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Watercolor tutorial 2
Published: 2010-12-20 07:14:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 272882; Favourites: 12721; Downloads: 7158
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My 2nd watercolor tutorial.It might looks pretty long, because it's filled with many pictures to help you understand my process, instead of using a lot of texts.
Edit: Wet in Wet is : Adding wet colors on damp sheet of paper or an area of still-wet paint, and let them run out over the wet surface, giving soft-hazy effect
If you have any watercolor question, Feel free to ask me.
Link to the original work.
Link to my 1st watercolor tutorial [ it's old but has many useful info.]
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love the tutorial, but i have to ask, am i the only person who noticed what appears to be the white durex condom on the mixing pallet?
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Do you stretch the watercolor paper beforehand? How do you make it so the paper doesn't crinkle?
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I use 300g paper and it doesn't curl, I also don't stretch my paper.
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I wish I had the talent to painting.. But always I paint something, it never comes out like I'd want.. lol.
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what is the "copic opaque white" ? its a is solvent based paint?
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It's like a very thick water-soluble white postercolor.
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When you mean "pure water", do you mean just wet your brush and pain in the highlights, THEN colour over? Or?
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um, I also have a question! do you think gel-pen would be ok if I used it on the eyes instead of paint? (this is my first time using watercolor, so i'm not good w/ small details....)
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you can test test your gel pen and paints on scrap paper first.
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well, quick tip, don't use a black gel pen on the painting while it is wet...
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thank you~
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thanks again, I am following this tutorial with a painting! I'll upload it soon XD
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it came out lovely~ thanks 4 the tutorial
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Umm, I have a question, did you ink over the lines before painting or did you keep it the way it was? Because I'm bad with pens.
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Thank you I'm about to upload the picture I wanted to watercolor, I'll link you it and the finished painting.
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I finished uploading the lines: [link]
Please comment.
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You can use watercolor like that?! I'm gonna try it.
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This is so nice, I want to try watercolouring next but I don't have enough watercolors to use... I have poster paints more. ._.
I don't get the "Using pure water first for highlights thingy." .. Does that mean you apply pure water first before applying the base color?
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I wanna know how you managed to keep the background looking so clean - like, for me, when I do the wet on wet for a background I use a mask for the stuff I don't want to get paint on, but even then I wind up with a couple of tiny white spaces in between the masked image and the background. How d'you make yours so even/perfect? Serious question.
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thank you this is really good use for me as i feel as ive been lacking in waterclour and i need to booster to help me get back in
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This is great! I love that you show your mistakes and how to fix them too. Very helpful!
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I've been thinking about getting back into water color paints and this is just the tutorial I need. Thanks!
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Bother my stupid question but, would a painting be possible with only 12 tube watercolors?
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I only need 3 primary colors.
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But having some more colors sounds good too. Because sometimes I'm too lazy to mix them myself.
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This is incredible, thanks for taking the time to make this! I learned so much!
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Oh my gawsh your paintings are just so amazing!!
this tutorial is awesome 
can I just ask, when you paint for example the base eye colour, do you wait for the paint to dry before you paint the next colour on top or do you just paint it on anyway??
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Thank you for this! this was very helpful!
How do you get the paint to stay inside the lines?
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whaaaaaaat? you make that all with water coler?
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Wow! Awesome and beautiful tutorial! But is there any way to get your paint brushes clean since sometimes colors get stuck on them and its really hard to wash off (other than just washing them with water. To me, that doesn't work as well.)? Thank you!
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I know this is late but, if they're still on after cleaning with just clean water, you should get some soap (get something like dove because your brushes are like hair too!) and swirl it in there and then swirl it in your hands to get the pigments out. It's best to get brush cleaner as they're more suited for brushes than soaps/detergents that we use on our bodies because of the harsh chemicals in them.
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Thank you so much! It's okay it's a late reply.
Thank you for your reply! 
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That, I have no clue about it but I do not think so. Just like hair, they can get damaged easily.
You can easily find brush cleaner in the art stores under the brush accesorries.
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hehe oops. Just realized this isn't your tutorial. But thanks for helping out!
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Oh thank you so much for being a great help to such a person with little inexperience with watercolors like me!
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keep shaking them in the watercolor container until they are clean, or clean it with faucet.
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Oh my goodness! Thanks so much!
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this is amazing and helps a lot. watercolor is still new to me and i enjoy it a lot but can't seem to get a lot of detail in them, any tips for this and how to blend better? thank you XD
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If I can do this really good may I post it
(Of course all credit goes to you and your wonderful tutorial)
Nice job I like verry much
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