Vibrant Autumn Leaves Watercolor Painting Workshop - Intermediate

Bring the beauty of autumn onto paper in this guided watercolour workshop, where we'll paint a stunning collection of five seasonal leaves - a golden oak, Japanese maple, ginkgo, large maple, and delicate oval leaves - each with its own character, color, and technique.

This is a fully guided, paint-along class. You'll receive a pre-sketched watercolour paper with all five leaves ready to paint, plus a reference photo to work from. As we paint together leaf by leaf, you'll explore the full warmth of an autumn palette — mixing a selection of colours to capture those rich seasonal tones.

We'll begin with a short colour wheel session focused on mixing your autumn palette, before painting each leaf together at a comfortable pace.

What you'll practice:

• Colour mixing to create a rich autumn palette
• Wet-on-wet blending for natural colour gradients
• Tonal variation and layering
• Capturing leaf texture and vein detail
• Working from a real leaf reference

Want to go your own way? Spare paper is provided if you'd prefer to sketch and paint your own leaf compositions freely.

Who this class is for:

This class is designed for painters who already have a foundation in watercolour basics — wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, and simple colour mixing. If you've completed a beginner watercolour class (including our Cherry Blossom class here in Brunswick) you're perfectly placed for this.

Absolute beginners will find this class challenging - we recommend starting with one of our beginner sessions first before joining us here, such as the Japanese Cherry Blossom Painting Class.