Watercolor Wet-Into-Wet Practice (Easy monochrome sky) 

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What I have found is that you can use staining and non staining paints to your advantage. For example, if you use a graded wash with staining colors like a warm yellow on the background and wait for it to dry, then you can re-wet the page without reactivating the stained color. Then you can incorporate more wet onto wet clouds etc over the initial wash.

Thank you, Matthew, for being so generous with your knowledge.

That's a nice video and recommendations.Thank you. But it would me much more useful and aesthetically pleasing if you didn't use sped up recording. Unnatural jerky brush movements just defeat your good point about learning to control brush strokes.

Matt, can you take your viewers step by step through a series of a few videos of creating a painting using your 5 ways? It would be so super to start with you from the beginning and learning to mix a couple of basic colors all the way to the finished painting.

Thank you for sharing this video, I've watched loads of sky's being painted in watercolour yours is by far the best yet. 👍😷👍

Wow!!! You are a natural teacher!! New subscriber…very happy I found your channel!!

Thank you, Mathew, for another great instructional video. The best educational RU-vid channel on watercolor painting.

Love watching your tutorials. So easy to follow and I’ve learned so much!

I like your explanations while you teach. Also, you have a pleasant voice.

Who else's heart seized when he got the wood table wet? My mom freaked out when we wouldn't use coasters... lol

Did you not have to keep spraying your paper as you worked in your values?

I’ve learnt so much in your free video! I was about to give up on a painting, but after watching the video I went back in and improved the painting!

I see your drawing board behind you. Where do you put your pallet?

You are terrific, Matt. Looking forward to my lessons with you tomorrow as I didn't have time today.

Great video again Matt - came into your channel recently and learned a lot. I’m pretty new to watercolor within the last year and have been trying to soak in as much as I can How long have you been a watercolor artist ?

Thanks so much for your lessons they a a really pleasure

Such a lovely video, almost meditative!

Thanks Matthew! Great clouds 😊

Thanks Matthew. I am new to watercolor, and struggling. I will do this cloud!

Thanks! Just what I needed. I tried using wet into wet sky using blue, red and yellow. Not that successful. I'll try this monochromatic sky next.

Hi Matt. Thanks for the video. If I don't finish the painting, can the paper be pre wet again the next day?

Matthew, I have not been able to find the link to get/buy your Watercolor Course. I am an amateur in need for guidance, love your style, so pls help me. Thanks, Pilar

"so this is fairly small" lmao right

It's so useful, thanks ❤

I'm watching this again. Lovely cloud, and gentle music. Thanks!

Since this is my first time here, hello from Canada 🇨🇦. I like using wet-on-wet on backgrounds. I only wet one side of the paper, and will use masking tape on the sides to prevent buckling. I've used watercolors for the past 4 years or so. I still have to think about paint-to-water ratios before I start painting. PS I also have a problem with overworking my paintings. Will watch the video you linked to.

Yes, lately I think often I need practice of handling a brush. Quite essential.

Matthew I'm learning so much from you. Thank you!

This is great, Matt! I have been looking for ways to practice and I'm going to give this a try.

Super helpful and a great exercise for beginners (like me!)

Wow! Such sense! I am having a great time focusing on the basics!

Was bedeutet Malerei........................?

Thank you for your teachings. I learn so much from you.

Thanks man

Excellent

Cool exercises this is really helping beginners a lot!

Glad you are showing how to hold your brush: not near the ferule for a nice and loose line.

I'm surface tension, nice to meet you. Pleasure is ALL mine.

thank you, i will try this practice.

This was a great tutorial thank you Matt

I need a “real” workshop, is there such thing?!?!

Excellent ! You really help a lot, thank you

Thanks Matt another video of yours that I learned from :-)

Excellent video

Loves It!

a great tutorial!

very nice ❤❤❤❤❤

Hi, Matt. Been watching some of your videos lately. I wanted to try pre wetting my paper on both sides but do you think the quality of the paper is also important to achieve the same effects? I'm currently using a student grade paper and I wonder if it will work. Hehe Thank you and love your videos btw.❤