Join Mattias Lanas in painting a shiny, iridescent, green beetle in this demonstration on painting insects. This video is seventh in a series of art lessons that are enrichment materials associated with the Tony Foster Journey 'Exploring Beauty: Watercolor Diaries from the Wild.'
Materials List:
• Insect specimen to paint or reference photo of the beetle used in demonstration: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a832b1accc5c5c078a437e4/t/604001b0cb1060131543e265/1614807474498/Beetle.jpg
• Pencil
• Eraser
• Watercolor brushes, both large and small
• Watercolor paints
• Watercolor palette, or other mixing surface
• Watercolor paper
• Paper towel or sponge
• Water
• Masking fluid/Frisket (optional)
Winsor & Newton watercolors in my palette:
• Raw Umber
• Hooker's Green
• Winsor Green
• Viridian
• French Ultramarine
• Cerulean Blue
• Permanent Rose
• Alizarin Crimson
• Indian Red
• Burnt Sienna
• Winsor Yellow
• Yellow Ochre
• Cadmium Yellow
• Ivory Black
• Quinacridone Violet
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