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This course's painting

This course's painting

This is the tondo (circular painting) which we will go through on this course. You can adapt the size, colours and shapes to make it truly yours.

Contemporary watercolour botanicals

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1. Introduction

Will you enjoy this course?2

Introduction - is this the right course for you?2

Contemporary botanicals outline

Contemporary botanicals materials2

This course's painting

Alternative circular painting2

Another example to inspire!3

Blues and greens example2

Multicolour flowers example2

2. Warming up

Using brush work to your advantage2

Warming up2

3. Leaf library

Developing leaf references

Leaf library6

4. Masking fluid

All you need to know about masking fluid

Masking fluid4

5. Planning

Having a plan

Coming up with a rough plan

6. Preparing the circle

Getting your circle ready

Preparing the circle

7. Swatching colours

Checking out your colour choice

Swatching colours

8. First wash

Let's get going

First wash

Photo of dry first wash

9. Painting the flowers

Painting the flowers

Painting the flowers3

10. First layer masking

Definining the plants closest to the viewer

First layer of masking fluid

After the first mask

11. Second wash

Let's paint the second wash

The second wash

12. Second layer of masking and the next wash

Masking off slightly more distant foliage and the next wash

Putting on the second masking layer and the next wash

13. Final layer of masking and final wash

Finishing masking and the final wash

Final masking and final wash

Masking complete2

14. Finishing

What have we here and what do we need to do?4

Removing masking, assessing and finishing2

The painting with masking removed

Starting to touch up

Making progress

Final tondo painting14

Final close-up12