{"id":157178,"date":"2019-07-02T13:00:03","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T12:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturestudio.com\/?p=157178"},"modified":"2021-04-26T15:47:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T14:47:59","slug":"watercolour-metallic-shine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturestudio.com\/watercolour-metallic-shine\/","title":{"rendered":"How to paint metallic shine in watercolour"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row columns_type=&#8221;default&#8221; section=&#8221;&#8221; full_screen=&#8221;&#8221; vertical_centering=&#8221;&#8221; background=&#8221;&#8221; bg_color_info=&#8221;&#8221; img=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_bg_width=&#8221;110&#8243; parallax_reverse=&#8221;&#8221; video=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column text_color=&#8221;&#8221; animate=&#8221;&#8221; animate_delay=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019ve ever thought about painting something metallic and super shiny like a silver spoon in watercolour, you\u2019d be forgiven for thinking you might need some sort of special metallic watercolor paints (they do exist). \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not so! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Actually, what you need to do is to capture all the little shapes of colour in the subject &#8211; determined by the way light was falling on it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you get those in the right place and get how light or dark they should be correct, you only need a couple of bog-standard paints, as I show you in this little vid:<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rRNtSbUxIxQ?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I hope you now feel inspired to paint your own metallic shiny subject! If you enjoyed the video, please leave me a comment, I love reading them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Happy painting,<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;274663&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row columns_type=&#8221;default&#8221; section=&#8221;&#8221; full_screen=&#8221;&#8221; vertical_centering=&#8221;&#8221; background=&#8221;&#8221; bg_color_info=&#8221;&#8221; img=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_bg_width=&#8221;110&#8243; parallax_reverse=&#8221;&#8221; video=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column text_color=&#8221;&#8221; animate=&#8221;&#8221; animate_delay=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text] If you\u2019ve ever thought about painting something metallic and super shiny like a silver spoon in watercolour, you\u2019d be forgiven for thinking you might need some sort of special metallic watercolor paints (they do exist). \u00a0 Not so! 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