Are you inspired by beautiful watercolor flower paintings but not sure how to get started? Learn how to combine three essential watercolor techniques while painting simple colourful flowers.

In this 34 minute class, ideal for beginners and intermediate levels, Textile Designer and Floral Artist Helen Turner will show you how to master the 3 most essential watercolor techniques you will need to paint simple botanical flowers; Wet on Wet, Wet on Dry and a lastly a thicker consistency of Wet on Dry painting for finer details.

Guiding you through from selecting materials, practice, sketching and final painting, you will learn how to master the basic watercolor techniques making shapes and colour gradients to create stunning simple flowers.  

This Class will cover;

·       Selecting Materials

·       Tracing out our image

·       3 Key Watercolour techniques

·       Painting in layers to create depth and adding details

You can use the flower image provided or paint from live specimens. We will cover how to find inspiration in flowers and how capture an image to use as a reference.

Flower painting is a meditative craft, and whether you are looking for an introduction to a new hobby, to develop a new technique or even brushing up on existing painting skills, you will find plenty of inspiration teamed with practical advice in this creative and relaxing class.