Illustration

I was asked to create a watercolor painting so here it is, basically it all starts with my materials so I grab a sheet of Watercolor paper (Arches) a good brand for water coloring. For this project I’m using a more low grade sheet of paper (140 pound) that means the weight of the paper, the more weight the better quality I’m going to get for my paint because remember this is WATER coloring so more paper weight holds more water. For this one I’m using 140 pound but for more professional work Ill go with 300 pound or even 400 pound witch is very good you can throw into a tub of water and take it out and it still won’t wrinkle or break.

Starting with the drawing I keep the lines from the pencil light if there to dark it will show through the watercolors and that will make it look a little messy so I erase any pencil lines that I think may show through later on. The illustration is of Night crawler a comic book character that I read from time to time, I didn’t bother using any kind of reference material like pictures or models because I want this to be a quick example plus I already know what this character looks like in my head. All in all it takes me about 10 minutes to get this done.