How to Paint White Fur in Watercolour | West Highland Terrier Tutorial

[@LouiseDeMasi]

The first 500 people to use my link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare skl.sh/louisedemasi08241 Love painting fur in watercolour? 🐶🎨 In this video, I share my tips for mastering white fur with our adorable West Highland Terrier, Olly. Have any questions or want to share your progress? Drop a comment below! And if you’re looking to dive deeper, don’t miss out on my Skillshare classes-grab your one-month free trial with the link above! Happy painting! 🌟 #WatercolourPainting #FurTechniques”

[@AsmaaAmeer-pt6mg]

"This channel made me love watercolor painting a lot. Thank you for your effort and the useful information. I hope your channel reaches all artists."

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Thank you so much 😀

[@ILoveFountainPensCdn]

This painting is ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE! I’m amazed by how realistic you can paint something that’s white on white. The tips are incredibly helpful! Thank you. 😊

[@LouiseDeMasi]

So glad they are helpful to you. Thank you!

[@mikelkirby2791]

As per your other tutorial videos, the finished painting is stunning. I also appreciated the closing tips and tricks - this time in painting the fur - keeping it simple, following shapes. I have also started simplifying my palette and although more color mixing, you are correct in that the overall painting is more cohesive. Thank you.

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Thanks so much Mike. 😊

[@dao8805]

This Westie painting is so good! Fur is always a challenge and working out a limited palette is also still a challenge for me so it is most helpful to see exactly what colors you chose and how you mixed them. Thank you so much for this! Also, the photographs of Leo are spectacular. He is such a handsome boy. I hope to see more of him in your bloopers :)

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Thank you very much!

[@SheXyShellyMarie]

Oooooo I sure hope this is on Patreon. I have a friend with one of those. Thank you once again Louise. You are the best!!

[@sr4385]

Your skill is amazing and your videos are the perfect accompaniment to my morning coffee.

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Perfect! Thanks so much.

[@janstewart2601]

Such a wonderful video!!! I have a Maltese and have wanted to paint him but didn’t know how to go about it. I am so inspired by your video to try it out! Thank you so much for sharing your talent with all of us.

[@LouiseDeMasi]

You’re welcome! I hope you have fun painting your Maltese! 😊

[@dcxdinna]

Stunning work! This is perhaps the most informative watercolor pet portrait tutorial I've watched. I love the pieces of advice - so incredibly helpful! Thank you for sharing, Ms. Louise. Also, your gentle voice is so soothing to listen to. ❤

[@lisaharner3720]

Your work is incredible. I enjoyed your use of the limited palette and negative painting for the fur bits. Plus painting in shapes and adding some detail later was genius. I painted my brother’s yellow Labrador for him and I had three tries at it before I was happy. I was lucky that Labs don’t have spiky hair like a Westie! Thank you for sharing your work with us! ❤

[@alisoncassiano4743]

Beautiful work. Thank you for sharing this - it has a lot of very helpful tips. Thinking of fur in terms of shapes versus fur - brilliant. Y

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Glad it was helpful. Thank you Alison.

[@cheryltotty804]

One of your very best! Thank you for such a wonderful walkthrough.

[@michedaisy]

😂bloopers are great. Thanks Louise. I love your channel.

[@sylphofthewildwoods5518]

This is a fabulous painting of a Westie! I have family who have several and also Great Pyrenees....that I may try my hand at much later on. Still working at birds, my favorite. Thanks for sharing your excellent techniques with us, Louise!

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Beautiful dogs! A pleasure and thank you very much. ❤️

[@mariekezwerwer4705]

I loved it, you are a very good teacher❤

[@silverleafmaple]

Love this, and how timely. I was looking for just this subject! Tyvm :)

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Thank you!

[@elenaascencio-ibanez868]

Wonderful! Thank you!

[@helenechouinard3473]

I love what you do ! You inspire me a lot ! I heard you say you used to have difficulty simplifying, and I often heard you say you fussed too much. Well, I feel you. God is it hard to let go ! Your painting of this westie is the best exemple for me to try and simplify. I will give it a try, and hopefully I will understand how to let go of the details that are not necessary ! 😊 Oh, by the way, I love your bloopers to ! 😅

[@MsMoniqueWilson]

What a sweet portrait. Awesome tips!

[@amandastratton8242]

Such excellent tips on obtaining the greys and a beautiful painting Louise. thank you for sharing with us x

[@leigh6974]

Stunning! Thanks for sharing your tips and expertise ☺🙏🏼

[@amandasswatercolourart2080]

Absolutely love this tutorial Louise.

[@annejameson3425]

Beautiful!

[@helengill5481]

Wow I love watching your videos, you take your time and explain every brush stroke you do,, I'm trying to watercolour, I have ocd and have to learn for watercolour to be loose which I find hard 😊😊

[@ashleyevans3330]

Absolutely stunning 😍

[@lynxlady5355]

I love that you have been doing a few animals lately!

[@iwonarychel6310]

Wspaniała kobieto Dziękuję ❤

[@ninakennedy5130]

Thank you so much for this video! I have painted my white dog but I'm not happy with it. I'll retry now with your advice/video.

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Thanks Nina. I hope you have more success this time.

[@MicheleAnnTarot]

This is a great tutorial. Thank you. Love your outtakes 😂

[@andreatorraca8755]

Awww lovely

[@judihopewell2499]

Always something to,learn, thank you.🥝🇨🇦🌹🌹🌹

[@sujanithtottempudi2991]

Bloopers are icing on a cake. But cake was too yummy too😅

[@TWC_BullDog]

I have border collies and was wanting to do a painting of them, if possible a painting of a dog with black and white and maybe a third colour would be awesome

[@bdcorgimom]

I would love to see a black and white cardigan corgi!

[@sujanithtottempudi2991]

I hope to see your style in a cityscape

[@andreatorraca8755]

Love Leo

[@BelindaPort]

Hi Louise! Lovely painting. Will it be posted on Patreon with a line drawing and progress photos?

[@elifelifff]

Thank you very much for a great tutorial. Can you give me some information about the brushes you use?

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Thank you. You'll find all the art supplies I use here www.louisedemasi.com/my-art-supplies

[@TWC_BullDog]

So mic e to be able to use speed x2 for the initial view then later can go back and watch again at normal speed 😊

[@TWC_BullDog]

Very awesome (so far) still need to see the rest. Question though, where did you get your porcelain "palette"

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Thanks very much. I've written about my supplies here: www.louisedemasi.com/studio-equipment. My large ceramic palette that holds my paint is from Jacksons. I used a large white ceramic round plate for this painting - bought from Kmart.

[@NeonCoffeeCat]

Is there a reason you wouldn't recommend a ruling pen for putting the masking fluid down?

[@LouiseDeMasi]

No not at all. They are very handy. They are great for straight lines. For this painting I found a long liner to be more helpful than a ruling pen because I could create those more fluid lines along the edge of the dog.