How to Paint Dark Shadows & Dappled Light in Watercolour 

Thank you for leaving the reference photo visible! ❤

This was one of the most helpful tips I've learned from your tutorials: shadows are not grey but rather a darker version of the shadowed area. HUGE! Many thanks...that tip and details on creating 3D foliage have enhanced my watercolour journey!

So lovely. Feels like you could walk down the path on a beautiful Sunday morning. Have a wonderful trip. I can’t wait to see photos of the trip and the works of the class. Safe travels!!!

Lovely painting as always. Away for two weeks, you will be missed.

Your magic is that you give me the feeling that I can do it too!

Dear paul, no need any comments. I don't have any idea how I can convey my sense of gratitude to you. I really wish one day I could join in your field trip class.

I really enjoyed this. Thank you and have a wonderful time on your cruise and your cycle trip. I always love the after videos of your adventures!

Thank you Paul this is a great tutorial. I I look forward to trying this. Thank you so much again for the invaluable tips and explaining throughout the video of all the things that seem trivial but adds a lot of depth and difference.

So nice 👍🏼 👍🏼

I really like to watch you paint from a photo to see how you interpret the colors and deal with a lot of detail.

Gorgeous, thank you for sharing and safe travels 😊

Beautiful painting Paul ! Wishing you and Margot a wonderful cruise on the Rhone, cheers !

Such a privilege to watch a master at work!

Thank you Paul. Another excellent video for us ‘watercolor hopefuls’. Love the use of different media, showing there are no hard and fast rules or limitations to making a quality piece of art. That’s very useful to know. Enjoy your travels and be safe.

Thank you so much! Enjoyed painting that with you.

Danke Paul für das schöne Video. Ich habe wieder viel gelernt dabei und freue mich, es zu malen. Ich wünsche dir und Margot eine wundervolle Reise. Geniesst eure Ferien. Herzliche Grüsse Christa

Another wonderful tutorial 🤩Always a pleasure. Thanks a lot ! Have a great time on the painting cruise along the river Rhône ! 😎🚴‍♂️ ❤&👍

Watercolor Wednesday , better than Fridays in my opinion ! 😊 This turned out so beautiful Paul , the trees are so gorgeous , and the light on the church is brilliant ! I can’t wait to get started! Also, your music selection is so pleasant in my ear buds , it really gets me in the flow state! Thank you Paul , Blessings to you and Margot ! have fun on your adventures , I can’t wait to see what you bring back to the group !!

So beautiful! I loved seeing that dappled light in the shadows come to life. Will miss your videos, but have a wonderful holiday!

Brilliant Paul, I am working on shadows in pastel. This is so helpful. I love the way you lifted the colors out of the dark wash in the shadows. I’m going to try this one. Enjoy your cruise and holiday. Thank you for sharing this knowledge.

Thank you so much Paul for this great painting. Hope you will have a wonderful trip next week. I love your greens and the shape of the trees - how you painted them. The shadows and the shapes are authentic looking and your rule of 'letting the paint work by itself' is so inpiring. Thank you once more.

It's amazing once again! 🎉 Loved this and all you shared ... shadows, layering, pastel pencils ... and it's lovely how you create a relaxing atmosphere with your music 🎶!!! Have a wonderful holiday and please share some of the great photos! A California Gramma ❤

I always like the way you paint your trees and foliage. Also that little tip for creating light spots in the dappled shadow is very useful. Have a good two weeks.

Just a gorgeous painting Paul! I love all your church paintings because they inspire me so much. When you were painting the dapples on the road, I was thinking hey, I could do that with white gouache on my sea scapes. Have a wonderful time on your cruise and cycling vacations you two. Blessings to you!💗Rita

A pleasure to watch and learn. Thanks, love the dappled and foliage bits.

So beautiful and so well done ❤. Love it!!

Meant to say,loved how you lifted out in the shadows to make dappled light, will try this out

Thank you so much for this tutorial on dappled light - funny we were on vacation and what attracted me to paint an old boathouse on the lake was the dappled patterns on the boathouse from the trees! Also the reflection of the colors from the kayaks in the water!! I always learn so much listening to you explain things and reinforce what have learned from you before. Enjoy your trips and enjoy the moments with friends!! :0)

I love what you did for the dappled light - great tip, thanks for sharing 🙏❤️

I look forward to trying this one because the shadows seem extra interesting. So appreciate your lessons! Hoping you have a marvelous time away! I'm going to have to put off doing this one because of incoming guests this weekend, so I'll make good use of 2 weeks "off." Oh! Thank you for introducing the technical terms too... like "blobby"😂

Sooo Beautiful Paul, it looks real. Thankyou for the shadow tips. Now I am going to pay more attention to them , to see their colors. Great tip that they are not black. ! Maybe that's the mistake we make. And then it looks harsh. 😐 Great layering with different colors to give effect of separation and height. And the dappled light effect. 👌👌🙏🙏 You reach us so much in such a short time. Wish your videos were longer. As they leave us wishing for more. ;) Have a wonderful cruise and well deserved holiday. We will miss your tutorials, but can watch the previous ones to make up till you get back. Take care 💗

So enjoyed watching the paper come alive. A very beautiful tutorial Paul with many helpful tips. Enjoy your painting retreat and then the getaway with friends

Oooooh fun! Lots of learning! Thank you so much, Paul. Have a wonderful cruise and biking holiday. 😊

I was plein air painting yesterday and talking to a friend about struggling with shadows. Now, you've provided me with a way to practice my shadows. Thanks. I'll be sharing with my friend. I hope you have a great vacation, and look forward to hearing about it.

Great thanks Paul, pleased to see you have a nice sunny day there,here in andulucia its been 40 some days, very challenging when ime trying to paint, enjoy your trips,look forward to the tutorials when you get back.

thankyou Paul for the tutorial and tips for shadows. enjoy your cruise and holiday

Great tutorial Paul!! Enjoy your trip!! 😊

So many great tips in one tutorial! Thank you so much Paul! I will definitely try them out! 😃👍

Lovely! Another beautiful cycling trip with the friends. Have fun and wonderful weather! Looking forward to seeing some new spots and landscape photos.

What a beautiful tutorial this week. Thank you so much Paul. And what a great tip for adding in dappled light bu rubbing out some of the dry paint. I do this on water but never thought about it for shadows and dappled light. I love your tutorials so much. I learn so much from them. Thank you 😊

Good morning dear Paul! I greet you and am glad to see you again on my favorite channel and hope to see another interesting video, as always. I wish you good luck and positivity. Bye...bye...🖐️😊🖼️🎨🖌️🖍️♥️♥️♥️😘💋

Thank you Paul for the shadow tips . I love all the tips you share I always learn something

Looks great turner!! Can't wait for your next art video!! See you in a few weeks!!

Thank you for another. Great tutorial. Love the shading on the left bank.

Wonderful video. Enjoy your time away !

Happy holiday Paul and Margot! Please post lots of photos n videos of your travel. And thank you for this generous lovely tutorial, tips and all. ❤

Love and abundance of admiration from Malaysia 💕

Another lovely study and tutorial! Thankyou! Happy Travels! ❤ XXX

Excellent work sir thanks, i will try to paint like you but it's difficult.

Very lovely helpful painting! Enjoy your holidays!

It´s amazing, Paul. I like it very much. Thank you very much.

Lovely painting , shadows were wonderfully captured !

3 weeks?!?! How can I go that long without a new tutorial??? 😭😭😭 Oh well. I guess I will rewatch some of your last videos for the 3rd time. lol. Have fun on your trip! Can’t wait to see the recap for it. Loved this painting. All the tips are so helpful. I may need to try that pen. The shadow trick is good and I’ll try it for sure. Prayers for safe travel for you and Margot. 🙏🏻 Thank you so much for sharing this lovely tutorial with us. ❤

Thanks for sharing. I love it.

Another lovely composition in your wonderful style

Thank you Paul I love this one. I love churches so this was right up my street. Also love the technique you have of dappling the shadows. I always wondered how that was done so I'm going to have to give that a go. This whole painting is lovely. It's so bright and beautiful. Enjoy your 3 weeks away Paul. We all understand you have to get away from it every now and then. ENJOY. Hope you have a great time. Come back safe and we will all look forward to hearing about your travels and your inspirations for new paintings when you come back. By the way. Have you ever thought about doing another book to show us special effects like dappling. And shadows and stuff like that. Etc. I bought your last one. I loved it. Brilliant! Thank you. God bless Paul and Margot. Susan ❤❤❤

My new favorite. Always looking for contrasts!

Beautiful!

VERY helpful! I'll miss you. Have fun!!!!

Mr. Clark’s magic brush strikes again 🎉! Quite lovely work ❤. Cheers 🍻.

This is beautiful. Thank you for sharing. Enjoy your holidays..

Thank you for this wonderful Wednesday watercolor tutorial. Enjoy the holidays.

Wow! You are truly a master watercolorist! Thoroughly enjoyed watching and learning your process. Ive only been painting for 4 years, and now Im trying to learn shadows and light. I hope one day to be able to paint well enough to try one of your tutorials. Wishing you all the best from across the pond.

Absolutely beautiful Paul. Thank you for some great tips. I wish you a great cruise and holiday. Be safe. Stay well, and I look forward to seeing you in a couple weeks.

Such a beautiful watercolour painting. Thanks so much.❤

Brilliant work! Thanks Paul - so many valuable techniques!!

Such a lovely, tranquil painting. Thank you for sharing.

Beautiful, Thank you for your always helpful lessons 😊

I live not so far from l'ile de Bréhat ( Brittany, west of France). .. and I really appreciate what yo paint.

Gorgeous as usual!

Gracias por tus vídeos encontré amor por la acuarela 😊

Very beautiful and inspiring. Thank you for this great tutorial.❤❤

Thank you for this tutorial. I enjoyed this. It's amazing!!! Happy holidays!!

A lovely painting once again. 😍

Two weeks, you will be missed by all of us. Please stay safe and enjoy your biking adventures! Lovely painting BTW.

Very inspiring as always! 🌹 thank you Paul!

Thankyou. Really enjoyed this video. Hope you are having a great time on holiday. Best wishes to you and Margot.

Lovely.. And very useful! Thank u Paul ❤

Thank you Paul for this tutorial ❤

Thanks, Paul, great tutorial. I absolutely must tell you how great it is to be able to see both the painting AND the palette at the same time and observe the wetness and strength of tones you are using: in fact, although I also appreciate the near permanent thumbnail of the photo at the bottom right, for me, it's more instructive to near continuously see your palette. Please, continue to do this ! (And can I use this opportunity to ask, no, BEG you to do a tutorial solely on the techniques of creating reflections in water: I'm trying to paint the Provence Scene you posted 3 years ago and the reflections in the river are killing me! - water coursing down the paper - paint too dry - paint too wet - lifting out not really working ... ) Have a great Rhone trip and a great cycling hol !

Those shadows! Absolutely gorgeous and inspiring me to attempt the effect because I struggle with shadows.

So glad your two weeks are at the same time as mine! 😂 I learn always so much! A million thanks!

Very informative thank you so much Paul

It was great to see the (a) the reference picture, and (b) the mixing palette as you were painting. Thanks for doing that. Happy Splatting !!

This turned out just lovely and I want to paint it next! Thank you for the tutorial and such lovely music. Enjoy your adventures!

Love it! Blank paper and then magic!! Great lesson on shadows and lifting. Safe travels!!

Marvellous amazing painting

It's so much prettier than the photo. Great shadow tips. Thanks and have a great trip.

Great video - thanks for explaining it so well. I love that you offer viewers hope that we can learn complex techniques like shadows in simple ways too - you have a knack for teaching with an approach all can understand. You also make it fun! Thanks for your inspiration.

Thanks Again, For Your Generous Sharing -- Have A Wonderful Vacation!

Absolutely Brilliant! ❤

Thank you so much, really helpful. Beautiful painting

this is fantastic ☺☺

Thank you for going over your materials to start. I find your videos very helpful. Love your work.

Great tips!! Thank you and enjoy your trip!!

Have a great, wonderful time on Rhone Cruise. Beautiful. Is that where the Avignon Papal Palace is? Not too mention lavender fields.

Just loved this one!

Beautiful as always 😍

A real masterpiece!!! 👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋

Lovely painting! Thank you. Have a great cruise and bike journey!