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1. Introduction: Hi guys. Hello everyone. Welcome back to my class. During our today's tutorial, I will teach you how to be enqueued character in watercolor style, in a Procreate, you've got an Excel beams and watercolor painting his pencil. And I'm going to show you different new techniques. I hope you are ready and E. So let's go. Hi guys, same freelance illustrator. Welcome back to my class and let's paint altogether called watercolor illustration of character in Procreate. At the end of my class, you will learn more about Procreate and composition, especially how to use layers, clipping, mask, selection tool, and how to add texture, volume, and color variation to your picture. And most importantly, you will learn new watercolor technique. You can use the illustration you create for Poisson Instagram editor portfolio or sell it on Etsy camera and so on. Or just share it with someone whom you really like. I am sure as it will be so happy to get an illustration that is created by you. Today, I want to show you that watercolor. It's so simple and it's a real fun. And in the end of my class, you can see it. Today. I will teach you how to create texture paper. How do you stem brushes? How to combine pencil and watercolor altogether? How to paint a picture without reference picture. How to use my default Procreate brushes for watercolor painting. How to apply my new watercolor technique. What has in you and says you need to know if you want to create watercolor illustration, how to use selection tool and clipping mask. I will also show you how to add shades and highlights. I will show you my whole process from the start to finish. And as a bonus, I will share with you my texture paper, lots of custom brushes, color palette that I created. I will also add files of my pictures that I drew. Feel free to use them for your own art projects. This class is great for beginners. If you've watched my previous classes, also can be useful for intermediate level and experienced artists. Probably here you can find an inspiration and new ways how to paint characters in a watercolor style. Your class project will be next In the character in vertical style. Using the Teams and brushes that I gave you today. I will use Procreate for this class with iPad and Apple Pencil. So if you have it or some other drawing pads or just regular watercolor paper and pains. Please join our class and good luck.
2. Creating textured paper : Wow guys, I think we are ready to start. And first of all, I'm going to tell you how to create texture paper, and I will show you our color palette for today's class. And brushes is of course, brushes. And let's start with the brushes and I prepare it for your lots of stem brushes alone ways, watercolor brushes. So I have some birds and different plans we're going to use today for our character composition. And guys, I also prepared for you one character. If you're going to create your own characters, It's fine is all off to you. Or it can be anything and also backpack. And I decided to combine our character altogether with some cute character, some cute animals. So I hope you liked it. Also, I prepared for your different stem brushes. You might see them here. Also, a couple of watercolor brushes, for example, a boo or Paul. This is my brush for my new watercolor brush set, which is called true watercolor. And guys buttressed. Oh, before I start showing you as this brush, I want to teach you how to create a texture paper. Wow, Great. So we need to tap Plus. And after you see we have new Canvas also need to take place one more time. And we need to switch from pixels into inches. In here, I will write 11 pair, 10 inches. And as you see, we have 300 DPI resolution and maximum layers that we might use today for our class is 50. So definitely should be enough for us. So after said, we will create a couple of new layers. And on the top we have like Layer 3. After said, we need to go to Actions button, tap, Add, and after we will tap, insert file. Guys. Before we export our texture paper into the Procreate, I want to tell you, where can you get all my freebies way? So you need to open my class in the Skillshare, in browser, not in Skillshare app. Because if you dose it from Skillshare, have some of my freebies MyNode be visible. So you open with class in the Skillshare browser. It can be Safari or Chrome, Up to zed in a projects and sources section. In the right corner, you can find all my freebies. So you go there then load all my files and after you can find them in downloads folder. After says, That's why you need to go Press Action button, tap, Add, and insert a file. And after say it, you need to go to downloads, finds there my texture paper and open it in Procreate. Afterwards breastfeed the screen. And as you see, the size of my paper is a little bit different compared to the size of our canvas. So what can we do? We just need to move our paper to the edges. Like said, that now we have our texture paper. And Guys, our next step is we need to do replicates a layer in After speech to linear burn mode. And Katharine Hepburn Act said we need to duplicate it two times Linear Burn and merge that together. Mozart positivity 59, 55 percent. And to save this color burn dedicates it and merge together. And here, I don't want to change the opacity, let it be lakes. After that, we select two layers and press group. Next thing we need to rename it. And now I want to show you my character palette, color palette, and we're going to use all those colors today. And guys, I wanted to show you my watercolor brush is called Bu oboe. And I need to paint it on a new layer. And guys, once again, if you want to reach or S2 quarter color look, we need to paint and in Nice, our texture paper. Don't paint set on the top because if you do so, I will show you. So here we have this authentic watercolor. Look. It looks just perfect. You see it here. But if you move our layer to the top, you see our watercolor texture is not reasonable. It's not perfect. It as it can be if you paint and Denise. Okay. We need to clear. Okay, Great. So I hope you are ready to start. And once again, I have for you my blob brush. I have poor regular watercolor browsers at once that we used before. It's more transparent. Also blue dots that might help us for our decorations. And once again, to stem brushes that I already show it to you after support a car stem symbol. So the stamp is also from my new watercolor brush set, and also use dry ink, Terrell airbrush and 6 B pencil. And guys, I wanted to tell you that we're going to use six B pencil and a lot of times. So our aim is to create a beautiful composition using pencil and watercolor altogether. And I hope you are ready to do that. So let's move to our next stage where you're going to use our stem brushes. And we're going to create a beautiful composition with our character.
3. Drawing sketch: So let's start AND gates, I decided to take this dark blue color, dark purple color. And it's all up to you, how you want to place our characters? I want to do it in my specific way, but of course you can use your own imagination and they want to pay and our character on a new layer. So next step, I want to use this puddle. I think this is a very important element in new layer. So I'm going to place all our objects around the portal. I want to create some like some kind of composition. And composition should have story. So the story is that we might have here is a girl, she's sitting and drinking tea or something like that. In how Cobb and there is a penguin next to her also keeps the proportions. So if the penguin is that big subproblem and to make our girl a little bit bigger. And I want to place backpack next to her. And backpack definitely should be smaller. Gradient composition is very important step in creating a hole paint and actually, And yep, So try to place the main character right in the center. You might move it a little bit to the right or to the left. And this way, as a first thing that we will do when we look at the picture, we will look at the girl. After that, we'll look to the backpack and after to our lovely penguin. But it's not the answer properly. We're going to change a little piece of it. And also don't waste too much objects. So there should be some balance. Tried to keep the balance. Okay, Now, I, as you see, I have our plans and I want to erase a part that is overlapping without penalty. So I'm going to grow and grab selection tool. And I just want to select the area with a pen green. And after the three fingers and down and press cut. So now our penguin is surrounded by plants, but it's not overlapping. Next F01, what I want to do is I'm going to use some birds. Maybe it's this bird to see it on backpack. Create new layer. When I place on some other area, will just erase the parts that are overlapping. And also we have on more birds and last one. And we can put this bird-like solver flying this way, maybe nicer way. Now I think that variable do better. And broad leaves also plans. Behind our goal and Penguin, like create by ground for SAP. Because if you paint, just go and penetrate it would be very it would be very empty. I decided to keep it like that. So I'm going to add some of the plans from suicide and that will be sent. And if you're gonna go to our goal, grep razor or selection tool, It's, it'll be easier. And select this part. I will create one more layer and I will grab same botanicals that I used before. Because if you already have some, I wanted to keep her head and saying botanicals promises site as well. Okay, it's better cut. So I think we've done with our botanicals and plants and our composition, it looks just perfect. And speaking about girl, my suggestion, what else we can do? We have our girl, we can duplicate it. And after that, press Flip Vertical. I guess he'll have some reflection here. Like satisfiability, bit blurry. But it's fine. Maybe I'll erase this part. Likes head. And of course this part of her body also should be raised. Okay, Lovely. Same. We will do this pen green because it's also in guys, we need to be careful. And I'm going to have our pen going here. And a mood to the side of reflection. Flip vertical, and move Human little bit here. And the last object, it's our backpack. We have tiny bit of reflection from this side. And speaking about our backpack, a VR not going pain like all of it. Just tiny bit here. Like sad. So vicious show is a lion and later it'll show me the colors that we have some reflection of backpack in these areas. Well, okay. Now I'm pretty satisfied my suggestion guys. We need to group our reflection and we will write reflection. And we'll say subjects, right? Sketch that we created. How beautiful composition. I hope you liked that one. And guys, now we are ready to start adding colors.
4. Adding color to characters : Well, after that, after hours catch, we're ready to start painting. And once again guys, remember, when you depend on Denise, our texture paper and our sketches, I'm going to create a couple of the layers. And now we are ready to use our color palette. And I will start with the skin. I'm going to grab says pretty light beige color, grabbed pool or lbf. And I'll start adding colors one-by-one. And also what is important? This is a painting. You might leave some white gaps and it's completely fine. You might use my other brush, ball, regular watercolor set brush is a little bit lighter. I will show it. You see, since the color will be lighter. And what I like about bore or Poe, he said sits branch has a pretty sharp edges. So I do likes away how it looks. So that's why I'm going to use this brush today. A lot of times. I also guys, what is important is add actually later going to change the color of our sketches. While that's why I didn't merge it together because different sketches should have different colors. Now, I'm going to go and grab this light brown color. I think I will stand same level, same layer. And I'm going to start hitting some colors. You might overlap with some basic colors is a cake or the same color. But is he said, I liked this blending effect. And it's completely fine because later I'm going to use the plain tech dog and I'm going to keep it that way because later in this area I want to add darker shade. So okay, now we're gonna go and grab this dark brown color. And I'm ready TO had tiny shades. Great Now about eyes. And she will have green eyes, pink. As a blending tool. I'm going to use Terrell. I approach, controls the size. It's very important. Part of your not done is said Pat, I still want to plants and wide. So as you see, blend in effect would be like sad. Same if you wanted to blend this part. Just blended tiny beat. You don't need to blend everything entirely. You might keep some sharp lines. It's fine because it will help us to reached the sort of thing to quote, a color look. So once again, don't blend it everywhere. And her backpack also use the same color. Guys. Try to keep the pellets in colors. This part, there will be a little bit darker because it's behind that. Same backpacks speaking about backpack, I'll increase the size it also I wanted to make it also push. Since this brush, if you press harder, you will have more pigment. So please control the capacity and the size. I keep still bending tool. Very bright red. Yeah, looks good. And let's think about the socks. Socks, so supplant their head. I tried to keeps a harmony in colors and don't overlap. Too much differentiates because it's a pentagon, we'll be like purple, and they also have different shapes of leaves. So we need to try to keep the balance in everything and don't make it like a rainbow. Or maybe something like a pen when Skyler Okay, Like sat down with our girls. So now we need to create one more layer and let's start painting out and create a new layer. Same color. And our pentagon will be purple and blue Windsor. Same time. I will try to combine different shapes together. Okay, It's a middle bar to be very light blue color, I think so. And after that orange color, I want to paint beak and a half feet. Now blending tool. And final detail is ice hockey. We've done with pen going as well. So now we need to create one Mullerian start aid in sorrow, pain, and outbursts. So we created one layer and I want to pay for everything, also bluish. And all you have lots of blue-collar bad. It's better to keep the patterns. We will add a little bit of purple shades to our birds. Now, let's move to purplish color and grab slide. They're lighter, shade. Cauchy. Now speaking about planting to remember to blend sharpest lines. If you want to make it more colorful, go to hue saturation and brightness and just increase the situation. Maybe make it a little bit brighter. Like said. Okay, now let's move to next part, a into the surroundings.
5. Coloring plants: Let's start this also as plants around. And immediately think about the sheets. Supplanting total tiny beat. I can, I think so as plants should be a little bit different, like set by KPI. Now let's move to the other plants behind us. Same brash. Create one more layer, and I'm going to go and grab this light blue color. Sam leaves, he'll be lighter simultaneity tiger. Now going to call encrypt darker shade. Till now, slightly lighter color. This is fourth colors that I'm using until last one in my color palette. Small, bluish green. Thanks, said, don't forget about water. Is that it should be very, very clean water inside of this jar. Played like that. And final detail, you need to finish paintings is part, and I already have a color for her pothole. So I will create one more layer underneath. And I need to fill this area with this bright bluish color. Keep painting different like splashes with the water. Next item. Sammy's our pancreas. Of course, like we can't paint clearly what we see. So we keep it like that. Now, very important part you need to create later on Denise of everything. And we're gonna grab same colors that we used for our painting. But sago be not set. Right? So you're going to go and grab light shades. Because in reflection it's not set actually bride. Like not clear at all. Same pedigree and lighter color. And like said, we have our reflection and it's timed. Now Guys, our next step is we're going to add tiny details, texture, and shapes.
6. Adding texture : Okay guys, speaking about reflection, I want to merge all of it together like that. Now we have our reflection. And now speaking about sketch, I decided to merge all of it together as well. Because after his head, I actually want to start blend in some parts. Okay, how we're going to do that? We have our layer and I will press Select. And up to set. My suggestion is we going to grow and grab Terrell airbrush. And I will go and grab this. Let me think. Reddish color. And I want to use Terrell approach and change the color of my sketch to reddish, not entirely CI I just tap it like this. What I will have some shade. So now we're gonna go and grab this bluish color. And I want to change that color off my backpack. I will make it slightly lighter. Because our reflections should be set like Activate, set, reasonable, especially in areas where we have some water. And next step is what we promised you to do. We're going to merge together all our sketching layers like this. This is ours gauge. Okay, great. So our next step is I want to add some texture to our surroundings. I wanted to add texture to our Backpack, to our leaves and fuzzy set. I'm going to use my stamp brush for watercolor, simple one, simple stamp on. And I don't need to remove the transparency from our lives because I already finished painting and our stamp brush campaigned on a top of pretty transparent layers. So this is our leaves and I created one layer on top and I press clipping mask. Okay, now we have our stem brush. And now it means that I can paint on top of our lives. And I will not go beyond the lines. And I think I'm ready to lose that. And I think it looks very cool. So speaking about our backpack, what I'm gonna do is I will create one more layer on the top and I will press clipping mask, same, but I will switch to bow bubble stamp. So now as you see, I pay in jazz on the top of our careful here is a bird on the top of our backpack. I like the way how it looks. One within if you don't like the color, what else you can do? You can go to hue, saturation and brightness. And think about color variations that you might have at our backpack and pretty saturated. So I decided to keep it like that. Now we have our backpack and sports. It's, it's pretty nice. Need to create one more layer. And I'm going to add some white bubbles to her t-shirt as you see. And the rest I will just erase freehand. Cut into same here. And cut. And guys, what I think is that our births, I think we need to change the color of Sam because tubule. So in this way, you might keep it like that or you might go to Gradient Map, tap layer. And you might think about the colors. I like this place color. So I will keep Alexa, I don't want to have that gradient. I think it's better to have some such pride. And also gonna go to hue, saturation, brightness. And also you can play with colors. Yeah, we'll make some lighter and sago visit. Yellow.
7. Adding shades : Okay, Good. Dan does our birds. Now let's start adding differentiate. So I will create one more layer on the top if I is a promised. And I'll go and grab both of our. So guys in places where two objects are close to each other, we will have shaped like for example here. You might also have tiny sheet in these areas. Well, I'm gonna go and grab this reddish color. And I want to show some shape here. In this area. We also have unshaded on Denise made it to pink. You might also paint some shade here. T standards as part now red colored, little bit darker and lighter. Shade her hand from hair. Next, tool, pride. High Kcat. I like to play with different collaborations. What I did here, same with the darker color here. Now purple shade. Whereas the shadow in this way, can these areas well. So same, this leaves you can go and grab a little bit darker shade. Now we're saying this pink color, I think, and I want to add some shades to our leaves as well. But our plans. So I still have the shape here in this area. Head in parts where they're overlapping one with each other. The final detail I wanted to show tiny shades from a, from our plans include wish to show us shade here. Now the final is the last part, finer detail. And we're gonna go and grab the spray paints. And I want to add some freckles to our girl. So we're gonna go to our gold layer, create one malaria in a Clipping Mask Mode. Control the size and I want to add some freckles here. Remove the areas where they need to be like this. Okay, like that. And you can make them a little bit more saturated. Okay, Now she's very, very loudly. Same. You can add up to this part, this file. So we can merge together all our layers. Grab the airbrush, soft brush. Don't forget, your layer should be turning to multiply. And my suggestion don't color our drop. And say me kinda of his birth. To make some, a little bit more orange. Add some color variations to the birds as well. Here you can add some damage. I don't like the way how it looks. If you like, you might add more. Make it more colorful. I'm satisfied with what we have now guys, we can merge it together. So once again, CSVs shades, this is without cheat. If you want, you can duplicate it and make it more saturated. But for me, it's enough already what we have said, it would be too, too dark. So I will merge it together. Have to set idle, go to curves and tap layer. Make it more than mentioned holistic image that was before, that was after. Now it's way more brighter. And guys, and now you can call this piece finished. I hope you enjoyed our today's tutorial and now you know how to create characters and how to arrange different elements on a canvas in a beautiful way. I will look forward to see what you're going to create. You can tag me on Instagram, share it with me at Skillshare app and I will be happy to give my own feedback. So this is the end of our class, and I hope you enjoyed today's tutorial and now you created your own characters and you create a beautiful composition and another head that you see what you actually created. And let's see jazzy linear video.
Inga Yoon, Digital illustrator and teacher
