From Harbor to Canvas: Sailing Boat Watercolor Magic

1. Intro: Hello, Artistic Cells. My name is Natalie and welcome to today's Water Color Vida lesson. Together we are setting sail on a creative journey, sketching aboard, glittering across the sea. With bold strokes, and the whimsical flow of water color, we'll capture the essence without getting tangled in the nitty gritty. Let's dive in, embrace spontaneity, and let our paints tell the story. Ready? Let's embark on this voyage of creativity. 2. The plot: Okay, today we will be drawing this particular scene. We'll sketch it in a simplified form, simplifying the drawing a lot. We'll remove all unnecessary details, leaving only the board and the water. I want to remove the background and the front boards to avoid any distractions. This will be a very quick lesson. I'll demonstrate how to make quick sketches that you can use when painting outdoors or when you don't have much time to draw. Let's get started. 3. Materials: First, I want to talk about the materials we'll be using. First and foremost, we need paper. I have cotton 300 ground per square meter. We'll sector it with paint a tip. If you're walking in a sketch book, you can manage without tape simply using a clip to hold the page. However, you can also use tape in a sketch book for a firmer hold, preventing the page from bending and make it comfortable to walk. Of course, we'll also need watercolor paints, a container with water and napkins for soaking up excess moisture. I use a slanted drawing board. If you have a regular one, you can simply prop it up with tape to create an angle. You will also need a couple of watercolor brushes, one larger with soft bristles for feeling and primary watercolor work, and a smaller one with a firmer bristles. Synthetic or caligraphy would be fine, but it must have a sharp tip. A pencil with an eraser, or needed eraser and the liner pen are also required. As for the palette, you can use a saucer. I have a lead from a pint set. 4. Colors selection: Now let's talk about the colors we'll need. I want this sketch to be minimalist, so I'll use only three colors, cobalt, turquoise, but you can substitute it with azure. The second color is indigerdarkblue. Can mix blue with black to get this shade. For this catch, two shades of blue are essential, a light and a dark one. You can choose any shade from the colors you have. The third color is red. For an accent drone, cadmium red would be perfect. I think a warm red will be more appropriate in this case. One of these reds complement the drawing beautifully, pairing well with the blues. I prefer this shade. It will brighten up the drawing, adding a warm daytime hue and vibrancy. It also blends beautifully with the turquoise, producing a lovely transition without muddying up. I always test the color on a small sheet before starting ensuring I can walk confidently with the chosen sheets. 5. Pencil drawing: The next step is to secure the sheet to the drawing board. I like to use Painter step because it's easy to remove afterward, you can buy it on any online marketplace or at a hardware store. Make sure to stick the tip evenly because once we remove it, it will leave a beautiful white frame around our work. Now we begin with a pencil drawing. Pay a bit more attention at this stage to get the board structure right and maintain the proportions, because the watercolor fees will be slightly more straightforward right now, the task is to beautifully transfer everything onto paper. First, we determine where our board will be and its size. The horizon line will be slightly below the middle of the page, but I don't want to define it too much below that horizon line will position the board. Each shape is somewhat like a triangle with a convex edge. For now, we'll just mark that space and see if we like it. Perhaps it should be moved a bit to the right or left. Currently, one side aligns right with the center. I'm not very fond of that. I'm slightly adjust it and make it a bit larger to maintain proportions. First, measure what's broader, width or height. The heat here is slightly different, but overall the sites are roughly equal. If you make the boat too large, there is a risk that not all parts will fit. I'm to replicate the details as in the photo. According to measurements, the height of the boat fits twice into this interval, which is just right. Now we strive to sketch the boat. The top part is an even, there is a rise here. Try not to replicate every detail meticulously, but rather generalize a bit. Ensure everything is level immediately, era what's not needed. Observe closely the top and bottom part are roughly equal. We can just split it in half, draw the railings, write them slightly above the box level to differentiate them. Check what other details need to be transferred carefully. Observe the shape, follow the lines, and transfer the features. Now focus on the upper part and its lines. We will later define these lines with the liner, But for now, they need to be marked. If it's challenging to do freehand a ruler, there is an additional beautiful rope here. It's essential to draw it. Let it be asymmetrical. It will add more interest. Don't forget to sketch the flag. Take a final look at it. Maybe you'll want to add or adjust something. We need to leave these two parts wide, the side and the top here. We will shade this part on the desk. And here is light shadow, the Master Seeker, which also needs to be indicated. That's it, the pencil drawing is ready. We move on to the watercolor, the most exciting and spontaneous part. 6. Watercolor: As I've already mentioned, I don't want to focus attention on the horizon. I'll create a smooth gradient from the sky to the water. The bright part will be here in the sky. And on the right bottom in the water, there will be a shadow around the board and will also mark the horizon with a darker color. To get beautiful, watercolor blooms are first with the entire surface. A wooden areas have planned to leave white. If you want, you can use an even larger brush to make it easier, but I want to show that in reality, a couple of brushes are more than enough for such a drawing. If water spills onto the board, carefully blot it with the tissue, because it's important to keep that area untouched to create a glowing effect. Let's start with the light shades. You can even imitate clouds not painting everything from but leaving gaps. Then two is mostly transitions into dark blue. For the shadow to the left of the boat, you can use a very tense paint because it will be the darkest pot in the sketch. We mark the horizon, the distance to you, and then make smooth transitions downward. You can till the paper to get horizontal water flow patterns. You can even sprinkle a bit and make prints. Or a dark color representing ripples. With such simple actions, we depict water in an interesting way without detailed drawing. If a puddle forms immediately, blot it carefully. I think there is a lack of accents here at the bottom. You can sprinkle on top to add more detail. Once the pan sets, you can sprinkle clean water for additional texture. It will also look effective to get smooth Beautiful traditions make a scene brush and draw shadows. I use blue for the shadows too. Here, a bit lighter, you can draw shadows from robes. Show traditions, but don't overdo it. Okay, there is something lying on the top here. I'll show it in broad strokes. I want to slightly shade this side, so I'll mix some red into the blue to get a slightly warm shade. Carefully merge it with the water. You can even add a bit more red strokes. I'll add them here now. The perfect time to sprinkle with just clean water. Sprinkle on the sea here you can let the clean water flow if the pin runs to the board. Carefully remove it and clean up. Well an additional water effect is created. The rest of the details can be done on dried paper. We need to draw the central axis, the mast. I'll use only those three colors I've prepared for you. I make the paint densely. I hold the brush further from its base to allow my hand to move more freely and to a straight line parallel to the edge. In some places it might not be fully drawn. That let there be a more defined edge at the bottom, we start drawing the details. If it's difficult to walk on a sheet that hasn't completely dried, you can slightly dry it with a head dryer. I'll try to do without it for now. Just be more careful. Currently, I'm rendering the details that I marked with a pencil. There is something lying at the back here. I'll mark that too. If it turns out to, you can blot it. A few more details. Now let's add some bright spots to make the sketch interesting. I want to make the red. I take the paint and with a single stroke, I try to draw the flag. Then I proceed to the red rope. I also take the paint and repeat its position. I also want to add some image red spots on the board. I also want to add a few with dark paint as the previous ones dried and disappeared. The watercolor walk is now finished. Now I suggest drying the walk with a head dryer so we don't have to wait too long. 7. Liner: The shirt has dried and all that remains is the final part, adding details. Let's start from the top and carefully render highlighting what we deem important and leaving out the secondary details on the flag. I want to show a bit more details. They also carefully draw the ropes with quick lines. Initially, you cannot outline them. Some lines can be dashed. Then carefully outline the mast and the deck. You can depict a node in general, just show what you want to emphasize and underline, but don't overdo it to maintain the sketch lightness and implied details which is especially valued in sketches. The final touches, I'll emphasize the central axis, the must. With that the sketch is done, the board is ready to set sail. Carefully remove the tape, ensuring the paper has dried. Otherwise the tape might damage the paper surface. Here is the result. I weight your drawings. Paint your unique season bots. Be sure to share your results. 8. Outro: It's your turn now. I eagerly wait seeing your masterpieces. And I'm always here to offer feedback and guidance, Dave, into the magic of Watercolor. Let your creativity shine, and don't forget to share your unique interpretations with our community until our next artistic adventure. Keep painting and expressing yourself farewell for now.