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Sketchbook Practice : Bring Watercolor to Life with Line Drawing
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Korshub's take
Overview
A simple but effective technique that pairs wet-on-wet watercolor washes with fine black line work, adding pen detail on top of the paint to bring small icon-style illustrations to life.
Who It's For
Anyone who enjoys watercolor and wants a fun, approachable new technique to try, including complete beginners.
Key Takeaways
- Starting a piece with a basic wet-on-wet watercolor wash
- Layering in further washes of colour
- Adding pen detail to complement and define each element, like the stem of a flower
- Using reference material to help sketches stand out
- Applying the technique to subject matter well beyond the icons shown in class
About this course
This is a really simple but effective technique that combines watercolor with the addition of thin black line. Starting with a basic wet on wet technique, further washes of colour will be applied. Then finally adding the pen detail to compliment and add information for each icon, like the stem of a flower.
I hope it will appeal to anyone who likes to have fun with their watercolours, even beginners. You can achieve great results and it can be used for many subject matter, not just the icons shown in this class, so please feel free to explore further. For part of this class I do recommend looking at reference - either online or from life so that your sketches will really stand out. I can't wait to see your versions of this technique.
As ever please use the hashtag #ohnmarskillshre if you are sharing your work on social media and I can like and comment.SaveSave
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