I’ve been watching a lot of watercolor YouTube videos lately, and when I got my wellness initiative from work, I bought a few things to try them out.
Since it’s summer, the first one I did was a Kitsune with the red thread of destiny in a swim suit. I love Kitsune and the legend of the red thread of destiny both, so I had fun with this one.
I drew the image on normal printer paper and then shaded the back so I could draw over it again and transfer it to water color paper. Then, I used a gum eraser and lifted most of the lines so they were fainter.
Then, I painted away, testing some of the techniques I’d been watching, and finished by outlining it.
There’s a little sample area on the bottom left… in the future, I’ll be doing them on a separate piece of paper.
When I scanned this (Thank You to my mother-in-law for the scanner for Christmas), it came out very blue toned, and I had to brighten it with color correction in Corel Painter. It’s still not as bright as the real version, but it helped.
Then, I drew a mermaid, because who doesn’t love mermaids?
This time I tested just a cheap set of Prang watercolors, and I was impressed with how well they worked. I have a cheap chalky set a friend gifted me, a nicer set I bought, a professional set I got in high school, and then the Prang. It was super easy to use!
Neither of these watercolors are realistic, just kind of an anime styles to them, but I had fun playing around with them!
I had some problems with blending colors on the page, and I’m going to work on that. I’m not used to watercolor – I mostly use watercolor pencil or colored pencil.
Do you do anything artistic? What’s your favorite medium? What do you think of these? If you’re a watercolor artist, what should I focus on improving? Inquiring minds want to know!
