Learn the Stunning Watercolor Method of Irina Kukrusova

➡️➡️➡️ Register FOR FREE online workshop of Andy Evansen via the link - https://artefacto-school.de/week_evansen_w/?utm_source=youtube.com&utm_medium=kukrusova&utm_campaign=201_andy_techniques_program-w&utm_content=kukrusova-web-1-ZrUwLv8e2xQ&utm_term=description 🎨 Welcome to the Artefacto YouTube Channel! Join us for an extraordinary watercolor masterclass led by the brilliant Irina Kukrusova, as she brings a lifelike raccoon portrait to life with delicate detail, rich textures, and soft transitions. 🖌️ What you’ll learn: ✅ Layering natural fur textures with precise brush control ✅ Mixing complementary blues and browns for realistic shadows ✅ Softening edges and preserving light with clean water techniques ✅ How to work wet-on-wet to create atmospheric transitions ✅ Detailing eyes, whiskers, and facial features with expressive accuracy 💡 Irina shares her favorite brushes, pigments, and paper choices, plus practical advice for painting fur, eyes, backgrounds, and how to rescue drying paper. 🐾 From nose to whiskers, you’ll witness the full process of painting an animal portrait—from glowing light to rich depth, using Turkish blue, oxide black, and custom green mixes. Get inspired, get technical, and get painting—this is watercolor at its most alive! ➡️ In this video: 00:00:00 Introduction and materials 00:01:12 Starting with facial tones 00:03:07 Working on nose and eyes 00:05:22 Creating soft fur textures 00:07:45 Detailing the raccoon's features 00:10:08 Emphasizing contrast and shape 00:12:36 Techniques for layering darkness 00:15:02 Adding blue tones to hair 00:17:19 Discussing brushes and angles 00:19:30 Refining facial form and shadows 00:21:51 Creating ear and body texture 00:24:15 Blending fur with dry brush 00:26:42 Mixing greens for background 00:29:04 Finishing background and shadows 00:31:30 Final hair details and layering 00:33:22 Drawing whiskers and fine lines 00:36:11 Final adjustments and highlights ✅ Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ArtefactoSchool?sub_confirmation=1 🎨 JOIN US ON SOCIAL NETWORKS: Facebook ➤ https://www.facebook.com/artefactoschool Instagram ➤ https://www.instagram.com/artefacto_school/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Artefacto is an international online art school where you will learn how to paint. We promise: ▫️ to bring every student to the result ▫️ give high-quality feedback to save your time ▫️ to immerse you to an active community of like-minded people ▫️ to make learning fun On this channel you can: - learn how to paint with watercolor, oil, acrylics, gouache etc, - improve your drawing skills - become a participant of our free ONLINE workshops; - find a new hobby and get destressed!!! We have more than 60 thousand students worldwide. JOIN US! #WatercolorForBeginners #PaintingTutorial #PaintingforBegginers #HowtoPaint #PaintingLessons