Transcripts
1. Introduction To the Class: Hello and welcome to this class. My name is Heidi, and I will be
guiding you through the whole process
of painting and creating these
beautiful Watercolor Composition of Koi Fishes, Water Lilies in a Pond. This magical creation is a beautiful addition to your practices and to
watercolor techniques. And I will color to
guide us Tape by step. And the whole process from
the outlining the Template to this whole Beautiful
final painting that yet on your screen. And I will be super
happy to have your in-class share with you a beautiful creative
moment together. Join me and lets us that the fan remember to come
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to share your work on my Stories and see what the
different creations you have. Let us start with the
class and have FUN. I will say doing the next video
2. The Supplies: For this class, these
are the materials and supplies that we are going to
be using during the class. You can take a better
look of the materials. I will be doing an overview.
So you have an ID. You need watercolor paper. Any type of watercolor paper
to have is perfect duties. Watercolors, the
perfect color we are going to be talking in the next. Some salt for some effects. You will also need Brushes, Flat and rounds in
different sizes. Fine liners also in
different sizes. To outline or Painting, do need clean water. For the splashes, do need White paint and a flat
brush in a bamboo stick. And you will also
need a Mixing Pan, Washi tapes to fix your
paper to the surface. You bring in need
as well to download the template that I
prepared for you. So you can paint Koi Fish in
the leaves on your paper. Before we start the class, this is the Template
and you can download it in the resources for this class. Down below, you can
easily download this template and start
transferring them to do Paper. We are going to be doing
that together as well. I prepare for three
different templates. You can use whichever you
want and you will need a pen. Using a watercolor pen
to trace my template, I will say do in the next video.
3. The Colors on Display: It is time to pray with the
Colors and the cholesterol. We are going to be using. Ivory black or any black, bright rose or pink compost
glue or light blue, BDD. And at that query, permanent green
or a light green, you can use any brand and
you like and play with it. We are going to be activating all the Colors on
my mixing palette. And then we are going
to be playing with all these Chase and see how they react and how they show themselves in the paper
or onto the Paper. I also have here a
gray color as well. So we can play a little bit
more, but it's optional. You can use any shade that
you prefer to mix together. Let's start using our light green and see how
they react with water. And this is the color
that I worry I will be using for the
Water Lilies leaves. And the two main colors
are the light green, dark green, or
permanent Technique. And Bedelia, who in this case, in this brand, the Colors
are called that way. And I am mixing them and
seeing how they react. Because when we are going to
be Painting in the leaves, we are going to be
mixing these two colors. They are looking
really nice together. Now, I clean my brush
and I'm starting with the Colors
of the Koi Fishh. I have this bright rows or pink. And you can see how
beautiful bright it is in trying to see how the, it react with more water. And the second color for the Koi Fish is this
blue compostable or any light blue
you have at hand? I will try this. Payne's gray. This is a really beautiful and I am going to be using these for The Pond because we need some darker spots on the
on the water surface. And blue, turquoise. You can mix these
together and see how they will react because
these two color are going to be mixed in the Pond to create the
deepness of the water. And a more mystical Effect, I then add in some
grains of salt because this technique helps to bring up Chinese of water surface. It is a really useful
and beautiful. Then lastly, going to be testing or out liners, fine liner pens. I have different sizes. You can use any
outlining you have, or even you can use
wash if you prefer. Because this is
for the outline of our leaves and the Koi fishes. And this is to paint the eye, this call the the
whiskers of the Fish. And in using a brush pen, this brush pen has these fine, deep and in doing it as well with this part
of my brush pen. This is how is it's
looking and in lobbying. And I will see you
in the next video.
4. Transferring the Template: Time to start
drawing or Template, and you can download it in the link for resources
for this class below, I have prepared three
different templates for you. You can download and transfer
it onto watercolor paper, any of these and paint with me. So I will be using the Template, the Haslett to Fishh, symbolizing, staging
can balance. You can use any other, any of the three that
I share with you in their resources section
for this class. And to transfer this Template in using my iPad as a light box. Because it is easier for me. If you have your iPad
and you can do the same. But if not, you can
use the Technique, Technique, transferring
the Template onto your watercolor paper, using the pencil behind the Template and then marking it on to your
watercolor paper. I then using a
watercolor paints it to transfer the Template
to my watercolor paper. You can transfer these with
a dual Fine Liner already. Does this up to you. I prefer to do this this way. And after I add all the
colors to my Painting, then if I want, I do the outlining. But for this painting, I wouldn't be doing
the outline anyways, but I want to do it after. I have there Watercolors to it. When do I transferring
templates to watercolor paper, some new ideas, come up. Just take them and you can use
it in your final painting. I always forget so many
ideas when in transferring the Template that the
whole Painting can change. But I will try to keep
it as it is right now, so you don't get too confused. But if you get more inspiration, you can do and follow
your own creativity. Because this is the
most important part in just tracing all the lines. And as you can see,
it's super easy using the iPad ASA like a light box because the lines
reflect on the Paper and insist easier to look
at all the details. And of course is
more efficient to use this as it is in almost done with the
transferring the Template. And this is how it
looks as you can see. When I add the watercolor, all this line will disappear because this is a
watercolor painting. That is the whole point using
EndNote, a normal pencil. If you are done with
your transferring, then I will see you
in the next video.
5. Fixing the Paper: Perfect. We have
outliner or template, and now we are going to fix or watercolor paper
onto a surface. I always use a old guard war, so I don't damage my desk. This little step is
very important if you want to create a
frame on your paper. So with washi tapes fixing, do make sure that you will get a very crisp and beautiful
frame around your painting. This washi tape is
very, very light. I don't need to do
the technique where I put the washi tape on a towel to make the
glue a little softer. But if you have a
more stronger tape, then I recommend you to that
because it will spare you from damaging the paper
when you peel off the tape. I will fix all the
four corners are my watercolor paper and have it ready to start
adding the colors. The last coordinate. And we are done. Ecs this. So I will see you
in the next video.
6. Adding the Watercolor: First Layer: Let's start adding in the
fifth legend of watercolor, and we're going to
start with the Fishes. I will first use the
wet-on-wet technique. So in adding water with my
brush, the clean brush. And I will just those songs, basis of the Fish. And when I add the color, you will see it better. And then I will let it dry a little bit and then add
a second endothelial layer, as you can see here
in adding the pink. And it will run on the
water that I added before. This is just to give a
better dip on the Colors. And the whole
process of painting the Koi Fish is biased
steps and bi-layers. When I am finished with
the fierce layered on the pink Koi Fish, I will then do the same
in the second Fish, which is the blue Fish, adding fears water
wet-on-wet technique, and then adding the Watercolor, in this case will be a
composer blue or a light blue. As we discussed in
the color chart and the colors that we are
using in this painting. Remember, you can use
different colors. You can use the same
colors for the, for the two fishes. Or is up to you than hesitate, is if you want to use, to use your uniqueness,
Painting, do Painting. I will let this dry and I will
say during the next video
7. Adding Watercolor to the Koi Fishes: The field slider has dry out completely and now with a
wet brush in clean water, we're going to be
moving in the color that are already there through all the silhouette
of our Koi Fish. Because we want to make a very translucent layer on
the whole body of Koi Fish. Does is the idea. As you can see, the, we are tracking the already
dry watercolor on the Paper. And it is going around the
whole silhouette or Koi Fish. And this is the idea. We want to make this
second translucent layer. We have our base
ready to be Painting later with more colors and
the whole details that this Fishh needs tried
to respect the lines, meaning and don't go out the
silhouette of the Koi Fishh. So you have a very
clear silhouette. And now start adding more
pigment on the dark guess. But of the Fish. And moving the color
always with clean water. This is the part of what is
you can add just the big, the size of the Fishh. If you need or just
see that to need IT. Team member that
we are going to be outlined the whole
silhouette of the Fishh. So don't get too worried about if you make a mistake
or the color go out. Too much. Keep going. I don't do it
Fish or the silhouette of the Koi Fishh
with your brush with a little bit more of
pigment on it and then add some pigments he hadn't
that would just see it will make a beautiful effect. And creating the beautiful
pattern that is Fish has on, is on its body size. And the lines Always
keeping in mind that do will be outlined
in this body later. Now I will let this dry and start painting the second Fish. Doing the same technique, fears with my brush with clean water and just moving
my watercolor around. The dry watercolor around
the body or the outline, silhouette of the Koi Fish. And looking for a transparent,
translucent second layer. Take your time doing
this. Don't rush. Because we are going to
be applying layers and more layers to create the
effect that we're looking for. Some darker pigment and move it around the body that
already has water on it. Keeping the lines are
the shape of the Fishh. As much as you can. Remember that we are going to be outlining this fish as well. So don't get to worry about some nice shapes or going out with a
color from the paper, but try to keep the shape
as my first job can. This is the holiday Dia, adding some darker spots here. And you can see how the
water clans the color. And it's that Creating
a beautiful effect. They the adding darker spot. When it dries. This will become in the pattern
of the Fishh because it will elevate the colors
that you are using. And we can always
add more layers, more water if we see we need it. This is the magic
of Watercolors. Now in almost ready
here, I hope you do. And I will let this
dry completely. And I would say to
you in the next video
8. The Background Water Lily Leaves: Let's move on to paint
the Water Lilies leaves. Why are fishes are drying out? And we're starting with the darkest getting we
have to remember, you can use the same
colors or you can just use similar shades that you have in the schedule Will Need
then two shades of green, one that can in one lighter. This is VDD and I didn't just making it
lighter With Water, Just let in some darker spots. To make the leaf
a more realistic. In some way. We are now looking
for Christmas here. But making the, this contrast
with the Colors make it, the Painting always
pop up very much. Add some darker shades
of green color. And then with digital brush, damping, damping in Water, go through and move the Watercolor to make it
more fluid and more lighter. Then with the secondary
and you have in this case, I didn't using the
permanent green. I then just filling up the spaces that
I have left before. You say that you
have too much color, then you can use a paper or a towel and then
remove a little bit of that color to make
it lighter and then continue your process,
your painting process. And then Painting the
smallest leaves on this side, starting this time with a
lighter color because these are new leaves and the
Colors is lighter. And afterwards, I will add then tortious of darker, green. If you're using the same Colors, then go as in doing so, you have the same effect. Then Painting, then the bigger leaf on this
side of my painting. The same way is I did with the biggest Water Lily
Leaves On the other side, starting with the darker. And then moving it
with my brush in water and then adding the
tortures of the light green. So you see is this this is
a wet on dry technique. Now I didn't the lighter green. You can also add jello if you
don't have a lighter green. When using darker green. A more dramatic effect. You can also paint a flower, a water lily flower if you want. In not doing this on this
class, but you can do it. If you feel like doing that. That will be very fantastic. So I have only smile,
lift the paint. And I will do the same as
I did in the previous set of small leaves are starting
with the lighter green. Shaping the leaves. And then adding
some little touches of my dark is getting
in the middle. And then going, I don't want to make these little
beautiful pattern. You can look for reference on the Internet for the
button often needs. Now I will let this
completely dry and I will see you
in the next video.
9. Adding Details on the Koi Fishh Body: To add the details to
the Fishes I have here, Black and Payne's gray. I will be using black on the Fish and this pain
grains I will reducing for the Background when
we are Painting Pond. And in using this
ink and this is a turquoise you can use to blue as well as
it's not a problem. I wanted to just
show you how with it the liquid watercolors or
ink also works pretty well. I have a paper towel. So let's start. I will be now a starting Painting the Details
on the fishes, the Koi Fishes with my
wet brush in clean water, in touch in my Fish on some places where
the darker spots. And then in adding
the black Watercolors to make this pattern on
the body of my Fish. If I see the Colors is to clump, cluster in one place, then I will going to move
with it, with my paper. And you're going to
the same. This is a very FUN Technique. Adding these little black
spots on the Fishh. You can use to
wash here as well. They do what? You can use a black brush
pen, watercolor brush pen. So it runs when to apply
water on the Paper. If you use ink,
it would not run. So that's why I'm not
using ink on this case. In doing the same on
my pink Koi Fish. The distinctive black
spots on the body. I hope you are seeing how
the Painting is evolving. It will be a much
more when we paint the Pond and we add the last outlining to the
fishes and the Leaves. And they will love it typing. In finishing here, the eyes
of the Fishh with the black. And now I will let this dry completely and I will see
you in the next video.
10. The Background : The Pond: The bank that Pond, my fishes and leaves out
completely, completely dry. And for that, I will
be using a Koi ink. Or you can use a
turquoise watercolor or a deep blue watercolor. And you can dilute it
a little bit Water so you have a more
lighter tone or CEJ, because we went to
create difference, contrast on the
painting on the Pond. Imagine yourself a Pond and
to know how it looks odd, you can look on the Internet. I had salt to create beautiful, this beautiful effect with
a salt and water color. And I have my Payne's gray
for The Pond as well. I will start using
my flat brush here. You can use round brushes. You don't have a flat
brush or do prefer to work with two round brush. I want to make sure I don't overlap this color onto
the Fishh or the lips. This is why I'm using
mostly a flat brush. Medium-size is this one
applies in the turquoise, first, near the fishes
and the leaves. And letting some white spaces, this magical white spaces. And then start adding
the darkest color, Mixing with the lighter and the darker color that I'm
using is this Payne gray. Because it gives othering
effect like a galaxy. I want to create this 3D effect on or Pond for the Koi Fish because they are
dancing or Swimming in this Jing Jang balancing energy. And this is one what was
I went to create here. And as you can see, the
process become very easy. You will be alternating
between the darkest, then be the darkest. The liner scholar to
choose for your Pond. And going around the
whole Background, Creating these Pond Effect. Remember to lift
those white space because they are magic when the whole composition that is due will be happy if you
left those whitespaces. I think he had in their
Mixing the Colors. When I see, I want them to
be tardigrades or water. If I want to see
them more lighter. I want also the outer line
idea of the features. I want them to be
lighter in color. This turquoise beautiful
maladies by the Koi Fishes. I went to green for them. But in the outlines and
the outside of The Pond, I want it to be darker. So that's why I am
adding the Payne's gray over there on the
coordinates of my painting. It is looking really nice. And you can see that
this is very wet. I am using lot of water and when you use a
leaky Watercolors, then you have the Lily easy
movement with the Colors. As you can see here, it is easier to move when I
use the liquid watercolor. As when I use the Pan
or dry watercolor, I need to add water to the Pan, to the watercolor pencil. The Colors become more malleable for me to move
around the painting. But this is okay,
is not a problem. Do just need to use Water. Ask the liquid watercolor
already has the water in it, and it is easy to move. Making this contrast, Creating
darker and lighter shades, to create a cohesive dancing
of Kotler's year ended. Mining the lines of the
fishes and the lips. So we don't lose the painting. As such. When we are going to be outlined
the fishes and the lips, but keeping them safe. It is better to have a more
crisp and Beautiful Painting. This Black or more darker colors resembles the guys that
form instead in the Pond. And thus is like the perfect ambiance
for the coefficients to live in animals already here. And I will continue
and little bit, and I will see you
in the next video.
11. The Background: Salty Sparks Technique: Okay, let's add some
magic toward Painting. And for that, we
need the Painting to have a little bit of water contained in adding some touches with my brush,
tampering the Colors. And then when I see it is
enough of color and Water. And some places of my painting, I will then proceed to add
the salt on those places. And for this technique
to work when it needs, the Paper need to be wet but not too wet because
then the salt, we will not react. So we expect it. So try to manage the Watercolor
composed the painting. And then you will have the
most a beautiful technique. I will add the salt and on all those places on the
corners and in the middle. And if I see, I need more
water than I will use my brush with a little bit
of Painting and then put the salt over dead. And then I will let this
completely perfectly dry. I will do this overnight. And then when I burn, I take my, my painting again. I will remove the salt and I will see the mighty
that happened overnight. I hope you have FUN
with this technique. And if you want to learn more about watercolor
techniques, you can check out my other
class here on skill share, where I describe every
other Technique, fantastic Techniques To
use with watercolor. I will link that on the
description for this class. I will say do in the next video.
12. Outlining The Left Side of The Composition: The painting is completely
dry overnight at riding out. And I recommend you to the same because it's
very important that the salt absorbs the
water and dry completely. Now I will remove this soul, the grain of salt with my brush. You can use your hands is
completely fine, but I, I love to use this fan brush to clean up the salt
from the Paper. I will make sure all the
grains are out of the Paper. And then I will continue
with you Painting. Or next Details. I have this bunch of fine liners in different sizes
and in different texture. And I also have some brush pens and I will
show you how they look. You can have only one or two, this stuff for you to see how the different sizes works
in the making of the, making out the outlines and how they make your painting pop. Let's start with
this beautiful Pen. It has two tips, these very fine tip. And I will use this for the
outlining of the leaves. And you can see how this looks. And you can type, you can refer to in
another paper and see how fine or thick the fine liner is. And then decide if you want
to use this in also painting the lines inside the leaves
with this Fine, fine line. The size of this tip
is around, see 2.5. And it gives a beauty delegate
effect to the painting. Now, let's take a
look at closer look on the leaves and see
how it is looking. And now we can proceed to paint the online on the
rest of the Painting. Now we are painting
the Fish and this is a 0.7 deep fine liner. And you can see this is a
little bit bigger or thick. And Orlando start to look
more pop-up from the Paper. The final at the lines
that to apply to the silhouette of your objects are the leaves or the fishes. The mortar. Pop-up or less pop-up
opposite where become giving you
that effect that it is above the
water in this case, or that the water is more shallow than if you
do this mod thick or more. Fine. Okay, let's proceed with the last details
inside the Fish. And for that in using a
number CDO 0.5 outlining. And this is another brand, but I just wanted to show you
that it is completely fine. If you use any fine
liner you have at hand, just make sure that you have at least two different sizes. We are going to do this
beautiful pattern inside the Fishh that we
did with the black. And now we're just outlining those patterns to make them pop. If I say that I need
a little bit more of those black spots
inside the Fishh, then I will paint them with my fine line and that
is completely okay. Do the same if you feel like deficient Need more modest pots. Let's paint the last
two leaves and then using the same FY19 and that I use at the beginning to
paint the big leaves and in, outlining it carefully and
keeping the shape of the leaf. Then adding the inside
lines to make them pop. You can see here the
left side is now more vibrant and pop
up front the Paper. And the dry side is still like
that is no, nothing there. But no worries. That
is our next step, I will say do in the next video.
13. Outlining The Rigth Side of The Composition: Time to paint the right side
of our Painting Composition. And for that I didn't
using a fine liner. This is a 1.0 size
and on the tip, and you will see
how thick the lines become with this
bigger, fine liner. You can use a bigger, bigger one or the smaller one and see how
it looks for you. I am going through all the
lines as well here and making sure that the silhouette of the Fishh stays
clear and crisp. Finishing up the little
details inside the Fish. And now we can proceed and also remark in the
eyes of the Fish. Now, we can then paint
the inside line. So parents are the
phishing site. And for this in using a CDO 0.3, this is a smaller tip
different than one. We use it on the other Fish. And in adding as
well the black spots where I see the Fishh
Need more pattern. They idea is to keep
it cohesive and beautiful thing you will love this painting so much
when it is completely, completely finished and
we add the older Details. Okay, now our Fish is ready
time to paint the leaves, that to smalls and
the bigger one. And we are starting
with the bigger one using this watercolor brush. I don't know what's ID. This is what I assume
this is a 0.5. But Ashe, we are
doing the outlining inside the leaves as we did in the fetus side of or
Painting with the pink Fish. You can try to make this
thicker and see how it looks. This good. This session of variety dimensional
on the BIP. I then Painting as
well the small leaves with this same Burdash. And the inside lines of the adding some little dots
to make them pop as well. It is looking pretty nice now the both sizes of The
Composition or Painting. And they are looking
pretty beautiful. And now we are adding the
whiskers to be Fishh. They're both fishes. And for that in using
this brush pen, this is a soft brush
pen, watercolor. I'm painting the whiskers as
we did in the color chart. If you remember, we did
this exercise and in using the both sizes of my outline it and going down the whiskers as well with the smallest one. And look how this
fishes are looking. And the whole composition is pretty cohesive and beautiful. And I will then add the left, the last Details using the
small deep of my fine line. And this is, this will
be AC to bone five. And going there
where they think, I need more outlining and adding some lines in
the middle of the Fishh. To make the last
detail before we add the water splashes that we are going to be doing in the
next part of the class. And you can add more if you
think you'd Painting Mark, and I will see you
in the next video.
14. Final Details: Time to add the mathematical
details to the Painting and includes stars doing it with white paint and activating the White paint with a little bit of water. And I have my brushes, flat brush, and my bamboo stick. If you know My other classes, I teach this beautiful Technique that it is super easy to make. Whimsical sky with many,
many little stars. And we are adding
this to the Pond, make it more Whimsical and Dreamy for these beautiful
Fishes to swim in. And this gives an effect that the water is shining
with them on light. Left, your creativity flows
and your imagination. When you're White paint is
diluted and activate it. Then let's start uploading or flat brush or with the bumbles thick
and making those little, those little dots, white
dots in this case, notice that, let's say they are stars reflecting on their Water. And you will see
how these debates, the Painting to Whimsical
me Beautiful level. I think you will
love this technique. If you don't know
this technique, please check out my
other classes because I explain them very carefully
and more in detail. You can learn how to do it. Now, we are adding some
little reflects Chinese. It reflects on the
Painting using a petrifying Burdash and Painting this Tad's or
this is more like Chines. And these places of our
painting on the Fishh, on the leaves and making
them really magical. You can also use a
white gel pen or a white pen marker to
make this process easier because sometimes when you have too much paint on the brush, it can become too thick and it can ruin
your Painting Art. You can just use your Paper Tower to soak up the color from the
Paper and do it again, but with a gel pen on
a paint brush marker. This process is a
little bit more easier. Though as many stars are
shines that you want. I will be adding then
on the darker spots as well to make it shiny. And that might
Painting elaborate itself a little bit more. And I really love how
this is looking already. And when it's dry, you will see how magical
and beautiful this is. And I hope you are in judging this class and I can wait
to see what you create and to see your process or the final pieces would
be a pleasure for now, most Fund, but the revealing billing of Washi
tapes and you can see how easy it will be offering
the Paper without any damage and any
mistakes or problems. And we are having a
beautiful increase frame. This is, wow, this is looking
really beautiful already. In so eager to show
you the final piece. Be careful when you add, Take me off the Washi
tapes and whatnot. I will see you in the next video for
the official revealed
15. Every Artist Should do This! : So here it is. This is the official
reveal of our Painting. And I can wait to
see what Yuki eight, Don't forget to share, depress it with me on the Class Project session
for this class down below. But first, don't forget
as well to add a sign to creations entered Painting and left your mark and that no, everyone that he painted
this a beautiful paint, I will say do in the next video.
16. The Class Project: For your class project
is super, super easy. They just did to
complete the class and share with me in the class project
section for this class. In this link below. Below a picture with
a dual process. Do final pieces, your
materials just to do whatever related from the
Class You want to can, you can do easily just uploading a picture of it to the
class project section. In the class project
section for this class, I would love to creations and I can wait to interact
with you about them. I will say during the next video
17. Thank You : Thank you so much for taking my class and for completing it. And if you are seeing
these last video, then in congratulation you for taking the step to
complete the class. And I can wait to
see your creations. Opinions and your reviews
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me and we can have this beautiful creative
moments together. I will do keep
creating and learning. And that do improve your skills. And you become so happy
creating beautiful things for yourself or your loved
ones of fortitude business. That many super, super happy. I will see you in
my next classes. And thank you so much again. Bye-bye.
Artjourneywithme Heidi, ARTIST AND FACILITATOR
