Drawing with Ink and Watercolors with Kalliopi Lyviaki
This topic will cover the fundamentals of drawing with ink and watercolors and shows you how to progress and combine the two. Drawing with ink can be particularly challenging as it is difficult to correct mistakes, but Kalliopi will show you some great ink work techniques using our pigment liners for stress-free drawing. She will share with you her trademark style of combining pigment liners with metallic markers to accentuate and beautify your work. And finally, Kalliopi will also demonstrate how to effectively use watercolours to create simple yet eye-catchingly impressive artwork.
ONLINE ART CLASS: DRAWING WITH INK AND WATERCOLORS
Focal Points of the Course:
- Drawing techniques with black ink: dot shading, line shading, and negative space drawing
- Using metallic highlights as eye-catchers in your drawings
- Old school tattoo drawing style and children’s book illustration style
- Usage and mixing of earthy, natural colours with watercolor paints
- Different effects with watercolour mediums: a misty effect with watercolor paints, colour gradients with watercolor brush pens, and textures with watercolor pencils
You want to get started right away? Check out our products section to start your Design Journey.
Session 1: About Kalliopi and Introduction to Dot Shading
Get to know our creative mind, Kalliopi, as she introduces herself and tells you how she began her creative journey. Afterwards, you will dive right into the first technique and learn how to use dot shading to create drawings with “wow effect”.
Session 2: Line Shading
In session two you will learn how to use lines for creating shading effects. See how Kalliopi creates a beautiful flower arrangement with only black ink and lines. Add a silver touch for the moon and you have created a masterpiece!
Session 3: Negative Space Drawing
In this session, Kalliopi will introduce you to something extraordinary: drawing in the negative space. Learn how you can apply this technique by following simple rules and tricks, like adding metallic highlights.
Session 4: Line Work and Colour Fading
Learn how to create clean line work in contrast to sketchy-looking lines. Kalliopi will show you how to do so in reference to old school tattoos and will also show you how to create nice colour fading and gradients with watercolor brush pens.
Session 5: Blending Watercolours and Adding Texture
A lighthouse is always a pretty drawing motif. Learn how to create this simple lighthouse and how to surround it with trees and bushes in a children’s book illustration style using watercolor paints. Discover creative ways of using colored pencils for adding texture to your drawings.
Session 6: Colour Choice and Mixing Watercolours
Kalliopi loves to use earthy tones in her drawings. In this session, she will show you how she chooses her color palette and how she mixes them with browns and ochres to change the tone. With the resulting natural colours you will create a beautiful leaf illustration.
Session 7: Creating a Misty Effect With Watercolors
In the final session, discover how to create a blurry, misty effect using a wet-on-wet technique with watercolor paints. Kalliopi will teach you how to create a mesmerising forest illustration with this mystical, magical, misty look.
PRODUCTS TO GET YOU STARTED TO YOUR DESIGN JOURNEY
Blistercard containing 3 pigment liner black in assorted line widths (0.1, 0.2, 0.3-2.0) and 2 metallic pen 8323 gold and silver
Cardboard box containing 24 watercolor pencils in assorted colors
Creative genius Kalliopi Lyviaki
HI I’m Kalliopi, an artist and YouTuber from Greece! I’ve been a creative person since high school. I loved creating realistic pencil drawings, especially portraits. It gave me the basic knowledge I needed to explore and experiment with other materials. Nowadays, I mainly use watercolours and inks, as well as creating digital illustrations. Two years ago, I started my YouTube channel where I give watercolour tutorials and share anything else that makes my creative heartbeat just that little bit faster. My art is often inspired by fashion, tattoos, illustrations and also more traditional mediums, such as watercolours. I find that studying classic tattoos is the perfect way to learn how to draw because of their simple designs and clean lines.
