Summer Beech Leaf PDF

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Realistic Watercolor Painting Tutorial – Downloadable Summer Beech Leaf PDF

We continue with our study of beech leaves through the seasons with the summer leaf complete with a little Longhorn Beetle. You wouldn’t believe the amount of time it took us to get a small insect onto the leaf for the picture – we had an enormous number of failed attempts! The edges of the summer leaf are slightly wavy, you will need to work carefully with your paint’s tonal values to replicate this. The beetle is very tiny, so we are only painting a suggestion of it rather than trying to capture every detail. You can of course leave it out if you would prefer just a botanical study.

This is an instant PDF download, you could start painting the summer beech leaf in a matter of minutes. You don’t even need to wait for the post to arrive! You will receive a 20-page PDF document. Set out in the same way as the tutorials I write for magazines. However, you get lots more large photos of the different stages.

You can paint the leaf as a solo project, or add it to a wildlife painting of your choice. Alternatively, you can paint the leaf along with the other seasonal elements as a complete Beech Tree study.

Downloadable lessons enable you to work at your own speed, you can dip in and out of the content, you can spend time studying the fine details and practise the various techniques as often as you like.

Have fun with this lesson, take your time and let me know how you get on. Try printing off the last few pages which have the larger versions of the step-by-step photos for additional help.