Stop Struggling with Realism - EASY Watercolor Advice

[@BornAgainFarmGirl]

One of the reasons why I think your videos is the last couple weeks have been so popular is that we as painters tend to rush through the beginning of the painting always wanting to add pizzazz and details. I know I do so you’re going back to the beginning for us and we’re connecting. know With your videos are making us better painters and we thank you for that.

[@ang2887]

So very true !

[@ang2887]

🆓 Love your advice, Liron, on freeing our work- and ourselves- from the pressure of always creating something ‘worthy’ every time we pick up a paintbrush. Thank you for the liberation!

[@pagalmasala]

Realism had been driving me NUTS and here I see this this morning. THANKS LIRON! You're a hero!

[@janetbruns1063]

I had a painting teacher that had us do a similar technique in oils. It helps to realize the different values in a picture rather than concentrating on color. It was actually more fun learning to concentrate on the darks and lights. ❤️

[@potatopirate5557]

I really value your instruction. So easy to understand and apply across styles and subjects. So generous and concise. Tips that really help move your art forward without feeling like work. Appreciate you very much.

[@andymarks1049]

Excellent. I used to work with PS and LRC on a daily basis with my photos, but haven't used it or my new Mac much lately. I had to bite after seeing this. Three images into PS, gray scaled, posterized, and printed, and now it's time to sketch (or lightbox) them, and eventually print. I took a photo of an electric spring green Lamborghini in a grocery store lot last march. That's #2 on the list. A mischievous weiner-beagle named Lemon is #1. Thanks for these tips. Very actionable.

[@colleenmcchesney1482]

Wow that looks amazing in such a quick time! I love 💕 how you made the simplicity of the painting still look so beautifully realistic. Thanks so much for sharing this video!

[@michaelsigler5820]

Very nice. Im going to try it

[@johnbates9040]

Great demo and explanation Liron, I have seen this explained in books a few times but it's much easier with a practical demo

[@patriciabradley2286]

So glad your safe💕

[@onbalance4843]

Your recent videos are excellent. Very focused and practical.

[@it194j]

Terrific tutorial! Very much the kind of style I want to develop for urban sketching/painting, so this will be invaluable. Many thanks 😊

[@ludmilaskjrbk4111]

Thank you for the useful video! ❤

[@LironYan]

Happy I could help 🙏🏼😊

[@jilkat25]

Excellent! Understandable! Doable!

[@singularityraptor4022]

Another nice video !

[@ainestewart8775]

Very well done but l'm not a grey fan so l might try it with a pale pink from the Japanese Gansai Art Nouveau set. I don't know whether you've seen them, not really watercolour and not gouache.

[@simfimpim]

Liron, do you think you can try to zoom in a bit more on your paintings?

[@theartisticactuary]

I do something similar to this, using an app to posterise a photo into four values. But then, I… - leave highlights white - paint a light colour over the lights, mediums and darks - once dry, paint a different, darker colour over the mediums and darks - once dry, paint a third, dark colour over the darks And, yes, this stuff ends up looking so realistic. I'll put a link in a reply comment. If you don't want links in comments, Liron, no problem.

[@margaretbusby6992]

How can you tell what colors are on your pallet? Most of them look black.

[@LironYan]

The camera dulls it out significantly. It’s much easier to see in real life. Plus I can almost remember their placement with my eyes closed (: As I’ve been using this one and many of my other palettes for many years now

[@PeterPepper93]

Thanks bru, good shit

[@jameshenderson5385]

Photoshop is expensive. What if you don't have or want photoshop, is there a free program that can do the same?

[@LironYan]

Gimp! It isn’t nearly as fast / good as photoshop, but it can do all of that (:

[@madhukvvenkatesh5646]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@AnamulHaque-d1u]

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