Jenna Rainey | The Beginner's Guide to the Watercolor Essentials | PART 2 @JennaRaineyChannel | Uploaded December 2023 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
I am teaching the beginner's guide to watercolor essentials in a series that goes along with my book, Everyday Watercolor. These are holiday themed tutorials geared to teach you the watercolor essentials and give you a little taste for what my brand new course, "Everyday Watercolor Companion Course," designed to be a video companion to my best-selling Everyday Watercolor series of books. This beginner watercolor tutorial will help you with watercolor essentials AND give you a taste of my new course. Enjoy!

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My best-selling "Everyday Watercolor" book: amzn.to/2XJkWNU

Everyday Watercolor Companion Course: jennarainey.com/everyday-watercolor-companion-course

The Art Within - my course on sketching & watercolor fundamentals, finding artistic style, getting into flow state and more: jennarainey.com/the-art-within

My Art School Patreon: jennarainey.com/patreon

The FREE Complete Beginner's Guide to Watercolor E-Book: jennarainey.com/cbgtw-ebook

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LEARN HOW TO WATERCOLOR:

The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Watercolor: youtu.be/tDdfPMTX15Y

SIMPLE Watercolor Practice to Improve Fast: youtu.be/kqxb6GgzhvM

How to Paint Anything with Watercolor: youtu.be/9e2wy7ktKA0

How I went from no painting skills to professional artist: youtu.be/7n5z5G-Y2j8

How I took my hobby art business to a successful full-time art career: youtu.be/5VYouNXTAn4

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Watercolor Supply List and Resources: jennarainey.com/supply-list
How To Digitize Your Artwork FREE Masterclass: jennarainey.com/digitize-your-artwork

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Podcast: jennarainey.com/podcast

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— Amazon Storefront: jennarainey.com/amazon
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*Check out my best-selling watercolor books:
— Everyday Watercolor: amzn.to/2XJkWNU
— Everyday Watercolor Flowers: amzn.to/2ZyIN4P
– Everyday Watercolor Sketchbook: amzn.to/3OJWPZH

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— Browse ALL of my courses, head here: jennarainey.com/courses

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*DISCLOSURE: This video and description contains affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links, I’ll receive a small commission. This helps support the channel and allows us to continue to make videos like this. Thank you for the support!

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MUSIC: paid for and licenses acquired from Artlist.

00:00 - intro
01:12 - sketching the tree
02:50 - painting the trunk begins
04:30 - painting branches
06:19 - achieving movement and depth
06:57 - how to add form and light
07:22 - fine branch detail
08:23 - adding darker layers
09:29 - tip for fine lines
10:15 - darker trunk detail
11:05 - adding darker layers
11:52 - resources guaranteed to help you improve