How to Paint Water - Oil Painting Demonstration

It's.comforting to me that even you can be unhappy with your work one day and look at it with fresh eyes the next day and like it ... Seems to be a common thing with artists.

This is great and you make it simple. I'm a marine painter and you have taken the hard mystery out of painting and made it so comprehensible to painters. thank you for doing this. What you do is a gift to the art world.

One of the most skilled artist here on You Tube and a great color teacher.

Thank you! I was struggling trying to paint the lake in a XMas gift I'm painting. NICE paints, too. SO smooth and easy to mix!

Mark, thank you for your videos. They have helped me make so much progress in my painting and have certainly improved my confidence. Keep posting them. I hope to some day be in your area to thank you personally.

I absolutely love your videos. You are very good at breaking the painting process down into smaller, comprehensible pieces. I wish I'd had teachers such as you, I truly do. I found this channel through a simple google-search without ever expecting there would be someone on Youtube to teach me a little bit of everything I never knew I didn't know, from colour theory to methods of painting, from the contents of oil paints to ways of setting up a studio. It is an artist's toolbox holding everything a person needs to either start or progress with oil painting, and it has not only inspired me to paint, but also made me believe I could do so much more than I ever dared dream. From the bottom of my heart: Thank you.

Its a great choice of water- for me perfectly showing that the realistic and the abstract always exist at the same moment and that rhythms is the feeling of nature - its is very beautifull and very inspiring. The more I watched it, the more I could feel the soft rhythms of the water

The beauty of creating art is making it look like it was made with ease and you sir, are a master at breaking down the process of painting, I take my hat off!. I'm so glad that I understand English so I'm blessed with these wonderful art lessons.

Thank you so much for sharing your skill and talent. I've learned so much from you over the years. Truly grateful!

Once again and as always your camera set up , your demonstration AND your detailed ( but not too detailed) explanations are wonderful. Water is so weird, It’s soft with hard edges but colors close to each other. It’s hard but soft. Thank you. Love it. I’m Painting right now with Geneva paint. I like them!

Thank you Mark. I've been following your site for a while now, and am just mid way thru my third painting. It is a seaside cove, and this video demonstrated clearly how to paint water without layering. The first time did not work out too sell, as I basically scumbled the entire water portion of the painting. This time I did it your way, and it looks hugely better. Thank you.

This is such a wonderful and helpful painting and I, for one, am glad you decided to share it with us. Especially because of your uncertainty, which is something we all struggle with.

So many videos of painting wild ocean water, this is perfect for painting ponds and lakes! Thank you so much !!

Mark, you did a fantastic program here. Much appreciated. I learned.

Looks good. I took a long time trying to paint water and this helped a lot.

I love your video showing how you paint. It is always so real looking.

I adore the way you teach, very relaxing ... thank you!!

Just amazing painting mastery - you are the best teacher for your simplicity and clear illustration 😊😍💕❤️

I love your Geneva oil paints so much. I am finally bravely using them and I can't believe I waited this long. Your colors mix so beautifully, and I love the limited palette. I wasted a lot of time and money on trash colors, ugh! I am even using the color checker! We have a common love of Singer Sargent. And, I like the "how to paint this thing" videos. Thank you from Groves, Texas!

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, this water effect is fantastic. Have a Merry and Blessed Christmas.