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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