8 Ways to Paint Holiday Lights - Easy Watercolor Christmas Card Ideas - How to 4 Beginners Tutorial

8 Ways to Paint Holiday Lights - Easy Watercolor Christmas Card Ideas - How to 4 Beginners Tutorial

In this tutorial I will show you several different ways to paint Christmas lights. I'll also discuss concepts like wet in wet, wet on dry, dry brush, cool colors, warm colors, and more basics as I explain. I'll use salt to get textural effects of lights, gel pen, my push technique, wax resist with a crayon, line and wash otherwise known as ink and wash with a calligraphy pen, and more! Paint colorful Christmas lights or a more subdued look with these techniques! Show me your art! I have a Watercolor Workshop page on Facebook at   / about   where I post tutorials and invite others to share their art. If you're interested in learning from me more closely, join me on Patreon at   / rachelsstudio   Here's what you will have access to for $5 /month - INSTANT access to over 20 full tutorials WITH traceables including a chicken, rooster, dog, cats, landscape, a hummingbird, bengal cat, wedding portrait, a girl, black cat, golden retriever, siamese cat, a daisy flower, a Christmas Moose, and a horse Get my FULL SUPPLY LIST with links! Get a detailed list of what paint is on my pallet. Watch me paint and explain my process in Real Time Get free tracing downloads and follow along tutorials - 4 new projects every month (at least I try)! I share my artistic highs AND lows! Tutorials average 2 hours and are very in depth For higher level tiers, you can also get one on one art critiques, and more! Be sure to watch some of my other popular videos, including.... What Brushes I use...    • What brushes to use for fur texture a...   What I've learned in the last few years    • What I've learned in the last five ye...   My 'Watercolor Basics' Playlist -    • Watercolor Basics Series - Tea, Milk ...   My 'How to Paint Black Animals' Playlist    • Black Animals   Full Length, Patreon Style Black Cat Tutorial with Traceable, Free to the Public!    • How to Paint a Wet in Wet Loose Black...   Thank you to Christ Haugen for all his wonderful, free music on YouTube. Visit his website at https://chrishaugen.net/ rachelsstudio.com facebook.com/rachelsstudiodotcom (friend me! This is where I post the most) twitter.com/rachels_studio Instagram at rachelsstudiodotcom