Hello my dear Steemians,
I would like to show you this painting that I dedicated to myself :) I've realized that there are so many paintings I've given as a gift to my friends and family, but only one before this one long time ago that I gave to myself.
So here it is, a SeaHorse living in an Ocean with many other amazing and beautiful creatures! I really enjoyed making it and now I'm so happy every time I see it on my wall :)
Now, I would like to show you the process of making it and also one really useful tip when painting with watercolors.
First, as always I make a sketch with a pencil of what I would like to draw. To be honest, I've spent hours on making my SeaHorse look exactly the way I imagined it :) I planned to have a mountain in the upper left corner but later on, I've realized that I really wanted the sunset to be there.
After I've finished my sketch, I soaked the whole paper in the water so it won't get too wrinkled when I start painting with watercolors (as I didn't really have high-quality watercolor paper, just this standard 300 g paper). This is how I did it:
This really helped! Thanks, World Wide Web for this tip! hehe
Finally, I've started to apply watercolors and the reason why it has this interesting texture is that I used Sea Water :) Tip here is really to apply lots and lots of color so the final work doesn't turn out to be too pale.
I was making the Ocean deep with the use of many shades of blue. From light blue too deep darker blue.
And I really enjoyed painting these animals in their colors. Just applying the ''first layer'' of it.
At the end, I colored the SeaHorse as well and this is how it looked like when the paper finally got dry.
While applying the acrylic touch I got so into it that I didn't take any pictures of the process, just this one at the end. The marks on the SeaHorse are my horoscope's sign (Aquarius) star constellation.
And here are some details of the painting:
I hope you enjoyed watching the process and that you maybe learned something new.
If you would like me to make an art for you, feel free to contact me (leave a comment or send me a message on chat)!
And of course, if you like it: Upvote, Resteem, Follow :)
