Will Elliston

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

First of all, please say hi to your cute caty! And I just love how the stems have words! A great idea especially for greeting cards! Thanks for sharing!

I have two assistant cats…only they tend to want to be involved in the painting process more.Watercolor is so magical! Glad you found the medium since it is clear you have a knack for it!Have you tried any of Chris Carter’s classes here on color? She is a fabulous teacher and accomplished artist. I was just starting with watercolors and happened to find Chris here…

Thank you Carol! I will look into Chris Carter

Lovely messages on stems! Beautiful &lt;3!

Such a pretty artwork! And of course your assistent is adorable

Love your creative word play on the stems.

So very pretty! I love your stylistic approach to this. All the extra swirls add a lovely feeling to it. I really like the shape of your leaves as well, a nice variety. It's really good to so your other interpretation as well, very creative! Thank you for sharing :)

Thank you Will :) Much appreciated feedback

very interesting how you worked in the words and love the cat.

Thank you Carmen :) Teak is a gem of a cat

<img style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" src="https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=1000,format=auto/uploads/project/69dbb1130147468313f75485d9d6f579/a7869647.jpeg" alt="Watercolor florals for beginners - image 1 - student project" srcset="https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=600,format=auto/uploads/project/69dbb1130147468313f75485d9d6f579/a7869647.jpeg 600w, https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=1000,format=auto/uploads/project/69dbb1130147468313f75485d9d6f579/a7869647.jpeg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" loading="lazy"><img style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" src="https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=1000,format=auto/uploads/project/69dbb1130147468313f75485d9d6f579/7b8c98eb.jpeg" alt="Watercolor florals for beginners - image 2 - student project" srcset="https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=600,format=auto/uploads/project/69dbb1130147468313f75485d9d6f579/7b8c98eb.jpeg 600w, https://static.skillshare.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,width=1000,format=auto/uploads/project/69dbb1130147468313f75485d9d6f579/7b8c98eb.jpeg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" loading="lazy">Great class!&nbsp;
 The very last pic in this post is my first attempt which I sorely overworked (I have a knack for that! ) I made a second attempt with the help of my trusty side kick Teak ;)
I used Winsor newton cotman from tubes on Legion coldpress. Main brush was #4 Princeton aqua elite long round.&nbsp; 
I fell in love with watercolor this past February and have been experimenting daily since

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