Advancing with Watercolor: Cafe Les Deux Magots - Brush Strokes

This is a video done as a supplement to a watercolor class taught by Gary Tucker in Boston. This is an extra video done as an extension of the series of Paris . In this video I talk about brushstrokes and how they form an expressive component to each painting.The lessons will focus on design , in particular visualizing a center of interest and using this as a means to compose the painting. Also the series returns to the use of graded washes to create light and transition in the paintings
In this lesson I talk about using the various methods I have outlined in previous videos such as using graded Washes, color strategies, thinking in terms of tonal values, and edge control.
The painting was done using yellow ochre, cobalt turquoise , ultramarine blue, b sienna and lavender....Holbein juane brilliant is used as an accent color, as well as cad orange red right out of the tube...
Thank you all for your continued support -
for liking this short video and particularly for your comments.
Any questions you have please direct them to my contact page on my website, thanks
www.garytuckerartist.com

[@martinmathieson3418]

Brilliant Painting and Tutorial. Thanks once again Gary!

[@GaryTuckerArtist]

thx Martin!

[@nidiapearson7409]

Very inspiring. Thanks!!!

[@cjdavid-erath6391]

Ok … you have successfully inspired me!

[@eneaspicolomini7580]

Impresionismo en el sentido más puro del término artístico. Felicitaciones.

[@IsleofWightBushcraft]

How do make it look so easy, there’s life in this painting, 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@patriciadewit]

So good that you are showing the importance of realising shape with the brush stroke instead of adding all the details.

[@jamesstewart761]

Wonderful Paris feeling, given by your outstanding lively water color.

[@bparsons7337]

Actually, the 2 magots are the 2 Chinese statues inside. But I love this painting, you captured the atmosphere brilliantly! I am at this moment trying to paint a café in Jardin de Luxembourg, and this is truly inspiring.

[@oceanpinkuk]

Wow! This is an exquisite watercolour painting. I feel very privileged to watch and listen to you express your art. Thank you Gary for sharing. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@elgroomez]

one of my favorites of yours to date. Very nice

[@atulprasadsamanta3342]

this is very much beautiful !

[@danthomas6587]

Your calligraphy is first rate. Nice demo Gary.

[@luvthisscrap]

Thank you for sharing on YT :) I just love this style of watercolor painting :)

[@artdhananjay]

Wow! Great landsape !!!

[@MiraTulic]

❤ hvala...

[@juliefinkelstein1674]

So alive! Vital and beautiful! Looks so Zen - your calligraphy is great!

[@firatmaradona]

Wonderful and inspiring painting! Thank you for posting these videos. The format with instructions/comments and length of the videos are almost optimal. Thanks again.

[@franko7290]

It's always a pleasure to watch your confident style of painting. I would like to request that you post at least a small portion of your future video(s) in real time. Thanks

[@trisht5064]

Excellent very successful painting!!

[@elisedesilvaart7795]

One of my favourites of yours.

[@PALITA10]

Nuevamente hermosa clase,gracisas maestro

[@aremedyproject9569]

Oh I love this. It’s like I’m there. I’d buy it now. 😊 🇨🇦

[@hughs2139]

Brilliant! As always. Thanks so much

[@bl9531]

Amazing painting - so artistic - I have learned so much from your videos

[@GaryTuckerArtist]

Thank you! Asya - I appreciate your support :)

[@ianjackson5834]

LOVELY LOOSE WORK, THANKS FOR THE VIDEO

[@drawinfo99]

I like your style... It's really great way of using water colour. Thank for sharing your knowledge... Cheers!!!

[@millenniumcorp7334]

Good tutorial.... and a great artwork.

[@karenkrosnick8725]

that was superb!! thank you

[@davidhooper9769]

Wonderful subject, location, and instruction. Thank you 🇨🇦

[@KRCanetti]

Great painting (& lesson) again!

[@martygarlandart]

Great lesson, thanks

[@denniswatson1830]

Very good. I think I’ll get better brushes. And that was just one of the many things I got from this video. Thanks again Mr. Tucker.

[@maria-gr2cz]

i love it! so inspiring!

[@hifrank001]

SO LIVELY, MERCI BEAUCOUP

[@davidtrujillo993]

You made those floor tiles pretty much perfectly equally separated without guidelines!

[@p.schaafsma3954]

Nicely done! I really enjoyed watching how you painted this famous cafe. I painted it a few months ago; its a great subject.

[@danielgroulx5392]

Gary, Les deux magots means The two cigarette butts, not the two buddies. Beautiful painting, gives a real idea of the ambiance! Very nice demonstration

[@GaryTuckerArtist]

Daniel - thank you for correcting me - I don’t think I can forget that image of two cigarette butts :-)

[@danielgroulx5392]

Gary Tucker Gary Tucker I must have been drunk when I wrote that! It is not two cigarette butts ( this would be Deux mégots), it is two nest eggs. Sorry for that. ;-)

[@evelynegermain-lacour3211]

Excellent, merci.

[@maureenteustace5996]

Brillant

[@maribi007]

OMG!!! Wonderful painting!!! Thank you for sharing!!!

[@ATHSketchNation]

Thank You

[@GaryTuckerArtist]

many thx :)

[@alinatulliart812]

Thank you for the tutorials! I tried this one twice, it was definitely better with the second attempt but I might try it again to focus on better brushwork

[@maxwellborges9612]

The Best forever

[@dawnymock]

👏👏👏

[@agingclock]

Gary I love your paintings and your informative teaching. I am very thankful for the videos you post, your are my favourite watercolour painter on youtube. I was wondering if you could make a video on a more basic topic. I struggle to actually 'move' the water from the glass to the pallette to the paper. I am not getting the technical know-off from watching theses youtube artists and I am often confused how they can just create the quantities of paint/ move the level of pigment they want. If anyone else could suggest a good video, Id thank you! Thanks Gary.

[@eileent8989]

On YT: The Mind of Watercolor by Steve Mitchell. Very, very clear for both "Beginner" and "Intermediate." (For comparison, I think of Tucker as "Intermediate to Advanced.")

[@vaishnaveumashankar4658]

Very nice tutorial.. I love ur style of painting.. can u upload the reference image u used and also the pencil sketches for ur tutorials and share us the link so that it will be easy for us to practice.. Thanks

[@viviennewilliams5895]

Please do you use a platform whereby your paintings are shown in real time rather than the speeded up versions? And can you show your reference material occasionally for the viewer to see? I follow your sessions and admire your loose style but I would find ‘real time ‘ so helpful for me to gain confidence in attempting a looser approach . How long does it actually take you to produce a painting like this? I love the limited palette in this painting ! Thank you for sharing . Vivienne

[@oceanpinkuk]

You can slow the speed of any video in KZbin. It's in the KZbin settings. Hope this helps.😊

[@viviennewilliams5895]

oceanpinkuk Thank you for your response....unfortunately that slows down the speech element too , making it very difficult to follow commentary! I didn’t know that you could alter the speed of video replay , so thank you for alerting me to that feature. It may well be useful in other situations . Vivienne

[@nlmelch]

I’m confused about what color to use for shadows. Are they always a darker version of the local color? Ex. I want to put shadows on a green building, should the shadows be dark green? Your paintings are so beautiful, I love your style.

[@DisshaArt]

Sir your every work is great and informative for beginners and for experts too. I have a request sir, please give me a advice for solution of my problem. It is that when I paint the light tone, the middle tone is fine, but when I apply the dark tone then the problem comes that the color starts to appear very dirty and chalky(like powder). If I do not make more layers, I will not get the results as expected. I have adopted the method of not mixing more than two colors, but still the same problem comes every time.

[@joellerobert4709]

Magnifique ! Dommage pas de traduction en français! Merci de donner les couleurs!! C’est très important pour nous!

[@rosine2]

Cliquez sur la croix, en haut à droite du mot commentaires, l'artiste precise toutes les couleurs qu'il a utilisées (en bas de page).

[@aleksanderszczurek8629]

Hi Garry, what do You do the highlights with? White guash? If so how do You keep it fluid? By adding a bit of water to it? Thanks for a reply! Best regards from Poland

[@GaryTuckerArtist]

Alex - no masking fluid - I like Holbein Titanium white or Jayne Brilliant

[@aleksanderszczurek8629]

@@GaryTuckerArtist grazie mille!

[@patriciadewit]

What is the brand and name of the white you are using for the final additional hilites and the lettering?

[@artequintanilha]

Excuse me. How long to get ready, please.