Day 30 - watercolor Bird of Paradise

Welcome to the 30 day watercolor flower guide 2024! It has been a few years since the first guide, and I thought it needed a major upgrade.
In this video I show you how to paint bird of paradise with watercolor step by step in real time
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Supplies list and links:
Watercolor Palette
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Polina Bright Brushes
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Artist grade paper
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Student grade paper
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Masking fluid
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Brushes
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da Vinci mop brush size 2 amzn.to/3zSa1VI
Polina Bright Brushes
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Paint
Lately I've been using handmade paint by letter sparrow and I'm loving it!
professional grade, winsor and newton tube paints amzn.to/38WuRas
(can select paint color and tube size)
student grade, winsor and newton cotman travel pans amzn.to/3yRjBXv
Ceramic palette amzn.to/3jV41Gb
Paint colors in my Winsor and Newton palette
Hookers green light
emerald
viridian
cad yellow hue
lemon yellow hue
cad red deep
turquoise
Opera rose

[@patlatour2465]

Thank you so much for dissecting this flower and I had it done so quick ❤ I love my new flower reference. I created an album and put cardstock in backgrounds and they have labels for their names such a great month I’m thrilled and looked forward painting these. 😊

[@kristinvanleuven]

Great job! That is such a great idea

[@annwood5669]

I got behind but I have really enjoyed the course so far. Thank you so much!

[@kristinvanleuven]

You are so welcome!

[@sapphiresennelier2319]

Whooaaaaa - I painted this. Shocked by how straighforward your instructions are for getting this on to the page. Earlier today… What a way to end this delightful course! An other worldly flower to me, on the coast of Canada, yet grows everywhere in other places, like Ecuador. I feel so fortunate to get to try my hand at this. It falls into the “must practice” category. Thank you so, so much for sharing your teaching.

[@kristinvanleuven]

I’m so happy to hear this! Thank you so much

[@handmadehearts]

30 more, please. This series is fabulous! Thank you for this.

[@kellydanson2121]

Wow! What a journey! Thank for taking me a long ànd for the lessons! Looking forward to rewatching and practicing!! ❤

[@kristinvanleuven]

You are so welcome!

[@samgonzalez-harte2426]

💖🌟✨ absolutely loved this series Kristin!💖I can't wait to rewatch and practice! Thank you so much for sharing 🌟

[@kristinvanleuven]

You're so welcome!

[@joanmcleod2330]

Thank you Kristin for these 30 days of complete joy. I love your loose, easy style and your great teaching techniques.

[@kristinvanleuven]

Thank you so much!

[@christinecomeau5152]

I have been loving this series. If you do another 30 days I would love to see: hydrangeas, magnolia, bleeding hearts, zinnias, cosmos, allium, azaleas, crocuses, gladiolus or lupins to name a few.

[@annieb8955]

What a great series! I really enjoyed it, thank you:)

[@kristinvanleuven]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@DilsozInomova]

Kind door 75

[@JJMedusa]

-- Congratulations on 72,000 subscribers! And thank you so much for this flower series. I hope to see more videos from you soon. 😊❤️

[@kristinvanleuven]

Thank you so much!

[@Jaline_on_YouTube]

I was late to this party, but maybe it was the right timing for me. I learned so much from you through this process! Especially valuable to me: answers to "where do I start"? and "where do I end?" Over the course of painting these 30 flowers, those answers led me to sometimes taking off and doing a completely different "middle". Same flower, but different 'posies' (oops - I mean poses :) although I would also refer back to your tutorial (always one click away on my screen) if/when I felt stuck. My next mission: I am going to paint your other series of 30 flowers, too. I know a few of them are duplicates but the extra practice will always be of benefit to me. Maybe - just maybe - when I have finished that series, too, I will feel ready to leap off into Bouquet-Land! Thank you for your open, generous, and concise teaching, Kristin. Without your assistance, I might never have felt confident enough to tackle my fear of painting flowers.

[@kristinvanleuven]

You are lovely! I'm so glad the series was helpful to you and you learned so much. That is so encouraging for me to hear and I appreciate your comments

[@Jaline_on_YouTube]

@@kristinvanleuvenAnd PS: I can't wait to try your landscape tutorial, too! When I painted mostly with Acrylics and Water-Miscible Oils, landscapes were my 'thing'. With watercolours I have only done "partial" landscapes - i.e., isolated elements like palm trees or regular trees against interesting skies, etc., but I haven't tried to do a complete landscape painting yet. I am so thrilled that I found your Channel because you have elevated my Watercolour journey beyond my expectations. (I also love your baby! ~lol~)