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Look at these amazing watercolor pictures! Haven't you guys ever wondered how to paint with watercolors?
Well, all I really know is the basics! Not only will I be showing you my own techniques, but also showing you others that have made tutorials for it.
Supplies! (The Basics)
- Palette
So you can mix your colors! and actually make the color itself.
- Watercolor Paper/Mixed Media Pad
I don't actually have legit watercolor pad, I use the multimedias. They should be just as good, that's the one I've been. I recommend trying to get thick watercolor paper, because when you're trying to mix colors, or just paint in general, you don't want the paper to be thin.
- Paper Towels
You need one to clean up the space, the brush and maybe even the drawing.
- Water
YOU NEED WATER WITH A CLEAR CUP please oh goodness and if you need something to drink make sure you keep them separate and have the water in a clear cup you don't know how many times I've almost dipped my brush into a different cup because we don't have clear cups
- Brush + Brush Roll.
You're probably going to want more than just one sized brush, I have a round brush, buy big ones to for backgrounds. You don't need the super fancy brushes, I got mine for about $10 at Michael's. A brush roll is use to keep your brushes in one spot. (unlike me, I don't have one, and I don't even know where half of my brushes are) You can buy one at Amazon.
*Sorry the crap quality, it was night time and for some odd reason, my phone would NOT cooperate! DX
Now let's start!
Have your base drawing ready, It's usually safer to have pencil drawing as a base instead of an inked drawing, because you don't want to take the risk of the ink getting wet, and going over the drawing.
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(My water wasn't clean cause I already did a watercolor related drawing earlier)
Wet your brush first, and then with the wet brush, go over the powder so you have a strong color.
Wherever you need it (like say hair or skin), always start at the edge of your lineart. So like for example, if you are coloring hair, start coloring at the bottom of the hair, after that, wet your brush a bit more to spread the hair color. Also, I recommend doing the skin first.
This should be your result after you've spread out your color with a little bit of color. Be aware that you might need more of the color, so wet your brush again and get it straight from the powder.
I usually try to start dark to light with watercolors, and to be honest, that should be with any medium, but anyways, you can also place a little bit of color in a few other places so you can get the base color.
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Spread it out again! As you see on the right, it does look a bit flat. In order to fix that, you usually have to mix more than one color to get what you want, or go over the painting with the mixed, or put a much stronger color on the edge of the piece you're coloring. What I did to not make her hair so dull is use orange on the tips of the hair, and brought out the colors more!
This should be the final result, if you have passed the steps! Again, sorry for crap quality, and I hope this starts you off with doing watercolors, it certainly has helped me! Have an awesome day!
Have your base drawing ready, It's usually safer to have pencil drawing as a base instead of an inked drawing, because you don't want to take the risk of the ink getting wet, and going over the drawing.
-------->
(My water wasn't clean cause I already did a watercolor related drawing earlier)
Wet your brush first, and then with the wet brush, go over the powder so you have a strong color.
Wherever you need it (like say hair or skin), always start at the edge of your lineart. So like for example, if you are coloring hair, start coloring at the bottom of the hair, after that, wet your brush a bit more to spread the hair color. Also, I recommend doing the skin first.
This should be your result after you've spread out your color with a little bit of color. Be aware that you might need more of the color, so wet your brush again and get it straight from the powder.
I usually try to start dark to light with watercolors, and to be honest, that should be with any medium, but anyways, you can also place a little bit of color in a few other places so you can get the base color.
-------->Spread it out again! As you see on the right, it does look a bit flat. In order to fix that, you usually have to mix more than one color to get what you want, or go over the painting with the mixed, or put a much stronger color on the edge of the piece you're coloring. What I did to not make her hair so dull is use orange on the tips of the hair, and brought out the colors more!
This should be the final result, if you have passed the steps! Again, sorry for crap quality, and I hope this starts you off with doing watercolors, it certainly has helped me! Have an awesome day!
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I've been on and off dA for the longest, but soon I'll be more active.
I've been so busy since I have a full time job! And I finally got my own place. And its actually helped me get a good phone that I can draw on. It's been helping me get out of this Art Block that I've been having.
Plus I'm gonna be attending Aselia Con and selling my art! I'm so excited for my Artist Alley there!
Let me know if by any chance you'll be going too!
Update - I'm doing a little better now!
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I just recently got back up in my life because I had a really shitty house keeping night job @UoHD for a month. It was a good pay, but it was killing me, I felt really judged by one of the coworkers and the manager was close to firing me, I couldn't have another job record saying I was fired. Before that, yeah, I had been
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I gotta give props where props are due. I pretty much agree with everything here.
I love the paints that you are using. I've been using mine for years, and I have only just had to buy a new one recently. The Canson brand of papers are pretty reliable in my experience, even when you have to work the paint and get a little rough with it. And your painting style is very attractive, even in lower-quality images.
Nice tutorial.
I love the paints that you are using. I've been using mine for years, and I have only just had to buy a new one recently. The Canson brand of papers are pretty reliable in my experience, even when you have to work the paint and get a little rough with it. And your painting style is very attractive, even in lower-quality images.
Nice tutorial.