Three watercolor markers + their base texture!
These are brushes that act like watercolor markers, along with the texture they use so you can make your own brush with it.
In order:
- Watercolor marker - the normal marker. Comes with a lot of options, customize it to what is right for you!
- Detailer - A finter line good for, well, details.
- Fluffy - A broad brush great as a wash (background cover).
A quick sketch:
The blue sky was made with the fluffy watercolor marker, while the main sunflower was colored with the regular watercolor marker.
The thumbnail was made entirely with the detailer.
Here's the sketch I ended up making these on:
It was originally a sketch that got out of hand, whoops. The regular Watercolor Marker was used for most of the picture, with the shading being done with the Detailer.
Here's a few tips
(For translated text) I alternate between having the watercolor border on and off. Too many watercolor borders look sloppy. :(
1. Blending Mode: Normal - Closer to watercolor.
2. Blending Mode: Multiply - Closer to a marker.
Below is layering a light color over a dark color:
1. Original
2. Blending Mode: Normal. Adding a light color covers the darker one.
3. Blending Mode: Darken. Adding a lighter color does NOT change the darker color.
Leaving in imperfections (like the red arrows point to) helps make a picture look more like real watercolors. When you make a mistake in watercolor, some pigments are harder to lift off the paper with water than others. It is ok, the imperfections add to the beauty of the piece! :)
With the watercolor edge OFF, the shading is softer and looks like the colors were blended while wet. With the watercolor border ON, the darker color looks as if it was added after the lighter color dried.
I like painting all on one layer. It is how you would do it with actual watercolor on paper. Don't be afraid to use the paper color as the highlights of your picture!
Lastly, some watercolor artist tend not to change their cleaning water until they finish a piece as to add harmony to the palette (as the pigment in the water tints all the colors). This is not required to mimic watercolor paintings, it's just another technique you can try out if you feel like experimenting :0
I think Clip Studio won't ever compare to real watercolors for me since the software can't mimic the random flow of a watery brush, but that's ok. Hope you enjoy these, sorry about all the text!
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