How To Paint A Hare in a loose, colourful way - step by step details in real time

Here is a colourful and imaginative painting of a Blue Hare (Arctic Hare) for you to enjoy. If you enjoy expressive use of bright colours you'll love this! In this video I give you full details of the palette of colours I use, plus real-time narrated description of the whole painting process.

00:00 Introduction to today's subject
00:50 The colours I used and why I chose them
02:16 Testing the colours and observing their characteristics
04:45 Starting with the eye
05:25 Painting the first layer
08:12 Defining edges with a Staedtler aquarat watercolor pencil https://amzn.to/3d24Bie
09:55 Painting the background
11:33 Defining the eye
12:40 Painting the second layer
14:35 Adding highlights and details with white gouache https://amzn.to/2MZnqYK
16:10 Painting the third layer
16:48 Drawing the whiskers with a Staedtler pigment liner https://amzn.to/2QRrqg0

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If you are looking for suggestions as to what to purchase as a beginner, here are my recommendations. If you use these links I will receive a small commission from Amazon which will help to support my channel.

PAINT

This 24 pan box is full of a perfect selection of colours for the kind of paintings I teach you how to paint in my tutorials. Jacksons ship worldwide and offer many benefits, including a 10% discount to you if you use this link to buy from their site. Why not take a look?
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Here is a link to a Winsor and Newton starters' paint box which would be ideal for a beginner.
12 colours: https://amzn.to/3a1IVko​

This is a link to a Winsor and Newton Artists' quality box, which is ideal for a serious student.
24 colours: https://amzn.to/3tHJTKI​
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TUBE PAINTS
I always have a tube of White Designers Gouache on hand for lights and corrections
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These colours are very useful and don't usually appear in the sets the manufacturers make:
Naples Yellow
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Quinacridone Gold
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Permanent Rose
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Indigo
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Sepia
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PAPER
Winsor and Newton Watercolour paper pad 140lb 9 x 12 inches ideal for all watercolour techniques.
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Canson MONTVAL watercolour paper block 140lb 9 x 12 inches ideal for all watercolour techniques. Exceptional resiliance and easy to work with.
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Here is a great idea - an assortment of 100% cotton papers by manufacturers such as Arches and Fabriano so you can try out different brands and weights. From Jacksons.
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BRUSHES
Princeton do a good range of synthetic squirrel brushes. This is a size 10 round.
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And Winsor and Newton Cotman brushes are also good. This is a size 10 round.
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I often use a rigger brush (called script liner in the US) and this is a link to the Cotman range of riggers, this is size 1.
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A size 3 would also be useful.
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Staedtler Noris Karat Aquarell black watercolour pencils
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