Is an Underpainting Necessary in Watercolor? 🎨
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Hey there, Liron here! Today we'll discuss the question - is an underpainting even necessary in watercolor?
I'll give you three reasons why I personally think it's necessary, but at the end of the day - it's a matter of personal taste and preference!
My 3 reasons:
1. Less fragmentation
2. Establishing colors & temperature
3. Confidence!
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Bonus reason: you can tell early on if the paper actually has sizing problems or not.
I recently spent days on part of a painting only to realize when I worked on another part that some of it had sizing issues where it wouldn't take pigment at all. All my effort on it was for nothing because I didn't realize the sheet of paper wasn't usable until after I put in so much time. Applying a super light wash over the entire surface of the paper you intend to paint on will not only help add a base layer of color to help with color harmony, but also let you know very early on if the sheet of paper will have sizing problems or not and save you from wasting time. I may still be a bit peeved at the wasted time and effort, but in a way in was worth it because it taught me this important tip to make sure it doesn't happen again.
I love that you mention how there's nothing wrong with working in sections... I'd still rather cover everything up to unify the painting, but it can make the second wash intimidating since you need to know what to expect by putting one colour over another 😆 that's my biggest struggle with watercolour I think
Color temperature! Such an interesting consideration. My experience of the quality of light in Israel vs Northern Europe vs Northern Minnesota is warm ambient light in Israel vs cooler light in Northern latitudes 😊
Think underpainting is a must for watercolor cause it gives a more natural look to a painting. Plus, it helps you to follow the right path till the end.
Liron!! 1) what about leaving some of the paper white for bright sparkley highlights? 2) doesn't the first wash strip off the sizing? Thank you for the nice video. 😊
I like both techniques, but the fragmented style is my favorite where you can see the individual shapes; the planes of the face. To my eyes this adds more expressionistic look. Your videos are very helpful. I’m a beginner with watercolors painting. Before I worked portraits only in oil.
It varies. I paint a lot of portraits and I paint the face and background seperately...but on their own I do like to go from light washes over the whole area and build up from there to the dark(er) details. When I work with gouache I always do a watercolor value studie underneath. Just to get warmed up and to get to know a face more before I 'really' dive in...:)
I always struggle when I had done an underpainting - I jump too quickly from underpainting to heavy shadows because of lack of patience
In my first wash I like to paint the color of the light (I almost never leave pure white highlights), and while I have never thought about how it gives me confidence, it does indeed.
Do you have a video showing how and with what or with what color we should do an underpainting please? and what if we need the background to be white? do we have to use a white Underpainting? Also a lot of time we need to leave highlights that we normally use by just not painting that part so the bright white of the paper shines through. And no white paint (gouache can give the very sharp and bright white of the paper).
You know; when painting Flowers, I do an underpainting because i want to establish the colors -although I like to establish the light(white) too. Or if i'm painting a still life, lets say an apple, i will start with the lowest value of the object,as the underpainting This helps me to determine values too (which I'm tring to improve on.) In establishing values, you will push something cooler and darker in some areas, while keeping things in the light,warmer and lighter. It just helps me with that process. But, I really do a" very ligh"t underpainting because it's easy to go overboard and to ruin things. Yes, you are correct, you feel more confident after the first step is done and it give you a direction. Yes charging in color is nice too;it's softer and the effect of muticolor is nice. It just makes for a looser painiing too. You know, they say to always start out loose and this can prevent you from tightening up and in getting to detailed at first (with color values and detaiils like sharp lines) It's like something that makes you more mindful.
I need to start doing this.
Thank you very much Sir. I wish you also had a small piece of paper with an underpainting to compare the two.
Thank you great tip , I prefer the mountain man look myself 😁 .
That could also be applied in moxed media too.
How do you interface two colors? If I paint the light color first then dark to define the shape there is a sharp edge. Then leaving the shape while and coloring later leaves a dark interface line. I don’t want the line and fixing it make a mess. (I know, get more experience, right):)
When under painting, what governs the color one should use?
Temperature
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do you know charles evans
Very different style! I would say Charles Evans is much more traditional, Liron's style is much looser and a little more dramatic! Chalk and cheese, really 🙂
@@rachelm7525 ya same thoughts
I seldom cover the paper. If its necessary for the painting I'm doing...I will...otherwise I won't.
No
Does Alvaro do one? No. Does Joseph Z use one? No. Enough said.