Learn from MY Watercolor Mistakes! 🎨

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Hi there, Liron here! And today I’ll share with you a fascinating process in my opinion.
Here you get to see me work my way through the rust of not painting frequently / consistently for a while (due to our move).
I make some great choices in this painting, and then some really bad ones.
I want you to perhaps use this video for 2 purposes:
1. Learn to love and appreciate A PART OF every painting you create. There’s always something cool to like in my opinion.
2. Avoid the mistake of bad color choices & work process.
A couple of the main mistakes I made here:
- Lacking PATIENCE, and having some ARROGANCE - not allowing the painting to develop naturally at the correct timing
- Choosing colors that kill the harmony (which I then corrected in the next section I worked on - when I had more patience and less arrogance).
One more interesting tidbit is the values.
Notice how they are actually quite on point (not perfect, but definitely good enough FOR ME).
And despite that - the other mistakes still really show.
Goes to show values definitely aren't everything 😉
I hope you find this useful!
- Liron
Reference photos:
imgur.com/a/WkyElwo
Time-Stamps:
00:00 - Introduction & 1st Wash
01:38 - Breaking the Edges
02:22 - Glowing Orange
04:06 - BAD Decision - Wet-In-Wet & Wrong Color
05:28 - Sky & Background Wash
07:17 - Increasing the Contrasts
07:38 - Correcting the COLORS
10:35 - Final Result, Insights & Conclusion
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Комментарии : 85

@bettyryan4310 Год назад

Really enjoy your tutorial, Liron. I learn a lot from you and appreciate you showing us that you make mistakes too.

@hopelessatusernames Год назад

A more purplish hue would have been interesting as that shadow. It impresses me that Liron doesn't stop when he realises he's made a mistake but carries on and still learns from the painting. And then shows us! It's one reason this is becoming one of my favourite channels

@LironYan Год назад

Thank you so much ^_^ I try to always push through these moments, I find I learn THE MOST this way!

@KendraMellifera Год назад

Your advice to make photos black and white to get the values is such a great tip, it’s made a huge difference for me! Learning to be patient is a challenge tho 😁

@debbiepayne903 Год назад

Shadows drive me crazy. I never feel I get it right. Need to take your advice and paint more!

@Pyroific Год назад

one of the things i appreciate about you the most is you're humble and learn with us as you teach!

@louisemckernan4938 Год назад

Your videos are all great, Liron, but this is a favorite. I learned a lot from this. Thanks for sharing your “mistake”!

@irenehynes7536 Год назад

I have a hard time slowing down… good advice.great video. Thx!

@o0mew0o Год назад

Thanks for sharing your mistakes!! I wish more artists shared theirs too. They always say they make mistakes and I believe them but it's so refreshing to see it in action.

@chekovrules Год назад

This was so helpful! I loved that in addition to showing us what went wrong, you explained what you would do differently to correct it. I sometimes paint from my own photos but I live in the desert and am really light sensitive. So I'm grateful for people who can actually go outside to take pictures during the day, lol!

@yunzers Год назад

Really good lesson Liron. Very brave of you to illustrate your mistakes. It’s a lesson we don’t often get that is really helpful. Thanks so much.

@margaretmartin6620 Год назад

Great lesson on what NOT to do. Thank you, Liron!

@rkfabart3944 Год назад

The brush....😧🤩 love it 😍

@LironYan Год назад

😁😁

@patsymccown2766 Год назад

I’ve actually had outdoor flower pot’s with those exact dark places..weather and prolonged shade made really dark algae grow..over time it looked like your pot! LOL! Thanks for the great tutorial! Like I said before, you’re always so generous!

@LironYan Год назад

😊🙏🏼

@workforcemillionaire7210 Год назад

I definitely paint from my own pictures, as well as a friend with an amazing garden who is a crack photographer of nature, and a friend who is walking the Camino who is sending me landscape shots every day. I'm in Bali taking plant shots, and im gathering a good painting library! Thank you for showing us a mistake, how you did it and how we can avoid it!

@christineblamire7378 Год назад

Liron, I love how you communicate your views about your work. I always come away not only learning more about water color painting but also feeling it’s OK to appreciate artwork for both the wins and things you want to improve in it. I love your teaching style your perspective helps guide me enriches my personal perspective and value of my own work. Thank you for all you do. Smile! ;-)

@LironYan Год назад

Thank you so much Christine 😊🙏🏼

@joelc202 Год назад

This video was fascinating to watch. It also shows me the way that you think as you paint and I definitely don’t think that way at this point. Shows me how much more is left to learn!

@kysq384 Год назад

Thank you for showing the mistakes and how to work with them. It is incredibly helpful. :D

@aesea57804 Год назад

This is such a helpful lesson. I love that you have the courage to speak right out about what’s going amiss! Part of learning to enjoy watercolor is not being afraid of mistakes. So many can turn into something interesting-and some are just mistakes! Try again! Like you say-Paint more.

@LironYan Год назад

Thank you 😁 So happy this is useful!

@paulah317 Год назад

It's still a nice painting and the shadow color without gray really makes a difference. Thanks

@loganshalloe5927 Год назад

Thank you, much learned from this vid!

@reginafernandez8827 Год назад

What an interesting video! Thank you very much!

@joycejohnson7017 Год назад

This one was really fun to do and I loved how you explained what to do to improve choice of colors. You’re really an awesome instructor!

@LironYan Год назад

Thank you Joyce 😊🙏🏼

@porshalopez5003 Год назад

It looks perfect to me!! Thanks for sharing ... I'm watching from Canada 🥰

@josephprimavera2545 Год назад

Always very helpful. Especially dealing with and learning from mistakes!

@977400Dana Год назад

I always learn something from your great videos. This was a great demonstration!!

@LironYan Год назад

Very happy this helps 😊🙏🏼 Thank you Dana!

@vincevonderheyden7887 Год назад

A famous painter once said, "Black is the death of all colors..." That's why I sort out exactly two colors from my paint boxes right at the beginning. One is black and the other is white. White makes no sense in watercolor painting, because the brightest white is the paper. For highlights I use white guache or a white pastel pencil. My darkest colors are indigo and Paynes Gray. With my favorite colors, the artist colors of "Schmincke-Horadam" there is Paynes Gray tinted in Paynes Gray blue and Paynes Gray red. These are exactly the colors that I use the most for the shadows. Of course, you can mix them yourself, but I like it especially for shadows, where it is important that he always has exactly the same tone in one place. Yes, you could call it convenience but I find it great to be able to almost blindly reach for these shadow colors and only nuance with water. Well placed shadows make up half the painting...

@chrispersicketti3491 Год назад

Great lesson! Thank you. I love your videos and teaching style! You’re the best!!!!

@barbaramilbradt2188 Год назад

Thanks for this very informative tutorial! I need to try this and work on being patient.

@LironYan Год назад

You can do this Barbara! 😁🙏

@stinar37 Год назад

Me too!

@AlexanderFeoktistov 5 месяцев назад

Thank you! Such lessons are especially valuable.

@helenkoomen4020 Год назад

Really helpfull, thank you!

@angelabyker1587 Год назад

I love how you share your mistakes for us to learn from, thank you! I do paint from my own pictures most of the time and really love your trick of turning them black and white!

@LironYan Год назад

Thank you Angela 😊🙏🏼 So so happy this helps! 😁

@Droidzi Год назад

Great tutorial Liron - still turns out ok - especially value wise, as you mentioned - though colours are important too, especially if we want keep some vibrancy (as we've learnt here) - thanks for showing how to "f-up" and still get a decent result. Another element I like is showing how to go really lose on the background in order to focus on the more important element(s) of the composition.

@ConniePullella Год назад

Another great and helpful video! Thank you!

@LironYan Год назад

Thank you 😁🙏🏼

@moonberry7607 Год назад

Thats a great tutorial! thanks so much for sharing!

@LironYan Год назад

My pleasure 😊🙏🏼 Thank you for watching!

@helencampbell9486 Год назад

Thanks Liron. Very helpful tips as usual!

@stinar37 Год назад

Another winner thanks.

@LironYan Год назад

Thank you Christina 😊🙏🏼

@lisebowles673 Год назад

Thank you, a very enlightening video!

@yume750 Год назад

I really like it when a person really loves his job. It's always nice to listen to such people. And special thanks for your pronunciation and diction. English is not my native language, and sometimes it is difficult to perceive by ear.

@LironYan Год назад

Thank you Yume 😊🙏🏼

@doumkatekz Год назад

I'm not sure if it's just the camera or what but oh that is the most goth looking palette I have seen

@LironYan Год назад

😂😂It does look a little goth here!

@colorfulwater5070 Год назад

Enlightening view, thanks!

@LironYan Год назад

Thank you for watching! 😊🙏🏼

@tomaslundgren360 Год назад

Brave and instructive! Too much attention is spent on (random) success. This is really useful. And the end result is still avove par ;)

@LironYan Год назад

Thank you Tomas 😊🙏🏼 Very happy you liked it! 😁

@pratigyaberwal3245 Год назад

I'm an oil and acrylic artist, just getting into Watercolours and I really love your videos. They make learning less intimidating ❤️

@LironYan Год назад

Thank you so much 😁 Enjoy dipping into the world of watercolor, it's great fun and can e really freeing! 🎨

@sue6002 Год назад

Great video. Thanks Liron. I will try one of my own. Your honesty of the journey is very helpful. 👩🏻‍🎨🙂

@LironYan Год назад

Thank you Sue 😊🙏🏼

@mar_gheri_ta Год назад

You fixed it in the end!!!! I don't like very much neutral tint (I use DS as well) each time I use it it ends up in a complete mess and being a staining color it's hard to lift.

@stevenschmidt4101 Год назад

I love your training approach and definitely your painting style. I like your advice on doing paintings from my own photos. It's a way I can put into practice what I have been learning and also to "think on my feet". Timing is still a foggy area for me and learning when I can leave the painting sit for a few or when I have to "get after it". Thank you for your teaching.

@LironYan Год назад

Sounds like you're well on your way Steven 😁 Good job! And thank you for watching 🙏🏼

@timothyknoefler9198 Год назад

Great lesson! l hope to gain enough confidence someday to get arrogant with my painting.😁

@zenfulpainter Год назад

Hi Liron. Really enjoyed your tutorial. I tend to use a more pigmented version of the object for the shadows and neutralize it with its complimentary color.

@LironYan Год назад

That's a brilliant way of doing it (: Thank you 😊🙏🏼

@weill6872 Год назад

You have to be patient with watercolor. But I usually fall into mistake.

@katiec.5442 Год назад

Thanks very much. Your honesty and lucidity are your greatest strength, I believe. I was in your live chat and I asked you about water reflections. I bought a course from a really great artist, I was thinking that you could make a video comment on the Russian artist Julia Barminova. She is magnificent in that she does not do a lot of layers. She does one layer, first, a gradated wash and then painting dry into wet. (Stressful but awesome) Next layer is nothing but shadows.

@LironYan Год назад

Thank you! 😊🙏🏼 Yes - I'm familiar with her and got her on my (LONG) list of artists to possibly feature in the future haha. Her reflections and seascapes are TOP NOTCH!

@Tat2TankT Год назад

Still looks good bro 😎

@LironYan Год назад

Thanks man! 😁🙏🏼 Much appreciated

@susanlynn5281 Год назад

I found a similar clay color mixing napthamide maroon with Holbein’s light red, it’s more opaque, a little browner but leans towards a clay color. Have you found napthamide maroon useful? I tend not to like red violets for landscapes, city scapes as well. What do you think about red violet with the types of paintings you do?

@mariannemansfield7652 Год назад

You mention ‘sampling’ colors in the photo. Does that mean just studying them closely, or something else?

@LironYan Год назад

You can actually sample them in photoshop using the eyedrop tool, and it will show you where it falls in the color wheel / swatches (: And plenty of other software (some free) have that capability. Gimp is an example for one that's on par with Photoshop, but there are much lighter ones that can do that too!

@loganshalloe5927 Год назад

7:42 what is the name of this brush? I don't think it is listed with your other brushes in your art supplies link

@LironYan Год назад

Hmm, I remember I have, but maybe I missed it 😅 It's the Escoda barroco, size 16 (: Specifically from their plein-air sets (the green one), but can be found also in regular form (this one is collapsible.

@loganshalloe5927 Год назад

@@LironYan I'm not the best at recognising brushes if it's in a set, so I probably didn't see it, sry. anyway, thank you!

@LironYan Год назад

@@loganshalloe5927 Oh yeah that makes sense actually. And I would recommend getting JUST that one, as the other 2 from the set weren't as useful to me anyway haha 😁 I found it on their website - it's this specific one - www.escoda.com/redondo-toray-oro-m-c.html (non plein air version). Mine is size 16, but depending on what you paint, 18 / 14 should also be good

@loganshalloe5927 Год назад

@@LironYan perfect, thanks for the link. I think I'll get size 14 as I often do smaller paintings