Happy Dog Watercolor Painting Project

— Watercolor Art with Sarah Cray —

Tutorial Video

2023

Allow the white of your paper to do the heavy lifting in this project. The focus of this project is on how different values can create form. Learn how to breakdown a reference image to find the medium and dark values to recreate within your painting. Pet portraits can really capture the personality of an animal, step-by-step you will learn how to incorporate a strong impression within a face to communicate the animal's disposition. These foundational lessons will give you the skillset to recreate this project into any pet portrait.

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