Easy Watercolor Watermelon Painting Tutorial Step by Step // Beginner
The first thing to do is load your brush with
lots of water and paint out the shape of the part that will be pink. It’s just a simple triangle with a rounded
bottom and I’m just using plain water. I mix a nice reddish pink and start dropping
paint into the water, then I add in a slight purple color that has a darker value, and
notice how random my placements are. I want the colors to blend on the page and
make even more colors. I don’t want the paint to gather at the
bottom in a puddle because it will dry with hard edges and I want a softer look down here,
so I use a piece of paper towel to lift the paint and then continue to add different purples,
pinks, and reds in random places. The water puddled on the sides and that’s
ok because that will make a beautiful texture when it dries and I want that area to be hard. If you have too much water on your page you
can just dry your brush on a paper towel and pick it up with the thirsty brush or you can
use a paper towel to pick up the excess water. If there is not enough just simply add more. It’s a balancing game, but the more you
do it the better you’ll be at it, just like any other skill. When I’m happy with how it looks I leave
it alone to dry. Remember that watercolors always dry lighter. Next I pick up a light green with a good amount
of water and paint in the bottom by using the same rounded shape as I did for the bottom
of the pink part, make sure to leave a decently sized space between the two, you don’t want
the colors touching and bleeding into each other and watermelons do have white between
the pink and green part. I pick up a darker green and drop it in the
randomly spaced, you can leave it like this, but I let them blend a little more by lightly
moving the paint with my brush. Next, I use a hair dryer to speed up the drying
process, make sure to set yours to low and go around the whole painting, don’t just
sit in one spot. I find that puddles dry with more defined
edges when I use a hair dryer and I really like that, plus it’s a good remedy for impatience. It’s mostly dry now, but there was a little
too much water at the top, so I picked it up with a dry brush. Now we’re doing the second layer. Since watercolors are transparent when you
layer them you get more intense colors and unique color mixes, this is called glazing. It’s also really great for layering cool
textures as you will see. I paint over the same shape but this time
I use a little less water so that the paint doesn’t spread too much and stays darker. Notice how I laid down some dark shapes but
the edges are very defined, to fix this I simply dampen my brush and just smooth out
the edges by painting next to them with a tiny bit of clear water. I add a little more concentrated paint in
random areas and leave I it to do its own magical watercolor thing. The green part is almost fully dry and now
is a good time to introduce some yellow to make it pop. It blends in the parts that are still wet,
but in the middle where it’s almost fully dry, it stays where I put it and I paint in
a random texture and this will be more visible once it’s dry. I use a hairy dryer to finish drying and now
it’s time to add seeds. I never use pure black, because I like a slight
coloring in my blacks, this time I’m using concentrated Sepia, to do that just load a
little water and lots of paint on your brush, just make sure to have enough water or you’ll
do the dry brush technique, if you’re not sure you’re doing it right you can use a
piece of scrap paper to test it out before painting. I use the tip of my brush to draw in tear
drop shapes. I messed up one of my seeds but I don’t
panic because that’s easy to fix while it’s still wet. I simply half wet my brush in plain water
and put it over the seed, picking up some paint and replacing it with water. Then I use a paper towel to pick up the rest
of the paint and water. Notice how it took some of the paint below
with it even though it was dry. This technique can also be used to add more
highlights or texture to your paintings. To fix it I just used a damp paper towel to
pick up more paint around it, making the light area more random and large. Now it fits in with the rest of the piece
and it actually made it more dimensional. You can also use this technique with a damp
brush to add highlights and we will do so in future lessons. I dry the area and continue painting my seeds. Vary the size of your seeds and whether it’s
just an outline or it’s filled. The trick is in not overdoing it or underdoing
it. It’s always better to do less than more
so stop yourself as soon as it looks done. Now you can stop here or you can add white
in. To do this you can use white ink, white gouache,
a white gel pen, or any other white media safe to use on top of watercolors. I use a white gel pen to add slight highlights
on every seed. Just drawing a dot or two or a line is sufficient
enough to do this, I don’t care about lighting sources because this is a loose piece and
doesn’t have to make sense, so go crazy and do what feels right. I also add a lot of little dots to the bottom,
I love to use this technique to make things look shiny or like they have glitter on them. It’s easy to do, it’s just a lot of dots
clumped together getting sparser and sparser the more you go out, varying the size of them
can make them look like stars. I also add in some white seeds with just simple
white tear drop shapes, notice it’s only three, I don’t want to overdo it since it
already looks done. The end result is gorgeous and was made easily
using only simple shapes and layered washes. If you squint your eyes you will notice the
value constantly changes throughout the piece and notice how the piece is not perfect, none
of the lines are straight and every brush stroke was loose. Also, notice how cool this part of the watermelon
looks because we layered two loose washes on top of each other. I use this same technique to paint galaxies. This was a sample lesson from my skillshare
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what's the color palette that you're using? looks beautiful!
Thank you sooo much for this! I'm an architecture student with really horrible watercolor portfolios hahaha
I would love to follow your class, it would be a pleasure.. But I don't have a credit card and I can't sign π but anyway, thank you so much for these tips AND your free course! They're so helpful!
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So fun! Especially love the white highlights!
Wow your video was so helpful. You go in so much detail. Thank you this helped sooooo much. I subscribed. You deserve way more subscribers, you'll be famous one day!
When I try this all the water does in the beginning is rip and get soggy, there is no puddle forming… I can't even get a hard edge on the sides of my watermelon. Should I use a specific type of paper, because i'm just using regular card stock right now. Yours looks so awesome and professional!
That's so beautifully done.. Β Awesome..
Wow that was awesome…i have subscribed to your channel
very nice and fabulous drawing. you are a good artist
nice water color painint.your tennich is great.
I painted along with you and it was fun. I am happy with my painting. You are a good teacher! thanks!
this really helped you are awesome at this!!!! you are by far the most talented artist I have came across. keep trying and don't stop what you love doing!!!
Fantastic Yasmina, thanks so much. You've given me so much more confidence to give it a go.
I am a new subscriber!! I LOVE this video so much. Thank you for sharing your talents!!
It's so beautiful! I'll try to draw it πΊβοΈ
That is so pretty
Thanks, your video inspired me to go ahead with the 2 months trial of skillshare! <3
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I love how it looks but my palette paper is rising so most of the paint is going to thoughs. areas so I can't create the look like u did. But, yours still looks amazing
Aaah!!! Β I know this video is old, but it's so cute! Β I'm glad I stumbled on this. Β =^.^=
I'm doing this!
Everything is quite simple and understandable here!
What kind of paper should i use?
Great video,thanks for sharingπ©π»βπ¨
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Your videos are amazing xx you deserve way more appreciation
Hey! What's that paper called?
I bought the Canson 200gsm WC paper and the rough side looks like tissue paper when painted on why
It ruins my art
I made mine watermelon slice together with you! I liked the experience! Youβre amazing ! Thanks!
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Nice tutorial. Calming voice too π
Your artwork is beautiful. I really want to try this. What paper do you use?
I love your technique…
Simply Beautiful.
Straight to the point, love it.
Can someone tell me what is a Taklon?
(sorry english is not my first language)
So beautiful
I also have to comment even though this video is old! You deserve so many more subs!!! Your tutorials are so well taught, you give plenty of information! π
I would definitely NOT recommend this to any beginners I have been water painting for years and it's still took me multiple times to get any where close to hers
V nice
This is nothing how I painted with my water colors
This is the best tutorial i've seen! π
Lovely
amazing video*such wonderful..
soooooooooo fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is sooo goood
Love this thank you x
I know this is late but im thinking of asking for some watercolours for my birthday. You are amazingly talented! This is adorable
hi! I love your work, I also have a youtube channel Create With Hajra. Are you interested in a collaboration?
Do uu have to use watercolour paper?
Wow! So inspiring xxx
its very beautiful! can you draw a lemon picture
Amazing.
name of paper please?
I loooooooooove your channel! Your videos are so clear and easy to follow. Truly for beginners.
Would a mixed media paper work for this or is there too much water for the paper to hold?
Yasmina, I saw you replying to a comment in Russian, and Yasmina is a central/East Asian name, are you one of these Pakistani, Persian, Uzbek which is my country, or one something else?
Also amazing tutorial
Thanks , I will be doing this soon π but does this work with the tubed water colour paints ?
I wanna do this but then I don't have that kind of paper
I love this!!!!
watermelon is red. and u did pinkππππππππ
watermelon is red. and u did pinkππππππππ
Super cute! Love it.
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Lovely video π Thank you for the tips.
I follow the steps and the result is good…
Because the pink color mix up with the green color. But, it's a good start for me ; )
Great easy project. Love the colors.
I did this, it was fun and it turned out nice π
This looks so fun to do!
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I somehow came across your video, and Iβm glad that I did, because this is super cute π
I like it my mom and friend can paint really good like this I wanna be abet to do it I wanna do this thanks for the viedo is
Your painting is soo good! ππ
I really like your painting
I copied you but your better
Can you tell me how to paint good π
Great video!!! Simple, to the point and great tips
YESSSSSS YOU GOT RIGHT INTO THE VIDEO NO INTRO OR ANYTHING πππ
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WATERMALON
I wish i could post pic of my painting! It came out so well! I am happy that I discovered you! You taught it perfectly well! ππΌππΌππΌπππ
Thnx 4 making this videoπ
Unlike some people you acctually explain how to paint
Thirsty brush. π
soooo helpful
I know this is an older post but have to tell you how much I enjoy learning from you and how great you are at teaching, like it comes naturally! You make everything very easy to understand and well organized. I honestly canβt wait to watch and then attempt to do more of your videos! Thank you so much for sharing your amazing talent with us and know that ππ»ββοΈ really appreciate you making these videos β€οΈβ€οΈHopefully soon I will able to do your other classes! Keep inspiring others, you do it well ππ»π
Ugh this makes no sense,π jk I love thisππ€
Don't feel bad i didn't like your video
Love it thank you !
it was easy but you kind of talked fast
I love the textures!
THIS WAS AWESOME!!! i just painted the cutest darn watermelon slice ever and learned some technique as well! you're so to-the-point and your voice is relaxing and i love how low-pressure you make it feel! this was a blast! thank you!
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It's NOT easy! I was trying and it was difficult
The result is very awesome πππ But unfortunately, I found the way you paint tht you used too much water. I think you could have made it more easier. If you make the paper wet, don't put too much water in palette. If you wanna have much water in palette, don't make your paper too wet or just let it dry. You can make them both wet but controlling water is very important here. So you dont need correction many times with tissue or u don't even need a hair dryer. Painting is a free thing with free ways you have but think more about the time and effectiveness. I Thought the way in the video is a better way for watercolor background. But again, I still love the result….π
This is wonderful, thanks for teaching us!!ππ
Your awesome at this please donβt stop doing what you love!!!