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RE: Lights in the park watercolor on paper - How to get good lights in watercolor painting [video]

in GEMS5 years ago (edited)

This is very helpful. Thank you very much; I learn best from systematic, logical explanations like this. Unfortunately I couldn't watch the video. It says "not available" and doesn't show up in my YT app either.

I know this is heresy to classic watercolorists, but I find nothing wrong with using at least white gouache or even ink to put some highlights back in. As long as the overall appearance is that of a luminous watercolor it's fine with me.

I'm saying it's the look, not the exact technique that determines for me whether I will accept a given painting as a watercolor or not. There is a guy named Umberto Rossini on YouTube who frequently uses white ink and even mixes with titanium white. He still produces very nice paintings.

I also find mixed media in general very appealing to experiment with. To me it's all worth exploring; it's to soon to specialize for me.

My next painting will be all about light. I had planned it the classic way, but in the meantime I found a few small spots where I will help it along with a touch of white gouache. The dark pigments won't lift clean enough for my taste. Sorry :-(

A gouache-free hug to lighten the mood.

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Of course you can use ink, white oil, gouache or anything white, the effect can be surprising, clearly it is not a watercolor, see my dear friend the fact that many then call it watercolor and not a mixed technique. But for me it is the same as long as people learn to express themselves with art. Strange that the video is not seen, I also tried with the phone and it works.
A hug with titanium white ink.

Do you have music in it? It can be a copyright violation in Germany but not in Italy. So you see it, I don't.

there is music from free libraries

 
No luck:

 
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now I have just sent it to a friend of mine and she has seen and heard it now on fb, damn sorry.

No problem. This is why I resent YouTube and Facebook and rather have my own server where the Wulff reigns supreme. 😂

link me here the video of Sicily please