Alvaro Castagnet Watercolor Style Cityscape (Complete Tutorial!)

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This watercolor is a quick demo of a scene from Brasov, Romania . I hope you enjoy! Please consider liking this video and don't forget to subscribe for more Daily videos. The water color paper used is Arches 300gm rough. All watercolors are Daniel Smith and the full list is below.
- Neutral Tint
- Joseph Z's Neutral Grey
- Joseph Z's Warm Grey
- Ultramarine Blue
- Cobalt Blue
- Cerulean Blue, Chromium
- Lavender
- Viridian
- Chinese White
- Burnt Umber
- Burnt Sienna Light
- Yellow Ochre
- Mayan Orange
- Cadmium Red Scarlet Hue
- Pyrol Scarlet
- Hansa Yellow Medium
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[@markhumphrey8894]

My favorite style ever since I found Joseph Zbukvic and Alvero Castagnet. Thanks for doing the video. I live in a city with cool architecture and I want to do paints of the buildings in this style.

[@MichaelHattem]

This was an excellent tutorial. Thanks so much!!!

[@sanhanful]

You’ve captured the essence of Alvaro’s style so precisely! Thanks so much for this John!

[@onedayless7422]

Great work! I lovee Alvaro Style and you nailed it ❤

[@gillmorton7083]

I’ve never watched a painting demo in this style before. It’s really inspirational, many thanks.

[@johnboxwatercolor]

Glad you enjoyed it, Gill!

[@kjartans.kversy4643]

You are just a wonderful teacher. I am impressed how you talk me through your work in a way I understand. Thank you so much. You make me braver.

[@suzanneboily5224]

Hello John like listening to your videos thank you.

[@Flux_One]

I've just discovered Alvaro's work and you absolutely nailed it

[@jessigoals1770]

Amazing tecnique . I want to watch a lot like this videos 😍

[@DheerajKattula]

Alvaro users red lights😅. You did a great job ❤

[@pachilin]

And lavender! ;)

[@marcello.mutti75]

Thanks John!👍

[@markturk7333]

Nice job!

[@tedpytlik8123]

Also love Alvaro’s style. You did a great job of capturing the technique and I’m psyched to give it a go. Been trying to loosen up for years and am bound and determined to do so. I agree with you that his style is much more appealing than a simple replication of an object or scene. Thanks for the great demonstration.

[@morgenmachen2400]

This video came up in my recommended so I clicked to view your channel and immediately subscribed. Looking forward to getting familiar with your content. Thanks for posting!

[@nightravellerx]

Excellent lesson, thank you for sharing!!

[@ogster35]

great video!

[@SamuelPerez-rs9hm]

Es bueno aprender de otros artistas, pero no te quedes pegado ahi,tu eres otra persona que ve y siente los colores de la naturaleza ,de una forma unica ,SE TU MISMO...

[@ratulsarkar8972]

Brilliant video, liked it from the first brush stroke

[@johnboxwatercolor]

Thank you!

[@beautyrevisited7857]

I love your loose yet precise style! You make it look so easy (though I know it’s not)

[@joannaryan9805]

Love this and all your demos ‘ Where have you gone does anyone know as you haven’t posted for ages

[@mindfulnessjewelshk8667]

Love this tutorial, look forward to more of them from you!

[@johnboxwatercolor]

More to come!

[@rameshbandekar1557]

Very nice. Beautiful. Thank you for demonstration.

[@dineshchadha2032]

I love this style!

[@johnboxwatercolor]

Thank You!

[@powderriverfarrier]

You have some nerve being so good at what you do. . Thanks for the outstanding tutorials sir.

[@gnanaiah1]

Thank you.

[@libellula3313]

Great video, but you missed Alvaro's signature splash of bright red! And you need to wear a wooly hat! Jo in France 🇫🇷

[@annangel4828]

Oh my John! Fabulous job!

[@tericarter2886]

Interesting that I just watched a full demo by Alvero yesterday Your take on is style is quite good and encourages me to give it a try

[@paulinehughes5325]

Thank you it was good to follow, appreciated that

[@jahidshumon6609]

Helpful video. Love it.

[@nek114]

I really love it! great job! thanks a lot for the demo!!!!!

[@johnboxwatercolor]

Glad you like it!

[@DDumbrille]

@@johnboxwatercolor You're a brave man, kudos for your effort -- quite a good 'imitation'. My only quibble regards your statement that Alvaro is mainly known for his dry brush technique. I would argue that he's mainly known for his bold washes, then adds the details -- sometimes still with those large brushes, and ends with dry brush details. :)

[@luckyhiker3434]

Really nice results John. Robt

[@gitimotevalian8717]

Thank you for sharing master 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@robertpage214]

Great tutorial ..learned a lot!

[@dr_davidmd2065]

Brilliant

[@alilabarfer]

I need to paint 3 small landscapes in watercolor but it scares me, anyway I will try! Easy for the painter difficult for the student.

[@kaliCharan-aaaaaaa]

Great

[@frankbissell1920]

Great info, painted along, please do more.

[@jeffreykasbohm7685]

nicely done!

[@elcidamatute7193]

I love your style

[@MrMoykanal]

Bravo!

[@sdmxx4283]

Excellentt!!

[@AndreaGomez-yz7kz]

realmente, se te agradece te quedo muy bien. saludos cordiales desde Argentina.

[@johnthornton3467]

Very useful demo. But the body of the tower looks awfully flat, and needs of some strong shadow on the left hand side, perhaps to make it more 3D?

[@leecrespi5162]

I enjoyed this tutorial very much. You really captured Alvaro's style. I would love to know more about your color choice, however. Your rendition of the building is very different than the original color palette.

[@fruitypebbles803]

Alvaro likes to say that he is not replicating reality, he is beating reality by inventing a much more interesting and dramatic one. This leads to all of his paintings using more or less the same colors and looking more or less the same, color wise. He likes to say that it’s all about hue and value, and the actual color matching and stuff like that are not important

[@fruitypebbles803]

Thanks for this very concise and to the point tutorial! It’s much faster than watching an actual Álvaro tutorial. 😆

[@sadiqueruddra5856]

Great man. keep making videos.

[@johnboxwatercolor]

More to come for sure!

[@Magic65750]

I would love to see your reference as you paint.

[@mavirtudespardo3128]

I like this video

[@TonyWhiteWatercolour]

Nice one John.

[@johnboxwatercolor]

Many thanks!

[@marcstewart9169]

Great new intro! Amazing picture as always!

[@johnboxwatercolor]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@srabastibasu2]

how do you manage to bent your brushes like that for dry brush technique??

[@monicaguilf738]

Hi John love your paintings and medhod am I noticed that your clearing your trote alot and I like you too look into it a bit a docs it does not sound ok keep up the work lreland hear

[@nirjharaloy6108]

Where can I buy this size 8 Raphael soft aqua brushes? Is it synthetic?

[@nursen2106]

does he really use so many colours in one painting? three kinds of grey? is this his style? I don't know much about him, but I am a bit surprised

[@johnboxwatercolor]

Alvaro uses lots of colors even greys as well. He uses the grays to create contrast with the surrounding lighter areas

[@srabastibasu2]

@@johnboxwatercolor pls tell me what does Alvaro and you use for white wash at last??

[@nacemoslibres]

I do not get why the use of white. Castagnet does not use white and, who does? why? And those details on the background breaks the depth.

[@alexshi9320]

Exactly a lot of watercolor societies won’t even look at your painting if you apply a color such as white opaquely onto painting

[@RichardJHuntArt]

I’ve seen Alvaro use white gouache numerous times.

[@trumpetingangel]

@@RichardJHuntArt I agree. I just watched a video and he finished up with Chinese White and Jayne Brilliant highlights.

[@omaracosta1264]

Pero vos ya tenes tu estilo....