distant trees and forests in pen and watercolour

painting distant trees and forests in pen and watercolour
painting distant trees and forests in pen and watercolour

In this new skills lesson on Patreon we paint a distant conifer forest and a distant orchard. Then we put those skills together in a little autumn scene.

This lesson is a compliment to the "Mixing greens & painting summer trees" lesson we did a few months ago. You don't have to do the previous lesson before this one - they can be done in any order.

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