Hello my friends and welcome to another Tuesday of tutorial!
I am Leonardo Pereznieto and today we will make a simple watercolor.
We will use this painting set, water, tissue paper, and a couple of brushes.
We take a little water with the brush, to make the colors function
and we can mix them over here... on these spaces.
It is a wise practice to have another container of water to clean off the paint
so as to keep the water in one of the containers clean, for longer.
The paper I will be using is already stretched and attached all around.
If you use a loose piece of paper tape it all around to a board,
so that it is stretched.
We can apply the watercolor on a dry surface, to do detail.
It is very precise in this way, the edges are sharp.
Or you can get the paper wet, and then apply the paint on it.
In this case it will run beautifully!
[Laughter].
If we make a line from dry to wet
let's do it here also, you can see what happens
and let's add more pigment,
more paint.
You can add more colors and they will mix,
and while it is wet you can erase or lighten it up
by lifting the paint up with the tissue paper.
For example if we paint a blue sky, we can gently dab it
to produce some clouds.
Now, for our painting of today, we will use a masking tape
to make the horizon line, and cover the edge of the sea,
then we mix the colors that we will use for starters,
like a grayish blue,
one that will be a little bit more purple and the greenish one.
With a big brush for washes, if you have one, if not you can use something else,
we get the whole upper part wet
just from the tape up,
to then apply the paint.
I don't want it too even
because I want to indicate some clouds,
some diversity on the sky,
an area with more light,
and things like that.
My surface is slightly tilted toward me,
that is why you see that the paint runs a little.
We can add different variations of color
and different intensities
We can lighten up areas of light
and so that the whole thing dries faster, if you want,
you can use a hairdryer.
Here it is a little bit drier but still a bit damp,
so I can still use a tissue paper to lighten it up.
Now we carefully lift up the tape...
and it looks as if I could make straight lines [laughter].
It will have a hill at a distance by the horizon line,
and let's paint some trees on it,
the silhouette of some trees
on the border.
Like so.
I'm using a very fine brush for this.
And here is a tip for you,
if you grab little paint, so the brush is nearly dry
and you use it lightly and on the side,
you can paint like this leaving some white spaces,
which is great to create the effect of water reflections.
This works if the paper has some texture.
By the way, you may have seen at the beginning that I'm using a watercolor set
with plenty of colors,
but don't be intimidated I'm only using like five or six colors
from it, you can work with a much smaller set,
no problem.
And let's paint a light house over here.
The list of all the materials that I am using, is in the description below the video.
Ok good!
Now I will place something, like this eraser, on the back of the pad to lift it
so that the paint will run.
We get all the paper wet again,
and then we add some more paint.
A little bit darker
this time.
Leaving an area of light on the sky, like on the first third.
I didn't mention this before, but also the horizon line
is at about one third from the bottom up,
this for composition purposes,
it looks better.
We can create some reflections with the tissue paper,
lifting up the paint while it is wet.
And once it dries we apply water on it once more
and we can lighten or erase some lines, by rubbing lightly
and then we will add more paint still.
As you see we are painting on layers
since the watercolor paint is transparent, you should start light
and then darken and darken in layers,
because it is easier to keep darkening and difficult to lighten up.
We do a similar thing for the sea,
and then, once it is dry again,
we add a little bit more waves
and the reflection of the hill, with the technique of the dry-brush.
Paint with not a lot of water on a dry surface.
Like so...
and always remember that when the watercolor dries, it dries lighter
so you should apply the colors
a little bit darker than what you want them at the end,
because they will lighten up.
And if you made it all the way to this point, I would love to know about it!
in the comments please write me the secret code:
"The lonely lighthouse"
Let's darken the lower part and the sides a little bit more,
so that the reflection contrasts more
and then let's also make a reflection of the lighthouse itself.
And there's a little touch of life at the end,
let's also paint some birds,
some goose over here, and some seagulls here.
And it's ready!
If you enjoyed it please give it a LIKE!
let me know if you want another watercolor tutorial, even more simple for beginners,
and I will see you with more creations, on Tuesday ;)
Subtitled by Grethel Trejo