Early Spring Landscape Painting Project

Drybrush Technique Works For Sparkling Light and Wispy Branches

One sure sign of Spring is the change in the branches of the weeping willow trees. The long, slender terminal branches that hold the leaves have a yellow-ish cast all winter. As the light gets brighter, the color of these branches brightens up as they prepare to leaf out for the summer. In this lesson we learn to paint those early spring willows and the landscape with them.

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Watercolor Painting Lesson For A Spring Landscape Scene

It’s finally spring here in the northern lattitudes. Although you can’t really tell it much. But, one sure sign of the coming Spring is the change in the branches of the weeping willow trees. The long, slender terminal branches that hold the leaves have a yellow-ish cast all winter. As the light gets brighter, the color of these branches brightens up as they prepare to leaf out for the summer.  It’s a sure sign and one we’re glad to see when it happens.

What You’ll Need:

  • Paper – and eighth sheet, 7″x 11″ of watercolor paper, approx. – as always, Arches 140lb Cold Press is recommended
  • Paint – Cadmium Yellow Medium, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Quinacridone Burnt Scarlet, Cobalt Blue, Cerulean Blue
  • Brushes – Medium and Small Rounds, 1/4″ Flat, Rigger

Color note: A mixture of Permanant Alizarin Crimson and Burnt Sienna is a good substitute for Quinacridone Burnt Scarlet

 

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Get some practice painting early spring weeping willows using the drybrush technique in this video.

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2 Comments

  1. Diane Jernigan
    Diane Jernigan on March 30, 2019 at 11:27 am

    Excellent lesson with lots of good tips. you explain things very well. thanks,

  2. Paintncats
    Paintncats on June 1, 2019 at 11:29 pm

    Hi Tony,
    There doesn’t seem to be a link to the drawing layout for the Early Spring Landscape Weeping Willows Scene project. I got the drawing layout for the tree technique but cannot find the one for the landscape scene itself. Thanks,
    Peggy

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