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Winter Wreath in Watercolor - Relaxing Holiday Decor, Cards, Gift or Earthy Winter Decor

teacher avatar Kerrie Sanders, Artist, Teacher, Creator.

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Lessons in This Class

    • 1.

      Easy Watercolor Holiday Winter Wreath

      1:57

    • 2.

      Supplies Review

      3:42

    • 3.

      Soft Petals

      12:29

    • 4.

      Pine Needles

      9:15

    • 5.

      Eucalyptus and Vines

      5:13

    • 6.

      Small Berry Bushes

      7:59

    • 7.

      Red Berries

      4:05

    • 8.

      Greenery to Fill In

      3:53

    • 9.

      Berry Details and Splatter

      3:37

    • 10.

      Final Highlights

      5:02

    • 11.

      Class Project

      0:59

    • 12.

      Final Thoughts

      1:08

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ABOUT THIS CLASS

This is a watercolor holiday winter wreath that can be creatively adapted to be used as a Christmas card, holiday decoration, or be framed for your wall all year long as it’s not overly Christmas themed.  

This project is filled with a variety of greenery and red berries bringing an earthy vibe and cozy atmosphere wherever it’s displayed.  

While teaching, Kerrie demonstrates a variety of paint strokes and valuable techniques used to create all different types of leaves and petals.  These learned skills can transfer to your future projects and elevate your watercolor abilities and confidence.

WHAT YOU’LL GET OUT OF THIS CLASS

If you’re looking for a watercolor class that teaches basic stroke work and techniques, while creating something beautiful for your home, this is it.

Because this is a free-handed piece, you’ll gain confidence in your skills (yes, you’ll see there’s a method to free-handing).  You’ll be happy with your finished piece and anxious to share it with others.

Here are some highlights of what you’ll learn:

  • Techniques for splattering
  • Floating
  • Highlighting using multiple techniques
  • Shading 
  • Tear drop stroke and more
  • Learn to visualize placement

WHAT LEVEL OF ARTIST IS THIS CLASS FOR?

Everyone is welcome in this class.  The videos are close up, clear and concise, along with Kerrie’s verbal explanations and written tips.

After completing this course, you’ll be familiar with foundational watercolor strokes and principles, and will be able to confidently apply those skills to future projects along your art path.

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Kerrie Sanders

Artist, Teacher, Creator.

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Hi, I'm Kerrie.

I remember at age 5 standing in front of an easel, picking up a paint brush, and I don't think I ever set it down. I have a passion for building others skills and confidence in art.

I've published pattern kits, a painting book, and I've taught workshops, classes, and many students over the years. I'm self taught but have traveled the world learning from talented teachers.

I teach my classes in real time which let's you be in control of your learning pace. You can speed up, slow down, stop and start the videos as needed to make sure you have the best experience possible.

I'd be tickled to be part of your self-discovery in the art world. Join me and let's have some relaxed fun learning together.

Kerrie

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1. Easy Watercolor Holiday Winter Wreath: Hi everyone. My name is Carrie Sanders and I live here in St. George, Utah, where I'm an artist or creative and a teacher. I developed a studio here, coil cutters studios, and I do hope that you will join us some time for workshops. We do urban sketching, plein air painting would have just outside of Zion National Park. And there's so many beautiful things here for us to paint together. Today, this class is all about a beautiful winter wreath. When the air gets crisp outside and it's time to bring out the flannel. It is time to paint some beautiful race and cozy in and just get that feeling going in our homes. And so this wreath is all about berries and pine leaves and petals. And it's not overly Christmas. It actually could stay up all year round if you wanted it to. I am going to teach you some wonderful watercolors skills in this class. It is pure water, watercolor. There's no inking with this one. And we're going to do different things like floating, highlighting and shading. And we're going to free hand. Don't let that scare you. You can do it. I'll take you through step-by-step. And you will freehand this beautiful pine bow that you will be proud of and you'll want to display and share with others as well. And this pattern is very versatile in that it could be used for different sizes. I've displayed here for you, a Walpole's, something to sit on a shelf in a display, or even beat to be used as Christmas cards. So I hope that you will join me today and let's paint this beautiful winter holiday wreath. Why don't you join me over in my studio and let's get started. 2. Supplies Review: Let's begin now by reviewing the supply list that we need for today's project. And as you can see, there's very few paints that are needed. And if you don't have something that's here on my palette, please just use something that you have at home and substitute for it. This is a super versatile piece and I want you to be free to use what you have and be excited about not having to go to the store. That always makes me happy. I don't know about you. Alright, so what I'm going to be using today is a hookers green, which is like a sap green is a very light green and undersea green. You could also use like an olive green. So just a deeper dark green. This is civilian blue, alizarin crimson, yellow ocher, sepia. And then this is gouache. So we'll be using some white gouache to do some highlighting width. Then as far as our brushes go today again, they are interchangeable with what you have at home. It's totally fine. I don't anticipate using any flats today. I'm just going to be using some rounds, so I will be using a variety. The ones I've pulled out that I'll probably be using most are, are going to be a 4.6 round along with a couple of script liners. And this one is a three yachts, what's quite narrow, and this one is teeny-tiny. This one is a 20 odd, but we're going to be doing some fine tip varies. So you need something that has a really fine tip on it. Then you will be meeting a pencil because we're going to be putting our initial circle on. I don't think I've talked to you guys about my favorite pencil yet. This is a black wing pencil and they make different types. This is the palomino, which I absolutely love. I buy these by the dozen. I don't like any other type of pencil because it's so versatile. It can be used for light shading. Dark shading. It has a soft lead. It comes off easily if you need to erase. The erasers are replaceable. It's just an amazing pencil that I have fallen in love with. So if you ever wanted to give that a try and I don't get anything by saying that by the way. Okay. Then we are going to be using well, I'm going to use a stencil today, but it's only because I've had this for years. But we do need something to make a perfect circle to start our wreath width. And of course, you could just use something that you have at home that makes it perfect circle it displayed or whatever, it's fine. But that's what you need your pencil for. And then we, I'm using 140 pound cold press watercolor paper. And I mentioned this in every video and I'll continue to do so. You can get away with a less expensive paint and still have a beautiful project finished. But if you try to use a cheaper paper, you're not gonna be happy with the end result because you need a solid paper that's 100% cotton hundred 40 pound at a minimum because it will hold up to the wear and tear that we're going to put it through. It interacts well with the watercolor paint. And it's just the one thing that you're going to really be happier with if you go ahead and buy that 140 pound paper. Alright, the last tool I always say because it's my favorite. And that is a role of tissue. Yes. It's inexpensive and we need something that's absorbent that we can use to pick up and lift off paint that we put down. And so I always use my handy dandy role of tissue. All right. You guys take a moment to go gather your supplies, and I will see you in the next video and we are going to get this going. And so exciting. 3. Soft Petals: The first thing we're gonna do is put a perfect circle in the middle of our page. And just to give you a point of reference, this circle is about three-and-a-half inches in diameter. And that's what I'm going to be using. You can use any size depending on what size wreath you want. So if you're doing a smaller greeting card, then use a smaller circle. It looks to be about the center. Just do a light circle. Don't press hard because we don't want it to show through. Okay. Now, I do like to just make a little indicator. And I'm not being precise guys, because nothing is precise about this wreath. We want it to be free flowing, free handed. And so there's no need to measure. But I'm just doing half and then quarters. And that's just going to help us with some of the placement of the flowers that we're going to be doing. So now that we have that in place, let's pick up our liner brush. I'm using this three odd some water and then some of our sepia thin it down so it's not too dark. And I always keep some scratch paper. This is watercolor paper handy so that I can test it out. See now that's too dark, so I need to add some more water. There we go. Some light, watery lining and we're just going to follow our circle here. Okay. The next thing we're going to do is indicate the placement for our pine boughs. And so I like to put them in the quarters that we've got here. And I just want to put maybe an indicated or three. We want to keep everything going in the same direction, whatever direction yours is going. So it's kind of curve it out a little bit. What we're doing is just kind of gently placing things will help us as we start painting them in. And we're going to add some very pale yellow ocher pedals. But again, it will help us if we have a little bit of placement. So on the quarters that we indicated with our little markers, I'm just going to add a little bit of the really light light this I'm still in CPM very watered down. Just a light indicator of where those stems might be. Okay, Now that we have that done, we're going to pick up number six. Number six round. And I'm going to pick up some of my yellow ochre. There we go. Alright. Now the secret to this flower petal is to be super watery and very little paint. So we're starting at the tip. Cool down and around like that. And you could actually do it in the CPU like that if you'd, if you'd prefer, if you don't want this yellowish tinge. But we are going to come back with the yellow yellow ocher has dried and put some CPM veins and a little touch of sepia on the bottom. So almost looks like nothing's there. That's what we want. And I'm going to push that paint down. Oh, that's so pretty alright. Now, if you want, I'm going to pick up a little bit of alizarin crimson just to touch. And while that's still wet, just touch that along the base and let that pull up. Just give it a minute. Let's see what it does. And you can steer it, guided little bit if you want. Just let it go. See how beautiful that is. Alright, let's move on to the next one. I have to do this. Why it's while it's still wet with the yellow ocher. Now, I'm adding a touch of water because this one was dry side darker than I like. That happens. Just put some water on your brush and go over it. Let's let those dry. Actually, these are dry. So if yours are dry, we can start with those that have dried. We coming back to our script liner and our CPI, very, very watered down and light. Okay, we're just going to if it's dry, wait till it's dry, it's going to strengthen that being a little bit. Bring it up part-way into the flower and bring out two veins. And then I like to just pat in a little darkness along the bottom. If yours comes in a little bit strong because mine does sometimes to just come back with a little bit of water and soften it up. That's okay. Okay. The last thing I'd like to do with these flowers is come in with the lightest amount so far, as far as payment goes. So super, super light. Ultra light. And just give an indicator. I haven't done that one yet. I'll come back but we don't want to outline it. But just an indicator of, hey, I'm barely there, just a whisper of a panel. And it may feel like it stands out a lot right now. But once we get all the pioneer in and the beautiful red berries, these are gonna go right to the background. There'll be barely there. I always recommend stepping back and looking at your painting every so often because it gives you a different perspective than when you have your face close to it. And I step back and I looked at this. It's very symmetrical. And that's great to start with, but that's not what we want to end with. So I'm going to come back before we move into those kind leaves and just add a set of five here and there. So I'm picking up a little more yellow ocher. And I think maybe here where I have a little more space, I'm just going to add another one. Or maybe, maybe what I'm gonna do is just turn it on the inside because we haven't added any on the inside of the wreath. And I'm sorry if that's hard to see. But look at your piece while we're at this juncture here and decide where you can just add a couple of more that will make it so it doesn't look quite so planned out, so to speak. We want it to be free. I like that much better. Okay. Now while those dry, Let's go ahead and get our greens, set up, our liner brush out. And I'll see you in the next video and we'll start doing our pine leaves. 4. Pine Needles: I finished up the details on these additional leaves, so I hope that you did as well. And now we are going to dive into our pine leaves, which is so fun and exciting and simple. They may look tricky, but they are not. So pick up your liner brush and get some water on it. And we are going to pick up, we're going to start with our lighter green and just work that into the brush. Now, there is a technique to picking this up so that you get a fine tip on your brush. And that is as you pull down, you lift up, but also you're going to roll this between these two fingers. So press lift. And you can see that that just brings it to a nice fine tip. Press, lift and roll. And as we paint these pine leaves, the trick my friends is to be brave and have courage and to do it fast. Because if you do it slowly, you're going to have wrinkly cricket little lines. So once you, once you touch the paper, pull fast and as you pull, you lift up, as you can see, the line is thinner at the tip than it is at the base. And your base, you're always going to start at the center point of your pine leaf. In other words, you're going to pull from here out, not from out, in. So let's go ahead and start sum. And we're going to do three different layers just so you know, so you don't want to do, you don't want to go in heavy at the beginning. You want to start light. And so we're going to start with a light mixture. I'm going to pull in. You can see the way I've arranged my palette. I have my darker green, my medium green, and my civilian blue because I'm going to be mixing this blue quite a bit with my lighter green. And you can see how that gives me a blue spruce kind of look at an evergreen blue, which I really like for pine. But we will come in later after it's a little bit dry and put some of the darker green in to give us some shadowing and make it look more vibrant and dimensional. So I want to be able to mix those two together and see how I twirl that to a fine tip pack a year we got to be comfortable. The best way is to always be pulling towards yourself. So don't be afraid to, I'm gonna be moving my board. Don't be afraid to move yours. We're going to start just at the base. And, and we're not necessarily going to be pulling curly Q out more towards, in that direction rather than that direction. So we're just going to pull about like that. Remember this is just our first layer. So we're going to keep a lot of air between our petals. I'm not starting just like right up here. I'm starting down here. This is the time we're going to start to fill in our wreath. I'm going over the top, so we do want things to overlap. But this is the time for you to design your wreath and do what you like to do. So I'm gonna go ahead and turn this the opposite direction. Now, it's easiest to do pilots having them pull towards you. This really starts to format and shape your wreath. So don't be afraid to stop and take a look from a few feet back and see how the shape is looking. Are you maintaining your circle? Are we getting a little kitty want bus that's happened to me before. Now. I'm going to come in and I'm going to pick up some of this. Ocean green, you might be using an olive green or whatever green that you're using, but you can see it's more of a deep mossy green. And that's going to add some real depth and richness. But we need to be careful because it is quite strong. Even though I want it to be shadowy. I still want it to have a touch of that blue in it. There we go. E.g. you can see here, I didn't put any pine leaves on this side and the pine needles, why didn't I I don't know. Let's do it now. So take a minute to look and see what's going on with your piece. Can see the contrast, see how much darker it is, and that's great. Remember that watercolor dries one value, lighter. I just want a few strands that go out all by themselves, but I don't want it to get too bushy. If it gets too bushy, then it starts to, you start to lose everything else around it. Wonderful. Okay, now we're going to pick up some of that CPA. Well, I should say once it's dry, you know, I live in Utah where it's very dry and so things to dry fast and it's easy for me to keep going quickly. But if you need to stop, stop and let it dry, your greens needs to dry. And then we'll pick up some sepia. And we're just going to come in and lightly here and they're not as light as the petals, a little darker than that. We'd want to put a hint of the pine branch that the needles are extending from. So this is all dry. So I know that we put an indicator in and mine is still showing a little bit, but I'm just going to darken it with broken strokes. I'm not doing a straight line. Just kinda broken strokes here and there for shadows. You see how that just gives some strength and contrast. Great. Now step back one more time and see if it's how you like it. Do you, does it have enough light green doesn't have enough dark green and blue. Make it how you want it. We will come back and do a little more filling in later on. But this is the best time to make sure that you have the basic layout of your pine boughs. The way that you would like them to be. 5. Eucalyptus and Vines: Now it's time for us to start filling in and we're going to be doing some eucalyptus leaves. I'm going to be using a number six round and I'm picking up some of the lighter green. It's going to be not as thin as we did the pine leaves, but still fairly thin. And we're just going to touch and pull for the stem. And then you just come back and do some lines like that for the leaves. And you could just add them wherever you feel like they should go. With this method. If you end up putting one somewhere that you don't like, which I have done multiple times before. You just dab at it with a tissue and it blends into the background and it's no harm them. So these are going to, how eucalyptus is it just kinda sprigs out and as it can just be a nice filler anywhere. So I'm just going to start up here and just kinda pull it out like that. And maybe like that, I like to start by just putting some of the sprigs in because we're going to have one peeking behind there. This one comes across the top. That's a little dark. I'm just going to lighten that a little bit. Then I'll come back and do all the little lines, petals, I guess I should say. Because they take a little bit longer to dry. Alright, so I feel like I have a bare spot down here. I'm going, again, don't be afraid to just turn your piece because you always want to be pulling towards yourself. It's really the best way to keep a steady line. Great, stop, and take a look at that from a distance and see how it looks. Using that same color of green. We are going to come in now and do some vines. So the method for that is just to start with a vine. And then just a little too stroke leaf, just like that. And turn them on an angle on this side. I'm doing these dark so that you can see them. But I like to do my light. There we go. So when I do on my actual piece, I like to do them fairly light because these are fillers, these are background pieces. I don't want everything to compete with each other. I want the focus to be on the Pine and then the beautiful red berries that are coming. So I'm going to thin my paint down quite a bit. For this, I am going to go places like under here where it's still white. I'm gonna go ahead and just put a line in there that's too dark for me. There. Can you see how that just takes it right off? Let's lighten that up. That's all I'm feeling. So go ahead and take your time, fill in where you feel most fine should go. And as always, remember to step back and take a good look at it from a distance. And we'll move on to the next step. If when we come back. 6. Small Berry Bushes: We are ready now to start our next phase, which is berries. I'm so excited. First we're going to do the small berries that just kinda fill in. For this. I'm using that teeny tiny 20 odd liner. Whatever you have as long as it's really fine, tip and small will be just fine. And I'm going to demonstrate how to do this first. We're going to be picking up some of that CPS for the vine itself. And it's actually kind of a pretty straight line. It's not cricket. Twisty tourney. Let me set this down so you can see it better on camera. So it's pretty, pretty straight, but it's very bronchi, by the way, with a small lung and you have to pick up paint frequently. So it just branches off frequently. So it's going to branch off, branch off, branch off. So it's not wavy and like most branches would be now, I'm picking up a mixture of alizarin crimson. And we don't want it to be a strong berry red because that's what we'll use for a large barriers. We want to tone it down with some of our CPL. It's just kind of meet in the middle so we don't mess up all our red. There we go. For these berries, they're almost an extension of the vine itself. So you're just going to touch and press and just put a little tip on it, this little bulb and meet that vine. Nice and thin. Just a little bulb like that. Okay. So you get to decide where you'd like that to be on your wreath. I've been looking at mine, waiting for it to dry. And as we progress and I've decided that I'm going to add some over here to begin with. And then as I get a feel for it, I'll see where I want to continue. Now, these berries can really start to grow if you're not careful. So start kind of gently, just maybe with one line like that. I don't know if you can see it. I'm doing it dark so that you can see it. And just kinda let it start growing a little bit. So remember these are fairly straight lines, three lines like that. But then I'm going to branch them out in different ways. They don't have to be exactly the same. Of course. We turn the board. We always want to pull from the main stem out like we did with our pine. Now, we're going to pick up some of this red alizarin crimson and a little CPAT, test it out first. Little more red than that still. Now we're going to do that extension. The buying, just a little bulb of a very teeny tiny. You're going to want to pull it towards yourself. See how that's already filling in and adding interests and depth, dimension. Color. Awesome. I love it. Okay. So I think I'm going to go ahead and add some down here in this area where it's a little bit there. Now, we don't want to fill in completely. Remember, we're going to come in with some fairly good size, very still. And we're going to add in some random leaves that we haven't done yet. Great. How are you doing? Stop and take a look and see where it needs to go next. I stepped back and took a look at mine and I'm gonna go ahead and add some kind of right in this area. And then coming up through this area, we don't want to totally fill in because we are going to be adding a lot of beautiful red berries pretty quick here. But I do want to add some right here. I hope that you did the same, that you stepped back and took a good look and decided where you needed to add some on your pieces. All of ours are going to be a little bit different. Okay, I think we're ready to set this aside and let it dry for a minute. I'll see you in the next video where we add our large berries. 7. Red Berries: Get started with our beautiful red berries. And I'm using, this is a Chinese brush, so I don't really know what size it is, but you can see that it's kind of a medium. I would say about a four or a six with a fine tip. I dislike it because it has a little bit stiffer tip. And the method we're going to use is to pick up some water down Alizarin crimson. And we're going to come up on the tip and just start a circular motion in the air and slowly come down and just make a circle. Doesn't have to be perfect. If you leave a little white spot, That's great. We're going to come back and highlight any way. We're just going to add some of those. And what we're going to do is we want them to be varied in color. Meaning it's okay to pick up some of that brown. It's okay to have some that are watered down and less pigment. I like to start by just placing some around on our circle vine. Again, it's just a way of holding a place so that we don't lose track of where our circle is. Now we're going to cluster some out and pull them out away from the center. So I'm going to start here. You can see that I'm going to start pulling out this way. A little cluster of berries. We're gonna come back and add binds and highlights and all kinds of good stuff to them. And I'd like a cluster down here. Okay, This is a good time to step back and see where we want to fill in. So let's take just a moment and see where we want to fill in some berries. Now that we have assessed where we want to add berries, I just added some teeny tiny ones here and there. That's the only change that I made. And now it's time to go ahead and add in some depth. So I'm going to take this mixture that we used earlier, that is the sepia and alizarin crimson together. And using the same brush, I'm just going to add some, some deepening of color on the bottom edge of some of the berries. And not all of them, just a few of them. We want to keep some that are really light like these, and then add some that are darker, mostly on these pine boughs. Now, we're going to take Alizarin crimson and add the stems. Remember to keep your stems flowing in the same direction of your wreath. We're going to let this dry and then we'll come back and we'll do some filling in with some more greenery and pine links. 8. Greenery to Fill In: We are down to the final couple of steps of our wreath. It's looking really good. And the next step that we're going to do is just fill in here and there. So it's gonna be different for all of us. I have noticed that I am missing an area that needs some pine boughs. You might have a couple of spots that do as well. And I'm picking up my liner brush and I'm just going to pick up some of that blue green mixture. And I'm not going to add in a full-time bow, but just some pine needles to indicate. I just need a little over here. And I'm really just going to wholesome, looks like it's coming out from underneath this pedal. Okay, I took a look at what needed to be balanced out a little bit, and I decided to add a few more pine boughs over here, just very lightly. And if that's what you need to do, go ahead and add that in now because we need everything to dry before we can move on. The next step that we're going to do is to add a little bit more greenery. These are gonna be some very loose leaves and we're going to use around. And this is a teardrop stroke, teardrop pedal. And you just touch and press. And then as you pull towards yourself, you lift up. That provides the little vein comes down. You can do these curved. Can do them straight. So I would really suggest that you practice these a little bit before you do it on your board to get a feel for it. And you can do them in different colors. So these, the purpose of these is not to make a statement, it is simply to add some gentle fill in. I'm actually going to use a lot of water and very little paint. I want mine to be quite transparent. And a little bit on the blue-green side here. So I'm just going to add a few. Alright, got water on my brush there. Alright. And I'm just going to just kinda make sure that they're going in the direction of your wreath. But once that's dry, remember this dries one shade lighter, That's just going to be a little fill in. You see how that just adds in and it gives the flow and balance. Don't want very many, just want up to you. You can also add a few just coming to the inside. We are going to splatter our board and then add some highlights, and we're about finished. 9. Berry Details and Splatter: Before we can splatter, we need to come in and add the little stem to our berries. I guess it's not the stem. I don't know what it's called. It's the little n is the little fuzzy. And to our berries, the opposite end of the stem, I guess. I'm using my teeny tiny brush again, so we just get some fine hairs. And we're just going to quickly come in and add these. Okay, that's better. And I didn't even put it on every single berry, but most importantly, the ones that are on the outer edge. Now, we are going to go ahead and splatter or background. Okay, if you haven't splattered before, you want to have very, very thin paint. And you're going to roll it between your middle finger and your thumb and turn it upside down and you're going to tap with your index finger. So I would recommend that you test that out on a practice paper before you start and have your tissue ready to block in case it goes on too strong somewhere. Okay. So I'm picking up sepia, watering it down, rolling it between my middle finger and my thumb. I'm going to tap with my index finger and just lightly add some dots. Beautiful. Let's let that dry for a moment while that's drying. I know that there are a lot of people that splatter picking up and using this method tapping. And that's great, that works well. But if you want more control, use your finger and you can see that we have a nice even amount of splatter. Using another brush like this tends to flick it in a straight line and you'll have more issues with straight lines, splatters and heavy. And so I like to use my middle finger or my index finger. It takes a little more time, but you do have more control. Now, we are going to pick up some of that darker green. Alright, let's let that dry and we'll come back and we'll add our white gouache highlights and details and will be finished. 10. Final Highlights: Okay, We're going to highlight our berries now. I want to start by lifting highlights and then we'll add in strong highlights using some gouache. I'm going to just use my brush that I use for the berries in areas where they're touching. I want one to look like it's on top of the other. So I'm going to choose this lighter one, since it makes sense that it would be on top of the other. I'm just going to lightly pull off some of that paint by using water on my brush and then touching it and you can see how it lifts that paint off. It makes it look like it's on top of the buried below it. Just a little bit, just to touch. A little bit makes quite a difference. And it just needs to be on that edge. Just on that edge where it touches the other berry that reflected light always shows, even if it's a dark spot and a shadow, There's always going to be an answer of reflected light. Be sure to turn your tissue over and over so you're not using wet red tissue on your white paper. Okay. You continue on and highlight your berries by lifting off. Once that's dry, we're going to come back in with our gouache and add a strong highlight. I've got some white gouache out on my palette, and I'm using my thin liner that we use to do our pine boughs and a thin down the gouache. And picking that up, we're going to add some highlights into our pine boughs. And because the pine boughs are tucked underneath everything, we want to be really careful that we're not adding too many and we're not going to go over something important, but we're just going to add in a few white. Now I'm going to actually going to switch brushes. So now I'm going to use my tiny 20 odd. We're going to add a highlight to the berries using that thin down gouache. And we're just going to do a little, little stroke, just a little. I'm bringing us up to the camera. Just a little dot, maybe a couple more and they don't have to be uniform. You see how that just makes things sparkle. Alright. And last, we always sign our name. Great job. I hope you enjoyed this piece. Thank you for joining me. 11. Class Project: Your class project is to complete one winter wreath by following the videos I provided for you step-by-step. I'll be with you every step of the way. And when you've completed your wreath, please snap a picture and upload that into the gallery below by clicking on the big green button that says Create, Project. And that will allow me to communicate well with you and make comments on your piece. But also it allows the students to see what each other has done and who doesn't love to see each other's great work. So thank you for taking a moment to stop and upload that into our gallery. And also, if you wouldn't mind taking a moment to review my class, that would help me as a teacher to understand where I can improve. And also it would help my ratings with Skillshare in their algorithms. So thank you for taking a moment to review the class. 12. Final Thoughts: Well congratulations you did it. You've finished your wreath, and I hope you had a great time doing that. If you can, just take a moment and snap a picture for us and put that in our gallery to share with the class. I would be so grateful. Also if you wouldn't mind just leaving a quick review, that would help me so much. If you enjoy using Instagram, I would love to be part of your art journey. I'm at Kerry centers art and we can communicate freely there. And did she know that if you were to share this class with friends or family, by clicking on the Share button, you both could benefit financially. Lastly, if you're still in the mood to paint some Christmas, I have created a class that is at Christmas known that he's just adorable and the background is using bokeh. If you haven't tried the technique of Bokeh yet, that is a real fun project. Alright everybody, I will see you in the next Skillshare class. Thanks again for joining me. I really do appreciate it. Take care.