Watercolor Painting Step-by-step
1. Start with a dry area of watercolor paper. Drop a small puddle of water into your palette and a dab of concentrated paint right next to it. I used a medium-sized brush and a bit of green tube watercolor.
Watercolor Painting Step-by-step
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1. Paint simple shapes around your dry piece of watercolor paper. I chose circles, stars, and a moon, but you can choose any simple shape you like. Triangles, diamonds, hearts, and squares can work, too.
5. Another way to practice is by painting just inside the edge of your paper, creating a border. In addition to working on brush control, you will start to notice beautiful watercolor textures appearing. This depends on how much water you use, the type of paper, and how fast you move.
By painting wet on dry (using a wet brush on dry paper) you can see that the shapes have sharp, well defined edges. This is true for most of the initial shape, with the exception of the upper lip where the color is blended, fading from a darker to a lighter hue.
Charging in is a term in watercolor painting where you add more color to a damp wash. This is a way of mixing colors directly on the paper rather than in your palette. The colors will mix together smoothly and intensify the underlying wash.
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One of the amazing characteristics of watercolor is its transparency. When you paint transparent washes of color on top of each other the underlying brush marks remain visible. This produces beautiful multi-layered effects that are unique to watercolors.
Koi fish are incredibly decorative Japanese fish and are well known for their variety of colors and markings. The delicate patterns on these fish are perfect for painting in watercolor using a glazing technique.
For the purposes of this painting I put together several different photos of koi fish and positioned them to create an interesting composition. You can download a sketch template for this painting below if you want to try this watercolor project for yourself.
This might look like a very diluted layer of paint, but remember the objective with a glazing technique is to build up transparent layers of color a bit at a time. This will gradually increase the intensity and values of your painting.
The painting is almost finished so we can start adding some final touches. Using a brush loaded with paint I splashed a few drops of color randomly over the paper. This is a nice way to add a little graphic interest to the painting. The splashes and dots of paint could suggest the idea of bubbles in the surrounding water.
I started taking some lessons last September and I fell in love with watercolor. I follow your blog but I have never tried one of your tutorial but yesterday I challenged myself and I painted the koi fishes!
Students are led through a step-by-step process of creating a watercolor painting each week. The instructor stresses the thinking behind what is being done and the reasons for doing things in a proper sequence. Students concentrate on seeing and controlling values, arriving at a simple subject and solve the same problems, with room for freedom of style in color choices, etc. The class is designed for those who wish to gain control over the medium of watercolor.
A native of Bayonne, New Jersey, Steve Zazenski has been a full-time artist since 1978. He is known for his watercolor landscapes of New England, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. He has won numerous awards for his paintings from the New Jersey Watercolor Society, the Garden State Watercolor Society, the Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit, Rockport Art Association, and local shows in the metro area.
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