Hibiscus in Watercolour

A botanical art tutorial by Emma Tildesley.

April is upon us already, can you believe it? Summer is around the corner, so let's get that warm sunny feeling and paint a Hibiscus Flower together. There is some lovely light to be captured in this project so its a great one for those of you wanting to practice lifting and saving light.

  • Subject: Flowers
  • Topic: Unusual & Exotic
  • Medium: Watercolour
  • Access: included with membership, or buy this tutorial on its own

What you'll need

  • Paper: Saunders Waterford 140lbs Hot Pressed size A3
  • Sennelier: Lemon Yellow, Sennelier Yellow Light, Sennelier Yellow Deep and 2 more
  • Daniel Smith: Quinacridone Red, Permanent Alizarin Crimson and 1 more
  • Winsor and Newton: 1 colour
  • Brushes: Number 2round, Number 4 round, Number 6 round, Billy Showell Eradicator
  • Other tools: Masking Fluid, Putty Rubber/Blu-Tac, Kitchen Towel/Tissue, Water

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

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