Watercolour made Simple

Simple wet-in-wet tree

1. Keep the brush full & watery
dragging the belly of the brush across the paper as shown.
Try to get a non symetrical shape.
2. While the paint is still wet, drop in greener paint (more ultramarine) in the shadow areas.
'Drop in' means: let the second colour flow out of the brush on its own into the first colour with little or no painting action.

3. Using Burnt Sienna + Ultramarine, paint in the trunk and branches using a rigger brush while the tree is still wet.
Let the trunk colour leak into the tree colour.

While the trunk is still damp, lift out paint with a damp rigger.

If you don't get the effect ask:
Is the stage 1 wash wet enough?
Is the stage 2 wash too wet?