🍋 Lemonade Watercolor Sketching Tutorial (Patreon)

This week's Friday lesson is a fresh and sunny watercolor sketch that perfectly captures the feeling of summer.

Together we'll paint a refreshing glass of homemade lemonade with bright lemon slices, fragrant mint, and transparent glass filled with light. This project is a wonderful opportunity to practice painting glowing yellows, fresh greens, and convincing glass effects while keeping your sketch loose and expressive.

We'll work step by step, building the illustration with transparent watercolor layers and finishing it with delicate ink details and colorful splashes.

✨ In this lesson you'll learn:• How to paint transparent glass with watercolor• Creating bright, juicy lemon slices full of light• Painting fresh mint leaves with expressive brushstrokes• Building vibrant color using transparent layers• Adding ink details and watercolor splashes for a lively finish

I hope this cheerful summer project brings a little sunshine to your sketchbook.

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

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

Lemon Yellow PY3 [Daniel Smith]

Light Ochre PY43 [Daniel Smith]

Ultramarine PB29 [Daniel Smith]

Phthalo Blue PB15 [Daniel Smith] (Cyan PB15)

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

May Green PG7, PY151 [Schmincke] (May Green PG7/PY3 [White Nights])

Azo Orange PO62 [M. Graham] (Cadmium Orange PO20 [White Nights])

Share your sketch:

On Instagram with the hashtag #dreamanddrawschool and tag my profile @dreamanddraw.school

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

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Watch the preparatory lessons:

Materials video: https://www.patreon.com/posts/sketching-80343147

Liner and Pencil Practice video: https://www.patreon.com/posts/liner-and-pencil-80344410

Watercolor Practice video: https://www.patreon.com/posts/watercolor-video-80345551

Happy sketching! 🍋🎨