Alstroemeria in Watercolour

A botanical art tutorial by Emma Tildesley.

For our Watercolour project we have a delicate Alstroemeria head. I have been waiting to do a tutorial of this flower and when I saw this colour variety I thought it would be a great subject to show how to use very subtle colours and just how much "botanical grey" you need to use to get nice clean shadows without them becoming muddy. I hope you enjoy it.

  • Subject: Flowers
  • Topic: Cottage Garden
  • Medium: Watercolour
  • Access: included with membership, or buy this tutorial on its own

What you'll need

  • Paper: Saunders Waterford 140lbs Hot Pressed size A4
  • Sennelier: Lemon Yellow, Quinacridone Gold, Cobalt and 3 more
  • Daniel Smith: 1 colour
  • Brushes: Number 2 round, Number 4 round, Billy Showell Eradicator
  • Other tools: Putty Rubber/Blu-Tac, Kitchen Towel/Tissue

The full colour list comes with the tutorial, in its materials download.

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