🎃 Make a Halloween card, start to finish (sketch & color guide in description)! Nature sounds 🌿

In this video, we'll go through the exact process of making this Halloween card together, in (almost!) as a real time walk-through, from start to finish. Using the links below, you can print out a copy of my sketch and color study and make your own card along with me. By the end, you should have a finished hand-painted watercolor card to give to someone special.🎃

You can save and print out a copy of the sketch
from https://www.nickydrewillustration.com... and you can find the color guide at https://www.nickydrewillustration.com....

My own backyard nature sounds included!🌿

A materials/supplies list and time stamps are below.

Feel free to use my design for personal/private use, but it's not for commercial use. Thank you!
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MATERIALS (you can use other colors, and other brands of paper, watercolor paints, brushes, etc, but make sure you're using watercolor paper): I'm using:

Pencil
Eraser
Ruler
Masking/painter's tape (scotch tape works too)
Portable Light Table/LED Tracing Board (a sunny window works great if
you don't have a light table. But make sure the tape you use isn't super
gummy!)
Staedtler pigment liner, size 0.2 (Optional, but if you want to outline yours
like I am, any waterproof pen will work.)
Arches cold-press watercolor paper, 140 lb (300 g)
Watercolor paints (Winsor & Newton Cotman: Cadmium Red Deep Hue &
Cadmium Yellow Pale Hue, and Grumbacher Academy: Thalo Blue)
Watercolor brushes (Grumbacher Goldenedge round size 12 and Transon
Art Brush round size 3)
Paper towels
Scrap watercolor paper
Butcher tray palette (Jerry's Artarama)
2 containers water
Plastic "Bone" Folder (can use a pen or letter opener if you don't have one)
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TIME STAMPS:

00:11- Measuring & Cutting the Card Out
02:58- Printing the Sketch
03:23- Transferring the Sketch
05:34- Transfer Double-Checks (& Eraser Smudges Caution)
06:40- Note about Protecting the Card while Working
06:58- Inking / Adding Outlines
08:05- Note about Erasing
08:31- Setting up for Painting
10:01- Painting 1st Layer of Pumpkin
21:43- Mixing Black Paint from Primary Colors (skip ahead if you're using
ready-made black paint)
24:28- Painting 1st Layer of Cat
29:59- Mixing More Black Paint
31:08- Painting 2nd Layer of Cat
33:49- Painting 2nd Layer of Pumpkin
36:38- Adding Shadows to Pumpkin
39:59- Mixing Green Paint
40:45- Painting the Cat's Eye
41:20- Adding Yellow Highlights/Depth to Pumpkin
45:23- Adding Final Shadows & Touch-ups to Pumpkin
48:02- Folding the Watercolor Paper into a Card
49:45- The Final Result!
50:06- My Newsletter :)
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