Watercolor Fox: Achieving a beautiful Painting with Simple Steps

I paint a fairly simple fox in watercolour using a limited palette of only three colours. It has a quick and easy background as well.
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Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:14 Distant trees in background
1:43 The colours I used
1:49 The paper I used
1:54 Patreon
2:09 Beginning the painting demonstration of fox
2:53 Painting the background trees and grey parts of fox
6:45 Painting the fur on the fox
13:17 Painting the tail on the fox
15:39 Finishing off the background trees
17:09 The finished painting
17:17 Outro
17:42 Bloopers
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[@DottieStanley]

Lovely fox painting! The 3 colors makes it seem so simple. Looking forward to trying it. Love the bloopers! You got the giggles and gave me the giggles! Thanks! I needed that this morning.

[@ginnyduerst868]

Your tutorials are always so professionally and beautifully done. I appreciate your openness about the things that challenge you; it's helpful to know that someone as talented as you struggles at times as well. I encourage you to do more backgrounds as you demonstrated here. I never feel my paintings are complete without them, and find them the most challenging. Thank you for sharing this demo--it's beautiful.

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Thank you very much Ginny. 💕

[@bretoner2]

I love that you show the bloopers at the end. It shows your wonderful personality. Love your work!

[@kellyhalligan1328]

Can’t wait to see this on your Patreon! You’re the best instructor and I benefit from your patreon. The progress photos, detailed instruction are appreciated

[@river4140]

Me too!!

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Thanks very much Kelly.

[@karenbaily]

I absolutely love this painting! Thank you so much for sharing it!

[@MsMoniqueWilson]

This is wonderful. You did an awesome job with the trees too!

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Thanks Monique. Much practise is needed. 💕

[@TheBeverleyann]

*giggling* Louise you my Dear are a Pure Delight ! Love your fox & I shall give this a go . But your endings are such a treasure *hehee* A lesson & a giggle is priceless * Keep 'em coming Doll 😊 Friday Blessings xx

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Lol- I heard my son's tummy rumble as I was talking and of course then I couldn't stop thinking about it. 😂 Thank you Beverley 💕.

[@alisonhendry2928]

Oooo loving that background! Fabulous softness and totally says forest.

[@pranabchatterjee5435]

I liked this painting alot. I like how your paper remains fully flat and devoid of any warping/ buckling even after painting.

[@rettain]

I just love this! I would love to see you do landscapes with some of your work too! You are amazing!

[@yvonnewalton2888]

I can’t wait to see the fox Louise and your bloopers are so funny. It reminds us that you are human. 💙

[@annsmith4739]

You are talented,it’s beautiful thank you Ann uk ❤️❤️❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Thank you Ann.

[@kerrynewell-wildlifeartist]

Love your videos, love the bloopers too 😂 Brilliant, informative and entertaining xXx

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Thank you Kerry. 🥰

[@barbarralmaxwell5118]

Wonderful fox love it

[@joannafrombama]

Louise, your bloopers make me so happy!!! LoL Your awesome!

[@tonyabeauchamp3087]

Beautiful, as always!!

[@bywayofsalem6231]

I LOVE this AND that you put him in a scene, not just by himself, and please do more scenes. Love the simplicity and it's stunning!

[@SheXyShellyMarie]

The best instructor in the world. I learn so much. Proud to be a Patreon.

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Blushing 😊. Thanks so much Shelly. 😘❤️

[@Micheline6918]

Just wonderful, Louise you are so talented!

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Thank you Michelle.

[@urban_fox4658]

That background is absolutely stunning, Louise! Wow. I've come to love Ultramarine and Burnt Sienna because of you. 😉 This fox painting will be the first of yours I'm going to try and do myself! After watching many hours of your tutorial videos over the past two years, I believe this painting (with its limited palette, using several techniques, a looser design, and a simplified background) is the perfect way to start! And I have a fondness for red foxes, as my maiden name is Vos - which means "red fox" in Dutch. 😊 Thank you so much for sharing, for your husband taking the time to edit, your positivity, transparency, and humor, and for boosting my creativity! Blessings ❤

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Thank you very much. I hope you enjoy painting it. 🥰💖

[@TheInkinGardenSpot]

Beautiful painting! Your little bloopers at the end always crack me up😆❤

[@amitrivedi4437]

very nice done. you are always good in wet on wet. good tutorial.

[@debrabroido997]

Lovely!

[@leigh6974]

Gorgeous! 😍 thank you 🙏🏼

[@melodynowak709]

I am so pleased with your fox painting! I may give it a whirl myself!

[@kileensmith5134]

Louise! The Fox is fabulous! And your background is excellent. It enhances the fox, without taking away from the subject. Bravo!

[@frankjoedicke5307]

Wonderfoul !

[@krissaltlakecity9022]

Lovely little red fox, Ms Demasi! Thank you

[@juliehenderson1672]

Gorgeous Fox scene. Thank you!

[@judybreedlove5348]

Love the Fox. Louise, and I look forward to the Patreon tutorial. The background is perfect for this painting....your style shines thru. I know that when you do a full landscape, it will be wonderfully "Louise". Your Bloopers are great....brings lots of giggles.

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Thank you very much Judy. 💕

[@kreativia]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge ❤

[@mayuvalladolid5429]

Wonderful! I love your fox❤

[@deborahtaylor7902]

beautiful!!

[@achoiniereful]

THANK YOU LOUISE....AWESOME!!

[@jacintheboudreau1091]

😂. You got me laughing Louise😅. Love this beautiful fox 🦊 and like always it is so much fun learning from you❤. Thank beautiful Louise.💞

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Thanks so much Jacinthe. 🥰

[@frankjoedicke5307]

Wondefoul !

[@mariel3469]

Well you paint beautifully

[@sylphofthewildwoods5518]

Thank you, this fox is glorious.

[@LouiseDeMasi]

You're very kind. Thank you. 🥰

[@ashleyevans3330]

Everything you paint is wonderful!!!! Even without landscapes!

[@LouiseDeMasi]

You're very kind. Thank you Ashley. 💕

[@angela993]

Beautiful 😍

[@michellemarini5128]

Very nice!

[@sallybush6454]

Beautiful 😊

[@DeniseBrooks1955]

Thank you Louise!👏🏽👏🏽💜💜💜

[@jennintransit8034]

That's gorgeous! I like where you are going in your watercolor journey, so I'm tagging along! I really like this fox and am looking forward to the tutorial.

[@ruthjosephson3102]

He is beautiful! I look forward to the patreon tutorial in the new year!

[@jeangursoy9876]

Very nice Louise, love the background ❤

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Thank you Jean. 💕

[@blackysalvat982]

Beautiful ❤️ 🦊 fox

[@marikareimer4411]

What a great painting! I also love the outtakes from your videos, that's too funny 😊

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Thanks Marika.

[@rogerebert5122]

Tree's are fun and easy.

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Thanks Roger. I need to work on them.

[@SuzanneLegault]

You do have amazing technique! This fox is gorgeous. And I live your shirt. Those colors and that soft texture looks very good on you 🥰

[@cherylweaver5129]

Beautiful! I love foxes!

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Thank you Cheryl.

[@alysonevans5469]

Love this picture, makes me want to have a go.👍

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Thanks Alyson.

[@nailsbyleeann6814]

Thank you for such a descriptive tutorial… I am very new… And I am definitely going to try that she did a beautiful job

[@ElisaExplores]

Thank you! I painted your fox and I love it!! I am a beginner and am struggling. The fox gave me a little confidence.. thank you!

[@juliehopkins5784]

Look forward to this tutorial Louise. Looks wonderful. ❤ p.s. love the outtakes 😂

[@mariannedanhofbekkers2671]

Dear Louise, I think it’s about a year now that I joined you as a patron on Patreon. It was, for my personal water colour adventure, the best decision ever. All my relatives and friends can see the tremendous progress I have made THANKS TO YOU. I love the quiet, relaxed way of explanation and working because after all, don’t we do this for our pleasure? With tinnitus in my head, painting like this is a great relief and I can forget about it (and the world around me ☺️). So many animals and flowers I already painted with you and I’m still looking forward for many more to come. Thanks Louise! And never doubt yourself. You have got style! This fox 🦊! 😍

[@LouiseDeMasi]

What a beautiful message. Thanks so much Marianne, you made my day. I have tinnitus too- so I can empathise with you. 🥰

[@luckyhiker3434]

Louise, really nice including the distant trees. One of your comments, when you were adding background trees, kind of made me laugh at myself hen you said that “you really did not want to mess the painting up at this stage.” How often I think that when adding a touch of detail to an otherwise completed painting. Again, a really nice watercolor! Robt

[@fscolza]

this is SO wonderful. i am such a fan of fixes, but i am such a beginner. i would watch your tutorial again a few times bf i attempt. TY for sharing

[@chiarasola826]

The background turned out great! Lovely painting 🥰 Thank you so much for your videos, they are always so beautifully done. You are a wonderful teacher 😊

[@amandastratton8242]

Absolutely Beautiful Louise Thank you so much for sharing with us and I shall be trying your mixes of the 3 colours for a painting xx

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Thanks very much Amanda. 💕

[@angiadcock8196]

This is so beautiful. It’s beyond my skill level at the moment but I’m setting this as a goal for myself. I’m going to keep working and learning and come back and give this a go when I feel capable of it.

[@donnapeterson1453]

Thanks for putting in the background. It turned out lovely and I'm looking forward to giving it a try. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

[@LouiseDeMasi]

My pleasure Donna. Thank you.

[@pshhh7856]

You’re an excellent painter and your tutorial is very thorough. Will be watching all the videos you put out

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Awesome, thank you so much!

[@jensh.1872]

Thank you for your nice Videos.

[@jayasreenair]

Very nice painting ❤ The background trees also look good👍

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Thank you Jayasree. ❤️

[@margaretr.9289]

Gorgeous Louise! I’m looking forward to this one on Patreon 🥰

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Thank you Margaret.

[@dn7637]

I love the fox. Looking forward to the Patreon version 😊

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Thanks DN. 💕

[@PattyCunninghamPA]

Your videos are delightful and I love your style. You would rock landscapes. Go for it!

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Thank you Patty.

[@lydiabosley9152]

Just beginning to watch this, must break to search for a Christmas tree!, back soon. Love the expression on the fox, this will be a fun one to work on. Thanks for doing the fox, Louise!💜💛💚

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Thanks Lydia. I hope you found a good tree!

[@fuzzydragons]

great easy to follow tutorial and the fox turned out lovely😀 you dont see many of them around here anymore sadly

[@olivierpochet3798]

👍merci pour le partage superbe aquarelle

[@sonyaoart]

oh my, this reminds me that I've had your Skillshare fox on my list for ages... This one is fab!

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Thanks Sonya.

[@melodiasinger]

Maravilloso tutorial y extraordinaria artista! Precioso todo su trabajo, usted es una artista increíble 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@Horsewoman-pt2ku]

Yes Time is an issue. I’m excited I signed up on skillshare and will be painting your tutorials and God willing later next year I will do Patreon. Tfs. Love your work

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Thanks so much. I look forward to painting with you. 💕

[@sujanithtottempudi2991]

I wish you do some landscape 😊

[@sharonhood5027]

Hello! Do you have a link to the tape you use to border your painting? I could really use it! Thanks so much! You're channel is wonderful!

[@MD-hk8xq]

Sooooo fab! I know you shy away from detail these days, but mine end up looking cartoony without it…

[@adunzoroq33]

Stunning! 🥰 your paintings are very fresh looking! For landscapes, I truly love work of Oliver Pyle, his landscapes are out of this world for me, remind me of your beautiful animals in a way, are you familiar with Oliver's work? 🙂

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Thank you Agun. Me too! He's one of my favourite landscape painters.

[@cymorilbinder9741]

Would you mind showing how you do the outline? I am new to art in general and I am not confident with my sketching skills

[@ronbarfield3239]

I look forward to doing this from your Patreon tutorial. We have these little foxes living in our wooded neighborhood here in Tennessee, U.S.A. I've noticed the palette you used in this tutorial is one I've seen in many of your tutorials. Do you know who made it? I'd love to find one like it. Thank you, Louise!

[@LouiseDeMasi]

It's a John Pike Big Well palette. Made in the US. Thanks Ron.

[@PattyCunninghamPA]

What is your rigger brush here? What a great point!

[@LouiseDeMasi]

It's a Borciani Bonazzi Unico Infinito series 856 size 2/0.

[@michaelbatz1850]

👌👌👌👌👌👌😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@user-ko8hp1rc6y]

26 July 2023. I love your paintings and your tutorials. I am thinking of joining at £2 per month but I am unsure of what I can access for that level. Can you advise please?

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Thank you! The middle tier $6USD is where you can view all of the tutorials. The $2 USD tier is more of a 'donation tier' where patrons have access to the newsfeed where I put occasional informational posts - not video tutorials though.

[@joejo7698]

#savesoil

[@anirbanghosh1929]

Please ma'am, tell me about the watercolour brushes you use,

[@LouiseDeMasi]

I use a few different brushes. Have a look here on my supplies page. www.louisedemasi.com/brushes

[@colleenzilley-vl5cj]

How do I become a Patreon? How much do you charge?

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Hi Colleen, you can join here: www.patreon.com/louisedemasi $6 USD a month will give you access to all of my tutorials.

[@beekayford]

Louise, is this now on patreon (or coming?)?

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Hi Barbara, it's coming.

[@beekayford]

@@LouiseDeMasi Okay, great. Thinking about hopping back on to your Patreon soon.

[@juliegodden6927]

You should have a look at Steve Mitchell’s channel “The Mind Of Watercolor” he is amazing with landscapes

[@LouiseDeMasi]

Thanks Julie. I subscribe to Steve. I love his channel and I adore his spontaneous landscapes.

[@novadawn7]

Love your fox but his back legs look a little odd