How to paint a papaya with watercolor: beginners tutorial

Nohelia Vázquez


Paints

To get a similar result it is not necessary to use this exact list of supplies. I personally use paints of both student and professional grade, and of brands with different price points.

Winsor & Newton:

  • Cadmium orange (it has a warning label! do not spray or touch, cadmium is known to cause cancer by means of inhalation, W&N also offers a cadmium free orange)
  • Winsor yellow
  • Sap green
  • Winsor Lemon
  • Transparent orange
  • Winsor Orange red shade
  • Sepia: not pictured

Brushes

Any round mop brush will work for painting the base, and for details a small round brush will do. My mop brush is not synthetic but I don't see how a synthetic one cannot do the same job.

Paper

I used Saunders Waterford 300g/m2 cold press, grain fine, 100% cotton

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