Watercolor as Fine Art 

Jill, I've watched several of your videos and I have to say that the production quality, the content, and the presentation of each is superb. If there is an Oscar for RU-vid videos, you should have it. Thank you for your contribution to the field of watercolor and art.

You whip out a small traveling watercolor set at Panera Bread, no one says anything. You whip out an easel and open the turpenine bottle, somebody's gonna say something to management.

Omg, how intimidating these masterpieces are.

Jill, I think you have done a great service for all water colorists working today. Your professional and informative video will hopefully educate many people on the permanence of today's watercolor paints. I am honored to be included.

I am a 17 year old art student and this has helped me so much, and gives me the inspirations to paint with my current set of watercolors! Thank you so much you are truly inspiring.

I keep hearing that watercolors is a beginners medium... it's not... a pencil is a beginners medium but even the common pencil has been taken to a very high degree of art. Watercolor is really a "masters" medium for many many reasons... but the main reason is that it has so many variables to it... on top of that the ones of us who have spent many a year doing watercolors knows that unlike oils water has a "mind of it's own"... a mind that you will have to learn to understand if you ever want to master this demanding medium.

I've always appreciated the way water colors flows and it's translucent quality

One of the very best ....Watercolour....tutorials on RU-vid.....a must for every art student or new practitioner.....

This video contains an impressive list of modern watercolorists, introducing me the upcoming artists forging this medium to the forefront of fine art appreciation. Thank you for your great work in stewardship over watercolor and showcasing next generation artists.

Thank you so much. What a wonderful explanation!!!

Jill, Another fantastic video. So much information, so special. Thanks for these excellent works of art in themselves.

Thank YOU for this great and wonderful video. THANKS

Wonderfull video, paintings and music. Just beautifull.

When you say "this is one of my favourites" one can truly see your passion breaking through your professional narrative style! Love it Jill.

Thank you for producing this video! I learned a lot. 😊

I absolutely love these videos. They are so relaxing and enjoyable to watch. I hope you make more in the near future!

Jill, I really enjoy going back over these great videos that you have produced. There is always so much information. Your videos are great, your paintings are great, what can I say ... you are great. Thanks so much.

Ms. Poyerd -- thank you so much for these videos. So intelligently done and very inspiring for artists and viewers of art.

Beautiful demonstration and voice. I just love listening to it over and over again while I am doing my art. Thank you so much, for providing us with such a knowledgeable and useful video.

I've done all forms of painting including watercolour, gouache, acrylic and oil and whilst oils for e.g. is more technical (i.e. you need more stuff to make it work well), watercolour for me has by far been the hardest to develop layering skill and brush control due to the transparency of it. That said, some of the best classical artworks throughout history have been done in watercolour!

You nailed it AGAIN - beautifully narrated/chosen music/timed supporting images/education! It was actually emotional to see/hear this video. I had an experience that roughly aligns to this narrative. I was on Kings Parade, Cambridge, UK 3yrs ago for a quick business trip. I decided to pop into Tindalls a local art shop where I happened across a special little set of Sennelier oil pastels/an travel easel & pastel boards. I hastily popped outside to a gorgeous sun setting on the Kings College Church Steeples. With items in place from the 1st stroke of the pastel across the surface I was SHOCKED! Its astonishing how visceral an experience it was! My only pastel use in 40yrs was with the plastic sticks of highschool student days & not these exquisitely smooth perfectly consistent texture masterpieces! - haha. I can not say enough about how fine materials adds to the joy of making. I have strong appreciation for artist grade materials from that point on.

I have collected watercolours for years, it's a very difficult medium and when done well makes for incredible paintings and often at ridiculously affordable prices.

This is not a long video but a lot of effort was put into and contains very valuable messages. Great!

Jill......I've been painting all my life and your presentations always offer new information. Excellent and many thanks.

what a very well presented video, many thanks for this steve

nice!!!! clear and just well done. Jill's voice is so easy on the ear.

I so enjoyed this video! Please keep uploading more like this!

Dear Jill, your painting Solitude is sublime. I love it. You have a place as one of the greats in the art world. 🌺

What a joy to have found you. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and love of the painted form. All the very best to you

Hi, one small misconception, Artist Quality water colour paints are ‘Not’ more lightfast/permanent than Student quality paint. The opposite is true. Artist Quality cost more because they are made using the ‘original and genuine’ pigments such as ‘Ultramarine Blue’, Cadmium red, Cadmium Yellow, Cobalt Blue etc. Student quality equivalent paint says ‘Hue’ on it. This means it is the colour of Cadmium Yellow but it is made with a modern substitute pigment which is cheaper in cost but ironically, more lightfast than the traditional Cadmium pigments. This is the most repeated misconception I saw whilst working in an Artist materials shop in the late 1990’s. Otherwise a great video 👍

Beautiful and informative- thanks for sharing ✏️✍️🎨👌

Thank you for this video. Not only that it is very informative, but your voice is so clear and soothing.

Thanks so much Jill for all your work- and for the inclusion - much appreciated. Tom

Great Video Jill

Beautiful video, thanks for this insight. Love watercolor and it’s challenges. (Just started painting about a year ago.)

Excellent, informative, concise!

I love the your videos and your voice! Putting your videos in the background while I'm painting is so relaxing

Jill, the second viewing was greater that the first. So much important information. Well done as always.

Amazing video. An art teacher made all this excuses when I said I wanted to learn watercolor. Congratulations to Jill ok such a great documentary!

I discovered your videos today and enjoyed watching them more than I can describe! So informative and kept my attention with graphics, information shared, and your voice. Sharing to my facebook page. Thank you!

That was awesome. The information was very informative and now I know so much more about paints. Thanks!

Nicely Done Jill, am sharing this on my Facebook page.

thank you so much your such a wonderful teacher...

Excellent thank you so much for your information and beautiful artworks

I thoroughly enjoyed this video and your selection of contemporary masterpieces at the end. I also really liked your piece 'solitude' at 1:00 with the way you captured the light beams. Thanks for sharing.

jill what amazing person you are .. please more videos.. thnaksssssssssss

Amazing, I love watercolors but not seeing them in many art galleries was pushing me to switch to acrylics. I am now very sure that I will stay. Thanks.

Hi Jill, Yes, you have beautiful voice. Videos are so precious to me. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.I would like to hear more videos.

Amazing vid with great art on show. Just drips of quality. Very inspiring indeed.

Thank you for this wonderful film. I will certainly share it with my students! Great explanation of the media and the versatility.

Beautiful!!

Your videos are very informative. Thanks

Fantastic! Thank you

Thank you Jill, very interesting.

Great video thank Jill .

The videos on this channel are stunning & excellent. I do hope you find the time to continue to make them. I am not an artist, but just have a general interest. I have learned a great deal here.

This is a nicely done video. Thank you.

I like watercolor more --just like what the video says, it's very accessible. Imagine carrying a canvas on a trip?! :) I just think that art world should give more exposure to watercolor artist.

This was a wonderful production!

Great video, people really underestimate how difficult watercolor is. John F Carlson CD called it a "master's medium" and reccomended novice painters not even touch it until they first became experienced oil painters.

Some of those museum and gallery rooms look like Crystal Bridges in Arkansas!

Thanks a lot for your video, all the best

Great job on this video!!! Thank you, I will share it with mu students!

Oh so glad you included a piece by Marney Ward. She is an absolute master of florals!!!

WC is special alright and is so stunning when used to exploit its watery qualities like Zbukvic does. I saw a Frederic William Burton exhibition here in Ireland with the Pre-Raphaelite "The Meeting on the Turret Stairs" as the centrepiece in all its unbelievable, almost oil paint detail. Winsor & Newton have water soluble oils now but i haven't tried them yet.

How well made this video. thank you so much

Merci infiniment, Madame.

You really should be making documentaries. Beautifull!!! But much too short! Thank you for sharing.

Thank you!

Wonderful informative video .

Thank you for sharing this video.

Great video! I work in both w/c and colored pencil, the other medium which gets a bad rap. Thanks for helping people to understand that these are serious media.

Fantastic video. Grazie.

Thankyou for this :)

No other medium gives you the spontaneity and energy that watercolor provides... the techniques, the unpredictable nature of colors mixing on paper, the portability... I love painting in watercolor. Unfortunately it isn't valued as much an oil painting or even acrylic painting on a canvas or board. My opinion of course... It all comes down to the buyer and from what I am told by galleries... it is much harder to sell a watercolor to a collector. Hopefully others are having more success with watercolor. Anymore I paint in watercolor just for the shear joy of the medium...

You video is better than my art school classes

Great video!

This video should be required viewing by all beginning art students. Thank you for the wonderful upload.

I love your channel...wow!

Great job on this video!

Your videos are so great.

Wow... Thanks ...I'm really learning a lot today, about water-coloring... I didn't even know about most of the stuff you were talking about ...I'm Surprised you don't have one million views by now! :)

My God, _Grand Central Light_ and _Even the Angels Cried_ are utterly breathtaking.

Watercolours can be used in various ways and with different materials, however once on the paper as a mistake, then I tend to use a knife to scape away the unwanted Mark or brushstroke. Very good range of possibilities within the medium and can be spontaneous.

Amusing vedio thanks❤

Wait what? Sargent also did watercolour? I'm not an art student, just hobbyist digital artist. But his work really great.

Thanks

Thank you, I will share this on my Facebook Artist Page.

amazing!

I started with watercolors and when I first tried oil colors I was surprised at how... easy it is? Of course that is a relative term, and mastering and medium will take years, but still, comparatively... it's just so much easier to control. More predictable. A LOT more forgiving.

Great 😊

Informative.

For me, when it comes to artistic/technique skills, nothing shows more mastery than a properly watercolor painting with minimum amount washes. You know what i mean? Those paintings that are almost done alla prima, with both control and also the controlled chaos of the colors mixing in the paper. Is kinda easy to go over and over with acrylics and oils until you have what you want. That being said, this guy Sargent and others did have a very fresh and perfect "first intention stroke" even with oils. But watercolor is just more difficult to control... And at the same time it is what looks better than anything, to my personal taste of course. And as a note, i do realize that watercolor might not be the best medium for certain subjects or pictorial styles.

so niceineredible word

Thas is a beautiful video, and I appreciate it very much

I enjoyed the vedio but the music could be a little lower. I was more interested in what she was saying then the background sound. But it was very very helpful for a beginner in watercolors like myself.

According to my opinion water color on paper is a better medium than oil on canvas because watercolor paint does not crack. It only deoends on the pigment and paper quality used.

Jill, thanks for the video. Can you answer this question for me concerning protecting your watercolor painting. Does using a UV protection spray fixative a good ideal to use on a watercolor? I have sprayed a few of my paintings that I've painted, but I'm not sure if it should be done. I've heard you should, and I've heard you should not. What is your opinion on spraying to protect watercolor paintings. Thanks!

"Solitude" made me cry

Very informative and useful. Do you have a sample of products using egg? Thanks.