🌹✨Garden Lantern Watercolor Sketch Tutorial (Patreon)

Today we’re painting a little bit of garden magic!

In this new lesson, we’ll create a beautiful glowing lantern surrounded by roses and lots of fresh greenery. I really love the contrast in this sketch — the warm yellow light of the lantern against all those different shades of green makes the whole scene feel especially cozy and inviting.

We’ll build the composition step by step, paint loose leaves and delicate roses, add depth with darker greens, and then use a fineliner to bring everything together with expressive details.

The reference, tracing template, materials list, and step-by-step video are attached to this post.

I hope you enjoy painting this one with me! 🌿🌹

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

Quinacridone Red PV19 [Daniel Smith] (Carmine PV19)

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])

Chromium Oxide PG17 [Winsor & Newton]

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

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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