10 Christmas and Winter Watercolor Tutorials

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Looking for fun watercolor tutorials to help you practice essential techniques while enjoying the holiday season? Want some awesome ideas for Christmas watercolor greeting cards to give away to loved ones?


Whether you're into still life, landscapes, loose botanicals or animals, you'll find a tutorial you'll enjoy in this compilation.

All of these tutorials are beginner-friendly, step-by-step, and help you practice essential watercolor skills and techniques that you can take with you to future paintings. 

The "Watch on YouTube" icon on the bottom left of each video will take you to my tutorial over on Youtube. There, you'll find extra links and supplies in the description box below each video, in case you're interested. 

Ready for some fun?

Grab your supplies and let's paint together! 




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Watercolor Gnome with Salt Background​

Practice essential techniques such as wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry and layering with this fun, whimsical Christmas gnome piece. 
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*The outline sketch for this tutorial is available for free here. 


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​Colorful Christmas Ornaments Step-by-Step Tutorial

In this Christmas ornaments tutorial, I take you through my entire process, from preliminary pencil sketch to bright watercolor washes.


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Watercolor Snowman Beginner-Friendly Tutorial with Salt Background

Let's paint a cute snowman together! In this one, we're using the salting technique to create a beautiful falling snow effect in the background. 
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Christmas Greeting Card Watercolor *Workshop Recording*

In this workshop, I teach you how to sketch and paint a Christmas stocking using just a few colors. 
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*The outline sketch for this tutorial is available for free here. 

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Christmas Wreath Watercolor Tutorial 

Follow along to paint a simple but stunning Christmas wreath with just a few colors. This is a great one for practicing different types of leaves. 




​Watercolor Christmas Bells Tutorial

In this one, I teach you how to paint golden Christmas bells with pine tree leaves and berries.
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*The outline sketch for this tutorial is available for free here. 



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​Winter Landscape Watercolor Tutorial

How do you paint snow with watercolor? It's easier than you think! In this one, I teach you how to easily paint snow scenes and evergreen trees.



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Christmas Cookies Step-by-Step Tutorial for Beginners

In this full tutorial, I take you through my entire process for a set of realistic Christmas watercolor cookies. I explain how to draw these and my simple, 2-layer painting process for realistic results.
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6 Ways to Add Falling Snow to Watercolor Paintings

Here are 6 must-know techniques that will help you add a beautiful falling snow effect to watercolor winter scenes. 

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Watercolor Polar Bear Tutorial

In this painting tutorial, I teach you how to paint a realistic polar bear using just a few colors. I explain how I use masking fluid to easily create the illusion of falling snow, as well as to help enhance fur textures.


*The outline sketch for this one is available for Patreon members here. 




Recommended Watercolor Supplies:
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Princeton Neptune Watercolor Brushes

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Arches Cold Press Watercolor Paper 100% Cotton

Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolor Tubes

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Scott Shop Multipurpose Towels

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