Shade With Complementary Colors | Watercolor Tutorial & Demo
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Hi friends!
In today's video I will show you how I approach shading in watercolor in most instances.
I love to share using complementary colors and interesting color schemes.
I find that adding shadows using the same color can be quite boring, and lead to flat-looking paintings.
I may do a similar video like this one in the future, perhaps showing more combos and elaborating on complementary colors.
I hope you enjoyed this one, and I'll talk to you again real soon (:
- Liron
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Excellent video! I accidentally discovered the wonders of shading with complementary colors the other day, and it's cool to see an explanation with some demos on why it works. Thank you!
Jank Hambrams Perfect timing then, happy you enjoyed this 😁 Thank you
This is how I learned shadows many years ago, but since I've seen just Payne's gray.
Hi Liron, this was a great demonstration. When I read the title, I was thinking that this is generally what I do, use complementary colors for shading. If I use a yellow that is just too vibrant for where I want to use it, I add a bit of purple/violet to tone it down. To make the shadows in the folds of a yellow tablecloth, I would just add more purple.
What surprised me was when you chose the violet to make the shading on the orange pumpkin. I think blue would have worked just as well.
Thanks for sharing.
+Donna G My pleasure and happy to hear we are on the same page (:
If you notice I used for the pumpkin a combination of blue and quinacridone / magenta, so blue alone could definitely work as well.
I find there's really no hard rule about this. You have to feel through this 🙂
Eye opening; thank you! You're a great teacher and each step is clearly explained.
So happy to help, thank you 😊🙏🏼
Awesome demo! I sort of did this intuitively, but wasn't giving it the thought I should have. This is giving me loads of ideas for improving my paintings.
+Mr. Mauve Awesome! Really happy to hear 😊🙏🏼
this is the exact answer to why my paintings have looked flat! such a great lecture. Thank you so much!
Very nice, Liron! Thank you for guiding us. Really does make a nice shadow!
+Tiffany Grey My pleasure, thank you 😊🙏🏼
Awesome, thank you Liron~
Hi Liron... excellenty demo! I use compliments for shading but do it a little differently.. probably because of my oils background... anyway, my final glaze over the complimentary shading is object's mass tone. Like on the apple, I would have done a final red glaze over the green.
+Pat Kin Interesting, I actually felt like some of its redness was lost. Do you think your approach would have preserved it better? If so I may give it a try (:
Yes, it would. When using an actual red apple as a guide there really isn't much visible green (depending on the kind so I make sure to build enough red to cover it... a transparent one of course. Why green at all? Each layer darkens in transparent watercolor so the green underneath basically just blocks the red vibrancy which is what happens in shadow. Anyway, that's just my take on it and hope I didn't make my thought process too complicated. I think we've talked before so you know I see pigment as light and, thus, rays that bounce to the eye and in this case green kind of just softens the bounce of the red on top of it. lol Others would, no doubt, probably disagree. ;-)
Liron what about a video about putting warm undercoats and then paint over with cool colours to make it look better. Some people this.alvaro does it.cheers john
Will do one in the future (: Thank you
I am learning so much from you.
+niteycat Thank you 🙏🏼🙏🏼 Really happy to hear!
Another excellent video Liron! Thank you! I really need to try to do this.
erika lancaster Thank you 😊 Happy you enjoyed
Hi, Liron. I really enjoyed this video. I was wondering if this piece was done with your Sennelier palette? I really like how you have done this painting. Peace.
+B1N4RYGH0ST Thank you 😊 This was done with my Schmincke.
At first I thought about using the Daniel Smith Palette, but somehow ended up using these haha.
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at 2:45 why are you using a cool blue with a warm yellow to make a green? i ask because, as you know, warm yellow leans towards red which will make the mix muddier. Why are you going for a muddier mix? and at 4:44 why do you choose blue for the darkest value? So curious. It looks great
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ok, but how did you do that avocado yellow
I painted most of the middle with pure yellow, leaving some gaps around the edges.
I then mixed a much darker green and painted the edges, letting it flow into the yellow.
I hope this helps!
how much time for me to be professional like u ?
Hussein Hamed Thank you 😊 I've been practicing for almost 2 years now, and very intensely. And I still feel like I have a LONG way to go.
I guess it depends on how much you practice and really commit to learning new things in the field.
With hard work (practicing 5-7 times a week, for 1-3 hours each time), I started feeling comfortable with watercolor after about a year.
Very useful, thanks a lot! Try to speak slow for us who spanish is our mother tongue :)