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    Watercolor with Me in the Ocean
    Watercolor with Me in the Ocean
    Watercolor with Me in the Ocean
    Ebook190 pages57 minutes

    Watercolor with Me in the Ocean

    By Dana Fox

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    5O No-Sketch Projects That Bring the Ocean to Life

    Dana Fox, author of Watercolor with Me: In the Forest and founder of Wonder Forest, provides fifty new marine-themed projects in this beginner-friendly watercolor guide. Known for her whimsical art style and straightforward instruction, Dana leads you through three major watercolor techniques: wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, and ink-and-wash. Best of all, there’s no sketching required, so you can focus on each painting method.

    Bring adorable sea creatures like octopuses and otters to life on high-quality art paper. Start simple with shading in a monochromatic orca, experiment with adding depth to color with a bright bobbing seahorse and practice stylizing your subject in a charming lighthouse scene. With inspired art and step-by-step instruction, it’s easy to pick up a paintbrush, break out your palette, and create something beautiful.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateNov 12, 2019
    ISBN9781624148583
    Watercolor with Me in the Ocean
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    Dana Fox

    I am a web designer and graphic artist from Canada with a mind that never sleeps.

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      Book preview

      Watercolor with Me in the Ocean - Dana Fox

      MASTER COLOR CHART

      All illustrations in this book use the Winsor & Newton Cotman line of watercolor paints. Below are the colors used in the projects for your color-matching reference (white is also used but not shown):

      Supplies you’ll likely need:

      Watercolor paint

      Clean water

      Mixing palette

      Round watercolor brushes (sizes 2–12)

      Fine detail brush

      Black permanent-ink pen

      White ink pen

      Paper towels

      DANA’S FAVORITES

      For my favorite and most recommended watercolor supplies, please visit my Amazon shop at: http://amazon.com/shop/wonderforest.

      WET-ON-WET

      Before you put that brush to paper, let’s try a couple of simple wet-on-wet techniques.

      Here, you’ll see three colored circles. Each of these circles uses a method of wet-on-wet that is used in the projects in this book.

      1) The first circle was completely wet beforehand, using clean water, then two colors were dropped in on both the top and bottom areas.

      2) The second circle was not wet beforehand, but rather filled with a single color, Ultramarine. While the paint was still wet, Permanent Rose was dropped into the area. As a result, this pretty lilac shade was created!

      3) The third circle demonstrates a lifting technique that we will use in some projects. The paper was wet and a color was dropped in. Then a dry brush was used to lift some of that color out of the center portion.

      Try each of these techniques in the blank circles shown below the colored ones!

      Next, practice wet-on-wet drops by wetting the blank coral graphic with clean water and dropping in various concentrated colors. Try not to add too much additional water to the color mixes beforehand or the paper will become a big puddle! If you need to, you can lift off any blobs using the dry-brush technique.

      Once you’ve got these methods down, move on to complete your first project!

      Sea Turtle

      This sea turtle is so fun to paint due to all of the colorful shapes. Don’t let it intimidate you—it’s really easy! You’ll be working on one shape at a time and using the wet-on-wet technique to create effortless, gorgeous color blends.

      Color Chart

      Supplies

      • Round brush (size 6 works well)

      • 4 colors of paint

      • Fine detail brush

      • Black ink pen

      1. Starting with the shell, fill one of the shapes with water with your brush, leaving a little dry space around the edges. The paper should be glossy, not

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