Painting a Watercolour Christmas Wreath

It's Christmas! To celebrate the season, I had my very first go at drawing and painting a Christmas wreath in ink and watercolour. The reference photo is included below if you'd like to try it yourself. Merry Christmas!
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REFERENCE PHOTOS
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PRODUCTS USED
Here are the products I used in this video and where I bought them. All sites are based in the UK and ship worldwide. Products marked ** are affiliate links and may earn me a few pennies if you shop through these, at no extra cost to you.
DRAWING GLOVE
Wacom Drawing Glove, left and right handed
Amazon - www.amazon.co....
SKETCHBOOK
Pink Pig Watercolour Sketchbook, Ameleie Paper, A5
** Pink Pig - www.the-pink-p...
WATERCOLOUR PAINTS
Royal Talens Van Gogh Watercolours, Set of 24
(I have a larger set which is now unavailable, but the paints in this set contain all the main colours - the extra colours I have are mostly metallic and interference colours which can be bought in a separate set).
** Jackson’s - www.jacksonsar...
PAINT BRUSH
Van Gogh watercolour brush, size 6 round (included with my paint set)
FOUNTAIN PEN
LAMY Safari, Extra Fine Nib, Yellow
Cult Pens - www.cultpens.c...
FOUNTAIN PEN CONVERTER (FOR USING BOTTLED INK)
Lamy Z28 Piston Ink Converter
Cult Pens - www.cultpens.c...
FOUNTAIN PEN NIBS
LAMY Z50 Replacement Nibs, Various Sizes
Cult Pens - www.cultpens.c...
Note: With LAMY pens you can easily swap the nibs to your preferred size.
FOUNTAIN PEN INK
De Atramentis Document Ink, Black
Cult Pens - www.cultpens.c...
PENCIL
Uni Kuru Toga Self-Rotating Mechanical Pencil
** Jackson’s - www.jacksonsar...
PENCIL LEAD
Uni Kuru Toga Nano Diamond Pencil Lead Refills, HB, 0.5mm
** Jackson’s - www.jacksonsar...
ERASER
Faber-Castell Soft Kneadable Artist's Eraser
** Jackson’s - www.jacksonsar...

[@fcohen8296]

Lovely and so different than your usual sketches. Appreciate that you left a few real time sections; it helps me adjust to how the drawing actually proceeds.

[@UrbanSketchy]

Thank you, yeah I enjoy trying new things, it all helps the learning process in the long run. Cheers 🙂

[@monikozi]

That is a truly fine wreath. The layers really gave depth to it. Excellent job!

[@UrbanSketchy]

Thanks! This is the beauty of watercolour, you can just keep sloshing on the layers until it looks like you knew what you were doing 😄

[@suej947]

Lovely work again, Donald. I really enjoyed watching you do that. The door knocker in particular was fascinating.

[@UrbanSketchy]

Thanks Sue. Yes the door knocker surprised me, the way the watercolour dried did give an unintentional 3D effect and the gel pen somehow made it look more metallic. Bit of an accidental success there!

[@futurecondos]

This is lovely! Great sketch, Donald

[@UrbanSketchy]

Thanks for saying, appreciate it! Cheers, Donald.

[@lesleyevans6938]

Thanks. I will give this a go

[@UrbanSketchy]

Grand, it’s a fun one to try. Enjoy!