Watercolour Techniques in Vines and Fence Subjects

Vines and fences are popular in our daily life. Any season any time, you will see the plant life grows from a little bud, to small leaf then becomes large open leaf. The colour also changes from light green, develops into dark green then becomes yellowish or reddish when step into autumn. And we will only see a few dry stems left over in the winter season.

Through this project, we will go through all components in vines’ life. Instead of solid colours, we will learn varied colour blending technique in one piece of leaf depending on personal choice, as well as how to use lines to highlight the contour definition.

Topics & techniques covered in this seventy-three minutes project:
✓Composing an artistic structure for the scene

✓Analyzing the colours within the objects group

✓Upfront and backward arrangement in the complicated layers

✓Handling details in texture, shapes and forms

✓Finding the value path and creating a life flow in the painting

✓Harmonizing a final finish for the entire work