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[sacredsapling]

How to transfer sketches to watercolor paper

Ever created a drawing you really love, then decided that you wanted to paint it in watercolor (or transfer it to another type of paper)? Or maybe you just want to avoid smudges on your good paper? Or transfer a digital sketch onto paper?

This tutorial will help!

Start with a sketch on plain cheap copy or sketch paper (print if you need to, or photocopy your original sketch if you don't want to ruin it).

Next, flip the paper over (so you're looking at the blank side) and put it on a lightbox. Don't have one? No worries! Hold it up to a window, or put it on your iPad screen at max brightness.

Now, take an (ideally HB non-mechanical) graphite pencil and scribble all over the lines shining through, until it looks like a messy copy of your original sketch.

(First image is of just the graphite back, second is of the corner flipped so you can see the original sketch too)

Now, attach it to your nice paper graphite side down. Use tape on two corners (so it stays in place, but you can peel up the other corners to check it). 

Tips for easily released tape: Cut the tape to your desired length and put it on fabric, like your pants, and pull it off. Repeat a few times. The oils from your fingers plus the fibers will make it less sticky!

Now, trace the original side of your sketch with a ball point pen! You need a very sharp tip and to be able to see where you’ve drawn, so definitely use a ball point pen for this. Use firm pressure!! (Your hand will probably be sore if you do this all at once). Make sure you’re on a hard surface, too.

Tip: start in a corner you can flip to check, and make sure it's transferring properly. If not, add more/a softer graphite to the back and/or press harder.

When you're done, you'll have a light but visible pencil guide to paint right over!

Want other tips? Send in an ask or check out my tutorial tag!

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[adalidposts]

hihi! would you mind maybe doing a tutorial on how you color on paper please? Especially for your Micah piece omg it’s so good, markers KILL me they’re impossible to use

Tysm!!!

First, I sketch on a 200-gram sheet with a red pencil of any material, although I recommend a red wooden pencil.

Why? Watercolor can be a bit tricky with red pencil. The main reason is that red often contains more transparent and finer pigments than other colors, making it absorb more quickly into the paper.

Knowing this and having our sketch, it's time to move on to watercolor ^-^

1- Choose the base color for your drawing, in my case, I'll use red as the base color.

**Tip: The color should be diluted if you want to use it as a base, although this depends on what you want to represent! In my case, I diluted it with red.

Afterward, I like to outline where the shadows will go with the same base color, so that when you put the character's colors on top of the base, they look shiny.

2- You must let it dry well, and then start painting on your dry base!

**Tip: I start painting from back to front, I don't know how to explain it well, but consider the following order:

Skin

Hair

Hat

Clothing Or if you're doing a drawing with a background:

Background

Skin

Hair

Hat

This is to make your watercolor look clean, but if you have a different way of painting, it's not necessary to follow the order ^-^

PS: Try to follow the shadow pattern you made with the character's color. I made some videos to make it easier to understand 🐤✨

3- Then, when everything is ready and dry, I like to emphasize with different types of black gel pencils to give it a comic book aesthetic, like my drawing style.

Here's a video where you can see a bit of the process

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[cumulohimbus]

Watercolor Tutorial Part 1: "Let's Make Bad Art Together"

(Note: video has auto-captions for now but I'll write my own as soon as I get the chance. UPDATE: Thumbnail and video chapters have been added!)

This is Part 1 of what will be a 3 part video series exploring three different watercolor painting styles. Each video captures me working on a piece in real time (for the most part, some segments are timelapsed for conciseness). I talk about my thought processes for making certain decisions while I'm working, describe the materials and techniques that I use, ramble about various experiences I've had as someone with a Studio Art degree, and overall just try to provide some tips and encouragement for beginning and/or low income artists who want to learn watercolor painting.

Part 1 includes topics such as:

The materials I use in depth

The pros and cons of watercolor as a medium and how friendly it is for beginners

How watercolor works and acts while you're working with it

The first style/techniques of watercolor painting I was ever taught

A few tidbits of color theory

Some exercises for learning to think in different ways while making art (shapes instead of lines for painting, colors instead of black and white for shadows and highlights, mimicry of real life instead of symbols, etc.)

Becoming comfortable with making "bad art"

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[isabelmanibardo]

;Nuevo Tutorial en mis clases Online! ¡Esta semana vamos a aprender a pintar estos barcos en el Puerto de Ibiza.

Además aprenderéis como simplificar una escena compleja, a un boceto mucho más sencillo, muy úti cuando se hacen cadernos de viajes.

Espero que os guste!

New Tutorial in my online classes! This week we are going to learn how to paint these boats in the Port of Ibiza.

You will also learn how to simplify a complex scene, to a much simpler sketch, very useful when making travel sketchbooks.

Thope you like it!

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All the contents are available in English and Spanish

Join now and unlock more than 50 different Tutorials!

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[art-tnt]

Kelogsloops Watercolor Tutorial Part Two

Part One

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[nattosoup]

I really love using underpainting and grisaille to set the mood in watercolor illustrations.

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[leafbear]

How I paint tulips with watercolor. Full painting process on my YT.

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[emooqiofficial]

#drawing #drawinyourstyle #drawdaily #draw #draweveryday #sketch #watercolor tutorial #colorful

[heisenbergtheartcat]

A little landscape I made a while ago :3

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[donpalomostudio]

Una calabaza para recibir el otoño

Desde que me mudé a España, el otoño se convirtió en una de mis estaciones favoritas del año. Y en este 2023, quise despedirme del intenso calor del verano sevillano pintando una bonita calabaza miniatura. Cada vez más cerca de las navidades, que alegría.

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#anime #art #arte #dibujo #diy #fall #illustration #ilustración #manga #otoño #tutorial #tutorial de dibujo #watercolor #watercolor tutorial

[zahapaints]

Watercolor painting | Watercolor flower | Watercolor tutorial | magnolia

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[sacredsapling]

A Bunch of Watercolor Tips!

I love working in watercolor, especially with lots of details, dramatic lighting, and vibrant colors. So, I get a lot of folks who ask me for tips and tricks...and here’s a big compilation of them!

P.S. Find my watercolors on Instagram and Twitter too :)

Understanding how the paint works:

The more watery the paint, the lighter it will dry

If you add a more watery color into a partially dry color, it will bloom (those spidery effects) outwards from the wet paint (the wet pain pushes the pigment of the semi-dry paint away

Some paints are “granulated” which means you can see the pigment in little spots (reds and blues do this a lot). This is okay, just roll with it! It’s a beautiful part of the medium.

More water means less control, but it’ll give you more of those unique watercolor effects like “blooms”

Brush tips:

Get one with a good point, as that will allow for clean lines (I use this in my art ALL the time!)

Lean towards using a bigger brush than you think you need. It’ll be more precise than you expect and that way you can paint a larger area before it dries. This allows for smoother gradients.

Synthetic and natural brushes both work well, but I find synthetic to hold more pigment and water, and to be more precise

Turn your paper as you work, so the brush tip is going along the edge of where you want to paint. Never paint with the middle/back of the brush as it won’t make a clean line.

For detailed spots, use a small pointed/round brush and not very watery paint. This’ll give you the most control.

Supplies tips:

Paper matters! So much! If there’s one thing to invest it, it’s good paper. I love Arches, but I’ve heard Baohong is great and cheaper too. 

Hot press paper will dry quick and doesn’t allow for a lot of blending, and leaves crisp lines. It’s smooth, so good for lines. 

Cold press paper allows for blending and dries at a moderate speed, but has some texture to it

Rough press paper has a lot of texture, but will allow for a lot of smooth blending

Student grade watercolors are totally fine, they just have a little less pigment to binder ratio--so you might need to use more paint to get a vibrant color. I found Cotman watercolors to be a good starting set (some people prefer pans rather than tubes, though)

Have a big broad palette, so you can mix lots of colors without them running into each other. I use a flat pan, and then have a smaller palette with separated spots for mixing larger color batches

The thicker the paper, the less it will warp (I love 300-400lb). Optionally, you can learn to stretch watercolor paper before painting to prevent warping! 

Masking fluid can be SO helpful if you want to protect spots from getting paint on them (you can also use masking tape to cover larger areas). But fyi, these both almost always contain latex--so watch out if you have an allergy!

To use masking fluid, buy a “ruling pen” that you can dip in the fluid. It’s a weird metal contraption that can tighten and loosen to make lines. This way, you avoid ruining your brushes with the liquid. 

Color tips:

You’ll keep your colors vibrant by using few layers. In the pieces I shared above, I used basically three layers max (besides a few deep shadows or tiny details)! 

Don’t be afraid to blend while it’s still wet, by adding in a new pigment--just keep in mind it will bloom out if your new pigment is wetter than the color on the paper already

All layers are transparent, so keep color theory in mind. If you have golden skin and paint purple over it, you’ll get a more brown tone, since they are complementary colors. 

Try not to use brown paints directly for skin colors (unless they are exact color you’re looking for). They tend to look too muddy, especially on darker skin. It’s more realistic to use a mixture of yellows (like yellow orchre or naples yellow), reds (like a nice magenta or rose) and blues to mix purple to darken the skin. This combo allows for more realistic highlights, shadows, and blushing/warmth! 

Never use grays or blacks to shade darker skin (unless it’s a very intentional and careful stylistic choice), it almost always makes the skin look ashy and unrealistic

Use a spare piece of watercolor paper to test the colors you mixed first, to see if it’s what you want

Keep this in mind when having a light source: if the light (and things lit by it) is warm in tone, the shadows will be cool. If the light is cool, the shadows will be warm. So, anytime you make a gradient, think of how it’s lit and go from warm to cool (or vice versus) depending on your lighting! 

It is actually okay to use colors straight from the tube/pan sometimes! Go for vibrancy. :) 

Lighting tips:

Work from light to dark, as you can’t lighten watercolor well once it’s put down

...but if you do need to lighten/remove a color, try wetting it with clean water and then lifting it up with a tissue! I’ve also heard a magic eraser works (wild)

Keep a dry tissue nearby for the above reason

Think of watercolor like working in multiply layers. They are transparent coatings of paint over each other! 

Want dramatic lighting? Check out this other tutorial I made!

Think through your lighting before you paint. Once you put watercolor down, it’s hard to go back...so mentally plan where you need to shade before you put your brush down. 

For deep shadows, sometimes you will need to use a lot of layers, especially if you’re avoiding black (which can work, but it can also create a blah visual pit). Layers here are really helpful!

Misc tips:

Try sketching with a colored pencil, so it isn’t as see through! (I like Prismacolor ColErase)

Or...draw your sketch and then roll a kneaded eraser over it to lighten it, so the pencil isn’t visible through the paint

Explore mixed media! I’ve done pen line art (microns) and then painted, and I’ve mixed acrylic and gouache for highlights and effects after the watercolor is done too. 

Let your work bloom sometimes! Roll with that unique beauty of watercolor. 

It can look really cool if you mix totally different colors alongside each other. Play with what it looks like to have an orange bloom in a blue spot, etc! :D

Play with fun effects! Drop alcohol, salt, or add plastic wrap that you leave to dry. These (and more) can all look really cool. 

You can paint in whatever style you want! It doesn’t have to be that typical watercolor look. Mine is really graphic and different, but it vibes with me!

Have a question? Feel free to send me an ask, or reach out on Instagram or Twitter! If you use these tips, tag me and I’ll totally check out your work too!

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[vivians-artviews]

Spring Bunny Rabbit Floral with Watercolor

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[abiahenk]

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[doodlewash]

TUTORIAL: How to Paint A Winter’s Night in Gouache

TUTORIAL: How to Paint A Winter’s Night in Gouache - #doodlewash #WorldWatercolorGroup #watercolor #watercolour

Today I’m here to show you how to do a painting is of a young boy and his dog wandering through trees on a snowy night. These instructions could be used for any night-time winter scene. We’ll be using a dark-to-light, poster-style technique. All the colors will be added as broad shapes without fussing. Detail and adjustments will be done at the very last. (more…)

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[art-tnt]

Kelogsloops Watercolor Tutorial Part One

Part Two

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