A fun little project for beginners, learning how to mix beautiful granulating shades, charge in color wet on wet, and add water droplets for texture! Enjoy!
Daniel Smith Ultramarine Turquoise and Burnt Umber are such a delicious combination! They granulate and separate so beautifully on cold press watercolor paper.
To get this effect, first mix a touch of burnt umber (burnt sienna will also work well) into a wash of ultramarine turquoise on your mixing tray. It should turn into a lovely mossy teal color. Next, paint an area (such as a leaf shape) with clear water until it is evenly glossy but not puddly. Drop in some of your mixed color and let it swirl around to fill in the leaf shape.
Use a small brush to add a burnt umber stem, letting the paint touch the wet leaf area. The burnt umber will bloom up into the base of the leaf and create that lovely blended effect where the leaf meets the stem.
Repeat to your heart's content!
For added effect, you can drop in some clear water here and there to create interesting textures and blooms as it begins to dry.
Try touching in some straight ultramarine turquoise to brighten it up in areas!
DID YOU KNOW?... You can mix your own ultramarine turquoise using ultramarine blue and phthalo green (blue shade)! Viridian also works well instead of the phthalo green. Happy painting!
Materials used: Arches 140lb cold press watercolor block
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