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作者：Lucy Akins
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How to Paint a Basic Leaf with Watercolors
如何用水彩畫一片普通的樹葉
As an artist, I enjoy experimenting with various mediums. One of my favorite mediums of late is watercolor. I appreciate it can be daunting medium to some, but as with most things in life, the more you practice, the easier it becomes. The beauty of watercolor is the dynamic results you can achieve by manipulating it for simple abstract art, or stunning and complex realism art.
It’s no wonder watercolor has made such a great come back, not only in fashion but decor and design.
作為一個藝術家，我喜歡嘗試各種繪畫媒介。我最喜歡的媒介之一是水彩。我欣賞它的難以掌握，就像生活中的大多數事情一樣，你越練習，就越容易。水彩畫的魅力在于，暈染會出現的很多不同的效果，你可以通過操縱水彩獲得簡單的抽象藝術作品，或迷人而復雜的寫實作品。
這也難怪，水彩畫取得了這么大的反響，不僅畫面有時尚感，更具有裝飾性和設計感。
With fall fast approaching, I thought it would be fun and appropriate to show how to paint a very basic watercolor leaf. ?You can apply the same technique to various leaves and create a beautiful work of art.
Foliage can be found everywhere and in all seasons, coming in an array of shapes, sizes and colors.
The following tutorial provides a basic technique to paint leaves, but hopefully encourages you to try various techniques to achieve your own painting style.
Supplies required:
Watercolor set
Various watercolor brushes (I used #0, #10 and #20)
Watercolor paper
Various leaves from the garden or photos of leaves for reference
Palette
隨著秋天的臨近，我覺得，做一個“如何用水彩畫一片普通的樹葉”教程，是有趣而應景的事。你可以用同樣的技法來畫各種樹葉，及創造一個美麗的藝術作品。
在所有季節中，樹葉隨處可得，可以按形狀，大小和顏色來分組。
下面的教程，提供了一個基本的畫葉子的技法，希望能鼓勵你嘗試各種技法，以形成自己的繪畫風格。
所需用品：
水彩顏料
各種水彩筆刷（我用＃0，＃10和＃20）
水彩紙
各種新鮮的樹葉 或樹葉的照片
調色板
The first thing you will need to do is prepare your color palette and test the colors on a separate piece of paper. ?Do not be afraid to play around with the various shades until you arrive at colors you are pleased with and ensure you have fun with this process.
你需要做的第一件事是，準備好你的調色板，并在一張紙上調試顏色。別害怕，慢慢調到你滿意的顏色為止，確保你喜歡并覺得這個過程的很有趣。
Here is a quick chart of the colors I used:
1. Permanent sap green
2. Green blue shade
3. Raw amber
4. Blue green
5. Burnt sienna
(the other shades are a mixture of the various colors above)
下面是我使用的顏色色卡：
1.深綠色
2.孔雀藍
3.琥珀色
4.草綠色
5.熟褐色
（其他的顏色是上述各種顏色的混合）
Lightly sketch a basic leaf shape and fill it in with a wet brush. This will make the spreading of the first layer easier.
用鉛筆輕輕勾畫出葉子的輪廓，并用濕毛筆涂一遍。這會使得第一次的暈染更容易。
Apply the lightest shade of green you have prepared.
用已經準備好的草綠色，調出最淺的顏色色，進行平涂。
Allow first layer to dry slightly and apply the second lightest shade (you will see a little bit of bleeding occur).
等之前的顏色稍微干一些，再上第二次草綠色（你會看到一點暈染效果）。
Here I applied yet another layer of the same color and while the paint was still wet, I tilted the paper ever so slightly to allow the paint to travel to the tip of the leaf. You can see the darker concentration of paint.
這里，在張紙還濕時，我繼續用之前的綠色涂一層，并微微傾斜紙張，使得顏料流向葉子尾部，你會看到顏色變厚。
Allow to dry and apply yet another shade of green.
等紙張干了之后，再上一些藍綠色。
As you have undoubtedly noticed, watercolor is all about layers; the more layers you apply, the more vivid the image becomes.
誠如你所見，水彩畫就在于層層疊加，你疊加得越多，畫面就會變得越生動。
Dip your brush in water and go over the surface of the leaf. While still wet, apply a light layer of the raw amber to the lighter side of the leaf.
用水打濕畫筆，然后在葉子上涂一層，趁著濕，在葉子顏色較淺的一側點上一些琥珀色。
While the paint is still wet, load your brush with burnt sienna and allow paint to drip onto leaf. You can see the paint colors bleeding into each other.
趁著顏色還濕，用畫筆蘸一些熟褐色，輕輕滴在葉子上。你會看到幾個顏色在互相暈染。
Drip the paint in various areas as desired.
根據需要，再滴幾滴熟褐色。
With a wet thin brush (#0), draw in some veins and allow to dry.You can continue to add more details if you wish.
用0號筆刷，濕水后刷出葉脈，然后等待畫面干燥。你也可以繼續增加你想要的細節。
Here is the entire process so you can see the progress.
這是過程圖，你可以看整個過程。
As you become more familiar with this process, you can start to really enhance the detail. ?Personally, I like the looseness of watercolor.
當你對這個過程更熟練之后，你就可以開始真正提高細節了。就個人而言，我喜歡水彩畫的通透感。
Practice and have fun with it!
愉快地練習吧！
A (good) word of caution – watercolor can become very addictive and the more you pick up that brush, the more likely you will be to fall in love with it.
提醒一句——畫水彩是會變得上癮的，當你拿起畫筆畫得越多，你就越有可能會愛上它。
You can apply the same technique to paint variations of leaves, remembering the beauty of watercolor is it does not have to be perfect.
你可以用同樣的技法來畫不同的葉子，記住水彩的美就在于它的不完美。
Here is a fun piece I did using similar principles.
這是很有趣的部分，我用了相似原則進行組合創意。
I hope you check back for future posts, where I will continue to provide watercolor tutorials.
希望你繼續關注，我將持續更新水彩教程。
Have any questions or need clarification? Please feel free to leave a comment or drop me a line at craftberrybush@yahoo.com. Or, leave a comment below!
有任何的疑問或需求，請給我留言或發郵件到郵箱，或在文檔下方留言。
寫在最后
最近在嘗試畫水彩，但自己畫始終不得要領，于是閑逛之，偶見這篇教程，淺顯易懂（英文也是），過程中透著一種快樂。一邊自己學著，一邊分享著，希望給想畫畫的朋友帶來一絲清涼。蘇珊姐的英文其實很差的，僅憑著對繪畫的喜歡喝了解來進行翻譯，有不地道的地方還請留言指出。
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