Probably the most comprehensive description of this topic I’ve come across. Really well explained but scary! So much to consider. Thanks for uploading.
Mr Cartwright - your lesson on shadow is very timely. I have been thinking on this subject and concluded shadow is just not a solid black. I shall be replaying your lesson again to learn before a watercolor painting trip with my dad and his artist friends to a fishing village on an island in Malaysia. Do keep posting to share your knowledge. Well done!
Wow! I've read about different kinds of shadows and then would go to my painting and for get everything I never knew where to put them or how. That was brilliant that you showed your painting before the shadows and then let us watch. Thank you so very much
Thanks, Joe! Whenever I watch one of your videos, I go back to your book and re-read the applicable segment on the same subject. It helps reinforce the info so I can recall it when painting.
Excellent information for all to keep in mind during the development of their artwork. People can utilize this information to analyze their work if something doesn't seem to be working as often it's shadows and contrast that needs attention.
Thanks for the feedback. A good way to utilise the video. I intend to produce another book in the future which will have this information as one chapter, so will include a checklist for people to use.
Wow, absolutely the best coverage and explanation of the subject I have yet experienced. Thank you so much; you have presented a lifetime of painting knowledge in a clear and usable manner.
Thankyou Joe. You are an excellent tutor. Easy to understand, bringing depth, connection and context to paintings is so important with shadows. I have always struggled with these.
Excellent sharing of your knowledge Joe!! Thanks!! Love the demo showing painting, palette,, brushes and reference photo and process of color mixing etc. and application of paint. Also 20 tips!!! Thanks!! I will try with my watercolors. From Canada 🍁.
Amazing video Joe! Even a novice artist could grasp from this video the exquisite difference the painting takes on with the addition of shadows! Your teaching technique is clear and precise and makes it easy to understand what you are demonstrating. I think what makes you stand out are your teaching techniques😉
WOW! WOW! WOW! I struggle so much with watercolors and your way of exlaining this subject will help me more than you know. Thank you for helping us understand the whys and hows of improving, especially in the area of shadows. I will be watching this video over and over, and especially when I think I’ve finished a painting, but find that I need to do more. 🥰
What a great bundle of informations how to handle shadows…. Thank you so much… your videos are a treasure trove of knowledge and informations and it is very generous to share it all with us 🙏
I'm a graphic designer and I long ago found out that the secret to shadows on an outdoor billboard is to add blue. For a long time I had been making shadows using shades of black but I never was satisfied. Then I noticed the blue in the shadows of water color paintings, So on my next billboard (a dentist's billboard with a cartoon tooth brush that had a face and hands) I used the dark blue shadowing. The dentist said that he didn't want to pay for the cutout when shown the mockup. The account executive told him it wasn't a cutout, it was flat...it was only going to look like a cutout. When printed (a highway size billboard which is the biggest unless you are at Times Square) it really looked 3D with the dark blue shadowing making it look like a cutout...you have to keep traveling until under it to show that it was flat. So if you are a graphic designer creating outdoor billboards remember to avoid pure black shadows and add blue to the black...just like a water color painting.
@@JoeCartwright Thanks. I used to love to pass by that billboard. I also had a favorite restaurant to go to in that area. (La Paloma Restaurant...they made these huge two handed burritos and the fillings were very authentic..so authentic you brought your Tums with you.). The dentist client liked it so much that he extended the rental of the sign for about 3 years.
Dear Joe, thank you very much for this excellent explanation 🙂. I would be grateful if you could please let me know what brand are your red brushes with the silver end? I tried to find them but it is so difficult
Hello Anna, glad you are enjoying my vidoes. Here is the link to the store, in Australia, I buy my brushes from: artsup.com.au/products/neef-4750lp-round-squirrel-taklon-short-handle?gad=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwyqWkBhBMEiwAp2yUFgy2hGCMDxORJb8Rls5I6ziIbBxkddd-K3CkKvsg_3u-AgkKCQMO4BoCpv4QAvD_BwE
Sir you are very good guide❤. I am also watercolorist and learn a lot from your videos. Dear sir would you like to tell which sheet you use for watercolor painting?
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Thanks! Best lesson on shadows!
Wow, thanks! Glad you liked my video, I appreciate your support.
Thanks! for the education!
You are very welcome. Thank you for the Super Thanks!
Thank you so much. I’ve learned a lot from your tutorial. Thank you for sharing 🙏
You are so welcome!
Too good and everything looks so natural.
Thank you.
Really useful information. Thank you so much for putting this video together!
Glad it was helpful!
Wonderful knowledge. Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for making and sharing this very helpful video!
You are so welcome! Glad it was helpful.
Very helpful, thanks!
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Wonderful artist 🎨
Thank you so much 😀
Probably the most comprehensive description of this topic I’ve come across. Really well explained but scary! So much to consider. Thanks for uploading.
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent subject and well done. Thank you sincerely, Joe!
Glad you enjoyed it Michael! Thanks for the feedback.
Thank you.
You are welcome!
Very helpful. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent and concise tutorials.
Thank you! Glad you like them.
Thank you so much ,Joe. This Video was very helpful to me an the shadows you paint are so vividly wonderful.
You are so welcome, glad it was helpful.
Very informative video Thanks
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Really helpful, thankyou
Glad it was helpful!
Very great work, and informative vedio, thanks for sharing this.❤
My pleasure. Glad you found it helpful!
Thank you so much for all the advice you have given. It is so helpful!
You are so welcome! Thank you for your super thanks too, I appreciate your support.
I really appreciate sharing your knowledge! I’m so happy that I can learn now what I had been postponed 50 years … 😢
You are so welcome!
Thank you . . . I always learn so much from listening and watching your instruction.
You are so welcome! I appreciate your feedback.
So helpful!!!
Glad it was helpful!
Спасибо! Ваши уроки самые ясные, чёткие и самые толковые! Благодарю!
Glad you are enjoying them.
Thank you for helping me.
Happy to help.
Brilliant!
Glad you enjoyed my video!
Thank you for continuing to upload these wonderful lessons. Much appreciated!
You are very welcome. Thank you for watching them!
Your channel is a literal goldmine I'm so glad I found it
Welcome aboard!
Wow thank you so much. That made so much sense. I just subscribed I think there's a lot I could learn from your channel.
Welcome aboard! Glad you found it useful.
Very helpful 👍🏻🇨🇦😊
Glad it was helpful!
Best tutorial on shadows I've seen. Thanks you.
Wow, thank you! Glad you found it helpful!
This was excellent, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Mr Cartwright - your lesson on shadow is very timely. I have been thinking on this subject and concluded shadow is just not a solid black. I shall be replaying your lesson again to learn before a watercolor painting trip with my dad and his artist friends to a fishing village on an island in Malaysia. Do keep posting to share your knowledge. Well done!
Glad you liked it. Subscribe to my channel as I already have over 80 videos for your to watch.
Excellent explanation 😊
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Best lesson on shadows ever👍 Thank you for sharing 😊
Glad you liked it! Thank you.
Wow! I've read about different kinds of shadows and then would go to my painting and for get everything I never knew where to put them or how. That was brilliant that you showed your painting before the shadows and then let us watch. Thank you so very much
You are very welcome! Good luck with your shadows in the future.
Very useful tips and very clear explanation! Thank you for sharing!
You're very welcome!
Excellent video and painting. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
My pleasure. Thank you for the feedback.
Thanks, Joe! Whenever I watch one of your videos, I go back to your book and re-read the applicable segment on the same subject. It helps reinforce the info so I can recall it when painting.
Excellent!
Excellent information for all to keep in mind during the development of their artwork. People can utilize this information to analyze their work if something doesn't seem to be working as often it's shadows and contrast that needs attention.
Thanks for the feedback. A good way to utilise the video. I intend to produce another book in the future which will have this information as one chapter, so will include a checklist for people to use.
Thank you for this clear, concise and useful video. ❤
Glad it was helpful!
Wow, absolutely the best coverage and explanation of the subject I have yet experienced. Thank you so much; you have presented a lifetime of painting knowledge in a clear and usable manner.
Wow, thank you! I enjoy teaching and it is always nice to receive feedback.
Thankyou Joe. You are an excellent tutor. Easy to understand, bringing depth, connection and context to paintings is so important with shadows. I have always struggled with these.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks Joe…so helpful and such a good reminder. A great teacher, as always 😊
Glad you enjoyed it Riesa. Nice to hear from you.
Excellent sharing of your knowledge Joe!! Thanks!! Love the demo showing painting, palette,, brushes and reference photo and process of color mixing etc. and application of paint. Also 20 tips!!! Thanks!! I will try with my watercolors. From Canada 🍁.
My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it!
Fabulous demo, great painting and very useful tips, thanks Joe! 😊
Thank you Terry, so glad you found it useful! :-)
This was soooo helpful! Thank you! Great information here!
Glad it was helpful!
thank you so much for this very interesting tutorial!
You're very welcome!
Fantastic brush control, and so much to practice, thank you so much for all this wonderful information, another awesome lesson Joe .
Thanks Grant, good luck with your practice. :-)
Very helpful! Shadows make a painting and are difficult when new to painting. Thank you.
My pleasure 😊
Great video, the end result so much improved on the photo.
Thanks 👍
Incredibly interesting and useful teachings, thank you very very much for sharing these tips. With much gratitude
You're very welcome!
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WOW, glad you liked it.
Hi Joe. Your shadows transformed this painting. I love it. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much 😀
Amazing video Joe! Even a novice artist could grasp from this video the exquisite difference the painting takes on with the addition of shadows! Your teaching technique is clear and precise and makes it easy to understand what you are demonstrating. I think what makes you stand out are your teaching techniques😉
Wow, thanks Janice!
WOW! WOW! WOW! I struggle so much with watercolors and your way of exlaining this subject will help me more than you know. Thank you for helping us understand the whys and hows of improving, especially in the area of shadows. I will be watching this video over and over, and especially when I think I’ve finished a painting, but find that I need to do more. 🥰
You are so welcome! Very happy yur are learning from my videos. It gives me a lot of encouragement to keep producing them! 😊
Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for the excellent video. It covered some things I hadn't thought of, and is very thorough and well thought out.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for this great video best one I have seen for doing shadows. 👍😊
You are so welcome! Glad it was helpful!
What a great bundle of informations how to handle shadows…. Thank you so much… your videos are a treasure trove of knowledge and informations and it is very generous to share it all with us 🙏
You are so welcome! Glad to hear you are enjoying my videos, I appreciate the feedback.
Wow, so well done
Thank you very much!
Cool! Thanks
Glad you liked it!
Thank you so much . Was very helpful
Glad it helped!
I'm a graphic designer and I long ago found out that the secret to shadows on an outdoor billboard is to add blue. For a long time I had been making shadows using shades of black but I never was satisfied. Then I noticed the blue in the shadows of water color paintings, So on my next billboard (a dentist's billboard with a cartoon tooth brush that had a face and hands) I used the dark blue shadowing. The dentist said that he didn't want to pay for the cutout when shown the mockup. The account executive told him it wasn't a cutout, it was flat...it was only going to look like a cutout. When printed (a highway size billboard which is the biggest unless you are at Times Square) it really looked 3D with the dark blue shadowing making it look like a cutout...you have to keep traveling until under it to show that it was flat. So if you are a graphic designer creating outdoor billboards remember to avoid pure black shadows and add blue to the black...just like a water color painting.
Useful story. Thank you.
@@JoeCartwright Thanks. I used to love to pass by that billboard. I also had a favorite restaurant to go to in that area. (La Paloma Restaurant...they made these huge two handed burritos and the fillings were very authentic..so authentic you brought your Tums with you.). The dentist client liked it so much that he extended the rental of the sign for about 3 years.
Great tutorial! Thanks a lot!
Glad it was helpful!
So much information, so succinct! This was the coles notes version.....now I need the whole book!! So much to consider!! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Mind blowing sir
Thanks a lot!
Thank you, so informative and clear!
Glad it was helpful!
Dear Joe, thank you very much for this excellent explanation 🙂. I would be grateful if you could please let me know what brand are your red brushes with the silver end? I tried to find them but it is so difficult
Hello Anna, glad you are enjoying my vidoes. Here is the link to the store, in Australia, I buy my brushes from: artsup.com.au/products/neef-4750lp-round-squirrel-taklon-short-handle?gad=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwyqWkBhBMEiwAp2yUFgy2hGCMDxORJb8Rls5I6ziIbBxkddd-K3CkKvsg_3u-AgkKCQMO4BoCpv4QAvD_BwE
why its always cool shadows? why not warm?
It depends on the light in the sky, if it is a warm sunset, you could have a warm shadow. But with a blue (cool) sky, then the shadow will be cooler.
Do you always use the same mixture for shadows --in varying strengths with local colour dropped in? What would you use in a cityscape? Thanks.
The colours I would use would depend on the sky colour, with adjustments for local color of buildings, roads, etc
Sir you are very good guide❤.
I am also watercolorist and learn a lot from your videos. Dear sir would you like to tell which sheet you use for watercolor painting?
I use Arches Cold Press 185 gsm paper 😊