Brussel Sprouts in Watercolour Part 1

A botanical art tutorial by Emma Tildesley.

For our festive watercolour tutorial we are adding a selection of Sprouts to last months page of the Gourd painting.

Lots of lovely fiddly leaves to complete with quite a lot of veins and some nice soft highlights. Get your masking fluid and your brushes ready and lets get painting.

  • Subject: Fruit & Vegetables
  • Topic: Brassicas
  • Medium: Watercolour
  • Access: included with membership, or buy this tutorial on its own

What you'll need

  • Paper: Saunders Waterford 140lbs Hot Pressed size A3
  • Sennelier: Lemon Yellow, Sennelier Yellow Light, Cobalt and 3 more
  • Daniel Smith: 1 colour
  • Brushes: Number 2round, Number 4 round, Billy Showell Eradicator
  • Other tools: Masking Fluid, Putty Rubber/Blu-Tac, Kitchen Towel/Tissue, Water

The full colour list comes with the tutorial, in its materials download.

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