Juicy Botanical Watercolor For Beginners: Paint Lemons

Welcome to my Juicy Botanical Watercolor class!

In this beginner-friendly watercolor class, you'll learn how to paint vibrant watercolor lemons and master essential techniques for painting lush, expressive leaves. This class is ideal for both beginner and intermediate watercolor artists, offering two step-by-step painting projects tailored to different skill levels. You'll build confidence in handling your brush and paints while creating refreshing, zesty compositions.

We will start by exploring the main watercolor techniques for painting leaves, then we will move to color mixing and creating natural green shades, then we will build a sketch, and finally, we will move to the painting part.

Throughout the class, you’ll explore core watercolor skills such as:

• Wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry techniques

• Blending and building color in transparent layers

• Adding detail with precision and brush control

• Creating depth, shadows, and highlights in citrus and foliage

Materials used in the class:
Watercolors:

• Aureoline (Schmincke)

• Hansa Yellow Deep (Daniel Smith)

• Madder Brown (Schmincke)

• Payne's Grey (Van Gogh)

Paper: Canson Montval, 300gsm, cold-pressed, 18x25 cm
Brushes: SilverBrush Black Velvet #6, Da Vinci Casaneo #2, Natural Squirrel Brush #1

This class is part of my Botanical Watercolor Series. If you enjoy it, don’t miss “Easy Botanical Watercolor,” where we paint olives, leeks, and onions. Whether you're refining your botanical illustration skills or simply unwinding creatively, this class will inspire and support your watercolor journey.

I can’t wait to see you in class!