How To Paint a Cactus | Watercolor Painting Tutorial

Описание: Learn how to paint a cactus using watercolors in this, step by step, watercolor tutorial. This lesson is perfect for beginner artists. Hope you have fun being creative!

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Step 1- Outline the shape of your cactus with light watercolor paint (I used light green) onto your watercolor paper. Make sure to center the cactus and leave enough room around the edges to size for a frame.

Step 2- Add shading with a darker green along the edges that look darker. This will start to give your cactus dimension or an appearance of being 3-D.

Step 3- Add water with your brush to the inside of your cactus. Some of the edge will bleed and that is what you want.

Step 4- Add the lightest color you see, for me that was a light lime green, to the center of your cactus. Spread the color around until it fills the cactus.

Step 5- Add red to the edges. The cactus I was painting had a red color along the edges. The color will blend with green in some areas and spread out where there is wet water. Let the color move where it wants to go.

Step 6- Add more shading. The center where the spines come out (I call them pokeys) are darker. I just dabbed dots of darker green and let them be inconsistent. The key to painting in my style is randomness and being imperfect. That sums up my personality. So you will find that your cactus may start looking a little different.

Step 7- Paint flowers. I added a bud and one open flower. I used red and yellow. Make sure you apply a small amount of pressure with your brush to get the fine points of the petal and then follow the shape of the flower.

Step 8- Add the spines. Use a grey (I made one with blue & brown watercolors with my white acrylic paint) and use your white acrylic paint for the white of the spines. The key is to use the grey on the white paper and the white on top of your color. Make sure your painting is dry or the white will mix with your underlying colors. Apply just a small amount of pressure with your brush to get the point of the spine. Each darker dot that we painted on the cactus had a few spines coming out. They followed a pattern so at the top the spines faced out but as the spines got closer to the bottom they faced down. This is the longest and most tedious step. Once your done with your spines, YOU are done!!! Sign your work and be proud.

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