Advancing with Watercolor: Unity "Misty Morning, Essex"

This is a video done as a supplement to a watercolor class taught by Gary Tucker in Boston. This video demonstrates how we think about unity - especially in the finishing of a painting. We think about elements that will create unity from the initial design through the technical application as well. Often, however, unity does not present itself until the final strokes are made and the piece gains an added dimension.Sometimes we finish a painting and there are parts that stand out too much or look unrelated to the painting in general. I discuss and present different strategies for those final adjustments and how they help to :Unify the painting.
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A list of materials that I use can be found at
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for liking this short video and for your comments. You can see more instruction and examples of artwork at my website garytuckerartist.com

[@gautambarua8260]

Your videos are edited to the correct watchable length and are a delight to watch. Very inspirational for WC enthusiasts.

[@Belialith]

That's beautiful. Gorgeous. I love how you talk to us about the painting while it's being done, because it gives us the idea of how we could strategize our painting as well. I really like these type of videos from a Master Watercolorist, because it is so helpful for us to develop our own style. It's like, we have to have a balance between our left brain and our Essence - Right Brain, which does the most spectacular work when you allow that Essence aspect to do what it does, and just allow the personality, the left brain, to follow through and just to sit back really, and observe! Haha! Thank you for the video. I'm going to check out your other videos too.

[@hombregrama]

love your work

[@fifiwu7021]

Gary,I appreciated your time,your effort to create so many quality pieces of painting to share,help me a lot.Thank you.

[@jerryseaton5239]

You really paint and don't just draw and fill in like so many others . Awesome !

[@debbecooper104]

Just plain amazing..you make it so loose and free.....it ooks so real...thankyou for the insights

[@fmjwest8296]

Thank you Gary. I am an oil painter but no more as it too toxic and I have ME. Your watercolour’ s are the most interesting I have seen and I feel I could get into this. Very best, Fiona

[@brendakellie2871]

Excellent teacher and lots of good information. Beautiful paintings.

[@rebeccajosteelman563]

Beautiful work, Gary. Appreciating the narration of artistic thoughts in relation to the medium, color palette and process - wonderful teaching. Nice to discover your work and channel. Thank you for sharing.

[@GaryTuckerArtist]

Rebecca Thanks for sharing your impressions with me - I do try to share the thought process I experience during the painting... creating these videos have been helpful in my finding ways to translate an intuitive process into words Best Gary

[@katryan5]

I love watching your your masterful method and listening to the explanation of your painting. I thank you as I learn to loosen my attempts.

[@kananaba]

Amazing to see how adding the darks to the foreground immediately transformed the painting to another level. Great video!

[@karenkrosnick8725]

At first I didn't understand why no drawing. But you totally simplified the composition and executed it beautifully. Thank you!

[@mchris1020]

What a great way to simplify that busy background! Wish I could paint that fast and well.

[@stevesidare2493]

You're so right about the many different ways to do a painting, each equally valid. My titling is done before or after depending on the painting - sometimes it comes easier than others.

[@RLWGWriters]

Very informative, the message I gain from your paintings is 'simplify'. Thanks!

[@GaryTuckerArtist]

Thanks Len I always ask myself - what do I want to say in this painting...the answer always helps’s me to simplify.:)

[@janie7242]

Like your painting way more than the photo! Lovely! 💕

[@diegoramospianista]

Amazing! Love it. Thanks!

[@SteveAtkinsonFineArt]

Very beautiful painting, masterfully executed. And your narration is spot on... thanks for taking the time to give us this gift! New subscriber.

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Non

[@pjs3514]

Thank you. You’re a very good teacher about composition, color and merging objects 👍

[@gosiaplummer4794]

Just amazing. I am learning so much from each video!

[@shashipattar2862]

Wonderful

[@barbaragemin5117]

Thank you again for another wonderful demonstration. Such a pleasing painting from a complex photo - you're a master in watercolour.

[@kathleencaseyart]

Beautiful. Deceptively simple, masterful in your application. I am sharing with my class at Digital Art Academy.

[@sylvia4425]

New subscriber. Wow. Wow. Wow!! This painting has a mood. Love it! 👍❤️

[@grandma.p]

Your videos are so helpful. Most of the artists on here teach at a beginner's level, which is far too easy for me. However, your channel gives good tips and makes me feel as though I'm going forward.

[@sabinenogel1200]

very dynamic done

[@koonanna8164]

Learn a lot, thanks

[@saraht4973]

Love your videos... especially learned a lot about how the wet in wet works to give a misty gray day effect. So very helpful. And limiting the palette to a couple of colors. Thank you so much.

[@GaryTuckerArtist]

Thx - that was a personal favorite - I love those types of days also..

[@NicholasDuca]

Your work is exceptional and educational to those who follow you. I a am a retired architect doing watercolors for pleasure, not business. However, when I try to view the tutorial and list of materials accompanying the video I am denied access by FASO. Why ? How do I unblock this?

[@GaryTuckerArtist]

Sorry about that - i lost many files when my site was hacked

[@keithdawes2685]

Thank you Gary, I enjoyed watching the video.I found it very absorbing. It reinforced and reminded us of vital techniques that most painters already know and try to use, but we often omit. Pleasantly presented in a fresh context. Every painting is different from every other, but should be painted using a similar set of rules. The video Confused me at first! I am English and was initially puzzled why a painter from Essex would have an American accent! Thanks again.

[@fatemesh1113]

Thank you very much. I learn a lot from you.

[@Hannah-rl3ng]

You are so great... love love your painting

[@deyanirarodrigiez8223]

I love beautiful art.

[@maggiepidgeon8254]

So clever... so well executed.. love it...!!

[@dani7000]

Very very beautiful. Thank you.

[@lucillewong3721]

You are super talented!👍👍👍😘

[@navinarts8487]

Nice paintings

[@devanarayananv.v7058]

Its superb....

[@RobMcCauslandArt]

Loved the video! Very informative! Thanks!

[@rebatsu]

thank you so much for these" teachings". I've learned a lot. Just starting to paint with akvarels

[@lynatno1]

I’m really enjoying these. Love your style. Would it be possible to keep the reference in view? It’s so interesting to see the translation from source material to painting..

[@rogeredwards2258]

Excellent service

[@leekhipchick7057]

very nice，two boats form an arch，the background is natuallary appears at distance swowing houses.

[@biswajitghosh9217]

Great artist

[@alinajohnson4606]

Magnificient

[@jefffawver3389]

Beautiful Thank you for sharring.

[@goodvibes4014]

Really you are the magician.

[@innarodina9123]

- Wau! MOLTO bello ! Grazie.

[@1mediasdrawing]

Very nice

[@arlenemurphy804]

Beautiful.

[@joshadikal1617]

Really appreciated, wonderful job. You mastering the art of teaching. Thanks a lot.

[@neharifatma1567]

une trés belle aquarelle! bravo!!!!!!

[@cuolsen]

Really enjoyed your videos, you bring out so many good points. Hearing you talk and watching the videos, they seem so complete, like they're part of an actual workshop. If they are, do you have any plans to make an online workshop out of it, maybe down the road?

[@robertmausli4067]

Casper Uldal Olsen mspeichern

[@biswajitghosh9217]

Great painter

[@فنونالرسم-ج4ل]

Nice

[@robertlafontaine3256]

Belle démo !

[@reneeaubuchon6683]

(I liked the boat when it was blue.)

[@reetpateet8656]

Wow!

[@DavidSoekana]

Nice tutorial Gary!! I'm also a painter.

[@hamidr11]

Beyond words. Magnificent. Subscrbd

[@MrMoykanal]

nice !

[@MiraTulic]

❤hvala

[@theresemosa8500]

❤️

[@alext9067]

Reflection of a pylon that isn't there. Hmm.

[@mrirurfkjsdo]

Wonderful technik ! nice to see. Just one point of view, the mast and its reflection would have required more precision, in contrast with the rest ; )

[@okiart8428]

Beautiful!! 素敵です(*´ω`*)

[@danthomas6587]

Maybe its just the translation to internet but when you put in the darks it kinda ruined it.

[@MaTTheWish]

PRO...

[@markdonovan1540]

My take away from this is: simplify and unify to create a balance. Easier said than done of course...

[@SoftYoda]

i prefer ue4

[@alpenjon]

Jawdropping

[@robertg786]

I found this not to be useful to me at all. You said nothing about the wash or colors or anything else you were doing. Not even the weight of the paper. I would like to have followed along but you offered up nothing but empty words.