Watercolor Poppies - Drawing and painting

In this video I will be sharing my method of drawing and painting poppies. Right now, these are covering the hillsides with beauty and color. I created and painted a couple different versions showing various angles of the poppies, including a few buds.

I have chosen to use mainly primary colors and allow the red and yellow to mix together to create a beautiful hue of orange that I couldn’t buy in a tube. This is primarily a wet-in-wet technique aside from the first layer of petals wet on dry paper.

00:00. Introduction to this tutorial on drawing and painting poppies in watercolor
00:46. Sketching with different perspective
09:29. My colors
12:48. My supplies
15:18. Let's start painting! First flower...
20:35. Second flower - different perspective
23:20. Third flower, and yet another perspective
33:03. First leaves
40:02. My end result and suggestions. Thank you, Happy Painting, most of all, Enjoy!

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My paper today is a beautiful and thick 100% cotton paper by @arches, “rough” 140# watercolor paper, which has A LOT of texture and absorbs a lot of the water from my brush.
I would not recommend this for a beginner, as it can be a little tricky to get used to. I have provided a link below to the Arches 140# cold-pressed paper, which I typically use and is of great quality.

I am also helping the paint to blend by “pulling” the paint specifically in the petal I dab or dot in the red paint and then go back with a dryer brush with less water and help pull the paint into the yellow petal with the tip of my brush.

I thought it might be fun to make this little practice painting available for you in my Etsy shop!
You watched me paint it, and I priced it very attractively for you!
What fun, right? Your purchase will help me and YOU! What's included?
painting from tutorial signed dated and tutorial episode name
my pre-recording swatch I created with colors for reference (all handwritten)
more pre-work, showing brushstrokes, descriptions
These are all my behind-the-scenes notes and prework.
Every painting is on different papers, depending on what I was teaching, different sizes, and meant for supporting you although can be framed as well as a fun piece!

I am using @Winsornewton paints in the following colors-
Cad yellow
Cad red
Sap and Olive Green
Paynes Gray

When you are ready, here are some supplies I use and suggest.

Good supplies will last you a long time when taken care of properly.

Winsor Newton Pan Paints - https://amzn.to/3ni8B5C

Arches Watercolor Paper: https://amzn.to/3K05hnt

Size 8 Princeton brush Velvet Touch
Round brush: https://amzn.to/3LwZYy6

Plastic Paint palette with lid https://amzn.to/3JQlnzY

Make sure and grab my free ebook here https://tr.ee/b5mjIs9fyF
It's a beautiful reference for the brushstrokes I use in my tutorials.

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Thank you, and Happy Painting!

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