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KoriMichele — Watercolor Walkthru + Tutorial
Published: 2011-08-13 04:55:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 7031; Favourites: 129; Downloads: 85
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Here's the final piece:I've been asked a couple of times to do a watercolor tutorial, so, here's my best shot at it.
There are lots of ways to watercolor cartoon images. This is just my own technique. I hope you find it useful, or at least interesting!
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I'm looking for a watercolor tutorial and when I randomly stalk browse your page I find this
Thank you for the tutorial, I found out a lot of things I never knew before : D
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Thanks! Hope it's helpful to you!
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Thank you for making this! I've dabbled with watercolour but because I've never been formally trained in them I tend to use them like acrylics with. . .varying results. This was really informative!
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Glad you found it helpful!
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Thank you so much for this. It was interesting to see your way of working, and the bit about shading clothing was especially useful for me. I find that sometimes very challenging to work out, but I think this will help me out greatly. Thank you~
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Thanks! I'm glad you found it interesting!
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Really nice walkthrough! I have a question. Do you recommend drawing a picture in pencil and then painting with watercolor paint? Or should I ink the drawing, erase the pencil lines after I've inked it, and then paint? I've only painted a few small things, and I was never sure what I should be doing. I ended up inking with Sakura micron pen and then painting. But then I'd need to re-ink because the paint would make the ink look faded. I was always afraid painting over/near pencil would somehow mess with the paint color. Any advice is much appreciated. Thank you!
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Okay! Here's what I do:
First off, I always do my sketch on a separate piece of paper. Then I use a lightbox to trace the drawing onto the really good watercolor paper. I do this because erasing on watercolor paper can ruin the surface, so you never want to use an eraser on good watercolor paper. Also, it's helpful if I screw up, and then I haven't ruined my only sketch (And boy have I screwed up before! Ha ha...)
But, regarding your actual question, whether with ink or pencil, I will always go back and "re ink" after I paint, because it is pretty inevitable that you'll cover some lines up.
You can paint right over pencil (this is what I did in this picture) but the important part is to use a "hard" lead pencil. You may know this already (sorry if you do), but art pencils generally come in "H" grade and "B" grade, H for Hard, and B for Soft (or probably something that starts with a "B" IDK, it's soft, though!) I use a 4H (sometimes 3H or 2H) pencil to "ink" my watercolor paper. Since the lead is hard, it is a little lighter, but it won't smudge or get in the paint when you paint it. If you used a normal mechanical pencil, or a soft B lead, when you painted over it, it might smudge and make your paint grey.
After I paint, I go over the linework again, either with a 4B pencil this time (because it's darker), or a micron.
Hopefully this was helpful! Let me know if there's anything I didn't answer clearly.
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You can use a light box with nice watercolor paper? I always thought it would be too thick!
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As long as the room is dark, it actually shows through just fine!
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Hmmmm *plots fantastically*
I'm actually considering taking a watercolor class at the local art museum. I really want to learn more about it xD
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Oh fun! Come to the watercolor side!
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This introduced me to so many new techniques and a whole new way of painting! Thank you so much!
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Wonderful to hear! You're very welcome.
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