How to Create Shadows using Complementary Colors | Watercolor Painting | R K McGuire

[@hyojinlee4943]

Thank you, Keith! And also I appreciate the gentleman behind the camera who occasionally throws questions that beginners might have watching this video. It's like he's scratching the very itchy spot on my back! Thank you! :)

[@hyojinlee4943]

Oh, his name's Mark. Thanks, Mark!

[@Rkmcguire]

Thanks for watching!

[@drawn_by_starla9462]

Brilliant!! You just solved a huge problem of mine when it comes to watercolor painting.

[@massielmarmol8431]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. ❤❤ greetings from Ecuador

[@drebugsita]

I was wondering how the circle was so well defined. Such a simple trick! Really appreciate your straight forward and fun approach to showing watercolor techniques! Subscribed and will be binging

[@DustyCowdog]

I painted my own color wheel... It was a learning thing and fun. It's now my watercolor reference.

[@ghislainemarchand6843]

Thank you sooo much for sharing your knowledge! I am a beginner (self taught) and was one of the ones who would use gray or black for shadow. I must say I was never really content with that. Now I know why. I really enjoy all of your tutorials and find them well explained and most helpful. Thank you again.

[@Rudimar69]

Beautiful. 😃 Thank you!

[@reneeluenow7117]

Thank you so much for your explanation! I finally get it and this will make a huge difference for me. I would keep trying to make the same color darker, and then get frustrated when it didn't work. Thank you for your tutorial.

[@ddrakeutube496]

“Watching paint dry” made me laugh. Great video. Thanks. 😊

[@appleknocker56]

This video taught me more about how to get your shadows without added the dreaded “black” & have a color wheel & use it. What really taught me more was doing a full color wheel (warm/cool primaries) & so on with paints I have & for a beginner & wonder (which is complementary to red violet) & can just now look at mine! Now doing second one with muted colors! What kind of brushes do you use as good paper (100% cotton) very important, paints good but each brush can have different abilities & like Aqua Elites but using flat brushes seem difficult (not many videos) on using them except to wet whole page? Tyvm!

[@sallyfreeman619]

Thank-you for the quiet time to watch your techniques and for the interaction with Mark. I learned a lot.

[@darbydupree4056]

So beautiful! I am a beginner and wish I had found you earlier. I lean so much from you.

[@paulettehilk4884]

Wow, I didn’t know how to use wheel for selecting complimentary colors for shadowing . So much for trying to be self taught. Thank you so much for covering basics. This was a tremendous lesson for me.

[@Rkmcguire]

Thanks for watching!

[@Jkdabomb10A]

Very much appreciated. Needed the refresher!

[@margoreilly9881]

This has been a tremendous help to me...now I totally understand color theory for watercolors..thank you so much

[@sarahmurphy6759]

I will be teaching a watercolor class to adults and I plan on using this lesson. So helpful,

[@Rkmcguire]

Awesome

[@susanyoung6331]

Thank you!!!!

[@girishthakre1483]

Sir ..u made it very simple... great teacher u r👍

[@Harperartist]

Hello Keith and Mark. I discovered your videos about a week ago and I'm really loving your style of painting and your teaching ability. I'm in about a million Facebook watercolor groups. I posted this video with your name and link in Watercolor for beginners group. I'm going to also add it to Watercolor Techniques.

[@Rkmcguire]

Thanks for watching and sharing. We've had some setbacks, but plan to start rolling out more videos soon.

[@natalysanchez3960]

Wow! Really appreciate you sharing this technique! Helped so much! 👍🏽

[@Rkmcguire]

You're so welcome!

[@greengeekgirl]

One of the best KZbin watercolor teachers. Thank you!

[@Rkmcguire]

Thanks, that means a lot!

[@JosieLewisArt]

Great video and clear explanations, thanks!

[@Rkmcguire]

Thank you!

[@lalaithan]

Great tutorial. I especially like how you added common questions.

[@Rkmcguire]

Thanks, we appreciate the feedback!

[@luluduois]

Thank you. Really helpful.

[@Rkmcguire]

Glad to hear it!

[@COCOChatnails]

Wonderful, thanks!

[@soniamohammadi3217]

really useful method, thank you so much

[@paulJTthompson]

Very enjoyable to watch.

[@juliebergacker5680]

Awesome. Thank’s. As a beginner this is great 👍

[@aurabeth1680]

Thanks for the tutorial!

[@Rkmcguire]

You are welcome!

[@Alejandra-ip6jz]

Learnt so much thank you

[@theresaskira]

Excellent tutorial. Thank you, Keith.

[@Rkmcguire]

thank you

[@vidyawitch]

This is so helpful. Thank u so much. Good day. :) Would love to see one on making cast shadows too.

[@valenciacuttriss4259]

This is so easy to understand love this.

[@scarecrow9027]

thanks

[@LivPurpleNow]

Wow! Thank you for the tutorial and examples. I'm relearning how to watercolor. It's amazing how it's not "like riding a bike."

[@nanovega5054]

Many thanks for this tutorial.. I was looking for this.. Keep it up

[@Rkmcguire]

thanks

[@thealchemistdaughter3405]

Fabulous! You make a great team!..more please :-)

[@karenhodges7545]

This was fun. And I learned something valuable. Thanks

[@kdmylove]

very nice thank you so much

[@Rkmcguire]

Thanks

[@ДарьяБолгарина-г8е]

Thanks a lot! It was incredibly helpful!

[@DELMOVIE]

Hi Keith, thanks for an excellent video, informative and inspiring. I particularly admire your skill in producing a perfect sphere, freehand. You briefly touched on the surface shadow and reflected light. I have a problem with balancing the complementaries with the reflected light particularly if the supporting surface is other than white. Some guidance from you would be much appreciated. Kind regards, Derek.

[@lizkramer9819]

He’s got pencil marks. It’s just hard to see. But he is still AMAZINGLY talented at brush control!

[@spookydonutboo]

This is amazing. Thank you

[@lizkramer9819]

Second question! I hope you are still monitoring this video! So helpful! When would you choose an an anachronous color vs a complementary color for a shadow? I am learning mostly on florals/botanicals (the shapes seem easier for me). Color brilliance is important for flowers, and I saw another video on using a darker, anachronous color to darken. I would love your perspective!

[@stefanb6539]

Hi Liz, sorry to bother you because of a comment you made almost a year ago, but what exactly IS an anachronous color? All the definitions on anachronous I can find just mention an object, that doesn't match the time period it is found or depicted in, when I search for anachronous color, I don't even get any search results. Did you maybe mistype the word, or does it refer to a less wellknown color theory? I am atm somewhat satisfied with my progress on line art/rendering etc. and am currently curious about what thoughts all kind of people have about using color in paintings, so your comment peaked my curiosity.

[@emmykalia]

I think she meant analogous colors. Those are colors that are next to each other on a color wheel.

[@angievanwyk8161]

Thank you s ound much better can hear every wird

[@emilyackertrutten268]

Thanks - this is so helpful. I spent the weekend getting rather less than convincing shadows while I was using darker shades of the same hue. Question - why do you not get backruns, going over and over the same area? Is it because you're painting the surface with water first?

[@hoonterofhoonters6588]

It's amazing how simple the theory seems after it's been explained. I wonder why this didn't occur to me naturally.

[@Harperartist]

Looking forward to your return

[@Rkmcguire]

New video today!

[@kidnewton]

what about the cast shadow on the floor? Would that be compimentary color of the light? Warm light gets cool floor shadow... cool light gets warm floor shadow?

[@jen7662]

Great Vid! So what if the ball is orange and the counter its on is yellow, how do you create a shadow and reflection (with the appropriate value) with that?

[@geezerider1]

Thanks! Sometimes I have to relearn the basics. Serious question. How dirty can the rinse water become before it affects the paint color?

[@kevinedwin7020]

Try using two water jars instead

[@ltraina3353]

I’ve always wondered that!

[@lizkramer9819]

I am stunned by your working time. Two years ago I was in dry, hot California and just figured it was the climate. I am now in Seattle and I don’t get near this workability, even when it’s been raining for days. I am also working on Arches cold press. Is this edited? Are you waiting for the water to sink in and/or re-applying water before paint?

[@mars.9595]

thank you!

[@zekeviews]

so, in essence, use analogous colors for shadows...? I mean, the colors he's mixed for shadow could be found beside the base color(of the sphere) on the color wheel.

[@wilberforceruto1212]

what kind of paper are you using right there,?

[@monikasekhri]

Thank you... this was helpful!! Please do share what pallette are you using to mix colours

[@katewalton6350]

thankyou I had no idea how to read that colorwheel. Mixing colors is difficult.

[@t.pisani8239]

I've also seen people use analogous colors for the same thing. Seems like you can use just about any other color to me. I'm exaggerating but only a bit.

[@jayvee4234]

Smart..

[@SomebodyelseBiteme]

Where are the damn links to the products?

[@SomebodyelseBiteme]

Where are the products at the end of the video ?( which was great, btw. And I love your camera man back and forth.Good concept!: ) But where are the products? I’m not even sure what kind of Archer blah blah blah blah paper you rushed through in the middle of the vid! Please, oh great one, tell us! Or tell me. Thank you.

[@Rkmcguire]

In the description. rkmcguire.com/watercolor-materials/

[@LivPurpleNow]

Why, when I try this, does my brush pick up my paint vs. spread the next layer? My edges are much sharper than yours. Is it my low quality paper?

[@LivPurpleNow]

Weedus Yes, I followed along with you.

[@luvthisscrap]

Great tutorial, thank you!

[@veliofox9602]

Your technique is very good ,but you need to shadow before the edge generally .

[@YeetYeet-lo5xh]

In watercolor portraits, do you have to know the undertone of the skin first before you choose your complementary underpainting color? Is it going to affect the complementary color you'll choose for underpainting, or is it supposed to be mixed with your base color?

[@rmader1997]

rk. raise your chair until your arms are horizontal comfortably with the table etc. It's Urgonomic and you won't look like your hanging by your arms to work with your artwork! (Sorry). I just can't ignore how this looks.

[@sargentbutternut7255]

I don't want to complain but... The dude that's painting has alot ov patience. If the other dude is going to pop off with his 2 cents why doesn't he just make a video.. Its annoying when people do that's. Right???

[@ltraina3353]

Sargent Butternut it would be annoying if he were inserting his two cents, as you say, but he just asked a couple of questions that beginners might have, so it actually helped clarify what the artist was saying. I guess it might seem a little redundant for a more experienced artist, but for a total beginner, it may be a good thing. It’s not like he was contradicting him or anything

[@Brobooke]

Read the room

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[@TheSgyro]

Grey bananas yum 😂

[@patriciapiper6294]

You know, I've watched, read, and struggled to understand other instructors and just hated having to translate thier silly terms into common sense that I could use!! Hense, I went nowhere. Now, i am relaxed and feel you guys like me and want me to do well. And i am! Thankyou.🌌🎨

[@Rkmcguire]

Thanks, I really try to find ways for people to understand the medium of watercolors! You're here to learn, not to hear me showing off my art eduction. Although... Anyway, the more you work on it, the more you pick up, the more you'll grasp. Good painting.

[@juul7737]

WoW, thanx!! This was a great lesson!! 👍🏼😉🤗

[@ginakelly11]

Appreciate this video, Thank You!