St. Patrick’s Day Watercolor Painting Lesson for Beginners

This Irish Landscape with Sheep is a fun and easy painting for beginners – perfect for St. Patrick’s Day!
Watercolor Techniques you’ll learn:
- Taping your paper
- Painting a fade
- Using crayon to mask areas
- Adding details with a dry brush
Supplies you’ll need:
- Painter’s Tape
- Watercolor Paper – I use 9 x 12 Fluid Block. I trim to 9 x 11″ before painting.
- Cardboard larger than your paper
- Scissors
- Ruler
- Pencil
- Watercolor Paint – green, blue, tan and black
- Container of water
- Paper towel
- Medium sized round brush (#10 or #8) and a thinner brush (#1)
- White crayon
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