Line and wash is a speedy and fun way of painting the animals and pets which are important in your life. Whether you start with watercolour first or pen, you can capture their personality and character. We are trying for more than a coloured in drawing or an outlined painting, but want the ink and watercolour to bring their best qualities to our painting.
In this tutorial we will paint this quirky kangaroo. The moment I saw the photo, I knew that it would be such fun to paint. Some people say that he looks like he's had too much to drink, but I think he is just trying to work out what the strange human is up to . You can find the reference on Pixabay, so there are no copyright issues: https://pixabay.com/photos/kangaroo-australia-mammal-wildlife-1186177/ and I will put it on the community tab of this channel too.
I start the pen on this occasion and then add loose and lively washes of watercolour. I am using Bockingford watercolour paper, black fineliners and watercolour. All the details are in the film captions.
If you fancy painting a koala, starting with watercolour, do take a look here: https://youtu.be/BeF-eanDL9g and search across my channel for racoons , a Great Dane, an elephant and rhino....
If you like line and wash you might be interested in my latest book called 'Line and Wash Painting', which was published in January 2022 by The Crowood Press (www.crowood.com) and if you want more in depth training please check out my line and wash course over at www.lizchadertonstudio.co.uk. I have also written 'Painting Animals in Watercolour, so you might like that too.
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