Spontaneous Pet Portrait Capture Your Furry Friend'S Character In Watercolor And Ink

About This Class
Your project will be a finished watercolor pet portrait! You'll be painting along with me, either using a provided dog source photo or a similar photo of your own.
Description
Why take this class?
Whether you have your own furry friend or have a special relationship with someone else's pet, you know how much a part of the family they can be. To capture their personality in a spontaneous loose watercolor portrait for yourself or as a thoughtful gift will bring immense joy and satisfaction to the recipient.
What will you learn?
How to skip the difficult drawing step if you choose (since this isn't a drawing class)
How to stay spontaneous and loose
How to incorporate ink into your watercolor painting
How to use the wet-on-wet technique
How to make the eyes come alive
How to paint fun easy background patterns
Who is this class for?
This class is for beginner and intermediate watercolor painters. Even if you've never tried watercolors before, this class will teach you some important basics and fun techniques you can incorporate into your future works.
Class overview
This class will demonstrate how to loosely capture the character of a dog using ink and watercolor paint. We'll learn how to skip the freehand drawing step if you so choose, and get straight to painting! We will practise a few techniques beforehand so we are comfortable with painting quickly and freely.
Materials and resources
You'll need
A few sheets of cold press 140lb or 300lb watercolor paper
Ideally a "mop" watercolor brush, medium size
A small watercolor brush
A few tubes of your favorite watercolors (recommended Windsor Newton or Daniel Smith)
A fountain pen with non-permanent ink
A photocopied print of a pet from an interesting angle
Parchment paper for tracing
Soft pencil
Masking tape
Two cups of clean water
Project Guide
Your project will be a finished watercolor pet portrait! You'll be painting along with me, either using a provided dog source photo or a similar photo of your own.
Steps
First we'll be practicing the techniques we'll be using in the painting, so we can be spontaneous in the final piece
Choosing an appropriate photo
Transferring or drawing the photo onto watercolor paper
Inking an outline
Wetting the paper
Applying paint
Doing the eye
Painting a fun background
Uploading your project for feedback
Overview
Lesson 1:Introduction
Lesson 2:Project
Lesson 3:Materials
Lesson 4:Practice
Lesson 5:Drawing or Tracing
Lesson 6:Drawing Ink Outline
Lesson 7:Painting First Layer
Lesson 8:Painting Second Layer
Lesson 9:Painting the Eyes
Lesson 10:Painting the Eyes 2
Lesson 11:Painting the Catchlight
Lesson 12:Fixing the nose
Lesson 13:Background Splatters
Lesson 14:Signing Your Painting
Lesson 15:Congratulations and Final Thoughts


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