Here's the photo.
What a lovely Autumn painting this will make!
This is a picture I took of a Virginia Creeper vine that graced my side porch every fall for years.
It had a mind of it's own. If you've ever had a Creeper, you know what I mean.
First: Draw the leaves.
If drawing is not your thing...try enlarging the picture and tracing your image onto your paper. Take care not to press too hard. Watercolor paper is very delicate.
Now: Mix the paints.
Here are the
colors we
will use:
COBALT BLUE
ALIZARIN CRIMSON
CHROME YELLOW
Now for the fun part. Just squeeze the
color from the tube onto your palette. Loosen the
condensed pigment using water and
your brush. You're simply getting the
paint ready for the paper. Let them mix
and blend and run together.
Just have fun with it!
Continue the fun by wetting each leaf individually with clear water. Drop the wet paint into each wet area. Let it bleed and run. Continue with each leaf...dropping and running from each leaf to another. Soon you will begin to see the leaves take shape and morphing into what you see in the photograph. Move from leaf to leaf like the video below...
Click the "Autumn Leaves Watercolor" video link below to take a look at the wet-in-wet process I used:
As the painting becomes too wet, let the layers dry completely. Then continue to add details and dark background as in the video. Your painting may look realistic or abstract, depending how much you let the paints bleed. Either way, you will have a lovely piece of art reminding you of the crisp Autumn day you painted them.
You'll be surprised at how much better your painting will look once you frame it! It just looks more professional and finished. Go ahead and frame it and hang it on your wall...and then....start another one!
I loved presently this instruction for you. Come back next week for another
Wednesday Watercolor...and in the meantime keep those brushes wet!!!
Carole
