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1. Introduction: Hello, everyone. Welcome
to my skill chair class. So today, we will be going
to paint a beautiful, simple sea life
watercolor painting. So if you're new here,
I'm Ajit Muhammad, and I teach simple
watercolor paintings, and these are especially
for beginners. And all the classes I'll be teaching about watercolor
paintings are all beginner friendly to help everyone get a
beautiful result of their watercolor paintings and achieve their new
watercolor painting skills. So for today's class, we will be doing sea life
watercolor paintings. So the underwater
animals I have chose are starfish,
Seahorse, jellyfish, Turtle, seashell,
Nemo and Dory fishes, which are the clown fish
and blue tank fish. And finally, a simple whale. So I have chosen the simple watercolor
underwater animals, and I hope you will
enjoy this class. So let's get started.
2. Watercolor Starfish : Let's start with
painting a starfish. We are going to use the
wet in wet technique. So I'm going to be using
the size eight brush. For the wet in wet technique, dip your brush in the water
and apply it on the starfish. Don't get it too wet. It should be shiny wet. Once satisfied, let's fill
it in with some colors. So for this starfish, I'll be using purple. So I'm going to be filling this purple color on
the outer sides of the starfish and blend it in with some other
color in the center. So now I'm choosing this bright pink from my
palette and filling it in the center and blend
it with your purple. Usually, with the
correct amount of the water added for the
wet in wet technique, the blending of colors are
usually very simple and easy. And continue filling in some blank spaces and
do some final touches. And if you don't feel satisfied, let it dry and go
for a second layer of painting using the same
wet in wet technique. And once finally done, let it dry completely. So now we'll be
giving the starfish some detailings to start
out with the detailings. You need a lighter color than your base color to
enhance the look. So for my starfish, I'll be using the brightest or the lightest
shade of the pink, which is like around
a blush pink, and I'll be mixing it
with some regular pink. Remember that the color
should be a very light color. Either you take a purple
or blue or green, let it be anything, but it should be
the lightest shade. So now, fill in the center of the starfish with
the lightest color in a circular motion. Continue with the same color and add some tiny dots on the sides. Make sure your brush
is not too wet in this process as the tiny dots
are like a minute detail. And now in the center, I'll be adding a
orange beach color and properly blend it in. So while blending this
orange with the pink, don't forget to use some water to blend it evenly and
distribute the colors. And a quick tip for
anyone struggling with using too much of
water during blending. Remember that you
can simply just dip it slowly and softly
using a tissue paper. And now use the
same light color to fill in the dotted
details on the sides. This is the blend of
the peach orange and light pink I'm using
for the highlighting. Make sure your brush
is not too wet during this process as the dots need to be a little
more detailed. And once you're
satisfied, let it dry. Now, once the starfish is dried, you can see that the
colors have become darker and now I'll be using a brush that is smaller than the
brush we used before. As a final detail, I'll be using a white pigment. And for this, I'm using
this white paint given. Start by adding a row of dots on each side
of the starfish. And add a.in the center
of the starfish, and after that, you can go also for a second
layer of white. And this is our final result. Now, with some few
techniques that I've let's go to
the next painting.
3. Watercolor SeaShell, Seahorse : Now, we are going to
paint a sea shell. For this, I'm using
the brush size eight, and we will be using the
wet in wet technique again. I'm using purple again. Feel free to choose
any color you want. Add a little bit of
purple to the water and start filling in your shell. You should attain that shiny wet look for your first layer. So when the painting
is still wet, we are going to be adding
a darker color of choice, and in this case, I'm using a darker purple to
fill in the color. So for this sea shell,
we are going to start from the inside
and move outward. Now here, I'm trying to slightly blend it with
the outer lighter edges. Once you're done, let it
dry for a few minutes. Now once it's dried around 90%, let's add the outline. For this outline, you can choose the darkest color of
your color palette. So I'm going around the
darkest purple I can find. But make sure your
darker shed is not closest to the color of b. Remember to use less water
and more color during an outlining process for
giving a sharp detail. And once complete,
we are going to use the same shade of color to
fill in our shell design. And for this process, we'll
be taking more amount of water to give it a wet finish look rather
than a dry crispy look. So we are going to be moving our brush in that
zig zag movement. I'm showing you. And we are going to paint in such a way that while we reach
to the center, the strokes get thinner and thinner giving that
triangular look. If you don't feel like your
pattern is dark enough, we can always go for a second layer once
it's all dried up. So now I'm going to be
spinning up the process. And this is how your
seashell should look like. Now, we are going to be moving
on to one of my favorite, which is a sea horse. And the colors I'll
be using to paint my sea horse are
orange and pink. And we'll be using the wet
in wet technique again. So now, fill in your sea
horse with a layer of water. Make sure it's not too wet by making it into that
perfect wet shiny look. So now I'm going to be taking my orange pigment and start
painting the head first. So in this technique, of course, since it's wet, you'll
get that bleeding effect, and that's what we want. And with that same orange color, I'll be filling up the belly and the tail
of the sea horse. So once I'm done
with the orange, I'll be taking the pink and filling up the rest
of the sea horse. So during this
painting technique, your sea horse wet and
to ensure that make sure to paint it with the water correctly and
during the first layer. Now, once you're done with
the first layer of color, continue painting
your sea horse with more pigment until
you are satisfied. And also, since this
painting is wet, you shod softly blend both the colors because
with harsh movements, you could destroy
your paper texture. So once you're finally satisfied with the
color, let it dry out. Now we'll be going in
for the detailings such as the eyes and the
body structure. Starting with the eye, I'm using a pinkish red color which complements both the
pink and the orange. So for your sea horse, you can choose the color up
to what you have painted it with and start with doing
this opposite sea shape. And after that, we are going
to be taking some water and blending our outer corner of the sea with the
head of the horse. And now let it dry
for a few minutes. Meanwhile, let's
add some texture to the sea horse's body. For the detail to
be soft and subtle, I'm using a white pigment. So we're going to do these
horizontal lines and make sure you have more of paint than water in order to
prevent bleeding. Now, as the head of the
sea horse is stride, I'm going to be adding the
eye using a black paint. And now the eye of the
horse is complete. Now with the same white pigment, we'll be giving
some tiny details in the heads and
in the nose area. Now our watercolor
sea horse painting is finally complete.
4. Watercolor Jellyfish, Sea turtle : So now we are going to
be painting a jellyfish. Take the lightest shade in
the color of your choice and start by giving an outlining
to the jelly fish's head. So for this outlining, we are going to
take more of water. And now we are filling in the head with that
same light color. I'm using light pink
for this jellyfish. Now, we are going
to let the painting dry for a minute or
lesser than that. And we are going to go in and
add a little more pigment, but with the same color and
finish the outer edges. And now I'm starting to add the darker shades of the color. I'm painting it in
such a way that the top left corner of the jellyfish is where
the bright light hits at. So then the top left corner
of the jellyfish is brighter. And now we are going to add in our darker shade
in this painting. In this case, I'm
using the purple. So we are going to paint
the bottom and move our paint upwards in such a
way that the darkest part of the head is the
bottom right and the lightest where the light
as is at the top left. So now I'm adding in the darkest shade and
the lightest shade and blending it down to start
the painting of tentacles. So now here, I'm
blending the colors even to not give
any sharp points. So for the tentacles, I'm taking a slightly
thinner brush. Since this is where we are
giving in the details, remember to take more
of pigment than water. And to start off, I'm taking
the darkest shade I'm using And now I'm filling the tentacles up with
the light purple. As the tentacles dry up, I'm adding in more layer of tentacles to give it the depth. Oh. So right here, I'm extending the tentacles as I feel like
I've made it too short. So as you can see, the extended
part of the tentacles are more less wet than
compared to at the top. This is mainly for
the expression of more dense and
less dense look of the tentacles and our
jellyfish is finally complete. Next, we are going to
be painting a turtle. And for this turtle, I'm going to be
taking a blue color. Okay. So now we are going
to fill in our turtle with the base layer of more
water to less color ratio. Once you have filled
up the turtle, we are going to start with the patterns in
the turtle's body. So let's start with
its arms and legs. So I'm taking a
slightly darker blue and starting in
with this pattern. So this is mostly a
freestyle pattern, but make sure your patterns does not get mixed with
each single patterns. To ensure that the patterns do not bleed and blend
with each other, make sure you take
less amount of water. Now once I'm done with the arms, I'm moving on to the legs. And now, fill in the
sides of the shell. So before filling in the shell, we are going to fill in the neck and the top
half of the head. And now we are going to move on to the biggest
part of the turtle, which is the shell. So we are going
to be painting in a huge block of pentagon, since the shells have huge
pentagonal structure. So if you feel like it
is difficult to think and draw in the pentagon, think of it as a football
and paint in the shape. And in the sides of the shell, make sure to give it as a
half shape of pentagon if you can't fit in a whole shape
to have a realistic look. Now, I'm painting the
eye using a black paint. I And also filling up some details above the eye. And finishing it with some
final touches here and there. And that's how easy
it is to paint a watercolor sea turtle. Oh.
5. Watercolor Nemo and Dory: The next animal we're
painting is Dory, also known as blue tank fish. For this fish, since it's small, I'm using the si
seven brush again and we are going to use
wet in wet technique. All the paintings
we have done so far is done by wet
in wet technique. This fish is blue in color, so I'm going to take
the darkest blue. If you don't have the
dark blue pigment, you can always follow the
old school technique of mixing a tiny bit of black
with your light blue color. Okay. And once you're ready
with the dark blue color, dip the tip of your brush in
water and start painting. Before that, I want to
make an outline right here because the tail
sides are in yellow. Now, fill in the
body of the fish. Continuously dip your
brush in water and blend the blue pigment all over
the fish's body evenly. Add more color if
the body seems too light because this fish has
a really dark blue color. And once that's done, let it dry for a few minutes. Now, let's paint the
tail part of the fish. Choose the most vibrant or the most bright yellow you
have in your paint. Don't forget to clean your brush before using the yellow as we are using the same brush that we used to paint the
dark blue color. So as we finish the
base color of the fish. Let's start with the detailing. So as you know, that the blue
tank top part of the fin, and also the detailing
in the top half of the body are usually very, like a dark midnight
blue to black in color. So that's what we're
going to do now. So for this detailing, I'm using a size two brush, which is a really thin brush. So try to blend the black
as much as possible to the body of the fish by using the water
blending technique. So now we are going to do some outlining and
highlighting with the black. To bring that watercolor effect, the key point is to always blend the outlines so that you
have that wet blending look. Now, to paint the body
pattern of this fish, we are going to take
less of water and more of pigment to give
that do detailing. Once you're done with
the first layer, let it dry out and add a second layer to
give a dark finish. Now, let's add in the eye
with our white pigment. And now I'm giving it
some final touches. Now finally, let's
paint it's fin. For the fin, the yellow
does not need to be bright. So what we do is just
blend it in with the blue, giving it like that yellow look. Now, let's paint our nemofish which is also known
as the clown fish. So for this, I'm using
the brush size five, which is also relatively
a small size. First, let's fill
in the oranges. And now let's give it
the black outlinings. So now in the tail, we are going to blend in
the black with the orange. Thank you And now we are going
to blend in the fins. This process must
be done quickly before the black pigments
on the fins dry out. So slowly by water, bring in the black from the tip towards the
center of the body, giving it that beautiful
gradient look, filling it with eyes and mouth. And that's how easy it is
to paint Neimo and Dory.
6. Watercolor Whale : Okay. And last but not least, we'll be painting a whale. And for the color of the whale, I'll be using a deep
space blue color. So for this whale, we'll only be using
this one single color. Now, let's start from the tail. So I'm beginning
it with an outline for where I should paint
the darkest parts. So remember that to
have a dark paint, you take more of the
paint than water. And now, let's start painting
the body of the whale. So right now, what
I'm doing is that I'm going to be using
more water than paint so that it
makes the gradient of coming from a
to lighter color. So we have to blend it properly before the
paint dries out. Now, we are going to paint
in the fins of the veil. And both the fins should be
painted in the darkest color. And here giving some details to its mouth and its belly regions. Always use a tissue
paper whenever you feel like you have taken
too much of water. After finishing
some final details, now I'm adding in the eye
using the black paint. And that's how easy it is to paint just using one pigment.
7. Project: Okay. So these are all the sea life painting
with it for today's class. I hope you understood
all the tips and techniques used
for today's painting. Once you're done
with your painting, don't forget to upload it in
the student project section. For your reference, I'll attach a clear detailed image of the paintings with
it in today's class. If you have any questions, please let me know and I'll
see you in the next class. Thank you for watching.
Amjath Mohamed, Artist
