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Watercolour Challenge 8 (Patreon)

Published:
2020-10-27 08:43:57
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2023-05-31 16:59:52
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Happy Tuesday everybody, it's a grey day here but the leaves on the trees are blending from technicolour orange through to green so I'm thrilled with the timing of this challenge. 

Welcome along to our new Patrons! If this is your first challenge then I recommend going back through the last 3 challenges (all based around tree painting) to get yourself up to speed.

It's time to put our new found tree painting skills into practise and paint a tree in detail with me. I have painted a birch but you are free to choose your own tree, just make sure it is a small to medium size so you can fit it on a page and still achieve a level of detail with individual branches and leaves.

This is a private youtube link which only you sweet pea patrons have access to.

You will need

A range of brushes including your largest for the initial wash.

Colours of your choosing. I used burnt sienna, prussian blue, french ultramarine, mars black, cadmium orange, green gold and sap green.

Watercolour paper (cold pressed is my go-to).

jar of water

kitchen roll to blot the brush.

Pencil and eraser

After/whilst watching the video...

1: have a go at painting your own tree in detail by following the suggested techniques in the video. Remember, a first go is always the most tentative, so give yourself a bit of time after the first attempt and have a second go. I'd love to see the first and second paintings and hear how you found the difference in process of each one.

This is all building up to next week where your watercolour challenge is going to be all about creating your own composition! 

I can't wait to see how you get on.

Comment below with your findings, and if you are sharing your work on Instagram, use the #dwpcchallenge and tag me @dewintonpaperco.

Have a wonderful week.

Harriet

xxx

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Patreon Challenge 8

Comments

Anna Bray

Thank you for coaxing me out of my comfort zone and encouraging less copying! My first two attempts I still followed your painting quite closely, but on my third go I was braver and stuck to my photo reference - which is also a small silver birch but taken in November, so with fewer leaves. I found it helpful to go back to challenge 7 and practice some of the techniques as a warm up. Thank you!

Erin Watson

This was so much fun! At first my leaf transition looked zebra like but after a laugh 🤣 I was able to blend out the stripy look. I love your tree tutorials! You are helping me to gain confidence as I loosen up my painting style and work on studies rather than getting frustrated with not producing finished pieces each sitting. Thank you for all of your hard work! ❤️

Betsi

Beautiful!

Shirley M

Thank you Harriet, really enjoyed this watercolour challenge! Will try a second one soon. 🍂

Elise Cliche

Hi Harriet, thanks for another great challenge! One question I have is how would you approach a close up tree like this one, but that has a more complex leaf shape? I am thinking of maple trees in particular. At what point in the process would you add maple-shaped leaves, and how many would you add to make it clear that it's a maple without spending hours painting the leaves?

de Winton Paper co.

Hi Elise, the best thing is to go and have a look on my instagram story highlights at the 'red brick house' story. Towards the end of that I paint two maple style trees quite close up and you will see how I paint it. I'll warn you and say I did end up spending quite a few hours painting the leaves but it was worth it!

Elise Cliche

Great, thanks for the tip!! I will go have a look at the story 🙂🍁

Kerry Persing

Playing a bit of catch-up as I had poor internet access the week Challenge 8 was posted. But that’s one of the beauties of Patreon . . . workjng at our own pace and when internet connections allow!! 😉 My 2 attempts are posted on IG. I found the results of my 1st attempt to be quite top heavy and the coloring of the leaves too much like a rainbow. I did not blend the colors at all. I felt the results of my 2nd attempt went a bit better. (It helped to rewatched your video several times, Harriet.) There’s still lots of room for improvement. For instance, I would not have all the branches be so prominent and would also lighten the wash toward the top of the trunk. I’ll be mindful of these things and all that you’ve shown us while tackling Challenge 9 - my own tree composition!

de Winton Paper co.

Well done Kerry, yes it's great that you can watch and rewatch whenever suits you. I'm so pleased you worked out how you could improve and had another go. That is such an important building block of building your skills and confidence! Cant wait to see your tree composition. Dont forget to have a look at the hashtag #dwpcchallenge to see some of our other patreon's pieces.