How to NOT OVERWORK Your Watercolors
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Hi there, Liron here! Today’s a quick & FUNDAMENTAL tip about avoiding overwork.
This is something I’ve been seeing more and more of in recent months, and it’s a QUICK FIX for avoiding overworking your paintings.
Key takeaways:
- Have a plan, know what you're going to paint (shape, value, color edges etc...)
- Mix ENOUGH paint
- Have the paper at an angle for flow
- Work from one side to another / middle-out... Avoid "frames"!
I hope you find it useful! 😊🙏🏼
- Liron
Time-Stamps:
00:00 - Explanation
00:20 - Easy shape
03:37 - More complex shapes
07:06 - Using this in a large painting
08:17 - Conclusion
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I’m so guilty of all of the “don’t do this” habits. I’m watching this at midnight and can’t wait to get up in the morning and follow your instructions! Thank you!
Haha YES! 😁 Happy for you, let me know how it went!
why is this also literally me
me tooo!!
me too 🥴
me tooooo!
This is amazing! Nobody tells us noobs how to literally /physically paint. Thank you
Haha - it's very important 😁
Happy this helps, thank you for watching 🙏🏼🙏🏼
exactly I need more of this!
I may have at last found a teacher
Thanks for great tips
Exactly. I want a video showing us literally 😆
0:02 "let's jump straight into business", and he delivered that. No "please like and subscribe" or other BS. Instead, a great explanation on watercolour painting. You see, content creators, it's not that hard. That's how you make people like, subscribe and tell their friend about your channel.😃
Thank you so so much 😊🙏🏼🙏🏼
I sometimes do say it & don’t jump straight to business haha, but it’s been a gradual process to trim the fat & get to the value fast.
So grateful for your kind comment & support ❤️🙏🏼
I never understood that this is what is meant by "overworking" a painting. I thought overworking just meant ruining the paper by going over one spot too much. This makes so much sense, though, and is exactly what I've been doing! Thank you! I expect to be much happier with my paintings now!
Same here. I thought overworking was some kind of extreme case but I just saw in this video that not only I do it all the time, I also thought it was a good habit to have lol
@@danielchequer5842 Hahahahaha!!! Yes!!! I think I was even kind of proud of myself!
😂👍🏻
I Love this! We did something similar where we live out. This video actually gave us inspiration and hope that we can still become successful, thanks so much for this video.
Brilliant instruction. No one is covering the intricacies of painting problems like you are. Thank you! So helpful.
😊🙏🏼
Agreed!
@@LironYan pp
Watercolour painting techniques. Not painting as different paint media like gouache or oils or acrylic do not have the same techniques.
I’m so guilty I’m scared a lawyer will sue me
I just started watercolor painting and I couldn’t figure out why my painting always looks uneven and blotchy, but now I completely understand! I do outline first, go back and fix things up and add more water and mix my paints part way through! THANK YOU!!! 🙏
Lol 😂
Use tissues and hairdriers , see what they do fo you.
One of my watercolor teachers told me you should make a habit of using a bigger brush than you think you need while painting , which inhibits you from overworking areas. This is something that ended up working quite well for me as a general rule , maybe it can help someone out there too.
Great advice, at the very least one should experiment with whatever may be a solution to their problem (:
I find this works well for me at times (using a larger brush)
Thanks for this. It’s basic, but something I’m guilty of! I’m often unhappy with the lack of life in my colours, and yet on a gash piece of paper that I use to try colours out where I’ve just swiped a brush down, the colours look fresh and vibrant! I’ve often remarked on this, but you are the only person that’s explained why. 🙏
Thank you Alison 😊🙏🏼 Go ahead and apply it! You'll get those same results on a finished painting.
One more thing to note is - perhaps it's a good idea to mix less (:
Try using colors cleanly. The more you mix- the more likely you are to end up with "confused gray / brown colors"
Hi 👋
As someone with literal actual OCD I now know why perfectionism has wrecked watercoloring for me in the past. From now on I’ll just repeat to myself, no one cares about that all they see is the shape. This is actually so helpful haha
Thank you so much. I’ve been painting watercolours for decades, but no one ever explained the REASONS for getting “muddy” pictures like you have. I think my future paintings will be greatly improved and “fresher” looking just because of this one video. Thanks again for this valuable insight.
as a person who pays too much attention to details, this literally opened my eyes and my mind
That first example of trying to correct the shape is exactly one of the reasons I ended up quitting art after 10 years of never improving! It’s not a problem I ever saw many people talking about but it’s so common, it really should be one of the first things you learn-if for no other reason then as a warning to those just starting out. I have disabilities that prevent me from being able to control a brush (I’m an incomplete quadriplegic) or ‘see’/create shapes properly (spatial/motor dysgraphia, which is somewhat like dyslexia for motor skills, if that makes sense.) SO much advice I could have received from videos like this earlier on would have saved me a lot of wasted years and money.
I’m still having a really hard time accepting that art can’t be in my life anymore, so I still find myself watching videos and guides and such even though it kinda leaves me feeling worse and worse about myself lol. I keep a folder of videos I like in case I ever have someone else to send them to so I’m def saving this to it. I love that you keep things so simple and direct! Really great work all around :)
Great video for beginners and still helpful to remember. I take it with a grain of salt because all of these “bad habits” can be beautiful and useful tools if you practice them enough. Blooms (cauliflower), rivulettes, and lifting are all incorporated into my practice now and is what makes my paintings unique and personal. Hate to see them sold as all “bad” when they are actually useful in achieving unique variety of mark making.
Great GREAT point 😁
Keep up the awesome work.
There's this super skilled artist who uses them to their advantage too (Bjorn Bernstrom):
www.seamlessexpression.com/blog/2014/10/my-bjorn-bernstrom-watercolor-workshop.html
So happy you found this vid useful!
Hard agree but I think the point here is to teach fundamentals first and foremost :) You know what they say: You need to know the rules before you can know how to break them!
I agree, but if you are wanting the perfect wash then this vid is excellent advice.
Agree! I would, rather the. Say what not to do, if at all possible teach how to obtain an even, consistent wash using the techniques he speaks to. And then to demonstrate how to get other effects. One of my first classes is on how to obtain 12 different effects, using different techniques. I am glad though, that so many people are helped by this video!
It’s definitely a case of knowing the rules before you break them
I've never seen anyone on TH-cam explaining all those mistakes and showing ways on how to avoid them! Thank you so much for this video!
Thank you 😊🙏🏼 So happy I could help!
It’s like you’ve been watching me! I do all of those “don’ts”….and will try your processes going forward! Love your tutorials! Thanks!
Haha I'm in everyone's head! 😂🎨✏
Love these short ones! I would rather watch 20 shorts than one long one. Thank you. So much good info.
😁😁 Will do more!
Thank you Debbie. I’m the same. I learn better with short videos, and the information sticks. Awesome comment!
I never knew what I was doing wrong because no one ever adressed this. My mind is blown, my artwork looks so much better instantly! Thank you SO much!
No wonder my water color attempts are so horrible. Thank you for this video!!!!
Hello Liron. This video is a real light bulb moment for me and I thank you so much. I’ve been copying what you did here and realised how I had been going wrong all along. Now I am sure my work will improve. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Thank you James! Keep it up 😁 Let me know how it goes!
So simple and ...so complicated for my obsesiive mind 😆. Thank you very much for your help. Super useful!
I am a learner and was doing some swatching today.
So I thought.
95% of what I was doing and have done, is exactly what you showed.
It is thanks to so many of you professional artists spending so much of your time and effort in recording, editing, and uploading videos online, for everyone to see, that I am learning the tips and hints I need to know, so I can grow and learn properly.
Thank you so so much. 🤘🏼🤘🏼
Thank YOU for watching! 🙏😊
It's thanks to you and others that this channel exists!
Very happy this is useful, keep up the great work ♥
You randomly popped up on my front page and I am glad I clicked, my medium is painting that I am the most comfortable I am with as an Artist and I realy struggle with water color. Thank you SO MUCH!
I appreciate this! I think the first one is the most interesting to me personally, I love the inconsistency and the surprises, but if you’re going for a specific look or realism you definitely need to not overwork it and for it to be even. Thank you for explaining that so well!
Thank you for watching 😊🙏🏼 Yes - that's a great distinction!
Can you imagine someone doing all this things for years and then she became a mom who can't lose face in front her pretty little kids but she's still doing these until she finally met her lifesaver which is you and learnt her mistakes.
That's me, and that's how much I'm grateful to your. Thanks a lot.
Haha wow thank you so much 🙏😊
Very happy to hear this helps!!
And don't stress over it - some messy freedom is great too!
@@LironYan thanks. I really needed that.
It was like this, now that I know what NOT to do, I seem to mess up thinking what I should do! So, I messed up a lot. And my naughtiest one was like, Mom you're the best when it comes to sketching but you really mess up when you use watercolor! And I was like, you're really becoming more and more fearless these days. I'm gonna get you for this, you just wait.
Fascinating parallel with playing music, especially improvisation. If you can't hear what you're going to play, don't play yet. Same here - if you don't know ahead what you're going to paint, don't paint yet.
the rock'n'roll watercolourist - love your energy, man
Looks like you have a great collection of different types of grey paint in that palette! 😂 Thanks for the great video.
Great advice, Liron. Thought you were actually speaking directly to me. I always redo a line I don’t think is “perfect”. I’ll be working on this one! Thank you 🙏🏻
Haha I've seen it SO MUCH my friend, so had to address it 😁 Thank you 🙏🏼
Danke. Das ist eines der hilfreichsten Tutorials zum Aquarellmalen ueberhaupt. Jetzt weiss ich endlich, warum meine Farben so fad wirken.
Liron, have you been watching me? Even the tone of your voice was exactly my inner voice when I'm once again struggling and fiddling with the mess I somehow got on the paper. I sit here laughing out loud, my dog is wondering what is wrong with me, and at the same time I almost cry. Yes, that's me with that voice! Guilty, guilty!
How come I just did not understand this? I have said "I think I can draw but watercolor is a constant mystery for me". Because I have been trying to draw with watercolor! The laws are different with water! You have to let the water move free and stop fiddling! How come I never understood this so clearly before? Thank you, Liron, and greetings from Finland!
lol Liron seems genuinely annoyed by bad painting habits, I can imagine him watching me then screaming!
😂😂😂 Not annoyed, just passionate!
This is my first video in your channel and I have to say is a fantastic video. I love how you explained in detail but more importantly you showed us what to do and what NOT to do. I’m a visual person so this is going to help me learn how to do watercolor! I’m excited to learn
Wow thank you! So happy this was helpful 😁
I’m super visual as well haha, I’m trying to create the lessons I was missing when starting out!
@@LironYan I appreciate your videos. Keep them coming
“Have a plan.” I’ve saved this. And will watch it for a third time when i need to. Thank you.
Those that make these amazing videos to HELP people become better artists without expecting fees let’s me know they actually love what they do.
Thank you for taking the time to have constructed this video 😢❤ 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Oh thank you Samantha 😊🙏🏼
During a course I had to create a visual representation of core values and I agonized for basically 4 weeks over how to represent them in a coherent picture and ended up with a theme. I did a quick sketch in half an hour and used the backside of a wall calender and some felt pens to draw it up in 3 hours. The calender is made from glossy paper and the colours are already fading, so I decided to create a watercolor version of it. I bought appropriate paper and I am *so scared* of messing this picture up. This was valuable advice that helped me not be so scared of tackling the project. Thank you for sharing. :)
I'm about to start painting with watercolors (my first set is already on its way!) and I decided to start studying right now. This is really useful and I will definitely come back to your video when I can actually understand all of this and put it into practice. Thank you very much for your advice!
HOLY CANOLI I GET IT NOW
Pretty sure I've heard versions of this advice but I don't think I've ever heard it in such a blunt way. This is why my paintings are not turning out the way I want!! I get it!!!!
Thank you so much!!
Haha so happy this helps 😁🙏🏼
Thank you for watching!
That painting you showed was awesome. You could clearly tell the wind was blowing….
Thank you so much 😊🙏🏼 Lucky there was long hair to paint! 😁
Yep! I do all those things. Thank you very much, for your great instructions. 😄
I have been inspired by you since I began painting 3 years ago. I have no natural talent but I believe I can get better as I enjoy the process. This video is exactly what I needed. A million thank you’s for addressing common beginner mistakes. I love your art and techniques as I have learned many things from you. You are an amazing artist and I am humbled to even grasp a few tips to improve.
Came back and watched again a month later. Since then I've read a great quote on this subject from Bruce on Handprint: "Watercolor begs for fussing." (He is urging you NOT to fuss with it, as Liron urges here.) On the other end of the spectrum, he discusses how if you layer enough (and in the right way) you end up burnishing the paper and getting a nice smooth result when doing realism. So I guess there's two kinds of watercolorists: either loose, or super controlled realists, and where we don't want to be is in the middle -- because that looks overworked and tight.
Its actually mindblowing how good of a teacher you are
Wow, thank you!! 😊🙏🏼❤️
This is really very helpful… I did all those things wrong 😂… Especially going back for a detail that wasn’t perfect… But now I see it, I totally see where I go wrong… Thank you 😁
I appreciate the explanation with the demonstration of the beginners mistakes. I understand now why I’m having these issues, and can use these tips to help make washes for a collage project
Awesome! Keep me posted on how it goes 🙏🏼👍🎨
Oh no, I do all these things, it's such a bad habit to break. Thank you Liron for all your wonderful tutorials, delivered with such verve and energy, sheer joy
This would be the perfect video if after you show what we shouldn’t do, you have the identical drawings and you show what we SHOULD DO. Thanks 👍
I did a loose follow up, of a somewhat opposite approach 😁
Here:
th-cam.com/video/N9ictejgcIE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=aaXS6oWsQ5WJxUaT
This is just what I needed! Thanks so much! I do a lot of tutorials and paint with reference photo's but the result is messy and I didn't understand why! Know I do! Thanks for sharing :)
I just realized how many mistakes I've been making with my water coloring 😅 Your video did a perfect job pointing them out and explaining how I can do better : )Thanks !
Haha we all do this! Keep practicing and you’ll make it 💪💪
Man I started watercoloring and thank u so much, u saved my life
So happy I could help 😊🙏🏼🙏🏼 Keep up the great work
Finally! This is the FIRST video that explains how to have large and complex shapes right. I couldn't understand why my brushstrokes were always so visible 🥲
Oh my goodness! You’re totally describing me!😆😆😆thank you for sharing these tips!!!! 🙏
I’m guilty of making ALL of these mistakes, thank you - extremely helpful 😅
Haha that's a common theme! I made all the possible mistakes at some point 😁
Small steps for the win! 🏆
This all clicked for me why this happens when you said you’re lifting paint, which makes sense since you already lifted the brush off the paper and you’re not actually applying more of the paint like you’d think you were, but lifting it off instead.
When I first started watercolors, I thought it would be so easy compared to other paint mediums…how hard is pushing water and pigments around, right?! but I couldn’t have been more wrong because it has its own learning curve all together!
Haha that’s the crazy world of watercolor 😂😁 But once you get the control down - it’s almost nothing but fun!
I LIKE the dark square. those layers. like some beautiful mysterious deep pool
😁 These can be effects used for the benefit of the result!
You are always spot on & at the right time for me. Thank you soooo much for your lessons 👍🥰
This was super helpful, thank you! I'm very much a perfectionist and used to working mainly with graphite, so I've been struggling not to go back and overcorrect things in watercolor. It's great to actually see things demonstrated so clearly.
Thank you 😊🙏🏼 Watercolor is so different from dry media, takes a bit of a mindset shift.
But once it clicks - it's so fun
Thanks Liron. I'm pretty sure you covered these points in another video some time ago but it is so helpful to be reminded again - it's so easy to forget some of the "basics" as we become focused on learning new techniques etc.
Yes! It always surprises me how much is forgotten, and how fast 😂
I also need constant reminders on my weak points
You’re the BEST Liron. I love short videos. I learn better with short videos since I have the attention span of a gnat. I so appreciate your help. I’m guilty of fiddling and I know that if I’d just lay a wash down and move on things would come out better. I’m working on it. Blessings to you!
i havent touched watercolor in a long time because i found it frustrating (moved to gouache in the meantime) but i decided to try and give it another go for a couple more times.
This video pretty much pointed out the majority of the reasons why my watercolor pieces dont come out the way i want them to and im stoked to try and apply what i learned here on my next piece!
I literally do ALL of this today 💀💀
Anyway, thank you for this,it's really helpful!
Bruh this is the biggest problem of painting especially in wet on wet
Thanks for this tutorial
Also 5:37 brought me physical pain
Haha 😂 I totally get the physical pain
Means your senses are sharp!
Thanks, Liron, You provide such useful, clear instruction in a short video. These short specific tips are easy to remember.
Thanks Liron for all these tips. I really want to keep my work fresher!
It might be really great if you make a video where you recreate one of your recent pictures, but using only student-grade materials. So "good" (not better or best) paper, a 12 color pan set, and "good" synthetic brushes. ALSO, if it looks as good as the first painting, then I promise to "like and comment" on EVERY one of your previous videos, because I would be VERY impressed by your skills.
Haha that's a neat idea! May do that 😁
Liron, this video is absolute gold. Thank you. I took from this to, first and foremost, plan ahead, but if one makes mistakes during first wash, to let them go, because trying to fix them during the same first wash creates new problems. Question: should one try and even out uneven first wash with a second wash once first one has dried? I ask, because I think you've said that it's best to try and get everything in in one go, so maybe a second wash is overkill? thanks
I say, try the methods you mentioned on a test scrap, see what and how it feels, how it looks etc. Personally I think the inital wash has to be rather smooth in order for a new layer to really make impact, my suspcion would be if the wash initially wasn't smooth and had blooming etc, a second wash may intensify that bloom, I imagine it might sit darker in places on top of an unsmooth wash, but trial and error! Give it a lil try and see how it works for you :)
Great advice by Jade! I'll add that I actually show this in the Blue Portrait demo in the Watercolor Realism course.
The first wash is quite patchy as I missed the right timing.
But as it was still quite light, I could still glaze over it, and it somewhat alleviated the initial layers unevenness (:
But it will vary on a case by case basis. Sometimes it's best to let it go. And sometimes I'll try really hard to fix unevenness EVEN in the initial wash, EVEN if it's close to starting to dry to much haha.
@@justifyingjade great advice, Jade. Thanks! 🙏
@@LironYan i always feel it’s worth a shot. A case by case basis, indeed!
Guilty as charged! Thank you for the instructions!
This could make the biggest improvement in my painting so far. I’m going to implement these tips now
Hi Liron, thanks for the tips. I have a question, if you put your color in and its not dark enough, is the best to wait for it to dry and go over it again?
The best answer for me is to do wet-in-wet as soon as possible (:
But - you have to make sure what you have on the brush isn’t wetter than what’s on paper- or you’ll create cauliflowers of course. And, usually it’ll have to be quite darker than what’s on paper, for it to properly darken it (:
And if it’s too late - I wait 😉
Hope that helps!
@@LironYan thanks Liron that's great 👍
Nice video🌹
I suppose it's not easy to be a professional and act like an amateur! 😉😊
😛😛 I try hard!
Thank you so much! I have always been intrigued with water colour art but I always struggled to make some myself. This video has been extremely helpful for me!
Dude... Scary. I literally talked about this today with someone. (We didn't talk in English, so how did YT--?) I've NEVER been able to fill the space out like. I always did these things you said not to do. Especially the first one. I never understood why it happened. But you described it perfectly. I finally understood. I'm so excited to try it tomorrow now. Thank you so much.
Happy I could help 😁
I’ve been seeing many people run into this issue! (:
Finally, some really intro-level tips, and a video that's direct and to the point! I'm just picking up a brush for the first time and no other tutorials have been so helpful in such short time.
This is hands down the best video at explaining watercolor that I’ve ever seen!
Thank you so much, Liron! This lesson has been so helpful!
This is super helpful. It is great that you dive into areas that are typically overlooked.
I love love love that you just got to the point instead of just talking our ears out with things that we don't care about. Subscribed ❤
Haha thank you! 🙏♥
Doing my best to get straight to the point, though I don't always succeed 😛
I can't believe you just went into the content right away! This is youtube you're not supposed to do that!
Amazing video
Your instructions were incredibly useful. Really opened my eyes to all the tiny basic mistakes that were hard to figure out. Thank you.
You’re soooo right. Love your enthusiasm. Thank thank thank you!!!
Amazing artwork as always! Thank you for sharing!!! 🔥🔥🔥
Trust the process! Trust Liron and Practice with purpose.
love your videos - I learn so much everytime I watch. Your energy is contagious!
I love that you get right to the point! Great instruction!
very (brutally) honest and to the point instructions! really made me realize my mistakes
Thank you so much for this! I just started experimenting with water colors, and it’s so intimidating. But your video laid everything out so simply, and there wasn’t too many different aspects to worry about yet. Focus on one thing, get good, focus on the next. This really gave me a boost.
Thank you so much for another great lesson. Right away I saw some major mistakes that I make thanks to you. You are a wonderful teacher!
This is just what I needed, Liron. Thank you.
I’m new to watercolor and I’m glad this popped up for me bc I keep having one issue over and over and now I know what to do! Thank you!
Now I know exactly why I tend to mess up water color paintings; thanks for this!
Yes, I am guilty too of all the "don'ts ". Thank you for this lesson.
We love you Liron!!!
You just blew my mind. Thank you.
I love the passion you have! Great video with lots of useful information!
Thank you Liron,very great teaching on brush work and paper weathnes
Thank you for the tips !!!
Thank you, Liron!
Thank you for giving us Newbies clear information. It really helps to understand the mechanics of why the paint behaves the way it does.
This is the best tutorial I've found so far. You're awesome as a teacher!
Thank you so much!! 😊🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thank you so much for your brilliant explanation.