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Painting Animals in Watercolour

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Animal eyes are the deepest component while painting them on paper. An artist needs to show the soul of the animal through the eyes. While drawing Adorable Animal Watercolor Paintings you need to have good knowledge of dark to light shades creation in watercolor. In the eyes of animals, a good contrast always creates magic. Greater contrast in the color can make their eyes sparkle. It is necessary to highlight the eyes to make them glassy. Liz writes regularly for Leisure Painter. Enjoy endless inspiration with access to past and present issues of both magazines, plus exclusive video demos, tutorials and more, with our Studio Membership!

Leave it in place to dry, which will take longer than usual, as there is no evaporation. Don’t use a hairdryer for obvious reasons! Learn how to paint an owl with this simple step-by-step tutorial. Once you’ve learned how to paint the owl, you can add additional elements to your painting like flowers. If you’re tired of painting the same old landscapes and still lifes, switch it up and try a watercolor monkey painting. Not only is it a fun subject, but monkeys have such expressive faces and movements that you’ll have a blast capturing them on paper. 7. Watercolor Fox in Snow Credit: eszillui

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This hedgehog is really strutting its stuff in this painting. I love how the artist used flowers for the body. 25. Mouse with Flower Crown

If your colours are insipid, you may be going straight from cleaning off your brush into your wash and therefore adding lots of water each time. Blot your brush on a sponge or paper towel so you know exactly how much water is in it. Oil paints are made using plant-based drying oils. Some ranges, however, include a small amount of beeswax in the binder. The following ranges are vegan, with the exception of a few colours: Select a subject with a strong outline and paint it wet up to wet, just as we did the feather. This shows the importance of tone and shape.

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Try painting a cat wearing a striped shirt, a cardigan with a star design, and a scarf. Not only will you get to practice painting details like stars and stars, but you’ll also have fun bringing this cute and quirky character to life on paper. 2. Snake on a Hand with Flowers Credit: cvt.art You may be heartily bored with your monochrome by now so choose three harmonious colours (close together on the colour wheel) or a triad of primaries. Now wet a quarter sheet of watercolour paper and, using a big brush, paint broad strokes of colour.

The enduring attraction of watercolour to artists and painters is its unpredictability. Artists often experiment with luminosity and transparency, working to control light and colour. But watercolor's spontaneity is precisely the quality that delivers such mesmerizing results. A short history of Watercolor Art Now try putting these techniques into practice as you follow Liz to paint this brilliant donkey portrait, or a colourful cat. This cute mother and baby giraffe painting would make a great gift for Mother’s Day when painted on canvas. 15. Lion with CrownEach animal has a different texture of its outer skin. You need to put effort to master these textures with a watercolor technique. You can use dark shades of the watercolor for edges of the texture. More detailing, more perfection will be there in the animal texture.

If you’re looking for even more inspiration, consider painting the animals you see around you. You can paint your family pet, the birds outside, and so much more.Watercolour is a flat medium with the only real texture coming from the paper, but you can create the illusion of texture. When we are painting animals these textures are wonderful for creating fur and feather, but a note of caution – only use a technique if it brings something to the party. If you use lots of texturing, your painting may become very busy and clichéd.

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