Expressive Animal Portraits in Watercolor
How to Use Watercolour to Build Tone 1
A course by Sarah Stokes , Artist
About the video: How to Use Watercolour to Build Tone 1
Overview
“Now, we’ll be looking at the basic layering techniques of watercolour, together with the differences between the qualities of paints, brushes and paper that you use.”
In this video lesson Sarah Stokes addresses the topic: How to Use Watercolour to Build Tone 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Expressive Animal Portraits in Watercolor. Bring the animal kingdom to life through captivating artwork by exploring a wide variety of watercolor techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, I'm going to explain how to build up tone using watercolor. I'm also going to run through some of the brushes that I use and also some of the specific qualities of watercolour paints. There's six different brushes that I use mostly for my work and I'm going to show you very quickly how they work on paper. So first of all, I'm going to pick up the size 12 and this is size 12 round brush, synthetic. With a size 12 brush I'll normally just do large washes My first coats really. I just use that just for the first wash. It's also got a point on which sometimes I use If for instan...”
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Course summary for: Expressive Animal Portraits in Watercolor
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Naturalistic Illustration, Realistic Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Sarah Stokes
A course by Sarah Stokes
Sarah Stokes is a self-taught artist from the Midlands region in England, a place where she finds inspiration and creates work that is full of life. From a young age, Sarah has always been her happiest when painting and drawing, using her creativity to build a successful business career before deciding to return to what she loved most.
She has created artwork for bands, restaurants, breweries, and schools, as well as giftware for clients like Enesco. Her work is exhibited in Whitewall Galleries, Clarendon Fine Art, and several independent galleries. Sarah’s prints can also be found worldwide in places like Next, Wayfair, and on Amazon.
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