Hello everyone and welcome on De Papier et de Rêves' channel
I'm Ursula and today i'll be painting with you some waterlilies
I warn you right now, don't expect a nice image at the end
My goal today is experimenting and trying to put un good use what i learned during the Alvaro Castagnet workshop
and adapt what i learned to my style
it will be a long process
It's my first painting i do with the alvaro castagnet's inspiration
It won't be a success, but i'll learned a lot, you'll see !
An while i was talking i had time to paint the first wash
It's a mix of yellows, blues and greens
So it's a very light wash because i'm looking for a specific lighting in this painting
And now i start to "draw" somehow the waterlilies
It's not really drawing but more scribbling
But i'm here to give you an impression of waterlilies without too much details
I want more of a mood in this watercolor
more than reality as we all can see it
I did warn you this painting will not be a success and clearly now it doesn't look like anything
I've already made one mistake at this stage in the grey area i just painted
i didn't left enough white and it shut down all the light from the first wash
In order to explain a bit more my goal with this painting
My reference image is from a photo taken along the water here in Stockholm
there's waterlilies in the foreground with water and some bushes at the background
The light is very warm almost sunset
and there's a lot of light reflection in the water
It was this light a wanted to show the most, but with my mistake i shut it down...
But that's ok, i'll make my best to correct that and show you how to fix that kind of mistake
you cans see that i use a palette with a lot less colors than usual
i think you'll see this one a lot during the next video, because i like it a lot !
There so much possibilities with this one and y want to know them better
But the particularities of this palette is that there's only one green, the viridian
So if i want different greens it's up to me to build them with yellows, blues and even grey (neutral tint)
so i have to mix them and i'll obtain more interesting greens
So with this green totally built and i even change the mix almost each time i dip in my palette
i draw all the waterlilies
it doesn't look like anything yet or maybe you start to "see" them
But it's exactly what i want
This bottom part of my painting will be quite successful, it's the top part that i messed up
But for me who like very bright, saturated and colorful greens
it was a big thing to create that kind of greens
i just can't get very bright greens with the colors i have right now
so i have to deal with that and it's a good exercise !
in order to make the waterlilies pop, right now there in the same value as the water
i'm going to build the contrast on the water with neutral tint
so it will be darker in the middle of my painting but in the foreground i add more blue in order to be brighter
it's a more light area and it's also my focal point
so i want the colors to be brighter in this area than in the background
Now i'm painting the bushes at the back
I'm trying different techniques, i mix greens and violets to get some greys
in order to make this area not the main attraction
it should not take over the waterlilies
I don't think i've succeed
because this whole area isn't at all interesting, it's just a big mess
it can happen :) but that's ok !
Despite all the effort i've put in with projections, adding textures, adding contrast
it stays totally boring
to tell you everything, i think i'll cut this painting
i'll crop the top part in order to keep just the waterlilies who are far more interesting than the rest
and now i'm defining the waterlilies part by adding more blue
i'm trying to get some sharp edges
in order to keep the interest in this area, i put a lot of things happening here
with some sharp edges but also with blurred edges
i want to feel the abundance of waterlilies
but also the waves of the water under them
i want it to be a bit messy but keeping the plants recognizable
with round shapes and sometimes the split of the leaves
Those details will help to recognize them
back to the water, in order to create the light and the reflection on the waves
it's quite easy : take a brush with color but not much water
and brush the paper slightly on top of the first light wash
and the color will stick just on the top of the ruggedness of the paper
and the light will show through
For the supplies i've used an Escoda Aquario nº18 brush
And a smaller Raphaël 803 nº2 brush
For the colors i've used ultramarine blue
Cobalt blue
Viridian
Winsor yellow
Permanent alizarine scarlet
Neutral tint
Lavender
And i'm using also a little bit of white gouache for the light
Finally my paper is Canson Héritage rough
And now i'm doing something i've never done before
i'm using pure pigment straight from the tube without any water
and i'll paint the waterlilies flowers with it
and i'll also add more light in the area i lost some of it
For that i've used the Winsor yellow mix with white gouache
so that my yellow is lighter
i've paint the flower with pure yellow but for the light i prefer mix it with gouache
so that it's not totally white gouache but a soft very light yellow
I'm quite happy with this painting, of course for the bottom part
the top part is already forgotten
But that bottom part is something i want to try again
I have a lot of idea to improve that part
i've learned a lot and i want to pursue this
And here you have a details of the waterlilies
This video is coming to an end thanks for watching
i hope you like it, and please comment below, i answer gladly !
See you soon !
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