3 Watercolor Tips to Immediately Improve Your Light & Shadow

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Hi there, Liron here.
Today I'd like to share with you 3 tips that will immediately improve the sense of light & shadow in your paintings.
Here they are:
1 - Leaving the paper white (widest value range possible)
2 - Using vibrant colors in the first wash
3 - Gentle color variation in shadows.
Bonus tip A - Go as dark as necessary
Bonus tip B - Look at the overall composition (big shapes)
I hope this is helpful, thank you for watching 🙏
Reference photo & Sketch: imgur.com/a/yjjzqqy
Time-Stamps
00:00 - 3 Tips to improve Light & Shadow
00:26 - Tip 1 - Paper White
02:56 - Tip 2 - Vibrant Colors in 1st Wash
07:01 - Tip 3 - Gentle Color Variation in Shadows
12:29 - Bonus A - Go as Dark as Necessary
19:02 - Bonus B - Overall Composition
- Liron
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  • @user-xi7gz6sz4w
    @user-xi7gz6sz4w7 ай бұрын

    An awning. I think that's the word you were looking for. An awning over the balcony. BTW this video nails some very important points that no other artist mentions.

  • @LironYan

    @LironYan

    7 ай бұрын

    Thank you! 🙏😊 I always use awning in the context of stores - but it makes sense here as well (:

  • @Rileygirl746
    @Rileygirl7469 ай бұрын

    Please stay safe.

  • @soon_to_emerge
    @soon_to_emerge9 ай бұрын

    Hi, Liron! Thanks for the video, your work is invaluable. How are you holding up? I hope you are safe.

  • @LironYan

    @LironYan

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much 🙏♥ Very challenging times, I won't lie. Seems like every day there's something new to worry about. But we'll get through it.

  • @krisbarber6208
    @krisbarber62089 ай бұрын

    Praying for you safety and that of your country’s 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • @LironYan

    @LironYan

    9 ай бұрын

    🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️

  • @M0odyBlue
    @M0odyBlue9 ай бұрын

    Love your tips, Liron. Just waiting to see where you’re going to put that red. Your paintings are beautiful!

  • @jennifermceachern7424
    @jennifermceachern74249 ай бұрын

    Your bonus tip is utilizing the windmill technique. Beautiful piece ❤

  • @LironYan

    @LironYan

    8 ай бұрын

    Awesome wasn't familiar with that term (:

  • @user-xt4ot5hb5s
    @user-xt4ot5hb5s9 ай бұрын

    A true master of his craft. Thank you for so generously sharing.

  • @sujanithtottempudi2991
    @sujanithtottempudi29919 ай бұрын

    Nice suggestion ..make first wash vibrant!

  • @sujanithtottempudi2991
    @sujanithtottempudi29919 ай бұрын

    Excellent narrative on colour grays

  • @debbien3933
    @debbien39339 ай бұрын

    The painting looks beautiful, Liron! Thank you, as always, for so generously sharing such valuable insights!

  • @buckmack6245
    @buckmack62459 ай бұрын

    A very open, honest, comprehensive study!

  • @bethjames9246
    @bethjames92469 ай бұрын

    great staircase tutorial!

  • @joeybest5077
    @joeybest50779 ай бұрын

    Love your visual pictures - the gray circle and pushing the gray towards yellow, red, blue, or purple. Makes so much sense.

  • @LironYan

    @LironYan

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you 🙏 Very happy that visualization works for you. That's how I see it in my mind's eye

  • @followyourbrush
    @followyourbrush9 ай бұрын

    Nice job!

  • @brendas8934
    @brendas89349 ай бұрын

    Hi Liron😊,great tips and explanations. Thankyou so much, sending best wishes.

  • @valthedestroyer
    @valthedestroyer9 ай бұрын

    Seeing you paint is so helpful. Every video I am amazed at how the image reveals itself over time with each layer and glaze. Continuing to pray for your safety.

  • @LironYan

    @LironYan

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you ❤️🙏🏼

  • @marquesn77
    @marquesn779 ай бұрын

    Hey friend ! I’ve been wanting to reach out but I was taking a YT break - hoping you’re safe and your family is safe and well ✌🏽💙

  • @LironYan

    @LironYan

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you ❤️🙏🏼

  • @buckmack6245
    @buckmack62459 ай бұрын

    It's good to see you today. Thanks for the varies tips within this video. We love this study and are anxious to see the larger version when you have completed it.

  • @LironYan

    @LironYan

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you Buck 🙏😊 Much appreciated

  • @btwilks
    @btwilks9 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the video, with a lot of useful tips, Liron. Stay safe.

  • @LironYan

    @LironYan

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much Brian! 🙏 I really appreciate it

  • @LironYan

    @LironYan

    9 ай бұрын

    🙏♥

  • @ludwigcopenhagen8842
    @ludwigcopenhagen88429 ай бұрын

    Thank you, the painting looks great.

  • @silverleafmaple
    @silverleafmaple9 ай бұрын

    Thanks Liron. We totally love your posts! Take good care :)

  • @jdlang6839
    @jdlang68399 ай бұрын

    Great lesson on values and light and shadow! So glad you are able to focus. Art is always a place that I find solace and l'm sure it's the same for you. Stay safe and healthy!

  • @LironYan

    @LironYan

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much 🙏 I can't be kept away from making visual art for too long. It really is my default state of mind

  • @bethjames9246
    @bethjames92469 ай бұрын

    Beautiful!

  • @sujanithtottempudi2991
    @sujanithtottempudi29919 ай бұрын

    Amazing how you are still focused during these times...this shows your real passion for art..this must be zone of peace too .

  • @LironYan

    @LironYan

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you once again my friend ❤️❤️ Yes, I don’t need to try hard to concentrate. The painting itself brings me a bit of peace

  • @Patrickkind78
    @Patrickkind789 ай бұрын

    Please stay safe my brother I love you. I was wondering why that building inspired you.

  • @LironYan

    @LironYan

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you Patrick! I often get inspired by the interesting shapes light & shadow cast on different architecture elements such as here (:

  • @sujanithtottempudi2991
    @sujanithtottempudi29919 ай бұрын

    Liron! You are explaining such important points im unable to concentrate on painting plus your tips..i dont know the solution..maybe you could pause video? Example..tou were explaining that circle with centre gray ..

  • @LironYan

    @LironYan

    9 ай бұрын

    I want to try a different narration format, where I watch the video with you, talk, pause and rewind as I do that (instead of just letting it run). I think it will be better for videos with many ideas outside just the explanation of the process. Will give it a try and hopefully it will help 🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • @followyourbrush
    @followyourbrush9 ай бұрын

  • @followyourbrush
    @followyourbrush9 ай бұрын

    Did I miss it, or did you say the colors you used for your darkest dark? 🤔

  • @LironYan

    @LironYan

    9 ай бұрын

    I might have not mentioned it, sorry! I mostly achieved the darks by using the same mixes (same blues yellows and reds) - but using more of them, less water, and also a little Neutral Tint

  • @followyourbrush

    @followyourbrush

    9 ай бұрын

    @@LironYan actually makes perfect sense, especially with those colors. Nice!

  • @solici
    @solici9 ай бұрын

    Hello! Could you tell me what series that Lebenzon brush is that you used on the first wash?

  • @LironYan

    @LironYan

    9 ай бұрын

    Hi! It was the large goat hair (:

  • @sujanithtottempudi2991
    @sujanithtottempudi29919 ай бұрын

    Would it be easier to use flat brush for this painting?

  • @LironYan

    @LironYan

    9 ай бұрын

    Perhaps, but I find them more useful for more large scale cityscapes. These windows and square shapes are large enough to be considered a shape in its own right (so I wouldn't necessarily "delegate" it to a specific brush shape). With larger scale cityscapes, I find a lot of the PATTERNS have sharp corners, and for that - a flat brush can be more useful. With that being said - this is very personal. For someone else a flat brush will be absolutely key for getting the right angles in the windows / shadows etc... And that's perfectly fine (:

  • @sujanithtottempudi2991
    @sujanithtottempudi29919 ай бұрын

    Is there live on Thursday?

  • @LironYan

    @LironYan

    9 ай бұрын

    No livestreams as of this moment unfortunately. Hoping I'd be able to in the upcoming 2-3 weeks 🙏

  • @kavithatandur75
    @kavithatandur759 ай бұрын

    Watercolor company nd water color sheet please

  • @LironYan

    @LironYan

    9 ай бұрын

    Mostly Daniel Smith & M. Graham (: Very basic colors: French Ultramarine, Phthalo Blue, Cobalt Blue Winsor Red, Pyrrol Scarlet Lemon Yellow, New Gamboge Paper is Saunders Waterford, Cold Press, 300 gsm

  • @bethjames9246
    @bethjames92469 ай бұрын

    Liron, do you elevate your paper?

  • @LironYan

    @LironYan

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much! 🙏 If you refer to the angle, it's at a very gentle 10 degrees perhaps. But I sometimes hold the paper in hand to angle it in specific directions

  • @johnhorchler667
    @johnhorchler6679 ай бұрын

    Hello?

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