The Secret to VIBRANT Watercolor

[@graciesmom2019]

I’m a beginner, and the water to paint ratio has been my biggest challenge. When I started using more paint and less water, I began to fall in love with all the colors in my pallette!

[@joebeamish]

You always have the most eye opening stuff about watercolor, which too many people have made tame or timid.

[@chuchuu1877]

i used to paint with a lot of water too because im scared of running out of paint, and etc. but i realize by doing that im not giving my work and watercolor any justice, also watercolor is tiny bit goes a long way, i still have my paint after 2 years, really regret didnt use my paint properly lol

[@justacatwhocantype]

OMG you cleaned your palette! 😲

[@MrPuddinhead61]

I’m studying the work of Maja Wronsky right now. She also has that knack for using bold, saturated color along with neutrals with her detailed, architectural style. This is so helpful, Liron. I am not a patient painter, so to be given “the bright green light” to work in single layers by an experienced artist and teacher seems so freeing to me. Handprint is a wonderful reference site.

[@ollie54able]

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU. Never before has any other KZbinr (that I watched) shared this valuable & important info regarding luminosity. So Liron, thank you very much. I look forward to putting it to use in my next painting!

[@tutaart]

this is so inspiring. i definitely will try this method. i always paint with layers and it takes me so long to finish the painting

[@LironYan]

Yeah it’s always the dilemma 😛 I often do better when I just go for it and try to get things down in one messy wash

[@katefarmerpallotta9710]

Love it. I’ve been way to frugal with my paint. Thank you

[@colleenmcchesney1482]

Ohh wow that makes me feel better now! I have been applying my colors sometimes in one layer right away instead of building up light glazing layers. This is definitely a great video & makes a ton of sense to me. Thanks for explaining this concept. I am always learning so much from your perspective & insight of watercolors.

[@moneshal8566]

Great class. Thank you!

[@michaelslater3831]

Very informative....and jandsome!

[@mschingacor]

i did a version of this. as a beginner it's so encouraging. thanks and blessings !

[@vojtacepelak7767]

That action-movie-like spinning intro was amazing! :D You made some really good points too, I just realized that one of my recent paintings that I don't enjoy the result of lacks vibrant colors- literally all of them are too light. I'll keep the color vibrancy in mind next time I'm painting! Great video Liron, thanks!

[@notpracticingpianist2381]

Thank you for this direct video! I had a hard time making my works more vibrant and your content boosted my confidence to have more pigment. I looked forward to more of your videos! ❤️

[@michaelklein5242]

I'm certain that one of my major problems, winding up with a "mottled" and streaky look is directly related to what you've pointed out here. Thanks for your help. You're the tops in my book! 🎨

[@plumsystar]

This was a thought provoking lesson. Thank you

[@andrearizzi7845]

If is about to make the color more vibrant, another trick I saw, but actually never really try, could be to mix into your wash a bit of liquid watercolour (like those from "Dr. Ph. Martin's Radiant Concentrated Water" set... or even Ecoline if I am not wrong). These looks usually more radiant and bright. That could obviously change the tonality, it depends about which one you use. Again... I never try it, just saw this technique somewhere. Did anyone of you try the same?

[@Anarchosyn]

Love your hoodie.

[@shamardaniel4819]

Thank you soo much, very common problem in my work. Very glad to be subscribed!😊

[@stinar37]

Great video. I tried to paint a plum the other day that had such a lovely mixture of bright and muted blues, purples and reds, all melding into one another. I understand that too much water lessens the vibrancy of a color on paper, however, *without enough water*, it’s super hard to achieve smooth color transitions. I feel like you need to choose between smooth transitions or vibrancy. Would love to hear your thoughts on this, and also see you paint a plum or any fruit with subtle transitions from vibrant to muted colors.

[@LironYan]

Planned on doing a few smaller fruit paintings soon, so this is a good opportunity (:

[@stinar37]

@@LironYan ooo. Cannot wait!!! Please consider plums 🙏😂

[@johnbrengle1443]

Great tips Liron-as usual! I really need to work on this. I always thought multiple glazes was the way to go.

[@mikepolo2887]

I struggled with it a lot over the years, but painting a lot of subsets wet in wet on cellulose paper taught me to (sometimes) get it the values right on the first try.

[@Prince-db7qu]

Love all your videos!

[@lisac2989]

Thank you for sharing this video it was very informative for me. I'm into Mixed Media Art Journaling. Beginner at watercolor. Everytime I watercolor I think I'm using to much water. I see some people just spray water then apply the paint and even when I try to do that doesn't seem to be vibrant. Will be trying this technique next because This way looks very vibrant. Thanks again 😃♥️

[@LironYan]

Thank you for watching 😊🙏🏼 So happy this helped, let me know how it goes for you!

[@kimberlyhibbert710]

Great info! Thank you!

[@ab_rose]

omg i need this,, THANK YOU GOOD SIR

[@getsomecolourinyourlifedav2478]

Yes this is something I always struggle with, I need to go stronger with colours. Thanks Liron 😊

[@josephprimavera2545]

Liron, another great video. I have spoiled more than one nice watercolor by too much color dilution. I try to build with wash but end up overworking the piece. Very helpful advice. Thank you!

[@gailcheck8611]

Liron, I would better like to understand the amount of water loaded on the brush before dipping into the strong mix of paint. Do you basically just dip the TIP of a water-loaded brush into the strong watercolor? I have so much trouble understanding how wet the brush should be, and how much of the brush should pick up the paint. I tend to take my brush and roll it around in the mixed paint on the palette, tip, belly, etc., and then it just winds of diluting the strong mix. So should I just think about dipping the tip of a water-loaded brush into whatever pigment strength I choose to mix?

[@MrsTiffanyGrey]

Thank you for a great lesson!

[@jenniefrench1338]

I was just going to say that you cleaned your palette too! Those colors were hiding. That also makes vibrant color...:) I don’t always paint in one glaze. On some of my paintings the bright yellow or gamboge carries through to the top glaze for a stark effect. It really depends on a couple of things. One is painting portraits verses landscapes or city scapes and two the desired light/ shadow effect or leading the eyes. I like to see those effects to a degree in my paintings. Usually 3 glazes would be the most for certain areas, some just one.

[@maggiefreeman6513]

Great advice. Thanks.

[@callmedeno]

Something about painting in well defined layers turns me off watercolour, it's just so difficult to paint alla prima with very good results, but I enjoy it more so I'll naturally keep going.

[@reginalooby850]

Excellent video. Thanks

[@periknows]

Nice demo thanks....which violet are you using

[@amalei1978]

Very informative. Thanks for sharing! :)

[@margaretmartin6620]

Great point, Liron! I think too many of us make the mistake of using too much water and forgetting how light it dries. Thanks. :)

[@steveclews]

Hmm, i feel its very difficult to do this while paiting realism, but thats probably more to do with my paiting style

[@MrPuddinhead61]

I’ve just dipped my toe into realism (I struggle with patience), and I agree that it seems like it would be almost impossible to achieve the multitude of values needed for that style. I love the look of realism.

[@steveclews]

@@MrPuddinhead61 im going to try and use acrylics to create short bursts of bright colour

[@alphiesnowbear]

I find this funny because I came to watercolor from oil painting, so I started out using way too little water. You can imagine what a mess that looked like.

[@TheRuthlessRuth]

I always get scared of putting down too much paint because I'm a wuss when it comes to making contrast haha i love contrast but i suck at it. So i have a tendency to do the layers thing, and then i overwork it and it just gets muddy. watercolour is much harder for me because i'm used to oil and acrylics, i have a tendency to want to work in layers with opaque colours, and watercolour doesn't afford that, so i'm on a mission to improve my watercolour skills in the hopes it will improve my overall paint skills haha

[@sandrasamuelson4796]

It comes down to confidence, doesn't it? Just the idea of putting that bold a statement on that expensive paper is terrifying! But I think I'm ready to jump off the cliff!

[@LironYan]

Confidence comes from things that can be relied upon (: And I can definitely rely on the fact I have many more pieces of paper, and can simply do another one if I don't get the result I want 😉

[@ShubhamYadav-rm4hn]

I love how you turned around.. raised your eyebrow then started talking for dramatic effect 🤣🤣

[@Silverpintoo]

👍🏼

[@miaomiaochan]

To each his own, I suppose. Ask 100 professional painters their opinions on glazing vs using one layer, get 100 answers. Even the esteemed author of Handprint is but one opinion among many, and at the end of the day, as with other "rules" of watercolor, what is important for the individual is finding what works with their style. (By the way, I'd also caution anyone who's just starting out against relying too heavily on the opinion(s) of one or just a few professional artists. It's just as bad in art as it is in politics.) "One layer is better" may be good advice for people who are simply impatient or ones who do urban sketching or generally work in a quick and loose style, but just try to paint realism with just one layer of paint.

[@LironYan]

Haha, agreed, everyone has to find what works best for them (: I try to communicate this in all my vids, perhaps could have done a better job at it with this one

[@AyaSmith]

Nope, less is definitely more in this case. Less layers means less likelihood of reactivating the previous layers, less layers means less painting time, less layers means less chances of mistakes or creating streaks, less layers means getting done sooner. The only artists who prefer glazing are the ones too timid to go heavier and lack confidence over adjusting the consistencies of the paint mixture.

[@PaidGuy3208]

Hey aren't there anyone gonna talk about the edited stability in the shakiest video technique 😅

[@LironYan]

Nice catch! Haha I was so disappointed when I finished filming, because the video has never been this shaky before 😂 So I tried a view sneaky stabilization solutions and it worked out decently well. The proof is that as far as I can see, not one else commented about that 😛

[@PaidGuy3208]

@@LironYan 🤣 i am somewhat of editor myself so i noticed that

[@LironYan]

Had a feeling 😉@@PaidGuy3208

[@weill6872]

for a moment I thought you were living on a boat xD Just joking, thank you for explaining this very interesting point about vibrant colors

[@tomalatrent6376]

Vibrant you should not do that for a good life

[@danpartain6873]

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