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Paint a Cup of Coffee: Capture Light and Shadow in Watercolor

teacher avatar Trang Chibi ❤️, Watercolor and Gouache Artist

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Lessons in This Class

    • 1.

      Class Introduction

      1:51

    • 2.

      Materials

      5:25

    • 3.

      Drawing

      4:18

    • 4.

      Painting the Background

      6:30

    • 5.

      Painting the Coffee and the Handle

      7:54

    • 6.

      Painting the Cup and Bubbles

      9:44

    • 7.

      Background Splash

      4:33

    • 8.

      Finalize the Bubbles

      3:41

    • 9.

      Final Thought

      0:53

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About This Class

In this class, we will learn how to capture light and shadow in watercolor through the project of painting this lovely cup of coffee!

This project can be finished within 1 hour including the time we need to wait for the paint to dry, and suitable for beginners and intermediate watercolor painters.

I used Baohong Watercolor Paper Pad (both artist and student grades) and paint from Winsor & Newton but you can you whatever material in your hand!

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Trang Chibi ❤️

Watercolor and Gouache Artist

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1. Class Introduction: Hello everyone. I'm chubby and watercolor artist and illustrator from Vietnam. And in today's class, I will teach you how to pin this cup of coffee in watercolor is a very short and simple portion. You can finish everything within 1 h in group. Tom. We need to wait for the paint to dry. But through this simple ********, even learn how to capture light and shadow in watercolor. As you can see. We assume that the light source is on this side, this pending, and even capture the light here, the shadow here. And also how the light and shadow reflect on the surface of the coffee and on the cup and on the handle. That's why I believe even learned a lot new things, interesting things for this class. And if you fight this class headphone, please click follow me on Skillshare. You can also check out my Instagram by visiting my profile here on Skillshare. And please upload your ******** on the project section of this class. And I can't wait to see your ********. So now let's get started. 2. Materials: First, let's talk a little bit about the materials in use for this lesson. So I painted this painting on about home, watercolor, paper pad, academy or student grid. But for today's demonstration, I will use this red watercolor paper also from back home. And I been painted in a very small size, which is a five Route, 21.15 cm. And as you can see, both high the papers, 100% cotton, poor codon. And the painting is also very beautiful on the student grade paper. But for today's demonstration and use artist paper because it is more predictable and normally to theme or lesson that I refer something which is more predictable. And for the pen, I use a standard pops up watercolor painting, that is Windsor and Newton brand. And in the middle of this box, I bought some the palace I purchased individually. But I think for this simple piece appending, just any standard ops 12 or 24 color is good enough. And four brush for this painting, I use three brushes. One is a traditional mop brush from hobby. It is in I think it is. It is mentioned here black reasonable. And I use it is as good a preset you number six to travel brush. I will still use a smaller brush from a screwdriver, set number two to paint in some more detail. And I will still use this wire child pen. That is the unit bone brand. And you use it to, to paint the light, the white part of the bubbles on the surface of the coffee. If you don't have this wide Jen parent is, although you can use acrylic, gouache or watercolor color. And we also need to use a bit why the colors to read face? Why splash route this cup of coffee. So I think it is very helpful and it is worth for you, we're chasing it. And we will also need a pencil. And I went to bed. I will need to use a compare to draw the circle. But if you don't have the compound, it is okay. You can just do any a so-called item to draw it and use a ruler. Just to determine the center of this paper, I wanted to make sure we put a cup of coffee on the central of the paper. Like if you don't have it, it is still okay. And small. That is eraser so that we can clean pencil lines which we don't need. And also, I used to cut two cups of water to clean brushes. You can use just one factor that it would be more convenient if you have at least two cups because you don't have to change the width to often. And I think that's all that's enough for the materials. Oh, I forgot. You may need to use one cloth and some piece of newspaper. We need to test the color. Later. I've been small piece of paper to cover this gap so that when we splash around, it doesn't affect the cup of coffee. And I think that's enough for the materials of Fisk glass. If you don't have everything, it is okay. I think that is very simple project. And if you have been painting watercolor for a y, you can, you can pin it with whatever you have right now. 3. Drawing: So now we need to draw this cup of coffee. So I use this ruler just to make sure that we can redraw the cup of coffee in the center of the paper. You can use your eyes because I have the ruler, so it is not how to use it. Later. We need to draw the handle. So make a note here, make it fit. So I'm quite satisfied with the size of this cup of coffee, of this bending. So I want to draw something which is similar to this. He'd been the easiest. It'd be just doing the paper around. You need to draw two circle. I've been having to draw it just anneals piece of paper and given it to cover the cup of coffee for now. So I need to find the handle. I am not really confident with my hands, So that's why I need to use a compound and ruler. But I think it is okay for you to just draw it by hand because it would be more natural cubed. So now I need to use an eraser to erase. That's enough for the drawing. 4. Painting the Background: So now with painting the background first, and as you can see, we demonstrate the light source on this side of the paper. So here I've used the run Sienna to express the, express their light part of the table. And I will use indigo to express the darker part of the shadow part. And let's get started. So first, I write on the, on the paper around the cup of coffee first, very light brown color so that it is easy to see which part is wet. I read the paper first because then I want to make the color spread naturally. Okay, I think this is okay. So I will add more sienna here. So for this part, I wouldn't use indigo. If you don't have indigo in watercolor box, you can use, you can use Payne's gray. You can see because I wet the paper first. So now I think I made a mistake here. So I didn't use tissue paper to fix it. One dummy surely paying off the bat, not incited. I think I made a mistake. Again. I have quite a chicken came, but it is okay. We can always use tissue paper or to fix our mistake and put them on. Here. I'm in I'm in pull some sepia here to make the chances and between the Indigo and and brands in a more natural. So I've been making this part a little bit darker because then what the color dry, it will be neither. So I think that's enough for the background. Later. When we finished painting, even come back to make some, some of us brush effect here. But for now, it is enough that we need to read it to dry completely before painting the next step. So soon later, after 30 min. And in the next video. 5. Painting the Coffee and the Handle: Welcome back. I think it has not dry completely ear. So I've been paying the coffee first and then come back to pin the handle and the couplet. So I will use a round brush to paint the coffee. So as you can see, we have this. Why? Apostle market? I mean, the potential market first. It is okay if you don't mark it because I think it is easy to just leave it there. But to make sure we don't make any stupid mistake, I mean, remark the y part here. So I've been I've been brands. No, I haven't used the yellow ocher is to pin the ralph of the coffee first and then come back and use brand number of brands in there to make it more delicious. I've been pulled the color here so that it is easy for you to see what colors I'm using. It is. Actually, I don't really remember the name of the color I'm using. Just make sure that we know it is the color of the coffee, so it should be brow. Hello, it's coffee. Coffee color. But for say, I've been in this light ocher first before putting this blends in a Palo is really like coffee color. Then every brand umbrella to make it more dark. So now we need to read it to dry. Before painting this part. Before that, I think I need to make more brand number because everything in watercolor can be lighter when it dries, so it's okay to eat a little bit dark. So now I think it is safe for us to paint this candle. And I will use the column, which is nice. It is serially and blue from I think any, any is fine. I think it is very crowded. The English is a little bit crowded. Now. I mean, you dispatch to mixing the cardo. I think my brush is still dirty with the brand number, but it's okay because I think we need to have some money to give her some gap here. So make sure you don't meet any centimeters. So okay, so you need to pin this part here that shows more white dot here, but I think I've been appended later using white gel pen. You just easier that way. So now I need to read it to dry completely before comeback to pin the bubbles on the surface of the coffee in this cup. That's all for now. And take a rest during a cup and live and we will see each other in the next video. 6. Painting the Cup and Bubbles: It has been 30 min and now it is. It is almost dry now. So I've been come back and paint the shadow on this cup. So as you can see it on our right hand is your light source. So this part is light. This part is light and dark. Dark. Indigo color to paint. No, I think I mean I mean, it was a French and Indian blue. This blue so that I don't want it to be too dark. So this blue to paint the shadow on the cup. Because I want to express that this gap is in use ceramic and his wife Carlo. So the shadow is very light with very light blue. I would make this a little bit darker. Okay, So now you've been paying the apples on the surface of the coffee and it will run umber, burnt umber. So now I've been chairing the brush towards the smaller one, the smaller bubble. The paper while because I want I don't want to touch my so you just need to go one smaller one, make it as randomly as possible. It is quite repetitive process, so you can just it is okay if you just skip this video on together. I think it's okay for now. So now we need to wait for everything to dry before coming back and use white gel pen to finish the pupil and with silk with the splashing effect. 7. Background Splash: So now we almost finished. And then even if the splash effect around like wow, because I don't want to make this splash on the surface of the coffee. So remember, we, we draw this circle when we, when we started, when we draw the coffee. So now I'm in a circle too. Hello. This cup of coffee before us, blush color, valid. Okay, So you can just put it here. We don't have a tool, tip it Dao because I'm Michelle, We don't touch it. So I use this mop brush to smash effect. So I wouldn't run number. Sienna is more delicious. This way. I mean, make it bigger. So now, I mean, you're supposed to color too, with some white color. Here. I think less is more. Sure we clean everything in this. So now, I mean, it was a white gel pen is still wet here, so it's difficult to, I think I win. Again. Wait a little bit before coming back to this white gel pen to add the y part of the bubble because I don't want to touch my hand on the right paper. 8. Finalize the Bubbles: Because it is quite late now, so I just use a dryer to make the process faster early to be. So now I will use this white gel pen to go to to paint the highlights on the bubble. So I will start with one here first. It's not paying as LH speak to you, this model, this one. So assuming that the light source is on the right hand, just pin it like a moon shape. Still 12. Then we can put a.in the center. It will patiently. If you don't have a white gel pen, you can use the pasta color acrylic, and you earn a small brush to do this. I still need to be careful here. Okay, I think we are done. I've been here. I will use this time for pen to sign, but you can use any kind of. Today is October 2022. 9. Final Thought: Thanks for watching the class until now. And I hope that you have finished your painting and you'll learn a lot of new interesting things about what the color for this class. And once again, if you find this glass have phone, you can visit my profile, check out either grasses and follow me here on Skillshare or Instagram. Please, please upload your photos like on the budget session of this class. I can't wait to see yours. And goodbye and see you in another class.