Watercolor butterfly tutorial with loose washy background
Hi everyone, in this video I am painting some butterflies with watercolors
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
00:15 - background
03:46 - Butterflies
18:30 - Outro
Materials used
Coldpress 9 x 12 inch watercolor paper
Colors
Sap green
Cascade green
Cadmium Yellow
Cadmium Orange
Burnt Sienna
Burnt Umber
Paynes grey
Brushes
I would recommend a small round (#0 - #2)
a medium (8 or 10) and then a large round, quil or flat/mottler brush for the loose wash.
Here are some free to use reference images, the butterfly is a Red Admiral
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tags
watercolor, beginner watercolor, butterfly, easy, step by step, real time, daniel smith, princeton brushes, arches, loose wash, wet on wet, wet on dry,