Loose Watercolor Flowers Practice Session
According to my mom, I’m not great at painting flowers. And she’s not wrong. I have yet to find my stride when it comes to painting botanicals. But I know if I really wanted to find it, I could. But it will definitely take some practice.
Back when I started watercoloring, one of the first subjects I tried painting was flowers. Even then I knew I didn’t truly find joy painting flowers in the style that I was attempting. I showed my mother and she told me those paintings didn’t have “life” to them. I totally agree with her statement and I am also not surprised because my heart wasn’t in it when I was painting them.
Since then I haven’t spent a lot of time painting flowers, but since then I’ve also grown as an artist. I’ve been curious to see how I would approach flowers after making progress and practicing with the medium over the past few years.
So I decided, for the whole month of March, I will just paint flowers. The first practice session felt like I was trying to learn to ride a bike after not riding for years. A little unsure and wobbly, but the muscle memory was definitely still there.
I filmed my practice session and decided to share it on YouTube. Most YouTube videos for paintings are nicely presented processes that result in a final painting. So this one is a bit different since it’s just me experimenting and trying to get a hang of flowers again.
I painted 3 different pages with a variety of styles just to get a feel for it again. If you want to follow along and hear about some of my thoughts on these practice attempts, click below to watch the video!
SUPPLIES USED
Unknown Brand ¾ “ Flat Brush (similar)
As always, thank you for reading & watching,
Susan
