Quick and EASY WATERCOLOR Backgrounds (No 9)

These *quick and easy* watercolor backgrounds, are ideal for showcasing a wildlife subject of your choice. Once you understand the techniques for creating both a mottled background, and a suggested one, you can adapt and change them to suit your particular needs. Have a watch, and have a go, they're great fun!

🕒 *Timestamps* 🕒
00:00 Quick and Easy Watercolor Backgrounds
00:15 Preparing the watercolor surface
01:09 Applying the watercolor paint to the background
03:44 Cleaning the painting area, and leaving the background to dry
04:27 Dealing with blemishes in the watercolor background
05:30 Applying a quick and easy watercolor background
07:04 Painting suggested detail onto the background
09:31 Using mottled backgrounds in wildlife paintings
09:48 Over-painting the soft detail with more defined watercolor detail to give depth

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[elw]

The tips are wonderful, but I also like watching you just paint and talk, it's really enjoyable! Thank you & have a happy Christmas!

[darlene]

Thanks for helping with the background as I do a lot of pet portraits and wanted to know more about doing backgrounds. Thanks for sharing

[AngieCondon]

Do you stretch your watercolour paper or do you use a special paper.

[colleurfull]

Bedankt voor de mooie video, ik ga het proberen 👍😀

[bonnieg]

Thank you for all your helpful tips, Paul, and have the very best Christmas. 🌲

[Artsie]

Could you please do something on the tape that we used to make lines and things. I am using an artist Tape but it leaks and it ruins my paintings

[carolf.]

Love this you make it look so easy! Wondering though, to use such a background for like a deer painting do you draw the deer then mask it out then do the background? Then remove masking fluid and paint the deer right? Wish you would paint something on this background as an example. Thanks again I love your paintings!

[jcmdupond]

J'ai adoré votre cours et vos explications ! merci et joyeux Noel !

[desmondfowler]

Can you help me with colours with tree and sky