How to Paint Shadows in Watercolor

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In today’s video I’m sharing with you a painting I’ve been working on in private initially.
I want to share with you one of the most challenging yet rewarding stages of the process - adding the shadows.
I’ve been asked about this a lot in the past, and I want to focus a bit on that, the mixing and the application of paint.
I also made sure to include the names of the paints this time haha 😂
Ref Pic, Drawing & Painting Stages:
imgur.com/a/3LK3XxI
PAINTS:
French Ultramarine - Daniel Smith
Perylene Red - Daniel Smith
Yellow Ochre - M. Graham
New Gamboge - Paul Ruben
Enjoy! 😊🙏🏼
- Liron
Time Stamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:57 - The Plan & Paints
02:25 - Large Shadows
13:40 - Bricks & Details
18:11 - Darker Shadows & More Details
29:24 - Final Result & Conclusion
🎨 MATERIALS I OFTEN USE 🎨
Paints (all Daniel Smith)
Phthalo Blue (Red Shade) - amzn.to/2FCuEvA
Ultramarine Blue - amzn.to/2FCvicu
Nickel Azo Yellow - amzn.to/2HW5Ik3
Perylene Red - amzn.to/2HUc1Ve
Quinacridone Rose
Brushes
Escoda BLACK Plein-Air Set:
www.escoda.com/brush/others/br...
Escoda Ultimo Sintetico - Size 16 - amzn.to/3043xSw
Silver Black Velvet - amzn.to/2JCnSJZ
Raphael - amzn.to/2Wo71wb (multiple sizes and sellers)
Princeton - amzn.to/2YoSHpa
Paper
Saunders Waterford / Arches, 300gsm, cold-press - amzn.to/2WrdTZU
Palette
Mijello Airtight 18 Wells - amzn.to/2IbhSoa
Plein-Air Easel
The BEST I've found so far for watercolor - amzn.to/2Ljyc6Q
White Pen
Uniball Signo White Gel Pen (easy to find on ebay!)
** MUSIC CREDITS **
Music by Joakim Karud / joakimkarud
Music by @joakimkarudmusic
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[@dougg1075]

I’m in panic mode when I use water colors ( not well). You doing it while talking is most impressive:)

[@dragonslayer6129]

Pls do more realtime painting/ explanation

[@LironYan]

Will do 🙏🏼

[@alpagator1372]

Man your channel is a treasure trove!

[@lindawaters6572]

Great tutorial. Love the phrase “Have mercy on the viewer”😅

[@LironYan]

Haha (:

[@davidwilson2320]

Loved the format of this video

[@paulacampbell6683]

Watch your videos a lot and this has been one of my favorites. Love how you allowed and encouraged us to paint along with you. I like to watch tutorials all the way through and then go back and paint along. I will definitely be trying my hand at this one. Thanks so much and please post more videos like this one!!

[@johnrestucci8269]

Very practical lesson on shadows , thanks Liron!

[@otodidact6134]

Excellent, thank you Liron.

[@myartprocess6003]

Liron, you make me HAVE to paint! Brilliantly done!

[@marymikel9193]

YES FINALLY! I've needed a real time tutorial like this for a long while but couldn't really find one. Thanks soo much!

[@parmindersinghgrewal6975]

Beautiful work

[@magdalenakruczkowska9937]

You are a great artist and a fantastic teacher!! Thank you.

[@afzalzak1179]

Happy to watching your skies for beginners love your style

[@getsomecolourinyourlifedav2478]

I love shadows on buildings, my kind of painting subject, thanks for sharing Liron 👍

[@magical571]

love your real time ones

[@francoishofer9254]

Beautiful !

[@timothyknoefler9198]

Great video! I like watching how you work.🖌️

[@MahuaRayIJS]

I recently started following your channel. This video has been the best among the recent ones that I have seen on KZbin posted by any other artist. Really appreciate your tutorials...Thank you for sharing!!

[@margittahanff717]

Great demo,I learned a lot about mixing enough paint and changing shadows from warm to cool. Thank you.

[@sketchingjohn1678]

Beautiful Liron! Hope it sells for you, it's a perfect example of the strengths of watercolor.

[@robertbotham1535]

Thank you, Liron! This was very helpful and fun to follow along with...I am learning much!

[@leonidasspanos1938]

You are an amazing artist!!👏🏻👏🏻

[@vojtacepelak7767]

Great vid, Liron! 🙂

[@happyfarmer979]

Yorgeea? Oh right!! Love your vids- so helpful in the days of remote school art class. Even our teacher has directed the class to your vids. Appreciate all your time.

[@afrinmalka09]

Beautifully done:)

[@janetwhitney7432]

Very helpful thank you. Learned a lot from it.

[@BriO_1111]

You are a pretty good teacher mister! Thank you so much again for this lesson, you make it look so easy to achieve! You are my today’s discovery 😊

[@scarz1951]

Well. .ding dang diggity dang! I love it!!! The depth. The dimensionality. It draws me inwards. The warmth is good. I like the shadows. Good show.

[@marytejurgelioniene1524]

Thank you for so nice tutorial👍👍😃😃😃

[@Sidweddingphotos07]

What an insightful video..!! When you started with shadows, the front wall looked so dark that I was worried. Knowing what value a color will have after drying and how thick your paint should be, these are the hardest part of learning watercolor and this video was very helpful for the same.

[@Merryknees1]

Thank you for such a useful demonstration. I found the variation in colour temperature you used in your mixes especially interesting. Love the painting too.

[@pr4360]

I love this video, it reminds me that i have to work on large washes again!

[@Alinda1308]

Struggling with shadows right now :P I love how your painting turned out, it's beautiful

[@marideelebrun5811]

I have been painting many many years. But your demo on sharing was Will worth watching. You never stop learning in art.THANK YOU

[@LironYan]

Thank you so much 😊🙏🏼

[@vonjess9]

Really nice 👌 👍

[@aninditabhattacharya2322]

So nicely explained. Great help. Thank you.

[@LironYan]

Very happy to hear 🙏😊 Thank you for watching!

[@parth2954]

Thankyou sir

[@JLMISR]

Very enjoyable

[@rahulbelieber6420]

Very informative for me as a begginer

[@erinbailey1496]

Just found you today and I am so glad! I look forward to applying some of your teaching to my own paintings.

[@LironYan]

Wow so cool to hear, welcome aboard and thank you so much 😊🙏🏼 Let me know how it goes 🎨🎨

[@jytte47]

Great painting. I admire the way you let the wet paint flow down your painting :o)

[@mysteradio]

thank you

[@beverlydevriesburrows3097]

Thank you.

[@Diego_SanCA]

I still find it hard to do backlit foreground with sunset in background. When the sun sets over the ocean and I am standing back looking at it through trees, I don't want the trees to be black but I need to capture the essence of sunset and dusk.

[@LironYan]

Great question! Try going for a higher key for everything, so that you don’t have to go super dark on the trees (: Often things are lighter than they seem!

[@appleknocker56]

I always struggle to drop in shadows & in this video can at least see where they should be! You make it look so easy but know part of my problem is water ratio to paint but keep trying! Ty

[@dorotakowalska6090]

Dont worry so much about audio!😅 Its super helpful video!!!

[@LironYan]

Thank you so much!😊

[@artwhat..]

What thy said 😎

[@tomaszrodak]

Thanks a lot

[@benspeeds]

Real time is great because it conveys the frenetic mindset of a painter while considering the wide array of factors involved in creating a believable expressionistic image. You did a great job communicating what you were trying to accomplish the whole way through.

[@LironYan]

Haha that's a great way of putting it! So much goes through my mind as I paint, it's frenetic indeed (and sometimes also FRANTIC) 😁🎨 Will do more for sure! Tomorrow's vid will also be real time

[@1000Zebedee]

Sterling work as always Liron.

[@LironYan]

Thank you so much 😊🙏🏼

[@lauramerrifield7485]

I enjoyed this. I have been struggling with the second wash stage- getting it to look natural. Definitely will try wetter and see if that fixes my problem

[@LironYan]

It's a common challenge, I'm happy this helps in a way 😊🙏🏼 There's a lot that goes into it - shapes, values, colors, temperature. It takes some practice to get all to work together (and I also often don't manage to get ALL, but I will get 1 or 2 working really well) 😁🎨

[@lauramerrifield7485]

@@LironYan Im halfway through a 3rd "draft" (which is what I am calling failed attempts) of a tractor painting. But I decided as long as I see progress in each piece I will keep at it until I am happy with it *Sigh*

[@ananthakrishnan.m9012]

Can someone say which colours were mixed to get the colour of the shadow.

[@tizianaroncali8316]

bravissimo

[@CookingTherapy]

I freaked out when you applied the shadow with the dark colour, but it turns out to be much lighter when it dries!

[@LironYan]

Haha yep, watercolor can be super misleading like that 😉

[@barbaraalbert8952]

Is it possible to get reference photo

[@marideelebrun5811]

°SHADING

[@monicalinville9579]

I'm interested in your brushes. Why kind do you use?

[@LironYan]

My current favorites are Lebenzon Brushes, Escoda & Silver Black Velvet (:

[@movireel]

ARE THERE ANY VIDEOS FOR PROPORTION BY YOU OR ANY THAT YOU WOULD RECOMMENDE US FOR SKETCHING

[@paul_herts]

Interesting to note the blue used for the sky is completely different. If you use photoshop, try popping the colour picker on a sky - it should be much closer to cyan than blue. Nice painting all-the-same.

[@artbylisaharrington]

14:47 you mention getting enough alone time and balancing the creative process being a challenge. I'm curious, what do you mean exactly?

[@LironYan]

I basically mean - time in which I create but don't share (: No filming, documenting, narrating or worrying about posting the painting. I hope that makes sense 😊

[@artbylisaharrington]

@@LironYan That does make sense! I walk the balance of those 2 things as well. As artists, we are inclined to share, but getting into deep work requires being fully engaged in the process. :D

[@monicaguilf738]

I love your brush s I think you have to many cud I have some poor artist in lreland pls plz plz

[@getsomecolourinyourlifedav2478]

Mixing enough paint and water, always an issue 😒

[@simbema1472]

hi Liron if I can gave you any advice for your video, you speak wrilly to much ( and there and like this and here etc etc not necessary !)