Dark Watercolor Background with Autumn Leaf with Bokeh Effect - Watercolor Painting Demonstration 

A dark background makes a light autumn leaf POP! See how to paint dark watercolor background with colorful bokeh circle effects - start to finish in this short watercolor painting demonstration. Best colors for watercolor realism are also explained.
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if you're not good with all those circles, just paint the entire background a dark bluish color and dry. Then you can rewet where you want the circles with clean water and dab the paint up with a paper towel. After it's dry, paint blue or green on the lifted up circle.
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Lemon Yellow PY154
Transparent Pyrrole Orange
Dioxazine Purple
Phthalo Blue PB15 (or Prussian or Idanthrone Blue PB60)
Green Gold (for making greens) PY129
Perylene Green PBk31 (if you want a dark green)
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STYLET - www.dickblick....
Silver Black 3/4" Oval Wash Brush
---------------------------------------------------- * MUSIC* -----------------------------------------------
Music from Soundstripe by Avocado Junkie
That Warm Quirky Feeling
This Is How We Quirk It
Keep Calm and Hurry UP
------------------------------ ABOUT DEB WATSON ------------------------------------------
Deb Watson is a well known artist and teacher - she loves teaching and her goal is get more people painting!
When she was a child, Deb's parents discouraged art as a waste of time, so Deb became a nurse. Even while working full time and raising a family, she still dabbled in art as a hobby. Deb was most interested in painting realistic watercolors, but no classes were available, so she taught herself, over many years of practice (and a lot of bad paintings.) When Deb's art began winning awards and selling, (her work have won hundreds of awards and been exhibited in juried exhibits and museums across the nation.) she turned to art part time, and then full time. Deb Watson enjoys teaching and painting watercolor from Lancaster Pennsylvania, where she lives with her husband, one cat and a mischievous sheep dog named Edgar.