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Today I’m going to show you the watercoloring techniques I used to create my “I Quit"” artwork. …

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When it comes to painting with watercolors a quality-brush is a must! …

While natural brushes tend to produce better results, there most certainly exist good synthetic brushes that will aid you just as well. …

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For this tutorial I'm going to use only one brush of the size 8 (a synthetic one). Although it’s quite a big one, it is good enough even for fine details since its point is very…

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On to the colors! …

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We'll be using these two techniques all the time. Glazing/ Layering is arguably the most important aspect of watercoloring and it makes it quite easy for us to get cool textures…

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As usual, the first thing to do is sketch out your drawing with pencils. Be light on the pressure in order not to damage the paper, as it can influence the watercolors.

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The next step is to ink all the characters, but leave the background without outlines to achieve a visual separation between the characters and their surroundings. …

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The chains were no doubt the most elaborate part of the inking. …

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Now we’re finally ready to get to the coloring. …

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Especially if you are mixing your colors, it's best to paint in all the parts at once. …

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After the first layer has dryed, we can go on to the next. …

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The fingernails can be colored with umbra or red alone. Be careful to leave some highlights and make sure to use straight strokes to accentuate the shape of the fingernails.

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All that's left is to add the rest of the shadows and wrinkles with umber. Try not to use real black for the skin, most of the time a deep umber is more than enough. …

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Once the umber has dryed, we can add more red and orange to add more life to the skin. …

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When we’re done with the coloring of the skin, how about moving on to the hair next? …

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Well, the hair wasn’t too hard. How about something a little more challenging XD ? …

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On to something easier: the plates. …

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The shoulder plate can be painting with the same technique – adding a bit of blue, black and umber here and there with a dry brush and leaving a few highlights.

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Painting in the black skull is quite simple, since it’s sufficient to only use black. We just have to keep the light source in mind and leave highlights where they belong.

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By now we should be pretty much done with the character. It’s time to work on the background! …

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The first layer of bricks looks a bit weak at the moment, so we’ll simply add another one with a darker tone. …

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Since we want the brick walls to have a natural, worn-down look, we'll add some special effects to make them look less bland. …

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And this is how the final piece looks like! I hope you were able to learn something useful! Because I sure did (never do chainmail again XD)

Saturday, Feb 21st 2015, 02:05

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