My next piece is going to be a second attempt of loose wet on wet! My mother has been watching Lian Quan Zhen, a Chinese artist who incorporates Chinese painting with watercolor. He has amazing techniques for both styles!

I have been wanting to paint a leaf ever since fall hit and the leaves started changing. In his Youtube video Lian Quan Zhen, shows techniques through two paintings. For the second painting he shows how to paint a maple leaf and mix the colors with both color dropping as well as brush painting. This is similar to my last post of the apple and cherries. He starts by sketching the leaf with just water.  This piece will be my main focus. I am going to first sketch the leaf with pencil and then go over it with my brush. After that, I will do the piece again, this time sketching the leaf with just my brush. Ambitious? Yes :) The first part of his video I find intimidating, it is very loose, but the technique of blowing the water and softening the edges using your fingers can not be passed by!