Introduction :

Yay! we meet again! Hope you guys are doing well.

Here I am, your Lalaluta, back with yet another tutorial. So let 's not talk much and jump right into it.

 

A Quick Summary On Watercolor :

Painting is always fun and exciting , Watercolor being a very important part of it.

The soft and not so tidy strokes of Watercolor makes it one of a kind. One stroke after another, it takes time for a painter to portray and develop the real beauty of Watercolor painting. That exactly is the real beauty of it.

 

Coming from a traditional painter myself, the digital world of illustration seemed totally foreign to me in the beginning . It took me quite a while to get the same result on my digital tab ,that I would normally get on my canvas. But eventually I learned how to get it done .

Now I will break it down for you guys and make it as simple as possible.

Let's go!

Here is today's tutorial's Guideline :

 

• The Importance Of Watercolor Texture Paper I Preparing The Canvas

 

 

• Ways To Draw Different Types Of Sky| Watercolor

                    #**The Key To The Perfect Clouds

 

 

• How To Draw Watercolor Trees

The Importance Of Watercolor Texture Paper I Preparing The Canvas

When we compare the Traditional Watercolor drawing and the Digital Watercolor drawing side by side, the prime visible difference we can see is the Texture of the canvas!

By adding a texture paper, and setting it to the very top of the layers we can actually have the same Watercolor texture paper that we have in our traditional canvas.

TIP: I usually keep the opacity of the texture layer by 70 - 80.

Leave the texture paper layer at the top, and continue to draw your landscape.

 

*Here Without Texture Paper:

 

 

• Here With Texture Paper:

We all can see the difference, Right?

These two are great Watercolor Texture papers, as well my most used ones!

Here is the link of two of them, in case you guys want to check it out!

Ways To Draw Different Types Of Sky| Watercolor

Based on the time of the day or what season it is, there are many different types of skies we can observe!

 

So in this tutorial I'm going to show ways to draw three different but most used skies.

We have our canvas ready, so let's draw some Skies!

 

 

** SUMMER SKY / CLEAR SKY :

^ Base Color

As we are working with a clear summer sky, brush some pretty blue color onto the canvas.

[ TIP: Blend Blend and Blend! but make sure to leave some uneven spots. ]

Brush Detail:

^ Add A Bit Detail

 

Step 1 :

Use some darker shades of blue and give a bit detailed look to the sky.

Step 2 :

Use the watercolor cloud brush and draw a base layer for clouds.

 

Here's the link ~

^ Give The Clouds Some Structure

^ Do Some Contouring

Use a darker shade to give depth.

 

TIP : Adjust the opacity accordingly!

^ GLOW THERAPY!

Finally add a layer on Add ( Glow ) mode.

Using the cloud brush , work on the areas where the light hits. Then use the Airbrush to draw and define the Sun Rays.

Voila! We are done !

 

Easy! Right?

Here's the Final look with the color palate.

** SUNSET / SUNRISE SKY :

** NIGHT SKY :

The Key To The Perfect Clouds| Explanation

Step 1 ~ Layer detail - Normal Mode

Step 2 ~ Layer Detail - Normal Mode ( Opacity 83% )

Step 3 ~ Layer Detail - Add (Glow) Mode

[NOTE: I have used these colors for better understanding.]

How To Draw Watercolor Trees ~~

^ Draw a lay out of the tree

^ Add leaves

Pick the base color for the leaves of the tree and draw a structure .

 

Brush Details :

^ Add some details

By using a darker shade .

^ Some more details

^ Some glowing effects

Yeyy!!! It's done!

The Final Look with color palate.

Example no. 2 ( with color palate )

The Complete Process video Of the Thumbnail | Time-lapse

Conclusion :

So this is it for today guys.

Hope this tutorial helps!

 

See you again next time :)

let's meet again in the next one, till then~