10 Special Effects Watercolor Techniques - Loose Realistic Bunny Painting Demo for Beginners

In this video I'll share ten watercolor techniques I used to achieve loose yet realistic effects to paint this bunny and his fur. Beginners in watercolor will learn a lot of different ways to achieve impressive watercolor results when painting fur and soft, realistic, but loose paintings of animals.

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00:00 Intro
00:23 Masking to save whites in watercolor
01:14 Link to Transparent Watercolor Video
01:23 Choose a Complimentary Background Color
01:58 Soft Disappearing Edges
02:35 Link to Soft Edges Video
02:49 Add bright colors to fur
03:16 Use watercolor cauliflowers for fur textures
03:30 Link to video about paper moistures
04:12 Link to Push Video
05:00 Another push technique
05:46 Balance Background and Foreground with a Watercolor Glaze
06:46 What is negative painting?
07:45 Soften Edges with a scrubber brush

Thank you to Tolga Ahmetler on Unsplash.com for the beautiful reference photo!
https://unsplash.com/photos/r_GJCQvqhJM


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