Lesson #3 The Name Game - Watercolor Doodles Class

Well this week's class name has been changed.... it's now called

The Name Game

It's not just for names you can use this lesson for any word you would like

but it's fun especially fun when it's a doodled name of someone you love.

For Lesson 3 Video 1 - Click HERE!

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I wanted to write a little about what I was thinking when I doodled this image:

First of all I knew I wanted stars around her name but I wanted them to

be moving...because little miss Star is always moving so I put tails behind them

like a comet would have.  To me this meant movement.  When I draw names

or words I first draw the lettering.  Then decide what kind of image I want

to go with the lettering I created.  I chose to have an upper and lower

comet star to balance out the image.  Originally I was going to have just

seven little stars and when I was done drawing there was a white gap between

the t in her name and the comet tail so I added an extra star.  I then outlined

around the elements and decided to go with three lines because I wanted

to have a blue background then pop of color and a cool outline.  I was thinking

about color choice as I drew the image out. 

For Lesson 3 Video 2 - Click HERE!

Green Gold Demo

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For Lesson 3 Video 4 - Click HERE!

For Lesson 3 Video 5 - Click HERE!

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Image of Green Gold watercolor (it's magical)

 A close up look at what green gold can do when dropped into
a dark color background.  I get my green gold from Daniel Smith.

Extra images for you to practice watercoloring below....

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This is a fun doodle.  I started with a hap-hazard word and just

continued the fun with bold swirls.  I really just created a frame

around a word but it makes a really eye catching little doodle.

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In this doodle I drew the letters and then outlined them.  I

wanted kind of a fun swirly doodle.  I really how the line

and plane work together here.

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 I can imagine so many ways to paint this
doodle.  I can't wait to see what you come up with!