Great idea, to pick up the palette, for demonstration purposes. Charles Reid, always described it as "thick enough so it does not run, when you tilt the palette" , which is a great starting point , specially for beginners, or people who get rusty like me.
Soooo glad you discussed this concept of 'patches' - I too discovered this last year after 9 years of trying to paint with watercolours - I stumbled upon this by accident when I made a 'mistake'!!! Shortly after that I heard Herman Pekel talk about using saturated colour like this at a workshop where he demonstrated this technique - it was the BIGGEST game changer for me regarding how I paint. Why doesn't anyone else talk about this, that you can actually paint like this??? Before knowing this technique I only used DARK saturated colour on the darkest darks in the last stage of my painting. I have watched countless video on video watching the greats like Alvaro Castagnet, Joseph Zbukvic and Chien Chung Wei and many, many other watercolour masters and I've not seen anyone one of them, apart from Herman Pekel, talk about using saturated colour like this... BUT here's the thing, ALL these greats use saturated colour like this but I have to watch the video over and over again in slow motion to catch the very quick bit where they use saturated colour like this but they just skim over this detail - I'm thinking they do it so intuitively that they don't even realise they're doing it and so they don't talk about it... Good on you Liron for bringing these techniques to the attention of us learner watercolourists...Love, LOVE, LOOOVE this video. Thanks, Magdalena
Thank you so much for the kind words! 🙏😊 Yes, I try as much as I can to see things as if I'm seeing them for the first time. It tends to lead to observations like this one! That may be obvious to me, but definitely aren't to others. So happy this resonates with you, thank you for watching & commenting!
I'm not sure I get this one. The idea of thick enough paint and matching patches of similar wetness makes sense. But I'm bothered by them adjoining yet NOT blending in. But I will try this out tomorrow. Your video encourages me to experiment. I will say, as a weaver, that there is excitement to placing yarns next to each other. Although there is no actual merging of yarns there is optical blending to create new colors Is this part of what you are trying to teach?
@@dessyedeeclark1144 Sounds really cool! And to think there's such a nice correlation / similar experience with 2 completely different materials (: I think what I'm trying to do with this lesson is help those who wish to paint what they see directly, but end up with a mess where all colors blend when unintended, and you end up with a light / medium gray and brown. So the "extreme" solution is to do the opposite, and be able to directly place the color you want to see in the final result, and have it stay there, while still having beautiful gentle flow (in the form of somewhat connected patches). I hope this explanation makes sense! 🙏
@@LironYan I remember you (or someone else) demonstrated this on painting two sides of a house at once without them merging. A video about water to pigment ratio. I guess it was you. You mention it very often. Do you consider this an a la prima technique?
Pretty cool approach! You're almost bringing it to a complete rendering with just a few strokes, because you come at so strong with the thick full colors. I have to keep that one in mind. Thanks!
Great, my style direct painting No mucking about just paint what you see...shapes and colours For some reason, everyone wants to complicate water colour Hope all is well especially new bub❤❤❤
Such a great teacher you are! Great lesson. Love the vocabulary; patches, presence, independence,... Helps too remember the skills you're teaching. Thank you so much.
Wow! I love how you explain this! ❤ Very good advice. Most of my students start with too little paint and some start with too little water. Finding the right ratio is intuitive after you’ve done it a while. I encourage them to practice. Just play with it.
I just absolutely love this idea /trick of how you are painting. I have been doing watercolors since I was 10, but this impresssionistic placement of colors is just fantastic!
Thank you! 🙏😊 I'm very excited about this video, because once I discovered this it was a complete game changer. I can simply PLACE the colors I'm seeing directly? As I see them? Super!
You demonstrated a lesson that so many of us have learned the hard way. Thank you for articulating and clarifying such an important point! I’ve been transitioning from acrylics to watercolors and these kinds of practical techniques are so helpful.
Amazing so happy I could help ☺️🙏🏼 The transition from Acrylics can be quite tough. There are things one takes fully for granted that simply don’t work in watercolor 😅 Thank you so much for watching 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Hi Liron, I struggle with this too. It's a combination of not wanting to "waste" paint and wanting to make sure the paint has enough water to move a bit. Is it easier to mix the right consistency of paint using tubes instead of pans? A lot of beginners like myself use pans.
Not wanting to waste paint is one of the greatest hindrances to painting in any medium… Once you realize this you will get better… Like anything else in life it can’t last forever no matter how we try to conserve it. Once you get it down you will know how much to use.
Using pans is the same as putting your paint from tube on a palette and let it dry. The advantage of tubes is they are more cost effective and you can use the paint straight from tube (for very strong colour or bigger amount of colour) if needed.
Ah this was something I was having so much trouble with!! I keep using too much water and the initial patch would just morph into the next one, which completely obliterated the small soft edge I was trying to do
Yes! A very common issue indeed (: I was actually trying to demonstrate what you're describing, but I'm so used to painting the way I do, it was hard to override my tendencies haha. But it seems like the message still came across clearly. Thank you so much for watching and for the kind words 🙏😊
Which method is better to learn painting- painting from a reference photo or painting from imagination? And make a video on pros and cons of both methods mentioned above. With regards
It's the Escoda Barroco, size 16 (: This is the version from their plein-air set, but you can also find a studio version that's a little more comfy and not made of metal
I think the summary would be similar: It is about successfully achieving patches of paint that, while having soft edges between one another - still maintain their independence and don't blend aggressively into one another. One great way of practicing this is with paints of medium value (as you mention - enough pigment in the mix), and preserving that level of wetness between the patches. I hope that carifies! No silly questions, I went over some of the explanation in a bit of a roundabout way 🙏😊
Cold press this time! (you can tell by the texture around the edges of my shapes). But it would work just as well on hot press (: In fact - it's even more USEFUL on hot press, when glazing can be tricky sometimes. Using this, you can get a lot done in one layer, without the need to cover it again (:
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This is so helpful, thank you! I’ve definitely been using too much water.
Great idea, to pick up the palette, for demonstration purposes. Charles Reid, always described it as
"thick enough so it does not run, when you tilt the palette" , which is a great starting point , specially for beginners, or people who get rusty like me.
Yes! He was brilliant.
I should definitely do more of the showing up close of the paper, palette and even brushes.
Plenty of nuances there (:
Soooo glad you discussed this concept of 'patches' - I too discovered this last year after 9 years of trying to paint with watercolours - I stumbled upon this by accident when I made a 'mistake'!!! Shortly after that I heard Herman Pekel talk about using saturated colour like this at a workshop where he demonstrated this technique - it was the BIGGEST game changer for me regarding how I paint. Why doesn't anyone else talk about this, that you can actually paint like this??? Before knowing this technique I only used DARK saturated colour on the darkest darks in the last stage of my painting. I have watched countless video on video watching the greats like Alvaro Castagnet, Joseph Zbukvic and Chien Chung Wei and many, many other watercolour masters and I've not seen anyone one of them, apart from Herman Pekel, talk about using saturated colour like this... BUT here's the thing, ALL these greats use saturated colour like this but I have to watch the video over and over again in slow motion to catch the very quick bit where they use saturated colour like this but they just skim over this detail - I'm thinking they do it so intuitively that they don't even realise they're doing it and so they don't talk about it... Good on you Liron for bringing these techniques to the attention of us learner watercolourists...Love, LOVE, LOOOVE this video. Thanks, Magdalena
Thank you so much for the kind words! 🙏😊
Yes, I try as much as I can to see things as if I'm seeing them for the first time.
It tends to lead to observations like this one! That may be obvious to me, but definitely aren't to others.
So happy this resonates with you, thank you for watching & commenting!
I love the comment, “give your colors independence”. Wow, that really makes sense! Thank you!
Yes! 😁
Is this something you're also using in your paintings?
Will you start to now?
Thank you for watching 🙏😊
Yesss
I'm not sure I get this one. The idea of thick enough paint and matching patches of similar wetness makes sense. But I'm bothered by them adjoining yet NOT blending in. But I will try this out tomorrow. Your video encourages me to experiment. I will say, as a weaver, that there is excitement to placing yarns next to each other. Although there is no actual merging of yarns there is optical blending to create new colors Is this part of what you are trying to teach?
@@dessyedeeclark1144 Sounds really cool! And to think there's such a nice correlation / similar experience with 2 completely different materials (:
I think what I'm trying to do with this lesson is help those who wish to paint what they see directly, but end up with a mess where all colors blend when unintended, and you end up with a light / medium gray and brown.
So the "extreme" solution is to do the opposite, and be able to directly place the color you want to see in the final result, and have it stay there, while still having beautiful gentle flow (in the form of somewhat connected patches).
I hope this explanation makes sense! 🙏
@@LironYan I remember you (or someone else) demonstrated this on painting two sides of a house at once without them merging. A video about water to pigment ratio. I guess it was you. You mention it very often. Do you consider this an a la prima technique?
@@LironYan I will most definitely begin to use this method and see what happens.
I would love to see how you finish that up
Thanks!
Oh thank you so much for your support!! 🙏😊♥
Pretty cool approach! You're almost bringing it to a complete rendering with just a few strokes, because you come at so strong with the thick full colors.
I have to keep that one in mind.
Thanks!
I am loving these straightforward technique videos! This one is great!💕💕💕💕💕💕💕they are really helping! More on matching the shapes!
Great, my style direct painting
No mucking about just paint what you see...shapes and colours
For some reason, everyone wants to complicate water colour
Hope all is well especially new bub❤❤❤
Wow! Thank you so much for this! Its a great lesson and really helps me understand what I’ve been struggling with
I was watching with interest but love to know how you blend it together after.
Great video Liron. This technique video is reminisce of an old Stan Miller tutorial I saw ages ago
Ooh yes! He is fantastic!
And he has a way around portraits that is quite similar, but with way more experience and nuance than me 😁
@LironYan you are equally as awesome Liron 🖤
Amazing technique!
Thank you! 😁
Thank you so much! This is what I could not understand just by watching you. Thank you for breaking this into pieces and explaining❤.
Valueable lesson, thank you very much !
So happy to hear, thank you! 🙏😊
A very helpful demo for keeping the color where you want it. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much! Very glad it was helpful 🙏😊
Such a great teacher you are! Great lesson. Love the vocabulary; patches, presence, independence,... Helps too remember the skills you're teaching. Thank you so much.
I really value these short lessons Liron ❤!
Wow! I love how you explain this! ❤ Very good advice. Most of my students start with too little paint and some start with too little water. Finding the right ratio is intuitive after you’ve done it a while. I encourage them to practice. Just play with it.
Yes, that is a great insight actually!
And this balance is exactly what leads to this technique / approach being successful (:
I just absolutely love this idea /trick of how you are painting. I have been doing watercolors since I was 10, but this impresssionistic placement of colors is just fantastic!
Thank you! 🙏😊 I'm very excited about this video, because once I discovered this it was a complete game changer.
I can simply PLACE the colors I'm seeing directly? As I see them? Super!
You demonstrated a lesson that so many of us have learned the hard way. Thank you for articulating and clarifying such an important point! I’ve been transitioning from acrylics to watercolors and these kinds of practical techniques are so helpful.
Amazing so happy I could help ☺️🙏🏼 The transition from Acrylics can be quite tough. There are things one takes fully for granted that simply don’t work in watercolor 😅 Thank you so much for watching 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thank you for sharing your tips, very helpful 😊
Great explanation for this technique! I was unaware, but will try it now! Thank you!
Awesome Eileen! Let me know how it goes 🙏😊
I’m so glad you are explaining this. I’ve been trying to figure this out…
Happy I could help ☺️🙏🏼 Thank you for watching
Yay i have been doing this without realizing it was a thing....
That was really helpful and very well explained! Thank you! 🎨
So happy to hear! Thank you 🙏😊
I need this
Can’t wait to try tomorrow morning!!
Thanks
Let me know how it went! 😁🙏
Super helpful!
Delicious plums!
Blessings for the new year!
So so helpful! I will give this a shot. A great variation to the 'only layering' approach....❤
Happy to hear, let me know how it went! 😁
i always learn so much from your videos, thank you so much
EXCELLENT!!
Thanks.very clearly taught!!!
Thank you! 🙏😊 Very happy to hear
Hi Liron, I struggle with this too. It's a combination of not wanting to "waste" paint and wanting to make sure the paint has enough water to move a bit. Is it easier to mix the right consistency of paint using tubes instead of pans? A lot of beginners like myself use pans.
Not wanting to waste paint is one of the greatest hindrances to painting in any medium… Once you realize this you will get better… Like anything else in life it can’t last forever no matter how we try to conserve it. Once you get it down you will know how much to use.
@@Andrew.Garrow❤
Using pans is the same as putting your paint from tube on a palette and let it dry. The advantage of tubes is they are more cost effective and you can use the paint straight from tube (for very strong colour or bigger amount of colour) if needed.
So true. In the past I treated my paint as so precious that it sometimes dried in the tube. Never again. @Andrew.Garrow
Thank you for this info! I have that water bucket too! I love it!
Good tips! Thank you. 🎉
Happy to help, thank you!
Ah this was something I was having so much trouble with!! I keep using too much water and the initial patch would just morph into the next one, which completely obliterated the small soft edge I was trying to do
Yes! A very common issue indeed (:
I was actually trying to demonstrate what you're describing, but I'm so used to painting the way I do, it was hard to override my tendencies haha.
But it seems like the message still came across clearly.
Thank you so much for watching and for the kind words 🙏😊
Which method is better to learn painting- painting from a reference photo or painting from imagination? And make a video on pros and cons of both methods mentioned above. With regards
Great lesson thanks! Question - how do you reduce value without making it too wet again?
Just a WOW for me! Thanks for this explanation Liron. Happy 2025!
Thank you so much for watching 🙏😊
Thank you so much, Liron! Super helpful!! Was your board tilted or flat?
Thank you!
hey thats really helpful. do you have a technique similar to this for gouache, Liron?
Does your approach/technique change for hot vs cold press?
Guilty! 😮😊
Water ratios…always a challenge for me. I’m too timid with my colors, still after 6 years! 😂❤
Haha at some point perhaps you’ll want to go BOLD, and you’ll get it to click and work perfectly 😁
Hi Liron: Odd question, but what brush are you using here? I really like how that brush seems to perform.
It's the Escoda Barroco, size 16 (:
This is the version from their plein-air set, but you can also find a studio version that's a little more comfy and not made of metal
So this technique only works with saturated paint?
Hi. I hope I'm not being silly. Can I summarise this lesson as putting enough pigment in th mix, or am I not understanding your vdo?
I think the summary would be similar:
It is about successfully achieving patches of paint that, while having soft edges between one another - still maintain their independence and don't blend aggressively into one another.
One great way of practicing this is with paints of medium value (as you mention - enough pigment in the mix), and preserving that level of wetness between the patches.
I hope that carifies! No silly questions, I went over some of the explanation in a bit of a roundabout way 🙏😊
No this is exactly what it is. Love you Lorin!!! But some of these are over explained.
I will practice your patches tomorrow @@LironYanthank you so much again!
Hot Press paper I presume?
Cold press this time! (you can tell by the texture around the edges of my shapes).
But it would work just as well on hot press (:
In fact - it's even more USEFUL on hot press, when glazing can be tricky sometimes.
Using this, you can get a lot done in one layer, without the need to cover it again (:
Lito., I noticed you must have new lighting or cameras. We can actually see the colors better. Happy 2025.
Thank you! 🙏😊 I made some VERY mild improvements to my lighting haha.
Happy it shows and the colors are clearer! Have a wonderful 2025 ♥
This is BS
Thanks Donna.....