Painting Thumper
Our class demonstration at watercolor class was painting fur. I chose this cute little bunny. We used a limited palette of Burnt Sienna and Ultramarine Blue (Windsor & Newton). When painting fur it is important to use lots of water, using the side of your brush instead of the tip when painting the background, thinly masking out the whiskers so they remain pure white and NOT trying to paint every hair but to paint shapes. We used a straw and paint thinned to an ink consistency to blow the grasses along the horizon line.
