Most Common Watercolor Mistakes (Putting the shadows in too early!)

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Would you like to see a full length woodland scene tutorial? Let me know in the comments!

[@katherinebeattie2596]

Yes!!!

[@redparrot53]

Yes!!

[@LCLand]

Yes

[@raybeaumont7670]

Yes please Michele.

[@annekelly717]

Yes please!

[@phylliswight7171]

You are a great communicator. I am a first time viewer and starting to watercolor at 83 years old. I LOVE the look of a watercolor creation with a litttle loose style.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Welcome!

[@marceystevens8275]

I would love to see a full-length tutorial on the woodland scene. That’s what I like about you, you show us techniques on your actual paintings so we can see how to paint in the real world.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Noted! Yes I really must do this one soon, thanks for the reminder!

[@suzijorgensen6545]

Yes I would love to see a full tutorial!

[@judithpharo8073]

You are amazing! I can't begin to tell you how many times you have opened my eye's. Shadows have been my stumbling block learning to draw, paint and color. Thank you

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

You are so welcome!

[@lindablalock1396]

Would love a tutorial on painting a pathway with loads of trees. I never know how to begin and what to focus on. It just seems so daunting. Thank you.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

I have done one recently. Take a look under the step by step playlist on my channel.

[@debbieritter1096]

I find your videos so very helpful - thank you for sharing your expertise

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

You are so welcome!

[@timrossmultimedia]

Very nice, Michele. Have painted for a quite a few years but this was very instructive. Well worth the time spent viewing! Thanks so much for sharing your talents with all of us. (Tim in Tennessee... USA)

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Hello Tim, I am glad you found some value in the video, thank you for watching :-)

[@monopinion8799]

Outstanding effect. Thank you for your sharing the shadow technique and not to be afraid. The tough part is the later. Thank you so much. I love your tutorial video.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Yes it's hard to be brave but taking risks is the only way to move forward I find 😏🙂

[@Gina-bt7qk]

Subbed! I liked this video! Yes, please, I would love to see a full tutorial for this painting. It's beautiful!

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Thanks so much for subscribing Gina, it's on my to do list!

[@977400Dana]

This video was perfect timing for me. I was looking at an almost finished painting and it looked flat. I was thinking I need to add in dark shadows and then here is your video!! 👍

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Perfect!

[@patbunsell8169]

michele iv came back to paint thak you for show me lots way great painting tips many thanks pat

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Happy to help

[@orcamum]

You are such a good teacher! ♡

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Thank you 🙏 I have been teaching in the real world for many years before I started KZbin, which helps a bit hopefully 🙂

[@jennief7114]

I would love a full tutorial! Have subscribed and enjoying your channel thoroughly! TY!

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Thanks so much Jennie, I have a long list but will certainly get to it 😁

[@Addleysmom]

This was such wonderfully helpful info given in an easy to understand manner. It was Providence your videos came up in my recs as a lightbulb went off for this newbie on why my paintings have been a mess in many ways after following another creators who advocated dark shadows first and then go to lighter which just doesn’t work for me Maybe bevwuse I am so so new to watercolor. Looking forward to your future vids and catching up on past ones. Would also enjoy a tutorials on the lovely painting shown here as an example.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Hi Kim, so glad my video was helpful! Darks first can work for oil painting but with watercolour it's always safest to work light to dark. Yes I am planning some step by step tutorials where you can paint along, in addition to my techniques videos ☺️

[@lvg2005]

Yes Michelle, a full-length tutorial will be great. Maybe adding a variety of bright red and orange coloring. I love adding tropical coloring to my gardening bushes.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

I already made it Lily, I think it's in the step by step playlist, from memory it's called something like Planning a Watercolor Painting but it's also a full tutorial.

[@lillyg5972]

@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber Thank you Michelle!

[@Janartable]

Great tips!!!!!

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Glad you like them!

[@sherryscoloringandpaintingcorn]

hmm i feel a bit confused now because another well known youtuber/artist said she likes to put hers in first to help her establish her values for the rest of the picture. You both have made some very good arguments for both ways. I guess i will have to play around with both and see which works best for me. Thank you for another way of looking at it. I really do love your tutorials.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

She's not wrong, it's a different approach. Mine is rooted in many years of teaching, and light to dark is the easiest way for beginners to learn watercolours, and the safest way to get good results. That's not to say there's no other way of getting results. Putting darks and mid tones in first suits loose, minimal painting where you place the paint and leave it alone. It's an approach often used by people who come from a background of oils or acrylics where the practice of putting basic values in at the start is the best way to proceed. It wouldn't work for paintings with many layers like botanicals. Just remember that once your darks are in you risk them running or smudging when you paint over or next to them. It's all personal choice and dependent largely on your style of painting :-)

[@sherryscoloringandpaintingcorn]

@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber thanks for that very useful reply michele

[@marcwheeler4406]

Yes please do a perspective type of landscape design, this was helpful as a beginner,I really enjoy your videos, I saved alot of your videos and I'm going to watch them again to help cement the information...newyork, strong..usa✍🎨👍😷

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Will do! Thanks for watching :-)

[@artieross9537]

Yes, please and thank you.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Soon ☺️👍

[@Nadinesenbergsart]

Very helpful thank you

[@lyndaranson1728]

Yes please!!

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

I have a long list of videos to make :-) :-)

[@mariolaleeman443]

yes please

[@trishmancuso2951]

Would love to see step by step

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

I have done a step by step for this subject I believe if you look under playlists.

[@trishmancuso2951]

@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber i must be missing it

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

@@trishmancuso2951 I think it's called something like how to plan a painting. But I also take you through all the stages.

[@CaroleLavergne-cb8qx]

Amazing how laying down those grey purple strokes highlighted the bright sunny foliage! ??? Question: I am wondering for what reason did you start andstop the shadows at the edges of the path and not mingle them in the undergrowth ???

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

I could have done, sometimes it adds more drama not to over-do it. No right way though, just personal choice.

[@patytrico]

I am a beginner, I find your tips very useful, thank you for your effort. I would love if you found the time to make a landscape tutorial, yes ;)

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

It's on my list ☺️

[@SophieBird07]

I always wonder about this. Do you keep notes on what exactly you do for each color in each painting? As a beginner, I have tried to do this but it becomes a complete maze of incoherent details.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

I write the colours I used on the side of the board (tape). And sometimes I write down specifics, like tree trunks or a particular plant. I try to work within a limited palette in each painting, so a sunset might be three or four colours, a landscape might be 7 or 8. Keeping it simple means you don't lose track so much.

[@meadowscolin]

I do struggle with subtle shadows due to my slight colourblindnesses. I’m slowly getting there but occasionally when dry I do get it wrong.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Lots of men have colour blindness, it's genetic. I don't think it matters if you get the colour wrong, makes your art more unique!

[@arianedanza6485]

In the "beginingpicture" my impression was that the sun stands at one or two o'clock in the sky. If it would be like this, the shadows musst be fallen from the right to the left, is'n it?

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

You are probably right Ariane. The picture was initially started as a demonstration piece, that I did from memory, so it's just an impression of dappled shadows, rather than being technically accurate :-)

[@frenchgrama]

Tutorial please...

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

No problem, it's on my to do list ☺️

[@fredhubbard7210]

No shadow on the shadow side of the trees, or on the weeds beside the path? Looks weird!

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

It's a quick tutorial Fred, there is limited time on youtube feel free to add more details