Winter Watercolors for Beginners: Master Brush Control

1. Winter Holiday Cards with Watercolors Trailer: I are afraid of making mistakes while painting. Then I invite you to play with watercolors and to practice your brush control. Unlike other mediums like oil or acrylic, where you can fix the problem just with white paint. With watercolor, it's important to learn to play with transparency and the accuracy of your brush strokes. For all of these, practicing brush strokes is crucial to make your brush drill. I have prepared you six fun, easy, and colorful class projects, which will help you to maintain the uniformity of your strokes, to exercise the muscles of your hand and wrist, and to be more detailed so that you can focus more on brush control. I have prepared for you class project templates which you can find in the class resources section. Hello, I'm Nina, also known as Music Art on Instagram. I'm a full time what color artist specializing in loose watercolor style, which means that painting directly on a blank paper without pencil sketch. Also, I am an art educator teaching watercolor art online and in person, in English, in Spanish, and in Ukrainian. After many years observing on me on my personal auto color practices, this deep relaxation and therapeutic effect from watercolors and also observing it on my students, I decided to investigate it more, and now I'm an art therapist in training. I also have a special interest in those art techniques which are beneficial for our mental and emotional well being. I have been teaching on skill share since 2019. During these years, I have been spreading the joy from painting with watercolors. More than 9,000 students all over the world. This is my mission, to inspire you to paint with watercolors and to enjoy the process. This class covers modern watercolor techniques and could be enjoyed both by beginners and also by experienced watercolor artists. Step by step, I will guide you through the six colorful projects with a golden touch. Grab your brush and let's have fun. 2. Materials: Welcome to the class. Just prepare the materials for this class. We will need water colors. My ones are from tubes. As for the colors in each class project, I will tell you which colors I will be using. Also, one of the colors which I will use in all my projects, that is going to be gold. I'm using this set of paints, and the color which I will use the most is Arabic gold 60. This one brushes, take all different brushes, small ones for details, bigger ones for washes. And the color paper for class projects I'm using. This is 100% cotton paper by the brand arches fine grain and the size is 14 centimeters by 19 centimeters. Here we have different projects. I already waiting for you in the next lesson because I'm really eager to start the paint there templates for this project. You can find in the class resources. You can pass them to your watercolor paper with a pencil. Let's start to paint. 3. Warming Up Brush Practice: Welcome to the new lesson. In this lesson, we will have a look at the different lines and marks which we can make with our brushes. Grab different brushes of different sizes. I will show you quite quick warming up exercise. If you need more practice, then you can find in my class what a call brushes. One of one more details what we will need for this class in order to master our brush control. The position of brush. It could be totally vertical or also it could be horizontal. Another thing is pressure. Let's practice with these things. Once my brush is totally vertical, I can really thin line. If I apply a bit of pressure, then it could be a bit thicker line. If I apply even more pressure then it is even thicker. What else we can do? We can make marks also depending on pressure, they are going to be smaller and smaller. We can make different elements like arches. Then we can make some lines, just grab different brushes and test and see which ones, which marks is easier for you to do. It could be triangular shapes, it could be dots. It could be also this marks Just practice and see what which brushes for you. It looks easier. Do it. This is angled brush, but also you can use the flat one. Also. Just check which way is easier for you to make, like arches test as well. Smaller brushes, what kind of dots they can give you, What kind of lines and also the circles this way. Also, you may have these brushes. They give different marks and lines. Just play around and have fun. And if you need more drills for your brushes or to know better your watercolor brushes, then also you can dive in more detailly in my class, watercolor brushes 101. In this one, we just do this really short war with brushes and now we dive into our first watercolor project. 4. Christmas Tree Holiday Card in Watercolor: Welcome to our first class project. For this project, I will use the following colors, different shades of blues. This is cerulean blue, fellow blue, Tramarine blue, Prussian blue, and violet as well. If you have some metallic watercolors or paints that also would be great if not, you can substitute it with some yellow. In my case, this golden one is from this set, the middle one that is Arabic gold. Prepare your colors and we will start, we are going to paint pine tree. For this, you need to keep in mind mainly the shape because we will paint without pencil. Sketch this project. Just practice on some separate piece of paper, the central line, how it would be the pine tree and then this the shape so that it would be wider in the lower in the bottom part and more like triangular shape in the top part. Yeah. Just have this plan in your head in your mind. Let's start. We're going to play with different shades of blues. I'm starting with quite diluted color and it's going to be here somewhere near the center. It should be diluted. This is cerulean blue. This one is from brand. That's why it has different shade compared to others. It could be I'm adding more water so that the paint would flow. Meanwhile, I'm creating the shape. Then I start to add another blue. You can choose any blues which you have, in fact that the only thing we are interested so that there will be, some of them would be lighter and others would be darker. Now it's turn of ultramarine blue and now we are to the darkest that a suppression brew. I'm moving just randomly and then the final one is going to be violet. Here is coming my Christmas tree here. I have the darkest one in the bottom. Then we are practicing water control brush marks here you see that it would be beautiful. If you will leave some areas with white paper, then it will give this illusion of snow on the branches. Quite quickly. We move to this yellow golden one and then the magic starts to appear. Try to make it like some pattern now that it would be like Christmas lights. I think this is very satisfying part and very playful. Just enjoy if you don't have this golden set. I really recommend it because it adds this kind of playful feeling when you are playing with your watercolors. And what we can do in some areas, again, to add more of this gold so that it won't be absorbed by darker colors and our Christmas tree is ready. This is really a lots of fun, let's add as well some bright star. Really beautiful. What we are going to do next is we are going to add their frame to our Christmas tree. This we will do by quite diluted blue or quite light blue. Let's start, we are going just to play with different lines, different plans. That is how you will practice your brush strokes. This also reminds me a bit like this Frozen, icy, it's like fro pattern. You have understood it. It's quite meditative part that I will make all four borders for you. Just you can pose this video and to take your time to make it in your own, your own pace. This is my Christmas tree which is already with this pattern at the edges. While adding it, I have been rotating my paper. That's why. Don't worry, it's not a problem if you don't reach oral just to start rotate. And now I will add more details, just this shiny golden dots. But they also will create this feeling of festive celebration, bright. You can create your own pattern. For me, I really like this color combination and that it adds this shine. But you can use some parts of this idea and to apply your own unique approach. Here I have already, our first card is ready. You have seen it's really quickly here in this card. For painting this card, we have practiced the following brush control, how we can add brush marks, like loose brush marks, in order to hold, to keep the shape. Then we have practiced there introducing one color into another so that it would be gradual. This is also related to their water control. Then lines, we have added this pattern. So you have practiced how to add really thin lines, holding your brush totally vertical. And then some dots, which is just really playful and relaxing. And I hope that you have enjoyed this project. Painted with me. And let's move to another one. 5. Pinecones in Watercolor: Welcome to our new lesson and for our next class project, I will use the following colors. Um, blue. I will use two different ones. This is van ***** brand and this one is Rosa Gallery brand. And you can see that they are a bit different. Prussian blue mint sap green, Kinackerden gold, and the same gold, Arabic gold. We are going to paint to pine urns. And the template for this class project, you can find in the class resources that you can see, I have it really light. Usually, I don't use pencil sketch for painting. I really enjoy painting loose style without pencil sketch. But for this class, I show you how you would do this class project. Then with this needing razor, you just remove this pencil line so that you won't be able to see this gray, dark lines below your watercolors to make them look more transparent and translucent. In this class project, we are going to transmit the texture of the pinecns by actually patterns. The first thing what we are going to do is to add the pattern here. I have indicated just the first ones, I'm using the dark blue, this is Prussian blue, the following on. I just make the pattern so that they won't that in the middle of the previous row, you just add the new one. This is really meditative part, that's why just take your time. Enjoy. Don't rush. Make it slowly. Remember forgetting thin lines. You need to hold your brush totally vertical For better brush control as well. You can keep it closer to the tip you control movement. One is ready and the other one we won't be able to see all. Also there would be one part covered from this side with the ribbon. You see that? I'm relaxed doing these lines that take your time and just play. There are no perfect ones. That's why don't worry. Here I have a y pine cones reading. The next one, I will go for this ribbon. For this I will use first that is Kinachrydon gold. And let's paint it. This is beautiful, bright color. That is another point if you don't have golden metallic paints, so use Kinacrydon gold. That also it will give you this kind of really shiny effect. And bright here, another one from this side. These projects are very relaxing. So that's why don't rush. Take your time. Maybe you will feel like you would like to add something and just play here. I have my ribbon and the next one I will add the golden part, so it would be shy. This makes your postcards, greeting cards cheerful. When you add a bit of this shine, I think that probably like unconsciously, it should remind us about sun, summer, good weather, and joy, actually joy. No, that's why enjoy. If you have the golden powder, just play and add this hinge. Now I will use one of the thulium blues to add another arch. So here comes my arch. Some of them would be lighter, others would be darker. And also you could switch to other shades, for example, Tramarine blue to make more interest in the color as well. Other shades which I have showed you, another cerulean blue, you can see that it's different shade. Here we have and let's do another one. Just take your time because it's really relaxing. Don't rush. And here you are, working also on your brush control and precision. The next part is going to be, again, quite fun. We're going to add some gold here. I'm going to add different shades of gold, this one and a bit darker one, like bronze one here that we're adding this texture just randomly. And then I will add also different shades of gold. The darker one, it gives more contrast. You can see that also like this darker shade, That's fine. Also to have this contrast between different, like lighter and darker golden shade. Seems like I haven't missed any of these patterns. The next one we are going to add some pine trees. For this, I will mix two colors. That is, one of them is my thum blue from Rosa Gallery mint. It will give us really beautiful shade. It's like turquas. Just with simple brush strokes, remember to hold your vertically and then it would be easier for you to make this really thing brush marks one then another one. For here, I really like that. It gives you that feeling, I don't know, For me it transmits that feeling of like some kind of folk folk Christmas decorations. And I like this color palette. One more for here. Later we will add a bit of green. Actually there is a variety of pine trees which are, it's called blue pine tree. Near my parents house, there were several of those blue pine trees. And actually they aren't green, they are like bluish. And when you look like generally the shade which you see it was more or less, I think maybe it's nostalgi. That's why I went for this pet. I don't know. Then we will use a bit of sub green also to add some shade darker areas. Not a lot, just a bit. So here we have and with a bit of darker blue, I also will add several brush trucks in order to create their contrast. This is U blue. I think that I'm quite happy. I will add also some pattern. This is, this time I'm using different type of cerulean blue to add some really simple pattern like this. Then we will add up and down. Actually, it's quite difficult for me. I find it quite difficult while making patterns to talk because you need to keep your mind quite structured. Otherwise you make errors here. Here, because it's quite geometrical. If you make an error, then it, it won't look so nice. I find it very different to what I usually do because I like to flow with their nature and with more natural shapes. This one, it doesn't allow me, I need to keep quite highly concentrated in order not to make a mistake in their pattern. Just let me know. How do you find it relaxing or the opposite? More stressful when you're adding the pattern. Here are my cones reading that I have finished with this pattern making in different directions. And then I have added a bit of gold and shine with just simple dots. And you can see that just by adding this simple pattern, it creates more like finished our composition. And it looks really nice. I really like it for greeting card. So looking forward to seeing your pine cones and seeing the next lesson. 6. Gingerbread Bird in Watercolor: Welcome to a new lesson. For the next class project, we will need the following colors that could be over in yellow. Kincredon Gold Burn, Siena Rociena, Cerulean blue mint. And then for red berries, we will need some bread. In my case, this is cadmium red medium. And this one is meded a bit of gold. That is for old projects. So just prepare your colors as well. Copy the template to your paper, and let's start painting this project. I will start with red berries. Have prepared the mixture. I'm mixing just a red with Dd and I will start with some central berry. This is quite dark, I would like to make it so that it will be warm red. So here I have. This will require more efforts from your side and we leave some area white. Then with water, I clean a bit my brush and then add another berry. The same. I'm add a bit more red. Here comes for this side. One more red. I leave a bit of white paper between the berries so that to give them that space for separation. And I will add a bit of bright color that is golden yellow. This is also very relaxing to paint these berries. For here, I will add one more that it would be behind that one and probably smaller one here we can add a bit. I think that it could be gold or reline yellow. And a bit of darker shade here to some berries in the shadow. So that they won't be all of them the same color, much better. Next one we will do the pine corn. This time we will make it in a different way. Here I have just the general shape and I start with line yellow and then switch. It should be quite wet. Then I switch to burn Siena and all that extra. I'm moving towards the end where I need that the paint will flow and a bit darker. Here we have one from one side. I add a bit more of Burn Siena because I want that this side would be in the shadow. Here I have one shape and I go for another one, the same, starting with light color, quite diluted with water, moving it towards the center. Then I start to mix these two colors. Is that burn sienna. And to mix these two colors, perfect, in this one I'm making darker. This site, the one which is lower, there is less light coming through. And the light is going to be here. Here. And this is the shadow ones, perfect. Next one I would like to add leaves, holy leaves. For this, I will mix two colors which we have used in the previous lesson. This is ugly blue and mint these two colors and we'll get really beautiful shade here. I have just the general lines of direction where I would like to paint my leaves. I just start, they look really beautiful. I can add a bit more of blue. So to start changing the shades so that they won't be really boring. And a bit of mint. Here we have here, it will mix a bit. And also we'll get a bit of shadow. We can add a bit more of blue, some darker areas like this. Let's go for another leaf, the one which is into this direction time quite quickly with, with watery paint making the general shape. Here we go. We can add a bit darker shade of blue in some areas. This time I also invite you to make, to add a bit of shine. So let's add a bit of gold for here. And also we can add to that one as well, one more leaf from this side. You can move it in different directions, starting near the berries. Then to move it towards. This is more complex because here we don't have the whole shape. But if you feel more comfortable having more shape, then first paint the whole shape with a pencil. Here we have another one. Let's add a bit darker areas like this and as well a bit of gold. Now they look really beautiful. Let's make the bird bird we are going to make with that is just simple wash here. You need to be more careful not to go out from the border here, the stick the same. We can add a bit of gold. We will add two branches of pine trees, the same mixture, but maybe we will add a bit of sub green as well, so that to make it greener. And let's add for here, for here another one just with brush strokes make these kind of meals. The main thing is to keep in which direction they need to go. Here we, we can add a bit of green color that could be S green or just olive. Olive green also is fine. Then it will look warmer because the leaves, they are quite cool shades. This olive green will add more worms to our branches. Here we have our watercolor part. Now, before we will be able to add the patterns, we need to wait until it will get completely dry. Put it aside and keep a patient. And wait until it will get dry. 7. Gingerbread Bird Adding Details: The first layer has got completely dry. And now let's start to add the textures. And I begin with the fine corns that we will add, this kind of texture burn sienna with a bit of brown. Here we have and another one, the wedding, The pattern so that people would understand that these are pine curves. Let's add here also some details to our berries. And the same color we can use here for creating the filling of the cooking. Mm hm. And we can add some dots and some wings. For this, I will use a mixture of red with royal red for here. Bigger, one smaller, and even smaller looks great. And then let's add some dots. Perfect. Let's move to the next part. That is going to be to add just some lines for our lives. I'm rotating. That is really what happens if it happens to you like this. You just remove quickly, that's fine. You know that sometimes it happens to everyone. Again, here I have, then I start to add these textures from one side, from another side. All right, Other to all these parts, they are really relaxing and just don't think so much. I mean like it is relaxing even for me, difficult to talk and to commend what I'm doing. Because in fact, like I disconnect already from the verbal part. No, and let's add a bit of gold. I think we will add a bit of this one. This is Olympic gold. Just to switch to another one here, we will add these textures and shine to our pine cones here from this one. Also, you may notice that now our pineces start to get more volume. Yeah, perfect. I will add as well, some textures to our pine branches so that they start to shine. Here we have the next part. Let's add some frame for this time. I will make it like this. Circles just make lots of circles. The next one is going to be to add some lines. I will skip this part, keep on doing the whole border. Then I will show you the final. Then the third part which I will add that is going to be sub green. I will the marks our frame will be ready. Just relax. Take your time and make this frame. I will connect in several moments. I will be back. I will be back in several moments. So here is my greeting card with pine cones and holly berries is ready and I'm looking forward to seeing your wife. Please share your artwork in the class project of this class. 8. Winter Owl in Watercolor: Welcome to a new class and this time we are going to paint really funny Winter, who is like. For me, it reminded me a bit like about Harry Potter, who has brought some beautiful greeting cards or some long awaited letter. So we will need actually the same colors as four previous projects. So it's going to be Sally on blue mint. Then it's going to be Rosanna, and royal Red, and Kinard. God as well, Gold. Then just copy their drawing. You can find it in the Cs Resources section and prepare your colors. And let's start to paint you ready? Let's start with some dark sheets that I will start with Prussian blue and we'll make their borders, defining the lines. That is the most important part. So here we have the ice, we can add as well rose. And then going for here that we will need to add in details, this pattern. We have used it already in the previous projects. It's won't be so complicated. Here we go. The next part is we can add here definition. This is rule on blue. Yeah. For here, to make it fun. So we can add with some ultramarine blue, some lines over here, and some snowflakes here we go. And also from this side. And we can add some dots over here. Mm hmm. Let's add the big, so he will starts to alive a bit. To get alive, perfect. Then we can add a bit of decoration rule and blue up and again we can decorate it with red. And the same for here, we can make line and some other lines going out this way. And we can add for here some lines as well from this side. Mm hmm. Perfect. Now, we'll add some further. This is su, blue and mint color. Let's start this one. It will be the middle one. And I'm making it th, on the top and to the bottom. Perfect. This one I will make the opposite. It will be also the central one, but it will be thinner in the lower part and thicker in the top part perfect. Then the next one, it will be with more thulium blue. This to be really attentive to leave that small area of white paper so that the colors won't blend because we want to keep them separately perfect. And now another one from this side perfect. And we will add two more. They will be the darkest this one I have touched. So be careful not to touch because otherwise they will blend. This color is brush and blue. Mm hmm. Perfect. So the next part is let's add some decoration, the rule in blue. And we'll add some arches. And we can add here also some pattern like this. It looks more and more cute. I think maybe to make a bit darker and thicker these slides, you're perfect birding. Next one, let's add the same color, that red with moderate. Let's add one more Archie for me. As I like to paint in loose watercolor style, I really enjoy when it's bleeds and then it's not so perfect. I think that actually water colors help us to accept. I am not perfect. I'm not perfect. That's fine. The important thing that I'm enjoying my creative process, I think that I would like to share this with you. When you make any mistake, just tell yourself that that's fine. I'm not perfect. Okay. What else? Actually we can For you, it happens something like this. You can remove it with a soft brush and remove that color, and we can a more and the same here. We can remove in case if you feel that No, no, no, no, no. I want to keep it real perfect or I want to correct it or whatever, For example, Sometimes mistakes can make you feel really stuck. I don't want to feel stuck, I really want that you would enjoy this class projects. That's why I show you also how you can fix it. Also I show you that I also make this kind mistakes. That's why, don't worry, everyone makes mistakes. So this is some parts of gold. Here in the top, I will add a bit of gold. Yeah, here I will add in that part. It will give this pattern like helps us to create the volume, and also it imitates the feeling of feathers. At least for me, it looks like this. The legs really tiny, I will make them golden. However, I think that, that in reality, they also should have a quite thick, strong, and big pose to be able to hunt. But our is kind. He's working for Santa office and deliver some mails. Perfect. We can add also some golden pattern here. Here we go. We have as well here what we can add, by the way, with gold, the same with gold. We can add here some dots. And to decorate him, we can add here also some pattern, This looks better. And let's add, I think it would be like red. Quite diluted color for here. Yeah, and there we will write like for Santa, all these letters for Santa, this is red with Madd mixture. Perfect. Meanwhile we can write Santa. Great. We will need to add some pattern. Yeah, I will show you which one here or later. Once it will get dry, we will add some more details to the sac. But at the moment, let's add the pattern that to make nice. My pattern for this greeting card is going to be waves. I will add golden details and some dots. So I will skip this part, so just enjoy making your pattern. My funny old looks gorgeous. I really enjoy how it is. I have finished adding the pattern, so you can see that it has been wave. Then there were golden arches and then some small dots with the same red, royal red color. I will add more textures and the same. Let's finish their bag. Here we have and I will make some, I think, golden lace. What we can do is to make a bit darker some areas here, for example, in the lower area, so where it is darker because of the shadow for here, then just with water, dissolve it so it will have more volume perfect. Also. It could be nice because actually it's not so like round. But with volume, we can add some textures like wrinkles. We can add more red dots over here, for example. Here is the same also, so it will be very similar pattern to another one. My funny all is ready and I'm looking forward to see your ones. So please share your class projects in the class gallery. 9. Snowy Fox in Watercolor: Welcome to a new lesson and we are going to paint a new class project. This time we are going to paint a really beautiful folky fox with like abstract snow scape. I will use the following colors for this project. This is our line. Yellow, golden, yellow, meter red, royal red. Four colors, they are by Rosa Gallery. These two, they are from Wangk. This one is Rullan blue and ultramarine blue. And as well, I will add a bit of gold. Prepare your colors, copy their line work. You will find the template in the class resources section. Let's start with painting with this class project. We are going to practice other skills in our brush control. Actually, we are going to make a wash. It would be dual wash with different colors. I'm using the brush which holds quite well water. Keep this in mind while you are choosing your one. I will start from here. It should be quite transparent and we will need to move quite quickly by adding different shades. Now is coming golden yellow again. Here I start with our lin. Yellow, really light and bright color, really sunny one, and then we start to add golden yellow. It's a really bright color. It interacts really well with water. So you can see that how it starts to spread from this side. So you can add orange. The end of tail, I will leave it white as it is. That's why here also, you will need to be quite precise here. And then here I will need a bit more, less, more of this color. And of water, if it's too watery, then you get a really huge pedal of color of paint. A bit more here, where will be the shadow? Actually, for this side, I can add a bit of Burn Siena here and here. To make it brighter, we can add a bit more of golden yellow. The next step, we will have to wait till it will get completely dry before we will be able to add the patterns. So just patience. And leave it so that it will get dry completely. My fox is already dry and is ready to get decorated, so let's start with some brown. I will make a nose, and then I will start with a mixture of royal red with meda red, so it should be quite dark, beautiful red. And I start this part and this one some brush prints and dots. And from this side as well. Mm hmm. Let's add their ears. And here could be quite nice triangulars, mo, triangulars and some more dots. Here we have the, let's add more pattern, golden yellow. This one a museum. And I can mix this golden yellow with a bit of mad. And then to add this pattern, the brush marks just practice. So that to get bigger and smaller ones from another side. When it starts to get like this, it means that it's just already run out of paint. Let's add some dots that it was too much water. Next one it could be some arches, the same. I will make them a derate with royal red and they could be poor. Here, This area, we can make it to fill it with the color. And then we can add some dots over here, the same color. I will define the shape for this. You need to control really well the brush. Then let's go for the tail. That also we will need to mark the shape. Here we have, I can add here the same, some dots here. I can decorate as well, some line with dots and another one. Hmm, perfect. Here in the center, I would like to decorate it with some orange color that is going to be golden yellow. And also some brush marks, perfect. And some more brush marks that here I may keep on with this line. Now I will make this brush marks. What you need to keep in mind that the further they are, the starts to get smaller. Here we have Maza with a really tiny one, we can add some more decoration. For example, some more arches like this as well. Some dots can add some more details. If you feel like we need to add some eyes for that, I will use a dark shade of blue, Prussian blue. Pay attention so that it would be really, otherwise, if it's too much water, it won't allow you to make a really precise line. Here. We have already almost everything. Now let's make it like the composition complete and let's add some pattern. This time I will use even easier one that we will make. This is rule on blue. Just some lines later, we will add some circles to the lines. Just keep an eye. For making it rhythmical so that it won't look boring or very similar. Here we go. And then let's add some circles, but also so that it would have some rhythm so they won't be in the same line. You can make them filled with color or just white space inside. Also, we can add with different shade. This one is a bit darker here, we have that part. And now let's add also some more textures so that it will look like she's lying in the snow just with some arches. I'm creating this feeling of snow. Use different shades of blues, darker, lighter, and try to make them so that they won't look all of them in the same area so that they would be a bit like creating that filling of fluffy snow. I am switching the colors. I have used a cerulean blue, ultramarine blue, the mixture of cerulean blue with mint color. Here we have, then we can add just some lines, different lines at levels. Then it will create that feeling of snow. Here I have my fox. Let's add some golden parts I think that I will introduce somewhere here. Maybe if you will do like me to place the hand. Yeah, it may finish like this. What you can do is to remove water, sometimes it happens. So it also gives add some texture for here, we can add also some golden parts. This is my Fox greeting card and I'm really looking forward to seeing your ones. Just enjoy creating and adding the patterns. 10. Winter Bunny in Watercolor: Welcome to new lesson and this time we are going to paint Christmas bunny, Winter bunny. I know really fun one. The template you will find in the class resources section to copy the watercolor paper. And as for the colors, we are going to use almost the same ones. That is going to be thulium, blue, mint, rosana, med, red and royal red. Kind on gold and golden one. Yeah, just prepare your colors and let's start painting. We're going to practice more our brush control and water control. I'm preparing the mixture which I'm going to use for the main body of the rabbit that is going to be mint mixed with thulium blue. Here I have the color, it should be quite transparent. I start with wash. Be careful not to overpass the line for this project. Yeah, it's important to keep the line under painting, like this sketch. All you can modify. If you feel like I can make it a bit bluish. Then I add directly this blue and also a bit more of this mint here we have. Then I will go for stronger color, this blue. And we'll start to add ears in that area near the cheek. I will add a bit more of blue to make it darker. Here we have one now let's go for another one. I will make it a bit greener. My green is mint mint color. It's not so strong. Here it is. I will add also a bit more of blue in these areas so that where there is more shadow and add more texture also the lower part here, I leave some space to separate here there is a scarf, ribbon the pose, let's make them more into bluish colors. And another one, this is I'm using rule on blue. My here I have it. And this part, we'll have to leave it till it will get dry completely, till we will be able to move further. But meanwhile, we will be able to add their pattern on his head. Kind gold. Yeah, it looks funny. And then with dared mixed up with royal red, we can add for here some lines. Try to make them thicker, thinner, like waves south. And they will create this kind of texture and it won't look flat. Yeah, I think like this would be nice. We can add the same color over here. At this stage, we'll have to leave him and to let him to dry completely, and then we'll be back to work. My barney is dry, so now I can add some patterns. I will start with blue and we'll add here some darker shades with his ears. So that to show that it's like inside. To show some depths and create the volume. Perfect. Mm hmm. Next part that, we can add also some darker blue. I have taken Prussian blue. And here we can decorate just with some brush marks. Mm hm. Then also, we can add more details. For example, here to add some dots perfect, we can add some more dots. For example, here is saying we can add some lines. This is blue. We and for here some more dots. We need to cover this area which is light with row Siena. I forgot be very attentive to leave the teeth white here in the lower parts to make it a bit darker like this. Meanwhile, we can also the color to his eyes greenish yellowish or which one you would like. And also remember to leave some white areas. So here we have. Meanwhile, my rabbit has been getting dry. Some parts I have used to this time to add the pattern, the frame, and I'm really happy with this frame, so it just circles with a Cd and gold with rule and blue, some sticks, some lines between them. And then with royal red, I have added like the shape. No. And you can notice that it's not perfect. And you know what, I really like it because it's handmade. It's not perfect. And it looks that the main thing is like, you know, that you have enjoyed the process and you can transmit it and you know, it's like us, we aren't perfect. No. Next one, I will add their scarf in Cd on gold or in yellow. You can use any of these colors or if you don't have, you can use any yellow or any other color palette if you feel like here we have and then I add the red. Love this combination of this color palette so that it's like warm colors with cool shades and beautiful combination. Then I would like to make a really beautiful pink color for his nose. Yeah, perfect. Let's add some patterns and then we can add that area for here. I can add some dots there. I can add some lines from this side here. Lines, and that area would be dots. Mm hmm, Perfect. Then a bit more of eyebrows, it starts to get really funny. This was ultramarine blue, but I think that I would like to cover it with a bit of um, blue because it's too strong like this. Then I will add a bit more of, here is a central line. I will add like this one. Zizothere here we have. What else we can add here? We can add one more. One more actually, we can now make the ribbon. Mm hmm. Perfect. Now I think that it will bleed and that is my idea. So with row Sienna to cover a bit the color of the box and it will get blended with this red. So it will be what I'm looking for. It won't be perfect. Let's add here more definition with brown or burned sienna. The dice. And we are missing his ice. Let's add ice so that now will be some darker color. And I think it could be really dark brown here we have. And probably to make them even darker in these areas because here there is a shadow, so they look darker and can wilt. Our rabbit is almost ready. What we are missing us to add some gold. Let's add some gold details. Golden details. I think that I would add probably for here some dots. Then maybe over here here we can make some pattern on his sweater. For here we can add also points here. I think it would be nice also to add some texture lines of different sizes that some smaller, bigger. I think also could be funny to make his nose as well, gold golden one. So here is my funny bunny with a present for you, and I hope that you have enjoyed painting it and really looking forward to seeing your creation in the Glas Gallery. 11. Final Thoughts: Thank you for joining me in this class. I do hope that you have enjoyed the creative process and I amazed by the variety of patterns which you can create using just simple brush strokes. You can apply these techniques in your artwork in order to add that finished look to your compositions. Or in order to add that full card, wipe your artworks, and also to use them as a warming up before your main watercolor practice. It's fun and easy. And also you know that the more you practice, better results you get. I need to confess something that at least I think during last five years I have been painting in low style directly on blank paper without pencil sketch. This class, it was first one after a really long time since I have been using pencil outline in the artwork. You know what I felt during the process. I felt the need of more control from my side in order to keep more presented so that not to cross the pencil line. And generally, I have got less level of relaxation than usually I get when I paint in loose style. And sometimes that sudden this supposed mistakes, whatever. But being free and being prepared that I don't know what will be the result. That I will go with my watercolors just by being present and observing how the watercolor behaves. And based on this, I will respond with my brush strokes, creating out of something like more understandable shapes. No, but this time I was thinking that I would like to make the process easier for you and more enjoyable. So that you would be able to focus directly on a watercolor part without suffering with shape study and so on. And so that your end result would be more predictable. I have provided you with pencil sketches, outlines as well. I have used them during the class. And I should admit that the pencil outlines, they made me a bit like feel stressful. Because every time when I was passing a bit pencil line, my mind immediately was sending me that signal of like, oh, I have committed an error and like, oh, and how are you going to fix it? It was all the time, One part of my energy controlling that not to overpass that pencil line. I couldn't relax the same deep level as I do during painting loose style, just directly on paper. I find this experience quite curious. It makes me think that coloring, because actually when we have a pencil outline, what we are doing a color are actually creating something which appear something out of nothing For me. What I have noticed that this coloring brings less relaxation. Let's say that painting loose directly on blank paper, it brings much deeper level of relaxation and provides more therapeutic effect. Because you are actually very connected now here with your artwork. It reflects your inner state at this moment. You don't have any limits. You don't have the limits by pencil outline. I would highly appreciate if you could share your feeling, your experience. If you have noticed this difference between coloring pencil template, between painting loose style without pencil sketch, I will be super excited to see your creations. Please share them in the class project section. I will be more than happy to leave you my feedback. In fact, it's very encouraging to get the teachers feedback or to ask your questions and express your doubts. I think that it will allow you to evolve and to enjoy your art journey more. If you're going to share your artwork on Instagram, please do not hesitate to take me. I will be glad to share your artwork in my stories. I will be extremely thankful if you could find several moments to leave class review, especially if you have enjoyed this class. For me, it's like your thank you and it's very, very valuable. All your class reviews, they really inspire me to make new classes to improve them. So I'm really deeply thankful to all of you who are finding that moment to write me a class review. If you are a beginner and at some point you are unhappy with your brush strokes, the reason could be also in brushes. In such case also, I would recommend you to check my other class on what a color brushes, 11. Then you will know better the possibilities of your brushes. And probably you will find some hidden gems, your brushes. If you haven't tried painting directly on blank paper or you feel a bit like afraid. I also invite you to try another watercolor class where I share you step by step, how you can loosen up and to start to create beautiful flowers, especially roses in loose watercolor style without pencil sketch as well. On my channel you will find a big collection of watercolor classes, floral ones and some birdies. How to paint in loose style without pencil sketch. Thank you very much for joining me in this class and in my next class. Bye.