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作者：Vivian Swift
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How to Paint an Entire Fall Landscape in One Single Leaf
如何通过画一片树叶展现出秋天的景致
My criteria for the Perfect Fall Leaf is that it contain every color of the season in one feuille. Obviously, as soon as I laid eyes on this beauty I knew I’d found perfection for this year’s Annual Fall Leaf Painting Tutorial (2013).
在我的标准中，完美的秋叶应该是在一片落叶上包含这个季节的所有色彩。很显然，当我把目光投向这片美丽的树叶时，我知道我找到了，为今年的绘画教程而准备的完美秋叶（2013年）。
If in previous years you've followed my Annual Fall Leaf Painting Tutorial, you already know that after I've laid my leaf on 90-pound Canson watercolor paper and traced its entire outer edge, I divide the leaf into its “cells”. The secret to painting a Fall leaf is to paint it cell-by-cell.
如果你看过我往年的“年度秋叶绘画教程”，你就会知道，我已经提前在90磅康颂水彩纸上，用铅笔描绘了叶子的轮廓，并分好“细胞”区块。画好秋叶的秘密就在于，一块一块地画。
I am using size 0 and 00 brushes and my cute little set of Windsor Newton watercolors here — the colors are very bright and rich. Let the watercolor dry throughly before you start a new cell.
我使用的0号和00号水彩笔刷，及我可爱的小号盒装温莎牛顿水彩 - 颜色是非常靓丽饱满。等前一区块的水彩彻底干了之后，再画下一块区域。
This way, you can let the paint colors bleed into each other with in each cell (see below, I’m letting my yellow paint bleed into the green)…
这样，可以让颜料在每个区域内互相晕染（见下文，我让黄色晕入绿色）...
…and still keep all the other cells clean and bright and not muddied-up as you add to the leaf (cell by cell):
...，同时保持所有其他区域整洁明亮，在你不断添加颜色时不弄脏其他区域：
I'll just let you watch for the next few frames as I paint in details, cell by cell:
我只让你看在接下来的我画的几步细节，一块一块地画：
I have to say that I find Fall Leaf Painting to be very relaxing, especially when I add the tiniest details.
不得不说，我觉得叶秋绘画过程令人非常放松，尤其是在我添加最微小的细节时。
The great thing about Fall Leaf Painting…
画秋叶最棒的……
…is that in the end, you have a leaf that will never fade or crumble or get disgusting looking (tea bag included for scale):
......是，到最后，你将拥有一片永远不会褪色，或弄碎，或变烂的叶子（与茶包对比）：
This is what happens to your Fall Leaf the day after you finish painting it, poor thing.
这是在你画完秋叶的那天之后，可怜的树叶就会枯萎。
This is especially true with oak leaves! Hooboy, nothing dies faster and uglier than an oak leaf. That’s why I was overjoyed when I found an unusually ripe oak leaf this year and was able to paint it before the poor thing went the way of all fallen leaves.
橡树叶尤其如此！呜呜~~~没有什么比橡树叶枯萎得更快，更丑陋了。这就是为什么，今年当我发现一片不同寻常的橡树落叶，并能够在可怜的东西随所有树叶凋零前，把它画下来时，我高兴极了。
For more Fall Leaf Painting Tutorials, please check the Archives of this blog under Watercolor Tutorials. Sure, you might have to wade through some Cat Painting and a lot of Garden Painting and loads of Watercolor Failures that I’ve posted from time to time…but enjoy the browse and if you care to send me a note you can always reach me at vivianswift@yahoo.com.
欲了解更多秋天树叶绘画教程，请查看本博客下的其他水彩画教程。当然，你会看到一些猫的画和大量的园林画，我已发布许多的水彩教程……尽请浏览，你亦可以随时与我联系vivianswift@yahoo.com
苏珊姐说
本期推荐Vivian的一个高阶水彩教程，过程就没有之前Lucy的教程那么详细了，适合已经有一定水彩技法基础的同学。总的来说Vivian的技法已经炉火纯青，为想画写实树叶的同学指明了方向。菜鸟苏珊姐觉得，在熟悉水彩的晕染特性后，就可以尝试这样的画法了，细致和耐心是基本的要求，老师都只用最小的笔刷哦。
哪位朋友画了的话，记得跟苏珊姐交流一下。
