How I Learned To Capture LIGHT in Watercolor Art in a Week
259K views · Sep 16, 2025 · People & Blogs
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@yelahhhhh · 7 months ago
I'm a beginner and now I'm proud of my work because of this tutorial 😭
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@Marceylayne777 · 5 months ago
Thank you for this side by side comparison showing the difference between generic painting and something with style. You earned a new subscriber
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@toffylikesgames · 1 year ago
This is incredibly useful :) I am painting with gouache more often these days, and doing value studies helped me so much to make my paintings better and more realistic, because I could finally understand the light. In watercolour, that, combined with your 3-layer watercolour approach, really helped me improve my art! Thank you for sharing with us 💖
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@simpleshoes · 7 months ago
These side by side comparisons are most valuable! I really enjoy them and I find them to be very helpful to my understanding of how to achieve more interesting paintings. This type of lesson is the best! Thank you Nitin!
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@ssaha789 · 9 months ago
i have this issue when i should put much water when i should use the 2nd colour so water would not feel like river is flowing on my paper..my teacher was kinda lazy and couldn't find a new one that time....can you help me with that? where we should put much water or if we need to put double colour how exactly we should do it
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@jeanmm2996 · 10 months ago
I love light and shadow.
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@avivastudios2311 · 5 months ago
So first add a light layer, let it dry and then add a darker layer. I only have watercolour pencils, this looks like it needs paint to be really impressive. Thank you.
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@michalnanny1098 · 1 year ago
I drew before and after the tutorial, the second drawing is obviously better (though it took a lot longer too, because I needed to wait for paint to dry in between layers). Good tutorial, thanks
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@carolpenn1155 · 11 months ago
A really simple example which highlights so well the art of using values. Many thanks
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@PickNicky · 3 months ago
What an AMAZING teacher you are! Thank you very much!
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@laurasilvera3766 · 1 month ago
The hardest part is the waiting for it to dry. You are in the zone, and have to cut it for the piece to dry.
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@melissamclean1660 · 5 months ago
That is an amazing difference <br>Thanks for opening my eyes
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