I love it! I'm wondering who all the people are down on the street. If someone might see your work and realize they are in it. It really turned out beautifully.
"The artist sees the mistakes, the viewer sees the art" :) You did so well Liron, try not to focus on the things that bother you about your painting. Try to see it through a viewers eyes, relax and enjoy the intriguing composition.
Rare to hear artists speak of ego as part of their drive, but it seems common sense that it’s just how it has to be. It’s not the finished product that brings deep satisfaction, it’s all the work it took to get there.
Indeed, sometimes it’s all ego. And on some rare occasions it is 0 ego (: The recent pumpkins process was 0 (or very little) ego. I don’t remember a thing, the entire process felt like hypnosis / staring meditation (:
@@LironYanyour focus on your craft is admirable. Are you ever distracted from your craft, and if so, how do you manage it? Or does it happen in phases and you just deal with it as part of modern life? Perhaps a video idea.
It is just stunning! Absolutely your best work. Congratulations, Liron! And thanks so much for sharing your process. It’s very inspiring for those of us greeting-card-sized art.
I am so happy you shared the journey with this one. I am so impressed every time I look it. Your proportions, perspective but especially light retention is truly inspirational.
Tu peux être fier de toi liron ! On voit très peu d'aquarellistes peindre en très grand format comme tu la fait , ta passion nous anime tous . Bonne journée à toi.
Incredible project Liron. I know this bridge very well and you’ve captured the essence. It’s amazing and as you said among your best. Only one thing you should do : GO THERE if you haven’t been. It’s a beautiful city and the bridge is one of the stars of the city. I take that back. Sounds like you’ve been there👍
Absolutely gorgeous painting-- you nailed it. 🙌👏👏🎉🏆It's perfect if you're happy with it. Liron, you could create the largest picture in the world & get yourself in the Guinness Book of World Records.
It is indeed a beautiful painting and I hope you receive the outward success that you have received internally. You continue to inspire me with your loose and simplistic yet complicated style of watercolor. Hearing your thoughts and perspectives behind this was priceless. It’s nice to hear the process and motives of someone you admire.
Thank you so much! 😊🙏🏼 I was really excited to share this as a vlog. It’s something I’d like to be out there for anyone curious about painting these sizes
Been a while since I checked in on your progress, Liron, and I've gotta say you've really applied yourself and achieved very good results. Attempting such an expansive scene is quite brave, most especially with spectators looking on, and you appeared to attack it fearlessly. Congratulations.
Thank you! 😊 Didn’t feel a need to be brave while painting it, there wasn’t really any serious fear so I can’t take credit for being courageous 😉 But very pleased with the result now!!
I just bought a roll of Arches paper and I’m afraid to open it. Lol this video helps me to figure out how to get it flat. Thank you! This painting is amazing! So gorgeous! I loved the way you showed us the start and the process. It’s awesome! ❤❤❤God is so good. 😊 He knew I needed to see this so I won’t be so afraid to try it myself. Now I gotta go unroll my paper. lol. 🙏🏻
Thank you so so much 😊 Let me know how it went! It's the start that is the hardest, mentally speaking. But after that you'll use it, unroll it and cut it much more freely!
@@LironYan lol! Yes starting anything new is scary and I guess the price of a roll is also intimidating. I filmed it and posted on my channel. I need to get plywood or something to tape it down now. Might head to Lowe’s later. I like those large clips you use. Probably a better solution to tape. I’ve seen someone else staple their paper to the board.
Congratulations, what a HUGE effort to do this!!!! It has turned out really, REALLY GOOD - I think I’d go insane trying to do even a full sheet of watercolour paper, even though I HATE working on small sheets, 1/4 sheets is my usual size and 1/2 sheets are as big as I go. Sounds like the process of doing this painting has caused a shift in you, which makes sense as it was a journey in every way imaginable. I hope your painting finds a good home. I enjoyed this video very much, thank you very much for sharing not just this but your very valuable painting tips too on your other videos.
I recently got myself a huge roll of Arches 140 lb cold press 100% cotton paper, and I've been wondering about doing a large painting, because I can! I was really happy to see this video and thank you so much for sharing your experience. I don't know if I ever will paint something so large, but I can tell you it won't be as detailed as yours if I do! But your painting is beautiful. What a fantastic job. I am inspired. I think I will go larger, but get there slowly, as I am not that experienced. I am just beginning to find my style. I hope you do sell it and get a fantastic price! Go Liron!
Thank you so much 🙏😁 These rolls are wonderful! Very useful if you want to have full control of your paintings' dimensions. I used it a lot for smaller sizes too. One thing I discovered was indeed quite useful in this process - is to roll it the other way. Even for small paintings. You leave it rolled the other way for a few hours, then unroll and cut the sizes you want! (:
Been following you for a while and always enjoyed your work and the way to help other artists. This is a bold and ambitious painting and I think it turned out great! I can’t imagine what it’s like to be doubtful halfway through a project like this, as watercolours often only begin to make sense contextually towards the finish line. It definitely holds a lot of character and I think it you have harnessed your own fallibility and vulnerability as a self critical artist into something really successful and impressive. I can tell it means a lot to you in recent times to feel satisfied with the quality of your own work and this piece should make you proud of yourself. Your attitude towards painting is great and you always have fun and are encouraging others to have fun too , but you are also ready and willing to commit to things that obviously put a bit of pressure on yourself and pull at your emotions. There is a love for painting there , and also the energy and character of someone perhaps jaded by what it is to be an artist emotionally. This piece will forever mean alot to you and I hope when you unroll it in a months time you can be at peace with it. People may not understand how a masterpiece like this can strike doubt in the artist , and hard to fathom that you could possibly be unsure of it , but that is the nature of creation. Thank you so much for sharing the process and your honest thoughts on it all. For me it is definitely one of your best and I wish you success with getting it on display somewhere. Thanks Liron!
Thank you so much for this, I really appreciate it 🙏🏼 I think you hit the nail on the head with great precision. You really put some of my feelings into clear words
Great tips for anyone considering a large painting, and I am. Just researching and purchasing good paper is challenging. You've certainly have mastered this very well.🤩 Keep pushing the envelope... it's in our soul to press on to new challenges. Thank you, Liron!😊
I’ve been subscribed to you for years… I don’t know how many three or four?… and it’s absolutely incredible to see you producing a painting like this! You’ve always been such an inspiration to me! This painting is incredible! 👏👏🤩 I watched the whole video even though I have zero intention of ever painting anything like this 😅 I just watched it because after all these years I know what an accomplishment it is and I wanted to hear all about it! Thank you for sharing your process and helping so many people feel confident that they can gain the skills to create beautiful art!!
Wow! Congratulations Liron, you did it! Magnificent painting! I'm totally impressed. Large watercolor paintings are definitely harder. My largest watercolor was an 18" X 24". That was hard to do.Yet, you challenged yourself and successfully accomplished your goal. Once again, a big congratulations.
Very challenging. Beautiful ! You have helped me regarding mixing enough paint for the larger paintings. It is difficult to imagine how much paint you needed to mix for the continuity of color and saturation. It’s possible that you could do another one……just for you to work through these difficult emotions that this painting elicited.
I'm certainly impressed. The process is great! Did you mention (or recall) how many hours you spent on this project? I put about 36 hours on my largest project so far. I'd imagine maybe 60+ for something with this much planning and execution. I'm inspired, though! I should be finishing up an 11x17" (28x43cm) watercolor painting of an Oblivion Gate in another week or so. Then, I think I'll crack into another large one. I love the Berserk books on the shelf, by the way! I've been a fan since I was a teenager. I have the scene of Griffith carrying himself to the castle tattooed on my right arm. Miura's art is very inspiring, even if I'm not great at drawing scary things lol
Thank you so much! So happy to meet a fellow struggler! ⚔️ So awesome you have that scene tattooed 😮 Miura’s art is insane and cannot be replaced haha. As for the time this took, I did a very rough calculation of about 24 hours or so of pure painting. But if you include the breaks, staring at it, planning, experimenting with test paper etc… it might end up around the 30-35 hours mark. It may sound fast, but I’m inherently a fast painter. And the process I used here is still very much similr to my usual (: So it’s a VERY LONG time for mr. Keep up the great work! Sounds like you’re allowing it to carry you to what feels right 😁👍🙏🏼
Such a gorgeous painting! I will rewatch some of your other tutorials to try to grasp more of how you accomplished. Because the paper wasn’t even necessarily flat or supported. Is the paper weight the heavier 300 lb? You truly have created a treasure.
Thank you so much Carolyn 🙏😊 My approach to technique was very agnostic for this one (whatever necessary to get the job done!) The paper is a 300 gsm Arches cold press (: Not the heavier 600 gsm though
It’s basically just like tracing, and what I’m showing here (: The only tricky part is aligning the picture on the piece of paper! After than you’re merely going over the lines
Oh my goodness. I took a pic more than 30 years ago from the same viewpoint. I tried to do a loose watercolour of it a few years ago, a lot smaller of course, but it was a total disaster. Awesome result, Liron.
Amazing, it's a wonderful spot! Thank you so much 🙏😊 Feel free to give it another go with the similar, small version tutorial 😁 ua-cam.com/video/yqvCAlbgqYE/v-deo.html
Great accomplishment Liron. It is always good to challenge ourselves and the sense of “I did this” is even better. Please let us know what happened to this beauty!
This was such an enjoyable video…What a challenging process you went through but with an amazing result. I think this is one of the nicest and biggest watercolours I have ever seen and I particularly like the orientation. The addition of the cars and people is very well done as is the green colour of the water in contrast to the bridge colour…in my books your goals have been met! I hope you do get to hang it in the location you want to as they should be honoured to display it. Great job Liron. Just a quick question..do you ever sell prints of your work? Secondly, as a beginner I found your car book very helpful especially learning about shadows so thanks very much for all that you put out there for us.
Thank you so much for the kind words, and for getting my book!🙏😊 I do hope for it to find its nice permanent spot. As for prints - not really, but I probably should! (:
This is simply really beautiful, a true success ! I am not a religious person but I feel a lot of devotion coming out of this painting. It's normal, non? to feel that you want recognition for your art.
Haha it gets easier with time. I didn't want to let go of the large OCD painting, for example. And it surprised the heck out of me - but once I did my paintings took a HUGE LEAP in quality. I'm not sure why, but it just happened. Thank you 🙏😊
Your painting here is incredible Liron. I absolutely admire your bravery it shows in your work. Listening to you is comforting when you speak so openly of your feelings as they are similar to my own and I suspect many of your viewers. Can I just say when you have this piece in a mat and frame (good luck with that upcoming challenge!) you will be totally blown away at how spectacular it looks... It will look even more magnificent and I hope it will hang somewhere for the general public in Europe to see. Take care 🇭🇲
Enjoyable post Liron, congrats on this very impressive painting. I suppose most painters of large murals would use oils, anything but watercolor (haha). Watercolor is going to fight you all the way, what with the uneven drying time and matching up the correct values from section to section. Good luck with framing this beast (haha). Cheers!
Lovely work Lyron. It was very interesting how you painted it in sections and at one point tipped it on end.I see you did not soak and stretch your paper and it is very rippled. Will you be relaxing the finished painting before framing it or do you see that as unnecessary?
Thank you Cynthia! Great insight - it is indeed quite rippled. But the way I see it, in these sizes it really isn't a big deal. The paper itself becomes its own being, and people receive the organic feel it will have. Not to mention - the glass / perspex it'll sit behind will minimize it to an extent (: Hope that makes sense, and thank you for the kind words 🙏😊
I love this awesome art! I also appreciate you being so transparent and down to earth. It’s helpful as I try to better understand why I do what I do. I have questions: Is this 300# cold press? Arches? Where do you purchase such size? Next, how is this mounted for hanging? Is it matted and framed like smaller pieces? I know that’s very expensive to do! That, I feel, is one of the drawbacks. The other would be the difficulty and transporting. Am I wrong? Is there a better way? If offered $20,000 USA, would you accept? Thank you
Thank you so much 😊🙏🏼 And wonderful questions! This is a 10 yard Arches roll (cold press, 300 gsm), as you mentioned. I got it off Amazon a few years back and have been slowly “eating through it” (: I produced two large paintings with it, and this is the 2nd one. As for mounting / hanging / framing - great question and I have no idea. It might need to be done on the spot, where it will hang (: But I have yet to do the research. But I think any regular solution would work, just like there are framed oil paintings of similar size. You could perhaps substitute the glass for a similar lighter material (perspex perhaps), for weight reasons. As for selling it, what you bring up sounds like a reasonable price to me, actually. It’s a matter of whether I’ll be able to get it to show somewhere prominent or not (:
It's an impressive achievement, no doubt. My question is, did you enjoy painting it? To me that's what it all comes down to. You can endlessly torture yourself with questions about why the artworld does or does not appreciate your work, and agonising about whether this square centimetre or that in the painting is perfect. In the end, it's most important to please yourself, to paint what moves you and then leave it up to others to how they wish to interpret it or respond to it.
The first 70% were pure fun, the latter 30% were more challenging. And I think the main reason is real life things that were happening simultaneously and took up insane amounts of energy, and really muddied my artistic waters. I think the wisest thing would have been to not try and push through these muddy water, but rather let them clear on their own, and then let the process “come to me”, so to speak (:
So from us you have100% recognition. Here and Instagram. But did you participate to the international workshops. like in Italy Fabriano or others were go all the “”bigs””.
I got it from Amazon (: But unfortunately when I search now I can’t find it. May ran out of stock, will have to check in a couple of days again. It was the 10 yards arches cold press roll
last resort to contact someone, consider Eric Rhoads, Chief cook and bottle washer of Streamline publishing. I'm not sure what he will offer but he is quite a successful person.
Thank you so much! That’s definitely somewhere on the list of possibilities (: It would be best to get to an Italian / Florence publication, but perhaps the way there will be through other publishers 🙏🏼
i'm like your dog at 24:00 for the whole 26 mins. thank you so much for creating this daunting task and congratulations for completing it!
I love it! I'm wondering who all the people are down on the street. If someone might see your work and realize they are in it. It really turned out beautifully.
Haha that would be amazing!
Perhaps the car are even more indicative, in case they belong to a local (:
"The artist sees the mistakes, the viewer sees the art" :)
You did so well Liron, try not to focus on the things that bother you about your painting. Try to see it through a viewers eyes, relax and enjoy the intriguing composition.
Rare to hear artists speak of ego as part of their drive, but it seems common sense that it’s just how it has to be. It’s not the finished product that brings deep satisfaction, it’s all the work it took to get there.
Indeed, sometimes it’s all ego. And on some rare occasions it is 0 ego (:
The recent pumpkins process was 0 (or very little) ego. I don’t remember a thing, the entire process felt like hypnosis / staring meditation (:
@@LironYanyour focus on your craft is admirable. Are you ever distracted from your craft, and if so, how do you manage it? Or does it happen in phases and you just deal with it as part of modern life? Perhaps a video idea.
I can't take my eyes off it, what a mammoth task to take on, I can't believe how beautiful it is, well done you should be very proud of yourself
Thank you ☺️
Wow, that painting you did is amazing. So is your dog...what a cutie.
Thank you Sarah! ☺️🙏🏼🙏🏼
What a huge challenge you did. It really looks amazing.
Thank you so much! Was indeed a challenge, but also great great fun 🙏
It is just stunning! Absolutely your best work. Congratulations, Liron! And thanks so much for sharing your process. It’s very inspiring for those of us greeting-card-sized art.
Haha 😂 I like the greeting card dimensions too. Thank you so much Wendy 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Wow. It looks amazing!
I am so happy you shared the journey with this one. I am so impressed every time I look it. Your proportions, perspective but especially light retention is truly inspirational.
You are so brave to tackle this monster project, but what an incredible result! If it ends up in Firenze, I promise to go see it.
Oh thank you so so much 😊❤️ Wish me luck 😁
Tu peux être fier de toi liron ! On voit très peu d'aquarellistes peindre en très grand format comme tu la fait , ta passion nous anime tous . Bonne journée à toi.
Thank you so so much 🙏😊 Merci beaucoup
I’m totally impressed! This is amazing work!
Amazing! You're such an inspiring watercolour-soul.
Thank you 🙏😊
Impressive and very inspiring! I love the way you present how you do things, learn from mistakes, and encourage us to continue!
Ruth is so attentive, she’s ready to paint. She’s learned a lot!
Genius!
You have a lot of masterpieces
😊🙏🏼
Incredible project Liron. I know this bridge very well and you’ve captured the essence. It’s amazing and as you said among your best.
Only one thing you should do : GO THERE if you haven’t been. It’s a beautiful city and the bridge is one of the stars of the city. I take that back. Sounds like you’ve been there👍
Absolutely gorgeous painting-- you nailed it. 🙌👏👏🎉🏆It's perfect if you're happy with it. Liron, you could create the largest picture in the world & get yourself in the Guinness Book of World Records.
I had no idea this was even possible. Fantastic work!!! Beautiful piece!!!!
Thank you! 😁 Anything's possible
My mind is blown great work amigo... so excited. You've just gotten better and better. 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thank you so much 😊🙏🏼🙏🏼
It is indeed a beautiful painting and I hope you receive the outward success that you have received internally. You continue to inspire me with your loose and simplistic yet complicated style of watercolor. Hearing your thoughts and perspectives behind this was priceless. It’s nice to hear the process and motives of someone you admire.
Thank you so much! 😊🙏🏼
I was really excited to share this as a vlog. It’s something I’d like to be out there for anyone curious about painting these sizes
Been a while since I checked in on your progress, Liron, and I've gotta say you've really applied yourself and achieved very good results. Attempting such an expansive scene is quite brave, most especially with spectators looking on, and you appeared to attack it fearlessly. Congratulations.
Thank you! 😊
Didn’t feel a need to be brave while painting it, there wasn’t really any serious fear so I can’t take credit for being courageous 😉 But very pleased with the result now!!
I just bought a roll of Arches paper and I’m afraid to open it. Lol this video helps me to figure out how to get it flat. Thank you! This painting is amazing! So gorgeous! I loved the way you showed us the start and the process. It’s awesome! ❤❤❤God is so good. 😊 He knew I needed to see this so I won’t be so afraid to try it myself. Now I gotta go unroll my paper. lol. 🙏🏻
Thank you so so much 😊 Let me know how it went!
It's the start that is the hardest, mentally speaking.
But after that you'll use it, unroll it and cut it much more freely!
@@LironYan lol! Yes starting anything new is scary and I guess the price of a roll is also intimidating. I filmed it and posted on my channel. I need to get plywood or something to tape it down now. Might head to Lowe’s later. I like those large clips you use. Probably a better solution to tape. I’ve seen someone else staple their paper to the board.
This is amazing. You are a wonderful artist! Thank you Liron
Love it. Love your work. It was cool to see how you went about this as doing a huge watercolour seemed nigh on impossible.
Thank you Christine 😊
Congratulations, what a HUGE effort to do this!!!! It has turned out really, REALLY GOOD - I think I’d go insane trying to do even a full sheet of watercolour paper, even though I HATE working on small sheets, 1/4 sheets is my usual size and 1/2 sheets are as big as I go. Sounds like the process of doing this painting has caused a shift in you, which makes sense as it was a journey in every way imaginable. I hope your painting finds a good home. I enjoyed this video very much, thank you very much for sharing not just this but your very valuable painting tips too on your other videos.
Thank you so much my friend 😊❤️ I really appreciate the kind words
It’s Incredible Liron. Well done. You are one of the best watercolour artist’s in my opinion 👏🏿
Thank you so so much ❤️😊🙏🏼
I was literally just sitting here thinking I want to try my first huge watercolor piece, and this video popped up! ❤
I recently got myself a huge roll of Arches 140 lb cold press 100% cotton paper, and I've been wondering about doing a large painting, because I can! I was really happy to see this video and thank you so much for sharing your experience. I don't know if I ever will paint something so large, but I can tell you it won't be as detailed as yours if I do! But your painting is beautiful. What a fantastic job. I am inspired. I think I will go larger, but get there slowly, as I am not that experienced. I am just beginning to find my style. I hope you do sell it and get a fantastic price! Go Liron!
Thank you so much 🙏😁
These rolls are wonderful! Very useful if you want to have full control of your paintings' dimensions.
I used it a lot for smaller sizes too.
One thing I discovered was indeed quite useful in this process - is to roll it the other way. Even for small paintings.
You leave it rolled the other way for a few hours, then unroll and cut the sizes you want! (:
Congratulations, Liron! Your painting looks amazing! Thank you for sharing your process and challenges in creating it! ❤
Thank you so much! 🙏😊
I toally get the "ego" part, BUT don't let it drive your thoughts to "change it"! It's quite AMAZING!!!
Thank you my friend!! 😊🙏🏼 It won’t!
THis is another masterpiece!!!
Been following you for a while and always enjoyed your work and the way to help other artists. This is a bold and ambitious painting and I think it turned out great! I can’t imagine what it’s like to be doubtful halfway through a project like this, as watercolours often only begin to make sense contextually towards the finish line. It definitely holds a lot of character and I think it you have harnessed your own fallibility and vulnerability as a self critical artist into something really successful and impressive. I can tell it means a lot to you in recent times to feel satisfied with the quality of your own work and this piece should make you proud of yourself. Your attitude towards painting is great and you always have fun and are encouraging others to have fun too , but you are also ready and willing to commit to things that obviously put a bit of pressure on yourself and pull at your emotions. There is a love for painting there , and also the energy and character of someone perhaps jaded by what it is to be an artist emotionally. This piece will forever mean alot to you and I hope when you unroll it in a months time you can be at peace with it. People may not understand how a masterpiece like this can strike doubt in the artist , and hard to fathom that you could possibly be unsure of it , but that is the nature of creation. Thank you so much for sharing the process and your honest thoughts on it all. For me it is definitely one of your best and I wish you success with getting it on display somewhere. Thanks Liron!
Thank you so much for this, I really appreciate it 🙏🏼 I think you hit the nail on the head with great precision. You really put some of my feelings into clear words
So beautiful great great work. A big congratulations ❤❤❤
This absolutely stunning, Liron! Thank you for sharing the process.
Thank you! 😊🙏🏼 It’s my pleasure
Great tips for anyone considering a large painting, and I am. Just researching and purchasing good paper is challenging. You've certainly have mastered this very well.🤩 Keep pushing the envelope... it's in our soul to press on to new challenges. Thank you, Liron!😊
Awesome! It looks fantastic! It's my dream to paint somethig large. I'll get there someday.
You will! (:
It's a STUNNING piece of art. Bravo!
Thank you Paul! 😊🙏🏼 Much appreciated
That has to be the biggest arches paper I’ve ever seen lol.❤😊awesome video and lots of fun to watch how you all worked it out, bravo.
Haha thank you 😁
It's glorious! I absolutely love it!
Thank you 😊🙏🏼
That painting looks so fantastic!! Nice job!
Thank you ☺️
Love the foreground water.. really good composition vs the sky
Thank you 🙏🏼🙏🏼
I’ve been subscribed to you for years… I don’t know how many three or four?… and it’s absolutely incredible to see you producing a painting like this! You’ve always been such an inspiration to me! This painting is incredible! 👏👏🤩 I watched the whole video even though I have zero intention of ever painting anything like this 😅 I just watched it because after all these years I know what an accomplishment it is and I wanted to hear all about it! Thank you for sharing your process and helping so many people feel confident that they can gain the skills to create beautiful art!!
Wow! Congratulations Liron, you did it! Magnificent painting! I'm totally impressed. Large watercolor paintings are definitely harder. My largest watercolor was an 18" X 24". That was hard to do.Yet, you challenged yourself and successfully accomplished your goal. Once again, a big congratulations.
Thank you so much! 🙏😊
And 18x24 is quite large too! Way to go 👏
that's very nice!!!!! some time ago i asked myself how would look like the painting watercolor process on huge scale, and that's how woah ahah
😁😁 it was a vastly different experience too! Felt more raw and involved
Its very realistic but still loose. Also great sense of depth and light. Very nice. Gonna be fun to get it framed.
Just fabulous!!!
Very challenging. Beautiful !
You have helped me regarding mixing enough paint for the larger paintings. It is difficult to imagine how much paint you needed to mix for the continuity of color and saturation.
It’s possible that you could do another one……just for you to work through these difficult emotions that this painting elicited.
Well done liron 🎉magnificent 👏 👌 👍
🙏😊
Thanks! Enjoyed your improvisations!
Thank you so so much 😊🙏🏼 It really means the world ❤️
Interesting work👍
Wow! Amazing!
Very beautiful.Thank you.
I could never do something so big. You are a real professional 🎉painter. I was there in Florence last month (Uffizi).
Amazing, hope you had a great time 😊🙏🏼 It’s a wonderful place
I'm certainly impressed. The process is great! Did you mention (or recall) how many hours you spent on this project? I put about 36 hours on my largest project so far. I'd imagine maybe 60+ for something with this much planning and execution.
I'm inspired, though! I should be finishing up an 11x17" (28x43cm) watercolor painting of an Oblivion Gate in another week or so. Then, I think I'll crack into another large one.
I love the Berserk books on the shelf, by the way! I've been a fan since I was a teenager. I have the scene of Griffith carrying himself to the castle tattooed on my right arm. Miura's art is very inspiring, even if I'm not great at drawing scary things lol
Thank you so much! So happy to meet a fellow struggler! ⚔️ So awesome you have that scene tattooed 😮 Miura’s art is insane and cannot be replaced haha.
As for the time this took, I did a very rough calculation of about 24 hours or so of pure painting. But if you include the breaks, staring at it, planning, experimenting with test paper etc… it might end up around the 30-35 hours mark. It may sound fast, but I’m inherently a fast painter. And the process I used here is still very much similr to my usual (:
So it’s a VERY LONG time for mr.
Keep up the great work! Sounds like you’re allowing it to carry you to what feels right 😁👍🙏🏼
Fantastic! ❤
Thank you 😁
Such a gorgeous painting! I will rewatch some of your other tutorials to try to grasp more of how you accomplished. Because the paper wasn’t even necessarily flat or supported. Is the paper weight the heavier 300 lb? You truly have created a treasure.
Thank you so much Carolyn 🙏😊
My approach to technique was very agnostic for this one (whatever necessary to get the job done!)
The paper is a 300 gsm Arches cold press (:
Not the heavier 600 gsm though
I'd like to see a video demonstrating the process of sketching a projected image. I have a projector but I haven't made it work yet.
It’s basically just like tracing, and what I’m showing here (:
The only tricky part is aligning the picture on the piece of paper! After than you’re merely going over the lines
Oh my goodness. I took a pic more than 30 years ago from the same viewpoint. I tried to do a loose watercolour of it a few years ago, a lot smaller of course, but it was a total disaster. Awesome result, Liron.
Amazing, it's a wonderful spot! Thank you so much 🙏😊
Feel free to give it another go with the similar, small version tutorial 😁
ua-cam.com/video/yqvCAlbgqYE/v-deo.html
@@LironYan Will definitely do that. Thank you.
Great accomplishment Liron. It is always good to challenge ourselves and the sense of “I did this” is even better. Please let us know what happened to this beauty!
Amazing 😍
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Amazing! I love it Liron!
This was such an enjoyable video…What a challenging process you went through but with an amazing result. I think this is one of the nicest and biggest watercolours I have ever seen and I particularly like the orientation. The addition of the cars and people is very well done as is the green colour of the water in contrast to the bridge colour…in my books your goals have been met! I hope you do get to hang it in the location you want to as they should be honoured to display it. Great job Liron. Just a quick question..do you ever sell prints of your work? Secondly, as a beginner I found your car book very helpful especially learning about shadows so thanks very much for all that you put out there for us.
Thank you so much for the kind words, and for getting my book!🙏😊
I do hope for it to find its nice permanent spot.
As for prints - not really, but I probably should! (:
This is simply really beautiful, a true success ! I am not a religious person but I feel a lot of devotion coming out of this painting. It's normal, non? to feel that you want recognition for your art.
Thank you so much 🙏😊 There was indeed plenty of devotion.
It's what makes some of my paintings rise above others
Wow! If I had done this beautiful painting, I don’t know if I could sell it! ❤😊🤗
Haha it gets easier with time.
I didn't want to let go of the large OCD painting, for example.
And it surprised the heck out of me - but once I did my paintings took a HUGE LEAP in quality.
I'm not sure why, but it just happened. Thank you 🙏😊
Amazing 😮👏🍾
Thank you 😁🥳
Your painting here is incredible Liron. I absolutely admire your bravery it shows in your work. Listening to you is comforting when you speak so openly of your feelings as they are similar to my own and I suspect many of your viewers. Can I just say when you have this piece in a mat and frame (good luck with that upcoming challenge!) you will be totally blown away at how spectacular it looks... It will look even more magnificent and I hope it will hang somewhere for the general public in Europe to see. Take care 🇭🇲
Oh thank you so so much 🙏😊
I'll do my best to get it there!! And yes - framing it will be a nightmare 😂 But will look awesome for sure
Enjoyable post Liron, congrats on this very impressive painting. I suppose most painters of large murals would use oils, anything but watercolor (haha). Watercolor is going to fight you all the way, what with the uneven drying time and matching up the correct values from section to section. Good luck with framing this beast (haha). Cheers!
Lovely work Lyron. It was very interesting how you painted it in sections and at one point tipped it on end.I see you did not soak and stretch your paper and it is very rippled. Will you be relaxing the finished painting before framing it or do you see that as unnecessary?
Thank you Cynthia! Great insight - it is indeed quite rippled.
But the way I see it, in these sizes it really isn't a big deal. The paper itself becomes its own being, and people receive the organic feel it will have.
Not to mention - the glass / perspex it'll sit behind will minimize it to an extent (:
Hope that makes sense, and thank you for the kind words 🙏😊
some cars are missing, Liron 😉, overall very well accomplished.
I love this awesome art! I also appreciate you being so transparent and down to earth. It’s helpful as I try to better understand why I do what I do. I have questions:
Is this 300# cold press? Arches? Where do you purchase such size?
Next, how is this mounted for hanging?
Is it matted and framed like smaller pieces? I know that’s very expensive to do! That, I feel, is one of the drawbacks. The other would be the difficulty and transporting. Am I wrong? Is there a better way?
If offered $20,000 USA, would you accept?
Thank you
Thank you so much 😊🙏🏼 And wonderful questions!
This is a 10 yard Arches roll (cold press, 300 gsm), as you mentioned. I got it off Amazon a few years back and have been slowly “eating through it” (:
I produced two large paintings with it, and this is the 2nd one.
As for mounting / hanging / framing - great question and I have no idea. It might need to be done on the spot, where it will hang (: But I have yet to do the research. But I think any regular solution would work, just like there are framed oil paintings of similar size.
You could perhaps substitute the glass for a similar lighter material (perspex perhaps), for weight reasons.
As for selling it, what you bring up sounds like a reasonable price to me, actually. It’s a matter of whether I’ll be able to get it to show somewhere prominent or not (:
Woah🙌👏
It's an impressive achievement, no doubt. My question is, did you enjoy painting it? To me that's what it all comes down to. You can endlessly torture yourself with questions about why the artworld does or does not appreciate your work, and agonising about whether this square centimetre or that in the painting is perfect. In the end, it's most important to please yourself, to paint what moves you and then leave it up to others to how they wish to interpret it or respond to it.
The first 70% were pure fun, the latter 30% were more challenging. And I think the main reason is real life things that were happening simultaneously and took up insane amounts of energy, and really muddied my artistic waters.
I think the wisest thing would have been to not try and push through these muddy water, but rather let them clear on their own, and then let the process “come to me”, so to speak (:
Bravo😎
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So from us you have100% recognition. Here and Instagram. But did you participate to the international workshops. like in Italy Fabriano or others were go all the “”bigs””.
Great!
Oh, you definitely “pushed the envelope”! 😂
Where did you get that roll of arches? I've been looking for really large watercolor paper.
I got it from Amazon (: But unfortunately when I search now I can’t find it. May ran out of stock, will have to check in a couple of days again.
It was the 10 yards arches cold press roll
How many tubes of paint did you go through? 😮
last resort to contact someone, consider Eric Rhoads, Chief cook and bottle washer of Streamline publishing. I'm not sure what he will offer but he is quite a successful person.
Thank you so much! That’s definitely somewhere on the list of possibilities (:
It would be best to get to an Italian / Florence publication, but perhaps the way there will be through other publishers 🙏🏼
How many buckets of paint ?😊
Haha plenty! 😛😂
Size matters. 😂 that’s impressive.
Thank you Darnelle 😁
amazing bro!
Thank you! 🙏😊