Watercolor For Beginners: Line Drawing Of Japanese Lady

1. Intro: Hi everybody, this is mu and welcome to my Skillshare class. This skill share classes probably going to be called watercolor for beginners. Line drawing of a Japanese lady. When I say Japanese lady, I mean geisha, but I thought maybe some people might not know what geisha is. Geisha is a female Japanese performers basically who performed Japanese traditional Performing Arts. I said performing a lot, but anyhow, I came across gauges and I thought, Oh, no, actually it was the other way around. So I came across these line drawings, these simple minimal art drawings, and I thought I wanted to create something, and then I thought I want to create geisha. Then as I worked further into it, I thought I want to share this because I'm sure there are people who want to create their own art and then hanging it but with the same kind of taste, like a line drawing, simple, minimal art kind of thing. So this is why I'm sharing what I came to know along the way of the things that I do to create this. So first of all, we're going to be looking at different arts, like arts that speak to you with a specific subject that you would want to paint. Or you can also go along with what I selected as well. And then we'll combine all these things and we'll look at the compositions and think, Okay, this is what I want to create. And then we're going to do something like a contour drawing. Now, contour drawing is like when you look at something and you don't take your eyes off of it, and then you draw that. And then usually you don't lift your pencil up. So we're going to do something like that, but not exactly because I'll be lifting here and there, but it's basically to push you to make it very simple. So that's our whole purpose. So we're going to create that. And then we're going to say, Okay, this is gonna be the final. Then next, we're going to be looking into like color palettes, what kind of color policy you want to use for this specific line drawing. And if you want to dig deeper, I did a class before that went into color theory, like more deeply. So you might want to check that out. And then third, we're going to be doing warm-ups of watercolor because I do want to add a bit of splash of joy into this line drawing because I just feel like line drawing itself is beautiful. But because I'm, I love watercolor, I want to use a bit of it so we're not gonna go overboard with it, but we're gone. I use watercolor as a medium. It's gonna be a mixed media. And then for this watercolor warm up, we're going to go quite quickly. So it might be like a watercolor beginner intermediate class. But if you want to dig deeper into the warm-up section, then I strongly recommend you to go to my ornamental Japanese stones class because that's where I dig deeper into the warm ups and it'll definitely help you. And then finally, we're going to create this final project. So I hope you enjoy it. And without further ado, let's get into it. 2. Materials: Okay, So I like to explain the materials that you would definitely need, followed by some of the things that you might want for your convenience. So first, you'll need two cups of clean water, a paper towel to wipe off your brushes, a kneaded eraser. Now I like these because they wouldn't damage the watercolor paper that you will be using when you erase your pencil marks and a pencil and waterproof pen. I like this 0.45 millimeters lying pen because it's like the perfect size for the look that I want. And these are the brushes that I'll be using is the Black Velvet 3 thousand Series round brush with the trek or golden tough 12 thousand Around series. I really like this. It's kind of more snaps. And this one is the Tokyo number of soccer. It's like a Japanese watercolor brush that I'm loving at the moment. And I'll be using these watercolor paints. Now, you wouldn't use so much. So you might just want like a few around that you have at your house, but I'll be using this Daniel Smith Premack series colors, main leaf. And you'll want a sketch book to sketch out your ideas, see what kind of design you come up with. Also, for the final piece, I'll be using this Stonehenge Aqua cold press paper. I've never used this, so I can't really don't know what will happen, but let's see how it goes. And these are the things that you might want around. So of course, scrap paper, watercolor, scrap paper because I find it quite nice to kind of lay out my strokes or colors that I would like on the actual final piece. And also these are kinda looks weird. But this is my paintbrush holders to keep things kinda neat and clean. And I highly recommend making these kind of swatches with your watercolor paints that you have around. Because when we look into the design, you can just like, kinda look at different colors and line them up together and see which one you would like to use for the final piece. And some spray bottle like this. This is actually just to spray over my palette, watercolor, pigment palette. So it activates the paints. And this, I'm sure not much people have something like this around, but I'll be using this. This is like a golden ratio. I don't know if you could see it, but it's like a golden ratio on plastic kinda thing that I could look through to see whether the design itself looks kind of nice. Because when you follow this golden ratio and things are around here or split here, here, then it kinda supposed to look good to the eye. So I'll be using that. And also some people might call this cheating, but I have this optical mirror reflection drawing, whatever you call it, drawing board, where I placed my phone here with the image that I want and then basically trace, it makes my life much easier. And with the baby around, I'm more likely to use this because sometimes I just want to draw things quickly and just get into painting it rather than taking so much time drawing it. So that's just me. You can also basically print out whatever you want to trace out and then basically do a tracing over that with some kind of tracing paper. So here I would be using this as well, the tracing paper pad. So you might want a tracing paper to make your life easier, like me. Okay, so that's all for the materials. Now let's get to the next lesson. 3. Composition: So first we'll be designing this project. And I've kinda looked up Geisha and I've seen some different photos that might, I might want to try to recreate. So here I have three that I'm quite interested and try to narrow down what it is that you want to paint and what speaks to you the most. And then next you want to question yourself, what do I like about each of these? So here, I like the silhouette of the geisha. I'm looking from behind because it shows the neck line, the hair ornaments there and then the chemo that she's wearing. And then here I like the coolness of the geisha with the like, she's smoking. And then here, I'm not quite sure, but I just like the simplicity of it. So here I am. I want to recreate, trying to put these all together into 1. First, mike to try to use this. Now you can do this by tracing, like print this out into a paper and then trace over it and then trace that onto the paper. There's many ways to do this so you can look it up, see what suits you. But I will be doing it this way. I wonder if you can see, so I'm going to try to get the size quite close enough to what the actual final piece like. So, okay, so the main focus here is to just make it simple as possible. And try not to lift your pencil as much as possible. Because then that creates more kinda contour like simple line drawings that look really nice. The best way to use these mirror reflection things is to make the room quite dark. So you see more of what's going on. But I can't do that for the purpose of this recording. So bear with me. It may not turn as much as I want it to be, but okay. And to be honest, I've already kind of test it out. Few more geisha photos, like just sketching them out. Like this. And I've come down to this one that I want to go ahead with. So it may take time for you to search like the perfect perfect photo to then work on. But for the class purposes, I'm just being quite quick. Seemingly quick, but it wasn't actually this quick. And you don't have to be so careful as into like tried to delete every bit that you kinda make mistake with because we're going to be we're going to be going over it with the waterproof pen. And so it's gonna be erased later on. And you're going to, while you work on this pen, you're going to kinda make choices of which line am I going to use, and so forth. So it's alright if you make mistakes, you don't need to delete it at this point. Okay, so I think I'm pretty much done. I'm not going to put too much details because I dislike the way it is without too much detail here. Okay, and then I'm going to look at. The other photos that I quite liked or the paintings that I quite like this one. I really like how the girl is holding the pipe. So then I think maybe I'll trace this hand. Should it be there? I don't know. I guess I'll just go like that. Okay. Okay. So I like quite how that looks. So next, I might want to add like an umbrella here. But I am going to check with this golden ratio what actually looks good. I don't know if you can see this one I'm doing. But when I place this right here, can you see that? So basically where this is, is where this is. So that's the focal point, the point of interests that I want people to look at. So it's good to be mindful of like, Okay, where is it that you want to draw the attention? So that's one bit. If I look at it like this, then I think there could be like an area right here, like an umbrella that can come down. So that's what I'm going to do. I don't think you can quite see this because I'm using my own eyes rather than the camera lens to kinda see what's going on. But that's the area that I want this umbrella to go into. And then I quite like this leaf right here. So I'm going to use that. And just trying to place it where it could actually go. Oh, I think I'm pretty much done here. I don't know if I still want this. This kinda seems to be not quite in the right place, so I might delete that, but let's just see now, we're going to basically use the ink and go over the drawing. Now I can fix some places here and there that I might not want to include or that I might want to include. So let's just see how it goes. Quite like these. I liked these ornaments here. And then go more. Going down. Second thought, I don't think I'll be using the umbrella leaf because I don't know. Just quite nice as I want it to. I don't necessarily think working on it would make it better. Just feel like the hair ornaments is quite enough to catch people's eyes. Okay. I think I still want this. Okay. So now I've outlined the lines. I'm going to erase everything. Now this is not a watercolor papers, so I think all my they're eraser. Okay, so I quite like how this looks now. So I'll be using this as my final project piece. Now, I would be tracing it onto tracing paper. So then I can trace that back to the final watercolor paper. I'm not going to explain how to do that. I've explained it in a different class before, so you can go check that out if that's what you would like to know how to do for ready to do the color palette, testing out to see which colors work. 4. Color Selection: Okay, so now in this class we'll be looking at the color palettes. So we're gonna go into color theory that we'll want to use for this final piece. Now, I am only going to use this sketch book piece first because I want to test out to see what colors go with it. So I'm going to try to create a color palette here and then work into this sketch that I've done night. I highly recommend you to trace it first onto tracing paper. So then you can practice this many times, much as you want until you find the perfect color swatches palette that you want to use for the final piece. Now, I am again using Pinterest. I searched color palettes, and I've got all these color palettes that I'm interested in. This looks really beautiful. I kinda wanted to use red. So this is another good tip that try to select one color that you really want to use. And then try to work around there to see what it is that you will finally be working on. Here I like this palette. It says I'm dark cocoa black, shell pink, gray. So this is the color palette that I, I am really liking here. So it's got the red that I really want, but it's also got that kinda cool tones of like basically grays and blacks and dark cocoa look. Okay, so this is the color palette that I'm like that spoke to me the most. It's got the red that I really want to use. So I think all kinda place these out, try to create them with the watercolors that I have. So first the block, the block that I want to use is not quite black here. I might use the ivory black later on, but I'm going to use the hematite. These are the the premier tech colors and by Daniel Smith. And what they are is basically they're made from minerals like real stones. So I'm going to use that and try to write these down like what mixes use? I use to make them. So hematite, black. Next dark coat color, very dark cocoa. So I'm going to be mixing PM tonight. I don't know if that's how you say it. Pm tonight. With maybe bloods. Don't think. That's pm tonight. Okay. That looks pretty much like it got to turn this around. So it's easier. We need to recognize which is which. Okay. So that's all night with bloods done. Okay, M shell pink. Now, I think I need to use another palette that I have, but I mixed Garnet with scarlet lake by Mission Gold. So that's one color that is not a prima click series. And later on my change this to ivory black actually, but that's dark. Scarlet lake plus garden. And then the next one is Peter Gray. Okay. So I think I'll use this suit you. I think it's called Tsugi light. So that is two, purple. Now I've so purple, the opposite would be yellow. I need to mix yellow. My knees. So I've done a whole color theory in my class before and took quite a lot of time to explain, um, these kind of basic color theory, but makes sure to check that class out. If you struggle with this, I think I need a bit more blue. I might get this SP turquoise blue. I think it's close enough. Let's add a bit more purple. Okay, I think that's pretty close. So that Is Ag light plus tundra orange, which is not Daniel Smith, but as b turquoise. But it's shrink, shrink. I don't know how to pronounce it, but anyhow, okay, In this next one light Peter, I think our mix, a bit of green, almost got a bit of green in it. And then add a bit more. Hello, close, but it's got a hint of green there. Okay. So that was the bottom plus syrup been time genuine. And then the final color. Think, I'll need to add this tundra. Tundra and just to purple. Okay. Drought plus like okay. So I think that's pretty much done. Now the question is, where am I going to place these altogether? So, um, the, the good thing about these line drawings is that this itself should look good on its own. But because I just love watercolor, I really want to use colors obviously, so I'll be putting these in. But you don't have to. The good part is you don't have to go too much, like you'd have to go too much with the colors that you use. So think I'll use black for this. And then think I'll use the so I'll just number these 123456. And then I'll use six for this, one for this, and a definite for this. So the red bits would be here. Then. Okay, so we used up one and then 465, we haven't used five yet. Maybe this could be five. And this area right here could be three with a two. Then a bit of five, maybe 3 May 5 clash, but that's kind of nice. And then I might leave this as one because I don't want to paint it too much. Okay. I think I'll try to do this. Now. You can always practice these as much as you want to see. Like, you know, to test out which colors and which kinda color should go in which areas to see what works the best for you. And again, these don't have to be perfect because we're only kind of practicing. And just like another note, because this is not a watercolor paper, it doesn't necessarily act like what it might do. On the actual watercolor paper. That's why it's got to be a bit mindful that he might not work as you want it to because the sketchbook paper doesn't hold as much pigment or water. Hi, maybe. A bit of a sketchy look, kind of like sometimes looks good. You could use a dry brush where there's not much pigment inside the paint or water inside the paint and just go over it, leaves some bits out. So here I want to go with the three and then put a dark five and then also use the greenish colors. So I have to work around it because you don't want everything to smudge into each other. So I'll think I'll work on number 2 first. Kinda create a lot of that color here. So that's a serpentine with tundra. And then with the SP turquoise. Since it's a bit too green, maybe a bit more purple. Ok, that looks right. And then for the final piece, I want it to drip down. So I'm going to put use like a lot of water. It's not going to look as I want it to here, obviously because it's, again, it's not a watercolor paper. I want this side To drip more. I'm going to put more of these here. Then I'm going to create the number three. Then finally, I'm going to use that dark red. I'm going to make mixed blood. Garnet noise PM. He'd be evens net. And then at the end, I want to add a bit of smoke here, a bit red, but doesn't quite look like a smoke pot. So I think I'm pretty much done. This is what it looks like. I'm not quite sure about the colors. I might do more tests alone and see what works. But overall, I think it's not too bad, I guess, for a quick rough sketch. But yeah, I think I'll test it out a bit more to create more impact. Because when I look at the, the Pinterest, like the palette that I wanted. Here. It doesn't look at all quite like it because of the fact that most of the red is now like most the green and the top on this light beaver, was it? Beaver gray is kinda dominating the whole colors. So I might switch things around to see which one I really want to go for. This is the general idea of how to do the color palette. And next class would be warm-up. So it's good that you go through the next class because then he'll have kinda like a momentum of how the watercolor works. So you can make a better piece for the final project. 5. Warm up: Hi everybody. This is mu and welcome to my Skillshare class, watercolor for beginners, line drawing of Japanese lady. Now, when I say Japanese lady, I mean gay, shocked if you don't know who or what geisha is. They're basically Japanese female entertainers that perform like traditional Japanese Performing Arts. Well, I came across this kind of simple line drawing and this kinda minimal art drawing. And then I thought, wow, I really want to create my own and I want to be in with gaseous. This is why I kind of like made different art and I kinda thought I wanted to share this skill that I have. I don't know if it is a skill, but I wanted to share it with you how I create them. First in this class, we will be looking at different like Art of what you do want to create at the end. And we'll combine all these are elements to create your own. And I have a specific way of doing this and we'll look at the composition and think, okay, is this right? Is this not quite right? And then we kinda make few different changes here and there. And then second, we're going to be looking at the color palettes that we want to use. Now I explain how I do that, but if you want to go into more like a deeper dive into it, then I really recommend taking my other Skillshare class, which I did this. It's more like getting into deeper into color theory that would help. And then third, we're going to do some watercolor warm ups. Now, this, It's not just about line drawing. It's going to be specifically about like, it's going to also be about using hi everybody. Hi everybody. So this is Mia and welcome to my other Skillshare class. This time we're going to be looking into this class called watercolor for beginners, line drawing of a Japanese Navy lady. Hi everybody, this is mu and welcome to my Skillshare class. This skill share classes probably going to be called watercolor for beginners. Line drawing of a Japanese lady. Now when I say Japanese lady, I mean geisha, but I thought maybe some people might not know what geisha is. Geisha is female Japanese performers basically who performed Japanese traditional Performing Arts. I said performing a lot, but anyhow, so I came across gauges and I kinda thought, oh, no, actually it was the other way around. So I came across this line drawings, these simple minimal art drawings. And I thought I want to create something. And then I thought I want to create geisha us. Then as I worked further into it, I thought I want to share this. Share this because I'm sure there are people who want to create their own art. And then hindgut, but with the same kind of tastes, like a line drawing, simple, minimal art kind of thing. So this is why I'm sharing what I've like came to know along the way of the things that I do to create this. First of all, we're going to be looking at different arts, like arts that speak to you with a specific subject that you would want to paint. Or you can also go along with what I select it as well. And then we will combine all these things and we'll look at the compositions and think, Okay, this is what I want to create. And then we're going to do something like a contour drawing. Now, contour drawing is like when you look at something and you don't take your eyes off of it, and then you draw that. And then usually you don't lift your pencil up. So we're going to do something like that, but not exactly because I'll be lifting here and there, but it's basically to push you to make it very simple. So that's our whole purpose. So we're going to create that. Then we're going to say, Okay, this is gonna be the final. Then next, we're going to be looking into color palettes. What kind of color palette? So you want to use for this specific line drawing. And if you want to dig deeper, I did a class before that went into color theory, like more deeply. So you might want to check that out. And then third, we're going to be doing warm-ups of watercolor because I do want to add a bit of splash of joy into this line drawing because I just feel like line drawing itself is beautiful. But because I'm, I love watercolor, I want to use a bit of it. So we're not gonna go overboard with it, but we're going to use watercolor as a media. It's gonna be a mixed media. And then for this watercolor warm up, we're going to go quite quickly. So it might be like a watercolor beginner intermediate class. But if you want to dig deeper into the warm-up section than I strongly recommend you to go to my ornamental Japanese stones class because that's where I dig deeper into the warm ups and it'll definitely help you. And then finally, we're going to create this final project. So I hope you enjoy it and without further ado, let's get into it. Okay. Kinda leak but it's fine. Okay. So that's working on wet on wet and I'm letting it drip. Kinda wanna stop right there. And then I want that pigment to be darker so I'll add a bit more. Even connect it a bit. I'm going to wipe this. Okay, and what other colors can I use? My taste is purple then. Okay. So in this warm up, I didn't quite add this color. It doesn't quite suited. Okay, So I didn't quite add it onto this warm up, but one of the things that you might want to practice a bit is lifting. So what that means is using a clean brush and kind of like really squeezed it out, but then kinda lift the paints that you don't want it to be there. This really depends on the pigment and the water color paper that you use. Some colors just aren't as kinda two strong basically and they get into the grains of the paper. So it's very difficult to lift off, but some are quite forgiving. And also it also depends on the paper that you use. So try to see how much you can work and knowing your paper is kind of the point of this whole warm-up as well. Okay, So that kinda turn out pretty, I think next, I'll try working a bit more on here and then try to work on the glazing. So essentially this is still kinda okay, it's still wet, so I'll work on the glazing bit here. So I think I'll use this Tundra orange bit of red. So this is going to be glazing. And I don't want to use too much time on this, so I'm going to make the first layer quite dark. Okay, Let's wait until that tries. And now I'll probably add a bit of just in love with red nails. So classic. Okay. Maybe this try to get as much out of this practice to see what colors might work. Might not work. My add a bit more color in this one. It's looking pretty really like both of them, but maybe not that color. Tried to mix these, make it more green. So now I'm kinda going over it. Dry color. This is kind of glazing as well. When you glaze, the color underneath kinda changes. And then dry brush strokes are kinda nice as well. Might even go darker there. Okay. Okay, so what color will light glaze it. Think I'll use this red. That goes. Sometimes when you don't like the hard edge, you can soften it up with some wet brush. Okay. So I think I'm pretty much done here. So this is this is the warm up. I'm trying to do as much as you want. It's a good start to get you back to doing watercolor because sometimes you're just kinda busy in your daily basis and you just forget how the mine of watercolor works. So there you go. So I think now we're ready for the final project. 6. Final Project: Okay, So I like to get into the final project. The only different thing that I've done is I basically wanted to work on the geisha that has the right hands up. So I wanted to flip this around, but I trace it on the wrong side. So that was my mistake. But anyways, And also I was planning to use is 0.5 millimeters, but I also use 0.15 millimeters for the small details like the hair ornaments and also the hands and the pipe. Okay, So I've activated my watercolor palette. So I like to start working. First. I think all kinda put a layer of red. So I'm mixing the Garnet with scarlet, scarlet lake. And I'm just going to color this in. Now. I'm going to be pretty sketchy and rough with this. I usually take a lot of my time, like getting into the detail, working really thoroughly. But for this, I kinda wanna be a bit sketchy. And why I do this is because basically when you're working with kind of like line art drawings, I think it tends to be nicer when you're kinda more rough with these things. So I'm just gonna use that style. I think I need a smaller brush for this. Yeah. Okay, so I put in the reds, I think that's it for now. That's all the red style I'll be using. Next. I'm going in with my shrink or tundra orange. Then keep working wet on dry right now, but I'll be using the wet on wet soon. So I worked on that. And for the close, I'm going to be using the garnet as well as this color, the PM tonight. I don't know how to pronounce it, but he is saying this. I'm going to create both mixtures. And also I quite like to use the hematite. That's this color is interesting. It's not really a color, I would say. Doesn't really have oh, I made a mistake. That's not it. I wouldn't say it's a color. And the reason why I say this is because it's more like a jelly like form. And when you mix it just becomes more gooey and kind of like almost like a snake skin like. So I'm going to mingle with it in the middle. So first, let's just work with this. I'm using the garnet first. Going to work fairly fast because I'll want to mingle it. Actually, I think I'm just going to use this color all the way out. Try to put a lot of water here just so it stays wet. And then I'm going in with the blood stone. This side. To make it as possible. Okay. And then I'm going in with this hematite or whatever it's called. Okay. And then next, I want to work on this. I think you called OB. But before I do, I'm going to come in with a darker red. Kind of make this darker just to create a bit more. Okay. And then while this is still wet, but I quite like it when it leaks into another color. So I'm just going to work with the hair. First. I'll use the blood stone again. Then I'm going to use the hematite, not the hematite violet that I mentioned about it being kind of scaling and sneaky. But the hematite, like the black version of it, okay, kinda went overboard right here. And I want to create a grad nation. So from here, I'm going to clean my brushes. My brush. Clean it again. I might even add that hematite violet just to give it a bit of a slimy texture. Okay, So that is done. I'm going to try to save this bit that I kind of see how this paper lifts. It's doing quite well. I forgot which artists. It was mentioned that when you want to lift, you could kinda deb like the same color in the area and then try lifting, but man, I'm scared to do that. So I think it kinda helped a bit. I'm going to leave it there. Okay, so now I want to get into the final OB. So this is gonna be, uh, layers of different colors. So I might have to let it dry up before I kinda work on it again. But first I want to go in this Tundra, orange, but kinda mix a bit of purple just to give it a bit of gray in it. And because I want to really make it wet. So it kinda drips. Think I'll go over it with clear water first. Try not to mix. So I'm trying not to. I'm creating this thin line in between these two because the top layer is still wet. Okay. So I'm going over this Tundra. I need to create more pigment. So by putting a lot of this, basically I'm letting it drip down. And when it needs a bit of pushing, you can just kinda move it with your with your paint brush just to help it. Come on trip a bit more done. And next I want to tap in more color here. So I think I'll go with a bit more green and blue. The serpentine, Genuine and speak turquoise, the Sleeping Beauty, turquoise. So d like, I really don't know how to say all these, but okay. I'm just gonna don't want to overdo it. Quite like that. Look, it almost looks like a turtle shell. Turquoise shell. Tort toys shelf. Oh my goodness, my English is getting really bad. Okay. So anyways, I'll add a bit more of this color. I don't want to cover it all up because I just love how some of these have. Like each, each layer has its own kind of looks to it. So I don't want to overdo it. Think I'll wait for this to dry up a bit. But the next layer would be a bit of the Peter Gray. I believe. That was more purple. I actually quite like this greeny look. So maybe I'll go a bit more stronger with this in some areas. Recall that this green drip a bit more. Okay, So I think for the final layer, I'm going to put. Red. Red wouldn't stand out too much. Maybe purple. See how it goes. Maybe right. Okay. So I think I'll just let this dry up a bit and then come back to put maybe a red layer for finalizing it. But before I do, I think I'll just test to see this green looks with red and different kinds of Fred. So one could be like the red I used at the top. Or one could be more darker. Mix of Garnett and the Bloods don't. I think I'll add a bit more blue here because I just feel like it's missing out. Color. If you overwork is gonna become muddy, so you have to be careful with that. Okay, So for the final layer, I think this would be a bit too bright. So I think I'll go with this garnet blood stone. I'm layer. Once it's dried up. Graduations. Congratulations for making it this far and give yourself a pat on the back and maybe a cup of tea. So these are all the things that I've created during this class. This is the final project. It turned out quite beautiful. I really love it. These are some of the other things that I did outside of the class. It turned out lovely as well. I don't know which one I liked the most. They're all beautiful. So I hope you feel the same with what you've created so far in this class. Now please share your art. In the project section I really want to see, and it's, It's really great for me to look back on Skillshare and kinda like look at all the projects that I've posted. It kinda reminds me how much I came from then till now and how much I if proved, I've improved over time. So I hope that the same with you and see you in the next class. Bye, bye of speed turquoise. Just think I'll leave it there. And I'm just going to wait for the final layer for this. But now that it's kind of almost dried, I think it's ready to kind of go over this bit. So I am going to put a bit of clear water where I want. Okay. I guess it's still a bit wet. Go here. I think I'll use a darker green and also maybe it's a bit too dark. And then kind of make it like a dry brush. Okay, so before I finish this, I kinda thought, well, I don't quite like this. Smoke actually when I kinda laid the first layer, it kinda look nice, but now that everything is quite dark, I don't know. Like it's more warmish tone, this kinda cool tone doesn't quite work. So I'm going to wet this area again just randomly. I'll be using just a hint of red for this. But just trying to make it a bit darker. I think that's better. Okay, so I'm done with this project. 7. Final Thoughts: Congratulations for making it this far and give yourself a pat on the back and maybe a cup of tea. So these are all the things that I've created during this class. This is the final project. It turned out quite beautiful. I really love it. These are some of the other things that I did outside of the class. It turned out lovely as well. I don't know which one I liked the most. They're all beautiful. So I hope you feel the same with what you've created so far in this class. Now please share your art in the project section. It's really great for me to look back on Skillshare and kinda like look at all the projects that I've posted. It kinda reminds me how much I came from then till now and how much I improved over time. So I hope that the same with you and see you in the next class.