Watercolor Black Cat Tutorial - Wet in Wet technique

[@Francinegeo]

Thank you Great tutorial, Not easy but fun to do...I did three cats, one turned into a shaggy dog.

[@Travel-Wise]

Loved the idea of showing multiple versions. Generally, the artists show only their best work.

[@windseafrogs]

I remind myself constantly " Let the paint do the work"....that's the joy of watercolor. Thanks! Very informative, upbeat video

[@conniejenskindsfather979]

Wow! Had a beautiful tuxedo cat...will watch this again....then try to do this. She was such a part of my life. Thanks for the motivation.

[@MrOtterArtStudio]

I had the most beautiful gray cat, Dusterina❤️ good luck painting

[@nastymax132]

Каждая кошка получилась по своему уникальной и прекрасной, мне понравились все варианты, спасибо большое за урок!

[@MrOtterArtStudio]

я так рад это слышать!

[@bluequilt56]

one of the best action vids ever. Showing it over and over is epic. Now I have less fear and more excitement to try..

[@sheetalmudaliar]

The black cat is adorable.

[@LaLa_ArtGal]

Thank you for showing us your multiple tries. It's helpful to realize that even YOU do things you don't necessarily love at first. 😉 This video makes me want to pull out my paints! (What I'm actually going to do is go to work, but maybe watching this again after work will re-spark my initiative.) Thank you!

[@robertfieldsjr.5919]

Thank you very much for the wonderful demo. You are encouraging people to work with watercolor and let the water and color paint themselves. This is fun.

[@rachelparkervarner]

I love that about watercolor, how it makes beautiful little surprises!

[@HannaLehtonen-bl5kk]

I just love this black cat tutorial!!! And am deffinitely going to try to paint that way. Very soon. So thank you for sharing it! ❤

[@DenaTollefson]

Your watercolor cats are fantastic! I love that organic form from the watercolor flowing around. I agree, the first one is my favorite as well. Beautifully done!

[@rachelparkervarner]

I agree, this work is amazing. Painting cats is my favorite thing to do.

[@watercolornyc]

i teach beginner watercolor in NYC, and can't wait to show this video to my students...95% of whom have cats. just excellent...fantastic technique...they'll love it!

[@MrOtterArtStudio]

watercolornyc I’m so happy about that !!!!

[@MrOtterArtStudio]

The best cat I ever had was named Dusterina, she was born with no tail and literally had 8 claws on each paw!!! We found her when she was a kitten in our garage

[@WulfricTheBlack]

I love this and seeing you do different versions helps as well.

[@KMercure]

I love the colours in this and it's time I mixed more colours instead of relying on what comes out of the tube. This looks like a fun way to experiment!

[@rosemarythomas8368]

The cat you are painting looks very such like a British Shorthair (originally introduced by the Romans to Britain after the conquest). Our cats are British Blues, which are really dark grey blending into silver. I can't tell you how much fun it's been trying out a few of your tutorials during the COVID-19 lockdown. Thanks you so much from London UK,

[@z.paulsugasjr.5544]

Wow! I'm really amazed by how well the Prang watercolors spread! Cool technique I will have to try since I have a black cat plus it's getting close to Halloween.

[@lindajames7083]

That is brilliant, many thanks 🇬🇧

[@annangel4828]

Boy! Didn't you make it look soooo easy! Wet on wet is a huge challenge for me. But I will try, try again. ( I love that you suggested 3 or 4 sketches to start!)

[@SoulscapeFineArt]

Beautiful artwork. Thanks for sharing n see u again.

[@alien6091]

Thank you for making this! I had a project in mind that would need this technique and now I feel a lot less intimidated ^_^

[@kmckmw1]

Not sure I can draw that well, but I’m going to try. My best friend had a black cat and I’d love to do this as a gift!

[@Vic-dd2ri]

Did you do it? 💕

[@kmckmw1]

Well I tried. The drawing wasn’t bad but I didn’t do well with painting! I’ll give it another try.

[@Vic-dd2ri]

@@kmckmw1 my teacher tells me to not fear of putting colour and water. Don't give up

[@elizabethirvine479]

I have a black cat, so your fun watercolour painting gave me incentive to try it. Great tutorial . Greetings from Australia

[@MrOtterArtStudio]

Australia is definitely on my bucket list of places to visit, what a cool place to live!

[@alexandrasanches2473]

I just loved your tutorial!!! Thankyou so much! Big hug!

[@MrOtterArtStudio]

You are so welcome!

[@hibernogirl]

Lovely! but black is the one colour I do not have in my palette! great to see how you managed to get shape of head against body, clever!

[@MrOtterArtStudio]

You can do this with any color, try it! Today I tried it with blue, and it looked like a space cat but I kind of liked it.

[@veryberry39]

By this point you've either bought black, or learned other techniques; but for anyone else coming across this who was in the same boat: color mixing! If you take ultramarine blue and burnt sienna, for example, they combine into a neutral gray! I learned to use those for shadows instead of straight black, since black is so stark and can sometimes deaden a painting. But you can experiment with adding complementary colors together until you get one that's dark enough! It just requires a bit of research and experimentation so you don't just get mud.

[@Tramikins]

This is sooo beautiful! I can’t wait to try this out when I get some free time. I hope mine will turn out as well as yours

[@rachelparkervarner]

It is beautiful work!

[@mojocat7]

Thank you for this awesome tutorial. I will definitely be trying this!

[@TewqyTV]

I want to try this but I’m afraid of messing it up, so thanks for showing all the extra tries. Gives me hope.

[@MrOtterArtStudio]

It takes a lot of mistakes to figure most things out, good luck!

[@montanawilkes2823]

I might try this out now! Thanks for always sharing your art with us!!

[@sanyatyagi645]

Is there a story behind your channel name?????? I been curious for a while now....

[@MsMonika59]

Excellent presentation thank you from Australia 🇦🇺

[@daphnecarpenter2794]

"Oh man, this cat just got craay-zy." Hahaha love it!

[@jasneskis]

Fantastic. Keep those videos coming especially using that prang paint

[@TinyBubbles-ep3io]

💖 You are awesome! Love it!

[@Artchick1972]

Even the sketch is a work of art LOL! I would love to see more of these cats...in different poses like a profile one. I tried it but couldn’t get it to spread out like you did

[@carolleslie2673]

Yeah it’s not easy practice practice practice, but try a wee bit more water just try a fluffy ball first

[@Artchick1972]

@@carolleslie2673 That is what I am going to do. Keep practicing :)

[@carolleslie2673]

@@Artchick1972 me too 😁

[@rachelparkervarner]

This is a beautifully made video!

[@ArtbyChristine14]

It's beautiful! 😍😍😍😍🙌🙌🙌

[@jeanniesponza6653]

Can't wait to try this, thank you!

[@conniemesce4093]

Beautiful! ❤

[@MrOtterArtStudio]

Sorry about the audio in the end! I didn’t cut any of it, and added it twice:(. It was late

[@ola_bandola]

We could hardly notice it :). It’s quite refreshing

[@Sunandshine1234]

Thank you 😊 interesting , I'm going to try this today !

[@janemi8042]

Awesome! Looks like traditional Chinese painting!

[@annettefournier9655]

Looks like fun. I'm going to have to try it. Would be cool with mixing your own black. As the paint diffused it would leave some slight color shift. Thanks.

[@maggiefreeman6513]

Lovely! Thank you.

[@YanickB]

Great technique. Seems so easy, but difficult to have the right volumes to understand the head. Thanks

[@berniceseigel6482]

Looks like alot of fun

[@annettefournier9655]

I did this. It was awesome! I did mix my own black so the mild color shift as the color diffused was really cool. Must work really fast though or loose the whoosh effect of the paint. No phone so no Instagram. Really wanted to thank you so much. 👍👍😘

[@rachelparkervarner]

I love to paint black cats!

[@BarbrajoanOriginals]

Thank you for this. I have a black cat and have painted her.

[@rachelparkervarner]

I have a black cat too. She's my little muse!

[@alert1006]

Great video, I want to know why the black didn't spill into the eyes and messed the yellow? was it because the area was dry? I'm new to watercolor, and your video is very helpful. Thank you.

[@MrOtterArtStudio]

Hi, yes it was dry :)

[@veryberry39]

Watercolor paint only wants to go where the water is. So if you let the eyes dry first, then just wet the paper around it, the black won't wanna flow over the dry bits. However, if you don't let the eyes dry first, everything will bleed together!

[@manilarose4584]

Wonderful wish I could do this😊🙌🏼

[@rachelparkervarner]

It just takes practice. You can totally do it!

[@sallyfoley5242]

Wonderful! Thank you

[@MrOtterArtStudio]

Glad you liked it!

[@samadaradantanarayana1409]

Love it.

[@marinawilkinson5840]

Fantastic

[@barbaragemin5117]

Amazing cats! Thank you . I’m trying myself but realize that perhaps your paper is not cold pressed but perhaps hot pressed? My paint does not diffuse as much as yours, despite the very wet paper and thick paint.

[@MrOtterArtStudio]

My paper is cold pressed, paint and pigment should run wherever there is water, maybe you need more pigment on your brush?

[@rosanamarquesaraujo6310]

Maravilhaaaa! Wondefull!Thanks!

[@targa9]

Fantastic...

[@saturninedecember]

Is there a preference on whether or not to do this on cold vs hot pressed paper? And is there a way to tell from the tube if my paints are meant to flow more or not? O: I couldn't get the paint to bloom as dramatically so I kind of had to nudge it along

[@janetlyn523]

I like the way you teach. How can I find more of your videos? Also, who is Mr. Otter?

[@MrOtterArtStudio]

They are on my channel, I have a watercolor animal playlist you may like. Mr Otter inspired this channel. I found a picture of two baby sea otters and taped it to one of my college notebooks, and it honestly brought me so much joy every time I saw it, so when we chose the name for this channel and my business, I remembered him. I also loved Welcome Back Mr Kotter......on Nick at Night when I was young

[@janetlyn523]

@@MrOtterArtStudio I used to watch Welcome Back Kotter too. It was the first time I saw John Travolta and I thought he was such a bozo back then. And the theme song by John Sabastian who was also the lead singer in The Lovin' Spoonful at one time. Thank you for the answer to my question and all those memories.

[@Cariad247]

So clever

[@deborahtaylor7902]

can u please tell me what paper u used? thanks...great video

[@MrOtterArtStudio]

watercolor paper, sorry for the late response

[@isabellafitoussi8844]

I love the way you do this fluffy cat !! but when I try it doesn't get fluffy at all. What kind of paper do you use please ?

[@arundabholkar4922]

Which watercolor brand are you using here? My wet on wet with Canson Watercolor XL, CP, 140lb did not give bleeding like you got.

[@MrOtterArtStudio]

Im using Prang. I wonder if your paper want wet enough when you dropped the color for the cat in?

[@arundabholkar4922]

@@MrOtterArtStudio Thanks! Wet on wet now worked out fine. I posted my cat on my FB page.

[@albinakhamidullina8271]

Thank you so much 😊🌷🌷🌷

[@MrOtterArtStudio]

You're welcome 😊

[@MegaJansue]

Love it...♥

[@maisecatx7341]

Great video, thank you very much

[@aartjeelisabeth]

Geweldig dank je wel

[@MsPoliteRants]

I tried using black and water to make highlights and shadows on a black horse (more water=lighter area) but because I’m using gouache, the second horse in the image (who is brown) looks waaaaayyyy more opaque and the two subjects don’t fit together in the piece at all. How can I make the black horse more opaque without adding white for highlights? It doesn’t look right when I add white :/ it looks too..... fake gray.

[@shawnieleaf2277]

Why did you post multiple audio files?

[@junewinsche2901]

my paper keeps curling and bubbling and then the paint gets spoilt and ends up in pools and rivers?? any advice ? x

[@phyllisbrown7290]

Lovely

[@denises9455]

beautiful

[@jacquesjacques1782]

Je ne parle pas votre langue, c'est dommage. Mais je trouve votre travail remarquable et je vais m'en inspirer pour mes prochaines aquarelles. Merci. Thank you very much.

[@MrOtterArtStudio]

Je ne parle pas votre langue et je pense que c'est dommage. Le français est beau. Merci pour vos aimables paroles, vous êtes les bienvenus!

[@barbiebrowny7003]

❤️👍👍👍

[@artarius7]

the name of artist, painting cats is Endre Penovac

[@MrOtterArtStudio]

Thank you for adding that, he is the artist I am trying to replicate here. He is amazing

[@daniel7___]

I must be using the wrong paint it doesn’t bleed as fluffy

[@bodulica3]

Real master in painting wet-in -wet animals is Endre Penovac. Check him out on KZbin,

[@skyecooley5981]

Can you please do a horse I love horses so much and maybe you can do a mama and a baby? Love you vids!!!

[@MrOtterArtStudio]

I will put horse on my request list:)

[@annasoucek416]

Why am I having hard time seeing the lines,

[@alicelee3035]

❤👍

[@jaxon12kh]

I'm currently in love with wet on wet techniques 😖

[@TexBork]

I can't get my paint to fluff

[@MrOtterArtStudio]

Is your paper still wet?

[@SHRlllMP668]

Endre Penovac

[@GeoPlayez]

it's to hard to pain that

[@jessicahall6737]

看上去很像中国水墨画

[@jocliff7387]

Didn't work for me, but nice to watch

[@GeoPlayez]

but i love the cat

[@ghinaradwan8287]

🙏🙏🙏😘🎩

[@soniasalek2016]

*immediately messes up*

[@rachelparkervarner]

Keep trying!

[@SheriSoltes]

SLOW DOWN!

[@fariyazshaik5865]

Read more 🖐️Promise Very nice

[@BlackWhite-wp1sk]

Talking in the high speed is very annoying. It seems to be a new trend.

[@زهراء-ج7ر9ظ]

يع

[@GeoPlayez]

lol

[@jeffreyortiz3854]

Way TOO FAST. !!!! Can you please slow down !?????

[@megg7558]

That looks like a big mess

[@gyulakemeny8169]

Your drawing is very weak, and technic is very far from Endre Penovác.

[@daphnecarpenter2794]

"Oh man, this cat just got craay-zy." Hahaha love it!