Learn To Paint A Fish In Water Using Watercolours

What you'll learn
How to use watercolours
How to layer paints to create a water effect
Different techniques such as wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry
How to add pigments to layers to increase the texture and make it interesting.
Requirements
No previous skills needed
Description
Learn how to create a water effect using watercolours to paint this koi carp swimming! In this calls you'll learn all about layering, different techniques such as wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry and walk away with a stunning marine painting.What You Will Learn:How to draw the outline of a swimming fish.4 different techniques for layering such as to use wet-on-wet, Wet-on-dry.The difference between adding water, or adding paint as a bubble and textured effect.Create scales and fins on a fish.Safely layering colours so the paint doesn't smudge.Create a beautiful white boarder.Where to start: The class is broken down into easy stages that last between 2 - 5 minutes which means, if you're busy you can just complete one stage at a time and come back to it later.The class is split up into 8 classes, each giving you a new layer and interesting thing to focus on. You'll learn so much along the way.Materials/Resources:Watercolour PaintWatercolour PaperPencilEraserMasking TapeWaterOld RagRound paint brushBe Creative: This class gives you guidance on what to do and ideas of what it could look like but feel free to use your own colours, or perhaps use slightly different shapes! You could make your koi carp more colourful, or add different layers at different stages. It's completely up to you!
Overview
Section 1: Introduction
Lecture 1 Introduction
Section 2: Warm Up
Lecture 2 Warm Up
Section 3: Stage 1 - Outline
Lecture 3 Stage 1 - Outline
Section 4: Stage 2 - Wet On Wet
Lecture 4 Stage 2 - Wet On Wet
Section 5: Stage 3 - Wet On Dry
Lecture 5 Stage 3 - Wet On Dry (add water)
Section 6: Stage 4 - Fish Flakes
Lecture 6 Stage 4 - Fish Flakes
Section 7: Stage 5 - Wet On Dry - Add Paint
Lecture 7 Stage 5 - Wet On Dry (add paint)
Section 8: Stage 6 - Fins
Lecture 8 Stage 6 - Fins
Section 9: Stage 7 - Wet-On-Wet
Lecture 9 Stage 7 - Wet-on-Wet
Section 10: Section 8 - Unveiling
Lecture 10 Stage 8 - Unveiling
Beginners / intermediate artists
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