Painting Demonstration 1
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Start by dashing some ago yellow around the paper. Have fun, let your brush dance.
Next, start bringing in some darker cobalt blue mixed with quinacridone rust to contrast.
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Painting Demonstration 2
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Now I'm layering on my darks. I want them to merge into each other and have areas where the blue or the rust wins. So I roughly mix on my palette, but the real mixing is happening on the paper.
Painting Demonstration 3
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Now you're seeing areas of cooler and warmer backgrounds.
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Really have some fun painting loosely on this sketch!![Forsythia Sketch Painting Tutorial watercolor painting tutorial by Jennifer Branch](https://jenniferbranch.com/PaintingWatercolor/Art-Tutorials/Forsythia/Forsythia-Watercolor-Painting-Tutorial.jpg)
Painting Demonstration 4
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I love starting to add the mid darks. The bright light yellows of the flowers really start to show up.
Painting Demonstration 5
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Layering on different tones of yellows.
Painting Demonstration 6
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Some really rich brown darks make the yellows so intense.
Adding the bright greens makes everything start to take shape.
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Final Watercolor Sketch!
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