How To Paint in Watercolour a Realistic, Cute Harvest Mouse!

This delightful harvest mouse will be a joy to paint, with the tiny eyes, smooth fur, pink little legs and all standing on wheat!  You will learn numerous techniques from the drawing out stage, wet in wet washes, how to work with shapes, assessing the details and how to apply those fine lines.  All that for the mouse and then you will be guided through the ear of wheat.

So let's make a start on the cute little mouse and get those brushes wet!

Paul :-)

In the first part of this tutorial we will get the drawing completed, paint the lovely eyes and apply the first wet in wet washes for the body colours.

Have fun and let me know how you get on.

Please find both the outline drawing and the reference photo attached for you.
Paul :-)

In Part 2 we will be starting to get a few more layers on the little mouse. Each layer will add that extra feeling of depth to give this tiny one a warm coat to wear!

The washes and layering are both excellent practice for painting fur.

In this third stage we will really concentrate on the detail. At the end of this section we will have completed all the layers of fur needed for the mouse.  We will be constantly checking the colours, tones, lights and darks so that our painting is as realistic as possible.

This is the final part of this lovely Harvest Mouse.  We will finally complete not just the Harvest Mouse but also the wheat.

I hope you enjoyed this painting, let's see what we can do together the next time around. Paul