A 365 day art project… one drawing a day
Two quick painting lessons from a Jay Lee youtube tutorial:
For the tree leaves, we made foil balls about 2″ in diameter, and brushed paint on them, and dabbed them onto the paper all over the branches. I was supposed to use acrylic paint and dip the foil ball in… next time I may try gouache for this. It was fun… try it!
We have some beautiful decorative cherry trees in our yard, and I love those few days a year when their petals are snowing all around. This was a Jay Lee tutorial.
It took me two attempts. The second I like better, though. Better control of the brown. I thought I liked it a LOT better, but now that I look at them away from the tutorial, I really like both pretty well. I think I’d like a light scruffy wash behind it.
Watercolor cherry trees (one to keep, and one for a swap) (from a youtube tutorial Fine-Art tips with Leonardo Pereznieto… splatter painting technique “How To Paint a Cherry Tree in Watercolor-Splatter Painting Trees-Paint a Tree-Sakura”
It took him three minutes. It took me… longer. But it won’t take you long, and it’s easy and fun. I’ll try these again another day and see if I can get them any better!
Prep your work area… paint gets everywhere. My table is tile so paint wipes right off. 🙂
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