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Hello fellow creatives! I'm so thrilled to offer you this class! Here's what you get & what you'll learn:

How to paint cherry blossoms bursting with color and character
My exact technique for how to hold and angle your wedge brush (or triangle brush) to create each element - blossoms, branches, and simple leaves
How to add delicate details & highlights to make your blossoms pop & your branches look less flat
How to mange that pesky water-to-pigment ratio
My tip for creating blossoms with a dark center and light outer petal
Access to 7 handouts, located under the "Projects & Resources" Tab
By the end of class, you'll have a fully finished cherry blossom art piece
And, the joy of learning something new!
(Please see below if you are interested in where to purchase a wedge or triangle brush. This is NOT a paid endorsement, I'm just offering resources.)

Videos are in real-time so you can paint along with me and learn at a gentle, productive pace.

No voice overs during the painting lessons.

*SUPPLIES needed for class (as always, use what you have):

Handouts for Class (If you can print before class, great! If not, no worries, you can easily follow along without them) - PLEASE NOTE: Handouts are located under the Projects and Resources tab, off to the right side, under Resources.
Brushes (SEE below if you are interested in where to purchase a wedge or triangle brush)
- Wedge brush or Triangle brush (A dagger brush or round brush may be used but will not produce exact results. I only use a wedge brush in class. Regardless of brush, you can definitely learn the principles about cherry blossoms and paint them as you adapt your brush as necessary)
- Wedge brush, size 6 or 8
- Small round brush 5/0 for super fine details
Watercolor paper
- any kind you prefer
- I use 140lb cold-pressed watercolor paper by Arches
Watercolors
- Pinks or Reds: I use Winsor & Newton Alizarin Crimson series 3A. Options include permanent rose, quinacridone red, or any pink/red hue you prefer
- Sap green
- Brown: I use Sepia (Winsor & Newton - Cotman series). Van Dyck Brown (Daniel Smith) is another good option but any dark brown will do
- White: I use Dr. Ph Martin's bleedproof white
  - A Sakura white gelly roll pen is a fun option
Other supplies
- 2 water jars - one for clean water, one for dirty water
- Palette
- Paper towels
- (Optional: Micron pen (black), Sakura Stardust gelly roll pen, pencil & eraser)

Interested in where to purchase a wedge or triangle brush? Here are a few options (NOT a paid endorsement, just offering resources):

jerrysartarama.com - the "wedge brush" as I refer to, is listed as "Beste Fountain Brush & Instructional DVD Set" and it contains 4 brushes in different sizes.
johnnealbooks.com - the triangle brush is listed as "Silver Triangle Brush" (Item code is BR59). It comes in X-small and Medium.

(Background music on my Hello & Thank you videos - created by my amazing brother, Jeff. Other soft background music, during the lessons - mix of instrumentals from YouTube.)

Cleone Chung

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