You can use a default paper preset or a custom one. Go to the Canvas Settings to set the canvas color and grain (texture). I don’t always show you when I did, but I was testing stuff through most of this tutorial. You can stop and test stuff on the Scraps at any point. This matters a lot more for the watercolor because anytime you use it with any of the wet blending options active, you change what you have already painted (you can’t just repaint it to get the result you want easily). They helped me figure out what the colors would actually do when I blended them, and whether I needed to mix them directly or just go over them with a palette knife afterwards. Setup (2): Color testing with ScrapsĪbove you can see that I’ve tested out a few color mixes on Scraps (found in the References menu).
I also ended up not really using the sketch much after I got started, but it helped me define the first areas of paint. I was deliberately ‘loose’ with my sketch as I’m not trying to exactly copy the original and I want to bring my own ‘feel’ to it. Lightly sketch stuff out in pencil to get a feel for the image and give yourself a guide to work from. You don’t have to copy them closely, but they will help enormously when you are trying to figure out what results you actually want and which effects are ‘realistic’ looking. If you haven’t really painted with watercolors before, then you probably want to find some references showing you the effects that you want to create. You can do these things in any order, and you may want to play around with different options a bit before continuing to the actual painting. You should also pay attention to the paper or canvas settings, as these can have a major effect on the way your paint flows.
Artrage 6 watercolor tutorial how to#
Create a sketch to work from – as detailed or sketchy as you like – on a separate layer, find some references to help you figure out what result you want to achieve, and test out the brush settings and color mixing, so you know how to actually get the result you want. You can just pick up the watercolor brush and start painting, but it helps to plan out a few things first.
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