Colorful watercolor fish tutorial - paint 333 watercolor program for beginners lesson 1

Paint 333 program for beginners lesson 1
Before we talk about supplies, techniques, principles and properties, we are going to complete this fish portrait together. I want you to see what you and watercolor are capable of with this unique “water-forward” approach.

Once you experience the color mixing and easy techniques we use in this portrait, I’m confident you will have the motivation you need to step into the more nitty-gritty lessons that follow in the paint 333 program for beginners.

???? Reference photo (thank you to Manu on Unsplash!): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xMF95C38GaUHFEr-TZ2ob2JcPokqbgBo/view?usp=sharing
???? Fish tracing: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xy2lyIXcc3cS8zVePDmvY2EUb5BqQtlU/view?usp=sharing

Supplies I used:
???? Fabriano Studio Cold Press Paper: https://amzn.to/3BR0lRC
???? American Journey watercolors: https://cheapjoes.com/products/american-journey-artists-watercolor
???? Watercolor palette: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Royal-Langnickel-Essentials-Artist-16-Well-Palette-for-Painting-and-Crafting/550609991
???? Water cup: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Pen-Gear-Desktop-Organizer-Pen-Cup-White/820962319
???? Princeton Select brushes: https://cheapjoes.com/products/princeton-series-3750-select-brushes
???? Princeton Select round brush set on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4a0GA6J
???? Silver Black Velvet brush (for fine lines): https://amzn.to/3VFvoGA
???? Pointy palette knife: https://amzn.to/3ZpoNRN

???? CONTENTS ????
01:02 Supplies
01:28 Tracing
01:36 Planning the colors
02:00 Painting the fish body
13:13 Scraping
17:52 Pulling color
24:36 Painting the fish eye
32:15 Splatter

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???? I'm Jess. I show artists (that's you!) how to harness the 333 method by teaching you the techniques, principles and properties of watercolor so you can experience the joy of watercolor with your first painting, without wasting precious time and supplies.

My favorite thing to paint are dogs, they are so expressive. I'm so proud to have won three ribbons (so far!) from the Minnesota State Fair and even more proud to share everything I've learned about watercolor with artists like you. Let's paint!

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