Winter Doodles | Gouache & Watercolour Leaves & Berries

Accessibility: Subtitles are available for this painting class! Access them by clicking the subtitles icon located under the lesson video, next to the volume control. Enjoy subtitles in English, French, German, Portuguese & Spanish!

Get ready to embrace the beauty of winter with this engaging painting class! Learn to create stunning depth and texture using a combination of watercolor and gouache techniques. This modular class allows you to progress at your own pace – perfect for beginners and experienced artists alike. You can focus on creating beautiful gift tags, unique gift card toppers, or framed artwork, or explore the full process.

Discover how to achieve a captivating sense of depth through these key painting techniques:

• Cool & Warm Color Theory: Utilize cool colors (like those in the Rowan leaves and blue berries) to create a sense of recession, while warm colors (warm Green Gold & bright Red berries) come forward, adding vibrancy.
• Paint Value: Build layers with varying paint consistencies – starting with watery mixes for the base leaves and gradually increasing thickness for textural brushstrokes.
• Layering: Gently overlap previous layers to create depth and visual interest.

We'll explore maintaining a balanced composition, allowing each element to shine without overwhelming the others – a true "merry dance" of color and form. You'll be creating depth by focusing on:

• Background: Cool green Rowan leaves.
• Middle Ground: Sloe Berries & Christmas Roses.
• Foreground: Cheery red Rowan berries.

This class is designed to be flexible! You can paint it using Watercolour, Gouache, or a beautiful combination of both.

Materials You'll Need:

• Arches Hot Pressed Watercolour paper: square gummed block
• Washi Tape 15cm (mt recommended - use 15cm around outer edges and 7.5cm for the middle section)
• Paints:
  • Ultramarine Blue (Gouache)
  • Undersea Green (Watercolour)
  • Pyrroll Red (Gouache)
  • Titanium White (Gouache)
  • Quinacridone Gold (Gouache)
  • Hansa Yellow Light (Gouache)
  • Lamp Black (Gouache)
• Brushes:
  • Size 10 round brush (Escoda Versatil)
  • Size 2 round brush (Escoda Versatil)
  • Size 6 Pointed Filbert (Memory Point)
  • Fine Liner brush (Billie Showell liner)

Note: A friendly apology for occasional use of "Bilberries" instead of "Sloes" throughout the class. The switch to Sloes was made for year-round availability!

Embrace the Hygge lifestyle and chase away the winter blues with this relaxing and rewarding art project!