Two Happy Little Piggies in Watercolor (+ process shots)
I don’t usually record my painting process because honestly… I can’t guarantee every piece will turn out well 😅
But I spent a lot more time on this one, so I wanted to document it and see which stages tend to go wrong for me.
For the washes, I use quite a lot of water. I’m always worried about uneven drying, so in the beginning I wet the paper very quickly with a large brush before starting the first layers.
At first I keep the colors pretty soft and even because I’m still figuring out the palette. After everything dries completely, I wet certain areas again and go in with thicker pigments little by little to build some texture and brush marks — but just a tiny bit 🤏
The final details are my favorite part: waiting until the paper is fully dry and then using a dry brush to poke in all the fuzzy little hairs one by one.
And that’s basically it — two happy piggies finished 🐷🐷