🍂 Oak Leaf Quick Watercolor Sketch (Patreon)

A new extra tutorial has just been added to the library!

Let’s paint a colorful autumn oak leaf in this quick and easy watercolor lesson!

This simple project is perfect for beginners or for those days when you only have a few minutes to paint. We’ll start with a basic oval shape and gradually turn it into an oak leaf using loose brushstrokes, warm autumn colors, and simple details.

In this lesson, you’ll practice:• Building a leaf from a simple shape• Painting with loose, rounded brushstrokes• Blending yellow, orange, and green• Creating natural color variations with wet-on-wet watercolor• Adding veins and delicate details• Combining watercolor with a black fineliner and white highlights

No complicated drawing skills are needed. Grab your watercolor supplies and enjoy this small, relaxing autumn sketch! 🍁🎨

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

Cadmium Yellow Medium PY35 [Whits Nights]

Quinacridone Red PV19 [Daniel Smith] (Carmine PV19)

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

Pyrrole Orange PO73 [Daniel Smith]

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

May Green PG7, PY151 [Schmincke]

Chromium Oxide PG17 [Winsor & Newton]

White gouache

White acrylic marker Posca 0.7

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)

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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