01-22-2014, 07:07 AM
Great update! Your doodles from life drawing really look amazing. I like especially the last but one, it really seems like no line is wasted.
AND AHH YOU MEAN ME? HOW DO I DO IT?! Actually I don't have an idea I'm always just very intuitive with watercolours... I do like the coloring for your sketch a lot though, I think it fits the theme perfectly as it is dynamic and cheeky/bold (please excuse me if sometimes what I say sounds awkward...as English is not my mother tongue I sometimes really have trouble expressing myself). It looks though if your brush was pretty dry sometimes. Maybe you could use a bit more water next time...and if you are up for some experimenting, try doing some gradients and let two colours mix into each other. When doing a watercolour illust my first layer is almost always a kind of gradient, and then I add the shadow layers on top. AND if you have the chance to use hot press paper, you should try it. Maybe your art store has some trial sheets (mine sometimes has such goodies) For me it was like a revelation when I tried out the paper I'm using now (it's Arches Hot Press). I also really really like the paper in the watercolour moleskine. For me it was a surprise because I usually only like smooth paper, but the moleskine paper is so awesome I wish they sold it in pads. (haha I could go on endlessly about watercolours....) All in all watercolour is pretty versatile so it all depends on what you'd like to see as result (:
AND AHH YOU MEAN ME? HOW DO I DO IT?! Actually I don't have an idea I'm always just very intuitive with watercolours... I do like the coloring for your sketch a lot though, I think it fits the theme perfectly as it is dynamic and cheeky/bold (please excuse me if sometimes what I say sounds awkward...as English is not my mother tongue I sometimes really have trouble expressing myself). It looks though if your brush was pretty dry sometimes. Maybe you could use a bit more water next time...and if you are up for some experimenting, try doing some gradients and let two colours mix into each other. When doing a watercolour illust my first layer is almost always a kind of gradient, and then I add the shadow layers on top. AND if you have the chance to use hot press paper, you should try it. Maybe your art store has some trial sheets (mine sometimes has such goodies) For me it was like a revelation when I tried out the paper I'm using now (it's Arches Hot Press). I also really really like the paper in the watercolour moleskine. For me it was a surprise because I usually only like smooth paper, but the moleskine paper is so awesome I wish they sold it in pads. (haha I could go on endlessly about watercolours....) All in all watercolour is pretty versatile so it all depends on what you'd like to see as result (: