5 EASY Watercolour Flowers - Perfect For Beginners! (it's easier than you think)

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Published 2022-10-20
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Winsor & Newton Professional Tubes:
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The colours in my palette:
Lemon yellow, Cadmium yellow, yellow ochre, cadmium orange, Winsor red, alizarin crimson, perylene maroon, opera rose, permanent rose, quinacridone magenta, perylene violet, Winsor violet (dioxazine), olive green, hookers green, sap green, perylene green, Winsor blue, French ultramarine, phthalate turquoise, cobalt turquoise light, cobalt blue, indigo, Paynes gray, lamp black, neutral tint, sepia, burnt umber, and brown madder.

Winsor & Newton Cotman tube set:
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Top 5 W&N Cotman Colours To Start With As A Beginner:
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- Permanent Rose
- Cadmium Yellow
- Turquoise
- Cadmium Red Deep
- Hooker Green Dark

My next 5 choices would be:
- Dioxazine Purple
- Sap Green
- Prussian Blue
- Burnt Umber
- Black

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All Comments (21)
  • @cbourgeois538
    I'm a beginner water color artist 😊. I looked at several videos before I chose you as my water color teacher. Thanks for the instructions.
  • Thanks for your simple straightforward instructions with no distracting music. Your flowers turned out great and I can't wait to try them out!
  • @ruth112
    You said easy so I thought "hmm OK. I'll give it a go". They came out looking like flowers 🤔 but I wouldn't want to land in a field of them 😅😅 Yours are perfect. I won't give up. One day I'll paint pretty flowers like yours 😊
  • @tamijeppson8068
    I agree, I appreciate your tutorials without distracting music. I can’t wait to try these.
  • @marionbyrne9765
    Great video. I haven’t painted for years but I’m inspired to get my paints out and get started again. Thank you ✌️❤️
  • @bbknits2074
    I’m so happy I found your channel , the flowers are so delicate ❤ I’m just learning to draw and paint at age 70 and am very drawn to whimsical art so far. On seeing this video I’m going to give this a go also . Have subscribed and hopefully I will learn a lot more from you 👏🏻👏🏻
  • @KIMHALLIDAY8
    Just bought my first set of watercolors (in my 60s) and tried your excellent tutorial May 1st, 2024. My mom is turning 86 this month, so I’m hoping to text her a photo of a little watercolor card every day this month. Thanks for your excellent tutorials!
  • I'm so happy that this just came through ! I can't use my left arm or hand at the moment, so I need something to challenge me - I'm a total beginner 🤔😊
  • @songbanana8
    You make it look so easy. It was hard for beginners still but I hope someday to get better
  • @RadishandRoux
    Flowers have really intimidated me through the past few years with my watercolor journey, but this video really was an eye-opener, and I will be practicing flowers much more often! Thank you for this video, and I hope/would love to see more of these!
  • I'm so happy I found you Emma you're so awesome. Because of your teaching style I'm no longer scared to paint as a beginner it can be intimidating lol
  • @Mieke256
    I used my kids water colors and brushes and except for the daisies (too dark!) it turned out great. I think I might have a new hobby 😊 thank you for the great instructions!
  • @susosu6070
    I’m a beginner. I love lavender. I tried your technique last night. Love it! Love it! Love it! ❤❤❤ Thank you so much 🙏🏻😘
  • I over think the process. This looks so simple and fun. I have to just relax.
  • I’m just so happy YT brought me here ❤ the tutorial is lovely and I can’t wait to try these ❤
  • @melw7450
    very helpful! i never get tired of seeing flowers; freesia, columbine, bleeding hearts, hollyhocks, snapdragons, forget me nots