Jungle Book - How to Paint Mowgli in Watercolor

This watercolor painting was fun to do. The composition is from a book based on Disney's original animated movie.

Character Construction and 4 Step Process, "How to Draw Disney's Rabbit"

Awhile back I wrote an article "Sketching: The 4 Step Process."  In the article I covered the 4 basic step of creating a drawing using classic Disney characters as examples.

One thing that I would add to that process today is breaking down character's structure…reverse engineering the character.  What I am referring to is, simplifying the character's form using primitives, it's dimensions, and skeletal or armature.  Deconstructing the character in this way helps visualize the character's design, aiding in adjusting the pose, or duplicating the character in various scenes.

In the following examples, I will only focus on a single character and pose, and use my version of Rabbit from the original article, adding in the preliminary construction steps…or in this case, Deconstruction.

How To Use a Lightbox, "Transferring a Design Sketch to Watercolor Paper"

This is a quick demonstration in using a lightbox to transfer a design sketch to watercolor paper. The video can be found HERE. https://youtu.be/fBzHaWfRxNE

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-Steve

New Video - "The Jungle Book in Watercolor, "Learn How to Paint Using Fan Art."

New Video - "The Jungle Book in Watercolor, "Learn How to Paint Using Fan Art."
https://youtu.be/VrELqPtusA8

This is related to an earlier article [HERE] and expands upon the points covered in the video.

-Steve

Character Design: Monster's Favorite Toy

LINK: https://youtu.be/GxnSpWDvXa8

This is one of those design ideas that came from a simple pen and pencil sketch...as simple doodle that was nothing more than that, until I rotated the sheet.  That is when the inspiration hit me to design this little monster.

Composition: Fantasy Landscape "The Toxic Fisherman"

I use The Toxic Fisherman sketch to discuss the aspects of composition and the thought process using one's imagination to expand from a simple design.  The big thing to remember is "Don't Be Afraid To Fail"...put it down and erase what you don't like...experiment with the design and have fun.

LINK -  https://youtu.be/iUL2umnYlZY

How to Paint Tigger...Again

This is a leftover from last year. It is a different pose, but same procedure demonstrating one way to colorize a sketch.

LINK: https://youtu.be/2UnDwcPTGtg

How to Colorize a Sketch

I took a sketch that I did a while back and printed it out on Bristol paper and colorized it with Water Color and Colored Pencils.

LINKS:
https://youtu.be/3jF-lNqLzPE

How To Paint a Rose in Gouache

The title is somewhat misleading.  Though the Rose is painted in gouache, I also used transparent watercolors and colored pencils making this mixed-media.

Link:
https://youtu.be/899ZU8qFI9M

Artist's Travel Kit

 

This is a brief example of my travel kit that I take with me when away from home.  It is great for lunch breaks,  coffee shops, waiting in vehicles or any down time that you may find yourself with.  List of Materials are below.  You can make do with whatever you have on hand.   I like ball point pens on napkins if need be.  If I like something I sketched, then I take a snapshot with my iPhone.

Link to Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jrudlHXg30