Love that there seems to be a lady in a bonnet with a blue ribbon over the man’s left shoulder he is contemplating, perhaps. (Easy to see images in the loose backgrounds.) Such a lovely piece!

Whether Steve is painting a spontaneous watercolor or sharing a more technical drawing and/or pen and ink piece, I learn so much watching and listening.

@mindofwatercolor

5 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you!

This is so awesome I love it. I wish I could draw like this. Your really good. I don’t know if it’s just me and this might be silly, but I see a face in your wash. The wash towards the upper right side looks like a side view of a face. I see a nose mouth and chin. It’s kinda cool. I don’t know, maybe it’s just me.

You managed to keep his character, I think thats quite hard sometimes, I will be trying your method, in the future. Thankyou

I love it when something totally unexpected happens and why not get excited about it! Lovely as always Steve.

@mindofwatercolor

7 ай бұрын

I live for these discoveries!

@kikeheebchinkjigaboo6631

7 ай бұрын

What is the pen brand name and ink that u use for then pen??? Is the ink acid free archival ?

@mindofwatercolor

7 ай бұрын

@@kikeheebchinkjigaboo6631 listed in the video description.

I’m watching this at 1am and it has inspired me to create so much that I had to get up immediately , regardless of the hour. 😊 lol

this is stunning, all your videos are ❤❤

I’ve been away from my drawing ✍🏾 for over forty years 😞watching you work makes me want to get back to it.😌 Loved this video and your work.😊

Awesome Steve, the ink over the wash really pronounced the dimension.

Stunning

Have you considered talking to the people in Old Williamsburg about selling prints of your art in their shops? You've done several images of this man, as well as the young man with the oxen and cart and also the woman with the bonnet. I can see visitors wanting to take home your beautiful art to help them remember their visit.

Love this! Would love to see a Star Wars painting with this technique. 😁

This is a really lovely piece. I love this effect too, especially with Noodlers Walnut ink. Also love their wampum. The bleed that it gets is rather magical. Especially in landscapes, the more water you add the more colors appear and there's some granulation with a lot of water.

Watching again! I’m going to start a new line and wash sketchbook tomorrow. Hot press sketchbook from Etchr. Wish me luck!

@mindofwatercolor

Ай бұрын

Awesome, will do!

Awesome ! Thanks for sharing this! i love that you shared your colours and used water soluble ink - so clever!

Oh Steve he’s amazing!! Great job

Stunning, as all your work is. I'm always amazed.

I lost interest for painting for a while since I lost 3 fingers,I have been practicing recently and getting better.loved the video, awesome.❤

Love, love, love this!! I have been doing more and more ink and wash work... just love the combo of the tightness with the looseness of the color!

Your Line & Wash Demos are some of my favorites. Amazing! Thank you for your generous sharing.

I've been doing a similar process with line and paint for some time now. I think it does make a better finished painting. Well done.

Very inspiring! It's great to hear your thought process as you work and how you really try to use the ink plus watercolor in creative, expressive ways.

Gorgeous as always. I like how the watercolour wash looks like a person sneezing to the right of his head 😂❤

There is a woman behind the man you painted. She is wearing a hat and a scarf and is looking up.👀👀😇

@natashakorff5574

7 ай бұрын

I came to the comments to see if anyone else saw the lady. 😂

I love this! Thank you for sharing. Your artistry is just incredible. Thank you for producing these videos.

Love how this turned out. That red black ink is a really nice color too. I've been stuck in the rut of using mainly black ink or very occasionally blue or sepia pens but that red black is lovely

Well done Steve. You should be proud of that painting. It is beautiful. Love it as well. I so enjoyed watching the process. Thank you

Steve… your portraits are just stunning!! This technique is beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing this piece with us!

Very Nice! It was interesting to watch the 2 processes become 1. Gave me food for thought, new ideas…

What an interesting process. It turned out great!

I'm guessing that you need to use a harder lead pencil so that it doesn't smear as much and muddy the watercolors you brush on top? This looks like such a lovely and satisfying technique. Beautiful art.

@mindofwatercolor

7 ай бұрын

It's just HB lead. I never really worry about graphite graying my work. There isn't enough of it to matter. I paint fairly muted most of the time. If you use a lot of very soft graphite like 2B or darker then it will gray the colors a bit.

@dianeo

7 ай бұрын

@@mindofwatercolor Thanks! Mine seemed to be smearing too much which I like for earthy colors but not the brighter ones.

WOW! Just WOW! ❤

Very nice..

Oh wow that’s something that I really haven’t thought of. Line over the wash instead of under. Definitely give a wonderful effect & looks like a great technique to use. Ahhh I like the Etchr Mirror too. Been thinking 🤔 about getting one of those soon. Thanks for sharing this wonderful fun video!

Wow. What a spectacular result. I love it. Looking forward to other examples. Thank you.

Soluble ink can be great for sketching. And there are so many inks.. great sketch.. I like putting in the shapes first to set the colors. Thanks Steve!

@mindofwatercolor

7 ай бұрын

Very true!

This is very interesting. Beautiful and inspiring. Thank you!

Really fantastic effect! I can't wait to try something similar!

Fabulous Steve! 🥁👍🙏🏻

Very nice Steve, you make it look so easy! I was drawn to this portrait because it SO reminds me of a man I used to know, gone now but thank you for bringing Ed back to me, and I will try to do that portrait style!

What a wonderful demo! I plan to try your approach with my Tuesday live sketch session.

Absolutely beautiful!

Perfect for Inktober! Thank you!

Incredible!

love it!

Stunning!😊👍🏼

Stunning, thank you

Fantastic!

This was so interesting, thank you

I love this. 😊

Love the process; it turned out great!

Loved the result! 💯😍

Great demo❤

Looks good, thanks for sharing.

LOVE this. So glad you enjoyed it as I'd love to see more like this. Also, loved seeing you go back and forth, especially the way you were hopping around the drawing, adding small touches evenly throughout the whole face. I tend to get detailed in one area too quickly which limits you later. It was interesting to see how you add small levels of detail overall, then doing another slight pass, then another, so the whole drawing gradually got done evenly. Does that make sense? Anyway, great piece, very helpful.

I haven’t tried that particular flavor of ink but I like it. Lately I have been doing mostly colored charcoal and wc and getting some WIPs done. I noticed something about your painting and that is if you look to the man’s upper left ( our right) past the glasses there is a side portrait of a young man. Perhaps it might have been interesting as a younger version of himself or even a younger woman,it wouldn’t take much perhaps to lighten it up across the bridge of the nose and use a bit of wc. Steve that was a two-fer😊😂

Love this! I'm also a big fan of the TWSBI Swipe. I have most of the ones produced. I'm sure you are familiar with this, but, DeAtrementis Document Ink is waterproof and comes in many colors. There's a red-gray, although that wouldn't help your ink wash. I love Noodler's as well. Lexington Gray is my go-to waterproof black since it's dark.

@mindofwatercolor

7 ай бұрын

I have a pen filled with Lexington Gray and love it. In fact I did a video a little while back with that ink in a landscape.

Looks like Monet!!

👍

Interesting !! Ty. I have a suggestion for you, since you love line and wash. If you love watercolor over graphite look, then perhaps you should try the Inktense outliner pencil. It stays put when it's washed by water. If you need darker lines, you can dip tip of pencil in water or draw over wet paper, and allow to dry just a little bit before washing. Inktense pencils are awesome for line and wash when you want color. Hope you give it a go. 😊

@mindofwatercolor

7 ай бұрын

At some point I probably will. I've had a set for a couple years.

I hope this isn’t a dumb question: are water soluble and water based ink the same? I love using juicy, water soluble ink then applying water to get impressionistic effect and tones . My newest favorite is Elegant Writer pens but I’m wondering if there are other pens with similar qualities in different colors . I’ve searched a lot and find a lot of water based inks but not sure they have the qualities I’m hoping for.

Hey Steve i see do a lot of landscapes and some portraits, the things i have not seen you done is cartoony, or figure drawing, do you not prefer those style?

@mindofwatercolor

7 ай бұрын

I don’t do cartoons but I occasionally do figures. Most viewers prefer landscape.

@MadebyDawn23

7 ай бұрын

@@mindofwatercolor my art style is very heavily cartoony, then again i was not traditionally educated in art. i am so thankful for channels like yours that gives the traditional, classroom feel without being too classroom or structured. thank you

You could always send the drawing through your printer.

What paper did you use ?

@mindofwatercolor

7 ай бұрын

Everything is in the description.

Do you need a model release to do these?

@mindofwatercolor

7 ай бұрын

Nope. Not gonna sell anything with the image anyway.

What is “esamia”? I cannot find a link anywhere.

@mindofwatercolor

7 ай бұрын

Don't know what you mean. Are you referring to the Etchr Mirror? The device I transferred the drawing with? There is a link.

@donaldlockey5585

7 ай бұрын

Yes. Thank you. I appreciate your timely response and of course, your wonderful artwork. Cheers.

First non-Patreon 😂