Training with watercolors does not have to be complicated, use what you have in your kitchen for some quick exercises!
Paint a lemon from life with watercolors
Paint from life: a fruit, egg, vegetable… mixing some of the colors on your paper, wet in wet and mixing some on your palette.
Tips: To preserve the white areas of the lemon while painting you can use liquid frisket or a wax crayon resist.
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This fluid is used to create striking white highlights or to mask areas for overpainting at a later stage. It forms a fast-drying, water-resistant film on watercolor paper and board, and is easily removed when dry.
You can also paint layers one on top of the other, letting them dry in between, to build texture, as shown in the video.
This video is part of a series of techniques included in my new book : Fearless watercolor for beginners:
Originally from France, I have been living in North Vancouver, Canada for the past 20 years.
My work has been collected and exhibited extensively in Canada and internationally. I am also part of the Art Rentals and sales program of the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Many of my paintings have been published in Art books and magazines (Artist Magazine, Watercolor Artist Magazine, Acrylic Magazine, International Artist Magazine). I wrote 2 art instruction books with North Light/F+W Books.
I have been writing for the last 5 years for my blog: paintingdemos.com, that has a mailing list of about 10 000 subscribers and about 20 000 visitors per month.
I am an active member in the community, as a co-founder of the North Shore Art crawl, a co-founder of a weekly life drawing group, a board member of the North Vancouver Arts Council, and have been invited as a juror for public art, art grants and juried exhibitions. You can read more about my collaborations here.
