Award-winning illustrator Larry Day shows you how to unravel (and learn lots from) any artist's composition

 

Try to duplicate the drills in the following set of videos. They'll set a foundation that will make watercolor painting easier for you. These exercises aren't hard. But they're important:

1.) Bamboo leaf with two colors
2.) Your watercolor grammar: Three different kinds of brushing
3.)  Paint rectangles and glaze over them with more colors
4.)  Paint the old tree in the manner shown.