Watercolor Tutorial - How to simplify the scene in a Venice painting - Demo by Tim Wilmot #34

[@johncitizen3361]

I know this one is a few years old now but I just watched it and wow what a result. Looking at the reference photo there’s no way I would have attempted this in watercolour, your ability to simplify to the essentials and have it read so well is like a super power. Thanks for sharing this.

[@TimWilmot]

Wow, thank you! I just like taking ordinary scenes and painting them. This one could be anywhere...

[@mariakellner5429]

This brings back memories from when I was there 14 years ago ,tfs your methods

[@TimWilmot]

Glad it brought back happy memories

[@AlainGuidettiWatercolor]

a watercolor that shines with light! dazzling!

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Alain

[@joeaccordion]

Tim you are a wonderful artist but also have the most soothing voice. Watching your videos is a total delight.

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Joe

[@sylviadavies2369]

Another superb demo Tim. You share your knowledge of watercolour so freely and is so encouraging. Thank you.

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Sylvia

[@erkanfmercan]

Vilmot's magic light...bravo!👏👏

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Erkan!

[@вероникамаслова-е2д]

All you pictures it's very very nice 😍!

[@TimWilmot]

Thank you

[@ombry2]

Beautiful,beautiful,beautiful! Thank you for your dimostraction that ,sometimes, we need only few things to rappresent a panoramic view.

[@TimWilmot]

Absolutely!!

[@0000bdw]

Wow! Words can't express how wonderful your talent is. Thank you so much for sharing it with us!!

[@TimWilmot]

Thank you Barbara. You can have a go yourself. More information on my Patreon site www.patreon.com/timwilmot

[@ezequielruiz2488]

Very nice watercolour painting👏👏👏

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks

[@thantin9616]

Great & Fantastic demo , Tim. Bright sky , sunshine with dark shade and reflection on water to make contrast and value scale was key work. I watched this 55 min tutorial for 2 times and try to paint myself today..Colour harmony and final result was incredible. Thanks for your guide , Tim.

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Than and for watching twice!

[@annettefournier9655]

Wow. Just WOW. Maybe in a couple of years of practice I may be able to wrap my head around this. Wow.

[@TimWilmot]

Thank you and give it a go

[@eyecandy5984]

Thank you for this very informative video - got to learn a lot from it. God bless

[@TimWilmot]

Glad it was helpful!

[@sherryburnett6088]

Gorgeous!

[@TimWilmot]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@CaptainBarbaros92]

Always a pleasure to watch you work your magic

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks TDK

[@marjoriejohnson6535]

Tried Tim's approach to simplification. Seems to be helping. Just doing sketches from pictures and am pleased. Thank you.

[@TimWilmot]

Glad it is helping

[@chrisdacosta6986]

I enjoyed that. Thanks Tim.

[@TimWilmot]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@rathbovor]

This one helped me out a lot Tim. For awhile now I've been having trouble with painting urban scenes because of all the detail I thought I had to capture, but after watching this Vid you definitely gave me a new approach, thank you sir........and once again, YOU ARE A F#*^ING MASTER!!!

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Rath. You can start my fan club

[@alvaroarturo1907]

Stunning!

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks

[@carlosborsa1170]

Hi Mr. Tim Wilmot, I copied your watercolor panting and I learned a lot. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, such a great thing you did here. You are a great artist!

[@TimWilmot]

You are very welcome

[@drtony6778]

Its like watching a magician in action !!! wow !! so so amazing !!! thank you , Sir !!! for me you are the most talented artist in watercolour !!! love your style !!! again Tqvm, Sir .

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Tony as always

[@WilliamSmith-id4lr]

Thanks for your time, Tim. Great tips. Thank you for helping a newbie to watercolor.

[@TimWilmot]

Glad it helps William

[@ЛюдаЛобанова-т9б]

I like Venice ! Especially in your performance !

[@TimWilmot]

Thank you!

[@rosaliamonaco2023]

Thank you for the tutorial! It has inspired me to continue learning water color painting. You are amazing!

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Rosalia and glad it helped

[@mamounabbas2107]

Wonderful painting, Such a great tutorial.

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Mamoun

[@patriciamillar4381]

Thank you... brilliant to watch and I love your style. I also loved the way you took some time to allow the paint to dry during recording...you could see the painting change especially the canal....magical.

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Patricia. I do skip the drying stages and cut them out of the production, but I might keep some in in the future

[@anna_spicylemon7112]

Great tutorial, thank you very much.

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Anna

[@BA-kx7zr]

I need to try this one!

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks for watching. If you fancy a go yourself, why not consider being a Patron via my Patreon site. For a small pledge I set regular painting projects and you get a video critique back from me in return. More info at www.patreon.com/timwilmot . Thanks again.

[@davelester1985]

I live near Venice, and I find a lot of colorful scenes have the shadow like this one. So I have learned to just have my painting do the opposite, sun from right side. One ends up having to make up things , but it is worth it. Plus it is really hard to be "there" when the light is good, so a lot of work starts but ends up at home to finish. Good video.

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Dave and I know what you mean. A challenging place to paint plein air

[@tedreeves500]

Tim is the man!

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Ted for the vote

[@josianeholbe]

bonsoir Tim, tres belle aquarelle, et jolie paysage, c est sympa!!!! j adoreeeeee! !

[@TimWilmot]

Merci beaucoup!

[@colleeningham7335]

Thanks again for another great video. I have problems trying to simplify a scene so this video was very helpful.

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Colleen

[@colleeningham7335]

You are welcome, I guess you know how much we all appreciate and learn from your wonderful videos. They are the best.

[@izakpolman6280]

Lovely painting. Thanks for sharing.

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Izak

[@nidiapearson6542]

Wonderful demo Tim. Thanks!!

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Nidia

[@sunbinlee2540]

Thanks for sharing, Tim. You are wonderful!!! Greetings from south Korea

[@TimWilmot]

Thank you and hoped you understood my commentary

[@patriciaharris6404]

Brilliant as always thank you for sharing your talent.

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Patricia

[@SaraElegant]

wow wonderful painting, beautiful details ... Thank you for amazing video

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Sara

[@003Darren]

Great painting Tim, thank you for all the tips- especially on the brush sizes! Darren

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Darren

[@mrgreg3345]

I really enjoyed that one.

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Mr greg

[@marcpaull39]

Although I also use the same paper as you, I find I have to stretch mine otherwise it cockles too much with the use of washes. Your washes seem to be quite wet and yet it doesn’t seem to be a problem. Another great demo by the way. If ever there was an award for “services to watercolour tuition”, you would be a serious contender. Thanks for posting.

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Marc and your vote of support for the videos. The paper does buckle when wet of course, but as it dries it gets flatter again.

[@ЛюдаЛобанова-т9б]

You are very good teacher !

[@TimWilmot]

thanks

[@ciacciom]

You have an eye for perspective!

[@TimWilmot]

Yes with much practice

[@neilmichaeldeasis3433]

Great work tim!

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Neil

[@mozaalhamadi6478]

I followed your tutorial and it turned out amazing! Thanks for your help

[@TimWilmot]

My pleasure

[@thatcreativebeauty]

Wow you are so amazing I’m so glad that I found your channel because I just literally started doing watercolor and I felt so confused and lost even though I love the fluid medium of watercolors. You are a ⭐️😃❤️❤️

[@TimWilmot]

Good luck with watercolor.

[@احمدجميل-ت5ظ]

Always beautiful thank you very much

[@TimWilmot]

Thank you

[@ЛюдаЛобанова-т9б]

Good afternoon ! And l thank you,Mr. Tim!

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks very much Люда

[@Guy-mr1ig]

Thanks for sharing Tim! Greatings from East-Flanders...

[@TimWilmot]

Greetings from UK to East Flanders!

[@akshaychekhalia5102]

Always amazing

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Akshay

[@kratai856]

Thank you for the tutorial. It's very useful.

[@TimWilmot]

Thank you

[@ЛюдаЛобанова-т9б]

Mr. Tim! With your help i began to draw in the style of a la prima , or rather , l try to master it.

[@TimWilmot]

Ok, good luck

[@PowerDesignVN]

Thanks! Always amazing!

[@TimWilmot]

Thank you

[@AnnaNstudio]

Great tutorial! Thanks

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Anna

[@watercolorarttirthashankar2094]

Nice Painting!

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks

[@alanjarvis8641]

simply brilliant, thank you

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Alan

[@marjoriejohnson6535]

Mr.Wilmot, really enjoyed YOUR simplification of the near Venice street scene. Might it be a good idea to go thru street pictures and just see what I can take out and still have it feel like the picture? Love working en plein air but as it becomes physically more taxing I need to make decisions much faster than years ago. Have watched many if not all of your posts. Thank you for sharing your talent and inspiring us to get at it.

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Marjorie. Yes go through your old photos and look at a thumbnail of them or very small size to see if that helps in deciding on a simpler approach

[@scottp4580]

Nice, as always!

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Scott

[@arlenemurphy804]

Amazing. Perfection.

[@TimWilmot]

Thank you

[@tw97com]

Thank you ,Mr.Wilmot

[@rodfletcher356]

Thank you very much for sharing. I'm stuck in the "detail" groove and know I need to simplify. This has gone a long way to helping me achieve that

[@TimWilmot]

Glad it helped Rod

[@sofiasofia8726]

Absolutely wonderful how you make the buildings colourful - I am so used to just giving them all one hue, the ones that are the farthest away. Beautiful simplistic technique, the only thing I wish for - that there was a bit more comment on which colours you mix each time, as it's heard to tell from just looking on the computer screen.

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Sofia for your feedback and I will try and do this for future videos. I do describe the palette normally at the beginning of the painting phase

[@sofiasofia8726]

Lovely, thank you so much, Tim! You actually read comments, that's great :) I was also wondering what size paper you use for your watercolours - I often struggle with brushstrokes, and I realized first, probably I just need a bigger paper size, and second, I need to make more brush strokes sidewise - I really like how you hold and move a brush - very variated strokes, going over same spot with several ones. Burano makes indeed for a fantastic subject - it is just impossible to take a not pretty photo there :)

[@TimWilmot]

Hi Sofia. For these demos the paper size is 15" x 11". Rather than bigger paper, try using as big a brush you can get away with - I.e. ratio of brush size (with a good pint!) and paper. Small paper - big brush !

[@safi456]

Lovely demo. Really enjoyed it. Usually I never watch a full video, I'm not patient enough, but this time I pinned myself down to watch it all. Love how you are instinctively loose while most of us cant get away from detail. My fav part of the painting is definitely the tea pink tones, especially on the bldg to the right; the colour just pops. Was that a mix of alizarin, ultramarine and burnt sienna?

[@TimWilmot]

Thank you and glad you liked it. I think the colours of the building was yes the mixture you said. Sometimes you don't think about what colours you are using and it just becomes a decision on the tonal value, so going dark in the shadows with those 3 colours. Thanks for watching

[@stevey6294]

This is just what the doctor said, I'm terrified by the street scenes and windows. Thank you Tim!

[@TimWilmot]

There will be more to follow for sure!

[@lindsaysweeney1231]

thank you for this video!! funny i was painting and watching this earlier tonight, i kept pausing it thinking "ahh he's so good he's going so fast" but really i just overworked mine to inifinity and should have kept at your pace haha. thank u

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Lindsay. You can have a go yourself and get a critique back from me. More details at www.patreon.com/timwilmot

[@schnukele]

Thank you! Very helpful.

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Klara

[@rameshwortandukar]

Thanks Tim.

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Rameshwor

[@iamg07]

Great stuff Tim. Thanks for all the tutorials. The only problem is mine turn out rubbish most if the time!

[@TimWilmot]

Keep trying and practice on one type of scene

[@MrMoykanal]

Thank you Tim!

[@郭秀霞-j4n]

Nice😊thank you

[@TimWilmot]

Thank you too

[@mozaalhamadi6478]

The best!

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks

[@msaeed9734]

Thanks Tim. I do try some of your street scenes, and find it enjoyable. Can you please shed some light on the type of the paper that you have used here. I Know it is cold press but what weightage?

[@TimWilmot]

This is Saunders Waterford paper and is 300 gms in weight

[@msaeed9734]

Thank for you reply Tim. I have tried some of your compositions following your tutorials. I wonder if you would allow me to share some of my work with you for your critique. If so, how can I share? By email?

[@behzad1239]

Thanks for the demo. To be honest I think you made an interesting painting of a very uninteresting photo.

[@TimWilmot]

That's been said before and a common thing I do! Thanks for watching

[@edasartgallery1520]

Amazing techniques! do you have a book I can buy?

[@TimWilmot]

Thank you. Just the videos here and on Patreon and on crowdcast

[@goosecouple]

Wow. What brush size did you use for the variegated washes?

[@TimWilmot]

10mm diameter

[@teodygaspar]

I am lucky if given a chance to paint that place personally....

[@TimWilmot]

Nice place to visit

[@dereckmocke1305]

I am also stuck in the detail mode. How I am trying to be loose. As they say in South Africa "loose is lekker", but oh so difficult when stuck in detailed painting. You are my favourite artist. Dereck Mocke.

[@tamijacque8335]

What type of pencil did you under draw this painting with- what brand and hardness/softness is it? Thanks- Tami

[@TimWilmot]

It is a 3B so soft. Any 3B pencil would do (not too sharp a point though)

[@Lulis56]

What size mop brush is that. You mentioned Raphael series - is it sable or squirrel?

[@TimWilmot]

Size 6 Raphael Soft Aqua. It is synthetic and no animal was harmed in the process of making the brush

[@giorgiogrlj]

New 55 minutes of enjoy? Great. Let's find time to go through. :)

[@TimWilmot]

I hope it was worthwhile for you Giorgio

[@giorgiogrlj]

I ask myself why it's so difficult to simplify things? Yes, this video helped me a lot on teorethical level. Now let's put it into practice. Thank's Tim.

[@brendawillems792]

That is SO beautiful!!! Can i ask you what brush you are using?

[@TimWilmot]

Raphael Soft Aqua size 6

[@estherweetman9656]

What colour mix are you using for shadow touches at the end of the painting ?

[@TimWilmot]

Neutral tint (a sort of dark grey or like paynes grey) mixed generally with another colour, a red or a blue

[@tw97com]

Dear Mr. Wilmot Could you tell me the paper's size , thanks.

[@TimWilmot]

It is 15" by 11". Thanks Tom.

[@tw97com]

Thank you !

[@24starbuck]

Hi Tim, what weight of paper are you using?

[@TimWilmot]

This is Saunders Waterford Cold Press Paper 300 gms weight

[@ccsitaround]

👍👍👍❤️

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks Larry

[@jcsallen3]

What are you saying about the light coming towards you??? Contra jour is what it sounds like!?!

[@TimWilmot]

Yes Contra Jour - against the light

[@ЛюдаЛобанова-т9б]

In Russian Tim is Тимофей !

[@TimWilmot]

thanks

[@Dana-ty3in]

🌹

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks

[@Dana-ty3in]

@@TimWilmot Tim, please, can you tell me the price of such a work? Thank you ! I admire your work very much.

[@eunikehanny4913]

Hot press or cold press

[@TimWilmot]

Cold Press 300 gms

[@davelester1985]

Good demo, but I wonder if it bothers you that your two characters are sitting down, rather than walking. Made so by the space between their legs.

[@TimWilmot]

A day walking over Venice...You might sit down as well

[@proficyink2114]

Dude 16 ads in 54 minutes that's a bit much bro.

[@TimWilmot]

Sorry, Google decides

[@ruthclarke-linell1329]

Cv. F

[@TimWilmot]

Thanks

[@prasayaprasaya3226]

you talk a lot !!!

[@TimWilmot]

Turn the volume down