Finally!!! I've heard and been advised to simplify and merge shapes but no one explains exactly what that means. Soooooo helpful. And yes please do more. It takes some repetition for it to sink in. Especially if you could do different types of scenes. Maybe starting from a very simple setting. Thank so much Liron!!
Much appreciated this explanation and demo - and yes, I’d love to see you use the other photo of an urban scene to do the same technique, thanks for sharing.
This was such a helpful reminder to back away and strip it down to basic shapes. I keep finding myself caught up in the details, losing the intended feeling of the scene, and this technique sets it up for success almost every time... I'd love to see the other ones if you wouldn't mind breaking down those down as well... 🤟I appreciate you homie. Long-distance highfive ✋😁
Thanks so much for this straightforward and helpful explanation! Since you asked, please teach us more about values with a colourful scene. I’m done with snow! Greetings from Montreal
That was excellent for connecting shapes!! I squinted to see the similar tones. You understand our problem with simplification very well Liron. That example was very good but it had relatively few colours. . It gets complex when we see the similar tones for the shapes but they’re different colours. That’s where it gets trickier.
Great way to ascertain a true value picture of what you want to paint before you try to paint the same scene in color. Probably better than just squinting one’s eyes to figure out your lights and darks.
It is interesting how you can start a watercolor not only with the lightest values, but also with the midtones or even some of the darkest values. I guess the advantage of starting darker is that it does give you a reference point for the rest of the values. Any approach could work as long as you know how to do it well :)
Thank you Julie! 😁🙏🏼🙏🏼 If I think the contrast is strong enough between the darks and those light tones you mention - I very well may leave them white! But if I want to consolidate the focal point in a smaller area using a light value (such as a strong highlight on top of a white car), then I may rearrange everything so that this is the only white part, while the ground gets a light value (: In other words - I'm shifting the highlights to get the impression / story / focal point I want!
Nice job, well done! Love b/w paintings, sometimes they are better than the colored ones. Some watercolor artists prefer to do a value study making these b/w versions before the colored painting, do you think it helps so much? Anyway, of course I want to see the other paintings ;) !
Thank you for this, Liron. I was wondering...is it ok to connect the mid-values and the darks in one wash to unite them and then add a glaze just to the dark areas - is it better to do them in three separate steps?
I seriously learn more from you than any other teacher. Your insights are invaluable. Thank you for your time and effort. It is GREATLY appreciated.
Wow thank you so much 😊🙏🏼
Makes my day to hear this! ❤️
@@LironYan - I agree. A wonderful teacher
Valuable lesson! Precious!!!
Very happy to hear 😊🙏🏼
Finally!!! I've heard and been advised to simplify and merge shapes but no one explains exactly what that means. Soooooo helpful. And yes please do more. It takes some repetition for it to sink in. Especially if you could do different types of scenes. Maybe starting from a very simple setting. Thank so much Liron!!
Another source for tips on such 'value studies' is 'CafeWatercolour' on youtube.
I’d love to see you break down the shapes in the other photos as well. Tremendously helpful.
This is fantastic! I would definitely be excited to see more like this! Thank you!
So simple yet so much depth of information 🙏
Much appreciated this explanation and demo - and yes, I’d love to see you use the other photo of an urban scene to do the same technique, thanks for sharing.
Great instructional video. Actually helpful. Very rare on youtube.
🙏Great lesson, thank you
Liron, thank you. Your lessons are great and I like your friendly, supportive approach so much!
This was such a helpful reminder to back away and strip it down to basic shapes. I keep finding myself caught up in the details, losing the intended feeling of the scene, and this technique sets it up for success almost every time... I'd love to see the other ones if you wouldn't mind breaking down those down as well...
🤟I appreciate you homie. Long-distance highfive ✋😁
Great tutorial. Thanks Liron. I would love to see you painting the other photos. Can’t wait to try this.
Thanks so much for this straightforward and helpful explanation! Since you asked, please teach us more about values with a colourful scene. I’m done with snow! Greetings from Montreal
Haha will do! I wanted to focus on black and white for a while 😛
Thank you for watching 😊🙏🏼
Liron, this is so helpful! Thank you!
Beautiful work Liron!!!
I love watercolors and this was fun to watch
Incredibly useful! Please do the other two paintings. Do you always start with mid value? And what kind of white paint are you using?
Thank you. Totally makes sense. Very helpful.
Thank you for this video! Your videos are consistently with amazing information & tips that really helpful. 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Really like the outcome
Thanks for sharing Liron, very useful 👍
Great video, hope to see the rest of examples :)
That was excellent for connecting shapes!! I squinted to see the similar tones. You understand our problem with simplification very well Liron.
That example was very good but it had relatively few colours. . It gets complex when we see the similar tones for the shapes but they’re different colours. That’s where it gets trickier.
Such. Helpful video. Thank you
Great way to ascertain a true value picture of what you want to paint before you try to paint the same scene in color. Probably better than just squinting one’s eyes to figure out your lights and darks.
Very helpful! Thank you!
Great instruction!
This was so helpful thank you so much 😁
Great tutorial 😍
It is interesting how you can start a watercolor not only with the lightest values, but also with the midtones or even some of the darkest values. I guess the advantage of starting darker is that it does give you a reference point for the rest of the values. Any approach could work as long as you know how to do it well :)
This process was quite fun to watch, and seemingly a bit easy to follow and understand, thanks so much Liron 👍😎🎨
Does make sense, would like to see rest of photos demo too. How do you spell demo past tense😂
thank you soooo much for the great advices it was really helpful
Thank you Liron for new ideas. 💗
This was very helpful. I often have difficulty trying to figure out what to do with detail and how to simplify. Thank you!!
Wowwww this video is so good
One more question. If a scene does not have snow but has some white and very light tones do you leave it untouched?
Thank you Julie! 😁🙏🏼🙏🏼
If I think the contrast is strong enough between the darks and those light tones you mention - I very well may leave them white!
But if I want to consolidate the focal point in a smaller area using a light value (such as a strong highlight on top of a white car), then I may rearrange everything so that this is the only white part, while the ground gets a light value (:
In other words - I'm shifting the highlights to get the impression / story / focal point I want!
Fantastic video
Nice job, well done! Love b/w paintings, sometimes they are better than the colored ones. Some watercolor artists prefer to do a value study making these b/w versions before the colored painting, do you think it helps so much?
Anyway, of course I want to see the other paintings ;) !
Please do these value studies...it helps us get inspired to try ourselves
Thank you for this, Liron. I was wondering...is it ok to connect the mid-values and the darks in one wash to unite them and then add a glaze just to the dark areas - is it better to do them in three separate steps?
This is what i want for a background for my botanicals...want to turn then from a straight botanical to more of a painterly art work.
do you have your paintings on display somewhre? just as reference of your style. I mean, those you sell
Pls make sketching videos🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Out of focus starting at 1:20. : (