How to Paint Light in Watercolor

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How to Paint Light in Watercolor - Step by step

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Matthew White - Watercolor Instruction

Ай бұрын

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Today I'm showing you how to paint light in watercolor.
I am painting on Saunders Waterford Cold Press 140lb paper. I have my surface tilted to 35 degrees. I use a variety of brands of brushes. I mainly stick to a large mop, medium round and smaller synthetic brush with a point.
Here are the list of pigments on my palette:
Burnt Sienna
Cadmium Red
Cadmium Yellow Medium
Cerulean Blue
Cobalt Blue
Cobalt Teal Blue
Cobalt Turquoise
Lavender
Neutral Tint
Payne's Gray
Quinacridone Gold
Raw Sienna
Raw Sienna Light
Raw Umber
Rose Madder Permanent
Ultramarine Blue
If you would like to purchase some of the brushes I feature in this video you can take a look at my Amazon Affiliate link: www.amazon.com/shop/m.white.art

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@learntopaintwatercolor Ай бұрын

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@jameswburke 12 күн бұрын

Wow. That's lovely. I like the way the eye is drawn to the lightest part and there's just enough information for the viewer to make sense of the scene. Also the way you allowed the painting to 'cool off' before going back and adding new elements and tones.

@rudolfherwig7279 10 күн бұрын

Thanks a lot, Matthew, for your work! It's so great to find a professional guy who explains all the tricks which makes the hobby successful. Thanks again for spending so much time for producing the video! 👍

@dianebast9714 29 күн бұрын

This is one of the best videos I've seen summarizing and demonstrating step by step the process of doing a watercolor painting. It's a plan that helps launch me to start. It might be helpful to do a video just dissecting Step 2, the middle values, and connecting. Thank you, Matt😊

@yunrick665 7 күн бұрын

Wow so delicate. Amazing.

@coneyisland4568 Ай бұрын

I know what that urge to 'jump ahead' feels like only too well. Because I usually paint with oils, I'm used to putting in my dark values early in the painting.

@scottenosh4548 Ай бұрын

Hey Matt....if you havent already, could you make a video of your favorite paintings...that you produced???

@learntopaintwatercolor Ай бұрын

Good idea!

@franhodges9959 Ай бұрын

I am always amazed when I see your tutorials, You are a great teacher and explain things so well. Thanks Matt!!

@celsom5692 24 күн бұрын

Matthew, your teachings are amazing, I'm starting to paint watercolors almost a year after I retired, and I'm really enjoying it, thank you, who knows, maybe one day I'll be painting about 2% of what you paint. 👏👏👏👏

@RumoHasIt Ай бұрын

Your best tutorial yet. So much insight into your thought process! Thank you so much!

@Andy_S. Ай бұрын

Бесконечное спасибо! Великолепный урок для меня! Благодаря Вам я перестал бояться акварели. Благодарю Вас, Учитель!

@min8522 24 күн бұрын

Loved the vid matthew 👍

@RonAlbers Ай бұрын

Thanks Matthew, very informative.

@cindyhills5593 Ай бұрын

I love the way you talk through everything you are doing. I am still working on the stages and the correct brush size. Thank you for the help!

@oljastevanovic 29 күн бұрын

Great ! Thank you :)

@MB-kf3yx Ай бұрын

Very helpful...still working on the three stages.

@dominiquebrechemier-baey Ай бұрын

As usually. Your tutorial : it's always very interesting

@shahzadqurashi7728 Ай бұрын

Amazing

@christer8964 Ай бұрын

Really nice!

@orcbilgin8959 Ай бұрын

Excellent tutorial

@Katarzyna_68 12 күн бұрын

ThankYou.🥰

@gingeranderson9701 Ай бұрын

Love it!

@learntopaintwatercolor Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@kristapedersen1828 Ай бұрын

Great to have your videos reinforcing Andy’s method. Thank you! Your paintings are lovely. Question: why did you decide to cover over the light on the road in the foreground?

@barbaragemin5117 Ай бұрын

I’m going to try a painting using your method again. It works so well for you Matthew. I think I probably wet the sides too much. I notice your first wash doesn’t all merge together like mine does. It’s exasperating. The greens with the greys and blues. Could you tell us just how wet the sides should be? Thanks.

@vanwheelsontour Ай бұрын

Great explanation

@crystalcup244 Ай бұрын

❤

@lisaherrero7453 Ай бұрын

Très bien expliqué merci! Vos vidéos sur patreon ont elles des sous titres en français?

@stefannorinder2892 Ай бұрын

Thanks for all your great content. Could you explain what you mean by *connecting* shape and *connecting* values and why this is important to do from the wet edge?

@johnytwo Ай бұрын

You „need“ to include all the middle values in the second wash, so that the painting is nice and clean and connected. So you paint all the values you guestimate to be „middle values“ in one connected wash. The wet edge helps with this, because as long as it is wet, there is not gonna be any visible „connection“, which could happen, if you were not fast enough and the shape dries up and forms a hard edge. For more info see Andy Evansen „value studies“.

@johnytwo Ай бұрын

My rule: Add birds when needed :)

@kristinelockwood2431 Ай бұрын

You make it look easy. I feel like I stop my paintings either with the first wash and they look flat or don’t have the middle values so they don’t look connected between light and dark. The birds, why must there be birds? It doesn’t always add perspective and doesn’t seem real. IMO

@gennydavidsonsmith85 Ай бұрын

Thank you Matthew. Are you using rough paper?

@learntopaintwatercolor Ай бұрын

Cold press 140lb.

@johnytwo Ай бұрын

What percentage of your painting time are you squinting?

@learntopaintwatercolor Ай бұрын

Mainly when I'm determining the large middle shape. It's good to step back and squint from time to time to make sure you are simplifying.

@johnytwo Ай бұрын

@@learntopaintwatercolor That is good. I feel like I need to squint all the time, to prevent myself from painting too much detail. But I paint trees a lot, so that is why maybe.