Unleashing Creativity: Fresh Watercolor Techniques

1. Intro: Hello. I'm pleased to welcome you to today's online lesson. My name is Natalie, and they will show you various watercolor techniques and methods that will help you to understand Watercolor button and also diversify your drawings. I will not only talk about basic and standard techniques, but I will teach you to think creatively using, whereas handy materials in your drawings. Are you ready to enjoy and be amazed? So let's get started. 2. Preparations: This lesson is dedicated to techniques. We will learn what watercolor is capable of thanks to various methods using different brushes and axillary materials. Let's start. First, we need to prepare cells and our sketchbook using painter's tape. Try to divide the sheet into equal intervals. I will have 12 cells on my spread. These method is quite common. Many artists use it for whereas coloring and tests, it looks very aesthetic. Leaving clean and beautiful edge on, have such standards very simply outlines similar or Windows using a pencil and ruler. But in this case, you have to walk more carefully. I also suggest securing the edges so that the sheets are fixed and it's comfortable to walk. Do the same on all four sides. Our mockup is ready. Let's get down to the most interesting part 3. Techniques part 1: The main techniques and Watercolor are working on a dry and wet shade. Let's start with a dry surface. First, we'll use a dry brush technique. This is when the paint is taken sick leave with a minimum of water and a maximum of pigment. You get such interrupted lines slightly showing the texture or the sheet of homing rebels. Here. You can also try walking with a wet brush, wet, on dry. When we take a sufficient amount of water on the brush, we get a line with clear and even voters. And the painted surface is smooth and uniform without gaps. We can change the width of this line due to the pressure. Then we move on to walk in on a wet sheet. If we walk with a wet brush, we will get very blurred lines with a blurred edge. But if we take the paint cyclin and make strokes with a dry brush, there will be clearer and more controllable with less blurred edges. You can paint more on top solely into when we remove the tape, a beautiful border will be formed. Next, let's move on to washers. As a Joash can be done evenly across the entire area. It's called flat wash. You can make a gradient, a transition from dark to light. For us, we make a dark line and Zan with mostly blue rate at in more and more water to the brush. These can also be done with one color or several. Let's start with one and then mix in another color. In this square. I also want to show the scratch. In effect, the paint is applied sickly. For this, we will need to have flat sharp object, a piece of plastic card, or a palette knife. Depending on the widths of the tip, you can make narrow or wide lines. The expressiveness of the effect will depend on the moisture of the applied paint. If and didn't walk out right away, give the pain time to set and dry a little. We saw two card. You can simply draw lines. There will be quite dense, but at the same time shot as it will not be possible to pick up a lot of paint. For Draw window, scene and lawn lines. There is a very interesting tool, a color pen. It's used in calligraphy and resembling a coil. You can make it yourself. I will even shoot a video on how to get at some point. But for now, I'll just demonstrate the possibilities. The lines, our scene and uniform. And there are many ways to use them. The most important thing is at one field lasts a long time. I really liked this effect. Now let's try a blind various pleasures and effects on a floated surface. Let's watch several squares at once. Depending on how wet the shirt is, the fact will change First, I just sprinkle two is clean water. Now I will use salt. It also creates an unusual beautiful effect, also dependent on the degree of moisture or this should. Now the interesting effect is the use of alcohol. Eighth grades, broadly expressed spots, which also can be applied in various ways. Next method is splashes. Zai can be used not only in sketching, but also in larger formats. Splashes will depend on the top of brush, the amount of water and eat, and the intensity of their replication. Try different types and choose your favorite. The alcohol drops have already derived. You can try adding a couple more. The fact on a dry shared is more weighted. What else can we do? We can resort to various prints. First, we'll color the area and use an ordinary napkin. We will dilute the paint. Live in Prince Andrew, moving the pigment from these places. This effect can be used to on painting clouds, facades of buildings, creating any interesting texture. You can also do the opposite. Roll-ups and napkin, dip it in the paint and make prints on a clean, dry ****. In this way, we'll get another beautiful effect and it's very simple to execute. Let's try this side. Takeaways a painter's tape and make another spread because I want to show you as much as possible. And there are still many techniques to spin out. Here will be very beautiful. I love this moment very much. I already. Let's take away the tape and see what we've got. No, Let's go to the second part. 4. Techniques part 2: Let's prepare ever seen for new achievements. I suggest working with purines. First, I'll mix more paint to make it easier to walk. I advise not to neglect where athletes and small jars help. You can make small. So in beautiful prints all the size you need, you may need such a texture. And instead of making ever since separately, you can use these devices. You can even make brands with watercolor tube. I think you've got the idea. Also, very beautiful brains are made with an ordinary sponge. Just tear off a small piece. There are special sponges on sticks in children's sets, but they're principle is the same. The next method is use of clean film. First, you need to color our arm. And San applies a film without straightening their faults and way to beat. You can also use G is close. The brains are not entirely controllable, but to the same time, they are a delicate and barely noticeable. You can try make enroll prints. For this as a dpid in the paint or paint the rope itself. You will get such a textural effect which can diversify your sketch and enrich it with its myths terrace origin. It's time to remove the film and the interesting part and has formed resembling cracks in the eyes. I really like this simple method. Let's apply as thick layer of paint and try a scraper. Z I used for boss construction and food purposes, bacon. But that doesn't stop us from using Xamarin Drawing. You can use it if you need to draw parallel lines at the same distance. You can draw lines with a scraper on clean paper as well. It doesn't fit into the palette, but you can apply the paint with a brush. So we have such uncomplicated lines. Now I suggest try now does the possibilities of brushes. I really like using a brush with Lawn and thin bristles. If we draw a clean brush with water or was a colored area, we get seen and barely noticeable lines which can be used as an image of blades of grass or something light and weightless. Let's wait a little for it to dry, and then the effect will show up brighter. I also really loves a calligraphy brush. It's perfect for drawing hair. Samson lines. And you can slightly fluffy top like this and drawn in total the paper. As a result, we have seen and beautiful parallel lines Let's go back to the top square and try to draw lines again. But not only with a thin brush, you can also use a flat synthetic brush. It's similar strokes will look brighter and more expressive. There is a way to create a beautiful, uneven wash. I'll show you now. Harassed. We'll create intersections of lines with clean water and Zan at color in different places. The paint will beautifully flow and mix with each other. And of course, don't forget about brush prints. Inch brush has its own try different ones. Depending on how you hold the brush, you will get completely different results. Finally, I will show the capabilities of the fan brush. It's learn some more distinct if compared to the calligraphy brush. If you take more paint, lines will become seeker. Look at how much we have done this or not. All possibilities. I suggest you engage your imagination and try out all valuable tools and materials you can find. Try experiment, achieve unusual results. This will help you to relax and learn about the capabilities of your brushes. Knowledge is power. When you know what effect you can get and how it will be much easier for you to draw. Now it's time to remove the tape, but be careful with it to make it to come off easier. Slightly hit it with a hairdryer. Well done. I really enjoy the process and loves the result. So I hope you will go and test TO materials right now. Good luck. And don't forget to share your artworks 5. Outro: This lesson is all around and I was truly delighted to share my mask sets with you. I hope watercolor has become more interesting to you and you will suddenly start studying and testing you materials. Also, you can look at my previous Watercolor lessons with new eyes and diversify your Draw wins using new information. Until next time, keep Drawing and sharing your artworks