Learn to Paint Like a Master | Important Watercolor Tips

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In today's video I will present you with a painting process, through which you'll learn MANY important concepts.
Painting like a master requires mastery of the basics, and this is exactly what we'll be talking about.
Here are some of the concepts we'll talk about:
- Wash control
- Merging areas
- Color temperature
- Values
And much more...
Link to reference:
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I hope you enjoy this one!
- Liron
** MUSIC CREDITS **
Music by Joakim Karud / joakimkarud
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[@LironYan]

Hi everyone! I forgot to link the Daniel Smith Secondary set on Amazon, here we go (affiliate link): amzn.to/2UiJPi7 So happy for the good reception of this video. Thank you so much! ^_^

[@btwilks]

This was brilliant, Liron - and it illustrated so well one of the most important things in drawing & painting (for me, at least) and that is the ability to detach oneself from all knowledge of what the subject is and instead to view the subject simply as a collection of almost abstract shapes. The better we become at judging the 'shapes' of these shapes, their tonal values and their placement on the paper, the better will be our recreation of the original image. It's something I've found hard to do and I still have an instinctive tendency to 'see a tree' and then try to 'paint a tree' - whereas what I should be doing is seeing triangles and squares and circles of light and shade - much as you displayed so well in this video. It was a great lesson and (you'll be pleased to hear) entertaining too! Many thanks for this latest in your long line of contributions to our community. Best wishes, Brian.

[@paintlady2268]

Loved the entire lesson. Also appreciate how 'real' you are in speaking about your struggles as they arise.

[@judyh3017]

I like this painting. You make it seem easy enough. I think I will give it a try. Thx, Liron!

[@LironYan]

Thank you! Let me know how it goes! 😁🎨

[@heather3777]

Hi Liron, I really appreciate finding your video. I have been drawing Michaelangelo and Raphael nudes and finding it very difficult to figure out how to paint a follow up watercolor of the beautiful figures. But when I drew and painted from Michaelangelo's "Brutus" sculpture, I found my way to something productive. Your video teaches me why, because you are able to capture the planes!! I love your use of color. This is an excellent teaching video, thank you very much! Heatherose

[@barbaragemin5117]

Thank you Liron, that was very interesting. I'll have to watch more stuff of yours.

[@rileyfitzgerald4467]

This is fantastic! Thank you for all the tips I'll definitely be trying this

[@gatorlana]

Awesome tutorial. Your videos are always informative and inspirational. Thank you!

[@sthefanylopezgonzales1812]

Hey Liron thanks for your videos , i still learning about shadows , really easy interesting way to learn it, Love regards from Germany

[@barbwilliams4511]

I really found this video helpful. Thanks for your continued sharing!

[@717379]

I like your portrait of Peter Jordanson 😉..., and your videos in general! You work very hard to improve your art and despite that you make it look effortless. You are a great inspiration and motivation to fellow artists. Thank you.

[@LironYan]

Thank you 😁😉🎨

[@user-yt2wl4it8z]

Extremely helpful for my practices. Thank you! 👍

[@anneadamczewski4187]

Great Great video! Thank you Liron👏🏻

[@elaineingram7625]

This video taught me so much...thank you

[@trisht5064]

Excellent what a brilliant exercise 👏👏👏👏👏 to show us exactly how light and shadow produce form. Couldn’t be a better way to show it thanks Liron I will try having a go at this sometime 👍

[@LironYan]

Thank you so much 😊🙏🏼 Very happy you found this useful!

[@COCOChatnails]

SUPER instructive, thanks so much!

[@LironYan]

So happy you found it helpful! 🙏🏼🙏🏼😊

[@TTomJohn]

Thanks, Liron. Follow that spirit!

[@martynwatkinson3210]

I really enjoyed that Liron, brilliant!!

[@heinhtet2234]

This is really nice. Love how you use contrast.

[@empress_craft]

Thanks for sharing your process Liron! I love how you combined the Bargue plates with painting. Never thought to try that :)

[@joycebryan2175]

I loved this video. Thank you so much for revealing your process. I find it very helpful.

[@LironYan]

So happy to hear 😊🙏🏼 Thank you

[@tomturnbull5578]

Another brilliant lesson Liron. Thank you!

[@LironYan]

Thank you so much 😊🙏🏼 Very happy this is helpful!

[@metanastescafe9599]

One of your best, you're a great inspiration, I'm sure I'm going to see your skills developing further.

[@LironYan]

Thank you so so much ☺️🙏🏼🙏🏼 Very happy I can help in any way!

[@jos4840]

i was just about to start a watercolor painting for my class, thank you so much for this step by step and tips! They are really helpful

[@vampazilla2622]

Beautiful piece of work. I learned a lot from this tutorial. Thanks for the instruction.

[@LironYan]

So happy to hear, thank you 😊🙏🏼

[@KathrynGoldman]

Fabulous tutorial. I can't wait to try it. Thank you.

[@LironYan]

Thank you so much 😊🙏🏼 Let me know how it goes!

[@joselillo3283]

Thanks i love it your work

[@gordonanderson5425]

Love how you brought it to life with just shadows. Great tutorial

[@LironYan]

Thank you so much 🙏🏼😁

[@corneliasteinberg862]

I learned a lot from this one. The art of seeing. Been also watching Andy Evensen and I am finally getting the importance of the first washes. I am learning so much. You are adding so much value to all of us. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. PS: and don't be so hard on yourself. You are amazing!

[@LironYan]

Thank you so much ☺️🙏🏼 Happy these two videos were helpful in getting to that insight!

[@o8rufus]

This is excellent, great demo thank you for sharing.

[@LironYan]

My pleasure 😊🙏🏼 Thank you

[@solarcowgirl]

Thank you, this was really helpful. 😄

[@kinzaahmed3857]

This looks amazing! Im totally going to give this a shot!

[@LironYan]

So happy to hear 😁🙏🏼

[@huynhngoctantai5366]

Thank you so much for this video ❤️❤️❤️

[@Rockymtnbloom]

Great exercise, mine is really off but I learned a lot. Exercises like this are less intimidating than attempting a full painting, and for me, a great way to learn. Thanks much!

[@LironYan]

Yes! These exercises help isolating the “problems” and tackle them efficiently 😊 A full landscape can be very overwhelming! I am still overwhelmed by them on a regular basis 😂

[@sandrapatterson5240]

I'll have to try this! great video Liron!

[@LironYan]

Thank you so much 😊🙏🏼

[@alisonhendry2928]

Thank you for this quick lesson. I loved how you connected the shadows all across the statue’s face. Excellent exercise. And I do not feel you messed up at all. This is practice both for you and your viewers. Hard for all of us not to think we MUST create a masterpiece EVERY time we sit down to paint. Watercolours challenge THAt notion and sit back and laugh at us when we grumble, but what fun they are to play with. Have a great day!

[@LironYan]

Thank you so much for the kind words! 😊🙏🏼 Very happy you found this exercise useful. And yes - it’s very easy to be too hard on ourselves!

[@juliegodden3708]

Totally enjoyed this tutorial, loved that you showed it in real time, warts and all, I learned a lot thank you😄

[@LironYan]

Haha, thank you so much 😊🙏🏼 Very happy to hear!

[@Opel314]

Thank you so much for this, you do a wonderful job of helping mere mortals like me, not least by providing inspiration and hope!

[@LironYan]

Haha - I'm a mere mortal too 😂🎨🙏🏼 Thank you!

[@ranjanachand9306]

Painted along... And it came out quite ok...I mean for a beginner.. Thanks

[@cindyhorton6980]

Fantastic video!! Thank you so much!!❤

[@LironYan]

So happy I can help! 😊🙏🏼 Thank you

[@louisdriver126]

Hey Liron, I painted a piece today using your tips, thank you!

[@LironYan]

That’s amazing, so happy to hear ☺️🙏🏼

[@cancelkumuhaha7519]

Lover it!!

[@meraimarem]

Thank you for really great lesson! After I'm done practicing this bit, I'm definitely gonna browse through the rest of your vids. And I'm definitely subscribing!

[@LironYan]

Thank you and welcome aboard! 😊🙏🏼

[@michaelannfitzgerald8742]

Really beautiful! Thank you for sharing 🤗

[@LironYan]

My pleasure 😇 Thank you so much

[@chrisb1822]

Thank you for a great lesson!

[@LironYan]

So happy this was helpful! 😁🙏🏼 Thank you

[@glorioskiola]

Really excellent lesson. Thank you!

[@LironYan]

So happy to hear 🙏🏼😊

[@alexandrem.9269]

Such as great exercise. Thank you Liron. For me it has quite challenging to merge the shapes on the neck as the paper dries up fast. I also got some trouble doing the lower lip and the nose because I added to much contrast in these areas. Thank you. Love this kind of tutorial.

[@LironYan]

Happy you found this helpful! Thank you 😊🙏🏼 Merging areas and being able to see where you are going in advance will come with time - keep at it!

[@jbow68]

Very good lesson! Thank you.

[@LironYan]

My pleasure 😊🙏🏼 Thank you

[@corneliasteinberg862]

I just did the exercise. It was hard but fun and I am actually happy with my first attempt.

[@LironYan]

Way to go! (:

[@shuvoarts.3314]

Very helpful video thank you 👌👌👌👍❤❤❤

[@jossrun]

Bravo, très très intéressant...!

[@letsgodrawing1753]

Awesome watercolor love it at shade and shadow brilliant work :D

[@LironYan]

Thank you so much 😊🙏🏼

[@jacquesbandelier1639]

très sympa et très didactique

[@z.z.1205]

Excellent. Learned alot.

[@LironYan]

So happy to hear 😊🙏🏼

[@rosemarypetersen143]

It is perfect!

[@LironYan]

😊😁🙏🏼

[@luisfernandez-izquierdo502]

brilliant demo!

[@LironYan]

Thank you so much 😊🙏🏼

[@aachalsindhwal9550]

I love your videos

[@myowin4944]

what a beautiful paintin

[@LironYan]

Thank you 😊🙏🏼

[@suntan8573]

Nice.

[@Lisa-qt7pw]

super tutorial! I liked the watercolor part a little better than the drawing - maybe you could explain more about color temperature and light/shadow (ie. how to chose temperature), do you consider reflected light etc. Love your videos

[@LironYan]

Thank you, very happy to hear 😊🙏🏼 Generally I tried using more orange near the left-facing areas (facing the light), and more violet / green for the right facing areas. Near the neck I decided in the moment to cool it down with the green - but it was actually luck, I didn't plan to do that in advance (;

[@louisklein9207]

Why did you choose the colors you used and how did you determine when to change the colors. Beautiful painting BTW. I’m just trying to learn more about the decision making process so I can learn to make my own

[@bkartgallery7]

Nice

[@danielmota1204]

Love your tutorial. Inspiring. Is there a reason why you're painting on the back face of your saunders paper?

[@LironYan]

Haha I just like that side better, the texture seems to be less even on it. I'm still wondering why that side is so much better. The other one seems to have a boring and even pattern on it. For the longest time I assumed that's the front side.

[@ford87isaac]

It looks so much fun and comfortable to draw like this. Hope you enjoy my realistic multi-stamp art, and HELLO from JAPN!!

[@frenchgrama]

I almost didn't watch this as I'm not interested in portraits - however I was hopeful that I'd learn some great tips and in the end I did find this video very helpful... All the while as I was watching you I was wondering how I could apply what you were showing us to an urban scene or a landscape... Yes, I too have extreme difficulty in remembering where to locate my shadows once I've started painting. I've tried doing a Notan but I'm not quite sure I 'get' how they work despite watching many videos and reading about them, I still find it difficult to apply the concepts of my notan to my paintings simply because they only have 2 values and yet I love the idea and the simply of the notan... go figure...

[@LironYan]

So happy you ended up watching it! 😊😁🙏🏼 There’s a lot to learn especially from things we don’t usually do. I learn a lot from watching OIL painting tutorials haha. So go figure! Thank you (:

[@francoiseblais884]

I love that videa

[@LironYan]

Thank you 😊🙏🏼

[@andrecardon2141]

Nice Liron but I am answering why did you put your final colors on the side of light instead of shadow ? Thanks for your videos

[@LironYan]

Just to create a stronger contrast there, and bring out the highlights (: But you could cover the entire background with no problem

[@wingsandfins]

Good lesson. J

[@LironYan]

Thank you (:

[@romandiazy]

Loved your video! I was hoping you would play a bit more with some lost and found edges, maybe next time...

[@LironYan]

Yes, that wasn't the goal here - but I promise to do more of that in a future vid! Thank you 😊🙏🏼

[@eerboe]

Hello Great tutorial! What brush is that you are using? Thanks!

[@LironYan]

Thank you 😊🙏🏼 Silver Black Velvet for the most part! (: And a synthetic one by Princeton

[@ianjackson5834]

Liron have you thought about some youtube videos that show and critique paintings of your subscribers?

[@LironYan]

Yes, and I have done one before (which was really good), but it's very tricky and hard giving critique (hard enough in private, which I do on a regular basis) so I don't plan on doing again soon haha (: Perhaps in the future, if demand justifies it 😊

[@cancelkumuhaha7519]

Hii. What paper did you use?

[@ThingOfSome]

What is the name of the artist you mention? Charles who?

[@larrymarshall9454]

You've motivated me to grab my Bargue course book :-) I'm surprised you can do this stuff while talking and not mess up your painting.

[@LironYan]

Haha I’m surprised at times too 😂 But I’m much less eloquent! So happy to hear, let me know how it goes

[@larrymarshall9454]

I've always seen Bargue studeis as being about pencil. Until this video I'd never considered painting them. Looks like a bunch of fun. Thanks.

[@rahilshaami5780]

What is the size of the silver brush, please?

[@LironYan]

Size 12! (:

[@miscellaneous7777]

who created the reference that you used? :)

[@LironYan]

Haha I supposed that would be the original Bargue plate, designed by Charles Bargue, and based on an original old sculpture 😉

[@miscellaneous7777]

@@LironYan wow thank you for answering :D

[@louiejanedorian2825]

What's the materials did u used?

[@LironYan]

Paper - Saunders Waterford, 300 gsm Paint - Daniel Smith Secondary Set Brushes - Silver Black Velvet and Princeton

[@louiejanedorian2825]

Can u make a vid on how to paint skin tones in water color? I'm still confused with painting skintones i need help

[@user-pq8xk8uq6g]

почему на русскоязычном Ютюбе нет таких видео?

[@michelleflick1937]

I was sketching the face and did not realize it was a woman's face until you said 'her'.

[@polochon7]

Coloriage

[@tiffany8014]

Plz clean your pallet xD

[@LironYan]

Never! 😂

[@michelleflick1937]

I did not realize this was a woman until you said 'her'.

[@LironYan]

Makes sense (: The facial features are really dumbed down as it’s based on an old sculpture

[@tulikadey9532]

Your art skills are great, but the one thing I want to point out is that, I don't find your tutorials much helpful, you should focus on teaching us the watercolor techniques and tips which you actually mentioned in the caption of the video.