Angela Fehr

Thanks Angela, yours is one of the voices in my head which reminds me that mistakes are just learning opportunities.

Thank you, Angela! A very valuable lesson, indeed!

Excellent, I’m going to share your ideas here with my watercolor students, thanks!

Thank you Angela! I would never have done a second painting of a subject until I took your courses and learned just how much it can teach me. It gives me permission to be bolder, take more risks, and practice more what-ifs. So interesting to see the differences in your do-overs!

I need to just do it since I have abundant time, art supplies, etc.

My thoughts went the way of a cornucopia at first, but then I decided to show abundance of something else. Loved watching you create your abundance!

Gorgeous as always Angela! Thanks for sharing with us!

Fascinante, Angela, me gusto mucho, como se fue combinando los colores y dando transparencia

Thank you for this tutorial. I love them all and learn something with everyone. I love growing in my love for watercolor and becoming a heart led fearless artist ❣️

Thank you Angela! I believe I am tapped into an abundance I would never have imagined or asked for, I’m just grateful and now I have to use it (fearlessly) and enjoy it and share it!

I love when spontaneity makes a painting come alive!

I enjoyed watching a mistake turn to magic!

Hmmmm Angela! I haven’t quite decided what mistake to start in on today, but I feel encouraged to get started!😁😄😆 Thank you as always for blessing us with teaching graciousness for ourselves in the process!

Having spent my life as a klutz (and proudly owning it), I can get behind this philosophy. It’s could for many things in life beyond painting, as well!

Ok, I was spontaneously inspired. I actually picked up my Loose Goose of course!

I first found Angela from Doodlewash and have been a fan ever since. Thank you for all you do for the watercolor community Angela!

Wonderful post Angela! Your voice echoes in my ear as I log those brush stokes, experiment and play. I count you as one of the major influences in my painting journey. Thanks for all that you share!

I love this message. Thanks, Angela, for sharing so much about your journey and evolution as a painter.

Your tutorials are always so encouraging and full of wisdom!

I enjoyed the video very much. But instead of feeling encouraged, I feel daunted. The chasm between your free style and where I am today as a painter feels enormous. But I have one thing in common with you. I am stubborn and unwilling to give up.

Thank you Angela! I so enjoyed watching your brush create magic.

Still doing this Angela!

As usual, your work and wisdom are inspirational, Angela!

It was so fun watching you play, Angela! I try to play every day, and sometimes, that’s when interesting things happen.

I always enjoy Angela’s insights. Thank you for sharing!

Far to often we mess up because we judge ourselves by others’ rules. I paint with watercolor and acrylic. The best, my best work happens when I just play. Watching children create is a lesson for us all. They just pick up the brush and paint. I always am amazed and ask them how and why they did what they did. The always say,” I don’t don’t I just painted. There’s so much power in that. One artist might say these are the five msitakes that you make. I say there are tips to help us but we should always question and explore.

Interact with the paint…that’s the plan! Pour it out…there’s another one.
Do I have time to play today?….I think I can do that.

I must remember to pay that bill first however, oh yes, those close need folding…but play WILL happen.

Sometimes the cheap paper frees us to try things we wouldn’t on the good stuff! Funny how that works!

I really feel like creativity comes in a place of the unexpected and surprise – so I need play to make that happen!

Oh, I always take self portraits way too serious! That’s a really good idea!

Fascinante, muy bueno el vídeo

Angela I love painting nature in watercolor. Letting watercolor play while doing that makes me happy!

i’d say so but our thoughts get in the way.

Well said! And thank you for another wonderful lesson.

Great tutorial and inspiration!!! Thank you. 🙂

Lovely paintings!👏💕👏 Thanks for sharing!🙏

Yes it’s how I love working with color too. I have studied and taken notes on arious sources regarding color but the best is painting and mixing. I did that last night and it was amazing.

This is so much fun Angela. Loved this tutorial. Thank you for your generosity.

Thanks for sharing Angela!

Another fantastic tutorial, Angela! I’ve often wondered how many people are scared away from watercolor because they believe you have to be technical. Your method is much more organic!

I’m one of Angela’s many fans! She brings joy and excitement to her lessons while being gentle and kind. Thank you for sharing!

Having fun with watercolor is so motivating and freeing – there’s no wrong way to learn how to paint in watercolor!

I agree! Allowing watercolor a chance to do its thing makes it come alive.

Thanks for sharing Angela!

Thank you for a fabulous tutorial Angela! I just met with a group of water painting friends for a day of painting, and your name came up several times because so many of them have been inspired by your work and your tutorials.

Angela, nice technique! You’ve captured the simplicity of watercolor so well and the end result is so pleasing!

Angela, you and your works are so inspiring! And your florals are some of the best!!!

Wonderful tutorial!💕 Thanks for sharing!🙏

Great article from a wonderful artist and teacher. I’ve had the opportunity to take several of Angela’s classes and enjoy her kind, gentle guidance and the online environment that fosters.

Wish I had read this article before I tried to paint the “loose and free” prompt. I’ll keep trying, using your suggestions.

As always, Angela, you get right to the heart of the matter. Thank you for another great article!

I love your tips, you are very inspiring and your teaching method speaks to my heart and inner artist.

So cool and I just may try this for a zazzle design challenge. I’m painting trees …Xmas trees and maybe this will work. I could paint bulbs…thanks

Great demonstration video. Thank you.

Great article Angela!

Yeeesssss! This is me: this is what I love best. I struggle sometimes with the urge to just mix colours and water and play with them, since I wind up with some puddles of colour that aren’t actually… a thing. But I still do it sometimes cause it’s just too much fun. Going to look for your videos and class. Thanks for this post!

Love Angela…as person and as artist…So beautiful colors and It gives us great joy and a great freedom of brushstrokes … I liked it very much

Thanks Angela…just what I needed to see in regards to this journey I’m on.😎🎨

(I put this at the end of your own article as well, under the video. No sense of direction here, sorry):

Angela the crack in the veneer reveals a new path. Overcoming that crack of fear and resistance is my greatest challenge in art and in writing. Your post backs a dream I had earlier this morning that shows that we have to pass Fear And Resistance in order to go FAR (to move at all, actually, but acronyms work better than long winded sentences).

You seem however to make the painting look absolutely delicious as you light up the page. Ah bliss!

Angela, I really appreciate your encouragement! I’ve been a “closet watercolor abstractist (sic)” since moving to the desert and starting a new series of work. My efforts are in my journal; small starts that I thought I’d work from. Now, with your wonderful presentation, I feel I can play on larger sheets with carefree abandon!

I definitely admire the skill of an artist that can paint with photo-realism but I seldom feel an emotional connection to their work. Abstracts always touch me in a way that I can’t find in any other way. Great article, Angela!

Thank you for reminding how fun it was to just create abstract backgrounds! Love, love, love your work and article. Thanks for the inspiration!

Who cares what they think, just paint. Compare your work to your past work, not anyone else’s. I love to paint atmospheric, loose but so far have not received reply as to how that differs from abstract. I wonder if those are one and the same?