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Blooming Botanicals: An Easy Step-by-Step Guide to Painting Watercolor Florals for Beginners

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Overview

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In this beginner's watercolour painting class, you will embark on a delightful journey into the world of botanical florals. Discover the joy of capturing the beauty and delicacy of flowers through the enchanting medium of watercolours. This step-by-step guide is designed to help you create breathtaking floral compositions that come to life on paper.

Watercolours offer a unique and expressive approach to painting botanicals, allowing you to infuse your artwork with a sense of serenity and grace. Throughout this step-by-step guide, you will learn the fundamental techniques essential for watercolour beginners, such as brush control, colour blending, and understanding the characteristics of the watercolour medium.

This class will provide you with a variety of resources, including reference images, templates, and colour palettes, to support you in your creative journey. You will receive guidance on selecting the right brushes, mixing colours, and composing your painting to create a visually captivating piece of art.

By the end of this class, you will have developed a strong foundation in watercolour techniques and have a stunning floral painting to showcase your artistic growth. Whether you dream of adorning your home with beautiful floral artwork or wish to explore watercolours as a therapeutic hobby, this class will empower you to create personalized masterpieces of botanical florals that enchant and inspire.

 

Thank you so much for your interest in this class!

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Try this class to explore your creativity...

I’ve been painting for many years now, taken part in many exhibitions around the world and won awards from well respected organisations. As well as having my work feature in art magazines. After having success selling my originals and 1000s of prints around the world, I decided to start traveling with my brushes and paintings. My style is modern and attempts to grasp the essence of what I’m painting whilst allowing freedom and expression to come through. I simplify complicated subjects into easier shapes that encourages playfulness.

You'll Learn:

  • What materials and equipment to need to painting along
  • Basic technique to complete your first painting
  • How to avoid common mistakes
  • Choosing the right colours for your painting
  • How to blend colours and create textures for different effects
  • Making corrections and improvements
  • Finishing touches that make a big difference

When enrolled, I’ll include my complete ‘Watercolour Mixing Charts’. These are a huge aid for beginners and experts alike. They show what every colour on the palette looks like when mixed with each other. Indispensable when it comes to choosing which colour to mix.

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Additional Resources:

  • Here are the art supplies I recommend
  • Follow me on Instagram
  • Check out my website

Music by Audionautix.com

Syllabus

  • Welcome To The Class!
  • Your Project
  • Materials & Supplies
  • Drawing It Out
  • Painting The Flowers
  • Painting The Leaves
  • Small Leaf Brush Control
  • Painting The Stems
  • Colour Variations
  • Painting The Buds
  • Mixing Natural Greens
  • Connecting All The Pieces
  • Finishing Touches
  • Final Thoughts

Taught by

Will Elliston

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