Watercolour Wet-into-Wet Wolf

Have you ever had a dream of a multicoloured wolf howling at moon? Well join the club. It is always great to draw inspiration from the most unlikely places, and for me this means even my dreams, just do not ask me to interpret it! After having this dream, I considered watercolour to be the perfect medium, particularly using the technique wet-into-wet. This is a simple idea which you can have a lot of fun with. As mentioned in last week's blog, it is just another watercolour technique that has an unpredictability to it. The basic process of this technique is applying a wash of water onto your surface and before letting the area dry add pigment and watch the colours spread, intermingle and mix to create new shades and hues of colour. Pretty simple stuff with some great results, here's what I came up with;


Materials;

• Mont Marte Mop Squirrel Brush 24
• Mont Marte Artist Sable Round 4 
• Mont Marte Watercolour Pad A4
• Mont Marte 12 ml Watercolour Paints.

Step 1. Draw with a faint outline of your chosen design. 

Step 2. Load your brush with water and paint in the areas you want coloured. For the wolf I have left the eyes, sections in the mouth, ears and fur dry, this is because these areas will be white.

Step 3. Act quickly when painting with water.




















Step 4. Load a mop brush with pigment then drop into sections, watching the colour seep into other areas. 

Step 5. Clean off your brush and continue this pattern of adding more and more pigment into the artwork. You will find that the pigment only seeps into the areas that are wet.

Step 6. If you have added too much water, use a small sponge or paper towel to soak up the excess. EASY!

Step 7. Add in a moon for the wolf to howl at then allow to dry and see how the multicoloured wolf comes to life.