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.
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.
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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.