Watercolor Painting for Beginners - Cute Animals Challenge

Learn the fundamentals of watercolor painting by drawing and painting 32 cute colorful animal figures in 32 days

What you'll learn

• Sketching cute animals with a pencil
• Line & wash technique (drawing with pencil & ink, then paint)
• Watercolor painting fundamentals
• Color mixing basics
• Cute animal illustration

Requirements

• no previous drawing or painting knowledge is required
• however you need some materials listed here
• pencil, pencil sharpener, eraser, ruler, scissors
• watercolor paper, size-2 round brush, base color paints (red, blue, yellow + black & white)
• water container, paper towel

Description

Learn the fundamentals of watercolor painting while you're having fun. This course includes 32 individual cute animal painting projects where you can dive into the beautiful world of watercolor painting step by step. No previous drawing or painting experience is required.

What Will You Learn?

• how to make a pencil sketch about cute animals
• how to redraw with ink
• how to use the basic watercolor painting tools
• different painting technics (wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, dry-on-dry)
• how to mix any color from the base colors (red, blue, and yellow)
• you will learn about light & shadow and how to apply the paints to get a realistic look
• common beginner mistakes
• tips & tricks to get better results

Why You Should Take This Course

Watercolor painting can be challenging for a beginner. So it's important to lay down a strong foundation in your skills. This course offers to teach you watercolor basics in a fun and relaxing way by painting cute animal figures.

But I also make emphasis on how to make a good pencil sketch for your painting. So, each painting project includes a few minutes drawing exercise too. We build up our cute animal figures from simple shapes.

By completing this challenge you can acquire the basic skills of watercolor painting that will serve as a strong foundation for your future painting career.


Who is This Course for?

If you're an absolute beginner in watercolor painting, this course can be a good start. If you are not a beginner, this painting challenge can be a great exercise for you.

Also, if you're looking for a meaningful activity for your child, this course can be a great choice. Actually, you can paint your own unique 64-card memory game together.

Materials/Resources - Tools You Need

Watercolor painting requires a bunch of tools, but I try to keep things simple and we'll be using the bare minimum as far as the equipment concerns.

• an inexpensive watercolor paper will be just fine (eg. 190 gsm cellulose)
• a size-2 round brush
• watercolor paints: base colors like blue, red, yellow, black, and white (the cheapest paint will do)
• a mixing palette
• a water container or rinsing bowl
• paper towel or paper tissue
• a graphite pencil + sharpener
• an eraser
• a ruler
• scissors
• ink pen - IMPORTANT information: It has to be water resistant.

Possible options:

• a thin permanent marker or alcohol ink (most stationary store holds it)
• pigma micron pen
• india ink or indian ink (water won't dissolve it once it has dried)

If you have some better quality materials, that's fine, but just for this course, don't buy any expensive stuff. To learn the basics and practice, you don't need any fancy brands.

Who this course is for:

• absolute beginners in watercolor painting
• intermediate students who like to paint cute animals
• students who like to draw & paint animal figures