Making Paintings look more Realistic and 3D - It's not what you expect!

I was thinking of this very thing, but only in the far back of my brain where it wasn't in my direct attention. Now I get it though.

Haha I love the speech bubbles that popped up for the pretty owl

I tend to keep things light afraid of making it too dark. I’m working on that and I am beginning to see the difference.

Love this!

I used to work way too light. I've progressed to mid tones. Darks scare me, lol! I have a horrible habit of viewing my art from too close up. I'll spend hours working on a piece, thinking it looks great, and then I'll take a break and realize I can hardly see the details from a few feet away.

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Thank you.

I'm getting better after 3 years. I tend to lose my lights by not preserving them enough as I mainly work in watercolour or coloured pencil. Pastelmat was a game changer for my pencils, being able to put light over dark. Hubby thinks I'd be better with acrylics, but I love the look of watercolour too much to give up. Besides, paper is easier to store than canvases, and hubby already has loads of those in the attic!

That was spot one. Thank you for that! I wonder how many times I have to learn that lesson for it to finally stick...lol

Terrific as usual!

What an amazing painting - you are so talented

For me, its always not dark enough. And then i blame it on the paint, the paper, the brush. Lol

Your tips are so good, thanks for this! 😮😊

I struggled with this for years. I finally found how to solve this problem because I am working through the Charles Bargue drawing course and going back to graphite. In art school we really only learned about value briefly with doing the 3 dimensional shapes; sphere, cube cone etc. But honestly it really didn't teach me. You have to copy from the plates in the series in order, progressively getting more complicated with more value changes and that's how I'm learning about shading and value. Then a master copy from one of the great masters, and then drawing plaster casts set up in the studio. It sounds boring but it's really challenging and I'm finding my abilities are higher than I ever thought they were.

I struggle with picking the right paper and medium combos for achieving vibrant colors. I’m still figuring out what I like and the limitations of translucent mediums. I’m getting much better at contrast but sometimes I muddy things up with Zest it or workable fixative.

Its said "value does the job while colour takes the credit"! values are so valuable... so true

This really helps me. I have a project I'm working on right now, an octopus on a coral reef. When I start getting frustrated or stuck, I take a break, go watch one of your tutorials or advice reals to get inspired. Thank you, Lisa. Back to the canvas I go🙃

Stunning as always Lisa 👌❤️

I struggle with drawing the most, thank you for the video, you are very talented! I am a Patreon member so I hope to learn more

Great video, Lisa. I did expect it to be about value as that's something I have recently struggled with learning to use watercolor paints. I also have a small art challenge group on MeWe with a handful of friends. I noticed those newer to drawing have a harder time learning value.

Great video ...

Pregunta: What brand/type of transfer paper do you use to get the white outlines…I bought this white transfer paper from a big box store and it’s garbage…nothing transfers regardless of the side used or the pressure…not even a ghost of a line.

Excellent video - beautiful painting! Thank you

I definitely have a habit of going too dark with watercolour and not leaving enough contrast - this is my main art goal this year, practise better contrast in watercolour! But with coloured pencils and acrylics I have learnt SO much from you that I feel like I skipped the low contrast stage, genuinely my art has improved massively as a result of your lessons and livestreams, and I am extremely grateful!

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