Drawing on a Watercolor Background

Welcome to Draw Tip Tuesday!

Today we are painting a watercolor wash, to draw on top of, once it's dried.

Making a watercolor background can help to get over the fear of the blank page. You can do a bunch of washes on random pages in your sketchbook, to surprise or challenge yourself.

I'll be doing a wash using a flat brush, but you can use any kind of brush, as long as it's not too small, so you can cover a lot of ground.
Then I'll draw on top of it, and talk you through the drawing process.

In today's video, I mention"Paris Sketchbook" - a workshop week of fun, adventure, and learning. We’ll gather with a group of creative explorers this fall in Paris for the trip of a lifetime.
If you'd like to join me, all the information is here: https://www.originalimpulse.com/paris-sketchbook/

Materials used in this video:
-Hahnemühle watercolor sketchbook
-Brush: da Vinci Spin Flat Brush #40
-Daniel Smith Watercolor: Cerulean Blue, Chromium
-Sailor fountain pen with fude nib, filled with gray Rohrer&Klingner SketchInk