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Waterco Clematis Flower
Today we love to share a tutorial with you - how to paint a clematis with watercolor step by step. Here, you might try to follow the steps and pick up some techniques easily!
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TOOLS: There have a variety of brushes for you to choose from. It depends on which objects, sizes, and shapes you’ll need. Today we only use two size brushes: Raphael Series 835 watercolor brush size 10 and no#1 Fan brush. We used 300gsm Hot pressed Watercolour paper and please prepare two cups of water. One for rinse the paint off your brush and the other for keeping your brush moist.
COLORS: In this clematis painting, we use cadmium yellow for the stamen. Mix the color of Indian red, cadmium red medium, and cobalt violet for the petal.
STEP 1 Find some clematis pictures, at least two images are preferred to achieve the best painting. Choose a close up shot image and you can see how much detail it has, then choose another one with your favourite petal shapes to follow.
STEP 2 Then mix water with the pigments, apply cadmium red medium and cobalt violet for the first layer of petals
STEP 3 After that, blend the color with Indian red,cadmium red medium and cobalt violet for the center of the petals (the latter two colors we have already mixed, therefore simply add in indian red and blend it together).
STEP 4 Now wait for a few minutes for the petals to dry and add a touch of darker colors to make the petals slightly blocked in. Then apply cadmium yellow for the stamen and hooker green for the leaves.
STEP 5 When the above parts are all done, outline the flower with Indian red and cadmium red medium , then apply the same color to draw some lines from the top of the petals to the stamen which emphasize the pattern details. 囍
“Hapiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower.” – John H arrigan
Tips: Various effects can be obtained depending on the choice of papers and brushes, and the opacity of the paint will depend on how much water you mix in, thus, test the “tools” before making your first move!
More about Clematis...
Clematis features from Home & Garden Information Center https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/clematis/
The Clematis As a Garden Flower by Thomas Moore & George Jackman https://books.google.com.hk/books/about/The_Clematis_As_a_Garden_Flower. html?id=u1MQAwAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y
