Today I would like to share with you how I paint my watercolor florals using Double-ended Watercolour Brush Pens from Staedtler. Follow my step by step guide below.
Tools:
- 225gsm or greater watercolour paper
- Staedtler Double-ended Watercolor Brush Pens
- Princeton Watercolor paint brush Size 6
- Gelly roll pen (white)
- Staedtler pigment liner 0.3 (black)
- HB pencil
- Tombow Fudenosuke hard tip (black)
Step 1:
Lightly draw a oval shape with a HB / grey lead pencil. If you wish to achieve a perfect circle you can use a coaster/plate to use as a stencil. Alternatively you can also use a compass or protractor.
Step 2:
- Draw roses with the watercolour brush markers.
- There are several ways to draw roses, for this painting I drew several sized cloud shapes, starting with a small inner cloud in the centre
- Draw larger clouds surrounding the smaller cloud shapes
- Wet your paintbrush with water and spread the ink till the cloud shapes are combined
- Hint #1: Limit the water placed on the ink as you do not want a puddle of water
- Hint #2: For multi coloured/textured florals use 2 colours and draw cloud shapes with alternating colours
- Hint #3: Draw 1 flower at a time and wait till the ink dries before starting the other neighbouring flower. This is to prevent 2 florals from merging together.
Step 3:
- Use another colour and outline oval shapes next to the florals
- Wet your paintbrush and fill in the gaps
Step 4:
- Use the fine tip end of the watercolour brush pen and draw the botanical stems
- Wet your paintbrush and add in leaves to the botanical and paint in the small florals
- Continue to add botanicals on the other side of the wreath
Step 5:
- Keep building the floral wreath with pink/red roses and smaller yellow flowers on either side
- Ensure each side is balanced for a well rounded look
Step 6
- Add in extra floral and leaves with a fine line black pen
- Use the white Gelly Roll ink pen to add in finer details to the roses and leaves
Step 7:
Use the brush pen to hand letter your favourite quote. Here is my personal favourite “Yes I can”
