Watercolor Tips and Tricks for Painting Realistic Animals

[@charlottesmom]

Cheetahs are my favorite of the big kitties, love this!! 👍🏻🎨

[@indarranu9233]

I like the explanation you gave about hard and soft edges.

[@EmilyOlsonArt]

Thank you! Edges are something I'm always trying to work on. 😀

[@geoffnunn4108]

Good advice and lovely painting. Thank you.

[@Camila-db1oi]

Great tips!! I'll think of this during my next painting!

[@ursula215]

Superb!You are very talented!🏆🏆🏆🐆

[@jilliancrawford7577]

This might seem weird but I am glad to know it's valid to paint fur patterns imperfectly. I tend to want to make something look like it was a 3D rendered model with each strand of fur being 100% accurate and that having brush strokes thinking that any ever so slightly imperfect brush stroke would destroy the illusion and ruin the subject or piece. It's something I still need to work on but it's very comforting to see that it's a lot more reasonable to do than I usually think it is.

[@EmilyOlsonArt]

Not weird at all! One of my biggest struggles over the years has been learning to simplify and paint more expressively. Perfectionism is a real struggle!

[@lexispassion718]

As a beginner myself, I'd really like to learn this kind of art. I have a few sketches done and I'm very exited to use watercolors. Thanks for the vid

[@KimberlyCrick]

Great tips, I love how you present this in such a clear way to help artists easily understand and improve! Thank you for all the work that goes into your superbly made videos and art, beautiful work Emily :D

[@EmilyOlsonArt]

Kimberly, thank you! I recommend your channel to everyone who wants to know more about paint and color theory. Your channel has helped me out a lot, too. :)

[@ephraimudoka6042]

Thank you for the wonderful and useful tips 🙏🏾

[@EmilyOlsonArt]

You're so welcome!

[@vixen6934]

merci beaucoup j'ai beaucoup de chance avec ce tuto je viens de m'acheter des faber castels durer (boite de 60) je vais tenter de reproduire votre peinture et je vais beaucoup apprendre 🙂✌

[@manojkhalane1188]

This is just beautiful I am very happy

[@crispycrumb3679]

thank you for the wonderful tips! i just know this will help my watercolor improve so much, so helpful! 💕

[@EmilyOlsonArt]

I'm so glad!

[@suel4269]

Great tips!

[@ohkart9401]

Awesome video and beautiful painting! Thanks for this. We love supporting fellow art channels! Best of luck in 2021, love from Canada

[@bittencookiestudio570]

I got water colors I’m so excited to use them😁❤️

[@EmilyOlsonArt]

🙌

[@jessfc09]

Thank you for the class 🙏

[@EmilyOlsonArt]

Welcome!

[@allenpridmore4485]

Amazing

[@asnasart]

Absolutely Gorgeous 😍😍💫

[@EmilyOlsonArt]

Thank you!! 😊

[@ganeshpanjimararts1607]

Wow 😍

[@MyPaintingAffair]

Lovely tutorial.beautiful artwork. Thanks for sharing. Stay connected my friend.

[@EmilyOlsonArt]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@behi_paintings5932]

like it💓

[@dessyedeeclark1144]

Great non-cutesy animal painting style, just what I've been looking for. I'd never heard of your Lebenzon brushes but this might be a helpful brand to try, as I frequently find my classic water color brushes slip in my hand, sometimes even fly across the room. I try to not overly grip my brushes to keep from painting to 'tight', but having the brush slip in my hand suddenly has caused many an "oops" event. The bamboo handles look more substantial, perhaps easier to grip? Have you painted with them long?

[@EmilyOlsonArt]

Yes the thick bamboo handles are SO comfortable! I’ve been using them for several years now.

[@katesnow6921]

What did you paint the whiskers with? Was it acrylic?

[@EmilyOlsonArt]

Dr PH Martin’s Bleed Proof White! :-)

[@EnjoyDrawingwithMary]

Wow! amazing painting! I have used this wet-on-wet technique on my fluffy cat painting and it looks so soft ;) Thank you for sharing this techniques and the explanations about the edges :) and I usualy paint all with ligher colors and then I paint the shadows at the end... what do you think, is that wrong? thank you Emily! :)

[@EmilyOlsonArt]

Not wrong at all! That's a really smart way to work with watercolors--I often work that way, too.

[@EnjoyDrawingwithMary]

@@EmilyOlsonArt Thank you! :)

[@camilastramandinoli2579]

I learned SO MUCH from your videos

[@EmilyOlsonArt]

That's so great to hear!

[@ozzy1960]

Hi 👋 🙂

[@mossanimations6985]

Can I follow your tutorials in my videos?

[@EmilyOlsonArt]

Certainly!

[@rudradrawings]

Indian lovers

[@aldrinariaga3525]

a very time consuming piece of art

[@louiseconrad2725]

you go to fast!