and over and keep picking up more bits of very helpful information to help me be a better painter. You have a lovely calm and direct way of teaching. I would be interested watching you paint a landscape with an old barn for a lesson although I do love all your marine paintings. Do you do any sailing when you're not painting?

Love the freshness of your paintings. I must try to paint once and not overwork. One question ... Do you pre wet the paper particularly for your skies?

amazing video that any level artist can benefit from. I am guilty of not cleaning my palette enough. But one thing that would be great that I haven't really seen covered is the half pan setup you have and most pros seem to use. I have only used paint from the tube and so can you explain, please, if you can save them and just basically what colors to start with etc..

thank you for this demo :)

Fantastic....thank you

Very helpful Video.!

Beautiful 😍

Love your work. Have trouble hearing all your great advice. The sound fades out. Thanks for sharing.

Wow

very nice

Dear Andrew, thanks again. Indeed tl leave the lower left corner emptyish was difficult and judicious,. What I notice is you often dab into several colors without cleaning the brush in between. This really requires very gooey paint. How do you keep your paint on the palette so fresh? Before each session, do you squeeze fresh paint ? Pan colors wouldn't be easy to prevent from getting very solid blocks. Such a very technical medium is watercolor....

You are great sir.your voice very nice.

Dear Andrew, sincere thanks. Hopefully you are safe and well after the storm... Ho do you prevent muddy, matt, awful darks when you layer, like you did around the roof? In fact not only darks any color when too little water is used. Thank you. Best regards and greetings from Brussels.

Bravo monsieur

Andrew i have a little plein aire set is there a set of tubes youd recommend for the beginner? as i as you say never feel the colours come through

sorry andrew, forgot to add this to last comment: another subject that would be great if you can would be to talk about your source photograph - do you take them yourself? are they public domain uncopyrighted so that if you do a demo I could do one of my own without violating any copyright if I may want to sell it some day (I should be so lucky) lol. But I have just recently started selling some of my work. I wish I lived in europe with all the amazing harbors and castles and lighthouses!

🎨 👨🏻‍🎨 👑

Hi Andrew - thanks for sharing your knowledge - I'm a beginner - any chance you could post the pencil drawing? Many thanks in advance

What sizes if the Chinese brushes (1-6) do you find most useful?

I really enjoyed this but wish the sound was louder.

It would be nice to see reference photo

Nice! Thank you. Is that a glass or plastic frame instead of tape?

Do you stretch your paper?

사진을 보고 그리시나요?