Drawing & Painting Made Easy How To Draw & Paint A Leaf In Watercolor

Drawing & Painting Made Easy How To Draw & Paint A Leaf In Watercolor

What you'll learn

Description

About This Class:
Class Overview:
In this drawing and painting made easy beginner friendly art class you will learn how to draw and paint a leaf in watercolor step by step.
What you will learn:
How to analyze the reference photo 
How to draw your leaf
How to paint your leaf
How to paint with watercolor using the wet on wet technique
How to paint with watercolor using the wet on dry technique
How to create watercolor blooms
How to utilize the lifting technique to establish highlights in your painting
How to use a white gel pen to add white to your painting
Why you should take this class:
In this class you will learn basic art skills that you can apply to future paintings.
You will learn watercolor techniques, wet on wet, wet on dry, lifting of paint, creating blooms and applying white gel pen to your piece.
The class project is easy to achieve. 
Who the class is for:
This class focusses on the beginner and intermediate artist but is also for anyone of any art level and skill that would like to relax and create some art. 
Materials/Resources:
You will need:
300 GSM Cold Press Watercolor Paper
Graphite Pencil
Eraser
Watercolors
White Gel Pen
Watercolor Brushes size no 6 & 10 round
Clean water and Kitchen towel
Toothbrush
Masking tape
Music by Audionautix.com


Overview

Lesson 1:Welcome!
Lesson 2:Supplies
Lesson 3:Drawing the leaf
Lesson 4:Painting techniques
Lesson 5:Wet on wet, painting the first layer of our leaf
Lesson 6:Wet on wet, painting the second layer of our leaf
Lesson 7:Wet on wet, painting the third layer of our leaf
Lesson 8:Wet on dry, painting the first layer
Lesson 9:Wet on dry, painting the second layer
Lesson 10:Applying the lifting technique
Lesson 11:Painting the veins on our leaf
Lesson 12:Painting the shadows of our leaf
Lesson 13:Lighten the darker areas on your leaf
Lesson 14:Applying paint splatter to our leaf
Lesson 15:Applying white gel pen
Lesson 16:Masking tape removal
Lesson 17:Recap
Lesson 18:Thank you!