You talked me into painting cocktails again! (I didn’t need much convincing LOL!)

Hi friends! Last week I shared a painting of cocktails I did using my new Faber Castell watercolor markers.

I didn’t record it because I was painting away from home at an open studio. I didn’t intend to do a tutorial on this but I had several requests from Critique Club members to post a lesson of it so I decided to redo it a bit differently.

I was curious how the markers would do on my cellulose Strathmore 400 paper because I had done the previous one on Arches 100% cotton paper. You can find the real-time lesson as well as a line drawing pattern for BOTH of the cocktail paintings, along with hundreds of other mixed media art lessons, monthly prompts and so much more in Critique Club now! You can see the timelapse and hear so additional thoughts about the project in the video below.

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• Watercolor Paper: I used Strathmore 400 6″x18″ pad for the long painting and Arches 9″x12″ #140 cold press block for the other.

• Pencil or erasable colored pencil for drawing

• T-Square

• Watercolor Markers (I’m using Faber Castell but any brand can be used, even cheaper craft brands, you can use watercolor as well or in addition to the markers if you need a certain color) *This was the refillable (but not lightfast) brand I recommended as well

• White gouache (I use Bleedproof White)

• Colored Pencils (optional)

• Reference photos from Unsplash

This was so much fun to paint, even the 2nd version. There is something so artistic about mixed drinks. The colors, textures, and translucency of the glass just have me captivated! If you know of anyone who needs an illustrator for a cocktail recipe book please send them my way! Happy crafting!