Dana Fox - Watercolor with Me in the Jungle

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Watercolor with Me in The Jungle is the third book in the Watercolor with Me series.

Explore all areas of the jungle and rainforest while learning how to paint colorful creatures in a tropical world.

Youll be guided through step-by-step instructions for 25 unique watercolor projects that will help build your confidence as an artist and allow you to showcase your talents directly on the pages.

Youll be presented with a faint sketch of each subject on the right-hand page and details to complete each piece on the leftalong with tips, supplies, color palettes and tools required.

The projects are broken up into two main sections:

Wet-on-Wet

Wet-on-Dry

Youll learn about these techniques before you start painting so you can confidently put that brush to paper. Lets get started!

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All illustrations in this book use the Winsor & Newton Cotman line of watercolor paints for their affordability and quality. Below are the colors used in the projects for your color matching reference. Due to print matching and the amount of water used, actual paint hues may vary slightly from these samples.

Supplies youll likely need:

Watercolor paint

Clean water

Mixing palette

Round watercolor brushes (sizes 26)

Fine detail brush

Black permanent ink pen

White gel pen

Paper towels

GET YOUR SUPPLIES

To purchase the products used in this book, please visit my Amazon shop at: http://amazon.com/shop/wonderforest

As a watercolor artist and animal lover, I ventured out to create a brush that not only performed well, but was made of premium 100 percent synthetic brush fibers.

I developed a line of cruelty-free watercolor brushes with bristles that are incredibly soft, absorbent and as flexible as genuine fur-based brushes.

A set of six round brushes includes sizes 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12. The tips of the brushes are ultra pointed to razor precision for the finest detail work, no matter the size, and they snap back to a point without fraying!

The 1 Wash Brush is perfect for filling larger areas and is made from the softest synthetic bristles youll ever find.

These brushes make the perfect companion to this book.

You can purchase them on the official Wonder Forest online store at:

www.wonderforest.com

Before you put that brush to paper, lets try a couple of simple wet-on-wet techniques.

On the page to the right, youll see three painted leaves. Each of these leaves uses a method of wet-on-wet that is present in the projects in this book.

1. This first leaf shape was completely wet with clean water, then two colors were dropped in on both the top and bottom areas, blending together in the center.

2. The second leaf was not wet beforehand, but instead it was filled with a single wet color. While the paint was still wet, a second darker color was dropped into the bottom area to create a shadow.

3. For the third leaf, a solid color was painted onto the top portion, followed by clean water on the bottom portion. This allowed the color to fade into the paper.

Try each of these techniques in the blank leaves shown below the colored ones!

Try not to add too much additional water to the color mixes beforehand, or the paper will become a big puddle! If you need to, you can lift off any blobs using a dry brush or a tissue.

Once youve got these methods down, move on to your first project!

The hibiscus is a tropical flower that comes in many color varieties. For this project, youll experiment with blending two different colors in a wet area to create a pretty flower of your own!

COLOR CHART

SUPPLIES

Round brush (size 6 works well)

Clean water

3 colors of paint

White ink pen

1. Fill in one of the single petals using clean water only. While the paper is still damp, drop some Permanent Rose into the inside portion of the petal and allow it to blend toward the top.

2. While the paint is still wet, drop Gamboge Hue onto the top edge of the petal, using the tip of your brush to carefully shape the outside edge until it is crisp.

3. Wipe the color off your brush and use the tip to blend and coax the two colors together where they meet in the center.

4. Repeat this process for each petal, letting them dry before moving onto the next.

5. Paint the center stalk of the stamen with Permanent Rose and the top portion with Gamboge Hue. Let dry completely.

6. Using Indigo, paint the center of the flower and around the stamen to create a shadow effect.

7. With the flower dry, paint swift strokes of the same colors onto each petal. Finish by adding a few dots to the stamen tip with the white ink pen.

The gorgeous bright blue tones in this butterfly allow it to really stand out and glisten in the sunlight. Youll create a wet-on-wet base of blues and add details using the tip of your brush.

COLOR CHART

SUPPLIES

Round brush (size 6 works well)

Clean water

3 colors of paint

White ink pen

1. On dry paper, fill in both the left and right wings completely with a diluted mix of Cerulean Blue Hue. Before the paint dries, drop in some Ultramarine to the inside edges of the butterfly.