Paint a Fall Leaf Video Tutorial 🍁

• Strathmore watercolor paper (it’s a good student-grade paper, but 100% cotton paper will give you the best results!)

• Royal & Langnickel round brush, size 6

• Tube watercolor paints of various brands (Reeves, Grumbacher, Master’s Touch)

• Glass pen to score the leaf veins (you could also use a toothpick or the end of a paintbrush)

• Paper towel (to tap excess water from the brush) and water jar

• Lightly erasing pencil lines before painting prevents obvious lines from getting sealed into the paper when you paint over them.

• Make sure to score the leaf veins while your painting is wet.

• Paper warping is pretty much inevitable (I don’t prep/stretch my paper), but it can be flattened again. To flatten a warped painting, thoroughly wet the back of the painting, tape the paper down to a surface, and stack heavy weights on top (make sure to protect your painting by covering it with a piece of paper). Let it sit at least overnight and it should be flat again!