Learn to Paint Watercolor Leaves

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Free Online Course: Learn to Paint Watercolor Leaves provided by Skillshare is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 1-2 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Learn to Paint Watercolor Leaves is taught by Anne Butera.

Overview
  • In this class I'll share how I paint leaves with watercolor using different watercolor techniques and seven types of leaves as examples.

    The skills I'll demonstrate include:

    • mixing paint for a general palette using pan watercolor paints
    • observing a subject and creating preliminary pencil sketches 
    • wet on wet washes
    • wet on dry washes
    • lifting paint with a damp brush
    • layering paint
    • mixing color on the page
    • painting fine details

    These skills can be used in many other watercolor applications.

    The leaves I paint in this class are from the following plants:

    • lipstick plant
    • jade plant
    • marigold
    • orchid
    • oxalis
    • nasturtium
    • rose

Syllabus
    • Introduction
    • Mixing Paint
    • Lipstick Plant Leaf
    • Jade Leaves
    • Marigold Leaf
    • Orchid Leaf
    • Purple Oxalis
    • Nasturtium Leaf Part 1
    • Nasturtium Leaf Part 2
    • Rose Leaves Part 1
    • Rose Leaves Part 2
    • Rose Leaves Part 3
    • On Your Own