Painting realistic autumn leaves with Irina Khist

In this tutorial, Irina Khist demonstrates how to paint realistic autumn leaves in watercolor from a reference photo using ArtistAssistApp. Irina Khist is a watercolor artist and the person who inspired and supported the development of ArtistAssistApp.

Getting started with ArtistAssistApp

Select your paints.

Import your photo.

Study tonal values to learn how to create contrast and depth in your paintings.

Smooth your photo to reduce detail and focus on the big shapes and proportions.

Select any desired color directly from the image, and learn how to mix it with your paint.

Save instructions for mixing your favorite colors so you can quickly access them using the Palette tool.

The "Palette" tool stores instructions for mixing your favorite colors for quick reference.

About ArtistAssistApp

ArtistAssistApp, also known as Artist Assist App, is a web app for artists to accurately mix any color from a photo, analyze tonal values, turn a photo into an outline, draw with the grid method, paint with a limited palette, simplify a photo, remove the background from an image, compare photos pairwise, and more.

Try it now for free at https://app.artistassistapp.com to improve your painting and drawing skills and create stunning artworks.