Hi everyone! :)

I want to start with sharing my materials that I used in the creation process:

• burnt sienna, raw sienna, burnt umber, ceruleum blue, sepia/black watercolors (from Nevskaya Palitra White Nights)
• table salt
• 2 cups of water
• cotton towel
• Canson XL watercolor paper (A4 size, 300 gsm)
• pencil and eraser
• A4 size office paper (80 gsm) for tracing process
• no. 1 and no. 3-4 size synthetic brushes
• reference image
• ceramic/porcelain dish as mixing palette

Steps that I followed in the process of creation of this sea turtle:

• simple watercolor techniques that I used in the process of painting the sea turtle

• tracing the sea turtle with just pencil and office paper

• painting the head of the turtle

• contining with its skin and then legs by leaving white spaces to imitate its unique pattern

• applying the first layer with wet on wet on the turtle’s shell and using salt to give texture and highlights

• editing the final piece and fixing small mistakes on the painting

Here is my result.

 

 

If you finished your painting (yayyy!) please share with us by uploading in the project gallery. I cannot wait to see your resulted artwork!

If you do share your artwork on Instagram, please tag me (@gulnur.arts) on it so I can share your joy and send you a virtual hug :)

 

Thank you for joining me and I hope to see you next time!

Cheers,

Gülnur