One of the best tutorials on the subject. Very well explained. Thankyou

I'm so glad I found your channel. Love your technique

You are clear, calming, and concise. Like your teaching style.

Thank you SO much Sandra. This really really helped me learn. Never thought I’d ever paint anything remotely close to a drop and I just did. Thank you so so much 🙏🏾

I am happy I found you today! Hoping this finds you well, thank you for this calm clear lesson!

Fantastic instruction! Excellent teacher! Thank you!!!

Amazing. You are just what I needed. I'm trying to watercolour bubbles today. Thanks from Kindle in Canada.

This is one of the best tuturials on this subject! Thank You!

Amazing tutorial. Thank you so much!

Lovely instructional video. Easy to understand and you even accomplished the hardest part... explaining “why”. Thank you! I look forward to watching more of your tutorials! Subscribed!

Best I've seen so far! Thank you for explaining

Invaluable tutorial. Thank you!

This is an awesome tutorial on water drops. I like the teaching method! Thank you!

Loved this! Great explanations, concise, informative & superb demo. Thanx. 🇨🇦

@SandraJSchultz

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it!

Thanks so much for explaining this so clearly!

Thaaaaaank you!!!!!!!!! I made my very first droplets today. This class was awesome! Easy to follow and very beginner friendly :)

Best water droplet video I’ve seen, enjoy that you are teaching with speech also and just not drawing. Also enjoyed the roasting coffee video! 👍🇺🇸

@SandraJSchultz

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Joy. I'm glad you enjoyed the videos!

Thank you so well explained, I now have an understanding of a water droplet.

I like to try everything first in pencil and I must say that your instructions were so precise and easy to follow that I succeeded with only pencil. I can't wait to finally achieve this with watercolors. Thanks to you I feel confident that it can be done, lol. Thanks so much for being a great teacher and sharing this tutorial.

@SandraJSchultz

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Melody Beiery. Thanks for your comment. I'm so glad that you were able to get the concept so quickly! Go ahead and grab your paints. No time like the present~

Thank you for a perfect explanation! Going to give it a try now! 🤩

Excellent tutorial! Thank you.

Thank you for sharing your talent with me!!

@SandraJSchultz

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Kathy, I'm glad you are enjoying my videos! Thank you for watching!

Most helpful! Thank you!

Thank you for getting to the point, good instruction.

You are a good teacher. I was able to follow you easily. I look forward to more of your videos! Thank you for sharing your expertise!

This was brilliant!!!

you are a great teacher.. very well explained. Thank you..

You are an excellent teacher.

Thank you for a great lesson. You are a wonderful teacher

@SandraJSchultz

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I'm glad it helped!

Thanks! I'm a beginner and this is very helpful to me. Thanks for sharing!👍😊

Amazing. Thank you so much.

simple, clear and important instructions and nice painting!

@SandraJSchultz

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you An Omiya. I'm glad the video helped!

Oh Yes !! Thank you so so much !

Very good tutorial. Thank you!

Thankyou. Lovely tutorial

I am delighted to find this. I will be watching and working until I am successful. Thanks

Thank you for this video, it's very clear

Thanks for a very helpful video.

Wowww...love the way u tought...will definatly try this....thank u...❤

very well done tutorial thank you very much

Thank you for the good tutorial 😊

That was an excellent tutorial. Thank you!

@SandraJSchultz

5 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you found it useful! Happy painting!

Hi there! A new subscriber here! I am so glad I found you and your channel! This is the finest water droplet tutorial ‘Ive ever seen! Thanks so much!!!

@SandraJSchultz

6 жыл бұрын

Hi BellaRoseArts! I'm glad you found the video helpful. Thanks for subscribing! I'll be posting more videos soon!

I have mastered water droplets, but I have learned also with this video.

@SandraJSchultz

Жыл бұрын

Great! I'm glad it helped!

usually i have seen some watercolor tutorial but this was the first tutorial which was very clear to me and my water droplets were somewhat good after some trial and errors thank you mam you have earned a subscriber

@SandraJSchultz

4 жыл бұрын

That's great to hear Vijaykumar Shinde! I'm glad you found the video useful. Thank you for watching and subscribing!

Wow that's real helpful 🌹

Thank you.

wonderful!! Thank You So Much!! you are a fabulous teacher of paint!

@SandraJSchultz

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Terri Lynn!Happy painting!

@SandraJSchultz

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Terri Lynn!Happy painting!

@SandraJSchultz

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Terri Lynn!Happy painting!

Thank you it was very useful and perfect 👌😊

Thank you👍❤️

Class!!!Super!👌🌏🇰🇿🥰

Thank you Sandra for this wonderful tutorial! Would love to see a watercolor glass painting tutorial pretty please 🌺

@SandraJSchultz

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! And for the suggestion. I will definitely put a water glass on my to do list!

great great..............thank u

@SandraJSchultz

5 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you liked the video! Thanks for watching

Great vid! Thank you!

@SandraJSchultz

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Karin Lease! And thanks for watching and commenting!

Very very helpful thank you

@SandraJSchultz

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad it helped you Julia!

Merci!

very nice,,,,

You done me good.

@SandraJSchultz

4 жыл бұрын

Glad!

cool!

@SandraJSchultz

6 жыл бұрын

:)

wonderful

@SandraJSchultz

6 жыл бұрын

:)

💜

thank you and I subscribed...

@SandraJSchultz

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Minnie!

@svetlanarohrig5313

7 жыл бұрын

minnie jones Great Job!!!!!! Thank you!

U made me easier to paint❤️Which paper used in this painting?

Thank you for the video.. I'm currently struggling with watercolor and ur video helped me a lot... Thank you much. Subbed 😄

What brush are you using?

Thank you for the tutorial. What brush are you using?

@SandraJSchultz

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Ellya Brill. It looks to me like it was one of my Princeton Neptune rounds.

Hey small ruffles of paper starts to come off while I'm painting can u give me any suggestion fo it

Great tuto! I am a beginner with watercolour ! I would like to show you my result with this water drop in order too see what I have to improve next time !

@SandraJSchultz

5 жыл бұрын

Hi gigi28 gigi28, I'd be glad to critique your water drop! I do have a facebook page, but I am extremely lame at facebook and don't understand how to make it go, so when someone requests a review I have been asking them to email the photo to me via my website at sandrajschultz.com. I'm looking forward to seeing your beautiful art!

@kurodiamhanaa7668

5 жыл бұрын

Sandra J Schultz Thanks for your answer. I have sent you an email right now through your site. Do you have done a tuto about transparent colors and opaque ? That will be important to me to learn it because I failed recently to make a tree with many steps.

@SandraJSchultz

5 жыл бұрын

Hi djihanaa! Your water drop looks great! You got the smooth shading inside the drop and the sharp lines outside the drop too. Excellent. That is difficult to do at first. I will suggest that on this drop you continue to darken the shadow on the "away from the sun" side. By continuing to darken that (it might take several coats) you will make the drop pop off the paper even more. Try this on your next drop: put an x or a mark on the paper that designates the sun. Then envision an arrow coming from the sun and going through the drop. The light spots where the light goes in and the light spot outside the drop will be in line with the arrow. This is a great start! Please send me your next drop!

@kurodiamhanaa7668

5 жыл бұрын

Sandra J Schultz Thanks a lot for your critique! I have sent a corrected version. I will fill all the sheet of water drops ^^ Also is there a difference in the light when you put water drops below ?

@SandraJSchultz

5 жыл бұрын

If you look at a photo of a water drop and really squint your eyes, you can see the value changes in and around it. Value means lights and darks. When you are working with watercolors it is difficult at first to get your darks really dark. Depending on your paint brand, you may need to work hard or not so hard to get them. Your value changes inside your first droplet are great. Your value changes outside the droplet are good, but with more coats of dark in the shadow area, they will be even better. Since this is just practice, try this. Get some really thick shadow colored paint on your brush and on dry paper, put it in the shadow area along the outer edge of the water. Then wash your brush and with clear water, wet the outside edge of that paint. That will make it move and the line diffuse. Test how much paint you have to put on the paper in order to get a good dark shadow.

Hello. Would you kindly tell me the brand of paper you used for this project and the weight? Thank you.

Amazing! Thank u for this! I don`t speak english so I didn't understand the name of the colours. Would you share them with me, please?

@SandraJSchultz

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Isabel. I could give you the colors I used, but it's not really important. The color of water drops in your paintings will be based on the color of the thing they are on. So if you are painting a drop on a green leaf for instance, use the same colors you used for the leaf plus something to lighten (for watercolor it's best to leave the inside of the water drop white to start with) and darken if necessary. I hope this helps. Sandy

@bel.cascabel

7 жыл бұрын

Yes! You said that at the end of the video! Thank you! But it's because I really liked those tones of blue that I would like to know the names :) To buy them hehe

@SandraJSchultz

7 жыл бұрын

Sure Isabel. The colors I used in the video are "verditer blue" and "sodalite genuine" both from Daniel Smith.

Great tutorial, made it look easy - I did great on the bubble but messed up on the shadow. More practice! But one question, does this mean if I want to paint a lot of water drops I need to do them all first before painting what they are sitting on - a leaf for example?

@SandraJSchultz

Жыл бұрын

Hi Jan. Thank you for the question. Assuming you are painting with watercolor you would need to leave the water drop space clean and white while painting the background. I would suggest trying some masking fluid so those spots are protected while painting the surface they are sitting on.

@janstittleburg

Жыл бұрын

@@SandraJSchultz Thank you for answering so quickly! I agree, masking fluid probably is a good answer for this one.

@tlojewelrylove

Жыл бұрын

@Jan Stittleburg Great question?👍😊 And... @Sandra J Schultz Really good recommendation suggesting masking fluid! 👍😊 I'm very new to this and was wondering IF (although it'd be more work) one could create a sphere from strips of masking tape and use it in lieu of masking fluid? Or would water seep through the masking tape? I'm just curious because its more common for one to have masking tape on hand whereas masking fluid is more of a specialty item and probably would have to be purchased. Thanks both of you! (I hope I posted this correctly)

@janstittleburg

Жыл бұрын

@@tlojewelrylove I have had water seep under the tape, so I wouldn't really do well with that - it may depend on your taping skill. Also, making a circle out of straight edge tape is beyond me :-) I bought a bottle of Pebeo Drawing Gum, as it is called, over a year ago, don't use it too often and it's still good. It's not hugely expensive, and in the US pretty readily available at Michaels or Amazon, or any of the art stores. Not sure where you live how easy it is to order?

Out of curiosity, why do you discourage heat dryer and use of paper towel for soakage? TYSM for this video.

@SandraJSchultz

Жыл бұрын

I was talking about a hair dryer that blows paint and may (probably will) negatively impact the natural movement of your paint.

@ashleywright8686

Жыл бұрын

@@SandraJSchultz right, of course.

Сool

Refraction

What Paint are you using for the water droplet example?

@SandraJSchultz

5 жыл бұрын

Hi GiGi Johnson. Those are Daniel Smith watercolors.

Parabolic shapes ?

What paper should i use? Can I use sketchpad paper for water coloring

@SandraJSchultz

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Rex R. Just the act of practicing is much more important than the paper itself. HOWEVER, that said, I would recommend that you try to get your hands on at least student quality watercolor paper. It is made for the medium and the paint will flow and behave much MUCH better. I would hate for you to get discouraged because the paper is holding you back.

@rexr2025

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for recommendation ,Godbless!!

@mikuenjoyerXD

5 жыл бұрын

I suggest at least 90lb. paper!

Could the blues be done wet in wet ?

@SandraJSchultz

2 жыл бұрын

Experimenting is always great for artistic growth! I think that it may produce a very interesting water drop but perhaps not an exceptionally "correct" one. I say go for it and see what happens!!

just call it how to draw a bubble, had too much fun watching this, thank you for the laugh !

Why did you use blue to paint the water droplet?

@SandraJSchultz

6 жыл бұрын

Because it was already in my palette. I'm thrifty.

@alexisdunstan3944

6 жыл бұрын

That is a great answer - love it. I paused the video to ask the question and as soon as I went back to it you talked about colour and choosing the colour according to what the drop is sitting on also how to shade it. I shouldn't be so impatient but then if I wait I sometimes forget to ask. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

I’m wondering about the little triangular reflection on the outside...is its size relative to the lightest area of the droplet?

@SandraJSchultz

5 жыл бұрын

Hi C Davis. Thanks for your comment and question. No, I haven't seen a correlation between the light part of the droplet and the light that is reflected through. There might be - I just haven't keyed into it. My intuition is that it would be affected by the height of the drop. You know how some drops stand up tall and proud and others are flatter and maybe more spread out? It seems that the tall one would have a more significant light spot outside of it.

When they messed up on the shadow ot ruined it 😒

Definitely doesn't look 3-D-try a less uniform perimeter.

Thank you.