Advancing with Watercolor: Creating luminous Color “Light on the Workbench”

This video was done to support my class which meets in the Plein air along Cape Ann and the North Shore area. We meet at different parks and harbors throughout the summer painting watercolor outdoors. In video I present a few simple ideas on working with Color to effect the “glow” in our painting. In the previous week we challenged on doing the painting alla prima or in one go. Today we will build dry layers to create more luminosity in the painting, placing warm hues in the underpainting followed by rich darks using the warm/ cool relationship to enchanted the warm undertones. Also we make use of a light value pattern on top of a dark mid-tone to achieve readability and high contrast. An effort is made to context the smaller lights into a more cohesive shape that our motif presents.
You can find a small PDF that builds on some of the strategies of creating a watercolor plan and how that may be useful for you by going here.
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In each video I will address some of the challenges with each motif and ways to meet those challenges. Along the way I hope you experience the same thrill of working under an open sky that we did.
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Thank you all for your continued support -
for liking this short video and particularly for your comments. They help me in planning my next series of videos...
Any questions you have please direct them to my contact page on my website, thanks

[@karenfox9982]

Learnt so much over time from this generous giver of time and experience...thankyou and love your style and work🥰🤩

[@fermifiritesenricomartin2370]

This is one of the best demonstrations videos I had ever seen...

[@rameshbandekar1557]

Beautiful

[@denniswatson1830]

Like the craftsman of that shop your a master of your trade. With your tools and supplies you create something of beauty that will be enjoyed for years to come. Thank you.

[@fifiwu7021]

I can see the strong intensive light surrounding by rich darks,the final the bright accent colours push the painting more interesting.Good piece.Thank you Gary!

[@azong98]

Best tutorial that I have watched. Beautiful painting! I am following. Thank you

[@oceanpinkuk]

Thank you Gary. This is painted in a way that makes me want to see more of the room. Great talent! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@TomBrown7]

Enjoyed watching this one Gary

[@promisethesceneryforme234]

Thank you so much! I’m a young artist learning how to work with lighting in paintings and you’ve helped me a lot, sir!

[@GaryTuckerArtist]

🙏

[@29jug11]

One of the best watercolour demo’s seen on here for some time...... Thank You!

[@eileengoldenberg270]

I love the very abstract quality that comes together as you progress. Thanks!

[@myutub090571]

this interior painting is wonderful... a primary wash, illuminousity between light/dark, subtle detail, nice dry brush technique

[@perlefisker]

Looking very good, very pleasant. I was caught by the ambience - the actual room with its colours and lights. A place I would like to be in. Going through the process was interesting, but I'll just watch :-)

[@sarahmiller6183]

I love this painting. Thank you for sharing.

[@magalyanne]

Merci beaucoup. Just amazing , so much abstraction and at the same Time we Feel we are in there.

[@noreenkellett3863]

Really loved this work, thanks for sharing 😊

[@michaelguiet650]

MARVELOUS

[@GaryTuckerArtist]

🙏

[@gingerbuchanan2795]

I love your vision...literally. Thank you for sharing your thought and color process. Very helpful.

[@dougg1075]

Brilliant and I hate to look a magnificent gift horse in the mouth but if we could maybe constantly see the reference, it would be helpful to see where you’re going. Thank you so much for this instruction.

[@hoody8279]

Screengrab the reference and stick it on your desktop next to the youtube. That's what I do.

[@judycole5721]

Beautiful!

[@n3bie]

these videos are great!

[@debragallardo5754]

Watching you paint this was fasinating. I love the painting. Thank you for sharing your expertise.

[@tinaschmidtsart]

Wow Gary, how you make that decision of what to put in, what to leave out, and create the warmth and ambient qualities with a minimal amount of fuss, you're amazing! I like how you have soft diffusion and hard line contrasts while juggling the composition....wow, so much to learn. You make it appear "easy" but I can see how you make decisions every few seconds on what to do next. Awesome finish!

[@GaryTuckerArtist]

Thx for the kind words Tina - you picked up exactly what I wanted to get across - :)

[@ellaspainting9810]

Awesome!♥

[@tinasloan172]

Just brilliant!

[@saraht4973]

Super super super! Thank you so much.

[@pitayatang686]

Thank you very much Gary. I love the your expression, some abstract. It's important idea what to add and what to cut. How do we have such the ideas.

[@sjmediaonline]

We need a double or triple ‘like’ button here :-) Awesome work Gary!

[@liti1554]

This is great. Are you not tempted to go a lot more abstract- suggesting shapes and using geometric surfaces since you have these strong vibrant tube pigments at your disposal? Some times I wish you stopped half way to just enjoy this interplay between shapes and colors.

[@katmortensen1146]

Thank you so much for your demo. I really would like to learn your style!:)

[@914peru]

that is confidence great work

[@nancysmitherman9970]

One of my favorites!

[@MrMoykanal]

Thanks Gary!

[@tempusfugit4545]

Marvellous .. thank you

[@rubinamustafa9633]

Thanks sir u doing awesome love from India

[@CharleyWang]

Subscribe to your channel for a long time, pay attention to your updates, work hard together, and make progress together!

[@crystlark]

I love this so much. Just touchingly beautiful. I seen to ask questions on your contact page :) 👍

[@tinaschmidtsart]

Do you give location lessons or classes? Love your work!

[@GaryTuckerArtist]

I am beginning an on-line series to reach distant students and offer something during this time of isolation. you can see details on my website garytuckerartist.com

[@grunherzjg-5443]

👍😍👍

[@selftrue670]

So, question: How are the details and highlights added in such an opaque manner? Is there an additive or are some colors more opaque than others? I didnt think any WCs were that opaque.

[@hoody8279]

Looks like tinted Goauche but I'd love to know this too.

[@magalyanne]

A question of pigment dilution and number of layers, don’t you think so?

[@hoody8279]

@@magalyanne No man, toward the end he just blobs some opaque colours over the top in a single application - no layering - look at the blue on the bottle for example at 15.47. It's either undiluted watercolor straight from the tube or something like gouache.

[@magalyanne]

You are right. I did not understand correctly the question. English is not my mother language. You surely know that, but of course there are transparent, semi transparent and opaque colors. On W and N tubes there is an indication. It shows a little square. When totally white, it is a transparent color, black is opaque, half black half white.... By the way, I do not know this blue. Could be gouache....

[@marcelovelez9105]

Máster

[@dougg1075]

Is the white G or Acrylic