Half and Half Challenge: How to Paint a Realistic Cat in Watercolor

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Do you like challenges? Here's one for you - paint the other side of this cat! Do you accept the challenge? This video is an accelerated version of the tutorial in our watercolor school.

MATERIALS USED IN THIS TUTORIAL
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Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Ultramarine Blue, Yellow Ochre, Permanent Rose, Winsor Lemon or your favorite yellow

Chapters
00:00 Introduction
0:24 Eye
1:00 Nose
1:27 Gray map of where darkest parts will be
1:59 Pale map of colors
2:34 Pale map of fur
3:04 Smooth, unify with plain water
3:19 Reinforce what will be darkest parts
3:50 Mid tones - in between darkest and lightest values; it will appear sloppy - keep moving forward!
4:52 Smooth, unify with water or thin layers of color
5:46 Refine the ear
6:15 Repeat the process - reinforce darks, mid tones, light values with fur, textures, thin layers of color
6:46 Create whiskers and white hairs!

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[tonialu]

I have been wanting to paint my cat for a while, but found it very intimidating to try. This video is very helpful. Thank you

[glenda]

I’ve watched ALOT of watercolour tutorials..the “map” process you describe/demonstrate was so helpful!

[myrnalandersartist]

Love that idea of the grey map! Thank you for this!

[Kandicookheller]

This wonderful video at least confirms to me that I am doing everything correctly though with not so great results, from needing more practice. I am almost ready for your on-line school I think. I am much older than most of your students and haven't been painting all that long, starting in my sixties, but I desperately want to paint animals proficiently and with detail.. I have rescued and adopted my whole adult life. Cats or long-haired dogs are the most difficult things for me to paint. Your skills are perfection and I would love to keep learning from you.hope. I am so grateful for your videos and will watch them more now that I understand them better with a bit more experience.

[yarcottages]

What an inspiration ! Sweet soft and fluffy realism. Wonderful

[MdSTherapeuticcoaching]

Amazing work, good teaching. Thank you!

[redemissarium]

whata georgeous painting!! feel like I want to touch the cat fluffy hair!

[sandyphillips]

Beautiful thank you for your time Sandy

[nocturnalcat]

Very neat and very detailed tutorial 💖

[TheAleswiller]

Fantastic tutorial no waffle and straight to the point I’m attempting a two cat portrait, nervous to progress past the pencil this has given me some confidence thank you.

[jessicagrill]

I keep thinking how what you think looks sloppy looks so beautiful. My sister just lost her 29 year old cat. I am trying to paint a picture of her cat as a gift. This video really helped. Thank you!

[judymills]

Wow! Amazing! I’m going to try the map, never heard of that before

[GiulianaBoaretto]

Che meraviglia!!! 😍 👏👏 Grazie per la lezione!!! Peccato non ci siano i sottotitoli in italiano...

[jeromeanderson]

I’m new to the art world, and this video was very helpful and relaxing to hear you explain everything was fantastic thank you.

[muhlenstedt]

you are a very patient person and your hands make magic!

[Elle-fpuy]

Beautiful and informative, thank you so much.

[Let-it-rainn]

Beautiful!!! ♥️♥️♥️ very inspiring and educational!

[ChiBStudio]

How long (in real time) did this take you! And thank you for showing us the many steps of going over and over the same areas. Sometimes I even forget watercolor is a translucent medium and I end up applying to heavy 😅

[willfhenning]

for the gray are you using water downed black?

[seamama-oj]

what brush and warter coler are you using?
that's amazing !!!
from japan I"won't paint like you