What are Semi Opaque Watercolors? - You need to know THIS!

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Do you like Opaque colors? If you enjoyed this video try this one next! Drawing Tutorial (AVOID these 10 Beginners' Mistakes!) kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmrWd2yhequYhM0

[@carollen5601]

Hi Michele yes I like opaque colors, I'm wondering at times how to glaze over them with suitable colors. Thank you for sharing. Blessings

[@deborahgoodwin3426]

Yes, I enjoy opaque watercolors occasionally, but am often stumped where best they're used other than in florals and how they can be properly glazed over. I am truly missing more of your actual full painting tutorials. You are so very, very talented and I learn so much from them. Thank you!!!

[@TheSebiestor]

There's always a sparkle of exhilaration to see a new upload from you. Thank you.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Ah bless you!

[@eagercrafter_9014]

I use whatever color I want. I am by no means an artisit, just someone who likes to dabble and it is suppose to be fun. Love your videos, BTW.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

It's great to dabble :-)

[@anitadavidson1266]

I sometimes think people forget to simply play around with colour (however it appears) and have fun. Thank you Michelle for an (as ever) extremely informative video! 👍🏻👏🏻👩🏻‍🎨🎨🖌

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

You are welcome Anita, thanks for watching!

[@colleenmcchesney1482]

Yes I love the opaque colors too. I have a love 💕 for all the colors. I tend like the opaque more lately in my paintings. Thanks for explaining these & the tip of drawing a black line for the swatches. Great video & I really love the new painting.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Thank you!

[@colleenmcchesney1482]

@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber You’re welcome 😉.

[@gaemlinsidoharthi]

Your videos are really quite good at holding my attention. Usually I am an easily distracted airhead. I imagine your live classes would be enjoyable and effective too.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Thanks! Unfortunately since Covid I don't teach much in 'real' life :-)

[@susanbuckley1964]

Another very informative video Michele. Thanks for being so generous with sharing your knowledge.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Thanks for watching!

[@bonnieg4076]

I've used semi-opaque colors without really understanding why, now I know. Thank you.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

You are so welcome!

[@lizadivine3785]

You are my favorite channel. You present the most helpful info in nice short videos. Thank you!

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Wow, thank you!

[@valasafantastic1055]

I love variety and learning the different properties. I love all. Transparent, semi opaque and opaque gouache. And I mix them together. Learn and use appropriately depending o the individual artwork and your personal preferences/style!

[@christinebravomom5711]

Your reference to history intrigued me. I majored in Art History and can not remember a single mention of water color in any of the many classes I took. I clearly need to fill in this appalling gap in my knowledge! LOL

[@duanapearson643]

Thanks Michele! There is always something new to learn about watercolor. 😄

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

There is!

[@shirleygreaves9650]

Great video thank you for the information. I’m looking forward to seeing more of your actual painting tutorials, but your vlogs are always full of useful stuff. Thank you Michelle. X

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Hi Shirley, I will have some short tutorials coming up, longer ones are on Patreon as that sort of content isn't popular on my youtube channel :-)

[@delphinewood7519]

So easily explained. Thank you. 💙🌵

[@anasel-mahdi7908]

another informative and essential art lesson.Thanks

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

You are welcome!

[@aliciashackley5830]

I love all my colors. This is a very good video Michele. Thx as always. 🥰

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

No such thing as a bad color!

[@sandraneale128]

Thank you, Michelle. Have learned a lot from you. Bless you🦋

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

You are very welcome

[@nanschifris8734]

Thanks for this great information, Michele!

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Glad it was helpful!

[@nattyw495]

Ive rewatched this video three times to really understand the differences you were explaining sometimes i wonder if i will understand all the terminology i know ive only been doing watercolor for three years but i sometimes still get a bit mind blown with things i cant grasp from my pior knowledge of watching videos, i guess repetitive relearning rewatching infomation will and can help, i dislike looking like im not sure what a artist is talking about...someday i know everything will come easier, but theres so much infomation....i enjoy all colors theres so many art supplies ive fallen in love with im sometimes sad i cant try them all but happy then again happy im on a limited budget and space wise that way i can sharpen my skills on what art supplies i have and i continually reference back to your posters that i bought to help expand my color ranges that i can discover, ive got favorites on the poster of colors...mikelle art mom🎨✍👩‍🎨

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Thanks for watching, especially more than once!!

[@annettefournier9655]

Thanks Michele 💜

[@scottmantooth8785]

*i like any color that enhances or brings subtle qualities to the image i'm working on...i mostly lean towards working abstractly at the moment so distressed earth tones are dominant in my palette and layering is a huge part of what i do...so simi opaques would provide some unique possibilities to future projects*

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Thanks for watching Scott :-)

[@scottmantooth8785]

@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber *you're very welcome Michele*

[@mar_gheri_ta]

Great video, thanks Michele! I use opaque watercolours to fight against unwanted darks, as pigments, incredibile but true, lemon yellow or Hansa yellow are "stronger" than black and it's real fun seeing how they interact used together. I totally agree with what you said at the end on mixing colours with a semi opaque pigment, that chalkiness is not always what your looking for but sometimes it turns out useful. I think I'm going to buy that transparent yellow and give it a try instead of using quinacridone gold, greens and oranges will be brighter I guess. Thanks 🙏

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Yes the transparent yellow is great, Indian yellow is a good one too, less 'brown' than quinacridone.

[@markdonovan1540]

Great tip about the black line test, thank you. I have a set, somewhat depleted now, of Kuretake watercolours that are quite opaque. I recently watched a video where they were used like gouache. Apparently, the paints were made to be used on rice paper, which I've never tried before.

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Glad you liked the video, I have never tried rice paper either!

[@jasong3109]

clearly informative also visited your etsy site and you have really nice art

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

Thank you!

[@chrishayman1747]

Michelle you mentioned Daniel Smith green gold. I have this beautiful paint and have noticed that it is very ‘pushy’. Meaning that , when I place it near or on other colours it seems to push them away. I haven’t noticed this as much with other colours. Is this an actual phenomenon or was it just me not knowing what I was doing 😂

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

It's probably more to do with the fact that it's so strong that you add a lot of water. Wet areas will always push into less wet areas. That's my guess!

[@carollen5601]

Hi Michele, I did the test and found out some art companies' identical colors have different opacity degrees. Especially Yellow Ochre and a few more...

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

I am not surprised by that. All manufacturers use different pigments or even just different sources and suppliers, they may also prepare them differently.

[@michaelthornton5113]

Thank you Michele, another great lesson! A quick question - do the cadmium free paints like “cad yellow hue” have about the same opaqueness as the originals?

[@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber]

A Hue is a replacement or a look alike so it entirely depends on what the manufacturer has replaced the cadmium with. Take a look on the tube/pan/website for the pigment number(s), pop them into google and you will get lots of info including transparency.