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Illumination is the name of the game in this project. Join Sarah Cray for this watercolor lesson and learn how to utilize hues to transition values, a bokeh background to communicate depth in a dark room, and improve your sketching skills to lay out the project - you got this!

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Welcome to Let's Make Art! We began with the idea in mind to create an art supplies shop that empowers everyone to create. By combining hand-picked paint, paper, brushes, and so much more with expert-led art education, Let's Make Art is a wonderful start for watercolor painting, especially for beginners just starting out. Led by watercolor artist Sarah Cray, who has a flair for teaching both basic painting techniques and more advanced concepts in an achievable and accessible way, Let's Make Art is known for easy and fun art tutorials for all experience levels. Be sure to subscribe to our monthly art subscription box so all of the watercolor painting supplies are delivered right to your door! Join us, and learn how to paint with watercolors at Let's Make Art!

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Chapters & Timestamps
00:00 - Welcome & hello
00:36 - Steps
01:24 - Supplies & paint colors used
02:06 - Oath
03:20 - Step 1: Lightly sketch a candle onto the watercolor paper
11:50 - Step 2: Mix together brown & paint the background
18:30 - Paint a second layer of black on the background
20:24 - Step 3: Mix together desaturated cream values & paint the candlestick
27:35 - Begin to blend out the colors in the candle to create a smooth transition
33:05 - Switch to a Round 2 brush & paint the inside of the candlestick
36:26 - Mix together a few vibrant colors & paint bold strokes on the candlestick
40:48 - Step 4: Paint the flame
52:57 - Step 5: Paint in various shades of brown around the candle to give a bokeh effect
1:06:26 - Make any adjustments to your flame or candle that you see fit

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