Your Set Up

Workshop Replay:

How to Paint a Jar of Candy Hearts

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Level of Difficulty: Intermediate

Drawing: You have the option to draw your design following my video instructions or using the outline I provide to trace my design.

Workspace: Have everything set up so that you are ready to draw and paint. I will paint on 5"x 7" 300 lb hot press Arches watercolor paper. You can choose to make your painting any size you want, and the paper you use doesn't have to be 300 lb. You could use a watercolor block or stretch and staple down 140 lb to a board.

Colors I plan to use for this project:

Lemon Yellow
New Gamboge
Cadmium Red
Alizarin Crimson
Hooker's Green
Cerulean Blue
Sepia
Payne's Gray

I use Winsor & Newton watercolor paints, but you don't have too. You can substitute the colors above for similar colors in your palette. They don't have to be the same colors.

Tools & Materials:

Pencil & eraser
Masking fluid
Round brushes (I plan to use size: 1, 2, 4, and 8)
Scrap Paper
Paper towels

HEPFUL TIPS: I teach the foundation to drawing in: The Fundamentals of Drawing course. The skills taught in this course prepare you for drawing your designs in the live workshops.

I also teach the foundation to watercolors in: Watercolor Painting for Beginners course, which also prepares you for painting in the live workshops. Check out this course to learn how to set up your workspace, prep your paper, and familiarize yourself with the different watercolor techniques.

👉 Going through these courses first will help tremendously when doing a workshop!