Learn from MY Watercolor Mistakes! 🎨

[@debbiepayne903]

Shadows drive me crazy. I never feel I get it right. Need to take your advice and paint more!

[@bettyryan4310]

Really enjoy your tutorial, Liron. I learn a lot from you and appreciate you showing us that you make mistakes too.

[@hopelessatusernames]

A more purplish hue would have been interesting as that shadow. It impresses me that Liron doesn't stop when he realises he's made a mistake but carries on and still learns from the painting. And then shows us! It's one reason this is becoming one of my favourite channels

[@LironYan]

Thank you so much ^_^ I try to always push through these moments, I find I learn THE MOST this way!

[@louisemckernan4938]

Your videos are all great, Liron, but this is a favorite. I learned a lot from this. Thanks for sharing your “mistake”!

[@KendraMellifera]

Your advice to make photos black and white to get the values is such a great tip, it’s made a huge difference for me! Learning to be patient is a challenge tho 😁

[@Pyroific]

one of the things i appreciate about you the most is you're humble and learn with us as you teach!

[@margaretmartin6620]

Great lesson on what NOT to do. Thank you, Liron!

[@rkfabart3944]

The brush....😧🤩 love it 😍

[@LironYan]

😁😁

[@o0mew0o]

Thanks for sharing your mistakes!! I wish more artists shared theirs too. They always say they make mistakes and I believe them but it's so refreshing to see it in action.

[@porshalopez5003]

It looks perfect to me!! Thanks for sharing ... I'm watching from Canada 🥰

[@joelc202]

This video was fascinating to watch. It also shows me the way that you think as you paint and I definitely don’t think that way at this point. Shows me how much more is left to learn!

[@irenehynes7536]

I have a hard time slowing down… good advice.great video. Thx!

[@christineblamire7378]

Liron, I love how you communicate your views about your work. I always come away not only learning more about water color painting but also feeling it’s OK to appreciate artwork for both the wins and things you want to improve in it. I love your teaching style your perspective helps guide me enriches my personal perspective and value of my own work. Thank you for all you do. Smile! ;-)

[@LironYan]

Thank you so much Christine 😊🙏🏼

[@paulah317]

It's still a nice painting and the shadow color without gray really makes a difference. Thanks

[@chekovrules]

This was so helpful! I loved that in addition to showing us what went wrong, you explained what you would do differently to correct it. I sometimes paint from my own photos but I live in the desert and am really light sensitive. So I'm grateful for people who can actually go outside to take pictures during the day, lol!

[@yunzers]

Really good lesson Liron. Very brave of you to illustrate your mistakes. It’s a lesson we don’t often get that is really helpful. Thanks so much.

[@workforcemillionaire7210]

I definitely paint from my own pictures, as well as a friend with an amazing garden who is a crack photographer of nature, and a friend who is walking the Camino who is sending me landscape shots every day. I'm in Bali taking plant shots, and im gathering a good painting library! Thank you for showing us a mistake, how you did it and how we can avoid it!

[@josephprimavera2545]

Always very helpful. Especially dealing with and learning from mistakes!

[@patsymccown2766]

I’ve actually had outdoor flower pot’s with those exact dark places..weather and prolonged shade made really dark algae grow..over time it looked like your pot! LOL! Thanks for the great tutorial! Like I said before, you’re always so generous!

[@LironYan]

😊🙏🏼

[@reginafernandez8827]

What an interesting video! Thank you very much!

[@loganshalloe5927]

Thank you, much learned from this vid!

[@aesea57804]

This is such a helpful lesson. I love that you have the courage to speak right out about what’s going amiss! Part of learning to enjoy watercolor is not being afraid of mistakes. So many can turn into something interesting-and some are just mistakes! Try again! Like you say-Paint more.

[@LironYan]

Thank you 😁 So happy this is useful!

[@AlexanderFeoktistov]

Thank you! Such lessons are especially valuable.

[@977400Dana]

I always learn something from your great videos. This was a great demonstration!!

[@LironYan]

Very happy this helps 😊🙏🏼 Thank you Dana!

[@joycejohnson7017]

This one was really fun to do and I loved how you explained what to do to improve choice of colors. You’re really an awesome instructor!

[@LironYan]

Thank you Joyce 😊🙏🏼

[@chrispersicketti3491]

Great lesson! Thank you. I love your videos and teaching style! You’re the best!!!!

[@yume750]

I really like it when a person really loves his job. It's always nice to listen to such people. And special thanks for your pronunciation and diction. English is not my native language, and sometimes it is difficult to perceive by ear.

[@LironYan]

Thank you Yume 😊🙏🏼

[@barbaramilbradt2188]

Thanks for this very informative tutorial! I need to try this and work on being patient.

[@LironYan]

You can do this Barbara! 😁🙏

[@Droidzi]

Great tutorial Liron - still turns out ok - especially value wise, as you mentioned - though colours are important too, especially if we want keep some vibrancy (as we've learnt here) - thanks for showing how to "f-up" and still get a decent result. Another element I like is showing how to go really lose on the background in order to focus on the more important element(s) of the composition.

[@ConniePullella]

Another great and helpful video! Thank you!

[@LironYan]

Thank you 😁🙏🏼

[@helenkoomen4020]

Really helpfull, thank you!

[@vincevonderheyden7887]

A famous painter once said, "Black is the death of all colors..." That's why I sort out exactly two colors from my paint boxes right at the beginning. One is black and the other is white. White makes no sense in watercolor painting, because the brightest white is the paper. For highlights I use white guache or a white pastel pencil. My darkest colors are indigo and Paynes Gray. With my favorite colors, the artist colors of "Schmincke-Horadam" there is Paynes Gray tinted in Paynes Gray blue and Paynes Gray red. These are exactly the colors that I use the most for the shadows. Of course, you can mix them yourself, but I like it especially for shadows, where it is important that he always has exactly the same tone in one place. Yes, you could call it convenience but I find it great to be able to almost blindly reach for these shadow colors and only nuance with water. Well placed shadows make up half the painting...

[@sue6002]

Great video. Thanks Liron. I will try one of my own. Your honesty of the journey is very helpful. 👩🏻‍🎨🙂

[@LironYan]

Thank you Sue 😊🙏🏼

[@moonberry7607]

Thats a great tutorial! thanks so much for sharing!

[@LironYan]

My pleasure 😊🙏🏼 Thank you for watching!

[@angelabyker1587]

I love how you share your mistakes for us to learn from, thank you! I do paint from my own pictures most of the time and really love your trick of turning them black and white!

[@LironYan]

Thank you Angela 😊🙏🏼 So so happy this helps! 😁

[@kysq384]

Thank you for showing the mistakes and how to work with them. It is incredibly helpful. :D

[@stinar37]

Me too!

[@colorfulwater5070]

Enlightening view, thanks!

[@LironYan]

Thank you for watching! 😊🙏🏼

[@stinar37]

Another winner thanks.

[@LironYan]

Thank you Christina 😊🙏🏼

[@mar_gheri_ta]

You fixed it in the end!!!! I don't like very much neutral tint (I use DS as well) each time I use it it ends up in a complete mess and being a staining color it's hard to lift.

[@pratigya_berwal]

I'm an oil and acrylic artist, just getting into Watercolours and I really love your videos. They make learning less intimidating ❤️

[@LironYan]

Thank you so much 😁 Enjoy dipping into the world of watercolor, it's great fun and can e really freeing! 🎨

[@stevenschmidt4101]

I love your training approach and definitely your painting style. I like your advice on doing paintings from my own photos. It's a way I can put into practice what I have been learning and also to "think on my feet". Timing is still a foggy area for me and learning when I can leave the painting sit for a few or when I have to "get after it". Thank you for your teaching.

[@LironYan]

Sounds like you're well on your way Steven 😁 Good job! And thank you for watching 🙏🏼

[@helencampbell9486]

Thanks Liron. Very helpful tips as usual!

[@katiec.5442]

Thanks very much. Your honesty and lucidity are your greatest strength, I believe. I was in your live chat and I asked you about water reflections. I bought a course from a really great artist, I was thinking that you could make a video comment on the Russian artist Julia Barminova. She is magnificent in that she does not do a lot of layers. She does one layer, first, a gradated wash and then painting dry into wet. (Stressful but awesome) Next layer is nothing but shadows.

[@LironYan]

Thank you! 😊🙏🏼 Yes - I'm familiar with her and got her on my (LONG) list of artists to possibly feature in the future haha. Her reflections and seascapes are TOP NOTCH!

[@zenfulpainter]

Hi Liron. Really enjoyed your tutorial. I tend to use a more pigmented version of the object for the shadows and neutralize it with its complimentary color.

[@LironYan]

That's a brilliant way of doing it (: Thank you 😊🙏🏼

[@tomaslundgren360]

Brave and instructive! Too much attention is spent on (random) success. This is really useful. And the end result is still avove par ;)

[@LironYan]

Thank you Tomas 😊🙏🏼 Very happy you liked it! 😁

[@lisebowles673]

Thank you, a very enlightening video!

[@susanlynn5281]

I found a similar clay color mixing napthamide maroon with Holbein’s light red, it’s more opaque, a little browner but leans towards a clay color. Have you found napthamide maroon useful? I tend not to like red violets for landscapes, city scapes as well. What do you think about red violet with the types of paintings you do?

[@doumkatekz]

I'm not sure if it's just the camera or what but oh that is the most goth looking palette I have seen

[@LironYan]

😂😂It does look a little goth here!

[@timothyknoefler9198]

Great lesson! l hope to gain enough confidence someday to get arrogant with my painting.😁

[@loganshalloe5927]

7:42 what is the name of this brush? I don't think it is listed with your other brushes in your art supplies link

[@LironYan]

Hmm, I remember I have, but maybe I missed it 😅 It's the Escoda barroco, size 16 (: Specifically from their plein-air sets (the green one), but can be found also in regular form (this one is collapsible.

[@loganshalloe5927]

@@LironYan I'm not the best at recognising brushes if it's in a set, so I probably didn't see it, sry. anyway, thank you!

[@LironYan]

@@loganshalloe5927 Oh yeah that makes sense actually. And I would recommend getting JUST that one, as the other 2 from the set weren't as useful to me anyway haha 😁 I found it on their website - it's this specific one - www.escoda.com/redondo-toray-oro-m-c.html (non plein air version). Mine is size 16, but depending on what you paint, 18 / 14 should also be good

[@loganshalloe5927]

@@LironYan perfect, thanks for the link. I think I'll get size 14 as I often do smaller paintings

[@Tat2TankT]

Still looks good bro 😎

[@LironYan]

Thanks man! 😁🙏🏼 Much appreciated

[@mariannemansfield7652]

You mention ‘sampling’ colors in the photo. Does that mean just studying them closely, or something else?

[@LironYan]

You can actually sample them in photoshop using the eyedrop tool, and it will show you where it falls in the color wheel / swatches (: And plenty of other software (some free) have that capability. Gimp is an example for one that's on par with Photoshop, but there are much lighter ones that can do that too!

[@weill6872]

You have to be patient with watercolor. But I usually fall into mistake.

[@nuclearpancake3683]

hello!

[@LironYan]

Hey Nuclear Pancake! 😁 Coolest username I've seen in a while 😂🤩

[@nuclearpancake3683]

@@LironYan thanks :D