The Best Watercolor Demo I Ever Saw! How this simple demo changed the way I paint in Watercolor!

I love those little aha moments when all of a sudden understanding comes up and hits you in your noggin. It's so rewarding and that's why I love painting in watercolor most of all. Thanks Don for the knowledge.

Trying watercolors. What a wonderful video. Learned so much in such short time.

70 now - used to paint watercolour when I was in my early 20’s and had what I would say was moderate success with 3 paintings that friends and family framed and keep to this day. I stopped though because as I grew a bit older I found I was ruining my work with too much detail and did not have a solution. Frustration and vanity stopped me cold. This video has been a real eye opener and I feel I am with you at that demonstration you attended when the doors opened the blinds went up and the light came in. I’m not going to run out and start painting again but I feel you need to know how terrific the experience you have passed on is. If I do try again it will be because I feel this tutorial has been so valuable. Thank you so much.

This lesson lifted me right up !! Beautiful beautiful BEAUTIFUL!! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

I found the demo truly inspiring. Thank you Don. It was like the missing ingredient from a lot of teaching I’ve had in water colour. Like carving out a hidden figure from an uncared block.

Thank you :) I’ve been hesitant to try faces, and now I can. I’m a long time beginner, and I can’t look at a face and paint it, but I can start here. I’m relieved! So you can see, I really mean the thank you! <3

Greatest Watercolour demo ever 😮😮😮😮 in total love - my next Watercolour try out

Great demo. Less is more and let the viewer fill in the details.

Don - This is fantastic!! I love this method ! Thank you so much !!! Love your work , such great color and values dead on .

Thank you! I’ve been struggling with edges and vagueness - I’m so inspired. It’s 9 at night and I’m gonna give this a try.

So glad to see you back again

I was an illustration major at CSULB in the mid 80s. Being in my mid 30s and having drawn all my life, I had a figure drawing class and my work was better than most. We did a final portfolio of work from outside of class. I did more work than most of the class and was given a C for the project. The following semester I asked him why I only got a C, and he said “Because it was way below your ability”. Definitely something I remember 40 years later.

🙏great demonstration and exercise of finding and loosing the form …. And Yes indeed I too love that loose style too - and your fine demonstration of the practice to paint on a wet paper and showing in process how to paint the shadows in first and from there feeling the form and like magic continue into a blissfull glittering of the dancing of light and dark 🎶🩶🖤🎵🐦‍⬛

I drew a portrait from a model recently. It was a very moving experience. I began to feel such appreciation for the human form.

This was an excellent demonstration! I found it more helpful than many of the books I own. I must check out the books you mentioned.

Never stop painting. You’re so talented and I really enjoy watching your work ❤

I taught art and am always learning. Thanks for this video. Just a suggestion to help those people who can be negative, I wrote on the whiteboard at the start of a lesson what the topic was. Then participants could see that it was an experiment in for example “Softening edges”. I would suggest that they put their finished work in a prominent spot, perhaps even frame it, to see it differently over a few days to help identify mistakes and also to see if they found the style to their taste aesthetically. They could then see we were experimenting with techniques. Hope this is useful as your video is very informative and helpful.

Truly AMAZING!❤

Thank you so much!! I struggle with getting tighter and tighter, and TIGHTER!! This is going to be a new exercise daily for myself!!

Hey Don. I’m a former student, former fellow Fairhopian, and forever fan. Your years of experience as a great artist and teacher really shows in this exercise. Glad I found your YouTube channel.