Fabulous session to watch you paint with such freedom, Robert! Thank you!

@JamesPotterAboutArt

2 ай бұрын

Hi Judy, Glad you enjoyed the Portrait. Robert was a very good model. I hope you can give it a go. Thanks for watching Best wishes, James

That was bloody good. Looked more like Robert than the apple looked like an apple.

@JamesPotterAboutArt

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. It’s always a relief that the painting looks like the sitter and not like an apple.!! Best wishes, James

I absolutely can’t believe how all of a sudden it just pops right into the person you are painting! Well done!

@JamesPotterAboutArt

5 ай бұрын

Hi Dori, It’s one of the fun parts of painting a portrait, when it all starts to come together, it’s very satisfying. I hope you can give it a go. Best wishes, James

Yes! More flowers!

@JamesPotterAboutArt

3 ай бұрын

Hi Patty, I will be doing more flowers, they are a great subject, Maybe in the next few weeks. I hope your painting is going well. Best wishes, James

@Pattymelt415

3 ай бұрын

@@JamesPotterAboutArt Great. Just in time for a blooming spring. Thank you!

Love your portrait painting, and thanks to Robert for sitting. Even before watching you paint, I bought his book 1 in the Vespasian series and. looking forward to reading it and the rest in the series. Thank you for the great video! Sandy, Raleigh NC

@JamesPotterAboutArt

4 ай бұрын

Hi Sandy, Glad you enjoyed the Portrait painting session. It’s great that you have the extra connection to the Portrait and Robert. I hope you enjoy reading all his books. Keep painting Best wishes, James

Great to see a real time portrait, especially in watercolour. rare event.

@JamesPotterAboutArt

5 ай бұрын

Hi Michael, I have noticed that there isn’t much painting from life in Portraits on KZread Hopefully I can do lots more of it! Thanks for watching, Best wishes, James

I enjoy your painterly approach. One stroke can change everything 👍🏻

@JamesPotterAboutArt

4 ай бұрын

Hi, Glad you enjoyed the Portrait. I do enjoy the painterly approach, it looks great, but the best part is that it’s fun to do as well. Thanks for watching Best wishes, James

Brilliant portrait...loose... right on a knife's edge... I'm really aspiring to adopt your impressionist style in my own water color paintings...and hopefully I get to develop my own aesthetic sensibility that approaches yours in impeccable accuracy. I'm very fortunate to have found a mentor in you through your videos.☺️

@JamesPotterAboutArt

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video. Impressionist Watercolour is a wonderful aim and well worth the effort to try and understand. One of the most important things to do is to understand how to simplify things to get the essence of the subject and nothing more. Glad you found me! Best wishes, James

It's nice to have a model like Robert. He has a very nice characteristic face. The blue ish color really stand out well. Nice job James.

@JamesPotterAboutArt

5 ай бұрын

Hi Wim, Robert was a great Model! Glad you enjoyed it. Best wishes, James

excellent!

@JamesPotterAboutArt

3 ай бұрын

Glad you liked the Portrait Noreen, it was great fun to do. Thanks, James

Great to see a real time portrait, especially in watercolour. rare experience.

@JamesPotterAboutArt

5 ай бұрын

Hi Michael, There’s nothing like painting a portrait from life! Thanks, James

It’s so wonderful how you make your subject come alive with such a colorful palette!

@JamesPotterAboutArt

5 ай бұрын

Hi Kathy, Glad you enjoyed the Portrait. I do like to make the painting a little bit more colourful than reality, which I think brings a little bit of a sparkle to the painting. Thanks for watching. Best wishes, James

Your confidence in making great marks seems so simple, yet illustrates your serious skill. An inspiration to practice, practice. Really enjoying the portraits James.

@JamesPotterAboutArt

5 ай бұрын

Hi Zip, Thank you for your kind words I think understanding what you’re doing is the most important part of painting watercolours, practising a lot, makes you realise what it’s all about. Keep going! Best wishes, James

Fantástico retrato. Y qué gran parecido tiene Robert a tu hija.👏

@JamesPotterAboutArt

5 ай бұрын

Hi Monica, Glad you enjoyed the Portrait. I’ve never noticed Clara‘s resemblance to Robert, but you’re right. Hope your painting is going well. Best wishes, James

loved seeing this come together James, thanks to you and Robert for your time. Fabulous

@JamesPotterAboutArt

5 ай бұрын

Hi Jim, Glad you enjoyed the Portrait , When I’m painting it, it’s also fun watching it come together, or is that a relief. 😊 It’s such a great subject, and well worth the effort! Thanks for watching. Best wishes, James

A lively portrait, I feel the extra depth to it was successful with the added details at the end.

@JamesPotterAboutArt

4 ай бұрын

Hi Dominic, There is something great about Portrait painting and Watercolour. I do like the extra darkness in this Portrait that brought it out as you said, giving an extra depth. Best wishes, James

Absolutely brilliant James !! I'm always in awe of your talent, !!

@JamesPotterAboutArt

5 ай бұрын

Hi Linda, We both do like Portraits. It’s such an amazing thing to do. I hope you keep on going with your Portrait painting, I think you’ve definitely an ability there ! Best wishes, James

Love the colors James!

@JamesPotterAboutArt

5 ай бұрын

Hi Biz, Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching Best wishes, James

Another great video thank you James

@JamesPotterAboutArt

5 ай бұрын

Hi Stewart, Glad you’re enjoying my videos! Thanks for watching. Best wishes, James

I am really enjoying your channel James. I particularly like your use of colour and I love the portrait sessions. Excellent stuff 👍

@JamesPotterAboutArt

5 ай бұрын

Glad you’re enjoying my videos. Portrait is a wonderful subject tackle. When Portrait comes off there’s nothing like it. Very satisfying. Thanks for watching. Best wishes, James

Another great portrait and a fun look at your process. So educational!

@JamesPotterAboutArt

5 ай бұрын

Hi Joanne, It really is a lot of fun painting Portraits. I think the pressure of doing them and the relief of finishing them, make them very exciting. Thanks for watching Best wishes, James

Wonderful James - thank you. Wonderful how you achieved the dimensional aspect and facial depth too.

@JamesPotterAboutArt

5 ай бұрын

Hi Sam, Glad you enjoyed it so much. I really enjoy Portraits and creating that sense of reality. A very satisfying subject. Best wishes, James

Very enjoyable video I love your teaching style clear explanation and rational. I may even be brave enough to have a go at a portrait.

@JamesPotterAboutArt

5 ай бұрын

Hi Paul, Glad that you enjoyed the video and thank you for your kind words. I think it’s definitely time you give a Watercolour Portrait, a go! I look forward to seeing the results. Best wishes, James

Hi James. Hi Robert. Love love love it. Portrait painting is always quite daunting. Would love to give it a go sometime. This video is entertaining and valuable 👍 Likewise for me, time works differently when I’m painting ❤

@JamesPotterAboutArt

5 ай бұрын

Hi Anermil, Glad you enjoyed the Portrait. It was a lot of fun to do. Sometimes I I think I’ve been working on painting for a couple of minutes, but then it turns out it’s been 15 minutes, so I know now that I’m not a good judge of time! I hope you managed to have a go at a Portrait, and if you can find someone to sit for you, that would be great. Good to hear from you. Best wishes, James

This was fascinating video for me. I was amazed at the likeness you achieved in such a short time. It was very interesting to me to see the effect of the addition of the pencil marks toward the end. Those simple marks made his beard read much more clearly. I seem to always want to add some pen marks to the ends of my paintings. I like the more subtle effect of your pencil!

@JamesPotterAboutArt

5 ай бұрын

Hi Laura, Poet painting is so interesting. When you paint from life, you have to paint relatively quickly, otherwise you lose your sitter. I do enjoy the pencil marks at the end of the picture. I think it just makes the picture read more easily, but anyway I like it. I look forward to hearing how your pencil work goes. Best wishes, James

James! I'm amazed at your portraits - something I haven't had the courage to try, yet! Please tell Robert you sold me on his Vespasian series! Just ordered the first one - love historical fiction!!! Anxious for more landscapes ...

@JamesPotterAboutArt

5 ай бұрын

Hi Robin, Glad you enjoyed the Portrait painting. I do enjoy painting Portraits, they are quite intense though but in the end well worth the effort. I hope you enjoy Roberts books, Getting out into the landscape soon! Thanks for watching. Best wishes, James

Wow James so nice! The way you do the eyes in your portraits has really been a help to me. Regarding pencil lines after the fact, have you seen many of Cezannes watercolors? I have a book of his sketches and lovely watercolors and it mentions how he consistently would add pencil lines at the end or even in the middle of painting.

@JamesPotterAboutArt

5 ай бұрын

Glad you’re enjoying the portraiture video so much, they are very exciting to do. I’ve never seen Cezannes watercolours before, but I will look out for them now! I certainly enjoy the pencil work and for me, it add something to it as well as being a fun thing to do at the end of the painting. Thanks for watching, Best wishes, James

Absolutely fascinated with your process but I’m also amazed you use your fingers to tap out colour. Everything I’ve read and learnt is not to use fingers because of the oils in the skin.

@JamesPotterAboutArt

5 ай бұрын

Hi Penny, Glad you enjoyed watching the Portrait process. Portraits are a really fascinating thing to do. I do use my fingers when I need to as it’s convenient. I always have them with me.! I think there clean enough not to worry about conservation, the paper does get handled anyway. Thanks for watching Best wishes, James

Like your subject James you have really caught the character of the man. Your deliberate placing of the brush strokes never ceases to amaze me. I think you should be on commission for the author - thanks for introducing him, I had not heard of him until now. Have downloaded one of his books on my kindle.

@JamesPotterAboutArt

5 ай бұрын

Hi Robert, Always good to hear from you! Portraits, are such an enjoyable part of Watercolour painting, very intense, though, but worth the effort. I hope you enjoy Robert‘s books. Best wishes, James

@BIGPROWLER

4 ай бұрын

Could be interesting to use this(or another portrait you do of him) on one of his back covers or inlay where it often includes photo, a book summary, testimonials and a blurb about the author.

@JamesPotterAboutArt

4 ай бұрын

@@BIGPROWLER That’s a good idea! It would be something different. I did take the photo of him on the fly cover of his books. So maybe it’s a change for something new Best wishes, James

Good likeness with the minimum of strokes.

@JamesPotterAboutArt

5 ай бұрын

Hi Linda, Glad you enjoyed the painting. I do like to keep it simple as much as possible and one phrase I like, is to get the maximum from the minimum. To try and express as much as I can on each stroke. Thanks for watching. Best wishes, James

I still can't believe that you paint on that rug. My mum tells me off just for walking on a rug 😂.

@JamesPotterAboutArt

5 ай бұрын

It’s okay, it’s an old rug, with lots of marks on it!😅

@awatercolourist

5 ай бұрын

@@JamesPotterAboutArt It looks very beautiful, though!

@JamesPotterAboutArt

5 ай бұрын

That's very true!

Very informative and enjoyable. When you rinse the brush between colors, are you wiping it on the side of the water cup or wiping it off on a rag or something? I tend to get too much paint and too much water in my palette when I am getting some colors ready. So the color is very strong and there is lots of it! I realize it will take much more painting to improve.

@JamesPotterAboutArt

5 ай бұрын

Hi, Glad you enjoyed the video I’ve got a tea towel folded up on my leg, and after I’ve washed the brush, I dab it on that to remove the excess water. Knowing how much water to use, I think probably comes with experience. I’ll probably talk about it more in future videos. Thanks for watching. Best wishes, James

this really was a stressful amount of skill

@JamesPotterAboutArt

Ай бұрын

There’s nothing more challenging than painting a portrait in Watercolour from life. Always an intense experience! Glad you enjoyed it. Best wishes, James

Hi James yes you should be pleased, it's a good likeness All those different colours and marks came together And the blue stripe down the side that was the perfect finishing touch

@JamesPotterAboutArt

4 ай бұрын

Hi Alison, I do enjoy the variety of colour and all of my painting. I think it adds a little bit extra fun to it. Glad you enjoyed it. Best wishes, James

Hi 👋

@JamesPotterAboutArt

5 ай бұрын

🧑‍🎨Hi

How strange l read all of Robert Fabbri Vespasian books. I think the portrait fine, nice painting.

@JamesPotterAboutArt

5 ай бұрын

Hi Nick, That is a coincidence. My family, having two interests of yours must be quite unusual. Thanks for watching. Best wishes, James