Watercolour flowers and landscapes
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Learn different colouring techniques that you can then use to create wonderful pictures. Paint beautiful flowers or tranquil landscapes, and experience how the colours merge to create new shades and harmonies. It's like pure magic.
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How to do it

1 We are now going to make colour circles. Colour circles let you to experiment with how the colours flow into each other. This is good to know when colouring flowers or painting landscapes. Prepare everything you will need, as shown in the picture.

7 Paint another 1/3 of the circle and let the colours flow together slightly for a smooth transition.

11 Experiment with other colour combinations. The picture here shows different examples of colour blending.

12 Once the paint is dry, the painting can be placed under a book or other heavy item because it can wrinkle slightly when using the wet-on-wet technique.

17 We are now going to paint the flowers. Use the colour circles to choose the colour combinations for your flowers. If you want to achieve the same result as in the example, the instructions will tell you which colours to use. Prepare everything you will need, as shown in the picture.

20 Now paint lines from the centre outwards, as shown in the picture. You do not have to paint within the lines.

24 Wash the brush thoroughly and dip it in a glass of clean water because we will now use the water to blend the colours even more.

36 The picture here shows other possible colour combinations. The colours 35 light green, 03 brilliant yellow, 22 cerise and 33 prussian blue have been used here.

48 Use a straw to gently blow on the paint to blend the colours together. Allow to dry and repeat steps 12-16.

49 In the example shown here, the colours 35 light green, 10 orange, 34 violet and 03 brilliant yellow have been used.

50 You will now learn how to paint abstract landscapes. Prepare everything you will need, as shown in the picture.

51 We now mark the golden ratio with a pencil. To find the golden ratio, measure the length of the picture in centimetres, divide by eight and then multiply by three. On this A5 sheet, it is calculated as follows: 14.8 cm/8 x 3 = 5.6 cm. Mark the golden ratio point on the paper.

54 Use the large brush to paint horizontal lines above the horizon line in water only. Leave a narrow edge along the line dry, as well as a few small areas of the paper.

55 Dip the brush in whichever colour you want for the horizon. The colour 31 ultramarine is used here.

58 Now dip the brush in another colour you want to use for the horizon. The colour 33 Prussian blue is used here.

67 Dip in whichever colour you want for the ground and horizon. The colour 03 brilliant yellow is used here.

70 Use a straw to gently blow on the paint to blend the colours a little more. Allow the paint to dry.

75 In this example, the colours 34 violet, 31 ultra marine, 03 brilliant yellow and 22 cerise have been used.
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