Loosening Up in Watercolor
How do you keep paintings from turning stiff like a cadaver when you go in for the final finish? Pro illustrator Lee White shows you how to keep your paintings lively.
Learn how to keep your final work fresh from start to finish
Have you ever had the experience of doing a really great sketch, only to have the finished painting look stiff and overworked? We all have! Lee White will address this very common problem in his latest class, Loosening Up In Watercolor. Starting with a sketch on watercolor paper, he will show you step by step how to work free and loose, while still being able to control areas of fine detail and focus.
Even though this class is in watercolor, the principles apply to all media including oil, acrylic, and even pencil.
In this class you will learn:
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Working loose to tight
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Working broad to detail
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Building a plan for the final work
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Controlling both hard and soft edges
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Controlling and simplifying shapes and value
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Adding hard detail on top of loose underpainting
Materials needed:
- Watercolor paper (Arches 300lb. or Arches board recommended).
- Liquid frisket
- Burnt Sienna Ink
- Watercolor Brushes
- Old beat up bristle brush
- Dip style ink pen
- Artist tape
- Colored pencils
- White Gouache
- Spray mister
Watercolor paint:
- Burnt Sienna
- Burnt Umber
- Permanent Alizarin Crimson
- Yellow Ochre
- Ultramarine Blue
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About the Instructor
Illustrator Extraodinare Lee White
Lee White is a children's book illustrator based in Colorado. He has been illustrating books for the past 20 years and has over 30 titles to his name. His latest book, This Pretty Planet, was released in November 2020. He also teaches all his painting secrets at SVSLearn.com and workshops around the country.
Who should take this course:
This is an intermediate to advanced video. This means some previous experience with watercolor is recommended.
Course curriculum
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Loosening up in Watercolor
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Loosening up in Watercolor demo video
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About this course
- 2 lessons
- 1.5 hours of video content
- 1 Video
- 1 Download
Reviews
Great class!
Kimberly Workman
I'm fairly inexperienced with watercolor but Lee does a great job of helping take some of the worry out of the equation. The instruction is clear and unders...
Read MoreI'm fairly inexperienced with watercolor but Lee does a great job of helping take some of the worry out of the equation. The instruction is clear and understandable. Just watching gave me lots of new ideas to play around with. I've been working on trying to be more loose with my artwork and this class was very helpful!
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Helen Aland
Thanks Lee for a consice and detailed video of your process!
Thanks Lee for a consice and detailed video of your process!
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anna pascual
I have a hard time painting backgrounds and I feel like this video has given me some good ideas on keeping things loose and not over complicate things such a...
Read MoreI have a hard time painting backgrounds and I feel like this video has given me some good ideas on keeping things loose and not over complicate things such as the backgrounds. I also learned some new techniques for watercolor such as how the rabbits where added. I thought he was just going to leave them out I didn't know you can take away the paint as much as he did.
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