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March Poll for future tutorials!

  • spring flowers ( write in what types for these!) 61
  • spring landscapes ( example of where - mountain , field, lake, etc) 125
  • coastal scenes ( tropical, east coast, west coast etc.) 110
  • techniques ( write in what type of technique you want to learn below) 41
  • people - I myself am working more on this- people on location , portraits etc. 72
  • still life ( what is you want to see & would like out of a still life write below) 44
  • 2024-03-11
  • 453 votes
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Hello my fabulous Patreons I am doing another poll- last month we concentrated on more urban stuff and this month I am looking to see where you would like to go! Again please do not write in specific animals and science you would like.

I am going to change things up a bit I might do a drawing every other month for a Patreon tutorial of their choice again it can be a place but not a dog breed! thanks!

Comments

Carolyn McClure

Still life: fruit, flowers, dishes, etc.

Louise Sloan Goben

Spring mountains- lakes, reflections, moving water, water falls, etc.

Shelly Beranek

Birds, owls, butterflies, bees, dragonflies

Susan

Spring on the prairie, farmers fields?

Jayne Nye

More beach themes of any type. Sand and sky, water and waves. Marine life..turtles, dolphins, whales etc.

Lyn Foley

Bold washes snd backgrounds and Marc Folly type technique

Julia Lauer

Word art - mixing words or numbers with flowers/vines

ROBIN HERRERA

People- portrait colors etc 🙏🏼

Connie

All kinds of flowers...any season and in vases and without...especially like line and wash

Basia

I would like to see an eclectic assortment of items in the same still life. For example, one flowering a vase, a piece of fruit, a book, with a mannequin hand amidst these items. Or an assortment of different flowers, lying on a table, pointing in different directions with a ribbon hanging off the table. Basically, anything out of the ordinary mixed in with the ordinary.

Martine Schachenmayr

More still life - ordinary objects, food items, table arrangements, etc.

Tara

I want to learn everything. I do want to learn still life. I like to also see more using gouache and ink. (With watercolor). Sea scapes any coast. (Like to see some mountains too) 😂

Mary Alexander

Hydrangeas, iris, crocus, bleeding hearts, forsythia

Vicki L

Still life - same as Martine (ordinary objects, food, arrangements).

Susan Dilger

More still life like the bowl study……

Diana

Would love to do East coast coastal scenes! 🌊🙂

Helen K

Still life with unusual, antique items. Loved bowl study!

Ricki

I love the Monet technique

love.lucy

a spring wreath would be a really fun tutorial ! maybe with peonies or daffidolis:)

Mary H, TN

Any type of lakes or streams, maybe with rocks. A real struggle for me!

Lori Heckman

Spring flowers- bulbs coming up from ground. Might be considered landscape also?

Theresa Fargo

Hi there! I'm feeling like doing a East Coast scene of older ships or old sailing boats riding ocean waves at sea, or abandoned on a craggy coast line.

Andrea Havers

I voted for spring landscapes, and I especially love all the tutorials that include buildings, like a farmhouse or parts of buildings or some lovely flowers in the foreground.

Leanna G

There is a Luminous technique in this video that you can evaluate for us, and potentially teach:

Anne Race

Spring and summer landscapes anywhere. Still life’s with objects or fruit

Beth Maclean

Spring bulbs crocus, hyacinth, daffodils

Wanda Hicks

Still life. Variety of surfaces like glass or ceramics

Ellen Crimi-Trent

I am obsessed with him tempted to take his Classe in NY to see him in person

Leanne Loftus

Ink & wash Spring landscapes…especially a lake scene

Linda Piotrowski

Spring desert landscapes, anything whimsical.

Leanna G

I accidentally pushed send before copying in the link. Its a layering technique that looks interesting

Sandy Olick

Still life, table with vase with flowers, with fruit, berries, oranges, tea cups, oranges, etc

Kathryn Annis

Spring landscapes - fields - especially somewhat abstract, spring flowers - not abstract

Patrice

People! In motion and portraits.

Susan Comstock

Love ink and wash and everything you offer.

mary busse

people/portraits/action

Linda Lee Gilliam

California coast scenes, peonies, forsythia, daffodils, lilacs

Lisa Atkins

East coast beaches/landscapes/ lots of flowers

Lynne Larsen-Miller

Thanks Ellen you have changed my life. I am not an artist but love watercolor.

Lineta

Oregon coast : Twin Rocks, Oceanside, Salmon River Estuary neR Lincoln City

Tatiana Thompson

I am struggling with floral negative technique...I am still 'filling' it in and thus it looks flat and un-alive. My brain is having trouble figuring this out. Thanks.

Tatiana Thompson

I also would like to learn how to paint a sandcastle at a CA beach with a lovely sky

CA D'Amico

(East) Coastals & Spring Landscapes, Your favorite watercolor techniques for intermediates...Would love to learn more on how to narrow down a photo, highlighting the most important features to paint....Thanks So Much for YOUR tutorials, Ellen ~ among my FAVORITE Artists!

Debbie Winston

Love florals. Daisies, pansies, roses, peonies, lilacs, anything

Connie

People at a Cafe, Coffee Shop, Bookstore

Ang D

I wanted to vote to flowers and landscapes. I’m really interested in bouquets

Beverly Dorman

I love interior design and want to learn how to do rooms in pen and wash like the designers do. Requires some drawing skills I could use help with. And perspective!

Kearie

I was thinking about landscape, but, I really love and learn from everything. Thank you 😊 line and wash maybe

Grace Horton

Techiques- painting rocks (shading, color, scraping with card or pallet knife) and different bodies of water ( lake and stream vs ocean)

Cathy Knapp

I love coastal scenes (west coast esp.) and anything with water.

Diana Harmon

Line and Wash Landscapes: Rocky Mountains :)

Rebecca W Guinn

Mountain streams; water flowing over rocks creating eddys around rocks and mini waterfalls over rocks. Gouache works too!

Kimberly Gilley

Stages of life : flowers, forest floor things, birds, small animals, etc. Things for a nature journal. (SE forest trees... We don't have birch and aspens) Love all your ink and wash! Always Love "mini Monday madness"

BSchuman0212

I would like to learn more about shading techniques

Lisa Anziano

Techniques... developing a style. Shading. Painting intuitive, negative space. Glazing, atmosphere....

Robert Shoofey

As simple as it may sound but I need a better technique to apply masking fluid.

Donna Stevens

It’s almost Spring!! We have to do florals, 😊

martha nagle

flowers w the bulbs. Love the hyacinths from several years ago

Mary Susan Gipson

People. Yes. Tropical flowers..amaryllis, hibiscus, gardenia, azaleas, bird of paradise. Beach scenes. I actually love all your tutorials and learn a lot no matter what the subject is. Thank you for that.

Stacey L

People.. and making the carrot/loose/blob people look more realistic (or like people we know)

Jack Veet

There are more than 1 choice for me. People are the hardest to do, so i choose that

R Larson

Real life insects such as butterflies, lady bugs, caterpillar, bees exploring real life wild flower stems and blossoms or in flight. Thanks. U R Awesome

Sylvia Skea

Closeups of spring flowers would be fun. More info about best colors for shading in flowers is always helpful.

Paula

Any landscapes; but mountains and oceans would be great!

Brenda Jones

I don't get to do the tutorials as much as I would like because of my physical health issues. I've been having to do more art in a semi a prone position. So, I've been working more with my Colored Pencils, Watercolor Pencils, and my Inktense Pencils. Sooo, I'm open for anything really.

Sandy Marr

I have a picture of Mt. Ranier that has the mountain reflecting in a lake. There are spring flowers in the front. I would like to know how to break it down to paint.

Debbie Jansen

I would really like to do water water drops water in a vase or reflections on or threw water.

Kathleen Livingston

I am fascinated by skies. Could we do a lesson or two on different skies, sunsets, sunrises, storms, etc.?

Dolores Bowlan

Foliage, grape vines, berries, vegetable plants.

A. Brown

Yes, skies for me too. Or wild flowers.

Jody Bogues

Would love to learn more about urban sketching for the complete novice.

Chris Hartman

I love your flowers. Love the beach scenes and palm trees. I have a hard time mixing greens!

Jean Hawes

Roses, sunflowers and puppy's!

Jean Hawes

Sunsets, palm trees, sail boats sitting in the water at sunrise.

Greg Brenan

any type of plein air watercolor

Karen Lin

Desert landscape with flowering cacti

Laurie Hendricks

Abstract spring landscapes - a wooded view would be cool. Or abstract flowers with birds or butterflies, bees, etc. (for cards). I also love your still life paintings with the bowls and the one with pears and dark background. Thank you, Ellen!

Linda Healey

Goache, also hot press for landscapes, cityscapes

Sharon Supple

I like people. I would street scenes. Buildings. Umbrellas and maybe cape cod -type cottages.

Sharon Supple

How to add a cat or dog to a people picture or a street scene.

jody

Abstract water landscapes! Lakes ,rivers

Chris Shaw

Technique: Specifically how you decide which approach to use for each feature of a painting. Also more sketching/drawing techniques/guidance.

Debra Eudy

I’m interested in learning more techniques, especially in drawing, dimension, sizes, shadows.

Robyn Owen

Quaint city/town streets with shops and people. I like seeing little casual snapshots of life. Like with your ink and wash. My fave❤️

Sally Hogan

Landscapes with flowers. Cool abstracts with metallic paints!

Deborah Eichel

I would love to learn how to begin using acrylics.

Drema Widener

This isn't really a technique I suppose, but I'd love to do more abstract watercoloring.

Barbara Comstock

I loved the bowls in the style of Mark Folly where we tried a new technique and learned about a new artist. I'd love more of that kind of thing, no matter the subject, where we'd learn about an artist we might not otherwise have known.

Donna Henry

Spring landscapes of lakes and/or flowers. How to make lakes reflect the things around them. Thanks Ellen. I have learned so much from you!

Julie

As I am new to all of this, I have to most trouble sketching and would love to learn some tips and tricks. Thank you for your never ending inspiration!

Karen Allison

This might fall into techniques - I would love to learn more about those last finishing touches that seems to take the picture from so-so to awesome. It’s natural that a lot of focus goes into the start of the tutorial and the first steps - but figuring out those last steps - more shading, adding something to make it pop etc is what I’d love to learn.

Manon Desrochers

I would love to learn how to create summer night skies with yellows, oranges & pink to recreate picture I take of the farm fields in the back of my house but I am struggling with the gradient skies. I especially would love to paint these farm building that seems to be enveloped with the yellow sun setting.

Jennifer J Tice

Spring landscapes - meadows with flowers and trees leafing out

Mona Lafleur

I’d love to learn more about coastal scenes… LOVE palm trees and the beach, w/ water…. Grew up in Florida, and have lived in San Diego 35 years. So love those scenes. Thank you for asking ..

Pamela O

Spontaneous Watercolor

Macgurrl

I am open to anything. What comes to mind though are florals because I need more practice. Can we do a watercolour of a cherry tree blossom branch like you did in acrylics? I thought that painting was sublime.

ines

Coastal scenes, East or West, thank you!

Ruby Sugar

Coastal scenes, west (I live in Florida) Techniques: watercolor painting on canvas, sunsets (Florida sunsets are awesome!) I have learned so much from you!!!!

Susan MacEwen

I would love to do more with people or the shapes of people in a location. (Standing on the beach, walking down a street, etc...)

Nancy

lake with field around would be great - no dogs for me but no offense to dog lovers 😉

SIDNEY WENDT

Apparently I missed putting my example of the techniques in the wrong spot. I don’t know if I can delete it.

patricia platten

To be honest, I love anything that you teach us. I would love to work on some larger paintings. The yellow one behind your desk always caught my eye, so pretty. Thanks Ellen.

Jane

Still life - objects from around the kitchen or house. Table settings, collections, dressing table, art supplies.

Ellen Crimi-Trent

That is an oil painting and it’s about 4ft x4ft ! Never will we be doing watercolor that big!!

Marilyn Davis-Prater

Maybe an open drop-leaf desk with contents...(envelopes, stamp holder, pencil/pen, calendar, paper clip, stapler, and of course...a cup of tea)

Lynn Haney

I would enjoy more drawing practice.

Cynthia Penner

Coastal scenes would be great - west coast, specifically Washington state (Olympic Natonal Park, the wild coast) or mountains (not on your list, but hey - worth an ask!)

Rosalind Cuneo

I would love to see techniques for painting reflective surfaces

Talitha Baxter

I put coastal...I was thinking rocky coasts with cliffs. I'm fairly new so if this was already done I can go back. I really enjoy it all! Thanks Ellen!

LIsa Michelle

Coastal like Maine, Cape Cod, rocky, cliffs.

E Stuck

Great Lakes with sailboats ⛵️ But I enjoy everything!

patricia platten

Just remember getting a glimpse of it, had no idea it was that large. I guess I’m thinking a 8x11 is large 🤣

Pamela O

Spontaneous painting

Shanin Ipsen

I put coastal as well - would love something with a dock or ferry

Nedra Baker

Spring landscapes with mountains

Kay Hertz

spring landscapes, and maybe later, people.

Nina Hansen

Northeast coastal scenes. I grew up in Maine and miss the smell of pines, salt water, and mud flats. Learning to paint seagulls would be wonderful. Herring gulls,,especially. Thanks, Ellen, for all that you have taught me!

SusanP

Coastal scenes with rocky cliffs and waves, or harbors with boats and reflections, beach scenes with people in them

Heather Karstens

New England coastal, please. I always love your marsh paintings. They make me feel like I’m actually there looking at the scene and smelling the salty sea air. Thanks for all you do teaching us, Ellen!

Ann DeHoff

I would love to see spring landscapes with bubbling brook or waterfall.

Monica

Spring landscapes, a town in springtime, with flowers...

Julie

I have seen simple watercolor Scandinavian houses - they are so cute! Especially Christmas scenes.

Susan Hines

Portrait tutorials. Portraits of people together doing something. Beach, walking .park...

Vicki

Azaleas, hydrangeas, forsythia, phlox, Mt. Laurels and native dogwoods (western NC) Thanks for asking!

Lisa Moore

Would love to see some tutorials about how/when to use some lesser known brushes like the dagger brush, angled shader, etc.

Cynthia L

Scenes from your European trips😁

Christine Barrett

i would like to learn which brushes to use for what .... similar to what lisa moore was saying