Experimental Watercolor Techniques for Beginners

Overview

“Through small spots of color in wet on dry we will form our animal. It does not have to be that kind of stroke (short and about the same size), feel free to do it your way. I advise you to start by putting light colors first to give those tones more light. But you can also try to do it by first putting the dark ones. Remember that although there are some guidelines or recommendations, we should feel free to use the material and skip these rules. I have used the Canson Heritage paper 300 grams fine grain. ”

In this video lesson Ana Santos addresses the topic: Stroked watercolor / Wet on dry, which is part of the Domestika online course: Experimental Watercolor Techniques for Beginners. Learn how to paint with watercolor from scratch and make the most out of your mistakes.

Partial transcription of the video

“WATERCOLOR STROKES - WET ON DRY - In this lesson we'll use the wet on dry technique in a more unusual and creative way. Like in previous processes, I've drawn the animal I chose, in this case it's a wolf. I've put masking tape so that it doesn't wrinkle. The color palette I've chosen is bright, yellow and orange for the light areas and slightly darker colder colors, blue, for the shadows. In the end, I may add a darker color like brown to contrast with the shadows. We'll go from using lighter colors to darker ones. As I mentioned previously, about bright colors. If we put dark colors first,...”

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Course summary for: Experimental Watercolor Techniques for Beginners

• Level: Beginner
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• 4 units
• 16 lessons (3h 51m)
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• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Fine Arts, Naturalistic Illustration, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting