Watercolor painting - Step by step

in #steem-cartoon6 years ago

Looking out for the moon


Hello steemians!
Today I will be sharing the watercolor painting I did with this girl and her cat looking out from their room window to see the moon.

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Watercolor painting


Watercolour is a very fun technique and sometimes the effect that comes out of it is very unpredictable and magical. For me personally, I love the effect of the smudges and color blending in this technique. Although I do have difficulties trying to blend the colors and to make the overall painting look good without using too many colors, it takes some experimenting and I just like to go with the flow.

The process


First of all the paper I use for this one wasn’t really a good watercolor paper. I used Arto by CAMPAP sketchbook but I don’t really mind cause I was just drawing for fun but painting it on a good paper will have a better blending effect. The difference is watercolor paper will have a more absorbing abilities means it can absorb more water so it doesn’t make the paper becomes crumpled and uneven when it dries.

The tools:

  • Sketchbook
  • Blue color pencil
  • Pilot inkbrush pen
  • Watercolour brush
  • Watercolour paint

I started with a draft on my sketchbook. I used a blue color pencil to draw the lines.

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Then I use my inkbrush to draw the outlines and make it more solid.

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I started painting with the base color first. Let it dry and then continue to paint on it. Because of the quality of the paper, you can see it already started to become uneven.

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Next, I continue to paint the background.

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Add more colors and blend them. Since its night, I used mostly blue to color the background and add some purple to make it colorful.

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Now I add little details and shadows to make it stand out.

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And I am done!

Thank you for stopping by and have a good day~
See you in the post :)
Elliebong

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nice drawing..just like a additional cover for the sketch pad ;)

Hey thanks! Now that I look back it does look like it hahaha xD

told you.. :))

Really pretty!! :D I think they are watching also a comet because she looks so excited n_n I hope it's not like the one of Your name movie x.x

btw! I have a little drawing/doodle game, maybe you could play and tell your friends :P the prize is a random upvote from $.2 to $2, and a chance to get the $2 (manually) if it is my favorite doodle n_n it is really fun hehe and since it only needs to be a doodle it takes no much time :D JOM!

Actually if you have an idea to make it more attractive to the illustrators, please, let me know n.n

Thanks! Yeah she might be looking at a shooting star instead!

Hahaha! You are using it right! Thats cool, sure I'll try to doodle something and let my friends know bout it

A shooting star!!! That's true!
Woohoo! Can't wait to see your doodle there!:D