Liron, great validation. The more complex the painting the more time I'll spend on thumbnail size paintings of the different parts of the painting to ensure I capture what I want to be seen and experienced visually. Thanks again.
So good to hear that you do multiple attempts I was feeling bad for doing it --thinking I was the only one repeating I have had people ask my why I was doing the same paining --again --My answer is that I learn something each time and I know I can do it better
I do that and get the same sort of comment! I find repeats very useful. Next time around I’m much more familiar with the subject, know some of the pitfalls to watch out for, and I learn so much from doing it. I’m never happy until I’ve got something I think is the best I can do.
Thank you for these videos of you tying something new that you don’t have a lot of experience with. It is very helpful to see your process early on and how it improves when you don’t give up. That is a good lesson for me!
I love your nice loose approach to your subject, Liron.I really enjoyed watching this. My favourite things to paint and draw are animals and wildlife. Mine are obsessively detailed, though. Every hair, feather and scale! Thanks for a great video and painting lesson. Cheers! 😊
Love your video on this, I am planning to paint a Wolf for my nephew for Christmas, but it will probably be in acrylic, tho I love watercolor more. You gave me lots of important information that I can use when painting my Wolf. Thanks a bushel!
I did enjoy this. I’m always interested to see how you approach things, especially shadows which I struggle with. I have a hard time doing something more than once or twice,,, I’ll have to train myself to get better about that. Nice video.
I see so many watercolorists stuck in the use of one paper type, one style and or one subject matter - not sure why this happens. Nice to see you change subject matter.
Hey liron, Recently my portrait painting has gotten really good, and i do love doing portraits, but when i started watercolor I always wanted to do beautiful landscapes. For some reason I cannot make a good landscape to save my life. I try to apply all the principles I have learned, but I just cannot paint landscapes. Should I just stick with portraits because I am good at it, or do you have any tips that could help me with this problem. For reference, I cannot paint a tree line to save my life, and I am getting really frustrated.
Andro mache well i think i have a problem simplifying what i see in landscapes. I really feel like i cant get anything realistic. With portraits i dont have to deal with any issues of foreground,middleground, background. It is just a matter of getting the values and the drawing right. Idk. I feel overwhelmed by the volume of objects to deal with in landscapes.
If you haven't already done so it would be interesting to see a video re the use of different 'papers' e.g. mineral, gessoed prepped regular cotten paper, and rough, cold pressed and hot pressed paper even rice paper. Maybe a series of videos.
Hello Liron....... I have been following you for a while now and very much appreciate your videos. I even emailed you recently with some questions/suggestions. In thinking about the power of simplicity in watercolor I came across an artist named David Rankin. You might want to check him out and hopefully feature his work in one of your videos. His work is stunning in it’s simplicity and yet so impactful. I aspire to be able to do that someday. Thanks for all your help.
