I'm so delighted with the beauty of your art! Thank you so much for sharing your gift with us. I'm a beginner in watercolor painting, I started during this pandemic as a way to ease my mind. I've always been into arts, I like to sing, dance, play guitar and now I paint. I know there's a lot inside of me that I need to bring out through painting. I'm passionate about the beauty of creation around us and I just need to express what I see in my own way. I need lessons, so I'm committed to follow you. Thank you Cindy!
Jessie, I LOVE your journey and skills! I so appreciate your story, sharing and I cannot wait to see what you paint! It's a journey for all of us. My videos are changing a lot lately. I'm hoping to share some more lessons in depth and it's because of people like you who give me feedback and encouragement that keeps me going!!!!! many blessings to you! I'm looking at more beginning videos too. Which colors to buy at first and why? How to set up a palette. Basic tools you can use (without spending a fortune). Any ideas you have, let me know. Let me know where you are at, what you are doing and I'll get more feedback from you on what might help. (That will help others too.) Thank you.
I agree! I'm going to try it out tonight! I've tried the white gouache in a previous wave painting - but it turned blue! I'm not sure how I did that, lol. Thank you for sharing your beautiful gift! Blessings! ;o)
Ja, du hast recht! Wenn ich das benutze, gehe ich ein paar Mal über die Linien, damit es gut blockiert. Danke für Ihre Rückmeldung. Spitzenharz, davon habe ich noch nie gehört!
I'm a beginner - few weeks in... just kept playing with my favorite colors like in your ocean... then I tried it for myself. After it dried I used white straight from tube to make waves... kept retouching the white, since it wasn't gouache. My first try doesn't look like yours😄 but it was a great feeling!!! I loved watching you create and using Crayon... I heard you can use wax... but that popped! Loved how you made sand!!! God bless you for sharing your gift with all of us... Thank You from a grateful California gramma 😄🌴🌺
Using white straight from the tube works!!! So that is a great idea and job. God bless you as well! I cannot wait to hear more and see what you are up to.
You’re a genius with that white crayon. I wish I knew about that technique before I bought masking fluid. I loved the way you did the painting. This was very helpful.
You can always try the crayon anyway. Crayons are cheap. Save the masking fluid for other times and just have some fun playing. Thank you so much for your comment and taking the time to give me feedback. I’d love to see your work.
I have been watching many art tutorials lately, because i'm doing an Art Challenge - Drawing for 30 days. THIS ONE is definetely the best one i have watched and i am going to try it now! thank you so much for posting this, i hope that one day i will draw like you
Amazing…so therapeutic watching this ..I have been painting for decades but always overwork my art..this encouraged me to relax and take my time..your clean finish and precise white work was the key for me..my thanks xxxx 💞💞💞💞
I have overworked as well. Water for some reason is easier just to relax and get those blues dropped in and then finish it off with white. Thanks so much for your feedback!
Thank you so much for the great lesson. I just started watercolour painting recently and have been using some tutorial videos but this is absolutely the best. I'll try other videos of yours too and keep practising. Thank you 😊
I love this! It's so easily explained here. I always mess up at the foam part and often end up mixing the blues too much. This helped me know how to draw a realistic painting this easily with the right techniques. Thank you! 💛
You're so welcome! I get it. The blues.... have wet paper, dot the colors on, let them blend in themselves. Let that dry really, really good before doing more layers, or details. Keep me posted on your stuff. I'd love to see your work!
@@CindyWatercolorArt I made that painting and it turned out to be GREAT! It looked very realistic and I love the results. Thanks to your techniques :)!
@@cristinakrause4506 Logically I'd say you are right. However this was when I was starting out and would not have thought of that. I've used gouache many times, I can't think of one time it was repeled. Probably because it's more like acrylic paint. Also check out PH Martin white. A small jar that is what I use now when I need white gouache. It's the best.
Excellent. I’m giving it a go. I struggle with water and beach scenes so much, but this looks doable. I don’t have crayons but I do have a white oil pastel.
I love it! I’ve painted something similar last night using masking fluid. I found it made the whole process more complicated than if I did it without the masking fluid and the effect is not as “natural looking”. I do remove the masking fluid after applying it. I know some people don’t. Anyway , I’ve tried loving it but ... have to try the pencil and order Guache :).
If I use the masking fluid, I always paint a little faint blue and grey in there to shade the white. Then I use the gouache, OR a gel pen. I found a gel pen recently that really helped me with the fine lines. Personally I love using the crayon. It's a great easy base, then I just add extra white in at the end.
I am so glad!. I’m glad the weather is warmer, I can only sit outside and paint too. I would love to see how yours turned out. I do have my Instagram link below @cindywilliamsmooreartist if you want to show me what you did. I’d love to see it.
It takes time. Be patient. Work on smaller projects when you’re working to try and master something. I may try to do a real time video just showing how to do the water and the foam. Thanks so much for your comment and encouragement.
When I first saw an ocean painting I noticed the beautiful greens and blues... I wet some paper and randomly used strips of paints... I love these colors so I was enjoying what I saw. When dry, I applied white from the tube to resemble waves. I'm a beginner - few weeks old and never did any art - til now at near 69! Then I play with colors on scratch paper ... just to see the shades. Done poppy
Do you think I could paint this same effect on a car to create an art car using spray paint? And white paint with a sponge for a white foam effect? My husband lacks confidence in me but I feel like I might be able to tackle it 😁
I do not know what the process would be for doing this on the car. I would talk with someone at a car shop to see what process they would need to use to do that. I would also recommend googling it or searching on it and RU-vid to see who does that type of work out there. Blessings!
Thank you so much for your feedback. I’m glad you enjoyed it and that you’re going to try it. I’m on Facebook and Instagram, I’d love to see what you do.
Got it. Well I appreciate your honesty and thank you for your comment! On Patreon I'll be loading my drawings so people can use them and then paint. Blessings!
Kolet Guyomarch Wow. Thank you so much for your feedback and encouragement. You got to show me your work when you try it. I’m on Instagram. Let me know if you need anything
If you are an Instagram post up where you are in this picture tag me on it. Tell me what paper you’re using. What brand you are using and show me what products you’re using. I’m on Facebook as well. @CindyWilliamsmooreartist Works on both Instagram and Facebook. Let me know and I’ll help you. I didn’t get this right away. I had to practice and try different things. There’s no shame in that. Sometimes the paper we use can be a bad one and it doesn’t matter what we do it it’s just not gonna come out as good as it would have a good paper. We are all learning. Let me know I’d love to help.
Love this!! I can't wait to try it. Could you please advise... are you using white ink? What are you using for the white parts of the wave, (other than the blocking done by the white crayon)?
First I drew the waterline with a pencil. Then I used the crayon and sketched in the water line with the white crayon. I went over that a few times too. I do three times if I want to preserve the white paper area. I do 1 - 2 times if I want to have some fading present. I just finished another wave using the crayon and am doing the voiceover for that. That should be up by this Saturday. Let me know how it works out for you!
This is the most realistic watercolor beach I've found on RU-vid! Struggling to get the white wash looking realistic. Do you water down the gouache at all? I find it too thick to spread nicely with a dry brush, with a little bit of water I find my blues seem to lift and mix with the gouache but my yellow sand doesnt.
The white wash I get it. I scrub it in a little so it looks foamy. I use a fine liner brush (a rigger) to do the fine line details. Yes I water the gouache a little. Regarding the blues... you may try wetting your paper really well. Let it dry almost completely. Do another lighter coat, then do the paint. Why? To get the blues deep down in the paper. Let it soak in. I'll let that dry really well again. THEN work on the white color. When adding another layer of paint in color, different to what's already there, I'll do an initial painting on that, then let it dry and do it again. If I keep adding water and paint to what's there, the water will cause the bleeding a little more. Another tip.... staining paint. Some paints are non-staining... they lift up easily with a little water. Staining paints are resistant to this... but be careful using them. They can look harsh. Thanks for stopping by and for your feedback and comments!
so beautiful and relaxing. i've tried to do a couple ocean wave watercolours but blocking out the pattern of the waves is always the trouble for me. every tutorial i see says its just random shapes and even when i try to be loose or go from a reference photo it really looks sloppy and terrible. i don't know where to buy a white crayon during quarantine haha but i've tried with both gouache and masking fluid -- do you have any tips? all the best from indonesia
I’m gonna give this some thought and see if there’s a way where I could come up with a video that might help you. I wish I could see one of the pictures of what you have done so far so I can get a idea of where you’re at and what it looks like.
@@CindyWatercolorArt thank you!! well for now i'm just a bedroom artist haha i don't post anywhere. but i love oceans in general. what kinds of shapes would you focus on making for the wave pattern?
@@MelitaBintoro Let me think about this and I'll do a video on this specifically. You have great legit questions and I'm sure if you and I can move through this together... others are going to be able to do this. I want to dissect this a bit. I actually do know some of the concepts for waves but they don't apply towards waves hitting a beach. If they're out in the water... then you do smiles and frowns... LOL... they get larger as they are closer to you... smaller as they get farther away.
May i ask? In wet on wet watercolour technique,,if the water on paper dried should i add more water? But if i did that the paper will curled up more and more and lastly it become overwet...what should i do? Your reply is my honour
What brand of paper are you using and what is the weight? For example, 140# cold pressed watercolor paper by Arches is my paper. Depending the brand and weight, you could add just a little water and the paper will buckle. Others, it will hold the water better. Sometimes mine buckles a little because I add a lot... I will spray the back of the painting with a little water and then put it in between two heavy books to flatten it again. Another thing I do is, add a little water, let that soak down into the paper. Let the dry a little and it's not shiny at all. Then I'll add a little bit more, which activates the area I want to paint. Then I'll dab the color on. My brush won't be super wet either... I'll try to do a video on this so you have something to look at too. But let me know what paper you are using. Thank you for your question. Ask anything. If I don't know it, I'll refer you to someone who does. Blessings!
Technically I would think it would be called a mixed media. If it’s only tiny bit of gouache then I would probably call a watercolor. And I’ve been able to work in watercolor now without using gouache.
Use the crayon in the thicker areas of the foam. You don't have to be exact. Basically you want to do this to protect some of the white you want left for the foam. Using white gouache, you'll add detail in later. Thanks!
Did you at any point use a more pigmented, dryer brush while doing the white foam on the waves? I was thinking that in order to get the pigment to "stipple" like that, the brush had to be dryer, more pigmented?? I don't know. I've seen some OK results on RU-vid, but yours is by far the best.
Nevermind. I just answered my own question. I totally missed the caption at 6:42 where you wrote it. So I guess my question is now, what brush technique did you use? Did you angle the brush? It looks like it.
Redbird That’s where you can try dry brushing. So your brush is drier and you do have paint on it ... you want to take the side of the brush and scratch out gently rub it on the paper. It winds up releasing some of the paint but not all of it. The texture of the paper will actually grab some of the paint but not all of it. So it has a different type of effect. I’ll see if I can do a video where I slow that down and show this up close. Let me know your thoughts.
I am trying to improve my videos and agree completely with you! For this one I'll add it into the description. White Gouache, Horizon Blue, Cerulean Blue, Indigo, Ultramarine Deep for the water. I used a little bit of Neutral in there too. Sand: yellow ochre, permanent orange, Quin scarlet, white... maybe a tiny bit of burnt umber. I use Holbein watercolor paints - use alternatives. Arches watercolor paper, Cold Press (the best I've found personally) and a Crayola crayon (white)! Thanks Michael Bergstrom for your suggestions. I'm open to all that will help me improve!!!
@@CindyWatercolorArt Thank you so much for the names. I'll give it a try. I have different brand paints-Winsor-Newton and Grumbacher mostly. But I will see what corresponds.
Oh I have had days where my hand just won't cooperate. LOL. Usually I turn a pic into abstract at that point and just play with it. Paper is my biggest thing when it comes to quality. If I have that right I'm good. I tried some cheaper paper recently and failed. Miserably failed. LOL. But I tried!
I really really want to paint this!!! But I know I can't paint this because it seems that I need detail precise brushes, white sth paint & a good watercolor paper. I usually tear a page from my notebook when I try to paint😂 so paintings comes out ughh, get pissed & give up. 😂😂 why are watercolor paper so expensive...😢
I SO understand! I don't know what nation or state you may be in, but search for alternative places to purchase paper. Find friends who want to paint or already paint and see if a few of you can split the monies for supplies. Paper - I'll see what types of papers are easier to use but not necessarily so expensive. Paper is your one thing that makes or breaks us on paintings. If you get paper, get what you can afford. Cut the paper up into smaller pieces, use the front and back for painting and practicing. Brushes - Golden Natural are affordable brushes. I can give you size ideas... but for painting detail... use a stick!!!! A stronger stick that won't break too easily! Use a sponge for some of the white in the foam. Even paper towel would be an interesting texture. The crayon is cheap and excellent for blocking out some of the foam. I can also list out alternative paint brands too. Again, I really like the idea of getting 5 friends who want to paint, everyone goes in on the supplies and shares the costs. Keep me posted, I want to support your interest in this!!! What country are you in?
@@CindyWatercolorArt thank you for replying & for the advice 💕 That is a great idea of dividing costs with friends but I don't know anybody like that unfortunately as I recently moved to a different country. Thanks for the idea about sponge, crayons, using both sides of paper to practice! using of stick as detail precise brush is really a great idea!! Also,thanks for supporting me, it means a lot💕 btw I live in Bangladesh now.
@@salinah.1220 I am in Michigan, in the USA. Congrats on the move, I hope all is going well with that! I'll see about doing a video that would help give ideas on costs, tools, and papers that would reach around the world. In the US I can buy one sheet of watercolor paper if I want to. It's a larger size and I'd cut it down to sizes I want. BUT I'll go through my papers and get more ideas. Keep me posted on what you want to work on or learn and I'll see if I can do videos on that. Blessings!
I use the crayon to draw many of the white areas of the water and lines. The wax blocks out that section of the paper from taking color into it, and masking fluid blocks portions out too. This is more permanent and simple. Thanks for your feedback! I so appreciated it. This is a very fast-paced demonstration. I'll do one at a much slower speed so you can see it.
