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1. Introduction on How to paint turtle in watercolours: Hi friends. I'm Alla, I'm a Sketch Illustrator
and water colorist. And they invite you to
a new Skillshare class, how to draw and paint
turtle in watercolors. In this class, I
will share with you step-by-step guides how
to draw the turtle, how to use the fluid mask, why we use it and
when we use it. And then we will start to
work with watercolors. In this class, you will
learn two main techniques. That's usually we
work in watercolors. First main technique,
it's wet on wet. Technique is very specific
because in this way we create really
beautiful transitions from one color to another. This is always the
same way we use to create one tone for
the background. We create the main
colors at the beginning. And then we will proceed
with wet on dry techniques. Wet on dry techniques are very
useful to create details, to understand more
about the shadows, mid tones, and so on. After we will paint with wet on wet and wet and
dry technique, the background, we will
proceed with the turtles. We will analyse the
turtle how it is, how to apply different details. And then this way you
will create a very beautiful there too on your own. Let's get started.
2. Supplies you need for the class: The supplies that you
will need to work with your turtle
will be this one. You will need a piece of
paper of watercolors. It should be 200
GSM or higher in density because you
will have to work with different
washes and the paper needs to not get
damaged throughout the work and as well that the transitions took
created small sphere. You will need a washi tape and the specific interface
that you can stretch up your
work in this way, it will be just easier for you
to work with what the cars and the paper is not getting
waiting for the drawing, you will need a pencil. Now. It can be an a B, or an HB. It depends on pencil unit. And you will need an eraser. These kinds of
eraser or this one. I advise to use any of these erasers but
try not to remove, really tried to remove
the lines very thin. And this way that the paper
is not getting damaged, that later on watercolors, you want to see
unpleasant things on it. Afforded the watercolor is D, All of this loop will
need some plain water and hairdryer because you will
need to try each layer. In this class. I will make use of
white mask, fluid mask. What it is for these fluid mask, we will use it for covering
the turtle in this way. That's why we're
working on the surface so that there is no
color coming up. On the third, it is
really important that you pay attention how
to use these fluid mask. We will need a
specific paintbrush. I advise you to use any
brush that you usually don't work with it and that you are
don't worry to get damaged. Before we start to
use fluid mask, please take some soap on this paintbrush so
bit well with the end, without removing the soap, you can take the fluid mask
and paint over with them on, on the paper wherever you need, leave the fluid mask to dry. But meanwhile, it
tries to remove kindly the fluid mask
from your paintbrush. This soap will help you to
remove the fluid Moscow well, and that the paintbrush stays, is not getting damaged. Throw the time anyway, it will get damaged. But at least it will last
you more times to use, if you want to use the soap and do will work straight away
with it being Russia, then you will see that the
foot mask, once it dries, it damages a lot to the
paintbrush and it is probably that the second
time you cannot use it. When you're working with
fluid mask as well, it is important that the
work dries completely, that you don't use the fluid to paint over the work once
the foot mask is still wet, because if not, the colors
will mix up with fluid mask. You will diminish the people, you will diminish it
the paintbrushes. And it wants stay well, once you have to move the fluid mask from
your paper as well, pay attention to take it kindly from the
paper because many times it can scrub and
demonstrated on it. So pay attention to
apply fluid mask. Nothing big quantities just
enough to cover the space. And that's it. Let's talk about the pain rashes or we'll need for this class. The first paintbrush. It is a fat brush with
which we will wet the paper to create the effect
of wet on wet technique. Then I will use f bigger
paintbrush around paintbrush. I will use squeal because this way it will take
more color in Ruby, easier to work on a bigger
surface and to create a smooth transition
in-between the colors. When I'm working with the highlights to create the
highlights on the paper, specifically for the light's
coming up into the sea. Or while we will
paint the turtle, I will create with plain water. Summer, I will remove the color. And to remove the color, I will use these flatband
brush synthetics. Why I use this kind
of paintbrush? Mainly because here
of this paintbrush, it is not as smooth
as a squirrel. And it will create really interesting
and beautiful effects when removing the color. It allows us to
remove it better. This way it is not
damaging the paintbrush. We will work smoothly little by little with
removing the color. And we'll leave the whitespaces. This paintbrush I want to use
to paint something only to remove the color when working on the details and on
the turtle itself. I will work with
these paintbrush. It is number six as
well, synthetics, basically because
it is not as smooth as square root and it allows
us to take more color, less water on it. And the details are more
defined in this way. Then about two watercolors. I will use my 36
pence of watercolors, White Nights, and the
blood that it comes here. In your case, I
advice you don't have 36 pence to use the GUI to have. And I will tell you the colors you can
then how to mix it up. Look whatever you have. You can also change the colors. You don't need to take
exactly the same blue or the same green or
the same brown color, just look what you have and
enjoy more of the process. You will also need
some tissues to create to remove
the excess of water off the green bush and to have a cleaner
paintbrush while working. I think that is e to, Let's get started with
the work and to enjoy it.
3. Drawing in pencil a turtle: In today's project, we
will talk about turtles. I really loved turtles
and I think that it's a great addition
for sea life class. And today we will try to make these beauty,
beautiful creature. And I use a to B pencil. You can use HB
pencil and my lines. I tried to make those
border thicker because I want you to see this
work Betsy in the camera. But in your case, please dry just to make the
lines as being a responsible. Because lately we will work with the eraser to remove the unnecessary lines and
to work with clean paper. Don't be afraid to apply
many lines at the beginning. It is again that we are
looking for the form. As I mentioned in my
previous classes, a good drawing is our best friend during the
whole process of painting. So don't think that we are wasting time by
drawing the painting. Now I will remove some lines. Even if it looks like I am
removing all the lines. Now what I will do after
making this sketch, I will just apply the lines, inner ones that will
guide me through out the work after I finished the June. Okay. Now I'm using an HB. So here we have the arm. Here, we have its feet. And over here I
have some sand and some of the gas over here. And we can start with
fluids mask to cover our beautiful turtle that we
can go later and work on it.
4. How to apply fluid mask: Now it's time for fluid mask. And as I mentioned in
my previous projects, I use the white masking fluid. I use it from Amazon. And before we use it, we take our paintbrush and apply some soap on
it to work later. If we are not applying the soap, it is more probably that the paintbrush will
be damaged faster. And we apply or fluid mask. To cover our beautiful thereto. All around, we will
work with a wet on wet technique and we need
that space to be covered. We will not apply over here. Water and fluid mask helps us not to have been
chunk of our data. So after applying fluid mask, we will wait it to dry and later we will start
the painting. Prepare your watercolors,
water and paint brushes.
5. First washes, wet on wet technique in watercolours: I'll fluid mask is almost dry and I'll start with
wetting the paper. For this, I used a flat
synthetic paintbrush and I covered all the
surface with plain water. Working properly the
water the space, where will be the water? And to take care not to go to
our third beautiful small. Now after waiting, I use red blue color and ultramarine. Ultramarine car. And we cover more space. Taking care, even if we apply
the red mask and turn on the turtle space over here
and just try to go close, but not applying on it. It is a k. That's
our paper to get wavy because they wouldn't if
we stretched it previously. It has to be it has to be stretched after it
was a wet mass, I stretched it on dry paper. So don't worry, if
it happens to you. I will apply some blue to our mix of Red Bull
and ultramarine car. All right. Good morning. And I applied too much color over
here at the beginning. And I want to make more light because we have
natural lights over here. And I want just to
remove how I do it. I take my water
with my paintbrush. I remove the water from the
paintbrush and gently moves. Remove the color. It is important to not apply with needs or too many times because the watercolor
paper will be damaged. And it will be really
difficult to work with. Here some lines. If I'm going too fast, please don't be frustrated. Just take your time. Stop my video and go
on your on your time. How you feel about it. Now I will take a tissue and we'll make a very
beautiful effect because I want to make
some lights coming. And for this, I use
already synthetic brush. And I leave white marks as I wanted to create this
sensation of having lighting coming to our beautiful
turtle and gently moves. Apply over here some touches. Now, I'm taking the same cover. We'll trim it in color and
adding some blue colors. And now it's a perfect
woman to create some waves because the
paper is still wet. And make these differences. I put, we'll apply
some indigo colors and gently moves. As you can see, I'm not rushing. I'm just taking moments. As you have seen already
on the previous projects. We firstly work on the water, on the underneath, and then we work on the sea life itself. More ultramarine. And we can add some
cobalt blue color. Very interesting, Coca-Cola. Take a small brush, Two more cobalt blue color. And intensifying
over here the waves, the waves become bigger. And if we are going
inside of the water, the water becomes darker. And on the surface
it is lighter. So obviously we have
more color over here.
6. Intensifying the background with wet on dry technique: Now I will take my
paintbrush, my synthetic, and will create more
differentiation of these light colors. As we're working wet
on wet technique, it is really
important to go fast, depending as well on the ward. Now on the watercolor
paper you use, if you use appropriate paper of 300 g/m² and it's
made of cotton, then you will not have to rush. These kinds of papers usually
resist to stay more time, wet and do not have to rush. Taking more glucose, more
intensity and color over here. Now I think it is a
perfect moment to try. And then to move forward with the water and to make
more darker spaces. Let's see how it turns after
drying it with a hairdryer. I have dried a little bit. Now. I still want to
make some lights coming. Now, getting more
intensity and color. I add more cobalt blue
colors, ultramarine color. And I take some interesting
data over here. I add some blue collar working on my water. Now, darker. We have here
very dark color of blue. And I will add even
indigo color with ultramarine cobalt blue colors. To make this space. Very dark. Now we will work on August that we have over here
and here and there. Triangle, wow. So I will take some English shrimp and some ultramarine colors. English shred Cynthia. Ultramarine or cobalt blue. Let's take some
quinacridone rose color. To make it more
interesting color. I need more intensity. And for this, I add more sepia color and
cobalt blue color. Taking some WooCommerce, I can add some neutral
black colors over here. Oh, cool colors. So here, over here, I used English rent sepia color, and we'll do marine and
cobalt blue colors. Here, I added to this mixture
as well, or click colors. And here I use
quinacridone rose color. So we're here. And now we will try it and
then proceed to work with our beautiful turtle.
7. First wash for the turtle: My difference, I removed
the fluids mask. I derived that it can already dried and we can
work perfectly on our total. I changed my water. I'm not mentioning it
always, but please. Every time we make
a change or we dress something and you need
to work on another object. On our picture. We
need clean water. Only if you use a really big or huge
recipient or the water, then yes, you can
tried to not know, you can not change it. Or if you are going anywhere
and you are working on the free on the internet
and bottom by the year then or on a sketch during your
jealous then of course, we're not changing
the word every time I'm putting these
projects. Yes, please. I took now remember color. I'm adding more watery and
I will apply on my total. And then we will add some modest predominant color sepia. To make a splint. I will add some
English red cars. To make the color
more interesting. Go over here. And then with taking case, I add two more on their color. On the turtle. What we do we use to look for different
or Crick colors. I will use more ocher
color over here. Very warm colors. English. Oh, group colors. Here. Now I will take a smaller brush and taking more color, sepia take we can begin
to paint the details. I'm try. Wow. I tried and at the same time I was applying overdo the details over here. And I used for these
English read with sepia. English, some ocher colors. I will add some yellow
ocher, cadmium yellow. Your mouse. And I will take some more sepia. And we will try to make
interesting with Mars color. They will try to make some interesting lines. That's what we have over here. I will add more raw sienna
color or yellow ocher better. To make these lines clear. I will take some
quick color one day adding more data. And let's go once again with Serbia and English red colors. More sepia.
8. Details, how to work on those to catch up the viewer attention: They can count trunk,
leg. Okay. All right. Take some yellows
and recoveries. Moving the intensity
for the colors. Music can see what it did
some all about the details. Interesting. Now as we already have some awkward and yellow
colors over here, what I want to do, I want to make some
spattering effect over here to create the idea that
we have some cent. We take color on the paintbrush. And later with our finger
applying small dots. We can take some yellow colors to make the work
interestingly enough. And I will take
some way to color. I have on my palate
to zinc white. I usually prefer to use wash, but here I thought
that it is followed in Detroit and white to color these were lovely addition to
create some air in the water. I tried the work and I think that there's
a proper moment. But two, you take
a look and to see where you have to
add some details. E.g. I. Saw that I have here
more whitespace and they don't want to hurt to have
it as well over here. Then I want to add some
yellow colors over here. And they have some white drops. Taking more brown colors. Sometimes it's
really important to stop the right moment and not to over paint
and everything, but I will do this now. Let's see what,
how are painting. Turns out. I'm really
happy with the result. I hope you are really happy to. And it will be marvelous to
see your projects over here. And the second, have
a look at those. The work is finished, so wish you good luck and let's see your
projects soon. Bye.
9. Last thoughts: In conclusion, I want to thank you to proceed with
all this class. I hope you enjoyed the
process of drawing, the process of
painting the turtle. And now what I would
like to ask you for is that you
share your painting, your joy with me and
with the community, it would be really helpful
to see your works and that other people who also used to paint in this
class that see your work. So thank you for watching
until the next time.
Ala Lopatniov, Illustrator & Watercolorist
