Watercolor Poppies Tutorial | Speed Painting

In this video, I will show you how to paint poppy flowers with watercolor. It took me about an hour to paint the picture, here I speed it up 6x. Read below for instructions ⇩ If you like this kind of video, please "thumbs up" the video and SUBSCRIBE for more. If you would like a detailed version of how to paint flowers, let me know in the comments below. Thanks for watching! SUPPLIES Watercolor Paper: I'm using Canson XL Pads 11 x 15 inches (http://amzn.to/2s83Mih) Watercolor Paints: any will do, I'm using St. Petersburg Nevskaya Palitra (http://amzn.to/2GKBJsp) Blushes: big, medium, small and extra small for details Masking tape Drawing Board PAINTING EXPLANATION The purpose of this study is to practice painting shapes not lines. Combining abstract shapes makes the artwork interesting. It gives it a painterly feel as opposed to illustration. Prep your paper by taping it with masking tape to the drawing board. The taping will reduce warping of the paper when painting. 1. Pick a photo reference for your painting. 2. Lightly mark with a pencil where you want the flowers painted. 3. Pick and premix your red colors. I'm using three shades of red: a primary red, lighter red, and darker red. The "lighter" red is a warm color with yellow added to it. The "darker" red is a cool color with blue added to it, and can even look purplish. The primary red is a neutral color and can have a little bit of yellow and blue added to it. Please take a note that in color theory, warm colors will feel closer in space, and cool colors will appear to recede. 4. Use a wet-on-wet watercolor technique. Add a clear water wash over the sketched flowers. Paint your primary red color and lighter red on the flower edges. Let the paint spread and mix, the paint will stop running where the dry areas begin. Add your darker red where the flowers fold and create depth. In other words, paint darker shapes where you think the color recedes. 5. Take your paper towel and blot the centers of the flowers, there we'll paint the flower pistils. 6. While the flowers are drying, add the poppies' green stems and buds. Again, I'm using three colors: primary green, lighter green (which has a yellowish undertone) and dark green (which has a bluish undertone). Add lighter green (yellow-green) where the stems reflect light. Add dark green (blue-green) where the stems are in the shadow. 7. For the flower centers, paint the main shapes with yellow color and the shadows with dark yellow-beige color. 8. Take a tiny brush and paint the flower stamens. Instead of using black, I premixed blue with green and used that color for any darker details. 9. Add any other details you feel fit to the painting. 10. That's it. Enjoy your painting! SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/theinspiredartist INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/theinspiredartist WEBSITE: theinspiredartist.me My Other Watercolor Videos: Feeling Stressed Out? De-stress Through Art (https://youtu.be/7U_oFYKWqAI) How to Beautiful Handmade Butterfly Cards (https://youtu.be/KzENfJIb0Wc) How To Watercolor Thank You Card (https://youtu.be/bjzHAS3M710) How To Watercolor Tulips Card (https://youtu.be/IFjNUoKi86U) *************************************************** Music Credits: Prelude in C (BWV 846) Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Bensound Cute - http://www.bensound.com Bensound Acoustic Breeze - http://www.bensound.com DISCLAIMER: This video and description contains affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links, I’ll receive a small commission. This helps support this channel and allows me to continue making videos. Thank you for all your support.