Getting Starting with Watercolor, Lesson 4: Adding Value

Experiments with ways to add value with watercolor, drawing guides, + a still life bonus painting template

Want to know the key to adding light, feeling, mood, depth, and drama to your watercolor paintings? In this lesson, we’re looking at some still life paintings by Paul Cezanne and talking about how to add value to a watercolor painting.

This video will cover the following:

1. How the painter Paul Cezanne used color to create light, shadow, and mood

2. Three methods for adding value to watercolor

3. A still life painting (with printable template) for your paint along with me!

The printables provided for this lesson include:

• Adding value to an apple experiment page

• Two still life painting examples by Paul Cezanne

• One bonus project template

Here are the supplies to grab for this lesson (see this video for more on suggested watercolor materials):

• Optional: templates printed on watercolor paper or cardstock. (I am currently using this pack of watercolor paper from Amazon)

• OR your choice of paper

• watercolor palette of basic colors

• mixing surfaces

• cup of water

• a small and medium rounded brush

Here is the link to the watercolor paper I am using in today’s video:

Subscribers can watch the video below and download the printable templates!