Creating Depth in Watercolor (The Three Keys)

[@learntopaintwatercolor]

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[@schragdenker5425]

In addition to your wonderfully relaxed and very informative videos, I would like to compliment your speaking. Very well recorded, very well spoken and very pleasant to listen to. This is an important factor that is underestimated by quite a few KZbin channels and unfortunately often ignored.

[@ambidextrousandre]

This is the only video that has really explained backgrounds and foreground and contrast. Really helpful for my work. Fantastic video 😊

[@barblair]

Thank you for the very clear explanation!

[@kellydanson2121]

I did use these tips. Thank you Matt. I love that you give clear and great tips 🙂

[@learntopaintwatercolor]

Glad it was helpful!

[@beckyhofer4328]

This is such a key element. Here’s what I have trouble with: I strive to feather in the edges of my paintings to create a middle ground focal point in urban scenes. I have a hard time understanding how to help those edges just fade into the background. Sometimes they look like they’re cut off; they distract. Could you do a video on something like this? I love the urban scenes and I’d like to be able to do a better job at this. Thank you Matthew you are a gifted teacher!

[@learntopaintwatercolor]

Good question. I will put it on my list of subjects!

[@Dixie-k2e]

Thank you clear instructions inspiration in the art

[@kathyswearingen1509]

Really appreciate your clear teaching style thank you!

[@learntopaintwatercolor]

Thanks for watching! Very kind of you!

[@suzannemarley8228]

As a retired elementary teacher, I've taken master's level art courses . I have NEVER had the level of teaching you provide. I always thought maybe a REAL artist could not teach. I think now, they just did not have the love of teaching AND the love of painting. THANK GOD! YOU HAVE BOTH!.

[@AmandaNorris-mq9dn]

This video confirmed what I thought I should be doing, but have resisted doing. I think I resisted these tips because I got so focused on creating details, which meant that there was no distinction between foreground and background objects. It takes a lot of confidence to let go of that obsessive need to recreate a reference photo with a high degree of detail in every square inch.

[@francistobin7263]

Thank you , great video

[@AmandaNorris-mq9dn]

Thank you so much for making this video so clear and brief.

[@robynblake4841]

Another great lesson!

[@sadhanatiwari6491]

A very interesting tip. I will keep this in mind from now on.

[@safaahamed5462]

This is really helpful, and the other free video as well, thanks a lot🙏🏽

[@lynnechin7789]

Thank you so much for these clear and concise tips! Thank you for sharing your talents with others. 😊

[@hebas4494]

Thank u for this rich content it's really fruitful and your english is easy to understand, greetings from Palestine 🌸

[@user-hm2tg8kz1l]

Thank you for sharing!!

[@nanschifris8734]

Wonderful! Thank you so much!

[@learntopaintwatercolor]

You're very welcome!

[@merry1334]

hi matt thanks a lot you are wonderful and so helpful .

[@lizbethk]

Great tips!

[@learntopaintwatercolor]

Glad it was helpful!

[@paulatogashi6280]

Hello Matthew. Tks for the great content. Could you please teach us how to choose the right reference picture? As a beginner/ intermediate watercolor artist, sometimes I choose complicated compositions and in the end I don't have the skills to go through.

[@learntopaintwatercolor]

Hi Paula. Thanks for the suggestion! That's on my list for upcoming videos.

[@suel4269]

Excellent tips! So much to remember.😉

[@reginafernandez8827]

Que vídeo tan maravilloso! What a wonderful video!

[@sharonsunshine2532]

Thanks 👍

[@01bmw325xi]

MATT, great advice and sensible content. I've made a few basic changes but try NOT to change everything at one time because....painting is enjoyable not a rigid operation with endless rules,right? The simple suggestions are priceless. Thank you.

[@learntopaintwatercolor]

So glad to hear that!

[@annevanderwoude9319]

Thank you for this video it was very helpful I really appreciate

[@marjo-riittareinikainen9740]

Thank you Matt!

[@lisalee489]

more helpful watercolor lessons 😀

[@corespond1274]

Thank you.

[@Biju2223]

Repeating about the 3 levels in a watercolor helps. we hear it and do not apply the rules. So I'll paint a landscape and use it. a friend in France recommended your site.

[@vickimarch279]

Thankyou

[@jellie1273]

May I ask how do you get so much texture and granulation in your work?

[@learntopaintwatercolor]

The paints I use, Daniel Smith tend to granulate more than other brands.

[@johnmmxii]

May I remind you that, when it comes to color temperature, blue is the warmest color?

[@lafuria2723]

For photography and video purposes, blue is the warmest color. It refers to the color temperature of the light source in Kelvin degrees which is higher for blues and lower for reds. When you learn that, it's also usually mentioned how counterintuitive that is because in life in general, as well as in art we associate "warm" with reds and oranges and "cool" with blues and purples.

[@armyofplush]

There’s an opportunity for a joke here

[@johnmmxii]

@@lafuria2723 Exactly. It's rather unfortunate that around 1:30, Mr White says "now when I say cool down, I'm talking about color temperature". But he's really talking about warm/cool colors in terms of human perception.

[@johnmmxii]

@@armyofplush Yup, I was refering to the film...

[@armyofplush]

@wandering star nz blue is the warmest color

[@Sleeeepy14]

Hey, I know that guy.

[@learntopaintwatercolor]

Hi Joel!!!