Watercolor for the Absolute Beginner with Mark Willenbrink

From ArtistsNetwork.TV: Mark Willenbrink discusses what type of paper and paint to use, how to prepare the painting surface and the basics of brushes. Two demonstrations follow, one using the wet-into-wet technique, the other using wet-into-dry. The same subject, tree branches using negative space, is used for both demos, providing a compare-and-contrast approach. Once the paintings are complete, Mark shows how the finished painting looks when framed and matted. See the whole video at http://www.ArtistsNetwork.TV !

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[sdrury123]

How did the trees go from black to white?

[spavin7]

its a magic forest

[pumkin54]

This is clips from the full video. He didn't change without explaining. It was just left out of this preview.

[nickandlaurihyde]

He changed his picture midstream without explaining that he used a masking fluid on the trees after sketching his picture. He painted the fluid wherever he didn't want the paint to go. It's a resist. After the masking fluid dried, THEN he wet the paper down with a wide flat brush, and then he put the colors on. After the colors dried, he removed the masking fluid. I think you can rub it off like rubber cement (I don't recommend using that as a sub). The devil is in the details, as they say.

[zombieslayer2870]

cool but could u tell me how u do the trees

[J4archae]

@sdrury123

You have to say the magic words. He forgot to tell you that. for that buy his book and DVD

[GardensOfUtopia]

The vid is messed up... Wrong ending I think..

[jrenae75]

Would like to see how his painting went from dark trees to white trees.

[stormywormie]

Yeah... I have this guy's book and it sucks I think. I just threw my paintbrush at my paper. He just says "Do this, do this, add another wash" he doesn't tell you HOW to do those things. My crappy painting didn't look anything like the one in the book!!

[starfleetbrat]

yeah I think I missed something also. And it jumps from painting the black of the trees to talking about salt. Maybe its just an extract of a fuller more detailed video... but still, it should say that somewhere!