🍂Autumn Acorn Quick Watercolor Sketch (Patreon)

Let’s paint some cute autumn acorn together! 🍁🎨

In this quick watercolor sketch, we’ll play with warm earthy colors, add soft shadows, and create lovely textures on the acorn caps. A simple and relaxing way to bring a little autumn charm into your sketchbook!

You’ll find the reference, tracing template, and color list attached to this post.

Grab your watercolors and let’s enjoy a few cozy minutes of autumn sketching together! 🍂

I’d love to see your acorns in the comments!

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

Quinacridone Red PV19 [Daniel Smith] (Carmine PV19)

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

Ultramarine PB29 [Daniel Smith]

Ultramarine Pale [Kuretake] (mix of Ultramarine PB29 [Daniel Smith]+white watercolor or white gouache)

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

White gouache

White acrylic marker Posca 0.7

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