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hi everyone Anette kler here with a new
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video tutorial and today I want to teach
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you and show you how to layer
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watercolors so I've already done the
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first layer of
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watercolors and the basically the main
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principle of layering watercolors is is
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that each layer has to be completely dry
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before you add the second layer
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otherwise the colors will
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blend and then you won't have any
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layering just one big mix of colors so I
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started with
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yellow and now I'm mixing slightly a
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little bit of orange with the yellow to
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create a darker color now watercolors
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are always a little bit transparent so
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each of the layers is going to be
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visible under the previous layers so you
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start with the brighter color and then
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gradually add darker colors or you can
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also layer the same color and just
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changing
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its brightness or boldness with the
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amount of water that you add
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because the more water you add the more
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transparent the water color will be so
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if you want to just work with one color
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you need to start with a more
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diluted waterc color and then add
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stronger and stronger colors just by
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diluting it less meaning you use less
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water so as you can see I keep on adding
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orange darker and darker orange to my
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yellow
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and I'm adding
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layers of the paint on my flowers and
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you can see the
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layering that is starting to
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emerge each layer is visible and each
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layer is slightly smaller because I also
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want to create shadowing so if you want
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to create shadowing with watercolors you
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need to layer
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them so I'm each darker layer is a bit
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smaller than the previous layer and it
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becomes darker as we go down that will
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be the
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center of the
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flower now I've changed brushes to a
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finer tip and I've added red to my
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oranges and yellows and now I'm working
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on the very bottom of the tree of the
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flower
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sorry and now
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I'm layering another layer of darker
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colors on the bottom of the
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flower this way my flower will have a
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more
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realistic excuse me realistic
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look as I add more and more layers and
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you see that the layers don't mix with
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one
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another but the layers are visible each
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and every one of
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them and that is the secret of
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layering
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watercolors so after finishing the
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flowers I
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can add a little bit more
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details I want a little more of that
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darker
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color
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stemming from the
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bottom like
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this and then you can keep on layering
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your paper your colors on the
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paper adding Hues of oranges and whites
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and
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yellows as much as you
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want just to give the flower that
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realistic look the flower never is in
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the same color it has different colors
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and Hues all over the petals and this is
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the effect that we're trying to
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achieve and we're doing that by layering
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different Hues of oranges and yellows on
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the
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paper now I want to make the
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stem so I'm starting again with a light
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green because when we layer water colors
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we always start with the lighter color
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or the more diluted
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color and then we go ahead and add the
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stronger or the darker
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colors so speed things up a little
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bit
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and also another important thing to
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remember is that watercolors always
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dry lighter than what you
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see so if you see a certain Hue or you
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think it's dark always remember then
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when it's dry it will be slightly
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lighter than what you see when it's
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wet so now I'm adding a darker
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green and I'm not adding the same amount
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of paint all over the surface just
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little
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dots because the
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usually flowers the colors on the flower
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are never unifor form
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so
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they you can see different shades of
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green so that's why I'm not covering the
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entire surface
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there there is slightly an areas of
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slightly brighter green that you can see
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through now for the stamp
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the next layer is even darker
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green and this way I'm going to just
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keep on
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layering the colors until I'm happy with
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the way it
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looks
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so the same goes with the background you
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start with the very light
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color and I'm using circular motion to
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apply it on my page and then you start
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adding the darker and darker colors in
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this case
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greens each layer that I'm adding is
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going to be darker than the previous
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layer but you can still see the layers
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underneath because again watercolors are
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always a little bit
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transparent so it really gives you that
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that realistic
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look now for the sky so I'm adding a
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little bit of
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blue to the
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green and I've diluted the watercolor
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with more water because I want it to be
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very light in this area
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here and again the more colors you add
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the lighter your color will
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be you see it's just a hint of blue
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don't have a lot of pigment
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here and I'm playing with different
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shades of blue and teal to create the
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sky not going to do a lot of layering in
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the sky cuz I want them to be very
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light
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not too
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dark so I'm just
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adding a little bit
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more almost give you an effect of
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clouds now I want to add a hint of a sun
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so I'm just adding a little bit of
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yellow on the corner here again layering
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it with the
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blues and a little bit of
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orange so it's not the sun it will look
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like the light of the
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sun just adding a little bit more blue
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around that light it's like the light of
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the sun is beaming through the clouds
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and through the
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sky so I really hope that you'll give
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this a try it takes a little bit of
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practice but don't be afraid to try it
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techniques just going to add a little
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bit more layering to my
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flowers just to emphasize the petals a
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little bit
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more
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and then I think
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that my drawing will be
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finished so I want to thank everyone for
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joining
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me and I will see you next
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time
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