Mr. Paul, two facts that seem obvious after viewing your tutorials: You are a hardworking, sweet and humble human being; and you are not one of the, but, THE BEST teacher for watercolor painting! I automatically click the 'Like' button as soon as your videos start and I don't regret it at all till the end. God bless you!

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you Almas - that is a really lovely comment and I really appreciate it!

@lakshmivs7596

Жыл бұрын

I endorse same views. Loved the painting

@dhilsen100

Жыл бұрын

u r tremendously thankful Almas...:)

@francinejulin2828

15 күн бұрын

hard to say better than you did ❤🙏

Merci beaucoup Paul pour ces merveilleux tutoriels qui aident réellement à progresser; Beaucoup de plaisir à vous suivre, à mêler apprentissage de la technique et lâcher prise 🙏

Paul I can't thank you enough for adding the templates. It is very generous of you and I so much appreciate it. Your tutorials have really helped me. Thank you so much!

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome and so pleased the templates are useful - I'll continue putting them up for all the latest videos.

bravo, thank you for being so generous with your teaching

Tonal contrast is something I have been trying to do better. It brings paintings to life. Thank you for all your great help.

@ArtbyPaulClark

10 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

Thank you for always explaining the WHY along with the HOW.

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure Vicky! - always here to help!

Your selection of music is always perfect for each painting. I do think this one is my favorite. It goes along beautifully with each stroke of the brush. Thank you for your time and care❤

@ArtbyPaulClark

12 күн бұрын

Thank you so much 😀 glad you like the music too!

So glad KZread pushed your channel to me. Fabulous exercise. I constantly struggle with this concept. You ave inspired me to give monochromatic exercises a go. Love the music and your voiceover. Clear and concise. Your brush handling is enviable! I look forward to many more videos.

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Alison and welcome aboard! - new video every Wednesday so stay in touch!

U r uncomparable. Complete baggage for learners. I have never come across such a perfect and unimaginable teacher of painting. A warm hug to u Sir. Regards to the core of my heart. 🙏

@ArtbyPaulClark

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😀 ... delighted to help!

This is absolutely fantastic and so instructive! You make things appear to be so obvious when you think about them

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Andrew - that's a nice comment!

Oh wow! I didn't realise you had provided downloadable PDFs for these KZread tutorials! That's incredibly generous.... And a fantastic learning curve. I've started trying to hand draw the scetches in my drawing book, I figure having a crack everytime I try to draw is better than just outright tracing, because eventually it'll click. But I often still cheat and trace the pdf from the KZread artist I'm watching onto my paper and then paint! These really are fantastic tutorials! I'm going to have a crack at these over the weekend!

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear and yes I agree - practice your drawings - it's the foundation to painting well!!! - keep in touch!

You should have more than a million followers, I request people supporting him to share his work on Facebook, Instagram and other platforms.

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

BIG thanks Ravi!

LOVE, LOVE, LOOOOOVE THE MONOCHROMATIC! Thanks for this wolderful class.

@ArtbyPaulClark

2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcomeLily!

I've binged so many of your videos in the last few days. Your skill and talent are obvious, but your presenting style is absolutely top shelf as well.

@ArtbyPaulClark

2 жыл бұрын

That's very kind cheers!

I agree....."Mr Paul,...You are THE best watercolorist teacher". Thank you again and again. I just love watching and learning,.. but time for some real practice soon !. And your book is arriving today.

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

Thank you for an easily understood explanation and demonstration to show tonal values and contrast. I actually think I got it! Must tell you that I finally located a shop that has cobalt blue and yellow ochre in stock, so I can complete my palette setup similar to yours. Then I’ll be ready and equipped for anything. Except of course, your brushes and book which are coming by snail mail, which at the moment is about the speed of a snail trying to make its way across a strip of flypaper. Oh well, I’ll just make myself busy mixing colours and practicing on my cheaper paper for now. Can’t tell you how much your videos mean to a beginner like me, and obviously so many others as well. They are so inspiring and wonderful to watch. So it’ll be a weekend spent practicing throwing paint around with a brush in one hand, and a glass of sherry or wine in the other! Thanks again, Paul. Oh, and don’t forget the music.........Marlene

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Lol Marlene, great comment - please let me know when come and those snails get a move on!!

It's so great to see this concept in watercolor. Though I was trained formally as an oil painter, so many art students work now in acrylic and I try to switch them over to watercolor for their studies, as I feel it's a better prep for later mixing true, transparent colors with oils. I work mainly in watercolor, now myself, and it just goes so well with sketching lessons, to start adding color to drawings for a first experience of painting that allows a student to maintain the depth of the tones they worked out in their drawing. But starting from just the line drawing and adding the tonal layer completely in watercolor solves the issue of having all that pencil on the tonal drawing under the paint. Thanks for reminding me.

@ArtbyPaulClark

26 күн бұрын

Great comment and thanks for sharing!

Your paintings are, of course, beautiful, but your instruction is priceless!

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much 😊 Kim!

Ich bin froh Sie gefunden zu haben . Weiß jetzt endlich wie ich einzelne Dinge malen kann.Vielen Dank für ihre Videos.

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Danka Steffi!

Outstanding! Very good instruction on two critical subjects. I was painting a moose. It didn't look quite right. A little darkening of the background behind the antlers added the contrast needed. First that and now this most excellent video points out again how important the values and contrasts are. Thanks a bushel and a peck. I really, REALLY like your vids. My wife has terminal cancer. I'm pretty bummed. Your vids bring some relief from the anxieties. Thank you. Very much!

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Hiya - Ok mate, so pleased I can help in some small way and huge thanks. - I can totally sympathise, I lost my wife a few years back to cancer and my art was one thing that helped me through it. Take care, all the best and keep on painting!

@scarz1951

3 жыл бұрын

@@ArtbyPaulClark I'm sorry to hear of your loss. I truly am.

love the little Victorian girl. Thanks for showing us how you have done this really appreciate your tuition.

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

I feel so lovely and delighted while watching your tutorials and I really learned lots of tricks to improve my paintings. While watching your tutorials I just get lost in it.

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

Thank you Paul. What a great lesson in values. So important to get the values right. This is extremely helpful. Many thanks

@ArtbyPaulClark

7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Your videos aren't just demos, as most of the others, but organic tutorials about specific subjects and this makes them very useful. One thing that i love are the "mini-projects" (like the amphora, in this video) that you put inside to quickly and clearly explain a concept. They allow the viewer to immediately try it, doing something easy and fast, but that still is gratifying for the student... I think this is a very important feature. Having a solid theoric background (not from watercolor, but from other fields) on your today's subject, i could follow it easily and also express a clear judgment, and i must say that you did the best possible "compromise" in-between the time to explain the concept, how to explain it without to be boring but still giving some solid theoric foundation, and how to catch the viewer attention... Looking forward to the new book, and my suggestion about it is... only electronic version, so there is no danger of printing something expensive, with the bonus of immediate interaction with site-videos-etc

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Hiya - and thanks again as always - I always read your comments and advice with great interest, Stay tuned for more as it slowly evolves! - cheers again!

Trying the farm girl painting with much trepidation. The look on your face when you sip the dandelion wine is priceless! Reminds me of the reaction my grandmother’s got!

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Lol Marlene! - you can do it!

As always, very much enjoy watching you paint and listening to you as you teach us so much. And thank you for your fantastic choice in music. It’s not hard to hear you and it isn’t intrusive at all. Happy New year and God bless ya!

Your teaching is so very helpful and inspiring. You answer questions I didn’t even know I had. What a delight to enjoy your videos.

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

That was a very useful and crucial lesson on giving depth in a painting. Thank you sir

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome

I have learned so much from you. Thank you, thank you. Normally I would want to ask you for animals to paint, but I am enjoying learning about landscapes - new for me.

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome Kristen! - both more animal and landscapes to come!!!

Hi Paul, Just a word to say that I really like and appreciate your video’s. Once a week I teach art, in the loose and safe setting from our home. I teach drawing, painting and sculpting and it’s funny how people are drawn to watercolor. Well, maybe because I love it so much, too... 🤔😄 Sometimes I send them video’s, yours too now that I’ve discovered your channel, as a kind of confirmation, that what I’m saying holds ground. 😄 Thanks a lot! 👍👌

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Johanna - that's great to hear - thanks so much. Delighted to be of service and pleased to hear you are still able to teach. I've had to cancel all my classes - thus the KZread thing! - keep in touch!

@JohannaVeerenhuis

3 жыл бұрын

@@ArtbyPaulClark Thank you, Paul. That’s sad, that your classes had to be canceled. At least you turn it to the positive with your video’s! 👏 My classes were canceled in March and I won’t be surprised if I have to cancel them again, the coming weeks. Stay healthy!

You have become very quickly my favorite art instructor. I had to buy your book after watching a couple of videos, which just like your KZread is so easy to follow and understand. Your lessons are so easy to follow especially with giving us some line drawings to use. Thank you

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you Megan! - delighted to hear you bought my book! - let me know how you get on. Happy painting!

Tonal values are something I’ve struggled with. I’m saving this video to watch a few times. Thank you for sharing your talent.

@ArtbyPaulClark

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure - cheers!

Hi Paul. I had to come back and watch this again. I'm so glad I did. Each time, I learn more. You're a wonderful teacher! Thank you!

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome as always!!!

Paul, again, thank you very much. I am really delighted by your painting, SO WONDERFUL. Thank you very much.

@ArtbyPaulClark

7 ай бұрын

You are very welcome

Pachelbel Canon in D, my favorite (on the very top). Thank you Paul for an excellent demo!

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! - agree lovely piece of music!

Your videos are awesome. If all my professors had your sense of humor and made everything this interesting I’d be brilliant! Thanks again!

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Wow Lol!, Many thanks Leslie!

Paul, you are a great artist and a great teacher. Thank you very much for the crystal clear explanations. Very much appreciated.

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

With each tutorial of yours that I view, I think "This is his best one yet! I learned so much!". And then I watch another one of yours, and I think exactly the same thing. Thank you, Paul - for your instruction, your little tips, your humor, and your warmth. You really are the best. Thanks for making watercolors not only do-able but fun.

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome Jenny! - BIG thanks - Happy new year too!

Have no words how to say thanks to you... You have been teaching us without any profit... Thank you much learned a lot from you. Thanks

@ArtbyPaulClark

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that - thanks!

This has helped me tremendously. One almost doesn't realize at first that each of the two paintings is one color.

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Good stuff - its a great way to practice seeing those values just painting in one colour.

This was another great teaching moment - focus on the tonal qualities - creating the contrasts to define the subject. Very helpful take away!! Thank you! :0)

I am a boy from India, studying in standard 8th and thinking about visiting UK when i grow up. My first place will be no heritage or museum but your studio Sir.

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Very kind Manjo! - you will be most welcome!

Not sure how I've missed you. Really enjoy your videos! Thank you!

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome Ally!

That's brilliant turner...I mean paul!!! You've given me an idea, on how to do my, sketch/ watercolour . When it comes to doing the watercolour!!! Cheers, for the information and influence on it!!!

Look forward to your Wed tutorials so much . I had a go at this one and surprised myself at how well it turned out ! You inspire me to keep going . See you next Wed 😀.

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful Linda! - I'll be there!!

As usual a joy to watch and learn♥️

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

So glad! thank you Uzma!

A GREAT LESSON, I ALWAYS LIKE TO HEAR YOUR EXPLANATIONS AND REMARKS. YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL SENSE OF HUMOUR AND CHARM.

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Kindly Dvora!

Thank you kindly for this lesson. Understanding how to work with value and contrast is going to help me find more joy in watercolor. It was a delight watching your creation.

@ArtbyPaulClark

Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

How can someone dislike such a beautiful video please? I have loved the drawings 😊👏

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

Beautiful work Paul, thank you for sharing..

Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful talent and art with us! I love it ❤

Wonderful music suited perfectly to the painting. Beautiful work.

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

Замечательный урок! Спасибо. Всего хорошего. До встречи.

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!!

Thank you Paul ! This was an awesome Demo. I am oil painter and pastel so this was wonderful to see your techniques with Watercolor and I love the one color to understand tonal values which I struggle with. Blessings, Mireille

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Amazing Paul! Have watched so many of your tutorials (I love them all!) and this one was especially helpful reminding to pay attention to tonal values. Thank you so much!

@ArtbyPaulClark

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Only just found your channel, I am sooooo impressed with your videos, they provide...Entertainment, Humour, Guidance, Knowledge, Advice, and most importantly for me, Belief....Thank You soooo much for all the effort you put into each video...I am currently binge watching and can't watch enough videos 😴

@ArtbyPaulClark

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard! - and thanks so much!!!

As ever, easy to understand and enjoyable to watch - thank you.

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Great tutorial, yes that paintings with only one colour are very elegant and show that one colour can have so many different tones. Thankbyou, I love the sepia colour

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

I'm going to try this painting next. I've done the house in the snow scene and the beach cottage. I'm learning a lot from you. As a beginner and self taught and only painting for a year you are a great teacher. Values are my next goal! Thank you for sharing your great talent. Oh! I absolutely love your sense of humor...I find myself chuckling while painting.

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful Christine - pleased to hear!!!

I am surprised at how lovely the monochromatic paintings are. I actually tried this and it was harder than I thought it would be. Having a reference both in color and monotone would really help.

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Leslie - thanks for the suggestion!

Thank you for that great explanation. I think my paintings have gone a bit better since I had understood how important tonal values are.

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 ай бұрын

happy to help!

I enjoyed this so much! I thought for certain my painting would not turn out but in the end, I surprised myself. Thanks so much for your tutorials.

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad!

The exercises on this video are very helpful; it makes you so aware of tonal values. Thanks so much for this lesson. 🥰

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

I'll be playing these over innumerable times. These help me understand more about painting with watercolors. Thank you.

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Great stuff - it's all good learning Kathleen!

what i particularly liked to see was the finished project pop up through out the video. it helps to see where you are going with it. And yes, i am "afraid of the dark". i cringe when you throw down the dark values! I'm thinking "That's too much dark!" followed by "oh! i see!"

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Go for it!!!

Very helpful tutorial paul. Im trying to soak up all your valuable lessons. I appreciate these so much

You've just clarified what I've been doing wrong, by describing adjacent tonal differences. Thank you! I will now go and practise what you have taught. Keep up the good work 😊

@ArtbyPaulClark

Жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

Oh Paul - that Croft with the young lady looks like a sepia print of Grasmere, but it could be anywhere. Thank you. PS Working through your beginners book, thank you again.

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Cool, thanks

Brilliant I love how you just know where to put the darks and highlights

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Glad I can help Carol!

This was so very amazing ...how you make things come alive ... appreciate the way you explain ...as usual forwarding this to my grand daughter ...she loves it .. and want to tell you that some where in Boston another mother and daughter are loving it, painting it and are so full of gratitude ...🙏🙏 Thank you very much indeed ...

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Wow! - So nice of you, many thanks!

So beautifully done!

Great tutorial. I have been going through various tutorials for tonal values and yours was very easy to understand. Thank you

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful and many thanks Beena!

Beautifully executed painting. Thank you for sharing

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

I love watching you create your art.

@ArtbyPaulClark

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Joyce

Wonderful tutorial on one of the most important aspects of watercolours. Thanks a ton, Paul!

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful Ritu! - thanks a ton for watching!

Priceless! now to practice both . Thanks Paul !

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Have fun!

I never knew learning watercolor could be therapeutic. Thanks Paul for wonderful videos.

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure Sandip 😊 so pleased you enjoyed it.

Love the tonal paintings. I have always been drawn to them. Well done and thank you Paul.

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure - any thanks!

Must do these exercises. As a beginner must learn more basic techniques! Thanks. Merry Christmas & Happy 2024.

@ArtbyPaulClark

6 ай бұрын

Same to you!

another thing: congratulation for the music, it's a pleasure to watch this video...the best to relax

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Great explanation and demo. Thanks Paul.

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Very welcome Adam - many thanks.

This was VERY helpful! Thanks so much! Thanks for the templates. You are SO very helpful and so willing to help us paint better. Great videos! Thanks! (and HOW could 6 people NOT like this?? Really...)

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful David - and thanks .... I think those 6 people where me!!

Such a great idea to take a mono photo of my subject. I struggle to see the values sometimes. Not anymore! Thanks Paul. Your videos never fail to make me smile too. What's not to like about a drink break??

@ArtbyPaulClark

5 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Brilliant teaching. Great artist ! Thank you .

@ArtbyPaulClark

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you Paul! Now I’m going round taking mono shots of everything! Tonal value is something I struggle with, but your methods definitely help. I am fascinated with negative painting techniques. Love to see more videos on this.

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to help! and will do!

Amazing lesson. Clear and simple, yet profound. Thank you so much, Paul. I always feel great watching your videos. 😊😊😊

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure Jan! 😊

Imo waterclolor is the most interresting Art for watching. During the process i often think, oh, "this stroke was wrong", or "this color is to dark". But in the result, i m wrong and surprised, what effect each brush stroke has. For me as a beginner its hard to handle, but practice and repeat will take me further. For the beginning its better to limit the number of colors and focus for tones and values and the wetness of the brush/Paper. Monochrome seems to me as a good start and effect very well, how to see in this Video. Thanks for shareing and greetings.

Hi Paul even though this is 2 years old I have just watched it. I’m painting a lot of rock, stone and mountain scenes atm (Dante’s purgatory poem) and going through all your work on KZread that have them as part of your watercolour paintings is so helpful. Thank you so much.

Fabulous video! Loved the Pachelbel and the other music, too. You are really great at producing videos as well as being a master artist and teacher. That was a handy tip about the iphone monochrome settings. Thank you.

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Recently found you on you tube and am now making my way through your great videos. I notice you are from my husband's home area of Hastings and Eastbourne. He went to school in Hastings but we now live in Norfolk for the last 27 years. Shame you are so far away would have loved some classes as you explain things so well. I've been painting for about a year all self taught in lock down really. Loving watercolour but also like to use acrylic ink and translation medium for more abstract work. Trying to improve my drawing skills as I really like line and wash work. Thanks for your videos and being kind enough to share your skills. Michelle Mould

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Michelle - lovely comment. Yes very close to Hastings - in the countryside just outside Bexhill!

Loved your tutorial you are so good 🤗👌🏼👌🏼👍🏼

Thank you so much for your generosity, humour and time.

@ArtbyPaulClark

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure Alan 👍

Great... loved watching this! And so Many others, of course

@ArtbyPaulClark

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

Thank you Paul for an amazing painting love them both awesome tutorial so well explained ,🌻🌻🌻

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

Oh this is wonderful!! Thank you so very much for your amazing instructions & for sharing your God-given talent!! This has helped me a great deal & I, too, love the painting with one color.

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

I am really glad I’ve found your channel! You really have a great way of instructing.

@ArtbyPaulClark

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Thank you Paul, found this one difficult to get any depth in the painting but having another go, practice, practice... lovely picture

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

That's it have another go - and don't be afraid of the dark!!!

I learned a tonal amount of stuff from this video. Thanks, Paul! 😁🎨🖌

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Always a tonal pleasure Gina - cheers! 😁

Un grand merci pour les dessins! I just love your videos!

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

mon plaisir Marie-Joseph, si heureux que vous ayez apprécié!

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

désolé j'ai mal orthographié votre nom! - marie-josèphe!

@marie-josephegirard2150

3 жыл бұрын

@@ArtbyPaulClark I didn't even notice!! As it is pouring down today, I am busy trying to paint the chapel correctly! Have a nice Sunday!

I was really wondering how to work with watercolour in monochrome, and now I have understood. In principle at least. How to bring out a shape using contrasts, you explained that so well. Not sure if I will be able to pull it off, but I will certainly try. Thank you for your invaluable advice. And, yes, the paintings are beautiful.

@ArtbyPaulClark

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful DA!