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1. Introduction: [MUSIC] Liquid watercolor
maybe you've heard about this type of watercolor
once or twice, but never really got to try it. Join me today as we
learn how to create fluid watercolor paintings like this using liquid watercolor. [MUSIC] Hi, everyone, welcome to my Skillshare class. My name is Joly and I'm a watercolor artist based
in the Philippines. I'm also known as Jolypoa
on Instagram right here. That's where I post
photos of my paintings, my time-lapse videos
and process videos, and anything related to art. One of the things why I love
using liquid watercolor is because of how beautifully
it spreads on wet paper, and also how intensely
vibrant it is. In this class you'll talk about the materials that you
need and you will learn the simple techniques
using liquid watercolor but we'll focus more on
the wet and wet technique. I have pepaired five
fun and easy projects that will help understand how
to use liquid watercolor. We will create
feathers, coy fish, jelly fish, loose sunflower, and a fluid style of
watercolor peony. This will surely be a
fun and amazing class, both for beginners and
for other artists who just want to try a different
type of watercolor. See you in my class.
2. Class Overview: [MUSIC] Hello again, this is
the class project overview. You might have seen the
five wonderful projects from the introduction video. It might seem a
little overwhelming, but you may choose to start with just one project for now. But I do suggest watching all the videos so that you can learn different techniques. This class, we'll focus
on wet-on-wet technique. It means that we
will be painting the shape of the subject
with clean water and then you'll drop in
some paint and just let it move and
flow in the water. This effect will produce a
fluid style of painting. I have lowered the brightness
of some of the videos in this class so that you can
see the water on the paper. If you don't have liquid
water color, don't worry, you can use your
regular water color, which I will demonstrate in
the feather number 4 project. To learn more about watercolor, you can also watch my class
called From Blobs to Blooms. Well, I won't keep you waiting. Let's head on to the
material section. [MUSIC]
3. Materials: [MUSIC] For the materials
let's start with the brush. I'm using the silver
brush Black Velvet and this is in Size 6 and 8. The bristles of
this brush is made of synthetic and squirrel hair. I love that it can hold a lot of water but
at the same time, it keeps its point. As you can see, this
brush is very pointy. For the paper we
are going to use 100 percent cotton paper because the paper really makes a big
difference in our painting. I'm going to use the Arches, 100 percent cotton paper. This is cold pressed and I also chose the thinner
version so that it's cheaper. This is 185 GSM. The downside is that it can be a little wrinkly when we put
a lot of water on the paper. But at least the
quality is still good, the painting will
still look nice, and what we can do is you
can just put some tape all around so that it
doesn't get wrinkly. Also to save money, I suggest buy a large sheet of watercolor paper and just cut it into smaller pieces like this. Another brand that we
are going to use in this class is the
Saunders Waterford. This is 300 GSM paper. This is thicker than the
Arches paper that I showed you and it's also
in a block style, which means that all
the sides are glued and you just have one portion
here that isn't glued. That's how you can take out one sheet of watercolor paper. The reason why the sides
are glued is that it keeps the paper from
being wrinkly when you put a lot of
water on your paper. You can definitely choose
a different brand of watercolor paper but I would suggest that you choose
100 percent cotton paper. I think that the Arches, 185 GSM has a good price. Next up, we need a
jar of clean water. We need a ceramic
palette and this is where we will mix
our liquid watercolor. You can also use an
ordinary ceramic plate. Then we need tissue paper
that you will use to block off the excess
paint in our brush. For the paint, we
are going to use the Art Philosophy
concentrated watercolor, so this is a liquid
type of watercolor. If you don't have a liquid
watercolor with you, you can definitely use your
regular watercolor paints. This is optional but in our projects you can also
add some metallic paints. This is the Metallic Accents from the Art Philosophy brand, and you can add some cool
details to your paintings. So now we're good with
all our materials. Let's now move on to
the next video. [MUSIC]
4. What is Liquid Watercolor: [MUSIC] Before we
head on to painting, let's talk about what a
liquid watercolor is. A liquid watercolor is just watercolor paint
in a liquid form. It comes in a bottle like this. When you open it up,
there's a dropper. What's nice is that
you can readily use the paint right here. I have my ceramic palette and I'm just going
to put a few drops. Then we can use this paint. What I love about this paint is that you can create some
really vivid colors. This is the pure form. You can get a really
nice green color. Then if you want a
more softer color, you can add some
water to your paint, and then you'll be able to
create a soft green color. Just like your regular
watercolor paint, you can also mix air
liquid watercolor. Let's try to make a peach color. I have here my pink paint. Then let's just try
to mix it right here. I'm going to introduce
a little bit of yellow. That looks a bit much. Let's add a few more pink. I think I'm just
going to use this. I'm going to put a lot of water because I want a really
peachy pink color. We have to be careful when we're adding yellow to our pink because there's a tendency
for it to become too orangey. I'm pretty happy with this. It's that easy. This is a very convenient paint. One more thing that I love about the liquid watercolor
is how it just spreads on a wet paper. We will talk more about that
in a separate video. [MUSIC]
5. Techniques: [MUSIC] Now let's move
on to the techniques and the first technique
is wet-on-dry. It just means that you have a wet brush and
the paper is dry. I'm using the Arches 185 GSM, this is cold press paper and
let's try to swatch this. I'm just going to grab this beautiful pink paint
from Art Philosophy. This is the color candy. It's a little similar to the opera color if you
have the regular paint. Let me just swatch this. As you can see, we can create a nice vibrant color
because it's not diluted, and later on, I will
show you what it looks like if we do the
wet-on-wet technique. Also with the wet on dry, you can create this
very clean edge. That's one of the characteristics
of doing a wet-on-dry. If you're adding details
to your painting, this is the technique
that you should do. Now let's move on
to the wet-on-wet. For the wet-on-wet,
it just means wet brush and then wet paper. We are just going to paint
some water on the surface. [NOISE] Let me show you the shine on the paper. This part is wet and I'm
going to drop in some paint. As you can see, you can create really soft
edges if you're using this technique and
you're actually going to focus more on this
wet-on-wet technique. Later on, you'll be
painting the shape of the subject with clean water
like just what we did here. I love how it just flows
just so beautifully, and this one will dry
with a soft edge. Now let's move on
to the wet-on-wet technique but this time we're going to use irregular paint. This is also from the
Art Philosophy line. This is the watercolor
confections in classics. I'm going to wet
this surface again. I just wanted to show
you what it looks like, so I wanted to show
you the difference between the two watercolors. Now let's grab some paint. [NOISE] As you can see with this
regular watercolor, it doesn't spread as much compared to the
liquid watercolor. But still, you can use this regular paint for
this class and I will be showing you how to
use the regular paint using the wet-on-wet
technique and the feather number four project. Now let's talk about controlling the paint because sometimes it's difficult to control the
paint on a wet surface. I'm going to show
you how you can control how your paint spreads. Let me just paint this
with clean water again. [NOISE] Then I'm going to rinse my brush and just
dab the excess water. Then let's grab some paint. Just going to drop it here. As you can see, the
way it spreads is quite minimal because we took out a lot of
water in our brush. This is a technique that
we will be using later on in the feathers
of class project. As you can see, you
get a round shape, but it doesn't have a hard edge because the surface
underneath is wet, so the paint just disperses
and you get a very soft edge. Putting colors
means that there's just a very concentrated
color on the paper, and you are going to
pull it using water or it could be another paint. I'm going to show you that. Let's start with the
pink paint again. I'm just going to
put a dot over here. Let me just tilt the paper, and then let's just rinse our
brush to get clean water. Here in my brush, I have clean water and I'm
just going to lightly touch this small dot
of concentrated paint. As you can see, the paint just flows
into my brush. It just follows the direction of the water that I have
introduced to the dot. This technique will be useful
for painting some petals or if you want to
add more details and you don't want to add a
lot of extra colors anymore, you just want to pull the
original colors on the subject. This is one of the
ways to do that. Right here, I'm
painting a petal. Let's try another one. Just going to paint a line, just a green paint. Now I have water in my brush, and I'm just going to flick my brush and just pull the
color from the center. This is just an exercise, and you can continuously rinse your brush to get clean water. All right, we are done. [MUSIC]
6. Feather 1: [MUSIC] Let's now use all
the techniques we have learned and apply it
to simple projects. For the first project, we're going to do
some simple feathers. I'm really excited because
they're really fun to paint. For this painting, I use the
Arches watercolor paper. For your paint, I use a concentrated liquid
watercolor from Art Philosophy. Just to show you guys that you can use regular watercolor, what we're going to do
is we're going to paint these three feathers using
the liquid watercolor. Then for the fourth one, we are going to use just
regular watercolor. Just to show you
that you can paint with your regular watercolor, I just find it easier to use the liquid watercolor for
this wet on wet technique. For this exercise, I just drew
some lines on this paper. It's just a guide, but you
really have to follow it. Then for the colors
of the first feather, we are going to use
wood and truths. I have dropped some
paint over here. We're going to paint
this one first. I'm going to dip my size eight round brush in clean water. Then we're just going to paint a loop using just clean water. So I'm going to paint
the outline first and then I'm going to fill in
the inside with water. For this video, I
had to turn down the brightness of the
video so that you can see the water on the paper
because it's very difficult to capture the water since it's clear and you won't be
able to see the color. I will try to leave a space that doesn't have water so that I can leave a
whitespace like this. Now, I'm just filling
it in with just water. I will try to tilt this so
you can see the reflection. It doesn't really have
to be a straight line. Just want a really thin center. You can also fix
the shape later on. We just want a rough outline for this feather and I'm just
going to paint the loop first. We're going to paint
this part later. I'm keeping it
really wet because I want the paint to really flow. This paper is arches,
which is really nice. It can handle a lot of water. Now here comes the magic. This is my favorite part. I have truth here. We're going to drop some paint. You'll just be amazed
at how it just moves in this wet area. Can you see that, so nice. We're just going to randomly
just drop some colors. Then I'm going to rinse
my brush and pick up the color wood. So let's add a bit more
blue over here at the top. Now I see that this
whitespace is too big. I'm going to rinse my brush and let's try to
close that up a bit. I'm going to add
more wood color. Don't be afraid to experiment. This is really a fun project. I am just helping out
the paint spread a bit more so we can
get a nice shape for the feather and for
the color I guess you can use ultramarine
for regular paint, almond then for the brown one, you can use burnt umber or sepia or Van **** brown is also good. Now I'm going to add
the details right here. I'm going to add
some sort of stem. I'm going to grab wood. Just pull that right here. I'm going to rinse my brush so that the water here is clean. I'm going to tap the excess
water and you're just going to create some wispy
strokes like this. So as you can see,
I'm just grabbing whatever color is in this area. I guess you can go into different directions. I feel like I want
to add a bit more blue just to add a pop of color. I love that for this feather. Every feather will
look different because when you're
adding paint, it just spreads all over the
place and you can't really predict how it will
move on the surface. That's what I love
about this exercise. If you noticed we have
some dots right here. They are dots but
they look faded. We want to achieve
that for this feather. To do that, we just need
to clean our brush, just rinse it with
water and then just dab the excess water. I'm going to grab some paint and we are just going to
drop it on the wet surface. I guess I'll just grab
this truth color. This is the blue color. Then just going to add a
little bit of the brown one. Then let's just try
to put some dots. This way the dots are
a bit more controlled. It doesn't spread as much because we don't have a lot
of water and our brush. This is a nice touch
to the feathers. Just gives it a bit
more character. Just randomly add those dots. As it dries, it will
fade away a little. Don't worry about that if it
looks too strong right now. So I'm just going to
add a bit more here. I think we're done, we're
done with our first feather.
7. Feather 2: [MUSIC] Let's move on
to feather Number 2. It's just the same technique we're going to create a loop. This is just clean water. For this feather, I just want it to be
elongated and a little thin. Thinner than the first
one that we made. I've just created the outline
and then I'm going to fill it in with
just clean water. Let's just slowly
close the center and just leave a very small area
that doesn't have water. Came pretty happy with this. Let me just show
you the reflection. Now for this one we are going to use some red and some
orange and also some black. I'm going to go ahead with a really nice shade the thread. This is called fire break and
then just spread so nice. Let's add a bit of tangerine, this orange, add it here. Then I'm going to add a
little bit of black right here and trying to be
more careful with the black because I don't want it to overpower
the other colors. Let's add some back over here and then if feel I want
to add a bit of yellow, so you can actually put the
paint straight on the paper. Just like so and
just let them blend together so we can help them out by just spreading the
paint using our brush. I'm just going to
quickly close this part. Let's add a bit of black at the base and then I'm going
to pull it to put the stem. Then I'm going to just rinse my brush and going to tap the excess water and I'm going to paint some
wispy strokes. All the paint in this area just came from the main feather. We're just going to pull it. As you can see, it's so nice because it's just
blending right here. I'm just tilting my brush
and only the tip is touching the paper so that I can create those nice thin strokes. I want to add a bit
more black right here just to make
it more intense. You can also add a bit
of orange over here. We're done with the
feather Number 2 [MUSIC]
8. Feather 3: [MUSIC] Let's now head
on to feather number 3. Every time I start
with a feather, I need to get some
clean fresh water, because the liquid watercolor easily stains the water jar, so I need to change the water every time I start
with a new project. For this feather, we
are just going to create just two parallel lines. This is just a guide. I'm leaving an untouched
space at the center. I guess I'm just going to
add a little bit of color to my brush just so
you can see it better. I'm just going to add some blue. I have to remind you
guys that you have to paint with this clean water. I'm just adding the blue color now just so you can
see what I'm doing. Then we're going to paint
some wispy strokes, like so. I'm just leaving
this side a little frayed so it just looks wispy. Let me just tilt this. I'm just going to
add a bit more. Then it merges at the top. Then let's do another
one on the right side. Don't worry, you can always
go back to fix this. If you're almost done with this, then you can drop some color. Let me just tilt this again. Now let's add some
really fun colors. This is the color
called Bora Bora. It does look like
a turquoise color, and it's also one of
my favorite colors in this set of liquid watercolors
from Art Philosophy. Then let's try to
drop in some orange, and then some pink. This is the color candy. I'm going to drop some paint
straight on the paper. Just let it do its magic. Then add some red over here. Every time I add a new color, I have to rinse my brush. Let's just add a more
concentrated blue over here. This is the color truth. You can use ultramarine
for this one. Let's just help this out. You can continuously
fix the shape. That's what I love about
this style of painting. Since this is wet and wet, you can still change the
shape while it's still wet. I think we can add just a
little bit of green right here. This is the color, see green. For the stem, I guess I can add the color with just a
little bit of black. This one, the dark stem. I'm just going to rinse my brush again because we're going
to add the details here. This has clean water. I'm just going to
pull the color here. That is just beautiful. You can add a bit
more blue over here. We are done.
9. Feather 4: [MUSIC] This is the
fourth feather, so I'm going to use the Art Philosophy,
Watercolor Confections. This is the current set and we are just going to paint
again with clean water. I'm going to paint
two parallel lines. Again, I added a
little bit of color to my brush just so we can
see what I'm painting, but if you're going
to do this at home, you have to make sure
that your water is clean and that it
doesn't have color. Now let's start
painting the feather. I'm going to add a bit more
color so that you can see it. Ideally we want a clean base
so that it doesn't mess with the real color that you're going to put on the feather, but since this is just a demo, I'd like you to see the
strokes that I'm making. Let me just tilt this so
you can see the reflection. I'm done with the base and
now let's grab some paint. What I did was that I just
put some water on top of the paint so
that it will become softer and easier to
pick up the paint. I'm just going to grab this
color first and just drop it. With the regular watercolor, it doesn't really
spread as much, but we can help it
out with our brush. Let's add some green over here. With this style, you do need a bit more patience because the paint
doesn't spread as much. Let's just spread this
and help this one out. I'm just going to close
this gap some more. As you can see, the
colors are not as vibrant compared to
the liquid watercolor. We can add some blue over here and you can make the sides more wispy. Let's now add the stem, I'm just going to use
a very dark blue. This is Payne's gray. Then I'm going to rinse my brush and make sure that
my brush is clean. This is just water, and let's just add
some more details and just pull those colors out. At this point, I'm just going
to show you something that you can add to your paint, and you can add
some gold details. What we can do is I can
grab some gold paint. This is from the metallic
accent of Art Philosophy. While this one is still wet, we can add some details, some gold details, and the effect is that
it will just spread and you will see
a softer effect. If you want a more
opaque gold detail, wait for this feather to dry before you add
the gold detail. But right now I think I
want a softer effect, just a little glitter. I think I'm happy with that. One more thing if
you want to add some dots like this one, we can add this down. Just make sure that
your brush is gray, and then let's grab
some Payne's gray. Just put some dots and just
let it spread a little. I think we are done. It's so easy, right?
10. Jellyfish: [MUSIC] Let's paint a
jellyfish like this. Again, I just painted this on student-grade
watercolor paper, but for the final project we are painting on Saunders Waterford. This is 100% cotton paper and
I am using a round brush. Let's start by painting the part of the jellyfish
called an umbrella. This is the umbrella and I am going to just get
some clean water. Again, we just need to paint on the paper with clean water. We can start with a letter C. Just paint the
outline of the umbrella. Let me just tilt this so
you can see the reflection. Now I'm slowly filling it
in with some water inside, but I think I need to
add a little bit of blue just so you guys can
see what I'm painting. But if you're going
to paint this, make sure that you're
using just clean water. Thank you. I think I'm
going to add a bit more blue just so you can see it. Then for this part, you're just going to
wiggle the bottom. We can still fix that later. Now I'm going to prepare
some colors that I will be using and I have decided to
use the color Bora Bora, and it's a turquoise color
and I'm still going to add some ultramarine, so this is truth. We are just going to
drop in some color. This is going to
be really pretty. I just love when it
spreads, so nice. You could just play around, just let it spread. You can also fix the shape. You can also tilt
your paper if you want the colors to move
in a certain direction. It's going to add a bit
more blue at the bottom. Then let's have that out. Let's just use our brush, just move it around. I think I'm going to
add this color clarity just to make it
more interesting. I think I like that. I'm just going to fix this. Looks very pretty. Now we are going to paint
what we call the oral arms. That's the roughly part and you have these thin lines which are called the tentacles. Let's start with the oral arms, and I'm just going to
clean my brush and we're just going to make
some wiggly strokes. I'm just going to
keep this one loose. We can also leave
some spaces right here that doesn't have water. I'm just going to
keep it quite loose. I'm just tilting
my paper so that you can see the reflection. Now I'm going to attach it to the umbrella so that it
will just flow like this. Now I'm just going to
add a bit more water just to let it flow. I'm going to add a
bit more color to my brush so that you can
see what I'm painting. It's a little difficult to
capture just clean water. Now we have some paints flowing and going
to help that out. I think I want to add a
bit of the Bora Bora or turquoise and you can also
add a bit of the truth color. This is like an
ultramarine color and one more color that
I love adding to jellyfish is just a
little bit of green, so this is called lucky. I like the names of the art philosophy,
liquid credit color. I'm just going to drop it and we just want it
to be quite loose, so I'm just adding water. Don't be afraid to
add water because it will make your painting
look more fluid. I think I'm okay with
this, the oral arms. Now we want to add those
thin lines or the tentacles and I want them to be a
little bold in color. Just going to dab my brush so I can get a more
concentrated color. We're just going to
create thin lines by doing this to our brush. You just want the tip of the
brush to touch the paper. I'm going to add Bora Bora. I love that effect. I'm going to do that again. Now I'm going to clean my brush. Now I want to add just water. Just let the colors flow. I'm just grabbing
paint from here. Another thing that
you can do is to grab some paint and just
splatter it like this so that you can get a more loose interpretation
of the jellyfish. Just adds a bit of character. I love adding these splatters. We just have to be
careful when you're doing this because it can get
all over the place. Make sure that you
have a cover on your table so that you
don't stain your table. I'm pretty happy with this, but I want to add a bit
of shadow over here. I guess this can
add a little bit of black to the blue color. Just going to drop
it right here. Let's just add some more. I feel like I want to
just fix the shape. I love how loose it
just looks, so nice. Definitely, you can
experiment with this. You can add different
colors if you want. You can experiment with some
pinks and some violets, so it's all up to you. This is just a
really, really fun project. We're done. [MUSIC]
11. Koi Fish Part 1: Let's start painting koi fish. I'm going to show you my sketch. As you can see, it looks a little
patchy because I painted on student grade paper. I just wanted to show you guys that the paper
really matters. Sometimes when you're
disappointed with your painting is not
really your fault, sometimes it's the
fault of the paper and sometimes the
student grade paper just cannot handle
a lot of water. Let's start painting
on this one. This is 100% cotton paper, and this is from the
brand Saunders Waterford. For the first part, we are going to
paint the shape of the koi with just clean water. So we can definitely use a
pencil to draw the shape of the koi fish so that
it's just easier to know the shape
of the koi fish. But if you don't want to
use your pencil, it's okay. The first step is to
just grab some water. Let's just start painting the shape of the body
of the koi fish. I do like starting
with just an outline. Let me just put a
little bit of color in my brush so that you can
see what I'm painting. But it's better to paint with
really just clean water. The shape will look
a lot better if you tilt the body of
the koi fish like this. I'm just adding a lot of water. Don't worry about the shape, you can definitely try
to fix that later. You can add the tail. I like to keep the
tail really loose. Let's just paint some S curves. You don't really
need to add a lot of tail because we can add some more later
when there's color. Pretty happy with the shape. Now let's move on to putting
some color on the koi. I have here the firebrick or the red color from
the Art Philosophy 9, and I also added in some
tangerine and orange red. I'm also going a bit
of yellow later. Let's start with this red color, this beautiful red color. Then I think I feel like I
want to add a bit of yellow. Let's just move this around. You also still want a bit
of white paper underneath. You still want to see
that in this koi. Let's add a bit of black. Koi fish has some really
nice black patterns. Let's add some more over here. I'm trying to be really careful with the black because I don't want
it to spread so much. Let's add a bit more here. You can just add the mouth and just paint a
thin line over here. This is just an artistic
interpretation of the koi so we don't really need to
follow all the details. Then I'm going to rinse
my brush and I'm going to add some fins over here. I think I'd like it to be a
little gray so I'm going to add just a little
drop of black color. Let's add some more fins over here and a little
bit at the black. Then for the tail, let's just add a bit of blue. This is optional. I do like it to be a little whimsical so I'm adding a bit of blue and just let it flow and you want
this to be so fluid. We can do that by
adding a lot of water, a lot of paint. Of course this is optional if you want to
add those blue colors. I feel like I need to
add a bit of black over here just to balance
this one out. Maybe just a tiny
bit of yellow over here just to brighten
up that area. You can use your
brush to just move some of the colors if
it doesn't feel right. I feel happy with this shape. Let's move on to
the next koi fish. Now we have to change our water.
12. Koi Fish Part 2: [MUSIC] We're now on
the second coy fish, and I'm just going to grab some clean water and let's just paint the
shape using just water. I'm going to add a little bit of yellow just so you can
see what I'm painting. This is really, really fun. You can add different colors. I'm just going to sway the body. Just remember that this is just a loose artistic
interpretation of the coy. It might look a
little different. I think I'm happy with
the body of the coy fish. I think I'm just going to
adjust the shape later. For this one I think I
wanted to be mostly yellow. I'm just going to grab
the yellow paint. This is the color taxi from
the Art Philosophy line. Let's try to drop in some color, and we'll try to zoom it in
so you can see it better. Let's drop in some yellow, and just let it spread. I think I want to
add a bit of orange. Then we're going to
add black later. Let me just fix this area. Let's add the mouth. Then I'm going to
add a bit of black. [MUSIC] We're going to spread it a little, and then since we did not
paint the tail awhile ago, we're just going
to pull the color. Love that. Just
flows so naturally. That's why I love
leaving the tail less, and also the fins. I'm just adding a bit of blue. Again, this is really optional. You can change the color. I added too much yellow. I'm just going to fix that. We can now add a bit of blue. I'm just adding water, just letting it flow. You can also tilt your paper
just to let the colors flow. Now we're going to add
the fin right here. Now let's zoom out. I feel like I need
to add a bit of red, just a pop of color. Just going to add
a bit more black. Because it got faded over here. You want it to be
really, really intense. Just try to bring in the colors, just bring it back. Now let's just put ice on the coy fish and you
have to be really careful. I'm going to use black, but I made sure that
I plotted my brush, to take out the excess water, because I don't want the
black to spread so much. Let's just dab, and just grab a
little bit of black. You have to be really careful. [MUSIC] I just put a dot right here. Is a tiny dot, so that it doesn't
look too overwhelming. Then let's just add a bit
more definition over here. I'm adding a bit more orange. [MUSIC] We're done. Another suggestion is to
add some gold details. You can add this, while the paint is still wet. Sometimes you just
want a little shimmer, so we can just add it here. You will make your
painting look prettier. But this is completely optional. We're done. [MUSIC]
13. Loose Sunflower Part 1: [MUSIC]. I'm really excited to start this project
with you because we're going to paint
this loose sunflower. To start the class we
need a 100% cotton paper, this is Saunders Waterford, and this is nine by 12 inches. I just drew a circle right here. This is roughly six centimeters. Right now I'm just going to
grab my size 8 round brush. Let's just grab some water. I'm going to paint this part. Just a round shape
with clean water. I guess I can try to zoom it
in so you can see it better. Let's just wet this
part right here. We're going to do a
wet-on-wet technique. I think I'm happy with this. Then you're going to grab
some black liquid watercolor. Because I don't want
the liquid watercolor to spread so much, I'm going to just dab my brush and take out
the excess water. Then let's just dip it
here in the black paint. Can you see that it
just spread so fast? Let's just be
careful when adding this black color because it's difficult to undo this part if you put
too much black paint. Now I'm going to just rinse my brush and then let's
just grab a brown color. You can use, this color is called wood in the Art Philosophy,
liquid watercolor. But if you don't
have this color, you can try using
burnt umber or sepia, that would be a good
alternative as well. I'm just painting a ring of color outside the black paint. Then let's rinse our brush
and grab the color coffee. If you're using an
ordinary paint, you can use burnt sienna. I'm going to mix my color with a little bit of
orange just to make it a little warm
because I don't have the exact color of burnt sienna. But burnt sienna would
be the perfect color for this because I'd like
to get that warm brown. I'm just adding all
around this area. Right now, I know
it looks funny, but it does look like the eye. It looks like an eyeball. Maybe you can do this technique if you're
painting an animal. I'm going to try to wet as much area on the
outer part as much as possible because I'm going
to paint the petals and I want the paint to just
flow into the petal. Then you're going to
grab some yellow. This color is called taxi, but you can get any
medium shade of yellow. I'm just going to
paint some s curves. We can rinse our
brush and just paint with water and just let it flow. We also add a little
bit of orange. As you can see some parts
are getting dry already, but you can fix that in a while. I just want to finish
painting this yellow petals. Let's continue to
paint some s curves. One other color I love to add to any yellow flower
is a violet shadow. I'm just going to dilute this. You want a really
faint color of violet. We're almost done. I think I'm just going to add
a little bit of orange to some petals and some purple. Now let's add some
more color over here. I'm going to use
the color coffee. This is almost similar
to burnt sienna. Just want to bring
back the color. Then you can also
add a little bit of the color wood to
make it deeper. I'm going to rinse my brush and just to give it a pop
of color in the center, I'm going to add a
little bit of green. You can use sap green if you're
using regular watercolor. I'm just going to add some green all around this black part. In some areas, we can fix this brown part. In some areas, it's
spreading too much. I'm just going to
clean my brush. This one has clean water and I'm going to dab
it and let's just fix some areas and lift some of the colors that we
don't really want [MUSIC].
14. Loose Sunflower Part 2: [MUSIC] Just to blend
everything in the center, I'm just going to
dab my brush and let's just blend them using
just the tip of my brush. Because it's feels the
center is separated from the outer circle, I want them to blend a little. I'm having that and you can just go back later to
add more petals, and right now I'm going
to grab some green paint. This is called three in the liquid watercolor
art philosophy. We're just going
to add the stem. Then let's try to
add some leaves. I'm just going to try
to do a side stroke. I'm just going to tilt my
brush and use the side of my brush to create this leaf. We'll do the other side. We're just going to slide our brush and then
move it downward and then start lifting so
that you can create that thin, pointy tip. You can also add a little
bit of brown to your green to make it a
little more natural. Now let's start adding a
few more yellow petals. I want this to
look really loose. Just pretend that you're
dancing with your brush. You're going to try to add a
little bit of violet petals. Now let's move on to
painting the background. I just grabbed some
clean water again. You're just going to paint some clean water
on the background. This job will be easier
if you had a flat brush. Great. I'm just
using my round brush and just paint all
over the background. Can you see the reflection? I'm going to paint over
the petals because I don't want some of the petals to
just fade into the background. It will look more
fluid that way. Also it will look
more expressive. As you can see, I've
smudged some area here. That's okay. You
actually want that. I have prepared some
violet color over here. I'm just going to drop it on the background, just like so. I'm moving in one direction, just in this angle. We can also add some splatters. I'm going to grab
some yellow and we're going to put some
splatters over here. Just tap your brush like this. Add a little bit of
orange splatters. [BACKGROUND] You can
also add a little bit of yellow in this part. We can experiment with the background and just add
any color that you like. [BACKGROUND] You're almost done. I'm just going to go
back in to this center and I have the color
word which is umber. I can get some sepia,
that's also okay. Just going to add a bit more
definition to the center. This is optional. You can leave it as is. But if you want more definition, you can add more color
around the center. I'm just putting
some small dots. I think we are done. Congratulations, you
have now finished painting a loose sunflower. I love how expressive it looks, and I'm really excited to
see your projects. [MUSIC]
15. Fluid Style Peony Part 1: [MUSIC] So we're going to paint
a fluid style of peonies. Right here, this is
just a sketch that I did and I painted it on, so I did create
watercolor paper. So you can see
that it's a little patchy, but that's okay. It's just for practice. I also wanted to show you guys
my reference photo and I'm going to put the link in
the project resources. So this is a photo by
Alaskapeony on Instagram. A lot of you would ask me, how do I start painting based
on the reference photo? So right here we
have two flowers. Usually when I paint a flower, I start right here
in the center. So this is where the
petals are coming from. So we are going to start
right here and we're going to move outwards
from the center. So think of it like
a cup like this. Then we can paint the
petals over here. So this one is going
to face downwards. For this style, we are going to paint with some
clean water first, and then we're going to
drop in some pink color. So let's start painting. We have here the
color candy from the liquid watercolor
line of art philosophy. You can also use permanent rose or mix it
with a little bit of opera. So we are going to paint some petals using
just clean water. But because it's difficult
to see it on the paper, I'm going to put a
little bit of pink to my water just so you can see the strokes that
I will be doing. So the start bit. Well, it would be
best if you can save this photo in your phone
or you can print it out. I'm going to put a
small dot over there. That will be my guide. So this is going to be
at the center or this is where the petals are
going to come from. So let's start to paint. So I'm going to
add just a lot of water so I can move around the petals and
I can adjust the size. So you can hold your
brush at the end of the handle just to
keep it quite loose. We are first going to
paint some cup right here. I'm also trying to leave
some white spaces. These are spaces that
I did not paint on. So now that we have
the cup over here, let's add something on the
top just to close it up. So I'm just painting
lightly and I'm trying not to paint some
big and broad strokes. So we want to build
those strokes or try to paint some small strokes like this so that it's
easier to adjust later on if you feel like the
shape isn't looking right. So I'm keeping all
the petals quite wet. So just remember that
you're supposed to paint with a clean water. So now you're done
with this part. I'm going to just let
you see the reflection. So now let's add the
petal right here. So now I want to add the
more concentrated pink. Then you're just going to
try to move this around. You can also add a
little bit of yellow to your paint so that you can create a nice peachy pink color. So let's just mix this up. Then we can add a
little bit of purple or pink just to create a deeper shade of color and to add some
shadow to this area. We're almost done
with this flower and then we'll proceed
to the second flower. I'm just going to drop in a little bit of
yellow right here.
16. Fluid Style Peony Part 2: [MUSIC] We're done
with the first flower and we're going to
move on to this one. Let's again start with some
petals using just water. Right now I added a
little bit of pink to my brush so you can
see what I'm doing. I'm painting a big
petal over here. Let's try to add a
few more stroke. [MUSIC] We're just
creating that cup. Then let's just close this one up with some quick strokes. I wanted to add more
petals from this side. We're going to add
some broad strokes. Still, let's try to put some whitespaces just to
separate all those petals. I'm going to extend
the petal until here, just so they will
blend together so the two flowers will
look more cohesive. We can add a bit
more on this side. Now let's add the bottom part. I'm leaving this part white; not going to paint on this area. Now let's add the color. We just want this to
look really loose. I'm going to add a
little bit of yellow to my pink to create
a peachy pink color. I think I'd like to add
something over here; a bit more color just to create that shadow. As you can see there's a
darker part over here, so let's just add a
more pigmented pink. You can also add a
little bit of red to your pink to give
it a warmer color. We can add a bit more
here and also right here. Because this is still wet, we can continuously make some
of the petals bigger and without making it look
obvious that you just added more volume to the flower. Then let's now use
our green color. You can use sap green
if you have sap green, and lets just add the stems. I love that this area
just blends together. We can also add a little
bit of brown to our green to create a more
natural green color. That's why it's nice to
work quite fast when you're painting this type
of loose florals, because you want the flower
to still be wet when you add the leaves so that you can
get those beautiful blends. I guess you can add a few more stems
sticking out and then also hear some leaves. [NOISE] I think we
can add some buds I'm just going to press
my brush and then lift and then add one
more stroke on the left, another one o the right. Then you can grab a bit more green and just add
it right here. [NOISE] I feel
like I want to add a bit more color in this area, so I'm going to add a
bit of red and some purple just to give
it that extra punch. Also right here and also here. Then you can just
clean up some of the edges that doesn't
look that good [NOISE] We lost the separations
of petal here, so that's why I painted
a stroke over here, just to give that impression
that it's a separate petal. [MUSIC] I think we
are done. [MUSIC]
17. Final Thoughts: [MUSIC] We have reached
the end of the class. I hope that you've enjoyed
watching this class. I have uploaded all the photos of the class projects that
we did in this class, in the projects and
resources section. Do check that out and you can download it as your
reference photo, or you can also find
some free images on the website called Unsplash. When creating the
class projects, you can practice on
student grade paper, just like what I showed you, but just remember that it
will look a lot better on 100 percent cotton paper as
it absorbs the paint better. Usually, with
student-grade paper, the paint just sits on top and it gives you that hard edge. I would suggest using 100
percent cotton paper. I would love to see what you
can create from this class, so choose your favorite
project and paint it and upload it in the class project
section of the class. Or if you're going to
upload it on Instagram, do use this hashtag so
that I can see your work. Lastly don't forget to follow me on Skillshare
so that you'll be notified via email every
time I upload a new class. That's it. Remember that
practice makes progress. Happy painting. [MUSIC]