The greens for the following examples were all mixed from blues and yellows, with the occasional spot of Paynes Grey ( Which is actually a blue /grey). There is a wide range of possible greens that we could mix. They can be other colors of course but let’s focus on the greens. Mixing GreensĬacti are predominantly green. Working at an angle and painting from top to bottom means that your paint will always flow down in a fairly predictable way, not sideways or up. The three examples shown below were all painted on a desktop easel angled at approximately 60 degrees. Uni Ball Signo White Gel Pen Buy from AmazonĮasy release painters masking tape Buy from Amazon Winsor & Newton Series 150 Bamboo Round #6 Buy From Amazon PaperĪrches Watercolor Paper Block, Cold Press, 9″ x 12″, 140 pound Buy from Amazon Miscellaneous Princeton round detail brush 9650R-2 Buy from Amazon Rigger Brush ( For thin lines) Buy fro m Amazon 2 Squirrel Hair Mop Brush Buy from Amazon Paynes Gray: Winsor & Newton | Daniel Smithīurnt Sienna: Winsor & Newton | Daniel Smith Brushes New Gamboge: Winsor & Newton | Daniel SmithĬadmium Yellow: Winsor & Newton | Daniel Smithīurnt Umber : Winsor & Newton | Daniel SmithĪlizarin Crimson: Winsor & Newton | Daniel Smith Prussian Blue: Winsor & Newton | Daniel Smith
Ultramarine Blue: Winsor & Newton | Daniel Smith
I’m not a huge fan of masking fluid, as it can be tricky to apply and difficult to remove, so in the examples that follow I’ve avoided that in a couple of different ways, but more on that later. Sometimes the white areas can simply be painted around but sometimes this isn’t practical and it’s necessary to find another way, such as using masking fluid. This is traditionally done by leaving areas of unpainted white paper.
#Easy contour cactus how to#
Watercolor is a mostly transparent medium therefore the challenge as always is how to create white. In this post we’ll take a look at painting three different kinds of cactus. Steps 1 & 2: Painting The Cactus & SoilĬacti come in all shapes and sizes, from the towering Saguaro cactus of the Sonoran desert to the tiny “Sea Urchin” type that you can grow in a pot.
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