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Paint a Quick and Easy Seasonal Greetings Card for Fall – Autumn Watercolor Tutorial for Beginners



Let’s paint an easy but charming greetings card or postcard to send as a seasonal greeting, or to add the colors of fall to your home. Marvel in the beauty of Fall with this pretty oak and acorn painting.

Link to From The Garden our sister channel https://youtu.be/1eAVmwGelVU

Read more about this painting on my blog:

Oak Leaf Fall Greetings Card

Download the free sketch here:

Acorns and Oak Leaves Sketch

My materials for today were:
Etchr greetings cards:
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Naples Yellow https://tinyurl.com/3f8w674h
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Sap Green https://tinyurl.com/33wzvdyu
Sepia https://tinyurl.com/9ssyn98
Burnt Umber https://tinyurl.com/aafmemua

00:00 Introduction
00:34 Today’s reference material
02:52 Introducing our sister channel @From the Garden
03:41 Sketching the oak leaves and acorns
09:22 Painting the first layer
13:24 Adding detail with black fineliner
17:36 Adding the border
19:46 Adding texture with white and brown pens
22:38 Adding the background and final details
26:04 The finished greetings card

In all my watercolor tutorials, I show you a simple painting for beginners in detail and in real time. By painting along you will learn all the techniques you need to create amazing art. Your watercolor skills will improve quickly when you practice these easy paintings! Whether you want to paint bookmarks, greetings cards, embellishments for junk journals, gifts or ambitious landscapes, you’ll gain confidence and experience by trying my projects.

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YOU MIGHT ENJOY THESE ADDITIONAL TUTORIALS:

Chickadees and Oak Leaves https://youtu.be/gv8lf5Fx0RU
Hawthorn and Berries Card https://youtu.be/NSuPeyg6jG4
Poppy Seedheads and Honesty Card https://youtu.be/p2TDOWaPWF8

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25 Comments

  1. Diane I love the way you draw and paint. Have you been painting a long time. I started painting in 2014 and I’m not at ease as you are with my drawing and painting. Well I’m better at my painting. I do try and practice every day.

  2. As some say, "Happy Pumpkin Season"
    My favorite seasons are spring and fall. The colors are just amazing.

  3. I am often told by my daughter thats its like taking a 2 Yr old for a walk. I'm 80 and I just can't resist the colourful Autumn Leaves, the beautiful shiny conkers and the abundance of seed pots and acorns. I do occasionally get to paint them too, but mainly I just love collecting them.

  4. Enjoyed my morning visit Diane.. I made it about halfway thru… That calls for a second cup of coffee! But first i must walk….. I've been sketching some koi in my Art Journal as i watch your video.. You always encourage me to draw.. Great video! Thank you ! Hugs! deb

  5. Very,very kind! I love autumn. Thank you very much. Excuse my scholastic english. The colors of fall is graceful.
    I look always your pictures but i don't able
    to paint.I have all materials but i'm afraid at to take the brush.
    I'm fool!

  6. Njoyed watching you create Autumn, and, Wow love the "From the Garden site" will be looking at those videos for sure, thx Diane

  7. Our leaves are just starting to turn here in Oregon. I think I will go collect some. You inspire me. Thank you!

  8. Loved this. I thought your background was beautiful. The painting seemed perfect before, but with that extra detail, wow! Thank you Diane another amazing painting.

  9. You’ve inspired me. I live in a townhome community In southwestern Pennsylvania. Certainly not a farm but when I took my walk today I collected the beautiful leaves of all shapes and colors and now I am pressing them and tomorrow I will put mod podge on them to preserve them. Then I will use them for a watercolor reference. I wish I had acorns and oak leaves! But I will copy yours thanks to you! I enjoy your videos more than you can ever know. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the beautiful whimsical paintings and inspiration that you share. I feel like I know you!

  10. This is si timely! I just returned to Australia yesterday from England and France. We don’t have oaks here so I’d picked up a leaf and sketched around it while I was there, but I couldn’t find any acorns. Your painting is lovely and sketchy and just what I’d like for my journal. Thanks so much . I’ll be coming back to this video when I’m over jet lag.

  11. I´d love to have trees like those in my garden. Those leaves look so pretty, really. Your painting is lovely too! 🥰😍

  12. I love your loose style! I get so wrapped up with trying to make everything look exactly like my reference! It's stressful! This was lovely!

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