What colors are needed to paint space? How to paint space with watercolors and gouache

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Step-by-step master class

If you did not participate in the competition, but also want to learn how to draw space, save these somewhere step by step instructions, what and how to do to get bright and beautiful tints. We are publishing a lesson from Leonardo Pereznieto.

M materials

Hot pressed watercolor paper, A4 or A3 format;
Masking tape;
Easel or wooden board;
Palette;
Water container;
A piece of cloth;
Salt in large crystals.

Watercolor:

orange;
cadmium red;
manganese violet;
delft blue;
azure;
indigo;
Prussian green;
green phthalocyanine;
permanent green;
dark cobalt green;
brilliant blue-violet;
chrome orange;
cadmium light yellow;
black ivory;
titanium white.

Squirrel brushes:

Mop brush;
Brush No. 0;
Brush No. 2;
Brush No. 4;
Brush No. 8;
Brush No. 12.

Fix watercolor paper on wooden board masking tape. Mix orange with light cadmium red. You should get a light scarlet shade. Next, mix deep red with manganese violet and a drop of indigo to create a cherry red hue. Then add delfte blue to indigo to create a dark blue. And the last mixture is Prussian, permanent and dark cobalt green, phthalocyanine to get a medium green.

If you don't have all these colors, you can simplify the task and just paint with the colors you have. The result will still be interesting.

Place the easel at a slight angle and wet all the paper with water clean water with a mop brush. Apply dark red and light red colors to it in the upper left corner. Paint the lower right corner with a blue tint. Using a size 8 brush, apply the green shade diagonally from the bottom left corner to the top right corner.

You need to work fairly quickly while the paper is still wet. Using a size 4 brush, enhance some areas and fill in any gaps with whatever paint you want.

You should have an idea of what you want the final work to look like.

Try to avoid mixing additional colors(e.g. yellow and violet, red and green, blue and orange) with each other, as this will cause the color to become cloudy.

Once the paint begins to dry, apply another coat of paint on top to enhance the color. Remember to blot your brush each time before applying a new shade.

When you have finished applying the paint and are happy with the combination of colors and their vibrancy, sprinkle grains of coarse salt over the design. It will absorb water and take away some of the color, leaving beautiful stains in the form of nebulae. Wait until completely dry and carefully scrape off the salt.

We've only done half the work! Again wet the entire surface with water and fix the colors with their pure counterparts, using a brush number 2. To get a pure bright color, add less water into the paint and do not mix the paints on the palette, but take them directly from the container.

While the paper is still damp, mix the glaze and black ivory. Using a #4 brush, apply paint along the edges of the sheet, around the edges of the nebula. Just don’t apply the paint in the form of a black frame, remember what nebulae look like - in the form of an elongated ellipse. At this point we will need a cloth that can be used to absorb the paint to soften the edges.

We wait for it to dry completely and use brush No. 2 for the final touches. To add stars to our space, place the easel on a horizontal surface. Take a stick (or other brush) in your non-dominant hand and hold it parallel to the paper. Load a brush with titanium white in your dominant hand and lightly stroke the brush against the stick so that tiny white particles of paint fall onto your painting. Add a few stars “by hand” using a fine size 0 brush.

Let the drawing dry, remove the masking tape. And here it is, your space!

Or oil paints, it will help to understand the method of comparing the above materials. Gouache is easier to apply. It allows you to correct design flaws and easily mix colors. Oil paints require more experience and professionalism. They are the most difficult to work with. To depict a painting in watercolor, certain skills are also required. You need to specifically know and understand how to paint space in watercolors, where and what will be located in the picture, since it is almost impossible to correct shortcomings. Therefore, many beginners prefer gouache.

Watercolor is created for works of a more professional level. Although it is also used for teaching in schools.

Basic principles

To depict space with paints or pencils, you need to prepare:

Take paper, paints or a pencil.
Try to immediately decide what will be shown in the picture.
First you need to draw the background.
Next you need to depict space objects.
Add the necessary effects.

How to paint space with paints?

Let’s try to answer the question: “How to paint space with paints step by step?” Beginning artists will need a little free time and imagination. Taking paper, paints and brushes, we get to work.

There are many recommendations on how to paint space step by step. Let's focus on one of them. The first thing you need to start with is to decide on the subject of the drawing. These can be your own fantasies about space, pictures, photographs, films and more. It is necessary to decide in advance where approximately the various objects in the drawing will be located. These objects can even be outlined with light pencil strokes so that the paint can hide them later.

The drawing should start from the background. He may not be black. Can be used for background various colors, and even better - a combination of them. Having chosen the necessary shades, paint the sheet with bold strokes. It is best to use acrylics for drawing space, oil paints or gouache. This will give the picture a special flavor. After applying the background, the drawing must be left to dry. If you use oil paints, you don’t need to wait for them to dry.

Once the background is ready, you can begin to design the main details. It is best to draw objects several tones lighter than the main background. You can add highlights to them using paints with a white tint. To make work more like space drawing, you can add various effects using light-accumulating or luminescent paints. If you want to give an object a three-dimensional image and a special relief, rub part of the paper with wax before applying the background. After applying the paints and depicting the main objects, you need to run a sharp object over the surface of the drawing. Volumetric image ready.

How to paint space with watercolors?

By depicting a mysterious abyss, you can get an alluring and mysterious world. Comets, asteroids and other celestial bodies will help you get closer to the mysterious space.

In order to figure out how to draw space in watercolors, you need, as in the previous drawing, to take a sheet of paper, paint, brushes and decide on the background. For this you can use blue or lilac shades watercolors. Black is best used sparingly or not at all. It is advisable to apply the background with a wide brush. After it dries, start creating. You can depict distant planets. Draw stars in the form of blurry highlights, four- or hexagonal outlines.

At the head of the picture, place, for example, a flying comet, consisting of a head and a tail, which can be depicted in the form of several rays. The latter can be either straight or zigzag. Orange or red colors are more suitable for this. The comet can be depicted in other colors, for example, silver or white, with small strokes of blue watercolor. As in previous example, interesting effect will ensure that the paper is rubbed with wax.

Instead of a comet, you can depict a rocket by outlining its contours with a simple pencil. To do this, we draw an oval with a pointed top and straight bottom. The two semicircular lines at the bottom of the rocket will simulate its tail. Red or orange colors will help to depict fire coming from a rocket. The body can be coated with lighter shades.

No less interesting will be UFOs and other objects of any color and shape. It all depends on your imagination.

There are many options for how to paint space in watercolors. Whatever method is chosen, the plot depicted with these colors creates clearer and more realistic contours. It turns out very bright and colorful.

Pencil image of space

To decide how to draw space step by step with a pencil and get a high-quality image, you need a little more attention and perseverance.

The technique of drawing with pencil is a little more complicated compared to paint.
As with any drawing, you need to decide on the composition of the picture. To create the background, you will need to draw the right classic strokes that will give the drawing a sense of spatiality. You should start with the darkest strokes, gradually moving to darker ones. light colors. The main thing is to avoid sharp corners and hard lines. We add images of planets, the moon, stars, etc. to the background. The depth, smoothness and softness of space should be reflected in the drawing.

Various options

You can use various objects for a painting on the theme of “space”: stars, planets, rockets. Draw satellites, asteroids, comets. Also suitable for the plot are UFOs, a cluster of galaxies, etc. It is quite easy to draw these objects with paints, the main thing is to have a little imagination.

Today I’ll tell you how to paint space using watercolors.
You will need: watercolor paper, white acrylic paint, wide natural brush, toothbrush, tablet, electrical tape or masking tape.
A quick note before we begin. I don't professional artist, and not an artist at all. Therefore, I focus on my own personal experience, and not how it should be according to science.

Paper for drawing space in watercolor

For this technique I use watercolor paper. It is better than usual because it absorbs water and does not deform so much. Ordinary paper comes in waves, water and paint simply flow off it. Watercolor paper dries quickly, while regular paper takes a long time to dry. I have a watercolor tablet from Greenwech Line. It's basically cheap and plain paper, but it suits my job. You can buy paper individually in art and stationery stores. This is not such a rare product.
Let's prepare a sheet. In general, whenever you work with watercolors, the paper needs to be secured well. For these purposes I use a piece of plywood, but any board, any tablet that you don’t mind ruining will do. I glue the paper around the perimeter of the plywood with electrical tape.

Watercolor for drawing space

Any watercolor will be suitable for this work. I will be using my old honey watercolor palette that is over 10 years old. A larger brush is suitable here to quickly cover the entire surface of the sheet. It is better to work with watercolors with natural brushes, because they allow you to pick up more paint and water.

Space in watercolor step by step for beginners

First stage
First, we wet the paper spotwise so that the paint spreads better over the sheet. We begin to add light in small spots. We also apply the paint pointwise. Don't try, as they say, to paint the wall. We need these colored areas to be heterogeneous. I mainly use purple and blue colors. And in some places I add emerald and green spots. Don't skimp on water. The more it is, the better colors will mix with each other, the less pure paper we will have. Therefore, before you dial new color I dip my brush into the glass. When there is enough color, leave it to dry. You can dry the sheet with a regular hairdryer. Firstly, it will be faster, and secondly, all the waves on the sheet are smoothed out, and I just need the sheets to be as even as possible. Make sure that the paper is completely dry, otherwise the second layer will simply wash away the paint.
Second stage
Now you can proceed to the second stage. For this we only need black watercolor. We collect more water and more paint and boldly cover the entire sheet. For now it looks like a terrible mess, but don't worry. wait again until the layer dries. I'll turn to the hairdryer again. As it dries, other colors will begin to appear through the black layer. I ended up with a lot of gaps where there is no paint at all. In those places I added a couple of colored spots. Check again to see if the paper is still wet somewhere.
Third stage
And let's get down to it interesting third stage. But you also need to thoroughly prepare for it. To close the workspace, you need to make a protective screen out of paper. I use old Whatman paper for this. Bend a square sheet of whatman paper in half. Then again. Unfold it completely and cut along one of the resulting lines to the center of the square. Bend the sheet so that it looks like a room, three intersecting planes. We will need two such screens to completely cover the desktop. In general, in a good way, you also need to close the top, but this is usually enough for me. Place the tablet inside the screen. Take the old one toothbrush and white acrylic paint. Dip the bristles into the paint and begin spattering the paint onto the sheet. To ensure that the splashes fly in the right direction, move your finger along the brush towards yourself, otherwise all the paint will fly towards you and splash everything around. The closer you hold the brush to the sheet, the more crowded the stars will be. Constantly change the height to get a more interesting view. I had a lot of paint left on my hands and so that it wouldn’t disappear, I added it to the sheet with my fingertips. And our picture of space is ready. We detach it from the work surface.
In principle, there are other ways to depict the galaxy, but in my opinion this is the simplest and fastest. It took me about 10 minutes per sheet, no more. I used this technique when I made a space-themed greeting set. There I prevailed green and I didn’t skimp on the splashes. Every time it turns out absolutely different picture space. If you want the images to be as similar as possible, make several at a time and apply spots in the same places. It will be even faster this way.
That's all. I hope you enjoyed today's master class. Happy creativity everyone!

How to paint space with watercolors?

We will need:

thick paper for watercolors (Whatman paper);
brushes (thin and thick);
watercolor;
white gouache;
toothbrush;
water.

Drawing step by step

To make it work original drawing, let's depict space in a circle. Take a thick brush, dip it in clean water and go over a piece of paper. This is necessary in order to get beautiful stains. It is best to start painting space with light colors, using yellow, orange, red and blue. Use chaotic strokes to make the transitions between colors look more natural.

Dilute several saturated colors on your palette at once blue shades by mixing them with purple and black paint. To paint space with watercolors, you need to apply strokes with quick, chaotic movements, remembering to rinse the brush in water for each new shade. This way, the colors of the starry sky will turn out pure and more contrasting, and the stains will look impressive.

Move from the center to the sides, filling the improvised space circle with paints. Don't be afraid to brush over areas that are already dry, modifying the space pattern as you go and adding richness to some areas.

When you fill the entire circle with paints, you can start working on the details. Take a thin brush and go over the red and yellow in the glow area. Color transition will become more interesting, making the star nebula colorful.

Do you want to draw space with millions of stars? Then wait until the drawing is completely dry, take a toothbrush, dip it in white gouache and leave a splash on the sheet, gently running your finger along the bristles.

To make the space drawing more interesting, you can draw planets on top. To do this, use white gouache to draw circles different sizes. After the paint has dried, use a thin brush to apply colored dot strokes, not forgetting the semicircular shadow on one side of the planet.

Another way to paint space with watercolors

1. In order to draw the Universe, only 3-4 colors are enough. At least that's the amount you can start with. Important: The sheet for watercolors must be very dense so that it does not wrinkle from water and so that the paint spreads beautifully and evenly.

2. The outline can be drawn with a hard pencil to indicate the space that you will wet with water. Wet part of the allocated space.

3. Apply paint to the wetted area. Try to keep the contours beautiful.

4. Wet the rest of the space with water and apply a different color of paint. Selectively add bright pops of color throughout the design. The drawing must be wet so that the paint flows beautifully.

5. Once the design is completely dry, apply the stars. This can be done with white or yellow paint using an old toothbrush.

6. Some stars could be drawn more carefully.

If you sprinkle salt on a wet drawing, the structure of space will turn out even more interesting. The salt will absorb some of the paint, and if you shake it off after it has completely dried, there will be beautiful white dots and clouds in place of the salt.

Pencil image of space

To decide how to draw space step by step with a pencil and get a high-quality image, you need a little more attention and perseverance.

The technique of drawing with pencil is a little more complicated compared to paint. As with any drawing, you need to decide on the composition of the picture. To create the background, you will need to draw the right classic strokes that will give the drawing a sense of spatiality. You should start with the darkest strokes, gradually moving to lighter colors. The main thing is to avoid sharp corners and hard lines. We add images of planets, the moon, stars, etc. to the background. The depth, smoothness and softness of space should be reflected in the drawing.

Simple drawing of space with pencils

1. Big solar system consists of the Sun, around which 8 planets revolve. So first we need to draw a big circle.

3. You will need to draw one planet on each line. Each planet has its own size and distinctive features. For example, Saturn is in the sixth position from the Sun, and it has a ring system. Uranus also has rings. There are 30 of them in total, but in the figure we will indicate this with one line. Also, let's draw one comet and an asteroid field between Mars and Jupiter (between the fourth and fifth planet). For the last planet Asteroids will also be depicted. They are called the Kuiper field.

4. We outline each element in the drawing with a black marker.

5. We begin to color the space. First of all, let's give color to the Sun, which needs yellow and orange shades. Red tones in darker places will also not be out of place.

Then, in order, we move on to the other planets and color them with the same pencils. Using a yellow pencil we will add color to Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. We will also apply strokes with an orange pencil to Venus, Mars and Jupiter. But let's color the rings of Saturn with a brown pencil.

6. Now let's move on to other planets. Let's color them with blue pencils and blue flowers. These will be Uranus and Neptune. But our planet Earth has distinguished itself from others. After all, she will have in herself various shades- and yellow, and blue, and green. Let's color the asteroid belts with a brown pencil.

7. Now let's add color to outer space. To do this, we use pencils of blue, blue and violet colors.

8. At this point the drawing of space is completely finished. Of course, there are many details that can be completed here, but let's leave it to our imagination to dream and feel the whole essence of the Universe.

Several interesting drawings of space

How to paint space with watercolors?

We will need:

thick paper for watercolors (Whatman paper);
brushes (thin and thick);
watercolor;
white gouache;
toothbrush;
water.

Drawing step by step

To get an original drawing, let's depict space in a circle. Take a thick brush, dip it in clean water and go over a piece of paper. This is necessary in order to get beautiful stains. It is best to start painting space with light colors, using yellow, orange, red and blue. Use chaotic strokes to make the transitions between colors look more natural.

Dilute several rich blue shades on your palette at once, mixing them with purple and black paint. To paint space with watercolors, you need to apply strokes with quick, chaotic movements, remembering to rinse the brush in water for each new shade. This way, the colors of the starry sky will turn out pure and more contrasting, and the stains will look impressive.

When you fill the entire circle with paints, you can start working on the details. Take a thin brush and paint over the glow area with red and yellow. The color transition will become more interesting, making the star nebula colorful.

To make the space drawing more interesting, you can draw planets on top. To do this, use white gouache to draw circles of different sizes. After the paint has dried, use a thin brush to apply colored dot strokes, not forgetting the semicircular shadow on one side of the planet.

Another way to paint space with watercolors

2. The outline can be drawn with a hard pencil to indicate the space that you will wet with water. Wet part of the allocated space.

3. Apply paint to the wetted area. Try to keep the contours beautiful.

4. Wet the rest of the space with water and apply a different color of paint. Selectively add bright pops of color throughout the design. The drawing must be wet so that the paint flows beautifully.

5. Once the design is completely dry, apply the stars. This can be done with white or yellow paint using an old toothbrush.

6. Some stars could be drawn more carefully.

Pencil image of space

To decide how to draw space step by step with a pencil and get a high-quality image, you need a little more attention and perseverance.

The technique of drawing with pencil is a little more complicated compared to paint. As with any drawing, you need to decide on the composition of the picture. To create the background, you will need to draw the right classic strokes that will give the drawing a sense of spatiality. You should start with the darkest strokes, gradually moving to lighter colors. The main thing is to avoid sharp corners and hard lines. We add images of planets, the moon, stars, etc. to the background. The depth, smoothness and softness of space should be reflected in the drawing.

Simple drawing of space with pencils

1. The large solar system consists of the Sun, around which 8 planets revolve. So first we need to draw a big circle.

3. You will need to draw one planet on each line. Each planet has its own size and distinctive features. For example, Saturn is in the sixth position from the Sun, and it has a ring system. Uranus also has rings. There are 30 of them in total, but in the figure we will indicate this with one line. Also, let's draw one comet and an asteroid field between Mars and Jupiter (between the fourth and fifth planet). Asteroids will also be depicted behind the last planet. They are called the Kuiper field.

4. We outline each element in the drawing with a black marker.

5. We begin to color the space. First of all, let's give color to the Sun, which needs yellow and orange shades. Red tones in darker places will also not be out of place.

6. Now let's move on to other planets. We will color them with blue and cyan pencils. These will be Uranus and Neptune. But our planet Earth has distinguished itself from others. After all, it will have different shades - yellow, blue, and green. Let's color the asteroid belts with a brown pencil.

7. Now let's add color to outer space. To do this, we use pencils of blue, blue and violet colors.

Several interesting drawings of space

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