You are the only watercolor teacher I can watch! The other instructors make you doubt yourself. But you help us to connect with ourselves. More videos on shapes, and values….working from black and white photos is really helping my boats!
So happy to hear my friend! This one was inspired by your request, if I’m not mistaken, for a landscape 😁 It inspired me to showcase this technique in particular, as it’s relevant to that too. But I hope to soon do another proper landscape tutorial!
A note on the quality of paper: some papers won't allow you this kind of time and control, either because it buckles or dries too fast. If you keep failing at doing what he does, it might be the paper.
Definitely! Whatever you use, it has to be 100% cotton to get all the flexibility. You can paint on other types, but you may be limited with what you can achieve. But you may also discover other cool effects you can’t achieve with a 100% cotton paper! Currently the types that work best for me are: Saunders Waterford Arches BaoHong
Forgot to include the reference URL - pixabay.com/photos/pagoda-vietnam-hanoi-water-asian-8612554/ And SKETCH - imgur.com/a/1G28JAI Enjoy & thank you for watching! 🙏😊
So glad I found your channel because this is something I would love to try. I am new to watercolor ( about 2years) But I am still learning how to draw, so I’m going to try my best to sketch this before painting it. I sure do wish I had UA-cam when I was younger 😊 I will definitely be watching more of your tutorials. Thank you for this one😊
Yes you are great as a lot of teachers make us doubt ourselves as a lot of them are just showing us their skills. Whereas you teach as you are not full of ego
Great work and techniques Liron! Love the looseness and spontaneity. We often get too timid and afraid to just go for it. I have to keep reminding myself it's only paint and paper. If it doesn't work out, just turn it over and do another one. BTW, the lavalier mic sounds great! Happy holidays!
Thank you so much my friend 😊🙏🏼 Very happy you enjoyed this one. Wishing you happy holidays too! I like this mic quite a bit, because I can move super freely 😁
I’ve missed you Liron! I’ve been so busy! Still finishing up 3 commissions today. (Christmas due dates) 😭 I love your techniques. Your watercolors are amazing! And yes painting should be joyful! I love it! I’ll have to send you some pics of the dog I painted. I’m pretty happy with it. Well I must go. Time is speeding by. (It’s Christmas Eve and I’m meeting one client at 10am) but tomorrow I will relax and enjoy celebrating the birth of Jesus. He is celebrated every day actually. But pondering the miracle of his birth is what I want to remember. 🙏🏻 Blessings to you and your precious family.
Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones 😊🙏🏼 So happy you’re busy with commissions, that’s a great feeling!! And very grateful you took time from your busy busy day to comment 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Liron, your videos are great and I especially love how you simplify everything and the outcome speaks for itself. What kind of paper do you love and use? I’m thinking maybe a hot pressed?
Thank you! 😊🙏🏼In this one I’m using cold press. It’s always a mix for me - I use both Arches and Saunders Waterford. Usually I go for cold press, but once in a while I enjoy hot press too! (:
I just started my way in watercolors and failed miserably on my first try XD Too slow, too shy, too nervous. But you look and sound very inspiring, gotta drink some tea with your vids, do the line art and try again. Thx man ❤
The second attempt was still not presentable but holy moly, that was such a leap. Going how you feel, without sweating over each stroke is a *game changer*
Amazing! So happy for you 😁 It took me a LONG time to find that freedom, but from here it’s a game of continuing to hone it and literally paint ONLY what interests you and fascinates you!
@@LironYan 100% my man. I immediately jumped into painting people, didn't even think about training random still lifes, that'll be 0 motivation for me. Also if you don't mind me asking, what pencil hardness you're using for sketching? Should it be hard if I want to use a bit of shading? You are good with internal shapes, but for me just going by the silhouette is a tall task.
Thank you for watching! The larger is an Escoda Barroco (: The smaller is an Escoda Perla! I use these quite a bit as an all purpose round brush with a great tip. These are the plein air versions, you can also find a regular studio version. The sizes aren’t 14 and 10 if I’m not mistaken 😁
Hello Liron. Thank you for your video! I have a question: how many subjects does the course frustration free have? I can see a monochromatic portrait, but is there other subjects in your lessons in this course ? Thank you very much 😊
Hi, thank you for your interest 😊🙏🏼 In addition to the black and white portrait, there’s also people (not figurative / nude), still life, boats / mini seascape and more. It’s pretty well rounded in that regard. Let me know if you end up joining 🙏🏼
Do you have any tips for how to better "see" where soft edges around objects should be used? I find I tend to keep my outer edges of the object hard but I really like how the right side of yours turned out
Great question! I believe a lot of it comes down to your own taste (: In other words - there’s no definitive answer, there’s no right or wrong. But if I reverse engineer how I do it, one way I like to think about it is: Do I want the object in the front to be strongly separated from the background in this specific area? Or perhaps do I want to remove some attention from it? And I then go ahead and paint accordingly (: And sometimes, there will actually BE. A smooth transition that is visible, and I’ll portray it. But more often than not - it’s an acquired taste for me. Hope this helps and thank you so much for watching 😊🙏🏼
Love your videos! How do you approach foliage (leaves of trees and bushes) in front of a dark background like a stone wall? Every time I try to paint around the leaves (whether loose or focused) or turn to gouache for this, it looks so messy.
Ooh that’s a challenge indeed! If you really want to be accurate and specific, something like careful negative painting (perhaps in multiple thin layers to have better flow) could work. Or even using masking fluid. But one of my favorite ways is to use a relatively opaque Lemon Yellow, wet in wet ONTO the dark wash. I find it looks great and very organic. I show something similar with the background in this vid: ua-cam.com/video/7YyU2o25jXc/v-deo.htmlsi=iO2T-4XcKENBWT7A Hope that helps 🙏🏼🙏🏼
At what point do you think this becomes more instinctive than planning? I know for me it’s something that I didn’t realize I was doing, just exploring and then becomes part of my process. “Caught not Taught” ❤
I think it just starts happening gradually with time (: But I will say this - the more one finds true freedom in their art, the faster everything becomes just intuition.
Okay. The biggest struggle I have is choosing whether or not to let a layer dry. It doesn't look like you ever let a painting dry. Do you ever do that or can you elaborate more on that?
In this specific process it wasn’t necessary to let things dry, because I manages to get everything to look how I want in the first go. In more complex paintings, larger washes, more fragmented shapes / colors - I may decide to first paint a simple wash that encapsulates the essence, but still leaves room to add details later with a second wash once it’s dry. But if I can get it all done in one go - I simply do 😁
@LironYan Thank you. Usually when it comes down to the final details I'm impatient and I don't let it dry. Then I put the paint down on the paper and it spreads all over. Ugh! Patience!
It may seem that way! But I'm using quite a lot of Arches too 😁 I still have a huge roll of Arches I'm slowly working my way into. But yes - Saunders has been the most consistent quality wise, in my experience. And if I had more BaoHong Rough - I'd definitely use that too. It was a pleasure to work with!
@@LironYan I never was able to get used to Baohong unfortunately...even though it is really good paper. The reason I asked about Saunders is because your washes are smooth enough that I can tell when you're using Saunders and when your not lol. Hey, Saunders is perfect for the loose/smooth stuff. I actually bought my first role (ever) the other day.
You are the only watercolor teacher I can watch! The other instructors make you doubt yourself. But you help us to connect with ourselves. More videos on shapes, and values….working from black and white photos is really helping my boats!
So happy to hear my friend! This one was inspired by your request, if I’m not mistaken, for a landscape 😁
It inspired me to showcase this technique in particular, as it’s relevant to that too.
But I hope to soon do another proper landscape tutorial!
A note on the quality of paper: some papers won't allow you this kind of time and control, either because it buckles or dries too fast. If you keep failing at doing what he does, it might be the paper.
Definitely! Whatever you use, it has to be 100% cotton to get all the flexibility. You can paint on other types, but you may be limited with what you can achieve.
But you may also discover other cool effects you can’t achieve with a 100% cotton paper!
Currently the types that work best for me are:
Saunders Waterford
Arches
BaoHong
this is what I'm thinking while watching the video, because this is my experience. I can never do what he's doing because my paper dries too fast.
It is lovely to do shifts of color within watercolor. The blends are completely unique.
Yes! I enjoy it thoroughly! 😊
And add in the ‘leave it to dry’ magic and you are onto a winner! Thank you Liron.
Happy you enjoyed this one! Thank you 😁🙏🏼
Such a fun video and you do a great job talking and painting. I zone out when I paint.
Haha thank you!
Sometimes I zone out too (:
But usually it only happens with very large, complex and detailed paintings.
This has such a monochromatic feel to it.. which I absolutely love! I can’t wait to try this! Thank you so much Liron!!
So happy you enjoyed this one! 😁🙏🏼 I love playing on the subtle changes of color and seeing how much I can communicate with few colors
liron, you are so gifted. thank you for wonderful tutorials.
You are THE BEST teacher EVER !!!
😊🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thanks!
Thank you so much!! I really appreciate it 😊🙏
I love watching you paint. Thank you for your tutorials. I have subscribed.😍
Thank you so much ☺️ Welcome aboard!
Thank you for putting language to this method! I’ve been using this a lot in my work but of course it really only works with excellent paper!
Wow! You make it look so easy. Need to practice this. Thank you.
Thank you for watching 🙏🏼🙏🏼😊
Outstanding! Thank you. Haven't done much in watercolors, but i will give it a shot in the near future! Thanks again for the inspiration.!
You got it! Let me know if you end up giving this a try 😊🙏🏼
@LironYan ... for sure Yan! Thanks man!❤ Merry Christmas!
That pagoda is in my hometown in Vietnam, didn't expect to see it on your channel so it makes me happy. Very nice video about watercolor as always.
Thank you! 😊 I had a great time in Hanoi and the North of Vietnam.
Thanks, Liron. Can’t wait to try this! Have a wonderful holiday season!
Thank you 😊🙏🏼 Same to you ❤️
Forgot to include the reference URL - pixabay.com/photos/pagoda-vietnam-hanoi-water-asian-8612554/
And SKETCH - imgur.com/a/1G28JAI
Enjoy & thank you for watching! 🙏😊
I love watching you paint😊
Thank you so much ☺️🙏🏼
I enjoyed trying this painting, and it was great fun "breaking" the rules. I love your approach and look forward to future videos! Ann D.
Thank you so much Ann! I really appreciate it 🙏😊
This was lovely! Happy new year.
Thank you! Happy new year 😊🙏🏼🙏🏼
Such an inspiring tutorial!❤
So happy you enjoyed it 🙏😊
Looks great! I love this advice.
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Good one Liron!
Thank you so much! 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Beautiful!
Thank you 😊
Brilliant work, even as you chat!! Woohoo!!
Haha 😁 Sometimes it's very difficult to do both simultaneously, but sometimes I'm simply in the mood!
Beautifully painted❤❤ You painted it so fast and looks like so much fun!!
Thank you 😁🙏🏼🙏🏼
So glad I found your channel because this is something I would love to try. I am new to watercolor ( about 2years) But I am still learning how to draw, so I’m going to try my best to sketch this before painting it. I sure do wish I had UA-cam when I was younger 😊 I will definitely be watching more of your tutorials. Thank you for this one😊
Thank you so much 😊🙏🏼 Do let me know how it goes and if you have any follow-up questions!
Thank you for these tips.
Happy I could help, thank you for watching! 😁
Thank you Liron
Happy to help! (:
My favorite artist 👨🎨!!!
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Yes you are great as a lot of teachers make us doubt ourselves as a lot of them are just showing us their skills. Whereas you teach as you are not full of ego
So happy to be able to help in that regard! 😁
I find doubt to be completely useless in art!
Great work and techniques Liron! Love the looseness and spontaneity. We often get too timid and afraid to just go for it. I have to keep reminding myself it's only paint and paper. If it doesn't work out, just turn it over and do another one. BTW, the lavalier mic sounds great! Happy holidays!
Thank you so much my friend 😊🙏🏼 Very happy you enjoyed this one.
Wishing you happy holidays too! I like this mic quite a bit, because I can move super freely 😁
I’ve missed you Liron! I’ve been so busy! Still finishing up 3 commissions today. (Christmas due dates) 😭 I love your techniques. Your watercolors are amazing! And yes painting should be joyful! I love it! I’ll have to send you some pics of the dog I painted. I’m pretty happy with it. Well I must go. Time is speeding by. (It’s Christmas Eve and I’m meeting one client at 10am) but tomorrow I will relax and enjoy celebrating the birth of Jesus. He is celebrated every day actually. But pondering the miracle of his birth is what I want to remember. 🙏🏻 Blessings to you and your precious family.
Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones 😊🙏🏼 So happy you’re busy with commissions, that’s a great feeling!!
And very grateful you took time from your busy busy day to comment 🙏🏼🙏🏼
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i love your videos man
Thank you so much! 😁🙏🏼
Liron, your videos are great and I especially love how you simplify everything and the outcome speaks for itself. What kind of paper do you love and use? I’m thinking maybe a hot pressed?
Thank you! 😊🙏🏼In this one I’m using cold press. It’s always a mix for me - I use both Arches and Saunders Waterford.
Usually I go for cold press, but once in a while I enjoy hot press too! (:
Very nice
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Love ur content brother✨️💜
Thank you 😁🙏🏼
I just started my way in watercolors and failed miserably on my first try XD
Too slow, too shy, too nervous. But you look and sound very inspiring, gotta drink some tea with your vids, do the line art and try again. Thx man ❤
Also happy holiday season to you
The second attempt was still not presentable but holy moly, that was such a leap. Going how you feel, without sweating over each stroke is a *game changer*
Amazing! So happy for you 😁 It took me a LONG time to find that freedom, but from here it’s a game of continuing to hone it and literally paint ONLY what interests you and fascinates you!
@@LironYan 100% my man. I immediately jumped into painting people, didn't even think about training random still lifes, that'll be 0 motivation for me.
Also if you don't mind me asking, what pencil hardness you're using for sketching? Should it be hard if I want to use a bit of shading?
You are good with internal shapes, but for me just going by the silhouette is a tall task.
Liron, what style, brand and size brush is that? Thanks! 🖌
Thank you for watching! The larger is an Escoda Barroco (: The smaller is an Escoda Perla!
I use these quite a bit as an all purpose round brush with a great tip.
These are the plein air versions, you can also find a regular studio version.
The sizes aren’t 14 and 10 if I’m not mistaken 😁
Hello Liron. Thank you for your video! I have a question: how many subjects does the course frustration free have? I can see a monochromatic portrait, but is there other subjects in your lessons in this course ? Thank you very much 😊
Hi, thank you for your interest 😊🙏🏼
In addition to the black and white portrait, there’s also people (not figurative / nude), still life, boats / mini seascape and more.
It’s pretty well rounded in that regard. Let me know if you end up joining 🙏🏼
Do you have any tips for how to better "see" where soft edges around objects should be used? I find I tend to keep my outer edges of the object hard but I really like how the right side of yours turned out
Great question! I believe a lot of it comes down to your own taste (:
In other words - there’s no definitive answer, there’s no right or wrong.
But if I reverse engineer how I do it, one way I like to think about it is:
Do I want the object in the front to be strongly separated from the background in this specific area?
Or perhaps do I want to remove some attention from it?
And I then go ahead and paint accordingly (:
And sometimes, there will actually BE. A smooth transition that is visible, and I’ll portray it.
But more often than not - it’s an acquired taste for me. Hope this helps and thank you so much for watching 😊🙏🏼
Anyone see the eye on the color palette? Around 7:08
Haha I see it now too 😂 Wet in wet eye
@LironYan 2 in 1 masterpiece. Great work brother.
I see two eyes, one per well
Hello, where is the link to the drawing. I can't see it in the description.
My apologies, it’s in the pinned comment I made 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Love your videos! How do you approach foliage (leaves of trees and bushes) in front of a dark background like a stone wall? Every time I try to paint around the leaves (whether loose or focused) or turn to gouache for this, it looks so messy.
Ooh that’s a challenge indeed!
If you really want to be accurate and specific, something like careful negative painting (perhaps in multiple thin layers to have better flow) could work. Or even using masking fluid.
But one of my favorite ways is to use a relatively opaque Lemon Yellow, wet in wet ONTO the dark wash. I find it looks great and very organic. I show something similar with the background in this vid:
ua-cam.com/video/7YyU2o25jXc/v-deo.htmlsi=iO2T-4XcKENBWT7A
Hope that helps 🙏🏼🙏🏼
@@LironYan Opaque yellow onto the dark wash sounds really interesting! Your video helped me visualise it. Thank you so much!
@@Emmarghz You got it! 🙏😊
I wanted to paint with you but I don't see the sketch link. I love you and hope you are well!
Nevermind! I found it in the comments thread!
@@chimilewski I totally forgot to add the link, my bad! 😅
imgur.com/a/1G28JAI
At what point do you think this becomes more instinctive than planning? I know for me it’s something that I didn’t realize I was doing, just exploring and then becomes part of my process. “Caught not Taught” ❤
I think it just starts happening gradually with time (:
But I will say this - the more one finds true freedom in their art, the faster everything becomes just intuition.
Okay. The biggest struggle I have is choosing whether or not to let a layer dry. It doesn't look like you ever let a painting dry. Do you ever do that or can you elaborate more on that?
In this specific process it wasn’t necessary to let things dry, because I manages to get everything to look how I want in the first go.
In more complex paintings, larger washes, more fragmented shapes / colors - I may decide to first paint a simple wash that encapsulates the essence, but still leaves room to add details later with a second wash once it’s dry.
But if I can get it all done in one go - I simply do 😁
@LironYan Thank you. Usually when it comes down to the final details I'm impatient and I don't let it dry. Then I put the paint down on the paper and it spreads all over. Ugh! Patience!
I actually do that without even knowing what I was doing! 😂 Happy Hanukkah! 🕎
Thank you Pam, merry Christmas and happy holidays! 🙏😊
Love it!
Thank you so much for watching ☺️🙏🏼
Is it me, or are you using a lot more Saunders/Waterfort paper these days?
It may seem that way! But I'm using quite a lot of Arches too 😁
I still have a huge roll of Arches I'm slowly working my way into.
But yes - Saunders has been the most consistent quality wise, in my experience.
And if I had more BaoHong Rough - I'd definitely use that too. It was a pleasure to work with!
@@LironYan I never was able to get used to Baohong unfortunately...even though it is really good paper.
The reason I asked about Saunders is because your washes are smooth enough that I can tell when you're using Saunders and when your not lol. Hey, Saunders is perfect for the loose/smooth stuff. I actually bought my first role (ever) the other day.
Excuse me I’m a beginner and I can’t see what you’re trying to show as compared to other methods of water coloring . Yet you do beautiful painting.
Thank you! 🙏😊 I think the main thing is to be aware that everything you put on paper is permanent and can be changed / improved on the spot!