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How to draw lion in oil pastel

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When I plan new painting I usually start with lose drawing of a subject.  I've make a drawing because I want to be familiar with a main features, for example eye shape, distance between nose and mouth, head ....     Second stage choosing the right paper. For oil pastel I usually use color Canson Mi-Teintes , in my opinion one of the best paper for oil pastels. Color paper has several advantages. Background color gives the atmosphere in the whole picture. The color gives the initial tone and it is much easier to determine the other tones in the image . The background color gives the unity of everything in the picture .       Third stage one more time outline drawing. I intentionally took a black and white photo as a reference, then there is a lot of room for innovation. while I was filling the picture with colors, I used a lot of warm colors, while I also left a lot of background to see.   In the last phase, I added details in the eyes, since they are the center of interest. I

Winter landscape watercolor with Geoff Kersey instructions

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    If you want to learn watercolor painting I can recommended to visit Geoff Kersey website.      I did a few pictures according to his instructions, here are two of them.   If you have any questions feel free to ask them in the comments, I will try to answer as best I can .    

How to become watercolor painter without stress

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It is certainly quite challenging to start from scratch. With so much different information and resources all over the internet. This is one of the YouTube channels that I can warmly recommend, for all those who take a watercolor brush in their hand for the first time.   Andrew Geeson loose watercolours             Why I think this approach is good for beginners .      It often happens that you try to follow an instructional video and the result is disastrous. With the approach that Andrew Geeson has, almost every time our painting succeeds.   And success, in my opinion, is the biggest driver to move on .  If you have any questions feel free to ask them in the comments, I will try to answer as best I can .   Visit my website:  https://ivancevicart.com/   Visit my Etsy store if you want to buy any of my paintings .     

Is watercolor lighthouse painting for beginner ?

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Watercolor lighthouse certainly one of the demanding topics for a beginner.    Why is it so ? First of all, when drawing a lighthouse, we have to take into account many factors, such as perspective, size in relation to other objects, etc ...   Waves, clouds, and the atmosphere are often tied to lighthouses. My picture clearly shows all the mistakes and the struggle I had with this picture . Of course, I am in no way discouraging you from trying this topic. If you do not take the risk of failure, you will never grow as an artist.   At the end of the day you either have a picture or you have a lesson learned. If you have any questions feel free to ask them in the comments, I will try to answer as best I can .     

#lukas1862watercolors review

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Lukas Aquarell 1862 There is no need to write much about these colors. Once you take a look at the paper you can see the quality. Brilliant colors, full of pigment, beautiful mixes. Interesting color choice in this set of 12.  Maybe too many opaque colors in one set, but it's all a matter of taste and painting style. Overall when we talk about artist quality watercolor paints in range price/quality LUKAS Aquarell 1862 are unbeatable.  

#koh-i-noor #mondeluz 36 color chart

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The Koh-i-noor Mondeluz Watercolor Pencils are advertised as having highly concentrated pigments in combination with the use of high-quality kaolin white clay for the core.  This results in good, deep color and great application abilities.   The thick 3.8mm diameter core allows for very dominant strokes that can cover great areas while still being able to retain the ability to do intricate areas.  Overall these do quite well in all of these areas.  The sets come in 12 to 36 pieces and have a hexagonal wood shell.     I use watercolors mostly when i go outside to do sketching. They are easy to carry, it is enough to have only a sketchbook and pencils with you.  If you want to see a good tutorial on working with watercolors, take a look at this one: How to paint with Watercolour Pencils       If you have any questions feel free to ask them in the comments, I will try to answer as best I can . Visit my website:  https://ivancevicart.com/   Visit my Etsy store if you want to b

Line and wash old english house watercolor

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Line and wash is a watercolour technique that combines a line drawing with a watercolour painting. Since a lot of the structure of the painting is established by the line drawing itself, often all that is needed from the paint is a little wash of colour - hence the name, line and wash.