Watercolor painting. Drawing Puppy portrait How to paint.

Watercolor painting. Drawing Puppy portrait How to paint.

When you get to a certain stage in your development as an artist,you will inevitably be asked to draw or paint a portrait for someone.

This could be a friend or a family member or even a stranger who has seen your work online.

It is of course a massive step because you are not just painting something for your own enjoyment,especially if you are asked to do a portrait of a much loved pet who has passed away.

In 90% of cases,when I take a pet commission,the animal has died and the owner only has snapshots for me to work from,in this course I will show you how I use these sub standard reference photos to make really beautiful drawings and watercolor paintings.

We will start by deciding how to use the limited reference picture.

Then we will learn how to get the image down onto our paper using my tracedown technique.

The next stage is learning how to use masking fluid.

Then we will look in depth at how I make a detailed pencil study.

The final stage of the course takes us through the watercolor painting.

I start right at the beginning and work methodically through (I don't edit out anything or speed up any part).

Watch this course and I am confident that you will be able to tackle your own pet commissions!

See you in the first lesson,David

Art is such a beautiful way to express yourself and as a watercolor artist for over 30 years I can not urge you enough to give painting in watercolors a try,I never get bored with the effects of the colors on my paper,I still learn new techniques in my work every time I paint something,it is such a free and easy medium and it is well worth the time and effort you may invest.

To paint a watercolor picture is to escape into your own little world where nothing else matters and all your problems and worries can be forgotten, at least for a little while.

To give your own watercolor painting as a gift could not be more rewarding,I never get bored with the expression on the face of a friend or family member when I present them with an original watercolor painting which I have painted specially for them.

The medium of watercolor, for me, is the ultimate medium because even as a complete beginner you can achieve many effects using techniques which sometimes you are taught and sometimes you learn by complete accident which we call "happy accidents",such as when one color runs into another color and creates water marks or bleached paper,this is why sometimes I sit and watch the painting paint itself in front of my very eyes.

Of course now and then it does not work out as I wanted it to but all I have lost is a little bit of paint pigment,a piece of watercolor paper and a little time so I put that piece of paper to one side and start again!

Too many people have a go at painting with watercolors and think that they have to produce a perfect painting every time and they overwork the piece,desperate to get a finished painting to hang on their wall and of course they end up with a mess,get dispirited and give up announcing that they will never be an artist and so never paint again.

I would like to show these people the hundreds of watercolor paintings that didn't work out for me because without making mistakes you can't improve.I keep all my paintings good and bad and I look at the failures quite often,in these failed paintings there is quite often a part of the painting that I really like and I try to remember which technique,which colors I used,which brush made a particular mark on the paper so I can use these same techniques in my future watercolor paintings.

If I was stranded on a desert island,my watercolor kit would be the first thing I would wish for. 

Learn how to draw and paint this puppy portrait, from the start, follow along, see over my shoulder every aspect taught.

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What you will learn

• I will start with a blank piece of watercolor paper and take you step by step through every phase of producing this drawing and painting.
• I will show you how to trace an image using either the photograph or the template which I have provided.
• I will show you every step in my drawing,how I use just one pencil and my putty rubber to shade and shape my work.

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Level: All Levels

Duration: 4 hours

Instructor: David Walker