Watercolor Postcard Paint-Along: Sunset Variations

Use the same basic pattern to make multiple cards. Plus, a strategy for making sparkles on water and a way to suggest natural-looking grasses.
For suggestions about protecting your postcards in the mail, please see the intro portion of the "Backlit Clouds Variations" postcard paint-along: • Watercolor Postcard Pa...
Supplies used in Postcard Paint-Along videos:
-watercolor paper: I cut scraps to postcard size (4x6"). I'm using 140-lb cold-pressed, 100% cotton watercolor papers, many different brands. This is how I use up paper samples and odds and ends. If you are new to watercolor, here are some popular 100% cotton papers to try: Arches, Saunders Waterford, Kilimanjaro (Cheap Joe's house brand), Dick Blick Premier (Dick Blick's 100% cotton house brand). A 22x30" sheet will yield 25 4x6" postcards.
-other supplies: I describe the items in my travel sketching kit in this video, for those who want more info about what I'm using: • Second Sunday Live Dem... . The video description for that video includes a link to a handout listing all the supplies, as well.
Want to get all my free lessons as soon as they're published? (Including lessons that don't get published here because they involve writing and photos as well as video.) Sign up for my newsletter on Substack:
lynnebaur.subs...
There's no paywall--the free subscription option includes every article--although I am always grateful for those who choose to support this work with a voluntary paid subscription. :)
For a wealth of watercolor how-to info, project templates and reference photos and watercolor courses (much of it free), visit my website at
dragonflyspiri...
and my course website at
watercolorcoac...
Thanks for watching!