How to Simplify Your Reference Photos (For Watercolor)

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The scenes of everyday life and the beauty of nature are often the inspiration for painting after painting. As we collect photos of these scenes, it is tempting to forget that our job is more than just rendering reality.
Even as you are painting from a reference photo, you should feel empowered to make these necessary changes, infuse your point of view into the scene, and leave your mark on it.
You are in control of what gets included in your painting. You get to decide how things are arranged. You are allowed to emphasize what you think is most interesting.
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@urgmail-bz6fr 2 года назад

Wonderful!

@learntopaintwatercolor 2 года назад

Thank you!

@j-dub8399 10 месяцев назад

I wish you had some more step-by-step tutorials. I love your instruction and mindset.

@stunni72 2 года назад

Thank you for addressing this subject. I have always thought that I jumped the fence when I leave out something and move things together instead of messy bushes or such... I usually do it when elements I love are to far apart and there are unruly messy elements that I don't like.... But thinking of composition it makes so much sense....

@learntopaintwatercolor 2 года назад

Glad you liked it, Stinna!

@1Skymed 2 года назад

As Bob Ross used to say, "It's your painting, you can make it look like anything you want", and that's why we are painters as opposed to photographers.

@learntopaintwatercolor 2 года назад

That’s right. Good words from Bob.

@jennymendoza1017 5 месяцев назад

i love this info- as a beginner i do have the tendency to put just about everything from the reference photo. thanks Matthew. you're a dear.

@tezoodle 2 года назад

Thanks Matt, it's really good to see how you can change "reality". As a newbie to watercolour, I tend to chase the details and try to reproduce the photo, but I'm learning to simplify. And your video has really helped with that. Thank you 🙏

@BZSchnoodle Год назад

Love, Love, Love this lesson! Thank you!!

@learntopaintwatercolor Год назад

So glad!

@sam_rashba Год назад

Actually one of the most valuable lessons. I often struggle with the mentality of being too married to my reference or not knowing how to augment for the painting so I appreciate you articulating these points.

@learntopaintwatercolor Год назад

So true!

@pieromattirolo5430 10 месяцев назад

A great tutorial once again. Thanks so much Matt

@tinaobrien1643 Год назад

Great example, thanks for sharing this so clearly

@learntopaintwatercolor Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@cherirose6660 2 года назад

Thanks for these tips Matthew! With thousands of reference photos this is very, very helpful. 🎨✌️

@learntopaintwatercolor 2 года назад

Glad to hear that!

@thereserioux2178 2 года назад

You have opened me up to a most interesting approach to painting with reference pictures. Thank you

@learntopaintwatercolor 2 года назад

You’re welcome!

@MB-kf3yx Год назад

Great advice...so timely.

@learntopaintwatercolor Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@pedrocarloslaufferneto4189 Год назад

good morning, Matt... it's great to hear this from a consecrated person... these are aspects that even cross our minds, but we are in doubt... you end up giving the definitive push

@TheMrZaphod Год назад

Great advices, you dispel some of my "doubts" about composition, many thanks!

@WitzRealEstate Год назад

Very helpful. Thank you!

@watercoloracademy1083 2 года назад

Wow thank you so much. Best video on this subject as far as I’ve seen 🌺

@learntopaintwatercolor 2 года назад

Thank you! Glad you liked it.

@christinebravomom5711 2 года назад

Very helpful. Thank you.

@learntopaintwatercolor 2 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@munirah9020 2 года назад

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@Papercitystudio 2 года назад

thank you so much TwT you helped me a lot

@sherryphoenix Год назад

Thanks a lot

@PHancock11 Год назад

Thanks Matt. With reference photos, what length lense do you recommend; I feel that some photos distort or festoon a little when they are wider angle. The human eyes is about 50mm and auto aperture where we focus. So I'm thinking maybe a 35mm in manual to get the real shadows?

@watercoloracademy1083 2 года назад

Tbh I wanna download this video it’s so inspiring what you say

@learntopaintwatercolor 2 года назад

So glad you liked it!

@spinogeno8206 Год назад

Thank you, I have question please, Are you doing all this changes to the reference photo based on your artistic knowledge or art degree? how can a beginner without art degree do that ?

@learntopaintwatercolor Год назад

No art degree for me. Just practice, study and some workshops. The main ideas are to simplify the scene, determine what's most important and then keep the rule of thirds in mind when composing the scene. I hope that helps. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-g0b9xmfbbik.html

@_helmi 2 года назад

THANK YOU! Never in a million years, I would have used the words "exaggerate" and "simplification" in one sentence. For the longest time, I was literally chanting "less is more" the whole time while I was painting (be it at the initial sketch and between brushstrokes). Looking back, how could I expect the end results to be consistent because some of them ended up really "less" eg. I saw a forest, I sketched some trees, I painted what really looked like a deforested land LOL

@learntopaintwatercolor 2 года назад

You’re welcome! Glad you liked the video.

@johnukpainter 2 года назад

Mathew no email no link for the avoid overworking watercolour ??

@learntopaintwatercolor 2 года назад

Did you follow the link and sign up? If so check your junk. It sometimes ends up there.

@ph7467 Год назад

Did great painters (Van Gogh, Cézanne, Monet, ...) modify their scenes? I am not sure, this is not clear to me...

@learntopaintwatercolor Год назад

Great question. I'm guess that they told a few "white lies" to make for better compositions.

@ph7467 Год назад

@@learntopaintwatercolor Yes. Only a very good art historian would know the answer I guess... For me, it is an important and profound question. Because it seems totally obvious for watercolor pros that strongly modifying the scene is ok (I guess the real reason is for commercial purpose by getting "standard" beauty and pleasing the majority). But as artists, we could be concerned by the underlying non verbal statement about beauty, reality, when doing this...