Painting Animals in Watercolour

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Each animal has a different texture of its outer skin. You need to put effort to master these textures with a watercolor technique. You can use dark shades of the watercolor for edges of the texture. More detailing, more perfection will be there in the animal texture. By practising some of the following exercises, not only will you create lovely paintings, you will learn invaluable lessons. This creative painting features a hand with a snake wrapped around it. The color palette was a great choice for this art piece. 3. Watercolor Rabbit Credit: jimlagasse

From the great Renaissance masters to movers and shakers of the contemporary avant-garde, watercolor has captured the imaginations of painters through the centuries. Some artists strictly defined themselves as “watercolorists”, while a surprising number of artists incorporated watercolor within their oeuvre. An artist drawing inspiration from her own life, Tracey Emin is a famous YBA figure in whose oeuvre watercolors take up a significant place. She has created many series throughout her career: “Purple Virgin”, the “Berlin watercolours”, which she had on display in her Turner Prize exhibition in 1999, and the “Abortion” series, painted in 1990 and marking a painful period in her life, being some of them. If you hold your brush like a pen, it will be very controlled. If you hold it at the end, you will need to use your whole arm to move it and it will give less control with more expression. If you hold it at the end and stand up, you will achieve even more expression and use your whole body. Try to paint with a larger brush for as long as possible, on a piece of paper larger than your intended finished size. If you’re tired of painting the same old landscapes and still lifes, switch it up and try a watercolor monkey painting. Not only is it a fun subject, but monkeys have such expressive faces and movements that you’ll have a blast capturing them on paper. 7. Watercolor Fox in Snow Credit: eszilluiFor salt, some colours work beautifully (say the pinks and purples) and some don’t (the earth pigments). You will find this out by trial and error. Often the results of texturing are better if you let the wash start to dry – putting salt into a very wet wash simply ends up with a salty puddle. So let’s take a look at the rich history of watercolor (aquarelle in French) painting and discover how this humble technique caught the imaginations of some of art history’s masters. What is watercolor painting? I love paintings that feature flowers and butterflies. If you do as well, I know you’ll love this painting. 19. Watercolor Whales Credit: cosmic_orca Watercolor paintings are often artists’ lesser known works because they’re actually less likely to go on display. Watercolor is an incredibly fragile artform. When exposed to light, these paintings fade much faster compared to oil painting, so they can only be displayed at museums and galleries for limited periods. And the natural fragility of the media puts an artwork’s existence at risk if mishandled or moved around too often.

Place the first colour then place the second alongside it. Even a tiny gap of dry paper will keep them apart, but if they touch the magic will happen. The colours will merge in exciting and unexpected ways.Now try putting these techniques into practice as you follow Liz to paint this brilliant donkey portrait, or a colourful cat.