Painting animal eyes in watercolour
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
- The eyes make or break an animal portrait. They are what you look at first when you see a painting. They draw you in and hopefully sparkle with life and character.
In this short tutorial I show you how I paint the three sorts of animal eyes in watercolour, from a simple dark circle with a highlights, to something larger and more complex, to one where the pupil is clearly defined - the sort of eye you might see in a dog or cat.
Watercolour is perfect for painting animals full of character. It is full of light and life, so if you let it move around on the paper it does half the work for you.
This is something I teach on my in person workshops (see www.lizchaderton.co.uk/workshops) or online in my popular Painting Animals in Watercolour course (see www.lizchadert...) and it makes such a difference!
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Just love Liz's work and her demos. Great mastery of wet-into-wet
thank you so much
What a great tutorial! All your info translates to any medium. I always start with the eyes, and I spend the most time on them. It always amazes me how even a pinprick of color placed in the right place can make all the difference in the world. I'm saving this video for when I need a good refresher!😊🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞
fantastic!
These animals’ eyes are all realistic! Thanks for your tutorial
glad it was helpful
Thank you - really complements the instructions in your book about painting animal eyes!
yes! it’s usually a really popular session when I do workshops too
You are a fabulous teacher and artist. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge of watercolor painting.
my pleasure!
What an excellent tutorial Liz. Many thanks for taking the time to truly explain just how to deal with different animal eyes. 👍🏻🖌️🎨👩🏻🎨
my pleasures. I’m glad it helped
Great tips on painting eyes, and lovely seeing you paint wet in wet so beautifully 😍
thank you so much 😀
You are such a talented artist but also a great teacher. Thanks for this video 🌺
My pleasure 😊 And thank you for the compliment
This is a wonderful tutorial Liz - so helpful! Lots of techniques and tips to feed in to all eyes. Thank you! :))
You are so welcome!
I love your playful paintings and short projects very much, but value your expertise with bringing more realism like this video. Love-love-love all I need to learn from this one of the eyes.
If your class site had lots of similar pictures to learn from using these techniques I would buy every one! Please, please, please do more examples in this wonderful detail! You are a delight to learn from!
And I so agree with eyes first and most important in an animal! You always add your thoughts not only on painting, improving one’s painting, and the added bonus on what else you have learned and noticed about your subject and more! 💗💗💗
my painting animals and my painting birds in watercolour classes cover this and then takes it further to paint the rest. You can find them at www.lizchadertonstudio.co.uk 😊
Thank you Liz! I will go check those out.
This is a masterclass in not only how to paint eyes but also how to manage the paint and water ratio. Thanks Liz I’ve learnt a lot!
I’m so pleased to hear that
I love your channel. I learn so much and am inspired to get back to painting soon. Thank you so much.
I'm so glad!
You are a master when it hard and soft edges.
I think they make a massive difference to a painting, don’t you?
Hullo Liz, thanks for sharing your thoughts, tip n tricks from your watercolor painting experiences! I used to save my eyes for last as they do make or break a portrait! I am doing them as I go these days. I am not as strict with my work as I used to be! You are truly generous and kind sharing your techniques,thank you. I have been mentioning your recipe for watercolor ground so if you get an occasional question blame me and your excellent techniques! Please take care and enjoy the rest of your day!
I like questions!
Can’t wait to give this a go!
once you get the hang of them it makes such a difference
Wonderfully informative. Thank you so much!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent tutorial as usual!
One note on pupils: Horses also have horizontal pupils. I see a lot of paintings of horses that have round pupils. It pays to spend time with a real animal, because sometimes photos do not provide enough contrast and definition in the eyes.
that’s a really useful tip!
Super - watching, listening, trying to absorb... as do watercolor pigments.
Thank you.
Thank you so much 😀
WOW ! Thank you so much for this . Fantastic observation.
my pleasure!
Gorgeous, thank you for sharing!
thank you so much 😊
Great, loved this.❤️
so pleased to hear that!
This is brilliant. Thank you!
You're very welcome!
Loved this!!
delighted to hear that!
Another wonderful video Liz xXx
thank you!
Great video just what I need
Glad to hear it!
Beautiful video, thank you!✨
thank you!
Fabulous thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you, Liz! Beautiful work and wonderful teaching, as always!
You are so welcome!
Marvelous! I love watching you paint and listen to your thoughts as you go along
glad it was helpful!
That F.Ultramarine and b.sienna are just juicy..... wonderful.
indeed…such a good mix
Tried these eyes as you suggest as always very useful. In fact 1 st time of trying eyes in watercolour pleasing results not your standard, but an ok start. Thanks
well done! now look at eyes of an animal you love and start painting those too…..
@@LizChadertonArt I admire your birds & animals.
@@valeriegehling4358 thank you!
Great tips Liz. Thanks for sharing! Do you have any tips and see many differences between different human’s eyes?
my top tip is that we tend to overplay the size of human eyes, because Tgey are important to us. So always check and double check the size and placement
Great video Liz. Thank you.
One cheeky question. At about 12:13 there's a view of the while sheet of paper and I can see loads of drips of paint in the top right near the palette. Are those drip marks deliberate on your part? Because I look at them and recognise them as your work straight away!
hee hee, you weren’t meant to notice that 😆 if it weee a painting I would have been more careful. usually I do spatters very deliberately, but if there is an accidental one I can’t remove, then adding a few more makes it look intentional