Friday, January 22, 2021

Quick Tip: How to paint with a toothbrush?

 To ring in the New Year , I thought  I will share with you a fascinating technique on how to use a toothbrush to try an interesting technique with watercolors. This is also a fun project  to do with kids or the kid in you!

Painting with a Toothbrush
Painting with a Toothbrush 


Toothbrushes work really well with liquid watercolors.Their bristles are stiffer than those of normal watercolor brushes and this creates a different kind of line.


Rooster
Colorful Rooster


How to paint a rooster using a toothbrush


This is an example of a really dynamic effect created by a toothbrush as a finishing touch to an illustration.


Step 1:  Paint the rooster using watercolor as I have done here, leaving a space for the tail feathers.




Rooster
Colorful Rooster

Step 2:  Dip the toothbrush in the liquid watercolor and use it to paint a spiky tail. Use two or three colors so that they mix together slightly.


Rooster
Colorful Rooster


Step 3:  Add some rough strokes with the toothbrush under the rooster to give the vague impression of a horizontal surface to ground the image.


And that's  it, you now have a colorful  rooster that is ready to take on the world!


I hope you enjoyed  this mini tutorial and if you tried this technique   share with me in the comments  below or tag me on Instagram — @creativejayu I would  love to see what you create. 


Color is the place where our brain and the universe meet." -- Paul Klee



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