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How to make a fantastic tree using warm and cold colours!

Make a Fantastic Tree Using Warm and Cold Colours!

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First of all you need white and black paper, watercolor crayons, brushes and a pen.

First of all you need white and black paper, watercolor crayons, brushes and a pen.

Start with drawing your tree, I didn't add a lot of details but that's entirely up to you!

Start with drawing your tree, I didn't add a lot of details but that's entirely up to you!

Finish the tree!

Finish the tree!

Add som wavy lines across the drawing.

Add som wavy lines across the drawing.

Use warm colors inside the tree. Be careful not to put the same colors next to each other.

Use warm colors inside the tree. Be careful not to put the same colors next to each other.

Fill in the spaces!

Fill in the spaces!

Use cold colors outside the tree.

Use cold colors outside the tree.

And fill in the spaces :-)

And fill in the spaces :-)

Use a watercolor brush and some water to spread out the colour!

Use a watercolor brush and some water to spread out the colour!

Keep going! It's a smart strategy to not paint spaces next to each other, just to stop the paint from bleeding into one another!

Keep going! It's a smart strategy to not paint spaces next to each other, just to stop the paint from bleeding into one another!

Almost finished!

Almost finished!

Mark the contours with a black pen.

Mark the contours with a black pen.

Go get some glue!

Go get some glue!

Glue your tree to a black paper, it's the nicest way to make it pop out!

Glue your tree to a black paper, it's the nicest way to make it pop out!

All our trees! Nice - Right!!

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