Contemporary watercolour botanicals
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1. Introduction

Will you enjoy this course?
Introduction - is this the right course for you?
Contemporary botanicals outline
Contemporary botanicals materials
This course's painting
Alternative circular painting
Another example to inspire!
Blues and greens example
Multicolour flowers example
2. Warming up

Using brush work to your advantage
Warming up
3. Leaf library

Developing leaf references
Leaf library
4. Masking fluid

All you need to know about masking fluid
Masking fluid
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 flowers
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 complete
14. Finishing

What have we here and what do we need to do?
Removing masking, assessing and finishing
The painting with masking removed
Starting to touch up
Making progress
Final tondo painting
Final close-up

Contemporary botanicals outline

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