Easy Watercolor Pansy With Wet-On-Wet Technique

1. About This Class: In this quick and relaxing class, I'll show you how to paint a simple yet beautiful pansy using the wet on wet watercolor technique. We'll start with a brief demo on how paint consistency affects the way color flows on wet paper, and then we'll dive right into painting a watercolor pansy together step by step. If you're looking for a quick and easy watercolor floral project, this class is perfect for you. It's a fun way to get comfortable with a wet on wet technique while painting a beautiful loose pansy. So grab your brushes and let's get started. 2. Quick Wet-On-Wet Basics : Alright, so before we start, I want to quickly show you the wet on wet technique. This is what we'll be using to create soft natural blends in our fancy petals. So wet on wet technique is just applying wet paint onto wet paper, and because the paper is slightly wet, the pigment spreads and blends on its own, creating lovely soft edges. Now, I'll prepare two puddles of quinacridone violet mixtures. One is a watery mix, and the other is thicker with more pigment. Now let's wet a small section of the paper with some clean water. So we want an even layer of sheen across the surface with no water puddles and no dry spots. You can tilt your paper to check for any dry spots or pooling of water before adding in your colors. Okay, now let's start with the watery mixture. I'm going to tap this onto the wet area and you can see that the paint flows quickly and spreads out in soft blooms. All right. Now let's drop in the thicker mix. Now, you can see it still spreads but more slowly, and the shape stays more defined. So you can see there's a difference here. The watery mixture spreads out quickly and softly, while the thicker paint gives you more control, and it stays more in place and holds its shape. So you can actually control how much your paint spreads just by adjusting its consistency. So do keep this in mind whenever you're using the wet on wet technique. 3. Painting A Pansy : I'll be using these colors for my pansy, but feel free to paint yours in any colors you like, since pansies come in a wide range of lovely shades. Okay, let's start with the two side petals. I'm using a watery mix of quinacridone magenta. I'm going to leave a small gap between the petals for the yellow center, which we'll add later. Okay, then I'll paint the large lower petal, connecting it to the two side petals, but I'm still keeping that gap in the middle dry. Once all the petals are wet, I make sure there's an even shen across the surface and that there are no puddles and no dry patches. Now, I'll load my brush with some quinacridone violet. This mixture is a bit thicker than the quinacridone magenta, so I can control how far it spreads. So I'm going to tap in this mixture near the center and let it slowly bleed outwards. I'm just using the tip of my brush to slowly tap in the color. I don't want to tap in too much paint at once because I want to control how far the paint flows. Once I'm happy with how far the cunagodon violet has spread, I'll move on to the back petals. I'll start by drawing the outline of the petals. Here, I'm still using cunagodon violet. Since the side petals are still wet, I'll leave a gap to prevent color from bleeding into them. Now, you can wait for the side petals to dry first before adding the back petals to avoid any bleeding. All right. Now I'm going to tap in a bit of violet while this petal is still wet. This will add some color variation and depth and make it look more interesting and less flat. Then I'll repeat the same steps for the other petal. Alright. Now we'll let the petals dry before adding the yellow center and finer details. So once everything is dry, I'll add a touch of yellow to the center, followed by a bit of green for extra contrast. Then I'll mix violet and cunacudon violet to create a deeper shade and use that to paint some soft veins on the petals. I All right, so this completes our pansy. I would love to see your painting, so please share your work in the project gallery. And if you have enjoyed this class, I would really appreciate it if you could leave a quick review in the review section. This helps more students discover the class. So thank you so much for painting with me, and I'll see you in my next class. It