Live Lessons: Watercolor Snow Dog
Lessons
About This Lesson Series...
In this lesson, we create a watercolor painting of a dog in the snow. We use a grid to create the drawing before applying layered watercolor washes to develop the painting.
Lesson 1 (1:11:33)
In lesson one, we use a grid to draw the dog in the snow with an H graphite pencil.
Lesson 2 (1:13:45)
In lesson two, we begin with watercolor applications on the head of the dog.
Lesson 3 (1:09:10)
In lesson three, we continue with watercolor applications on the head of the dog.
Lesson 4 (1:08:28)
In lesson four, we work down the body of the dog with watercolor applications.
Lesson 5 (1:07:47)
In lesson five, we continue work on the body of the dog.
Lesson 6 (1:14:41)
In lesson six, we continue work on the body of the dog.
Lesson 7 (1:12:15)
In lesson seven, we continue work on the teddy bear.
Lesson 8 (1:10:34)
In lesson eight, we complete the painting.
Resources for this Lesson...
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References
Here's what you'll need...
- Graphite Pencils
- Stonehenge Watercolor Paper Block
- Winsor and Newton Professional Field Watercolor Set
- Nylon Brushes
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This watercolor block (paper) is the only paper I use now for watercolor. It gives a nice smooth finish and is wonderful.
Matt, did you create the grid using photoshop or did you hand draw it?
Hi Donna,
I used Photoshop to create the grid. The process I use can be found here…https://thevirtualinstructor.com/members/basic-photoshop-for-artists-creating-a-grid. I hope this helps.
Hi Matt,
Cliffhanger! Lesson 4 video was cut off at a very interesting moment. Your sentence, “…If there is an issue (color repair) that doesn’t seem like it can be resolved, then you take what you’ve done….” End of video.
I imagine you’ve said “…take what you’ve done and learn from it. Try again.” OR did you perhaps say “…take what you’ve done, and transition to a darker dog.” OR perhaps you said finish the dog but add a blizzard at the end so that we cannot actually see the dog.
Joking aside, I was curious about your lost response.
Best wishes to both of you and your families for a great year. You add more to our experience of art than you can imagine.
🙂 Margaret
Hi Margaret,
It looks as though the video did not upload completely. We’ll upload the full lesson and the cliff hanger ending as soon as possible. 🙂
Happy New Year Matt,
Was there a lesson on January 3? I can’t find anything past Lesson 4, which was immediately before Christmas. My apologies if it takes a few days to get the recordings posted…
Teresa C