Mango in Watercolour

A botanical art tutorial by Emma Tildesley.

For our Watercolour project this month we are going to paint a juicy Mango. We will explore how to obtain a graduation of three colours whilst keeping each colour bright and clean and avoiding muddy yellows.

  • Subject: Fruit & Vegetables
  • Topic: Mango
  • 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, Sennelier Yellow Deep and 3 more
  • Daniel Smith: Permanent Alizarin Crimson and 1 more
  • Brushes: Number 2round, Number 4 round, Number 6 round, Billy Showell Eradicator
  • Other tools: Putty Rubber/Blu-Tac, Kitchen Towel/Tissue, Water

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

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