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Susan Chiang
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Hi, I'm Susan, and thanks for checking out my RUclips channel!
I'm a former architect who found her way back to art through watercolors. On this channel you'll find simple tutorials, process videos, and informative time-lapse videos that hopefully help you feel inspired to put some paint onto paper.
The information I offer here is based on my own experiences - even if sometimes it's limited. I believe there's always more to learn and that we are all a "work in progress". What I have to share is what I know to the best of my knowledge in the moment the video is made. Please take what you find is helpful and leave what you think is not.
Ultimately I hope you feel inspired and that these videos help you in some way wherever you are in your journey!
Hope you enjoy them!
Susan @susanchiang_
I'm a former architect who found her way back to art through watercolors. On this channel you'll find simple tutorials, process videos, and informative time-lapse videos that hopefully help you feel inspired to put some paint onto paper.
The information I offer here is based on my own experiences - even if sometimes it's limited. I believe there's always more to learn and that we are all a "work in progress". What I have to share is what I know to the best of my knowledge in the moment the video is made. Please take what you find is helpful and leave what you think is not.
Ultimately I hope you feel inspired and that these videos help you in some way wherever you are in your journey!
Hope you enjoy them!
Susan @susanchiang_
How I Organize My Watercolor Palette
If you like having an organized palette that looks aesthetically pleasing but also happens to fall in an order that makes some sense, here’s a bit of insight into how I arrange and document the colors in my watercolor palette.
🌟 FREE easy-to-reference guide of my 12-Color Palette: bit.ly/free-12-color-palette
Or see the list below:
My Paint Colors
Imidazolone Yellow [Holbein] - PY154
Permanent Yellow Deep [Daniel Smith] - PY110
Pyrrol Orange [Daniel Smith] - PO73
Pyrrol Crimson [Daniel Smith] - PR264
Quinacridone Magenta [Holbein] - PR122
French Ultramarine [Daniel Smith] - PB29
Phthalocyanine Blue [M.Graham] - PB15:3
Indanthrone Blue [Daniel Smith] - PB60
Royal Blue [Sennelier] - PB15:6, PW6, ...
🌟 FREE easy-to-reference guide of my 12-Color Palette: bit.ly/free-12-color-palette
Or see the list below:
My Paint Colors
Imidazolone Yellow [Holbein] - PY154
Permanent Yellow Deep [Daniel Smith] - PY110
Pyrrol Orange [Daniel Smith] - PO73
Pyrrol Crimson [Daniel Smith] - PR264
Quinacridone Magenta [Holbein] - PR122
French Ultramarine [Daniel Smith] - PB29
Phthalocyanine Blue [M.Graham] - PB15:3
Indanthrone Blue [Daniel Smith] - PB60
Royal Blue [Sennelier] - PB15:6, PW6, ...
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Picking Colors For My Watercolor Palette - 2024
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This year is the first year I feel like my color choices are grounded in actual color knowledge and in that way, the color choices feel more intentional than previous palettes. In this video, I break down my color choices into groups starting with core primary colors and expanding the palette from there. 🌟 FREE easy-to-reference guide of my 12-Color Palette: bit.ly/free-12-color-palette ➜ Color...
Watercolor Brush Strokes for Beginners
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If you’re a beginner just getting started with watercolor, these are 2 exercises you can do to practice brush control and become familiar with your supplies. 🕐 TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 00:44 Supplies 01:20 How I Hold My Brush 05:37 Exercise 1: Thin Lines 19:07 Exercise 2: Thick Lines 26:07 What to do next 🖌 Supplies Used - Paper: Legion Stonehenge Aqua Coldpress, hand torn to 5x7 size bit.ly/3W6M...
Ink and Wash Window 3 Ways for Beginners
Просмотров 2,7 тыс.9 месяцев назад
If you’re a beginner, ink & wash is a great way to play around with watercolor without all the pressure being on the painting part. Here are 3 ways you can play around with the ink & wash style using one window. 📷 Reference Photo: unsplash.com/photos/bWwGVdXARdU 🕐 TIMESTAMPS 0:57 Single-line ink contour & wash after 3:00 Wash first & ink sketch after 4:25 Sketch, Ink & Wash 💫 RELATED VIDEOS ruc...
Beginner Watercolor Supplies | Meeden Review
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Sharing a review of a few budget-friendly watercolor supplies (linked below!) that are great for beginners by a brand called Meeden. Save 10% off at Meedenart.com by using the coupon code Susan10 at checkout. 🕐 TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 00:32 18-Well Porcelain Palette 03:24 Watercolor Paint Set - 24 Tubes 06:43 Watercolor Brushes - Set of 10 10:13 7x10 Watercolor Block 13:07 Overall Summary of Rev...
Sketchbook Tour Artful August 2023
Просмотров 1,1 тыс.11 месяцев назад
Taking you on a short tour of my second annual completed sketchbook for Artful August - a month-long challenge inspired by colors. Completed with the wonderful, inspiring community inside paintwithmecommunity.com 🕐 TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Introduction 0:15 Quick 2023 Sketchbook Flip Through 2:09 Longer 2023 Sketchbook Flip Through 7:03 Comparing Artful August 2023 and 2022 sketchbooks 💫 RELATED VIDEOS ...
5 Techniques I Use for Looser Painting
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Here are 5 different techniques I find myself using when I paint along with examples of them being used in 5 sketchbook entries I made during a week of painting from the color prompt sapphire blue. 🕐 TIMESTAMPS 5 Techniques I Use for Looser Painting 00:47 Use a Variety of Strokes 01:45 Vary Pressure Roll 02:42 Work Wet 04:02 Simplify Forms 04:54 Get Globby & Streaky ruclips.net/video/LT5h5t2fiJ...
Citrine Yellow Watercolor | Artful August
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5 days inspired by the color citrine yellow. Citrine yellow can range from light yellows all the way to earthy ochres. For me, the color inspired deeper, warmer yellow tones. 🕐 TIMESTAMPS 00:36 Day 1 - Abstract Crystals 02:03 Day 2 - Citrine Crystals 04:26 Day 3 - Abstract Play with Brusho 06:30 Close-up of Brusho 07:04 Day 4 - Squash Blossoms 08:39 Day 5 - Color Play 09:19 Color comparison swa...
Watercolor Mark Making | Coming back from a creative break
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Watercolor Mark Making | Coming back from a creative break
Mixed Media Watercolor and Colored Pencil Row Boat
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Mixed Media Watercolor and Colored Pencil Row Boat
Swatching Watercolor Crayons | Unboxing & First Impressions
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Swatching Watercolor Crayons | Unboxing & First Impressions
Watercolor Supply Organization + Home Office Tour
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Watercolor Supply Organization Home Office Tour
How NOT to Paint Loose Watercolor Flowers
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How NOT to Paint Loose Watercolor Flowers
3 Watercolor Sketchbook Recommendations
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3 Watercolor Sketchbook Recommendations
Sketching Before Painting | Rainy Day Walking Figure
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Sketching Before Painting | Rainy Day Walking Figure
Watercolor Techniques to Practice Loose Greens | Clover Studies
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Watercolor Techniques to Practice Loose Greens | Clover Studies
3 Tips for Painting Wet on Wet | Watercolor Rabbit
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3 Tips for Painting Wet on Wet | Watercolor Rabbit
Sketchbook Flipthrough | First 5 pages of 2023
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Sketchbook Flipthrough | First 5 pages of 2023
Watercolor Christmas Gift Tag - Snowy Ornament
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Watercolor Christmas Gift Tag - Snowy Ornament
Artful August | Mixed Media Watercolor Sketchbook Flipthrough
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Artful August | Mixed Media Watercolor Sketchbook Flipthrough
How to Remove Watercolor Palette Stains with Olive Oil
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How to Remove Watercolor Palette Stains with Olive Oil
Watercolor Beach Waves | Summer Postcard Inspiration
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Watercolor Beach Waves | Summer Postcard Inspiration
Blurry Background in Watercolor | Wet-on-Wet Practice
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Blurry Background in Watercolor | Wet-on-Wet Practice
Monarch Butterfly Watercolor Painting
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Monarch Butterfly Watercolor Painting
Ink and Wash Watercolor Blue Doorway
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Ink and Wash Watercolor Blue Doorway
Hi Susan, I actually do put my colors similar to this...but I put my earth tones next to the dark but also in pairs. I love this color wheel it helps a lot.Maria
Hello 🤗 Susan 🌹 Thank you for sharing your Pallette Set Up for your Watercolour Paints and your Colour Chart both were very helpful Hope you have a Wonderful Weekend ☺️🌹💌🖌️🎨📚🦄🤗🩷🩷
You are so welcome! Hope you have a wonderful weekend too!
@@SusanChiang Thank you too ☺️
Thank you.
You're welcome!
I have all of my earthy tones next to my yellow followed my my other spectral colors. My neutrals are with my earth tones when I keep them on my main palette. And if I don’t have space it will be on a small separate palette and use what I have for a grey or anything else that will fall in the grey to black spectrum.
Yes I do think this makes sense - to keep earth tones next to yellow and together. I was looking to add another earth tone and realized I would want to keep them together!
This helps a lot! Thanks! I already have a plastic palette with all of my paints (30) and then a ceramic palette with the colours that I felt that I would use the most often, even though I don’t paint that often or nearly as much as I would like. I didn’t understand why artists put their colours in certain places, so I did ROYGBIV, with my ‘neutrals’ at the end. I’m still learning about warm and cool hues within a pigment, so if I was to do it again, to make it less confusing, I’d probably separate my warms from my cools, so that painting isn’t so intimidating for me.
I've definitely seen people do palettes where warm and cool are separated from each other. I love how our brains all work differently and different arrangements seem to 'work' for each of us!
I’ve learned a lot on RUclips and Pinterest to be honest 😂 I like Jane Blundell’s starter suggestions, which she does in 3 colors, 4 colors, 5 and 6, I believe. The four color one probably suffices for hand picked tubes (py97, po71, pr122, pb15 red shade). I would add lunar black/mars black for texture/granulation and leave ultramarine out for a later discovery. I also like a set by you on Pinterest with ultramarine, rose and lemon yellow and three other colors. That’s a very good non toxic palette to start with. Most limited starter palettes are usually safe. I can’t remember my college tubes but I remember my color wheels had very moody near-black purples. My first professional set was over ten years later after I had quit art for years and that was Daniel Smith essential 6 and I’ve been obsessed with watercolors since then.
RUclips and Pinterest and the internet is full of information - lots to learn...too much sometimes! Jane Blundell is amazing too (I know I didn't mention her in the video but totally agree).
❤ I'm very much enjoying your channel! Love your little bio snippets too. I'm empathetic to your autoimmune life - I'm glad you are making the 'most of your life' in such a beautiful way!
Thank you so much for such a kind comment. <3
Stillman and Birn make a variety of sketchbooks and they are excellent in my opinion, take gouache and Gansai Tambi watercolors beautifully. Etcher is extremely expensive and unless you’re producing high end work, seems a bit much. Also I wonder why a sketchbook (as opposed to WC paper for full finished paintings) needs to be archival?
Stillman and Birn have great sketchbooks with nice thick paper - I do love it for gouache and some watercolor painting (as long as it's not super wet) When I paint very wet it doesn't allow water to move around the way other paper in other sketchbooks do - so I guess I think of it more like a really nice mixed-media sketchbook. I can agree with you that Etchr is expensive - probably why I don't use it for random doodles! Hmm. And when it comes to them being archival, perhaps it's just that extra insurance that your sketchbook pages wont end up yellowing over time and deteriorating? (though I'm aware that would take a LONG time)...Not that my sketchbooks have anything that valuable in them that they would need to last forever... Now I'm just pondering too! :)
Hello 🤗 Susan 🌹 Thank you for sharing this Short Video I'm wondering what is the name of the brush that you are using? Enjoy your Weekend ☺️🌹💌🖌️🎨📚🦄🤗🩷🩷
Hi! It's a Silver Brush Black Velvet - it's a size 10 I believe!
@@SusanChiang Thank you Susan 🌹
SO UNDERRATED!
🙃
@@SusanChiang It deserves so many likes :(
@@EnchantedR that’s so nice of you to say, but comments like yours are more than enough/even better ❤️ so thank you!
Hello 🤗 Susan 🌹 I'm looking forward to seeing your Watercolour Painting in this book you made Very Nice also Congrats 🎉🎉 Enjoy your Weekend ahead ☺️🌹💌🖌️🎨📚🦄🤗🩷🩷
Hi! Thanks :) I’ll definitely share what I filled it with ❤️
I’d say you are amazing at them.
You are so kind! Thank you for saying that
That was pretty damn nice good work
Thanks 👍🏼
I think this would make a great Christmas card!
That’s a nice idea - I may just try it ;)
Really interesting. Well-described, too.
I’m glad you found it interesting too, I know I did when I learned about it.
Very very interesting!!! Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video. Clearly explained and and demonstrated using the updated colour wheel. Really like the fact it shows you where the pigments lie on the wheel. Very helpful. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you - I'm glad that it came across clearly. And I agree - I really like the color wheel with the pigments mapped on it!
Wonderful presentation and explanation, Susan! This has led me on a new discovery related to color theory and use. I am relatively new to painting, with watercolor as my passion. Time to go through my paint supplies and analyze my palette.......but more importantly, to PAINT with my palette.!
So glad you found it useful! Lots to discover about colors - I am still learning as well...but as you mentioned - it's more important to actually use our paints :)
This is super helpful and informative. And it makes so much sense. Thanks for sharing all this and all the links as well
You're so welcome! And of course, happy to provide links to great resources that I've learned from!
Wow! I learned SO MUCH from this video! I’d never heard that colors lose saturation when you mix them - but it makes what I’ve been seeing (and didn’t question) make sense! I learned so many things. FANTASTIC!
Yes! I feel like we know/see that colors lose saturation and are more dull but we don't often stop to think about it being an actual physical characteristic/result of paint mixing. If you're interested, highly recommend looking into the curved mixing paths of paint pigments (The Color Disk explains it well) My mind was blown when I found out you can actually estimate the path two colors take when mixed together!
Ahmmaaayyyziiinngg!! Now it all makes sense. I’ve started my palette following your last palette update. Guess it’s time to review and refresh!
I'm so glad it makes more sense to you too now! Hope you have fun refreshing your palette ;)
This is EXTREMELY helpful! Thank you! I’m just beginning to learn. I’ve heard of colours having a warm or a cool bias. Out of curiosity, are the yellows, blues and red/magentas a combination of cools and warms or just one or the other? I really love bright paintings too and colours that stand out. I love the second colour wheel that you created with the additional secondary colours to make the brighter tertiary colours, so now you have a wider range. Thanks!
I'm glad you found the video helpful! And great quesiton about the warm/cool bias...I hadn't actually sat down to take a close look at this! My yellows are both warm, my blues and reds/magentas are a combination of both.
Thank you for sharing your palette decisions and thought behind each one. A fun watch! I consider your insights valuable because I love both your style and subjects. I used a slightly different method for my everyday palette because I wanted the properties of certain pigments as much as the color. Thank you again for this video--it's a gem!
Adding in consideration for the *properties* of the pigments is a whole other level - I love that you did that too <3
I'm curious, how do you go about selecting colors for your palette? (No wrong answers here, of course!)
Thank you so much Susan for explaining color theory so beautifully...this has helped me to better choose and use the Colors in my pallete..
Oh my goodness thank you for such kind words - though I'm sure there are others who explain it much better than I did! But I'm very glad it was helpful!
I always enjoy learning artists picks when it comes to colours, brushes etc. I had been eyeing that Monte Amiata, but think I can do with my current yellow/gold one. It is easy for me to fall into temptation of wanting more colours, so I have had to remind myself that more is not always better.
I love seeing what other artists use as well - but it can definitely be easy to fall into that temptation of buying more colors (I have fallen into that trap many times!) What color are you currently using out of curiosity - if you don't mind sharing?
@@SusanChiang I have Daniel Smith's Quin Gold (and I believe the original formulation before they changed it). That is my warm yellow.
@@maryalgar8779 Oh yes, well that is a wonderful color - and I believe no longer available, so quite a prized pigment you have! I never used it - but I've heard!
@@SusanChiang Most of my colours are M. Graham as these were more readily available and somewhat less expensive. M. Graham paints are honey-based (as you no doubt know) and the pigments are intense so a little goes a long way. When I first delved into watercolour, I was watching The Mind of Watercolor with Steve Mitchell and he was raving about M. Graham.
Hello 🤗 Susan Thank you for sharing your Colour Palette Hope you don't mind but I took notes of it I really appreciate your videos Thank you Hope you have a Wonderful Week ☺️🌹💌🖌️🎨📚🦄🤗🩷🩷
Hi! You're so welcome - I put it here so that it could be of use for anyone who needs it :)
Hello 🤗 Susan 🌹 Thank you for sharing this video Glad to see again enjoy your weekend ☺️🌹💌🖌️🎨📚🦄🤗🩷🩷
Thank you so much! <3 Hope you had a good weekend as well!
@@SusanChiang your very welcome and thank you I did 🖌️🎨🦄🤗🌹
Hi Susan!! Love the welcoming intro ;)!
Thank you <3
I like your teaching style!
Thank you for the kind words. I'm glad to hear that and hope my videos are helpful!
We miss you Susan ❤️
You are sweet - thank you, hopefully back to posting more frequently!
Fascinante y divertida la clase
Beyond beautiful
Your videos are lovely. Which one did you prefer? I think i like the third one best..BUT i really like the differences too. I think development of my own style will come from trying these three...then taking what i believe is the best of each. 😊
Thank you so much for the kind comments -I think your idea/approach is the best way to develop your own style (try on different ones and take what feels best/most natural) :) It's hard to pick a favorite but for this set, I like the one where I did the wash first and the ink lines after - though the process didn't feel the "easiest" if that makes sense!
Absolutely beautiful
Ive just found your channel. This is second video im seeing. I like your style very much...but i see you haven't made any new videos for a while 😢. Hope you do soon. 😊 There's a flip through of this sketchbook i think...thats the joy of time travel 😊 ...im going to watch that next. Thankyou.
Welcome to the channel and thank you for all the lovely comments you've left! <3 I took a short break and am definitely planning on posting more videos soon :)
@@SusanChiang I'm so pleased.
Thankyou, Susan. What a beautiful little painting. The shadows are perfect. Its very hot here in Greece, the shade around that door looks cool and realistic. Lovely 😊
Soooo happy to have found this. I set up my viewfinders last night and knew something wasn't right. I'll be fixing them tonight, you rock!
So awesome to have seen this segment:):)😅
very good and helpful tutorial! i hope i'll get to try this tutorial soon. thank you so much for showing how u did this wet on wet technique and explained about the process of your thought processes while painting.
the word you are looking for is Gouche, they look and behave like Gouche. This is because Holbein lack dispersion....
thanks I now can get back to reading the book
Thank you for your wonderful video. Would you be happy to tell me the name of the gorgeous colour 3rd in from the left in your palette, the soft salmon/peach colour please?
Sorry for the late reply! The color is Shell Pink by Mission Gold :)
I didn’t see anyone else asking-what are the bits of tape at the top and bottom seam line of each of the square book pages? I’ve never noticed those before.
Hi! (Late reply) but I this particular book the pages were falling out so I had to tape them with a bit of tape. I believe it was because this batch was made with glued seams rather than stitched but they have since changed the construction of the sketchbook. Good question!
Hahnemuhle 250gsm 100% Cotton Sketchbook, is the best quality I've seen. Their Mould made sheets, are second to none in terms of quality. Hahnemuhle makes the best quality papers in my experience, better even compared to Arches,Waterford etc..
Thank you! I just picked up some Hahnemuhle to try out.
@@SusanChiang In my experience, they make the best quality out there. The rest is personal preference. Hope you enjoy their papers, as much as I do!
Gorgeous paintings ❤❤
0 seconds ago Hi, Can I ask you how you decide what colours to use when painting in the background on the right hand side of your painting to give the imptression of dense background foliage? Many thanks
Hi! (Late reply, but here's my answer) I tend to look at the reference photo and draw from what I see. It sounds obvious but I also know that it isn't. In a photo/reality we see a lot more details - sometimes I try to pick the most dominate or overall color - so if it was blurred out, what is the main color? Then I go for that as a starting point. If it's obviously green foliate, but has darker areas then my base is green and I will mix in the browns/dark neutrals from the shadow areas - both in the base mixture of the color, ans as well as dots/speckles/marks. Hope that makes sense!
@@SusanChiang Thank you. I appreciate you taking the time to answer my question
Hi, Can I ask you how you decide what colours to use when painting in the background in this painting? I have seen people use a similar approach when painting dense background foliage ie in a woodland scene. Many thanks
ECHO "wish you talked us through what you were doing" ...as all my favorite tutorials do! It's so hard to figure out which color you're choosing to put in etc. by just looking. And some of your techniques are hard to hone in on without stopping and starting over and over. I do love what you do and your overall approach to painting, thank you.
Thank you for your feedback! As I’ve continued to film and edit more and more videos over the years I’ve definitely developed a better understanding of what is more helpful from the viewers standpoint! Been thinking about refilming a new version of this slower (and with more painting experience!) stay tuned!
Love and thanks.
I’m so confused