The Best way to Paint in Watercolors ( Light to Dark )

[@moxxie6.6.6]

Excellent video! Calming voice over with wonderfully presented info. Exactly what I needed, thank you. That's not even mentioning the privilege of staring at cookies whilst I learn about art 😅

[@glennscannell8802]

Thank you for this video 🙂

[@cathieproffitt6432]

You have become our Thursday afternoon watercolor teacher. It’s been a fantastic way for me to spend quality time with my granddaughters. Yesterday we recreated the split color wheel. The nine year old was so proud of hers: she wondered if you were the kind of teacher that liked to see their student’s work. We then watched you video on lost and found edges and all we wanted after that was cookies! You made them look so delicious. This is going to send them around the bend.......thank you for your work!

[@WatercolorAffair]

Hi Cathie - Sound like excellent fun ! You're right... Everyone's going to think I spend all my time painting cookies !

[@alldialogueissung]

One of the best decisions I made in 2020 was to sign up for your Masterclass for Beginners. Your free Watercolor for Beginners posts and accompanying KZbin videos are excellent supplementary material. Thank you.

[@WatercolorAffair]

Thanks David - plenty more to come in 2021 !

[@wezul]

Thank you for this! I have only this year gotten into watercolor painting. There's a particular image I want to paint, but I wasn't sure if I should paint entire objects with their lightest color, and then add the darks in layers - or if I should paint the different values totally separately (i.e. paint the light part its color, then the slightly darker part its color, without the lighter color underneath). I appreciate that you showed the whole process here, so I know that I should paint entire objects (minus highlights protected with masking fluid) their lightest color, and then layer on the darker colors. Thank you so much!

[@ranjanachand9306]

Excellent point made here. Thanks😀

[@EmillyJuliett]

Great lesson, and you are great teacher, thank you very much!

[@carolynwhite5593]

Thank you. Terrific info and easy to follow.

[@annebailey4976]

Thank you for your help, I am still learning and you a very good teacher.

[@joebeamish]

Watercolor always looks watery. Great for skies and wet scenes. Weak for cookies and solid things.

[@wezul]

Hard disagree!

[@joebeamish]

@@wezul I’ve modified my view in the last 6 months (old post.) Somewhat. The use of gouache along with transparent watercolor (a la Homer, Marin, et al.) can really help.

[@stalinaarnold8512]

Thank you so much! I did you coffee cup! Loved it! Turner out really well!

[@ann-marielofberg1159]

Thanks for this and the other very helpful step-by-step videos, that made me think a little different, but made a huge different in the result.

[@WatercolorAffair]

Glad it helped!

[@lisaduvall9434]

I am learning about composition. What type of composition is this?

[@jenwilly7260]

What brushes are you using in this video?

[@bethhoyle3033]

This is a dumb question I'm sure but how would you do it with a color that isn't in the browns family? It just got dark brown as a result of adding more pigment, but what if it was, say, red? Do you add black to the red gradually?

[@kanariesla]

who else feels like masking stuff is cheating