Learn to paint a Great White Shark in this art class preview with illustrator Lore illustration (@loreillustration). She will teach you how to paint a shark from sketch to finish. You’ll use a reference photo to do a quick sketch, then add watercolour in layers from light to dark.

Check out this reference photo if you want to sketch along! 

Topics Covered:

  • Using a reference photo
  • Drawing a simple sketch
  • Layering watercolours in order
  • Drawing finishing touches with black fine liner

Enrol in Lore's Mini Workshop (Enrol in our US$6.00 Mini Workshops)

In the Mini Workshop, Lore will teach:

  • Sketching big shapes
  • Building the form with the wet-on-wet technique
  • Painting texture with the wet-on-dry technique
  • Drawing details with black fine liner and white gel pen

Etchr Products mentioned:

  • The Perfect Sketchbook A4
  • Mini Palette: 19 Wells
  • Gouache Brushes: Set of 8

Other materials mentioned:

  • Winsor & Newton Watercolours (Colours: Titanium WhiteIndigoIvory Black)
  • Watercolour brushes in Round #5 and #8 (Suggested: Pro Arte Kolinsky Sable Round 5 and Round 8)
  • UniPin Black Waterproof Sketching Pens in 0.1 or 0.2
  • Pencil (Mechanical, HB, or 2B)
  • Two water containers
  • Paper towels

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