When you study the value, do you only observe the photo or view? For me, to catch the right value from a real view scene is a challenge. Sometimes I took a photo and then changed it into black and white.
Your delivery of "double hate so it hurts me more" is perfect. 😂 Thank you for your videos. I only discovered you a few days ago. I've had instruction in oil painting so I feel comfortable with that but I've only recently (this week) worked up the nerve to try watercolor. I worried it was too unforgiving, and I felt like the process of creating a watercolor painting was the exact opposite of oil. I'm glad I finally worked up the nerve and I'm glad I found your channel Your videos and the quality of your teaching are a huge help.
This is one of the best watercolour channels on RU-vid. The quality of your tutorials is amazing. Very clearly explained and you Paint the Paint. Thank you so much! I am excited to try these techniques.
Saw an interesting doc once about color perception. It was stated that humans are very good at seeing variations in green color, more than other colors. Would explain why green is more difficult to get right. Great tutorials btw!
Eric you are an excellent analyst of values. You have inspired me to study this more. Beautiful painting. I am also from Washington and enjoyed much of the beauty there.
I am a beginner, only started painting a month ago. Your videos have been helpful to me, but this is one that I didn't realize how much I needed. I have been struggling with the greens in the floral and landscapes I have attempted and now I understand why. Thank you so much for what you do. I appreciate your calm tone and peaceful demeanor
Brilliant! I loved the analysis of the greens on Photo Shop. Your pallet is the key to the earth tones. I’ve overused Sap Green and been disappointed. This is the answer I’ve been looking for!
I heard him mention that in another video recently and it stunned me. Never looked at it that way before. I've now watched HOURS of watercolor tutorials and no one ever says it so plainly!
Very informative, particularly swatching the colours on the computer. Always an eye opener to see what colour it really is! Greens are tricky and I will try to mix my own after your explanation!
I like the approach using computer to explain color. It make sense to me for non-art major. I have better understanding when I mix various green. Thanks.
You have excelled yourself here, Eric. I have just shared this with my online art friends as “the most practical and informative RU-vid lesson”. Not only does it guide us through some very important lessons, but it is beautifully presented. During lockdown it is so easy just to watch a whole bunch of ‘demos’ but many of them are little more than looking over someone’s shoulder as they put paint on paper. Very few actively encourage us to strive for improvement by putting great teaching into practice in the way you do. One suggestion - perhaps you could post the tonal value section as an additional lesson in it’s own right - unless someone is specifically looking for help with greens it would be easy to miss it and it is something we all need to know and very few teach. Well done - I am still saving for your course, anticipating it will be of the same quality of tuition and production as these very generous ‘freebies’.
Barbara, I couldn't have said it better. I echo your comment here. This video (and many of his other great "freebies") have only further affirmed my decision to take his online course despite the fact that I believe art can only be taught live. He is so far my favourite teacher. Too bad he doesn't live in Canada.
Eric, I really enjoyed your “green” tutorial. It has given me confidence to try some more. Your discussion about joining value shapes has given me a lot to think about. THanks
I absolutely love this video. I do not have knowledge of using photoshop, but what a great tool to build up your colour palette. Wowsers. I love this video!
Hi Eric, it’s Pam from Bothell. I just discovered your channel last night and I think I’ve watched 10 of your videos so far. You are such a good teacher. I love how you get into the minutia of watercolor paintings. So many other channels just scratch the surface, I have learned so much from your channel just in the last day. I am a newbie to be sure, but I still feel like I’m not lost in the woods when it comes to watercolor painting, like I did before I found your channel.
Eric, THANK YOU SO MUCH for this video. I tried to follow along to get the colours. Being able to see your palette really helps in understanding how to get the colour right. Please do more and more greens and trees. I am trying to practice my trees and want to perfect them.
Thank you so much for explaining and most of all "showing" the different shades of green and how they interact within the picture. For the First Time, I now think I get it! I appreciate your teaching techniques!
Thank you, Eric 😘 2021 will be my year of hitting value study hard now that I’ve spent a few years learning how to see values 😁. I recently noticed in doing a simple value study that the relativity of values is of key importance.
Hi Eric, thank you for your videos. A Photoshop trick if the color balance doesn't seem quite what is expected, is to duplicate your layer, then go to Image > Adjustments > Match Color... and check the Neutralize checkbox in the Image Options section. If it seems too much, can use the Fade slider to dial it in
Fascinating colour theory video thank you. Loved it to the end. I worry that too much scientific knowledge is actually useful. If you have painted for a while you should know instinctively if it looks right or not. Two schools, I am in both. Make my own greens and have countless tubes others. More concerned with technique. There is so much to learn.
Hi Eric. This is an awesome lesson. Thanks for this great video. There are at least 3 to 4 types of green in my paintbox, do you suggest that we always mix it to a warmer or cooler by adding other colours to green as explained by you in the video.
@@Cafewatercolor My greens in the paint set is not good. Do you suggest I.mix the greens with different colours to make it more warm or cool? Thanks for your feedback, I ask these questions after being educated by your excellent tutorial. Thank you.
Hello Eric, I loved your tutorial. You are such an excellent teacher and artist. The reflections you made look beautiful. When you added the blue to the little holes in the trees, did you wet that area first? Also, what is the color you used for your sky? Thank you for explaining the greens. Your explanation was spot on!
Considering the information conveyed in this video, if you wanted to set up an outdoor palette and only have 12 spaces on your palette, what 12 colors would you put in it?
HI Eric, thanks for the tutorial!!! Just a few "nitcy-bitcy" questions in relations to hues of colours: 1) The shadows under the trees on the right and in between the trees on the left look more violet/brown (warm) on your painting, but on the photograph it's a bit more phthalo/bluish green shadow, was it on purpose? as i remember you mentioned somewhere that people visually prefer warmer hues. 2) The sky colour, on the other hand, is cooler blue, but on the photograph it looks a bit more like ultramarine. It definitely looks fresher and nice with cooler colour and contrasts with the trees in a more pleasant way, i think. Does it mean we can make our own choice about the hues in order to make it "more natural looking" rather than copying what we see on the pic/environment? thanks in advance!
There are definitely cases where I choose not to use the same color as the photo :) I like using cerulean blue for the summer sky lately so I guess that’s a phase of mine right now haha
I am challenged with the color picker, I can get the curser to select the area, but I do not know how you get the little box to be placed on top of the photo>
Hi Eric, I remember a few days ago you posted a thumb nail with Andy Evans workshop reference (a year subscription to workshop) can you please provide with one again? I’ve decided to participate and can’t find it in your videos ☹️ thank you very much!
Eric, this is brilliant! The use of the computer program really made this so easy to see the different tones of red, yellow, blue comprising the greens. So informative and concise. Your videos are always so relaxing and calming to watch and I always come away so much more informed. Thank you for sharing your gift of art with us! Stay sane, Stay safe and stay lovely!
This is a truly eye opening look into the variety of hue, saturation and darkness of a single object (in this case, a tree). I’ve saved this as a reference for color evaluation. What a thorough study!!!
My mother taught me by having me look through a white cardboard square with a hole cut in it . That way I only saw the colors, not the subject. You would be surprised at how many colors are in a persons face.I know you are speaking of only greens but it works for every color doesn't it? I love watching you and listening to you. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and feelings.
Thank you for your various tutorials; I have watched several of them and have more on my list yet to watch. You are a good teacher. Your training must have been in the excellent range in my opinion.
hello, Eric... I'm Pedro, from Brazil... after 40 years away🤫🤫🤫 from tubes, brushes and canson, I'm coming back... I was very happy to find your teachings, mainly in these aspects of avoiding ready-made colors... and yes, mix in your own palette. It helped tremendously. I'm testing my 4 decade tubes, some were dry, a few were still creamy, mixing gum arabic and honey, with distilled water....I think the result is being enough to return...More ahead buy new tubes.
Hi Eric, I like your video a lot because as an engineer it cleverly explains the many different shades of green that exist from a photo using Photoshop which I never thought to do before. I am very new to watercolour painting and exploring so much on You Tube it is easy to get so confused with different advice. But I like your clear and calm style of presentation. I have made many messes from mixing paints wrongly to get new colours especially green! But now I understand how to get the the cool or the warm shades of green that exist in the photos, which our eyes just do not see! This is magic to me. However, when you speed up the painting at the end I got a little lost with what you were mixing together and why and your colour names are different to what paints I have already. But I think I can practise getting my greens a bit better now, which as someone who lives in, and is a photographer of nature, that is one colour I want to get right. Great job!! Thank you Sally
Hi Eric, thank you so much for all the useful and clear explained video's you share with us. I am learning a lot and you stimulate to try all those things. Please let us enjoy more of these video's in the future !
I loved the painting! Your have a very good eye for the shadows and the different shades of green. I'm just trying to learn how to mix and get the different colors. I need a lot of practice. I get board very easily because it gets very monotonous but I know I have to do this so I can learn and be able to paint a good painting some day. The different colors in the different shades are the most difficult. Like painting the same tree at different times of the day over and over again so it makes it look more life like. I think I need to just practice with each color to be able to make different shades or hues for each color I want to use in my paintings? I would like to know what your advice would be for me to practice? Should I keep doing what I just explained that I'm doing or do something different in your opinion? Thank you for sharing and be safe. 🌞😎🌴 FLORIDA.
Oh man! Using photoshop color picker to explain greens is GENIUS! Thanks for this, I love how you are able to explain these things so rational and logical.
