Hello, I’m Barbara.
Today we’re going to be painting an easy animal.
I’ll be using the Wacom Intuous tablet, and Artrage Lite.
I’m using the pencil tool and creating a sketch to begin.
I’m using very simple shapes to sketch an owl.
Next we’ll outline in ink.
Let’s add a layer, bring it below, and switch to the ink pen tool.
Select the smoothed inking preset, change smoothing to 40%, and follow your sketch.
I’ll bring smoothing up to 80% for the moon.A slightly larger tool tip for the telephone
lines.
These go on a new layer.
We’ll can use the eraser to bring the wing and feet into the foreground.
No softness, and pressure to 100%.
I’ll pick the watercolor brush, bring a new layer below the rest, and choose a dark
blue.
Keeping my tool tip at 200%.
I’ll just cover the whole area first, using long strokes starting off-canvas.
Next I’ll clean up my moon, stars, and owl using the eraser.
Softness zero, pressure all the way up, this will give us a very sharp edge.
I’m adjusting my tool tip size depending on the area.
For these smaller stars, using the zoom helps a lot.
To zoom, I’m using the buttons on the upper right of my tablet.
Next let’s add a layer, go back to the brush tool, pick a really dark blue, and paint our
trees.
I’ll shrink my tool tip now and do a second pass.
Let’s do a little clean up with the eraser.
I’ll add a layer, pick a pale yellow for the stars and moon, and start to paint.
We can turn off the sketch layer now.
I like the effect it gives when you leave just a little white on the edges here.
To undo, I’m using the bottom left button.
For the face of the owl let’s use a light brown.
I’m moving the stylus in small circles to darken the area around the eyes.
And a smaller tool tip for the beak.
I’m using a warmer tone for the body.
My brushstrokes follow the natural direction of the wing.
A smaller tool tip and darker color for the feet.
For feathers, I pick a similar color, use the ‘dried strokes’ preset, turn insta-dry
on, adjust my thinners, and set my tool tip to 100%.
Watercolor is additive, so these strokes will be darkened by the layer beneath.
Im using a flick of the wrist to achieve these narrowing strokes.
I’ll switch colors and continue on the owl’s chest, then add a bit of shadow on the edges.
I’ll duplicate our ink layer, and change its blend mode to shadow.
I like this darkness better, but just for the owl, to make it stand out.
I’ll switch to the eraser and get rid of everything but the owl on this layer.
One more layer, we’ll add a little white to the eyes.
With that bit of highlight, I think we’re done!
I hope this video was helpful, thanks so much for watching.