Watercolor Surfer Girl Tutorial EASY Step by Step w Reference Photo

Jan 18, 2020

Get link with reference photo below! This is a very nice and EASY tutorial for those beginning with watercolor. I used Canson XL cold press 140 lb paper for this. I started off using Canson before moving over to Arches. Canson gets a bad wrap but it can still make some great paintings on it. I get nothing from Canson, or anyone else, for sharing that. Watercolor Surfer Girl Tutorial EASY Step by Step

Here is the royalty free photo I used as a reference photo from Unsplash website. The photographer is Filipp Nekhaev https://unsplash.com/photos/Ycnt8BKlMtY

A reference photo helps you paint so much better, giving you so much detail to add to your painting. Here you will practice more sky, sand, water, skin, shading, shadows, highlights, etc...this is an enjoyable way to practice with watercolor, with a purpose.

There are several ways you can transfer this onto your watercolor paper if drawing is challenging for you. One way is to print the image out the image, tape it to the window, tape your watercolor paper over that and trace it from the natural sunlight.

Another way is to either use an actual light box or make one putting a light or lamp under a glass coffee table if you have one, tracing over that.

One more way is to pull up the image on your computer screen or tablet, put your watercolor paper over that and trace is. If you tape your watercolor paper to your computer monitor, don't press hard that you'll puncture your screen.

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