How to paint realistic, luminous white flowers that pop on white paper in watercolor, without them disappearing into the background, or appearing grey and lifeless.

This class is for Artists, Designers and Hobbyists that avoid painting the seemingly difficult subject of white flowers on white paper.

You may have questions such as:

Should I use grey for the shadows?
Can I use white paint for the highlights?
Should I outline all the petals to help them stand out?

Together we will tackle this conundrum, developing our observational and creative thinking skills and learning new floral watercolor techniques.

What You Will Learn: Using delicate tints of colors to bring your painting to life, carefully paying attention to tonal values we will translate your reference flower image in a personal and imaginative way into an expressive and unique botanical watercolor.

Key Watercolor Techniques:

Glazing/layering
Mapping tonal values for realistic forms
Using color temperature to create depth

White subjects are abundant in nature, from flowers and animals to snowy landscapes. The skills and techniques learned in this class will directly help tackle these subjects and also build a foundation to cover more general natural subjects.

Having painted for many years as a textile designer and illustrator, Helen has built up a deep knowledge of painting in watercolor with a special focus on flowers.

This class is for Artists, Designers and Hobbyists who have some painting experience and would like to broaden skill sets in painting natural subjects.

Resources:

Reference images
Materials guide
Class Slides

Materials needed:

300gsm Watercolor paper
Selection of paintbrushes sizes 0-10
Watercolor paints, pans or tubes
Water glass
Blotting paper
HB pencil
Eraser
Protective glove (optional)

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Floral Artist & Surface Pattern Designer

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