Watercolor Woodland Theme | Forest Painting Tutorial

In this video I'll show you how to paint forest-y things like birds eggs, mushrooms, acorns, pine trees and more!
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I love watercolour landscapes with pine trees, but some how I fail to get the “perfectly imperfect” look of the pine trees. 😅 I am sure, tomorrow I will try these out. 😊 I love how realistic the fern turned out, also the last part brought magic to the egg and the feather. Thank you so much for the beautiful content we receive every week. The answer to the question: I do try and continue with the painting even if I make a mess. I try to create something different from the mistake out of my imagination.I learned this skill from you. 😊 Thank you for the skill.

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I have the same problem with getting trees like that to look natural! Our mind has this tendency to do things in a pattern, so as a beginner I still have a tough time fighting that tendency to do a repetitive pattern in the trees.

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I must say that for me this is the most difficult one of all the content, because I am still stuck with the butterflies and mushrooms you painted. I am very excited and ashamed to see you update every Tuesday and Friday, because you must have done a great job again, but I am still practicing those butterflies. Hahaha I think this is why I like your channel so much. New challenges are waiting for me every week. 😁 I think I am still adjusting to the mistakes. In fact, when looking at the finished work, many people can't see the so-called mistakes. Only the author knows that the process is tortuous. So I will comfort myself by this, "finish it, no one will care that much anyway." Cheers.

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No matter you paint flowers, mushrooms or trees! All of them look beautiful!!!!

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I never get my pine trees to be so perfect. Thanks for the detailed explanation.

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Really love this tutorial! My son's 1st birthday is coming up and we're doing a woodland theme so this is perfect for some pieces I want to do for his special day. I've gained so much confidence in my watercolor painting recently - so thank you!

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Wonderful! Great theme 🍄🌼🍁

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Hey, Shayda can you give any additional tips on how to get those perfect strokes with the watercolour brushes.

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Thanks Jessica, will definitely try it out.

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Can’t wait to paint this woodsy theme in honor of the California forests suffering so much damage from the fires right now!

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I actually love the blue egg. It does look really natural! 😍

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Nature and art help me to cope with the sadness and strife in my country right now (USA), so having both together is good medicine. Thank you, Shayda. [I have to admit, though, that the mushrooms also started to make me hungry. ;-)] I've been learning a lot from your channel, and building confidence with my own creative process, too. I'm glad you're here.

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What you said about making mistakes and working with them is so important. I was terrified of making mistakes at first but slowly as I got more comfortable with watercolor I learned there's no wrong way to do it! I try to work with what I have and make it look good. The color of the flower is gorgeous!!

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I love how simple you give the instructions on how to create these woodland images.

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Wow! Love these trees! Love the detail of all of them. Thank you for sharing with us!

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I always love these little themed elements. So beautiful.

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These are some of my favorite things to paint! Thank you for always inspiring!

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I’m loving all the forest elements, this is going to be a fun project. Thank you Shayda, you always inspire with your tutorials.

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Love the variety in this video. Thank you so much for all you do for all of us. If I make a mistake I keep going. They say art is ugle untill it's not. Lol

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I am so happy to see this theme. It is just what I was hoping for. Thanks, Shayda!

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Autumn and winter are not my favorite part of the year, just love spring and summer. But I love your autumn paintings. You just know how to make everything beautiful! I am sure gonna try this on a Rainey/grey autumn day 😉

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I'm so excited for this tutorial! I've been looking for something "fall" to paint (as a beginner) and this is it! Thank you!

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Hooray! I'm so happy for a woodlands theme! This is exactly what I'd love to paint. :)

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So beautiful!! Can’t wait to try this out.... especially the trees! Thank you!!

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Love your tutorials! I'm a professional artist and haven't worked in watercolor for years but you have so inspired me to get back into it! Thank you!

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I always love watching you paint, so relaxing and inspiring. Thank you!

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This is one of my favorite themes. And the color combination 😍

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Oh, my gosh, Shayda! That was so fun and SO rewarding. You're really helping me look forward to fall with this one. So many helpful tips. Thanks so much!

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It's so relaxing and inspiring watching you paint! Makes me wanna pick up my brushes everytime

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I love today's theme! Everything is so pretty!

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Oh...so lovely! I just love all of those woodland treasures that you drew and painted. Such an inspiration!

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Thanks for the woodland study. I’ve been looking for a study of leaves. I had done one large canvas 28x32 and I filled it completely up with leaves and then all my studies paintings went up in flames during a house fire. So I’ll be using your study here to start one again. Thank-you again for doing this. I have 300# watercolor paper to do this on.

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The woodland illustrations are so cute! I especially love the acorns, and I can’t wait to try to paint the mushrooms🙂

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I absolutely love how easy and natural you made everything look. Thank you for this tutorial, Shayda! I love watching you paint. ❤️🎨

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I am genuinely so happy with this forest painting session!! Thank you!!

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Love this!!! I’m excited to learn more “wintery” things!!! 😊😊

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I love this woodland themed piece. Thank you for sharing!

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My brother lost his job last week and he has a toddler nephew, I have been painting in his 'forest' corner with him and I want him to enjoy learning to paint and start them young, and have fun. He loves paintbrushes, crayons and pens. He has been painting suns and scarecrows. His dad won;'t have money for paints now so I have been helping him out with artistic materials. It also helps my brother look for jobs, if his son is painting in the ;'forest' for an hour or so.

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This was one of my favorite videos I love the autumn feel

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This is one of my favorite themed videos! I love that you shared your mistakes, they ended up beautiful (obviously) and helped me learn about ways to fix my own work!

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Hey! I totally love all your tutorials, they're so encouraging and you totally inspire me!

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Your tutorials are so calming and helpful! Thank you for your hardwork creating these 💕 🥺🥺

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Thank you Shayda for this amazing tutorial! 💫 it's so full of life🌿

[@OneHope4Heaven]

Love the berries, trees, & ferns, even the mushrooms, well heck, love all of it! Feathers, eggs, acorns ~ lovely. Thanks so much for all your tips & tutorials! It helps so much to improve my skills & outcomes!

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Such a beautiful tutorial, I am really happy someone requested this because this is such a cute theme for fall/winter😍💕

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Absolutely love your tutorials. Was motivated to have had a go at recreating some flowers you did. Ended up creating floral cards with borders. Will definitely be giving this a go 😊

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Wow, I can't wait to follow along. I love your painting tutorials!

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Gorgeous!!💖 I love the details and the pallet in those tiny things. I'm learning all the time with you! Thank you! 🥀🥀

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I'm enchanted by these cute little woodland items. My trees never turn out this natural looking! I need to keep practicing.

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You somehow make such simple strokes look so complex and layered and intricate and beautiful!!

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Wow.. I love all of these!! I think autumn has come on the canvas!

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So many great ideas. I plan on painting while I'm Rving in nature so I love how you teach painting all the natural items. Thank you!

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Absolutely love the woodland theme, the colours are beautiful 😍