WHITE WATERCOLOR Paint (5 Brilliant Ways!)
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- Опубліковано 30 лип 2024
- How do you use white watercolor paint? Many people ask this question, and the answer can vary depending on the use. Purists will tell you not to use watercolor at all - that it's taboo. However I believe there's no such thing as a bad color and you shouldn't limit your options. White paint isn't just for making colours paler or mixing pastels, indeed there are a couple of ways you shouldn't use it all. But used correctly you can get some great effects. Opaque white offers many options for use with watercolor. In this video I give you 5 brilliant ways that you can use white effectively and the pitfalls you should avoid.
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Let me know in the comments if you have any of your own white paint tips!
Hello. Thanks for your video, it is very, very useful. I have used titanium white watercolor (not gouache) to paint forals in background, for example some orchids in the background that do not have much detail. I just paint some strokes when creating the background and as it diffuses on the wet surface it gives the impression of more orchids back there. Thanks again! 😉🤗
@@ElmerEscoto thank you so much, this is brilliant idea:)
I have only just seen this video Michelle. A trick I have used to get the chalky effect is to paint with the colour you want and then simply put a dilute white milky glaze over the top It works
Funny thing. I started following your channel because I'm an English teacher in Brazil and I fell in love with your clear and bright British accent.
Now, I'm in love with watercolours,too.
I've bought a Windsor set of watercolours and started doing it as a hobby. I'd say it seems therapy to me.
thanks a million for opening this amazing channel
Oh you are very welcome, and thanks so much for watching!
Yes please. Shells would be great!
Hello Ann
Hiya, yes I would love to see a full tutorial on painting seashells please. I am a new viewer of yours after finding your 5 great ways to use watercolour white! Fascinating!
Hi Mark, seashells request noted! Thanks so much for watching my videos, glad you are finding them useful 🙂
Michelle, I enjoyed learning about white watercolor paint. I would also like seeing a full tutorial on sea shells. They have beautiful colors and texture.Thank you for sharing your talent and experience with all of us.
You are very welcome Suzan, thanks for watching!
This was a really interesting video. Would like to see a full tutorial on painting sea shells as well.
Over 50?? You're skin is beautiful!! All that fog you mentioned in video. You look beautiful. Love your videos
What a difference using a white mix for the colour-washed cottages, I totally get it. Thank you for this invaluable lesson on when to & when not to use white.
Thanks for watching!
Hello Susan. How are you doing?
Very useful information. And the plum is perfect! Nothing else will do.
Glad it was helpful!
As always a terrific tutorial Michele. Am looking forward to beaches and pathways. Thank you.
Me too Libby, just need more time, I have a long list! Thanks for watching :-)
Yes please, for seashells! Thanks for the tips on using white paint.💕
Especially loved the white paint techniques in this video, never thought about using it on fruit!
A sea shell tutorial would be great to see. Thanks Michele for sharing your knowledge, I've learnt so much from your videos since I discovered you.
Great suggestion!
I used the Kuretake Gansai Tambi white watercolor pan paint recently actually to correct a mistake I made on a painting. It worked beautifully. Plus, I was able to paint over it once it was dry. ❤
Thanks lot for the info, I was always thinking that the white paint in the pallette is useless and could not understand why the producers put it. 🙏🏽
Glad it was helpful!
This was very helpful! Thank you!
Haven't any white in my palette yet, but when I did start making mixing charts for the ones in my palette, I noticed that I actually really like the mixes with my Titanium Buff 🥰, they look like pretty nice pastels, but always have a bit of slight warmth to it :)
That's a great idea!
Oh my goodness ... this is amazing. Thank you for teaching this to us. I would have never thought of using white like this. =) I'd love to see a tutorial on sea shells. I find them extremely difficult to paint.
I would love to see a shell tutorial please Michelle. Thank you for sharing these fabulous tips 😊
You are welcome Julie, I will do shells soon, everyone wants them!
First,, yes, I'd like to see a tutorial on seashells. I'm a beach girl but have not gotten good results trying to paint shells.
Great video, with useful tips. I came to watercolor 30 years ago as a hobby, and every single reference book I could find advised against using white, which was of course part of every beginner watercolor collection!
I've occasionally had good luck with white using it sparingly over distance objects that I've painted too vibrantly - if it's a small section, a little diluted white can take those objects down a bit and give a misty effect, (to soften or lose an edge that shouldn't be too defined) but for the most part, I've avoided it, as I've not gotten the knack of judicious use. I either do too little, or too much.
My husband recently gifted me a set of student gouache to play with, so hopefully that will help learning how to use opaque paints.
Misty distance sounds a great idea for white paint. I will add the seashells tutorial to my list. My mother often scolded me when I was little for picking up shells 'you won't use them for anything...' ha ha but I did!
Good demo. Thanx! White has been a mystery to me. No more.
Excellent video as usual. Can't wait try this out. Thank you for making my painting experience so much fun.
Glad you enjoy it!
wow that mussel shell looked beautiful. Thank you for sharing how to use that white that was very helpful.
Hello Annette. How are you doing?
@@rykerhoffman7272 hi there im fine how are you?
I'm great thank you. Where are you from Annette?
@@annette-thetwistedsister8727 hello Annette
@@rykerhoffman7272 New Zealand, You?
What you said about splattering paint as being over done reminded me of chefs wiping the plate edge then sprinkling with dried herbs.
Thanks Michele, I really found this information valuable. I will be trying it out myself 🐶
No problem! Glad you found it useful ☺️
Thank you Michele for your brilliant and informative video on white watercolour paint, being a newbie I can see what you are saying as I've used it and the result you pointed out. Thanks and appreciate your knowledge you share.
No problem Philip!
Have learned so much from this lesson. It has solved a lot of problems I was having trying to get that lovely blush effect. Of now to put it to practice. Thank you so much.
Glad it helped!
Michele, this video was super helpful in understanding the white in my palette! Your explanations and demonstrations are clear and very much appreciated. I look forward to learning more as I explore your library of videos. Shout out to Jenna Rainey for mentioning your channel in her end-of-year video 'The Best Watercolor UA-cam Channels 2023!'
Welcome 😊 I was delighted to be mentioned by Jenna, so kind of her!
I would love to see you paint more sea shells and beach scenes. That’s my happy place. 😎
Thanks for the idea Denise :-)
Hi how are you
Thanks Michele for the much needed valuable information on the use of white paint.
Any time!
Hi Judy
Excellent Tips! I Enjoy & Learn Much From Each Of Your Videos. Thanks For Sharing Your Experience.
You are most welcome, thank you for watching!
Thank you, I have been using the blotchy white highlights, love these tips
Hello Meg
Thanks, Michele. Very interesting. Definitely like to bookmark this one. Yes, please, I would love a tutorial on shells!
I believe I made at least one, if you have a look at old content...
thank you so much for this. As a beginner with watercolors, I found this very helpful! I wasn't sure what I was doing but now I know my mistakes and can correct them!
I'm so glad!
Thank you for the good tips. It's really helpful. I really like the sand.
You are so welcome!
You approach your lessons in a very intelligent manner. So helpful! Your speech cadence is enchanting. Thank-you for packing so much into a few minutes. Have a pleasant day😍
Wow, thank you!
Extremely useful tips... Thanks Michelle!! ❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏
You're very welcome!
Another incredibly informative tutorial Michele
Thanks Marc, glad you liked it 🙂
Another wonderful video. Thank you so much Michelle.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I Gould like to see more about painting sea shells
The sea shell was particularly appealing. Think I might give one a go now. 🙂
Very interesting tutorial! I haven't seen this sort of info anywhere else on the web. I can't wait to try it on seashells, and fruit.
Hi Mary
Awesome demonstrations! Thank you!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks so much!!! I would absolutely love a tutorial about painting seashells! I live in a beach town and always enjoy seeing the shells, but haven't been able to paint anything remotely shell- like
Noted!
I so very much appreciate the tips you give for people with arthritis. Thank you!
You are very welcome, I have taught older students for years (not that you need to be old to have arthritis) and I have seen the challenges people face.
Although I have used gouache a little, this tutorial presents many more possibilities!! Yes, I would love to see a sea shell painting tutorial, Michele:). Thank you 😊
Seashells are a top request currently so I will try and do it soon!
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber Thank you so much Michele! I am really enjoying your tutorials!!
Thank you so much for your time and sharing with us.
Any time
Michele, answered a number of my questions about when to use white. Would love to see videos on pathways and beaches and seashells. You must have read my mind with your recommendation on how to paint fur...as I have been trying to do a watercolor of my daughter's pet dog. Thank you.
I will add those to my list!
Hello Marilyn. How are you doing?
Ah, now I know why they included that tube of Chinese White! You've opened whole new vistas of whiteness to me Helen. Thank you!
Oops, I meant "Michele"! How could I forget the female version of my own name??!! 🙄
*So perfect master really i loved your methood for training by transformed any watercolor techniques with golden aestatic good bliss you dear nice master michelle*
Thank you so much 😀
Yess, seashells please. And this video was very helpfull, thank you!
You are welcome. Many people want seashells so I am sure to do them in the future ☺️
Love this video on using white. Yes please...beaches, pathways and seashell videos would be wonderful!
Thanks, and noted!
☺️ *We do have "tip-ex" in the US and it's called "white out". Amazing video, tfs!!* 😄👍
Oh thank you!
Great ideas for white! Another idea: one of my watercolor book tutors (Lu He) uses white for painting on flower stamens, looks fresh and delicate.
Using white turns Transparent watercolors into gouache, White is very effective for highlights and creating texture. If you know how to use white it will work magical for your painting. Love ur explanation and video
Thank you!
i love this video. thanks!
My favourite water-colourist is John Singer Sargent who made his name and reputation painting portraits in oils but at the end of his life fell in love with watercolours. Oh to paint as he! How did he do it? His secret was White watercolour paint. He would paint his watercolour and then go in with white paint to correct or block out anything he did not like. He had an enormous tube of it and splashed it on to make corrections! If he can use it so can I. Love your tutorials.
Yes he did! Thank you!
Your explanation is clear and concise! Very very well done!❤
Thank you so much!
Brilliant! Never knew - thanks so much.
I use white watercolor paint which is with the watercolors and when i want a gouache effect i mix it with which color i want and no water needed."Instant gouache". This is a beautiful and awesome presentation thank you for sharing.👍
Great tip!
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber thank you
Thank you for demystifying white paint.
No problem at all Mary!
Very helpful, Michele. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
I would love a full tutorial on painting sea shells.
It's on my list Anita!
Hello Anita. How are you doing?
Wow really fab video, you explain everything so clearly and give such a complete explanation and show all with examples, you are an amazing teacher, thx so much!
Thank you so much 🙂
Love your video.
That is so helpful!!
Glad it was helpful!
this video about white watercolor (who is not watercolor, as you said), is very helpful.
Today, I learned some!
Thanks for the teaching!
No problem, glad you liked it!
Hello, thank you for the video. I was wondering about opaque pigments in watercolor, do you use them the same way you use white or is it different for them ?
Hello 🙂 if you have semi opaque watercolours like yellow ochre or potters pink, or cadmiums you can use them exactly as you use transparent colours. However you just want to be careful they don't end up mixed into every part of a painting. They work best when used as contrast to more transparent areas.
Great tips. Thank you for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Great video, I've been waiting for someone to cover the more traditional ways of using white watercolor! MD Campbell has a great video about using white watercolor, but covers different uses. I especially like the layering of white over the plum and shell, I've never tried that before.
However, I don't think that white watercolor and white gouache are the same thing. I mostly prefer the semi-opaque feeling of white watercolor as it's more natural, and only occasionally use the more opaque gouache. I have both and they're different textures and have different effects when mixed with watercolor--both useful. But I suppose it's good to know that you might be able to use gouache in a pinch if you don't have white watercolor.
FYI, Liquid Paper is the most common name for typewriter correction fluid here in the US :) Thank for sharing all these brilliant tips!!
Ah thank you, always keen to hear American terms. Yes white watercolor and Gouache are marketed as separate mediums but they are both water soluble opaque white paint. In theory gouache is more opaque but in reality I haven't found a whole lot of difference. I have known gouache brands less opaque than watercolor brands, so I don't see a lot between them ☺️
In the Studio with Michele Webber white watercolour is normally zinc white which is more transparent than titanium white. Zinc white is more transparent in all paints such as acrylics, oils etc.
@@Kyomiibrown yes but many brands have multiple whites. Daniel Smith and Winsor and Newton sell Titanium White watercolor. And the brand I use in the video, Jackmans is Titanium White and definitely not marketed as Gouache. Then you have individual formulations and source of pigments for each company, which is why I tend to group them together. Two paints with identical pigments can be markedly different from brand to brand. And whites can be layered to increase opacity or watered down to increase transparency. There's always a cross over between watercolor and Gouache, many watercolors such as Naples yellow are easily as opaque as some Gouache brands 😏
I have to agree, white watercolor has no where near the covering power of white gouache. I tried using white watercolor as a replacement for my white gouache and it was a disaster. No covering power.
That's been my experience, except I wouldn't call the white watercolor a disaster :) since I like the added transparency for some application. Most gouache has additives not in watercolor to help with the opacity, while artist grade wc only has gum arabic (or aquazol, plus maybe honey or oxgall).
I love this! Thanks.
So glad!
Hello Kathryn. How are you doing?
Thanks! I have been painting with watercolor just over a year and I took one of your classes too! I have recently added white for some of my wildlife paintings. What do u think of white for that little glint in an animals eye? Maybe a matte paint is not good for that purpose? It’s handy if I don’t reserve the right size or shape but I’m not sure it brings out the best shine
Matt is fine. The 'shine' is actually just strong tonal contrast.
Really useful tutorial!
Thank you for all this good information! I wondered why the white didn't do what I intended it to do. In the US, we call Tipp-ex 'White-out.'
Interesting!
Well my first watercolor class was good but I was told to use white to lighten my paint & black to darken my paints. After making a color swatch of all my colors, along with swatches with the white & black added, I came to the conclusion of that just not working well for me. I have used both Chinese White & Titanium White in my painting for splattering and for glazing like you did with the plum. I am finding that having both types of white always in my palette and not separated is a bit messy. Great video for how to use white correctly. Thanks for sharing this with us.
No problem :-)
Very helpful tuition…thankyou
You are welcome!
Would love a tutorial on painting seashells or seashore objects.
No problem Carol, I will add it to the list :-)
Thank you so very much Michele. Regarding the isolated white....when we mix a color like pink on it, once we are finished with our section....can we white the pink and put another color like yellow, or the white we mixed with pink can now only be used for pink till it finishes?
Hi 🙂 if you put out fresh tube paint and get pink in it then it would mix with the next colour. However if you put some white out and let it dry before using then each colour can be rinsed or wiped off your palette leaving fresh white.
Cool. I did not even notice the paint needs to be try first 😊🙏 my question is once I am done with the pink, can I wipe it from the ballet with a tissue then again .....I may have to let the white paint dry before I can use it with let's say yellow color this time. Correct? So I'll be using the same dried white paint with different Watercolor colors. Or do I have to have separate dried white paint for each different color I need to mix with white. 😊🙏
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber I believe you did answer my question. Yes I Can then cool. Thank you very much Michele. You're wondering. Thanks very much for all your efforts 🌷
Would love tutorials on seashells and beaches! This was very helpful - thank you!
Coming soon!
Michele, would the white paint on grapes work the same as the plum? You know the look I am describing, sort of frosted.
Love your videos ❤️
Yes it would, and thanks for watching!
Really helpful instruction - thank you Michele! Due to all the dire warnings I’ve heard about white watercolor, I’ve never even touched it. Doom and gloom is right! 😄 Now, after watching your video, I want to try it. Your seashell is so beautiful with the blues and the soft white areas. This made me wonder - would this be a good technique for enhancing clouds? The seashell areas looked very cloud-like. Thanks again! Donna
It might be a little heavy for clouds. Generally with using mixed media with watercolour there are two approachs, use the second media so subtly that no one notices or use it forcefully throughout the painting. What you want to avoid is strong use of a second medium in just one place on your painting, otherwise it looks a little out of place. Thanks so much for watching the videos Donna :-)
Lovely video Michele on using white , would love to see tutorials on sea shells could you tell me what brush you are using in this video please
I can't remember without re-watching this one, but it's probably either a SAA Silver brush or a Jackman's Synthetic
Hello Carol
I had to mix some white with ultramarine blue to make cerulean blue as I was following instructions and I needed cerulean and very diluted ultramarine wasn’t going to work. Is there a way to mix cerulean without using white? So far I have only used cerulean once.
Cerulean is a single pigment so can't be made from other colours. Manganese blue or Phthalo are the closest if you water them down.
Rewatched video enjoyed the video and found it interesting and informative and helpful...mikelle art mom
I would love a tutorial on painting seashells. I have many fond memories of collecting them at the beach with my beloved grandmother, and they do look fun to paint.
I did a single seashell last week Robin :-) ua-cam.com/video/_Eyp5b3bCuE/v-deo.html I will try and do others in the future too!
Great!
If you do a beach and seashell video, hope you throw in some sea glass. It too is often frosted.
I really liked the white splatter idea for beach or stepping stones. Might be good with larger rocks too.
Excellent info
Glad it was helpful!
Nice work
Thanks
What is the difference between using a color mixed with china white and using a color like Cad red or cad orange which are also opaque colors? I have swatches both cad orange and an orange made with yellow and red transparent colors with a little white, it looked the same and seemed to paint the same too.
Generally cadmiums are a bit less transparent than white, but it varies much between brands so you could be right.
Very useful video. I don't use white, but I was wondering about those yummy colors that already have white I'm them. Never use those either 😁 but I like to collect them.
They are great for painting flat backgrounds behind transparent watercolour :-)
My first watercolor tube set (Koi) came with white. Naturally I used it to make a pink. Something seemed "off", but I didn't know what. Now I know. These are smart tips, and ones that I will use. But I will definitely not be making that original mistake again. :)
That is awesome!
Would the gouache also be useful in creating the beautiful nap on velvet?
It certainly is worth a try!
I just subscribed and looks like I'm binge watching this weekend! you're fantastic 😲😲😲 if I was younger dear you would have created an art monster as EVERY and technique you instruct, WORKS??? I'm so looking forward to all I can retain haha 👍🇭🇲🥰
Thank you so much!!
Targeted Facebook ads now that I’m over fifty........HaHaHa......Plus, you just “wizzed” through that as if we didn’t notice.......HaHaHa
The irony here in the US is that we actually call our TipX....wait for it........White Out
You’re cracking me up with this video....Thank you !
Very interesting.
My issue with my white gouache is that it reactivates, so I cannot layer anything OVER it. Like, if I messed up I cannot use it as "white-out" then go back and repaint.
I've considered buying some DS watercolor ground in white (all I have is transparent) for this purpose but now I'm wondering if maybe I'm just using the wrong white paint? I have winsor and newton's white gouache, is acrylic gouache different then?
Gouache paint always lifts when you layer over it. It's chalky and just a property of the medium. Acrylic gouache is just opaque acrylic, watercolor will not sit well on top of it. I suggest if you want to add white highlights at the end you use white acrylic ink, but you may still have problems layering color over the top. I don't know about DS watercolor ground, as I haven't tried it myself.
Absinent for now for obvuious reasons nbut when i get experience may be handy later
What’s the diff between the white half pans you get in some palettes ie Chinese white and white guache
Chinese white is usually Zinc white, and somewhat weak/transparent. Gouache is usually Titanium white and more opaque/strong, but there are no exact labelling rules, and Titanium may be labelled as Watercolor.
Hello Michelle, I am fairly new to watercolors, and I watched some of your videos and also this one. I am at the ends of my fifties and a woman from Germany who traveled several times to England, so I just thought, what you first see when you arrive in England, are the white chalky cliffs of Dover, so white watercolor would be probably also essential to paint them. :-) (PS, I have a black cat too, and I love it.)
Hi Annette, black cats are the best!
Well Michele join the club I also hate those Facebook adds 🤣, jeez we get to a certain age and society assumes its time to wear tents , such awful looking things, naa not quite ready for them thank you😄, actually you look younger.
Thanks for yet another helpful and informative video❤
Thanks Patricia - let's stay young forever! x
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber Deal 🙂
Totally off today's topic; do you have a video for painting pampas grass?
Not so far Louise but great idea! I do have some stuff about long grasses... I can't put links here but video title is: Watercolor Pencils (7 Easy Landscape Hacks!)
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber watercolor pencils
Another brilliant video. Thank you so much! (And I love your wicked sense of humor!)
Question (or perhaps I missed this):
What is the difference between "Chinese white", "Titanium White", and "Zinc White"?
thanks so much.
Thanks! Chinese white and zinc white are the same, they are less strong than Titanium white. Zinc is more often to be found in watercolours and Titanium in Gouache but it's not an exact rule, and there's a case for saying all white us technically gouache, it being opaque watercolour. I prefer Titanium, considering white is opaque, you might as well have a strong one, you can always dilute it 🙂
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber Thanks for your explanation. Appreciate your response and clarification.