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Easy Pumpkin Watercolor Painting

This watercolor painting idea is a great way to help celebrate Autumn. Use this step-by-step tutorial to practice your beginner watercolor painting techniques to create a watercolor pumpkin painting.
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Prep:5 minutes
Creating:10 minutes
Additional Time:20 minutes
Total Time:35 minutes

Equipment

  • Paint Brushes (Small and Medium)
  • Cheaper paint brush set

Instructions

  • Sketch out your pumpkin. Use light pencil sketchy lines. Use a mixture of yellows and oranges to create a wet-on-wet wash. The colors will naturally blend.
  • Leave some room for highlights and put darker or more saturated color near the bottom of your pumpkin and in the creases.
  • Allow to dry.
  • Begin layering on the dry paint with darker oranges and violet colors. Be careful not to have the colors mix to much as orange and purple can muddy your colors.
  • Let dry. Begin to add a cast shadow.
  • Once dry, use a smaller brush to continue to darken shadows and details.

Video

Notes

  • When adding or layering darker watercolor, make sure to fully rinse your brush when changing colors
  • We like a looser look, so don’t feel that you have to completely blend all the colors perfectly.
  • Heavier drawing paper or watercolor paper will work best for this simple painting idea.
  • Orange and purple can muddy your colors if you are not careful.
Author: Erin
Cost: Less than $5