In this watercolor tutorial, I will show you how to paint a whale. Follow my step by step instruction and you will get all the tips and techniques to be able to paint this beautiful blue whale.


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00:00 - Intro
01:03 - Explaining the whale sketch.
05:55 - The painting begins with the whale’s tail.
07:59 - Water control tip.
08:28 - Camera guy has something to say (gets weird quick).
08:52 - What to do if colors aren’t blending smoothly.
10:33 - Push or pull colors with WOW, like this…
11:20 - Approaching a fin, things to keep in mind…
12:37 - Dad joke, for anyone who likes those things.
13:22 - Headed towards the eye area.
15:05 - Getting lighter on the belly, under the mouth area
15:25 - Jenna’s fear of whales.
17:10 - Avoiding eye, blending, under-mouth line details.
18:00 - Humpback or Blue?
20:29 - First layer dry, now for details: eye, mouth, textures…
22:53 - Fun fact about the word “whale”
23:32 - Another area for the Rainey’s to brush up their studies…
24:21 - From AP Calc to painful math pause
25:36 - After going back and forth, Jenna changes her mind.
26:03 - White gouache details.
27:16 - “Very cosmic.”
27:58 - “Nothing too crazy.” proceeds to go crazy
28:56 - Closing thoughts.