Fixing a Failed Watercolour Painting - Simple Tips to Try Before You Trash!
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- čas přidán 24. 08. 2024
- Tips on fixing a failed watercolor painting!
In this video I’m going to show you how I analyze and use different watercolor techniques to try to save a failed painting that I did the other day. I take a look at the painting I did and figure out what it is about it that I don’t like and then I go about trying to fix it so it is more of what I was trying to achieve.
Revisiting a failed painting doesn’t always mean that you will love it but it does guarantee that you will learn what it is you like about your paintings and what you can avoid to ensure success in your future paintings.
So even if it’s not the result you were looking for you will learn some valuable tips on how you can improve your future paintings.
So before you are quick to just throw out a painting you don’t like, go back and have another try at it and see what you can come up with!
And remember, every painting will be a success if you learn something and ENJOY THE PROCESS!
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So pretty....the colors! Thanks for sharing your tips and tricks for fixing a pic and encouraging us to reevaluate before tossing.
Oh your so welcome Kathy😊
You resurrected a dead painting.
WOW!!! It's beautiful. You taught me a great lesson in this tutorial.
I use my artisto paper all the time, so I know what you mean. It's much harder to work with than my cotton paper.
Thank you for the effort you put into the painting to save it and humbley taking us along through the process of saving the painting.
It was like watching a surgeon save a life.🩵💙💛🖌🎨xxx
Thanks so much for your comment Penny😁
Yes, non cotton paper definitely has challenges but my Artisto sketchbook is one of the better ones for practice 👍
Beautifully saved
Thank you Patti😊
It’s not amazing but I think it’s definite improvement
Contrast. What a gamer. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much Delphine😊
Lovely outcome🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼
Thank you Tina😊
This is great Erin, I love how it turned out the second time around.
Thanks Dakota😊
This was just what the Dr ordered. A must try for some of mine. Fantastic save.
Aww, thank you Ann!😊
Gorgeous!! Love it
Thank you so much Linda 😊
This is a tutorial worth rewatching its a terrific save and you made it very interesting!
Thank you so much Helen😊
You did a great job! I never thought it was a fail.
Thank you so much Tonya😊
I loved the original but WOW. What you did to it by the end was just amazing. I am just learning and really learned some great techniques.
That’s wonderful to hear; thank you😊
How about a little yellow, here and there on the leaves, maybe even a little dark pink. Love what you've done to spruce up the flowers!!
Yes, you are definitely right! More variation in the leaves would have been a huge improvement!!
Fantastic save, beautiful!
Thank you Lisa!😊
What about a brown centre. The blue would really stand out and look fragile! Just a thought plus they’re a good colour combination 🤙🏼
I love brown and blue together! More brown towards the centre would have been😍😍!
Liked the depth and more leaves. My problem is exactly what the first version was. Maybe this could resurrect some of mine.
I’m so sorry for such a delayed response; I’m dealing with some health issues, but hoping to be back painting. Definitely give some a try; nothing to lose, right?😁
Can you please explain what glazing and granulation means? Thank you 😊
Although I don’t go into granulation here, I did purchase granulating paints so you will see them in an upcoming video. Simply put, granulating paints have pigments with larger particles that separate from finer ones and sit on the paper giving a textured appearance.
Glazing is just layering colour over another colour once it’s dry. You can layer the same colour or a different one. Layering a blue over a pink/red will give you a purple. I hope that helps😊
Erin I was wondering do you mat and frame your paintings .. I would like to mat some of mine but don’t know where to buy mats at a reasonable price. Michaels do beautiful matting but a little pricey for my artwork at this time.
Hi Patti, I’m bad and haven’t actually framed a lot of my own pieces but the ones I have are just in standard frames with mats included because it is so expensive to buy custom matting and framing. Walmart has some nice frames and Michaels too if you wait for their sales! 👍
@@ErinEnoArt reply thank you Erin I will check Walmart out .. there is a little gift shop that has offered to buy my paintings which I’ve made into cards, but I have others that want the blueberry painting framed.
Oh that’s wonderful! Congratulations!! I just buy the simple black frames with white mats and I try keep the standard sizes in mind when I do a painting so you can avoid having to buy custom sizes 😊 White frames are nice too👍
@@ErinEnoArt very good advice, I’m in that pickle at the moment lol
Yes, unfortunately watercolour pads don’t seem to align with standard frame sizes🤷♀️🙄
I honestly think it wasn’t complete to begin with.
I’d love to see an early example that was complete, and needed improvement.
No it wasn’t complete; I abandoned it it because it so wasn’t what I envisioned. The next day I wanted to see if I could save it regardless. Just an exercise in not giving up!👍😊 Trying it on a finished painting is a good idea, I may try that one day too. I think I have an old landscape that needs some TLC🥰
Why aren't you happy with the painting. It just looks like it needs some finishing touches 😊
Oh it wasn’t what I envisioned at all!😂 I wanted light and fluffy flowers and all on one stem, and the leaves were kind of flat and boring, they had no life. But, I wanted to see if I could save it👍