Mr. Tucker, thanks a million times over for the treasure trove of videos that you have posted. I have dabbled in watercolors off and on for 25 years or so and have had much more disappointment and frustration than pleasing results seemingly no matter what I tried or how low I've kept my expectations. Your videos have helped me understand elemental to much more advanced concepts and techniques than I would have ever figured out on my own and have helped me climb out of the abyss that i've been stuck in since nearly the start. I'm very grateful for your fabulous generosity, expertise and teaching style!!! The timing during this lockdown is heaven sent too. Thanks again!!!!!
Wonderful video on graded washes , with a very unified palette , looking forward to class with in the hour . Great warm up to todays session I am sure . Thank you for sharing your explanations and process with us .
I love your notes. Keep white paper, it's about the LIGHT, and thanks for sharing with us just how to do that! Not there yet, but you make me want to keep painting!
Watching you paint is truly educative.. what a beautiful lighthouse... and surroundings.. lovely colours.. such clarity of vision... beautiful indeed.. Have to watch it more than once!! Thank you for this lesson in painting.....
Beautiful painting and thank you so much for sharing your videos with us and you are so gifted also I enjoyed seeing you painting all the wash’s so much to learn and thank you so much for sharing your tips on watercolour also for sharing your videos.
nice workvery simple, good design, warm cool and value scale. it's very enjoyable watching others paint. I liked when you added the darks and turned the tube of toothpaste into a lighthouse!
Hi Gary, I love the mood that you create by using these graded washes! A question about the color choice you use in these (and other) washes. Is there a specific reason why you frequently use yellow ochre and some of the cadmium colors? If am using the more "opaque" watercolors, I end up with somewhat duller paintings if I mix them up with other colors and when they dry. Yours don't have that at all and seem really vibrant. For me the more transparent hues such as raw sienna, alizarin, burnt sienna are easier to handle.
Im no expert however watching many videos it seems to me that not all colours are made equal. They may have the same name between brands and in some cases even the same pigments in them however depending on the carrier and manufacturing process they can range from transparent to semi transparent and even to opaque. So experiment with different brands, choose a colour you like and that works for your style and don't be tied to what others do but be guided and then make your best choice.
Absolutely love this. Why does this seem so utterly simple compared to what a hyper realistic artist does and yet its anything but simple or easy. My mind tries to make realistic images and its a struggle to stay this loose. Why is that?
I see in Winslow Homers watercolors of clouds a repeating theme. The background clouds form a simple sloping pattern ; not too complicated to compete with the subjects.
Gary - I love your work and your instruction. Most inspiring! I do have a question - I'm not to the point of buying Arches paper yet, but I can't help noticing the watermark in the upper left corner. Is this a common concern with this paper? Seems like it could ruin an otherwise great painting.
I had the same question, so I hope you get an answer. Also Arches paper is said to contain "organic gelatin." I am assuming this is an animal product- and something I would prefer not to have in my watercolor paper.
i assume this was from a roll and perhaps the very first section of a brand new one, but i'm not sure. arches blocks do not have any watermarks. they are excellent. you will notice a big difference. i recommend 300gsm (140lb). cold press and rough are both spectacular.
Hey guys! You get a watermark in one corner when you buy a full sheet (you’ll know it’s a full sheet when it has deckled edges all around). I have several watercolour blocks from arches, they don’t come watermarked
How do I keep my paper from warping and buckling? Yours always seem perfectly flat and normal. Is there a magic type to buy and will it cost a kings ransom? I'm just beginning and love your videos
Scoot - thx for the question...my paper buckles as well though sometimes hard to see in the video. You can try 2 things. #1 stretching the paper which is time consuming (search stretching watercolor paper on RUclips) or #2 300 lb paper which is expensive - I have settled on developing my technique to accommodate some buckling, working in smaller areas, and letting things dry before adding important detail.
Me. Tucker I am an watercolor amateur artist and I follow your demonstrations .I made a picture from your photo in Venezia canal. You didn’t mean anything with it. It just was an accidental shot, but I challenged the occasion .Please let me know how bad it come out .I respect your word...Greg Solomon
Thank you for posting! Fantastic style in watercolours🤩
I learn from every video you post and every lesson I take with your instructions each week. Wonderful teacher,technique and artist.
Mr. Tucker, thanks a million times over for the treasure trove of videos that you have posted. I have dabbled in watercolors off and on for 25 years or so and have had much more disappointment and frustration than pleasing results seemingly no matter what I tried or how low I've kept my expectations. Your videos have helped me understand elemental to much more advanced concepts and techniques than I would have ever figured out on my own and have helped me climb out of the abyss that i've been stuck in since nearly the start. I'm very grateful for your fabulous generosity, expertise and teaching style!!! The timing during this lockdown is heaven sent too. Thanks again!!!!!
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Wonderful video on graded washes , with a very unified palette , looking forward to class with in the hour . Great warm up to todays session I am sure . Thank you for sharing your explanations and process with us .
I have learnt a lot from you over the last few months! Thank you very much!
A great lesson again. You communicate really easily! Thank you, Gary!
I love your notes. Keep white paper, it's about the LIGHT, and thanks for sharing with us just how to do that! Not there yet, but you make me want to keep painting!
This and the rest of your paintings are inspirational. Thank you, Gary and keep posting videos!
Thank you Gary, I really enjoy your videos and the way that you teach! I appreciate that you take the time to explain your methods!
Merci beaucoup Gary, for your talent, your simplicity and humility.
Today,I got lot of material from you that can be use for pretties.Thank you again.A fan from Melbourne .
Wow Gary, such a pleasant surprise! I like this technique you used on your new painting. Thanks for sharing.
Watching you paint is truly educative.. what a beautiful lighthouse... and surroundings.. lovely colours.. such clarity of vision... beautiful indeed.. Have to watch it more than once!! Thank you for this lesson in painting.....
Thank you so much 😀
@@GaryTuckerArtist Gary, it is a pleasure seeing you paint effortlessly, and explain clearly..... I ought to be thanking you! 🙏🙏
Thankyou for sharing picked up some great techniques to practice 👌👍
I love your work. Thank you for teaching and sharing. I am learning so much at a more intermediate/advanced level.
Beautiful painting and thank you so much for sharing your videos with us and you are so gifted also I enjoyed seeing you painting all the wash’s so much to learn and thank you so much for sharing your tips on watercolour also for sharing your videos.
Thank you... About to paint my father's childhood lighthouse home so some great ideas here ..love your limited palette and the washes ..
Wow! Great tutorial, thanks.
Clear,precise,and very informative a great video thank you I have subscribed
Thank you for sharing! I’d really love to see how you prepare your colors to better understand the “thickness” of the paint.
Such great tips. Thank you!
Wow! Excellent gradient tutorial, thanks.
Wonderful simple , thank you 👍🇨🇦
nice workvery simple, good design, warm cool and value scale. it's very enjoyable watching others paint. I liked when you added the darks and turned the tube of toothpaste into a lighthouse!
Really great!!! Thank u!!🙏🏻😊😊👍🏻
Very useful and straight forward! Thank you!
Thanks for sharing, so beautifully
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Love your works !
Amazing,congratulações from a Brazilian Fan.
Wonderful work.I hope one day to do the same.
Very inspiring, hope to capture that light to. Cheers for the video, the Raphael brushes you suggest don,t seem to be available in the UK.
very nice and simple.easy to learn.
The energy of your painting reminds me of John Sargents’ beautiful
Thank you. :) I gotta try this!
Really like the loose style of this and your other work. Trying to emulate it in florals. Have you done any?
Hi Gary, I love the mood that you create by using these graded washes!
A question about the color choice you use in these (and other) washes. Is there a specific reason why you frequently use yellow ochre and some of the cadmium colors? If am using the more "opaque" watercolors, I end up with somewhat duller paintings if I mix them up with other colors and when they dry. Yours don't have that at all and seem really vibrant. For me the more transparent hues such as raw sienna, alizarin, burnt sienna are easier to handle.
Im no expert however watching many videos it seems to me that not all colours are made equal. They may have the same name between brands and in some cases even the same pigments in them however depending on the carrier and manufacturing process they can range from transparent to semi transparent and even to opaque. So experiment with different brands, choose a colour you like and that works for your style and don't be tied to what others do but be guided and then make your best choice.
Absolutely love this. Why does this seem so utterly simple compared to what a hyper realistic artist does and yet its anything but simple or easy. My mind tries to make realistic images and its a struggle to stay this loose. Why is that?
Very good. Merci 😊
Beautiful
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I see in Winslow Homers watercolors of clouds a repeating theme. The background clouds form a simple sloping pattern ; not too complicated to compete with the subjects.
Great observations !! :)
Thank you!
👍🏽👌🏾👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🤗 bendiciones!
Merci 😊
Gary - I love your work and your instruction. Most inspiring!
I do have a question - I'm not to the point of buying Arches paper yet, but I can't help noticing the watermark
in the upper left corner. Is this a common concern with this paper? Seems like it could ruin an otherwise
great painting.
I had the same question, so I hope you get an answer. Also Arches paper is said to contain "organic gelatin." I am assuming this is an animal product- and something I would prefer not to have in my watercolor paper.
i assume this was from a roll and perhaps the very first section of a brand new one, but i'm not sure.
arches blocks do not have any watermarks. they are excellent. you will notice a big difference. i recommend 300gsm (140lb). cold press and rough are both spectacular.
Hey guys! You get a watermark in one corner when you buy a full sheet (you’ll know it’s a full sheet when it has deckled edges all around). I have several watercolour blocks from arches, they don’t come watermarked
Don't get Arches paper,once you have used it you can't go back.
Buy a Bamboo paper, is cheaper and you get a nice quality !!!!
Beatifull
Thank you
How do I keep my paper from warping and buckling? Yours always seem perfectly flat and normal. Is there a magic type to buy and will it cost a kings ransom? I'm just beginning and love your videos
Scoot - thx for the question...my paper buckles as well though sometimes hard to see in the video. You can try 2 things. #1 stretching the paper which is time consuming (search stretching watercolor paper on RUclips) or #2 300 lb paper which is expensive - I have settled on developing my technique to accommodate some buckling, working in smaller areas, and letting things dry before adding important detail.
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what grammagre is the paper?
It's Arches watercolor paper. So it's at least 300 rough. Any good watercolor paper should do the trick though.
Me. Tucker I am an watercolor amateur artist and I follow your demonstrations .I made a picture from your photo in Venezia canal. You didn’t mean anything with it.
It just was an accidental shot, but I challenged the occasion .Please let me know how bad it come out .I respect your word...Greg Solomon
Yes, your clouds have the basic structure of Homer's. But he put a few minutes more of work into them.
when oil painting yes - but while painting watercolors he worked very quickly
TOWN. It's called EdgarTOWN.
your sound level is always too low to hear you properly, sorry to say
I don't have that problem, pls check your system and youtube sound settings
It would be helpful if you would answer the questions directed to you. Otherwise, you are a lecturer, not a teacher. IMO.
Very ordinary painting
Not very ordinary. Very skilful actually to produce a loose and glowing watercolour. Post one of yours Firdous and let's compare.
These are intended for learning purposes, for those of us with out the years of experience in the medium.