Apricot Jam — Watercolor Sketching Process (No Voiceover) (Patreon)

Today’s Watercolor Sketching Process (No Voiceover) features a cozy sketch of apricot jam.

There is something especially charming about simple everyday subjects. A glass jar filled with golden apricot jam, warm colors, delicate rose buds and beautiful transparent watercolor layers come together to create a sketch full of summer warmth and comfort.

For this project, we have prepared a tracing template, so you can focus entirely on the watercolor painting process without spending time on the drawing stage. This makes the lesson especially relaxing and allows you to concentrate on color mixing, creating transparent layers, painting glass reflections and adding glowing highlights.

In this real-time process video, you can watch the entire watercolor painting process from start to finish. Observe how the warm golden tones, transparent glass effects, juicy apricots and rich shadows gradually come together to create the final artwork.

One of the most valuable parts of these videos is seeing the natural creative process. Sometimes I adjust colors, add new details, strengthen contrasts or make small changes along the way. This is completely normal and often helps bring the sketch to life. In this video, you will see every stage exactly as it happened during the creation of the painting.

Prepare your watercolor supplies, print the template and enjoy a calm and inspiring painting session filled with warm summer colors.

🎨Here’s the palette we’ll use in this lesson (substitutes in parentheses):

Light Ochre PY43 [Daniel Smith]

Quinacridone Red PV19 [Daniel Smith] (Carmine PV19)

Dioxazine Violet PV23 [Turner] (Violet PV3)

Ultramarine PB29 [Daniel Smith]

Pyrrole Orange PO73 [Daniel Smith]

Indian Yellow PY150 [M.Graham] (Cadmium Yellow Medium PY35 [Whits Nights])

Burnt Umber PBr7 [Daniel Smith] (Van Dyke Brown PR102/PBk8 [Jackson's])

Magenta PR202 [Schmincke] (Quinacridone Red PV19 [Daniel Smith] or Carmine PV19)

Share your sketch:

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In our chat 🎨Dream&Draw Club: Sketches & Homework 👉 https://www.patreon.com/dreamanddrawschool/chats (or go to Community > Chats > 🎨Dream&Draw Club: Sketches & Homework)

Happy painting!❤️