how to IMPROVE your watercolour painting

What's the number one thing I teach people to take their watercolour painting to the next level? Whatever your current level, even just considering this principle and looking to implement as best you can will instantly improve your paintings! In this video I talk about creating a variety of different edges, in particular when considering how an object, in this case a bird, interacts with its background or environment. When painting anything, we generally don't want it to have too much of a "stuck on" feel. We want it to sit naturally and well within its environment or setting. One of the best ways to do this is to consider these variety of edges. Using the Rembrandt windmill from James Gurney's excellent book. We can see we have 4 basic configurations to choose from. I talk you through this principle, showing examples in my own watercolour paintings, followed by a demonstration of this idea in practice. Full length version soon to be available on my School of Watercolour: https://schoolofwatercolour.co.uk/ --- Links to me ---   / tomshepherdartist   https://www.tomshepherdart.com/ https://www.stitcher.com/show/creativ... all things James Gurney https://jamesgurney.com/ Timestamps 0:00 Intro 0:55 Soft Shadows / Hard Lights 4:18 Windmill theory 6:43 Theory in action 11:41 Painting Demo 15:05 Outro ________________________________ Upcoming Zoom Demos https://www.tomshepherdart.com/zoom-p... Water Wildlife Course Online https://www.tomshepherdart.com/waterc... Online Watercolour School https://www.tomshepherdart.com/online... _________________________________ Buy paintings: https://www.tomshepherdart.com/shop --- Links to me ---   / tomshepherdartist     / tomshepherdart   https://www.tomshepherdart.com/   / tomshepherdart   https://www.stitcher.com/show/creativ... --- Series Details --- This easy to understand painting tutorial is designed for watercolorists of any ability or experience level. I try to cover some basic watercolour theory that applies to all subjects, as well as some wildlife specific tricks & tips to help you improve and progress your own watercolour paintings. I try to use a simple approach these watercolours as we are looking for great results but with freshness and excitement to the way we use the paint. These painting tutorials are designed mostly for watercolorists, with a mixture of theory as well as some how to painting guides. We cover lots of foundational principles to help students progress their painting.