chose a reference photo of an aquatic creature. feel free to use some of the pictures attached.

Im going to chose a seahorse in the course.

prepare you materials:

-Water-colour cold or hot press paper or illustration board, mixed media paper would work fine too

-Watercolours-Waterproof ink inkpens

-Rubber Cement

-Rubber cement remover or eraser

-Watercolour soft rounded brushes

-H or any light Graphite Pencil

-Drafting or magic tape

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To start:

prepare your paper, tape it all the way to a stiff plain board
draw your seahorse /fish or etc very lightly on your paper, make sure to use a an H or any light non B pencil

erase the unnecessary lines

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ink the drawing with the ink pen in the stylized way showed in the video
let it dry for a few minutes
add rubber cement to the foreground which in my piece is the seahorse and the little plants
add some random pieces of rubber cement to the background for magic effects
let it all dry.
start painting the background with different blues, turquoises, purples all color you associate with water and underwater, start by the lighter ones and finish with the darker ones., Let it all dry nicely.

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remove the Rubber Cement from the foreground and start painting the seahorse and the plants or anything that you have in the foreground.
Since on the background we mostly use cool tones, use warmer tones on the foreground to add visual contrast. Again start with yellows and ochers that are lighter and finished them with reds and brown... follow the light to dark rule of water-colour transparency.
Let the paint dry for about 15 minutes.
now go over some of your black lines in case they got faded by the water-colour, be sure your paint is totally dry.
add some splashes and splatters of paint for final spices and to create sense of movement.
when the whole thing dries, remove all the robber cement and drafting tape.
Enjoy your Naughty Marine Fellow:)

Adrienne Drum

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