How to Paint Watercolor Tulips
Have fun learning how to paint watercolor tulips! This relaxing painting project is perfect for beginners and is a great way to start exploring the world of watercolor painting.
Yield: 1 watercolor tulip painting
Cost: $1
Equipment
Materials
Instructions
Step 1: Find what you need
- Gather your supplies and materials.
Step 2: Set up your work station
- Arrange your materials on your workstation in a way that makes them all easy to reach.You'll have a piece of watercolor paper, a palette of watercolor paints, a glass of water, and a piece of paper towel.
Step 3: Paint the blooms
- Dip the paintbrush in water, then swirl it in the paint.
- Paint a "U" shape on the paper.
- Fill the "U" in lightly.
- Rinse the brush and dab the excess water on the paper towel.
- Run the damp paintbrush over the shape to smooth out the paint consistency. Add a line outside of one edge of the "U" shape, leaving a small gap between that shape and the new line.
- Repeat to add more blooms in different colors at different angles.
Step 4: Add darker edges
- Go back to the first flower, which should now be dry. Gather more paint and less water on the brush this time, and outline the petals. Then rinse the brush, dab the excess water off, and drag it along the outline to soften the edges.
- Repeat with the remaining flowers.
Step 5: Add the stems and leaves
- Rinse the brush and swirl it in a light green paint. Use the paint to draw stems coming from the bottom of the flowers.
- Add long leaves to some of the stems.
- Rinse the brush and pick up some darker green paint. Add a line of the darker green to one side of the stems and leaves.
- Rinse the brush, blot the excess water on paper towel, and use the damp brush to soften the edges of the dark green lines.
- Your watercolor tulip painting is complete!
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Notes
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