Watercolor Practice: third painting in a set of 3-the same tutorial creator!

Finding Focus: My Third Study: Delicate Branch

Completing this trilogy with a Frozen Branch in Watercolor tutorial felt like coming full circle. There's something magical about how the lesson guides you to see the personality in every twig.

This final piece is using the same salt and bokeh techniques (My paper was too wet and the salt part totally flopped for me lol):

🍂 Negative Space Bokeh

Using the "brush then lift" method to create soft background spots.

❄️ Whites Preservation Dance

We have options:
- Masking fluid
- White gouache/watercolor/pen (For the snow on branches I actually used a white pen!)
- Leaving raw paper (most artists’ favorite choice)
My "winter highlights" turned into charming organic gaps – proof that branches forgive imperfect hands!

What This Branch Taught Me:

• Repetition reveals growth.
• Negative space breathes life into any art.
• A great tutorial can make it or break it.

Painted by @beyondthestormliving. Created while following a public tutorial by watercolor artist Heinrich Edgecome. No affiliation.

Now I'd love to know: Do you prefer strict tutorial-following or using them as springboards? And which whites technique feels most authentic to you? Share your thoughts below!