Lemon Branch Watercolor Tutorial

I painted this lemon branch from an Emma Lefebvre tutorial because my very first watercolor attempt was a loose lemon tutorial that looked pretty awful, haha. I wanted to see how much I've learned over the last year. This tutorial is more of a detailed, layered project and I'm discovering that I prefer these watercolors projects to the loose ones.

I chickened out of adding the flowers and buds to my sketch until the very end. I think they could be bigger but I'm still pleased with the overall result.

Materials used for this project:
Daniel Smith watercolor paints:

    Hansa Medium Yellow

    Quinacridone Rose

    Phthalo Blue Green Shade

    Moonglow

    French Ultramarine

Other various brands of watercolor paints - black, raw umber

Fabriano Artistico cold press watercolor paper