Practicing Hue & Saturation | Watercolor INSIGHTS
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Hi there, Liron here! Today’s a very important video…
I want to share with you a practice session I did, in regards to COLORS & SATURATION.
One of my BIGGEST weaknesses in watercolor painting is the ability to get the HUE and SATURATION correctly.
It’s the one thing I really want to improve.
In this video you see how I do this - by isolating the skill I’m interested in improving, and doing deliberate practice on it!
And this was definitely a success! On the one hand, I didn’t get the result I wanted. But on the other hand - I IMMEDIATELY LEARNED so much.
I took quite a lot of insights with me here:
- Start lighter and use pure hue
- Pay closer attention to the angle of paper, and the muted colors mixing into the purer colors.
- Remember SHAPES - stop the shape in the right place (to avoid unwanted layers showing through, like the yellow under the blue.
- Practice GLAZING thinner layers and seeing if the saturation is preserved / improved / ruined.
Here’s my reference photo:
https://pixabay.com/photos/sunset-mountains-lake-silhouette-5800386/
Enjoy! 😊🙏🏼
- Liron
Time Stamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:28 - Drawing stage
03:17 - Sky
06:44 - Water
08:48 - Mountain ridges
15:10 - Details on water’s surface
15:55 - Wet-in-wet sky corrections
19:21 - Tape Removal & Final Result
19:45 - Conclusion
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White Pen
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