How to paint leaves in watercolour

When you watercolor leaves as part of a flower, you can skip the details and paint with broad brush strokes. But if you take a closer look at individual leaves, you see that the veins on each leaf form beautiful patterns.

How to portray such details? 

In this step-by-step tutorial, you will learn how to paint 7 different leaves. Each has its own structure, colors, and veins.

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In this tutorial I will show you how to paint basic watercolor leaves.

Botanical watercolourist Julia Trickey explains how to paint leaves as a subject in their own right.

Use this skill when you paint flowers, and surprise yourself at the wondrous results.

The method is simple. Follow my step-by-step tutorial. You will use watercolor and add white gouache and colored pencils. In this way, you avoid tricky watercolor techniques. 

Next time you take a walk in nature, poke your nose up close to flowers and trees.

The sheer number of leafy shapes and sizes will make your eyes pop.

Here's your complete guide to sketching and painting watercolor leaves!

Try it as an exercise in mindfulness. Marvel at nature’s creative genius.

The green-belt in my neighborhood is no exception. The 7 leaves in the collage below is a tiny selection from my morning walks. It was difficult to choose from the ab

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