Unlocking Creativity: Experimenting with Watercolour Hummingbird Paintings

Discover how to transform your art through fearless experimentation in this watercolour tutorial! I’ll share tips on using graphite and colour studies to paint a beautiful hummingbird, highlighting the importance of practice and creativity. Learn how to enhance your skills with watercolour techniques, from wet-on-wet to using opaque white paint. Join my creative community for more in-depth tutorials and art inspiration.

watercolour painting, experimentation, graphite study, colour study, hummingbird painting, art tutorial, Louise De Masi.

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Hummingbird painted with kind permission from Mark Holsapple - photographer

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⏰Time Stamps
0:00 Introduction
3:00 Hummingbirds
3:27 Graphite Study
4:39 Painting the colour study
7:42 Painting the final version
9:20 Both versions of the Hummingbird
10:16 The 3 finished versions and outro
11:02 Hummingbird tutorial
11:50 Bloopers

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[LouiseDeMasi]

Love experimenting with your art? 🌟 In this video, I share how experimenting with graphite and colour studies helped me paint a beautiful hummingbird. What’s your favourite technique to try? Let me know in the comments! Don’t forget to check out my Skillshare classes and blog for more tips and inspiration. 🎨✨

[debt]

Every time I'm having a problem with a painting, I discover an answer on your videos. I've been painting for years, and I still learn something new with every painting, and I appreciate your contribution to that process.

[cathyriach]

"winging it" and "on the fly" ?😂 Beautiful painting - thank you.

[Cam-lres]

Recently my therapist suggested that i should do some activities or have more hobbies to help with my anxiety and depression, so i decided to start painting with watercolor, It's difficult but it's much more fun than other types of paint, and your videos have helped me a lot, your calm explanations are more comfortable to listen to because I'm autistic and I think others Artists are a little more fussy bothering me, thanks for sharing your knowledge with us ❤

[daredreamdo]

Many thanks to artists as yourself for these videos. They really really help. My achilles heel as always been shadowing and putting colors together that look good. What has really helped is Daniel Smith's interactive chart (on their website) for putting the right colors together, but you have to know to pick colors at opposite sides of the crosshairs that are furthest away from each other. There is a color comparison feature that will show complementaries if there are any, but a lot of those newer non-traditional colors do not have complimentaries and you have to figure out which ones are visually appealing next to other colors, which is time consuming. Having videos demonstrating color collaborations is extremely helpful. All the best! 🙏✌

[dao]

Louise, you have been my favorite watercolor teacher forever, since I first began just prior to covid. You are a great teacher; thank you for your wonderful insights and demonstrations.
You have definitely developed your own style and it's beautiful :)

p.s. I hope little Leo is well.

[Matriarch]

I’m SO envious of your detail ability. How does one become so proficient?

[colleenmcchesney]

Oh I love 💕 all three for different reasons. The little man did move (running) in the background during the video. Thanks so much for sharing this video. Enjoy the weekend!

[Linda-pgso]

My drawing skills have dramatically improved through your tutorials, Louise. I practise in my visual diary more often, before painting. 🤗👍🇦🇺

[WilliamYorkston]

Talk about mind reading on the way home saying to my daughter maybe hummingbird next on my list .

[amandastratton]

lovely demonstration Louise, thank you for sharing all with us x

[iarascastro]

Olá Louise, sou admiradora de seus trabalhos. São lindos ! Vc é uma simpatia . Seu novo visual está ótimo !
Fico admirado com a beleza de suas aquarelas . Sou sua fã. Um grande abraço.

[helengill]

Ive just started following you, wow i love how you graphite then watercolour, i use graphite, i want to be able to watercolour, but my ocd gets in the way, but following you i maybe able to have a go 😊

[marciawalker]

Again your new do is so flattering!! And the top makes your eyes pop!!! And of course love the video…always a positive learning experience.

[shric]

You look so different in this video. I love your lovely bird. It's just so beautiful. Thanks ♥️

[k.elmaraghy]

Your graphite is as good as your watercolor ... wish i these skills under my sleeve ... but i get discouraged easily ...

[suel]

Gorgeous Rufous or Allen’s Hummingbird. I can’t tell the difference.

[sujanithtottempudi]

Louise..I'm aware landscape isn't your genre ..but I really want your style of wet on wet in landscape or cityscape please

[kimberlyrombaut]

Fantastic video on how to do some studies before settling on a way to paint something 🥰 do you free hand sketch the graphite study?

[OnlyJewell]

Oh the puns, they're hilarious! Did Dom come up with them? 😂