Step by Step Water Color Drawing Process

Dear Steemians, 

Today I am posting the step by step process of the water color Illustration which is done for a short story being published in 'TARANGA' weekly magazine. 

The story is of a Postman who promises to marry a widow but could not keep up his promise due to unavoidable circumstances and ends up marrying another girl. The Widow spends the rest of her life waiting for the Postman.

Mediums used:

• Cartridge Paper 90 gsm
• Graphite Pencil
• Colour Pen Brown
• Camlin Photo Colors - Portrait Pink, Warm Brown, Scarlet, Dark Blue, Violet, Foliage Green, Deep Yellow and Stone Grey 
• Brush with Round Bristles
• Image Editing: Photoshop

 

One drop of photo color is enough for one drawing. 

 

After you dilute with the water, the color appears more vibrant and clear

 

Step 1. I outlined the basic sketch of the drawing composition using 2B graphite pencil 

 

Step 2. I start the background by putting plain water. Initially, the surface looks a bit wavy, but don't bother as the paper surface will settle after few minutes. 

 

Step 3. I start applying the color drops on the water so that the colours spread and mix on the surface 

 

Step 4. Once background colouring is done and dried, I put the foreground color, on the costume and skin. I mix the Portrait Pink and little Deep Yellow to get the skin tone. For the post man's dress, I used Warm Brown and Deep Yellow. For the Saree, I used diluted Scarlet Lake

 

Step 5. Once the colors are dried, take the back pen and start finishing the outlines. This is where your sketching skill is tested:-)

Step 6. Once the hand drawn illustration is completed, I scanned, sharpened and edited the edges of the illustration in Adobe Photoshop.

Illustration.

This is the finished illustration

Hope you liked the drawing. Please comment, upvote and resteem if you liked this post.

Till my next post, happy drawing.