MASTERING LOOSE FIGURES for Urban WATERCOLOR: Paint People and Cars

1. Class Project: Hi, I'm MF. Welcome to the class. We will cover the fundamentals of loose simplified figures, an essential skill for urban set scapes. Forget complex anatomy. You will learn to capture people, umbrellas, cars, and motorbikes with fluid, confident breast strokes. Grab your pins, and let's dive in. 2. Painting Cars: First, we are finding the vanishing point by the perspective lines. After that, we are drawing the shape of the car windshield, who then the bottom of the car as seen in the image, if the car is on the left side of the vanishing point, you'll be able to see its right side more and opposite is also the correct. Okay. Then maybe there's something reflection from the left, okay? Something like this. And then we use dark pigment. This is not very important. Like you can use anything you want. Dark. The most important thing is the wheels and leave some white at the bottom of the car. Something like this. Okay? The left part can be bit darker since this is this part is taking less Sunshine. So since also we have some from the left, Yeah, something like this. So we have also shadow of this. Now let's paint the car on the right side. So again, light is coming from the left side, and this part should have sunshine, but this part maybe no. So I will paint very light right part. Then again, the color is not so important. So this is the front of the car. And again, without no hesitation, stronger pigment, wheels, like this. And then maybe also stronger Yeah. Okay? You know, maybe we can put a bit here. Soften this part, since it's taking some sunshine, okay? And also the veal. Then directly sunshine and shadow you know, you can add if you want this is coming towards us, but let's say it's going other side, so let's put maybe red lights, okay? And maybe you can also put something here. So this is car how to paint, how to simplify the cars. 3. Painting People: Here I am drawing the eye eline. Eyeline is a line that all heads of people are in the same level. And the main idea is just one head, shoulders, torso, and just shape of legs. It's a small person shown in the image, and this one is this bigger one on the left. Does the hat. And let's maybe let's put it with, like, color. Okay. This time, maybe we can paint at what we see a bit, you know, but not exactly. She has so you see. And then one stroke. And then immediately. So the important thing is that dry brush. How can you make the dry brush? Take loss of pigment, less water, touch on the sponge. See? Something like this. So the one in the background. Let's say it's coming towards us at different, okay? Then just jacket. Let's say he wears white t shirt. And you can also make, for example, One leg is just cut like this, okay? One is like this, so it gives you movement. And then maybe we can make one more. For example, let's say this is his face. So this is a bit straight, but then I make it a bit bending, okay? So it will give us the feeling of his walking from right to left. So again, strong pigment, like this. I mean. You see? Even maybe if you want, you can change it. Let's say, for example, maybe we can give him orange T shirt. 4. Painting People with Umbrella: So let's see. But let's should be a bit cornered, okay? Elliptic, but with corners. Something like this. And then called off this man and more stronger now again. And this one, let's make it dry rash, see? And then maybe reflections. This time, more water. Just repeat the similar color that we have on him, S. You can even soften it. That's all. Or maybe you can also darken some part of this umbrella. Another example. So in this example, in this example, we are not able to see the elliptic shape of the umbrella. Why? Because we don't see it from a top, you know, because he's holding this umbrella just in the middle. So let's say this is umbrella, okay? Kind of. So again, we don't see her entire head, but it's so important now. Then shoulders. And then, again, try wash, one of them. Practice. Then again, reflections. Even you can use some spray do. And even you can, this is going other side, so maybe we can give her a back like this, okay? Another example with the umbrella. This time is we see it from there from the side, not directly. So maybe then make it a bit in front of the car here, maybe. Again, top part should be a bit curved and like this. And then a bit kind of orangy for his face. Okay? And then one leg, you see, he's going to the left. Something like this. Even maybe you can give him something to hold the umbrella. If you don't if you want to color it, you can make it also with opaque color. So maybe just lavender on top of that. Okay? Or maybe a bit orange. You can also paint around and leave this umbrella white. 5. Painting Motorcyclists: Le, let's Maike Motorbiker. So you are able to see the image. So again, it's eye level, but since he's not standing, so we need to make it a bit lower. So this is helmet, right? Something like this. Then shoulders. And there's back here, but he will make it later again, something like this. And he's just sitting like this. This is the wheel of the motorbike. You can use, for example, this orange. You can use red as well. Or maybe you can use the trousers with lavender. Here. You see. And maybe light is coming from the side, okay? Then I'm taking a bit paint from the right side and then something like this. Okay. This is our examples. This is how I approach to it scene. So you can just practice a lot. You need to try to see how the people walking, running, and how they ride the motorbike or bicycle. You know, you need to check the cars, how they are located and so on. I hope that you like it. You can decorate it more. And you can make more exercise. Please upload your exercise in the platform, so I can check and I can comment it. Thank you.