Step 7: A darker color is mixed and again the leaves are painted around.Ĭontinue these steps until the composition is full of leaves, there is lots of overlapping, and there is lots of depth.
Step 5: Students mix a color darker than their second color, and paint AROUND all the leaves. Some leaves should underlap those in the front. Step 4: Students draw several more leaves, again thinking of good composition. Students mix a color that is a bit darker than their first wash of color, and they proceed to paint AROUND their drawn leaves. These are the leaves that will be in the front of our composition. For good composition, leaves should be facing in different directions, and should vary in size. Step 2: Students sketch our a simple leaf composition with 5-7 leaves.
So splashing or dabbing a bit a different color here and there is all good, as long as this is also a very light color. A bit of variation in this first color adds interest, and will look more realistic, since leaves are rarely a solid, flat color, but are composed of many colors and imperfections. This first layer of color will eventually be the color of the leaves in our foreground, so those that are most in the front of our composition. Step 1: A light wash of color was painted across our entire paper. Students had many visuals of leaves to choose from. Important was that their leaf shape is rather simple, since they'd be painting around this shape again and again in order to build up many layers of depth. Students decided on a leaf variety to paint. There are many good tutorials out there, but here a few that we watched. To familiarize themselves with the process, my students watched a few negative space painting videos on YouTube before coming to class. A leaf theme seemed fitting for the fall season, and the leaf motif was simple enough to tackle with this new technique, while their basic shapes allowed for plenty of artistic freedom and personal choice. As part of our watercolor journey, I wanted to introduce this process to my adults.
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