Create a whimsical Winter Wreath with Watercolour

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In this class learn to paint some whimsical holly berries and mistletoe in a light fun style wreath using watercolour paints. You will learn how to hold your brush to achieve nice circle shapes curved lines and how we can let water do most of the work by using clean water on a clean brush to draw the paint in to fill in the spaces with colour creating a unique blending of colour which will be useful in any future botanical painting endeavours and beyond. We will look at two winter plants holly leaves and holly berries and mistletoe leaves and mistletoe berries. Each component is broken down into simple one or two stroke steps making it a great class for beginners. You will find this class useful for water control and how to paint white on white All you need is a pencil eraser water watercolour paints watercolour paper.