Watercolor Tips to Improve Paintings - 5 MORE Beginner Mistakes

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I get lots of questions from beginners, and most of them are along the lines of "what am I doing wrong?" I thought I'd make a series of videos that might help. I thought of 15 problems beginners encounter when they paint with watercolor, and here are 6 through 10! Most of these problems are more like bad habits and are easy to correct, except for the ones that require you to be patient. I can't really help you with that one. Stay tuned the final video in this series.
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The poppy is on The Langton Prestige watercolor block (140 lb cold press).
The other paintings are on Arches 140 lb cold press paper. I taped them to boards with masking tape.
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@lilmunchkin3497 8 лет назад

your mistakes look better than my actual paintings

@mtj.cynical 7 лет назад

Park Jimin Same

@creativegorilla8530 7 лет назад

That's funny! I guess it's just practice, control of a pen or a brush. This is a great video though, loads of things to avoid, I do so many of these!

@guekepo7722 7 лет назад

+Sarah E ARMY everywhere you know ^^v

@randombtsarmyinrandomvideo1324 7 лет назад

Sarah E ARMYs EVERYWHERE

@Idk-fy6tj 7 лет назад

oml yesss same

@JewelrybyJeanette 8 лет назад

I like streaks. And backflow. And the colors running together. To me, that's the beauty of watercoloring.

@Blue-to7of 8 лет назад

@trinidadlandajo5402 7 лет назад

I guess it's a matter of whether you wanted that to happen or not?

@melisseclark7308 7 лет назад

All depends if it flows the way you intend. If it's not the effect you're trying to achieve, it's frustrating. Are you creating something planned ....or just playing with paint?

@sarahda845 6 лет назад

Scrapjanny I love the back run to create beautiful atmospheric looks

@imjustasnail 8 лет назад

the streaky flat washes can actually look kinda cool depending on your art style

@kylakyla9764 7 лет назад

space dorito I like to do streaks often for backgrounds cause I don't have time to wait for anything to dry or switch brushes loll

@mikaelamona 10 лет назад

Oh dear. Most of it is my mistakes. Keep them coming, i learn a lot. Thanks Kelly.

@KellyEddingtonWatercolors 10 лет назад

Glad I could help you!

@nobody5747 9 лет назад

On #2 couldn't you just put more water down?

@Antitoogirl 9 лет назад

Scatilynne i think if you put too much water on the paper it will inevitably wrinkle and tear so i think its better not to put more water than you need to

@rhiannonmorgan1815 7 лет назад

Antonella Cortés that's if u don't have proper water colour paper I did that and it worked fine it might just be the paper ur using so u have to be careful of that

@Bigapple01 7 лет назад

The first mistake 😫 i feel sadder and sadder every time u rub the paper! Like its hurting the paper.

@itsalex7162 7 лет назад

while watching it, it feels like im listening to a sharp object clawing a chalkboard... thinking about it makes me cringe even more

@johngo6283 8 лет назад

Summary: 1) Overworking 2) No pre-mixing, 2:08 (When doing wet into wet, mix color on palette before wetting the paper) 3) Streaky flat washes 2:57 4) No drying time 3:47 (You are working too fast when painting fine detail) 5) Backruns 5:00 (Avoid putting wet paint next to damp paint)

@emilyy8760 7 лет назад

I'm a beginner and this video will really help me out! I make every single mistake in this video but I still move on! I never noticed them till I watched this awesome video! Thanks for posting it!

@MsLaurenPanda 8 лет назад

THERE ARE NO MISTAKES! Only happy accidents ;)

@Riviner 8 лет назад

+Lauren Anderson Lovely what you just said.

@taylorgipson4063 8 лет назад

That's what Bob Ross says.

@sumeetjamil7458 8 лет назад

+Lauren Anderson AHH BOB ROSS :)

@marieochoa268 8 лет назад

+Lauren Anderson omg

@patnipp 7 лет назад

Lauren Anderson you deserve ALL of the likes

@iina9739 7 лет назад

Your mistakes looks better than my actually painting so I probably should do something about it 😬

@sambeawesome 10 лет назад

Backruns happens with more than just watercolors. I use alcohol-based markers and when I first started out, this was a harsh lesson to learn, haha. Another great video, thank you!

@KellyEddingtonWatercolors 10 лет назад

Good information! My experience with your type of marker is minimal at best, but it would definitely make sense that they'd behave in a similar way. :)

@sambeawesome 8 лет назад

+Ella Mozzarella It helps a LOT to have a spare sheet of paper and just play around. I never did this starting out, I would always just jump in and start coloring artworks, and that ended up causing a lot of issues and ruined a lot of pieces xD Have some patience and just experiment. See what works, what doesn't, etc. Good luck with them! I hope you enjoy them :)

@melisseclark7308 7 лет назад

Good watercolour paper is very expensive...especially when you're ruining every sheet! My art teacher would have me practice everything on Arches with Windsor & Newtons! Getting the strokes going first!

@JudyNepune 7 лет назад

one month ago i got sucked into Watercolor on RU-vid and watched about 50 Videos, this included. i thought that all those mistakes were so obvious and that I would never make them. but then I started painting and realized, that I actually made all of the mistakes at least twice.... art is hard work, but thank you for teaching us

@rilaxkumah 9 лет назад

Lol what I love about watercolor is its like, you mess up but "thats still pretty too..."

@gaphic 7 лет назад

it's a strange mix of feelings to realize I wasn't making any newbie mistakes, I'm just ground-up terrible at water colors

@aditi7304 7 лет назад

Chase Tona same

@janninejaylo 9 лет назад

Sometimes though these mistakes are actually intended. Mistakes are still art. They can be alternatives of.. something.

@markuskruber1893 9 лет назад

@janninejaylo 9 лет назад

Hugy Bug no??

@christinarose3254 9 лет назад

Jannine Jaylo I agree with you.

@noorienora9876 8 лет назад

+Jannine Jaylo Way to miss the point of this wonderful video!

@Shesvii 6 лет назад

It's usually said you must learn the basics and once you are a master you can forget about them.

@kaneshap.6146 8 лет назад

the flower still looks good to me tbh.

@bdaleeth8610 7 лет назад

I was thinking the same thing 😂

@gee355Art 7 лет назад

Loved that watery poppy 😀 I need to paint MORE like that! Thanks for sharing!

@kimbo8612 10 лет назад

I don't actually use watercolor, but I'm always fascinated by your work. A lot of your techniques translate over to other mediums as well, so anyone can learn from you. You're a fantastic teacher and painter, and I always look forward to your videos. Thank you!!

@vincemincevince 8 лет назад

thanks kelly you are about the only person i have come across that actually goes into detail about applying water colours

@francesca.sevenroses 8 лет назад

Thank you! I've learned so much from your video, my biggest problem I think is allowing time to dry ^____^'' also I didn't know that most watercolor paper is lined with animal gelatin (!!!!) I will absolutely have to find a cruelty-free paper maker, thank you for the heads up.

@audreygonzales976 6 лет назад

THIS HELPED SO MUCH!! I've seen like millions of videos and NONE of them helped at ALL. THIS HELPED MORE THAN ALL OF THOSE COMBINED. Keep up what you do it's really incredible

@jesusredeemed 8 лет назад

As a newbie watercolor painter, I have made each of these mistakes. Thank you for teaching me what the problem was and how not to repeat them.

@supreethadevarakonda7480 7 лет назад

she's just become so perfect with water colors... that it's so difficult for her to make any mistake... it's like she's trying too hard to make mistake... and her disaster paintings are better than my supposed master pieces... just love it... and very very useful tips... I've been doing all the mistakes she mentioned in this video and the previous one too.. god bless me... and Kelly... he'll bless you too... you're awesome 😘😘

@OarisTsafrir 9 лет назад

Thank you so much for having this wonderful channel, I just started painting with watercolours and found that there are so many mistakes that can happen, some of these tips are so useful!! Truly thank you!

@lexcas479 9 лет назад

All of your tips are actually really very helpful! thank you sooo much for posting this video.

@camilae.p.1328 9 лет назад

I'm just beginning with watercolors and this is immensely helpful! Thanks

@notyourbusiness7239 10 лет назад

thanks for this! I'm going to go practice now!

@KellyEddingtonWatercolors 10 лет назад

Yay, do it!

@oakland002 9 лет назад

I'm learning more about water color in 2 of your video , then what I've learn in 4 years in school.. 😔

@Jennie-ih2yw 10 лет назад

I'm such a fan of your painting and these tips are so helpful to a beginner like myself. thank you so much

@al3n3cula 10 лет назад

so helpful! I just started working with watercolors and I feel enlightened. thanks a lot

@prabhapanth6762 8 лет назад

Thanks Kelly. I see now what mistakes I was making, and how to avoid them now I've seen your video. Thanks

@Lusithane 8 лет назад

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us, I don't do watercolours much but because of that I can see I have been doing many of these mistakes without realizing what I was doing wrong. This will help me get a better result next time.

@meowkat.d 8 лет назад

omg, thx so much. My prof basically taught nothing, but asking us to paint so many different projects. I run into all the problems you pointed out. I ll try to not make these mistakes again.

@diegocrusius 6 лет назад

these little videos helps me build confidence thank you

@fireflies15 9 лет назад

Omg I make all these!! Thank you a lot for helping Xx

@UmambaNegra 9 лет назад

Kelly, your videos are a really great job. I'm just a beginner in watercolor (less than one year), and I have a very good professor. But I believe students can not always depend on their professors, so I sometimes watch videos on youtube as part of my own research. And I have to say, this tips you gave on your videos were the best of all I ever saw on youtube. Because of one simple thing: you did not say how to do, but you do say (and show) how to NOT TO DO. And it is so simple and clarifying. Thank you! And I am really sorry about my english, but I had to thank you.

@barbielockett5437 8 лет назад

Was doing oils, but decided on trying watercolors, Thanks so much I learn so much from you Thannnnnk You so Very Much:

@Citrine-K 7 лет назад

Absolutely helpful! You have a great teaching style!

@lisastephanija 9 лет назад

More great tips! I'm guilty of at least 3 of these! Lessons learned! Thanks!

@RobertJonesWightpaint 9 лет назад

Very useful advice for beginners (and not only beginners - we can all make some of these mistakes!).

@butterieflie 6 лет назад

I watches some other "beginner mistakes" vids.....those were opinions - you have shown facts here and a few of what I do. I KNOW that I do it (especially painting too fast - but I'm soooo impatient!) This is great.

@khofv 9 лет назад

I looooove your tips!! thanks so much for the videos!

@Marxnchill 9 лет назад

Your videos are amazingly informative and so on point! Thank you! Keep uploading! I can see you being the next Bob Ross!

@rrendre4138 7 лет назад

this covers so much i troubles i had with painting in middle school. Now that im a sophomore, im interested into painting again since i know i will have to in college so this video helps a ton. Thank you so much

@loricalass4068 9 лет назад

So practical and clear. You are a super art teacher.

@ameliamargaurite3150 7 лет назад

Oh it's so painful to watch these, but learning so much! Thank you :)

@suemcarthur105 7 лет назад

Thank you so much for your time in teaching us, much appreciated

@sukmehballs 8 лет назад

I really needed this video. Thanks!

@supermangris8705 7 лет назад

Mostly when I paint I don't draw first, I just take a white paper, some water and color and start painting, sometimes at first i don't know what I'm gonna draw so I just draw something and then more and more and then it looks like something and I know what it is and draw more so it looks better

@tejaswininepali9557 8 лет назад

Great!! Thank you very much for this wonderful information.

@leenagil 7 лет назад

I love how i learned new tricks, like the backwash looks like ti- die tanks 😁

@KathrynWhiteford 6 лет назад

This was a very helpful video! Thank you for sharing your knowledge! :D

@danakolpin1289 2 года назад

This is great advice for me as I am a beginner to watercolor . I want to learn all I can.

@sallyyeung1729 6 лет назад

Thank you! This is very helpful to the beginners like me

@bubblewrapmonkey 10 лет назад

Hooray for more!!! :D

@eveberry3834 8 лет назад

This is so,so helpful to me as a beginner!

@estridrosshagen6499 9 лет назад

Wow love your videos they help me so much!!!

@Dr.ShreyaKothari 9 лет назад

Hey! those tips were really helpful! Being a beginner, I am committing almost all of them. Thank you for mentioning them :)

@vartikabhonsle4477 8 лет назад

I make all of these mistakes. Damn.

@sukmehballs 8 лет назад

My thoughts exactly x'D

@Coasterdude02149 9 лет назад

I feel stupid, I just finally got how to paint a cosmic sky while watching your last segment here, backflow. Yeah, I'm new to water colour but this just clicked for me. Thank you! :)

@rainbowfox1934 8 лет назад

Very good examples and well illustrated.

@hyacinthmelodysargado7686 8 лет назад

i love that rubber cement technique ^^ thanks a lot!

@sandraketteridge9768 9 лет назад

Excellent tutorial. Thank you for sharing your tips.

@kimmyettewood7720 8 лет назад

Thank you! That was very helpful!!

@acuralee 8 лет назад

Haha even the flower painted too fast still looked like a beautiful abstract piece. Lovely tips though, definitely picked up a few things I didn't know watching your videos on what not to do.

@aiye4444 9 лет назад

Thank you for making videos!

@kathleenshore1 9 лет назад

Thank you! These are awesome!

@AntDent 9 лет назад

I thought I was pretty good with watercolours - these tutorials have made me reconsider. Super helpful thought!

@songxinliu1578 7 лет назад

Thank you for teaching!

@Lilyflowers659 5 лет назад

Thank you Kelly, nice easy listening tuitorial. 🦇🦉

@TULIP.1689 7 лет назад

Great tutorial! I found it informative even though I paint in oils

@nataliashein 10 лет назад

Thank you very much! It was very helpul.

@rahaa4925 8 лет назад

This was really helpful, thankyou x

@Miaheart7356 9 лет назад

ur video helped me a lot. I had no idea I was making a mistake on my painting.

@Shikiyori98 7 лет назад

Your videos are incredibly useful! I just practiced my first time on watercolour, then I watched this. I realised how many things I was doing wrong haha. Well, no more of that now :) Thanks!!

@hi78466 7 лет назад

There are no mistakes in art. Just happy little accidents.

@jenniferannfox2316 10 лет назад

I'm very creative and always wanted to learn to paint. I've taught myself knitting, and needlework. I love interior decorating. I hope one day to take some painting lessons.

@sweetyouthxo 10 лет назад

I love your videos, they're really helpful!

@KellyEddingtonWatercolors 10 лет назад

Terrific!

@delila351 7 лет назад

NOW, if I can remember all of this :) Thanks.

@MrTubeman70 10 лет назад

This series of videos is quite helpful. Thank you!! Looking forward to the next one. :-)

@pseton508 10 лет назад

Very helpful, thank you. Would be great to see a comparison next to the mistake to show what it looks like when you apply the right technique. Love your work, you are truly talented :)

@ncameron5805 10 лет назад

I love how even though you are showing mistakes they end up still being beautiful

@lulupink7584 9 лет назад

Thank you soooo much. Your Videos are so helpfull😃👍

@melly2547 8 лет назад

I love your nail color.. looks like pencil lead! cute.. thanks for the advice👍

@qhsperson 8 лет назад

Another cool video. Thanks.

@user-of4tx7uw5u 9 лет назад

These are some great tips.

@engkeqing6123 10 лет назад

Thanks for uncovering all my mistakes! I have learnt alot from this vid, THANKS!!:DD

@FazerAlgoNovo 9 лет назад

lol Erwin

@TheVisionaryLeo 9 лет назад

this is really helpful! Recently I like to paint with watercolor and now I see what I'm doing wrong in some cases. Thanks Kelly. ^.^

@jonyzz6757 7 лет назад

found this video really helpful, thanks

@Ecossine 8 лет назад

Omg, I was making every mistakes from this video D: THank you !

@raeraesma 10 лет назад

Thank you so much for the tips. I really appreciate it. Take care, Kim :)

@RandomCreationsChannel 10 лет назад

To bad I didn't watch this before. I've already learned all this by trail and error.

@swyammehrotra9993 7 лет назад

OH TAHNKS ALOT FOR REALISING MY MISTAKES

@dewmagpie 10 лет назад

thanks a lot for teach us, I am very happy!!!

@febriooo 8 лет назад

I've made some paintings and some were ruined because I made the mistakes you mention in this video :') Thank you for the tips!

@thalienco 9 лет назад

wow great thanks so much very helpful

@loryduran8953 9 лет назад

Great tips, nice nails!

@peachgirlx 8 лет назад

I'm fairly new to watercolors and I am glad to know I haven't made these mistakes yet other than the drawing and erasing. Though I admit that I draw and erase a lot I tent to do very light sketching or I use a light colored pencil. Still I do erase quite a bit. :(