Erica Schaffel on Instagram: "Tips for painting moss in watercolor👇🏻 Part two of painting mossy rocks, in detail! If you missed the first part, I posted a separate reel yesterday with details on how I paint the rocks 😊. Traditionally, with watercolors, you want to work light to dark. But I didn’t go to art school so I tend to just find what works for me through trial and error. With moss, I tend to go back and forth between dark and light. I have no reason for this at all… it’s just…

If a painting could sum up my personal aesthetic, it would be this! Moody and wild and green! ‘Moss and Fog, Sweden’ 8x6” gouache Available!

Let there be moss 🌱 I've been really enjoying doodling these mossy branches with my new forest brush friends! I designed this brush set myself from the colors to the sizes and even did the artwork...

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An extract of the rocks I painted to create the "Bare rocks and Moss Cutout" Pixelref Pack : https://www.artstation.com/a/3806124 I painted the stones by hand with Poster Colour paints. I take inspiration on the Ghibli studio style and techniques of painting to create these semi realistic and colored 2d assets.

Moss-Topped Stump