Paint Simple Watercolour Cats

A quick beginner tutorial for painting simple watercolour cats, eight of them plus one cheeky mouse. I love these because they’re all the same basic shape, just with different colours and tails, so they’re a really relaxing one to paint. It’s a great way to practise blending warm tones and getting a feel for how much water to use.

Watch me paint eight simple watercolour cats and one cheeky mouse.

Supplies list

  • small piece of watercolour paper (mine is 10 × 15cm)

  • permanent pen - 0.2 fineliner (for normal pens use crayons, pencils or textas)

  • watercolour paints and small brush (mine is a size 2)

  • jar of water

  • paper towel for cleaning the brush

Quick steps