Learn Painting Techniques Using Simple Watercolors

This watercolor painting of fish was done by my fourteen year old daughter who is taking a painting class once again! We've had a hard time finding someone as wonderful as her original teacher but in the end I decided to just pick the best option which at the moment is a teacher who was trained in Russia, so the process is quite a bit different from a teacher trained for example in the USA. Our piano teacher is from the Ukraine, and we are having great success with her, so an art teacher that also teaches with the Russian adherence to the importance of step by step will certainly give my daughter some great skills as a foundation.

This painting was the first one that she did with the new teacher, who starts all students in this way. I think the results are quite lovely, right? Keep reading to see the whole painting!

You'll Need:

• simple water color palette
• water color brushes, one large one on the small side
• watercolor paper
• a light sharp pencil

How To:

Find photos of fish for reference. Draw your scene, taking into consideration things in the foreground and background. Paint your drawing using watercolors and create volume and depth using varying strengths of paint. This painting was done in about three or four hours, an hour each time, so you can certainly approach your project in that manner as well. Happy painting!