Advancing with Watercolor: Looking for the Big Shape “Fish Shacks“

This is a video done as a supplement to a watercolor class taught by Gary Tucker in Boston. This video demonstrates how an artist looks at their motif as a composite of shapes and uses these shapes to bring strength and nuance to their painting. The painting is done in 2 colors ultramarine blue and Burnt Sienna to introduce the advantage of a limited palette and the creative mindset that comes about as a result. This video shows haw the artist “sees“ their subject in terms of shapes and exaggerates the connections of shapes to create a more vital and engaging image A tutorial accompanying this video can be found here: A list of materials that I use can be found at Thank you for liking this short video and for your comments. You can see more instruction and examples of a