How To Paint Fall Foliage
Learn to paint fall foliage with light, form and texture.
Simple Methods and A Few Considerations
Simple methods and a few considerations for fall foliage with light, form and texture. This lesson shows how to paint fall foliage as it looks when seen as a canopy over a group of trees – as at the edge of a forest or tree line. The key is to make sure there is a sense of light and form – along with a little texture.
Fall Foliage In Groups
You are more likely to see fall foliage as a canopy of leaves from a group of trees. When groups of trees are together, like in a forest, the individual canopies merge into a larger group. Branches and leaves overlap creating a single large canopy. Still there is a sense of form and space created by patterns of light, shade and shadow.
Showing that form and space is what this lesson is all about.
Watercolor Painting Lesson
This could easily have been a shorter lesson about only those things to know about painting the canopy of trees. That is the focus and much of the lesson is spent working on our tree line with fall foliage. But, enough additional elements and considerations were added to make this a complete landscape painting project as well.
We work our way through, step-by-step so you’ll get practice on other elements of the landscape as well – sky, trees, grass and a couple more.
Pencil Lines In The Drawing Layout
One note on the drawing layout. The downloadable layouts are done with heavy lines to make it easy to see and copy onto your watercolor paper. It is best not to draw the lines too heavy on your paper. There is a good chance the lines will show through the paint or not be with paint at all.
What you’ll need:
- Brushes – FLATS! – 1 1/2″, 1 or 3/4″, 1/4″ Flats, Medium round, Small Round, Rigger
- Colors – Perm. Alizarin Crimson, Raw Sienna, DaVinci Burnt Sienna, Ultramarine Blue , Cobalt Blue, Cadmium Red, Cadmium Yellow – you can also use Cadmium Orange if you have it.
- Watercolor paper – preferably Arches 140lb Cold Press
DOWNLOADS : DRAWING LAYOUT AND FINISHED PAINTING IMAGE [/mepr-show]
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