Watercolor flowers are one of my all time favorite things to paint.

There’s something about the rhythm of the petals, the base coat turning vibrant with just one more layer…I absolutely love it. 😍

I can’t wait to post this finished painting! It should be done by tomorrow. ✨

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Some watercolor tips too!

Try to keep the layers of watercolor to a minimum. As you can see, the flower is just two layers (one with the base shadow and highlight, then each petal is painted in a gradient)! This makes vibrant colors.

When doing details, make sure it’s dry before painting near it. See how we did every other petal first? That was to make sure the others were totally dry before painting next to it so the color didn’t bleed.

Rotate your paper! In order to make sure the brush is precise and leaves clean lines, rotate your paper. The tip of the brush has the most control, so make sure that paints the edges of any detail work.

Use complementary colors for your base. We used yellow and purple, and then painted over the petals with a mix of purples, oranges, and yellows. This made one side in a strong shadow and one in a highlight!

Plan ahead where the light source is. Watercolor is a medium that really needs a defined light source to shine. Pick the direction before painting, it helps with organizing your piece and colors a lot!

Volume Commissions Mini-Tutorial

The recent Black Panther Charity Stream I participated in was the 4th time I’ve streamed volume work, and every time I do, I get comments about how quickly I’m able to whip out pieces.

Here’s some general advice on doing volume work, and some additional information on my personal process! Hopefully some of it helps you. 😀

Source: vextera

Not sure if I’ve asked this, butt in regards to your last picture you uploaded and all of your drawings, how do you know where to line up the head/cranium with the rest of the spine in cases where the head is turned or posed?

bunnsandbutts:

well that is simple, the head ideally sits in the middle of the spine…

positioning the head is not the difficult part, in most cases ‘artists’ don’t need to make things ‘look’ right

but make it ‘feel’ right. specially when drawing idealized and/or from imagination altering proportions and poses is rather common ⁽ˢᵘᵖᵉʳʰᵉʳᵒ ᶜᵒᵐᶦᶜ ᵃʳᵗᶦˢᵗˢ ᶠᵒʳ ᵉˣᵃᵐᵖᶫᵉ⁾

the easiest way⁽ᶦᶰ ᵐʸ ᵒᵖᶦᶰᶦᵒᶰ⁾ is to use the shoulders. Most of the time when drawing poses i will actually place the shoulders first and then draw the head. Maybe try ‘gesture drawing’ as exercise.