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One of my methods of painting a still-life watercolor
Step-by-step still-life watercolor painting demonstration

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Still-life setting and drawing

How to paint a watercolor still-life painting of mandarin oranges and persimmons from setting to finish, demonstrated by Yong Chen

After I spent enough time arranging my still-life setting, I started from a drawing to define the space and shapes of each subject.

In the process of setting up, I have already spent time thinking through the concept, the mood, the space (include the negative space), and how the colors would work together. In the drawing step, I did a final evaluation of the setting till I was completely satisfied with the arrangement.

Would you like to see how I prepared the setting for this watercolor still-life painting? See the end of this article.