6 months 🤯 Yikes, I also started around 2015-16 and I'm just now tackling this issue, I need to get my act together. I really thought you were just born with a watercolor palette!!

Thank you Liron. Very helpful advice! New to watercolors and it's so different from my usual acrylics. Definitely a medium that requires lots of practice. I also found that a couple of good watercolor brushes also make a big difference.

Good advice, but when you say "bright(er)", you mean "light(er)", which is not the same thing. In watercolor, "bright" means "saturated", which has nothing to do with light or dark. When you mix complementary colors, you lose chroma/brightness/saturation (same thing), but just add water, and your low-brightness color can get very light! Also, some pigments are pretty dark AND bright by themselves, surch as the perylenes. Try PBk31! Finally,, there are opaque pigments, and they hide more of the paper, which makes mixes darker.

@LironYan

7 жыл бұрын

Taka Takata thank you for the important distinction! And advice. I'll have to watch out for that one in the future (: I recently started using Daniel Smith's and they are so bright and strong, I love 'em!

I love this!! So useful! And such a kind approach. I have literally just started experimenting with watercolour, thank you for sharing your journey in such a generous and humble way!

@LironYan

3 жыл бұрын

It's my pleasure Sara! Thank you so much for watching! 😊🙏🏼

If you want more pigment, it’s important to use Artist grade paint..Cotman are student grade and contain less pigment

@LironYan

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, that is true 😉

Did you COMPAIR this study with a new one with Daniel Smith watercolors? What a difference! Your journey is fascinating to watch. This old teacher thanks you for sharing.

@LironYan

6 жыл бұрын

Wow thank you so much 😊🙏🏼 I always enjoy taking out old paintings and seeing the progress. I keep everything 😉

Great ideas

Thanks for the very interesting video! My problem is that sometimes adding complementary or dark color gives it a muddy look ! Do you think of Daniel Smith's "Neutral Tint" color to get a dark on?

Thank you for this information. Very helpful I also use W&N Cotman pigment from the tube. I find that they dry out and I have a difficult time wetting them sufficiently so that I can get enough pigment t on my palette. Do you have suggestions that will help?

Didn't know you were an author. You are a a great teacher.

@LironYan

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊🙏🏼📚

I got some watercolor paints as a gift but they are so light. As an example, I can barely get the black to not look dark instead of grey, there other colors that are so light they barely appear on the paper at all. I am taking the color straight from the dry paints so I do not think it is from using too much water.

@LironYan

7 жыл бұрын

Hmm, interesting. What brand is it?

@marjoriejohnson6535

6 жыл бұрын

Need Daniel Smith or m.Graham watercolors. Or maybe Old Holland which need to be generously watered down to be transparent.

@Pablo99336

6 жыл бұрын

Mixing is the key. Mix Burnt Sienna with French Ultramarine or Paynes Gray. Or Burnt Umber with a blue. Don,t use black for tones or large dark washes...it will deaden your painting.

Thanks so much. This is helpful.

@LironYan

6 жыл бұрын

I’m happy this helped you (: Thank you 🙏🏼

I learned a lot from this video!

Very Nice !

very good

Very helpful, thanks! Did you buy the Arches here? My local art shop doesn't have it.

@LironYan

7 жыл бұрын

Amy Samin thank you! My local shop doesn't have it too. Now in Paris it's a pleasure, because I can find everything in the store, but back home I order everything online, mostly Amazon, but sometimes eBay as well (:

@amysamin

7 жыл бұрын

Liron Yanconsky Thanks for your quick reply! I don't trust the post office anymore, I don't get the notices about packages arriving... I will buy paper and paints when I go to visit my parents in the U.S. 🙂

@LironYan

7 жыл бұрын

Amy Samin I see. Make sure to check the stores in advance, I heard it's hard to find in some places in the US as well! (:

THANK YOU

@LironYan

6 жыл бұрын

Happy to help! (:

I liked this, thx : What brush is that ? looks nice

@LironYan

6 жыл бұрын

Silver Black Velvet, size 12 (: It's great quality + very affordable. I'd also recommend a Raphael mop. They work really well together.

@pandoraefretum

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the recommendations ; The Silver Black Velvet looks good.. squirrel and synthetic and very economical ; the Raphael mop is another price.. what size do you use ?

Mixing neutrals is fun. :D

@LironYan

7 жыл бұрын

Yes (: Mixing in general is fun, it gets me in this weird zen!

I have the opposite problem; can never get them quite bright enough!

@LironYan

7 жыл бұрын

Hmm, an interesting problem (: Are you using tubes, or pans? If pans, I'd recommend you dip a wetter brush into them. You may try to pick up pigment with your brush too dry. Generally, if you continue dipping the brush into water and back into the mixing area, it should gradually brighten. What sometimes does happen, is that it's hard to JUDGE how much water to mix in, and then we get too dark of a value. In that case, try mixing in almost "too much" water. By deliberately breaking the balance you'll be able to FIND the correct balance. Good luck! (: - Liron

@RhomanysRealm

7 жыл бұрын

Liron Yanconsky Oh lol! No I'm just picky. Thanks for the tips though :) I usually wet my colours in advance I just prefer the bright colours. I use aquamarkers and inktense pencils a lot to get really intense colours. Must be the illustrator in me because I prefer ultra smooth paper too.

You use to have a Watercolor set just like the one I use now. I see what you say about tubes.

@LironYan

6 жыл бұрын

Cool! Do you refer to the Van Gogh? I loved that set and I owe a lot of my progress to that (:

When I layer, the paint underneath reactivates or start to become muddy and move the layer below, any advice for that problem. Am always shocked when I see people on KZread glazing with water over dry paint (to paint wet in wet), why doesn't the layer underneath reactivate. Please any help will be appreciated.

@LironYan

6 жыл бұрын

Haha yes - I can feel the pain (: This can have a lot to do with the type of paper. For example pulp paper (like the one in the Canson Montval sketchbook, that I actually like), can cause that. If the paper is simple / student grade, you need to glaze very fast, and not use too wet washes on top of existing ones. And generally speaking, it's best to limit the number of brush strokes. They tend to re-awaken previous layers. By doing longer, fewer brush strokes - you can avoid some of that reactivation. I hope this helps!

Amazing....I have the opposite problem. I struggle to make my scenes brighter and more sun drenched; at least that's what my wife says. Do you suppose it has to do with my rainy day personality...? HAH!

@LironYan

5 жыл бұрын

Haha that could be it 😂 But from what I can see the sunshine is usually expressed specifically using darker shadows. My advice would be to look at paintings you love and analyze them deeply to understand how the artist achieved the sense of light. Look at the colors, values, composition etc. I hope this helps 😊🙏🏼

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@LironYan

6 жыл бұрын

😁

🤖

@LironYan

6 жыл бұрын

:D