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Yellow Wildflower Watercolor Class (Video)

ByKarina Rovira

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Learn how to paint a YELLOW wildflower using watercolor during this full length video tutorial class. Follow along with artist Mira O’Brien as she guides you step by step how to paint a flower in a botanical style. Through a process of close observation and layering, we will capture the details of these delicate subjects. Discover a new way to appreciate even small instances of nature in your immediate surroundings through botanical illustration.  

Go deeper into the process during the Spring Botanical Watercolor Workshop or Summer Botanical Watercolor Workshop

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Ficaria verna, commonly known as lesser celandine or fig buttercup. Wikipedia A very common wildflower in Europe and an invasive species in N America.

Materials: 

  • Watercolors: Any basic set of watercolors will suffice for this class. I will be using pigments such as lemon yellow, yellow “pure”, quinacridone purple, cobalt blue, and more… but I will also suggest alternative combinations if you don’t have the exact same pigments as me. 
  • Small and/ or medium sized round watercolor brush. 
  • Watercolor paper (300g)
  • HB pencil
  • Water cup, paper towel

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