Watercolor - Mixing Grays

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A sampling of some of the most popular grays and a painting demonstration using them.
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PAINTS USED
Winsor & Newton Indigo, French ultramarine, burnt sienna, neutral tint, burnt umber - bit.ly/2X56WNQ
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Silver black velvet flat 1" brush - amzn.to/2xIlA3b
PAPER
Arches 140lb hot pressed paper - amzn.to/2GA5D4f
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Round palette - www.amazon.com...
Granulation medium - amzn.to/2xzJUV8
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@siddharthpanchal718 4 года назад

You were absolutely spot on when you added burnt sienna at the end. That dash of color transformed that painting. Appreciate your little tutorial on greys. Thank you.

@adriannabcustomfurniture Год назад

😍 love this and thank you for sharing your amazing talent with us 🖤

@lynnhuddleston3199 Год назад

Wow, this is absolutely stunning! ❤

@joycesnodgrass7068 4 года назад

Jean, thank you💛

@freeway_22 Год назад

Amazing! Thank you for sharing!

@moochymooo 2 года назад

The rock face you paint in this video is my absolute favourite of your all videos, Jean❤️ The rock face itself is so like the Quarry on my daughter & her hubbies property. You can see the blue among the grey in certain light and has just the one gnarly looking tree at the top. I've had a few attempts to copy your piece but have discovered I'm very heavy handed when it comes to landscapes! I note how few strokes you make and the various directions you place them to built up perspective and depth but my brush takes on a life of its own and spoils my work - very frustrating! I've done a huge amount of painting homes inside & out throughout my life & have figured my hand & brain need retraining😫 😂 Anyways, I'll keep at it until I'm happy with what I create.

@jenfleming9412 4 года назад

That is absolutely beautiful! I love love love it. That would make a gorgeous framed picture. Thanks so much.

@karenhoward303 4 года назад

Loved this! Annndddd...ordered that palette this morning!

@kookaburra24 4 года назад

So enjoyable to watch - thank you

@debkolbjornsen1402 4 года назад

Thanks Jean. Beautiful colors and demo.

@margretmartin7572 4 года назад

Excellent tutorial. Thank you!

@mariamaragonesjust2150 4 года назад

Thank so much for sharin Jean!!I love the colors gray,and how you use them!!😍

@philippeseverac7930 4 года назад

geting into pigments name is not confusing, pigment name dwell in time as fabrication component varies. It's the only reference one can be sure of.

@sparkofinterest81 4 года назад

Amazing Jean!, I love it! Thanks for the recommendation on the new palette too.

@JeanLurssen 4 года назад

There's a link to it below the video.

@kathsoulsby873 4 года назад

Wonderful as usual....I could watch you paint all day! Thanks for these inspiring videos...

@aidasoto2936 Год назад

Superliked

@chelabustamante8407 2 года назад

Is it same with oil colors

@FannaTurano 4 года назад

LOVE grays! I find them beautiful also. Btw, Amazon no longer sells your palette. "Unavailable, don't know when or if we'll get this item back." You certainly sold a lot of these! LOL Thank you for the video. So helpful.

@NYtalk60 4 года назад

Jerry's Artarama sells the palettes. That's if you live in the US.

@FannaTurano 4 года назад

@@NYtalk60 Thank you so very much!!! I'll absolutely go there, purchase one. I appreciate your giving me the info. Btw, I'm from RI, looks like you're NY???

@NYtalk60 4 года назад

@@FannaTurano NY born and raised. Good luck finding your palette!

@FannaTurano 4 года назад

@@NYtalk60 Jerry's was ALSO out! I did mange to find them on eBay for $14? Bought 2. She (my goods) has 8 more. Told her to stock up!!!

@NYtalk60 4 года назад

@@FannaTurano I'm glad you were persistent!🤣

@chetanimckinney 4 года назад

Is it possible to create a homemade granulating medium?

@annlaw194 4 года назад

Please can you say what granulating medium you use?

@JeanLurssen 4 года назад

It's Winsor & Newton granulation medium.

@krisalexander4974 4 года назад

Enjoyed the tutorial and loved your accent, sounds like ’Yappie, ’ eh...?

@JeanLurssen 4 года назад

Not sure what "Yappie" means?

@krisalexander4974 4 года назад

Jean Lurssen Sorry, South African...?

@JeanLurssen 4 года назад

@@krisalexander4974 Never heard that term before describing South African accent. I did live there for twenty years.

@krisalexander4974 4 года назад

Jean Lurssen No worries, just curious, I had heard it was Afrikaans. I first heard the term used many years ago, sailing with some mates near Durbin, Port Elizabeth.

@judydoyle7293 4 года назад

Would you use these grays as shadows?

@JeanLurssen 4 года назад

Hi Judy. I sometimes use french ultramarine and burnt sienna for shadows but I also like using compliments in the painting I am doing to create shadows.

@NYtalk60 4 года назад

I love this! The way you mixed the grays were beautiful. I hate when rocks are all grey or all brown. You added texture, light, contrast and dimension. Thanks for sharing!

@kennyiklei 10 дней назад

Love your video . So beautiful and so enjoyable to watch. Thank you for sharing this video. 😊

@peaches5712 4 года назад

Oh my gosh Jean........every time I watch you I am in awe of your creative talent! I know you have been painting for a long time, but your ability to just drop in color, and ink, and make such a beautiful painting just amazes me! I wish I would not have waited so long to realize how much I love to draw and paint. You inspire me to keep going, trying and improving, thank you!

@abebeaku8369 10 месяцев назад

look at 11:19. There's a face of a young man lower-mid section of the canvass. Could have turned it into a portrait :)

@viridian4388 3 года назад

Too bad, I would have liked how the one you worked on turned out once it was dry. I liked the thing at the bottom left corner, would have liked to see how light it dried.

@pupawupagus 2 месяца назад

holy wow, gorgeous! stealing that palette 😘

@LuliLulu 4 года назад

I love love love your videos 😌

@richardkeeton9926 4 года назад

Such beautiful colourful greys. Thank you

@robertbutler2339 3 года назад

Hi Jean I luv textures in watercolour, and want to know if u prefer india ink or acrylic inks Bob

@JeanLurssen 3 года назад

I use both robert. I used India ink for the fine line in this video.

@deannamunro8148 4 года назад

oh this is amazing! that solitary tree seems to be filled with such dignity. thank you...

@alspringham 25 дней назад

gorgeous I love it

@sensiblecat 3 года назад

Really useful and surprising how much variety is possible with a simple colour often overlooked.

@kobusvandenbergh3289 4 года назад

I love your confidence! I'm still learning, and love to watch your videos.... Amanda from South Africa

@jennifer_mertens 4 года назад

I am absolutely thrilled that you've been posting regularly over the past month. I purchased your landscape course and your floral course---LOVE THEM! I also watch on Skillshare. Please keep up the posts, they really make the days a bit more fun during these gloomy times. Thank you♥️!

@JeanLurssen 4 года назад

AWWW! Thank you Jennifer. So glad you love the courses and are using this time to be creative. It's very satisfying.

@charlotte-yh4hs 11 месяцев назад

thank you so much!

@theartisticactuary 4 года назад

You do need to scrub that central well with a bit of toothpaste, Jean, if you want the paint to spread out and not shrink into blobs.

@suelaw4260 Год назад

I’m very new to watercolour and I find your work so inspiring.. thank you so much for sharing

@jennyferrier3220 3 года назад

Lovely work Jean. Do you stretch your paper?

@JeanLurssen 3 года назад

No I never stretch my paper, just tape it down.

@madhursrivastav 4 года назад

Sorry, I love my dried up paints in palette. I activate them with water spray

@fbales 4 года назад

I tried watercolors for many years, but I was never satisfied. I switched to acrylics, and I’m much more comfortable. But I love the look of watercolor. It is so unique. I’ve been watching a few watercolor videos lately. Makes me want to give it a try again. Thanks for the videos. 😊

@imrobie5758 2 года назад

I hope you've been trying watercolor again!

@appleknocker56 Год назад

This is helping me so much! Just learning about grey’s & never knew could use blue, red & yellow to make grey’s! Love the pallet & as long as carefully w plastic lid much better than tiny ones! Just amazing how you painted such a beautiful painting using the grey’s!

@ranias76 4 года назад

beautiful,thank you so much.

@robfielding100 4 года назад

Yet another cracking piece of magical art! Is there a recipe / menu of these mixing combinations please? It's taken me 66 years to learn the colours of the rainbow ... AND ... my wife has always said I've no colour sense (and dress sense!)

@junkabella6324 3 года назад

So lovely and useful! I would have wanted to see the ruined one too - what was so bad it destroyed the whole piece...?

@marymary5494 4 года назад

👌 Thank you. 💕

@teresajordao6634 Год назад

So many beautiful shades of gray for an amazing painting! Thanks

@karolfrench5816 2 года назад

Wow. Brilliant THANKYOU

@francislahaye397 4 года назад

Bonjour, merci pour cette vidéo sur les gris, ça va me permettre d'étendre ma palette de grisailles👍🖌️🎨

@morvenskinner845 4 года назад

Loving your art, thank you.

@janetkyle9932 4 года назад

Thanks, very helpful. 👍🏻😊🎨

@artifexmom3824 4 года назад

Thanks for sharing your tips about mixing gray to the other colors. ☺️💕

@theresedebeaulieu44 4 года назад

Thanks for this video! I love it very much!! You are the best...

@ritawilbur7343 3 года назад

I just discovered your channel. Your paintings are gorgeous! I love how you just let the watercolor do its magical thing. And the colors - such beautiful grays, and then that slash of burnt sienna. Lovely!

@lisafroment856 3 года назад

Amazing to watch you and learn! Your so wonderful to teach your techniques

@lizdouglas1952 3 года назад

Jean, you are wonderful. I love the Daniel Smith grey granulated watercolors. I need to ask you...I have spent a lot of $$$ on watercolors in their pans as opposed to tubes. I will be experimenting. However, Daniel Smith and Mijello Golden paints look wonderful as well. Please give me your opinion. I love painting landscapes. I'm going to order the first two grey's you have mentioned by Daniel Smith. I had to order paynes gray the other day. You are marvelous, and incredibly helpful. 🥰👍🎨

@JeanLurssen 3 года назад

I have not tried Mijello paints so cannot make the comparison. I can say that Daniel Smith paints are now my favorite and I only use fresh paint in my paintings.

@estelathomann7575 2 года назад

Great video! You make it look so easy that I want to try it right now. Thank you.

@HeiderosesPhotograph 2 года назад

This is a fantastic painting with your grey mixes, thanks so much for this outstanding lesson.

@rexwater1 4 года назад

Thanks for teaching! Love your style!! Subbed 🤗

@mskhartwatercolourwithmisu8598 3 года назад

This is so beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

@rachelconnor2327 3 года назад

Fascinating. Thank you so much :).

@imrobie5758 2 года назад

Great subject! Love watercolor so much!

@marinagambarelli7649 4 года назад

Thanks a lot! I did all your courses but landscapes are wonderful! A great inspiration for me that i’m learning watercolor👏👏👏

@manjudhawan6072 4 года назад

Stunning to see this amazing work. Beautiful n natural. Give some more videos of same type expressions

@pstutor1 4 года назад

What a great tutorial. It is very timely for me because I am painting a craggy rock mountain. Tx!

@cecileegeorgeson_artist 4 года назад

I love your tutorials....no matter the subject or how many watches ...I always learn something new🙏

@lmrharper3586 3 года назад

I love hemitate genuine Daniel Smith too.

@Shilo2020 Год назад

I really love these abstract paintings

@aayeff 4 года назад

Thanks. A terrific demonstration.

@NYtalk60 4 года назад

Jerry's Artarama. If you're in U.S. for a similiar palette.

@janawatercolor 4 года назад

lovely demo as always. The splash of Burnt Sienna towards the end was amazing

@gardener5857 4 года назад

Just found you. Thank you so much for providing this video.

@birdlipbandit 3 года назад

Well that’s me off to the art shop for another load of new supplies...

@tesshughes 4 года назад

fabulous finish and demo so helpful. Thank you Jean.

@countryfolkheart 4 года назад

what a great demo Jean..so glad I found you..just love this piece

@annettefournier9655 4 года назад

Thanks Jean. Wonderful.

@viviancattaneo1474 4 года назад

I love it. I will try it. Thank you Jean

@Roslyngal 4 года назад

I have a similar palette for bigger paintings, lets me mix big washes easily. I keep a teeny bit of damp sponge in it, that keeps tube paints juicy for longer. They say this can encourage mould growing in some humid climates, but not a problem for me. I used to glue the sponge to the inside lid and just spray it with water occasionally, but then found it easier to leave it loose in whichever well was empty after a session. It was a sea sponge my daughter found on a beach near us, so it’s practical and sentimental in equal measure! Thanks for a great painting lesson.

@karenjames5063 4 года назад

Roslyngal I had a watercolor teacher who recommended this as well and she had her students get a real elephant ear sea sponge and used the sponge to clean the leftover wet paint off the palette but leave it damp just in the middle of the palette and put the lid on until the next time of use. It did keep my paints ready to use. They were not rock hard but softened. I still do this.

@CLOUDSINTHEKITCHEN 4 года назад

Love this!!!!!

@peggyqbkg9705 4 года назад

Thanks so much for more inspiration! If a person doesn't have India Ink and nib on hand, can i achieve the lines with a rigger and dark pigment? Or is it entirely different with the ink? Thanks!

@JeanLurssen 4 года назад

It would be a little different with watercolor pigment. It's the fact that acrylic ink and watercolor are not compatible and that's why you get the interesting textures.

@hlk01 4 года назад

Wonderful. Thank you.

@sherizapara2992 4 года назад

I love grays!!! Beautifully done!!

@victoriagadd6831 Год назад

Gorgeous

@NanaBeth1 4 года назад

I love you! I am a neophyte watercolorist. I love the muted earthy colors. Your paintings are the kind I someday I hope to do. Craggy rocks are one of my big favorites.This is fantastic.

@JeanLurssen 4 года назад

Give it a try. I have simplified the process for beginners.

@colinhazell6259 4 года назад

Very good!

@lindaehemann9677 4 года назад

Awesome

@favorablyimpressed 4 года назад

Another outstanding piece. Such a joy to watch it come alive. Thank you.

@thokchomjayshree8089 4 года назад

Lovely rocks

@yaoluo2724 4 года назад

哇，挺新奇的画法

@karenjames5063 4 года назад

I love neutrals as well after taking a Stephen Quiller watercolor class. He challenges his students to do a painting using only neutrals. It was fun and so interesting to do. Your rock face painting is perfect and using the India ink sparingly is so effective that I am going to use my pens and ink more often. Love your round pallet as well and your wonderful tutorial. I am so happy I found your site this morning. Have a beautiful and blessed day from your new admirer in Colorado.

@JeanLurssen 4 года назад

Thanks for stopping by Karen. Glad you enjoyed the video. Don't forget to subscribe.

@ceciliajohansson8923 4 года назад

I love it 🥰

@yiaung5030 4 года назад

Lovely !!!

@lynnnorton2537 4 года назад

Great video - and some lovely greys! Not come across Dr Martin's Bleedproof White - going to check that out, as I have always struggled to find a decent white to cover stuff! Anyway, thanks for posting - enjoyed.

@JeanLurssen 4 года назад

This white is better than using gouache. Only needs one coat. I have a link under the video for it.

@lynnnorton2537 4 года назад

@@JeanLurssen Sounds brilliant - and Amazon UK sell it too, so definitely buying some!

@LavishHim 4 года назад

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🌸

@krudler406 4 года назад

amazing as always!

@brendalazellestephenson2319 4 года назад

granulation medium not available at Amazon. Will try local art store in Ontario Canada

@JeanLurssen 4 года назад

So sorry. I guess other people got to my link and bought out the stock.

@JeanLurssen 4 года назад

It' Winsor & Newton granulation medium. I think they are the only ones who sell granulation medium. I have a link under the video but it is now sold out.

@johncowburn4444 4 года назад

I really like this painting Jean, it has a bit of John Blockley about it!

@JeanLurssen 4 года назад

Such a great compliment. You made my day! I love John Blockley's work and have a number of his books.

@johncowburn4444 4 года назад

@@JeanLurssen Me too! I would like to buy more but they have become very expensive. I am watching videos by a number of accomplished loose/abstract artists at the moment but there seems something just a bit different about yours!

@michaelwilton4545 4 года назад

This is truly magnificent. I love what you did with this piece. Thank you for sharing your process and thoughts.

@lynnallen7110 4 года назад

Thank you for this demonstration. Black always seems too harsh to me, so knowing how to mix these grays saves the day. I'm enjoying your abstract landscape class and learning so much from you. Thank you.