DIY Floral Watercolor Bookmarks

[@rhysr.1634]

I've watched a million rose tutorials this week and yours have got to be my favorite

[@Nianiani]

Thank you so much! :o

[@varunkumark3878]

Totally agree with that and your paintings r perfectly shaped how do you manage that 😍💯

[@varunkumark3878]

I tried out two n I'm happy with how it turned out despite the cheap tools I have wuth me 😁

[@kimotten9885]

This was so instructive -- I find it particularly helpful that you do a pencil sketch of what you're going to paint. It's really useful to have that to refer back to along the way, especially when I feel a bit stuck. I love using my watercolor paper scraps to make bookmarks, as it's a great, low-stakes way to practice new techniques. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@Nianiani]

No worries! Yea I always feel bad throwing away scrap paper, so I still like to use them to either create tiny cards or for colour swathes and trials also :))

[@karynjackson4117]

I truly enjoyed this video. Very inspiring!

[@tammyjohnson198]

I am new at watercoloring and I want you to know how much I appreciate you talking through what you are doing and why. You explain things so well and make it look so easy! As a teacher, it is something that I value! Thank you! I hope you do more!

[@Nianiani]

Wow that's really something coming from a teacher! :D I do private tutoring for kids, but it's not something I have a degree in. I'm really happy that you found the explanations easy to follow ^__^

[@mh24923]

These are enchanting, Nia!!! Thank you so much!!! I've learnt tons of techniques from you. Bless you!!! I have a request. Please can you put together all the beautiful flowers you've done so far to paint a flower garden along all 4 borders of a card? I'm always hunting for ways to do that and I'm sure you'll do a miraculous job. Your florals are the best I've ever seen!

[@Nianiani]

You're very welcome! I've never really thought of doing flower borders for a video xD but I'll keep it in mind! ^_^

[@rebeccafiveash4335]

So glad you did these bookmarks. I love your delicate paintings.

[@Nianiani]

Thank you so much!

[@maineiacts]

Well worth watching a second time as now! Lovely bookmarks Now is I!! Happy Spring!

[@Nianiani]

awww that's so great to hear!

[@pushpamuljiratna9589]

I live your book marks. I did all 4 book marks for my daughter. its turned out beautiful

[@Nianiani]

Great job!

[@9159bsbs]

Thanks Nia! I love your flowers and how you demonstrate how to paint them so well. It’s also appreciated that you share your thought process w the drawings. I’m so glad I found you on Skillshare too.

[@Nianiani]

So happy you're enjoying the videos and skillshare classes :D:D:D Hope you have a great day!

[@kellywest1032]

I love your kind and patient style of teaching. Thanks!

[@Nianiani]

Thank you so much 😊

[@gabbywilliamson76]

Glad to see you are able to use your right hand. These are so pretty.

[@Nianiani]

Thank you so much! Its much better now. On some days it gets itchy and inflamed again but mostly healing day by day! 😊😊😊

[@mariatrihapsari]

I've had a bad day and decided to watch this as it appeared in my Notif. I really had a boost of spirit to jump up and do my thing right after the video is finished. Thank you so much. Your videos always bring me good mood. 💟💟

[@Nianiani]

Oh wow... that's so sweet of you to share that. I'm so so happy that the video could help cheer you up! Makes the hard work worth doing ^__^

[@shrilatahegde5751]

I love those colour shades love those flowers you paint ♥️♥️

[@Nianiani]

Thank you so much 😊

[@Linda-qq5mg]

Wow, these bookmarks are gorgeous! I enjoy longer videos, and this one was so much fun to watch and learn from! Thank you and congratulations on the three years!

[@Nianiani]

Thank you! Feels so weird to think I've been uploading for 3 years hahaha really doesn't feel like it xD

[@JVan-yd3zz]

Oooh, these bookmarks are as gorgeous as ever. It's interesting to see the differences in the two, especially looking back and seeing how much fuller these bookmarks look compared to the old ones, even though there's still plenty of negative space. And I am happy to say I do not particularly miss the music-only videos, LOL. It is always so soothing to listen to your voice. XD

[@Nianiani]

Hahaha I get that a lot for some reason. Believe me, I don't sound that serene in real life, it's really the mic xD but I'm happy that people somewhat find me voice relaxing to listen to? O.o It is kind of weird looking back at the paintings. But always fun to re-do some old stuff :D

[@mitalipaul7645]

Your water colour paintings are the best in my opinion 😊❣️

[@Nianiani]

Aw thank you so much! Still need to learn a lot more though :p

[@EcstaticCreativity]

Visually appealing and wonderful art. Great. Thanks for sharing

[@Nianiani]

No worries! So happy you enjoyed the vid :))

[@ShemiDixon]

Beautiful thank you so much for sharing all of your wonderful techniques

[@Nianiani]

You're very welcome!

[@ummehony3358]

This time, I’ll definitely try all these! Thanks for this beautiful drawing again, Nia!!! You are truly blessed ♥️

[@Nianiani]

Wee have fun painting :D:D

[@LindaLoganLDLCreationsLLC]

Thank you so much. I am going to try this tomorrow. We are to have a rainy day, great day to paint!

[@Nianiani]

Sounds fun! Love painting during rainy days! 😊😊😊

[@jaiganesh6623]

i like your display pic and cover photo as well.. beautiful work. would love to see your instagram if you would like to share it. have a nice day😊

[@siyona5862]

Those bookmarks are totally amazing ❤️ I will try them

[@Nianiani]

Happy painting :))

[@siyona5862]

@Nianiani thank you

[@helenduplessis9820]

Absolutely delightful! Thanks for the 4 in 1!!! I loved it!!! 🥰🥰🥰

[@Nianiani]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@apaintingjourney6985]

Oh my god these are so cute and delicate! Totally love them 💕

[@Nianiani]

Hope you have fun painting :))

[@wairinihoukamau4758]

Hi Nianiani, I'm Wairini. I never had the opportunity to take school C Art, so really happy to have come by. Your work is so wonderful thanks for showing me 😉

[@Nianiani]

My pleasure 😊 hope you find the tutorials useful ❤️

[@dancingirldesignswatercolour]

so beautiful and wonderful explanations, thank you so much Nianiani ❤

[@gracianorodrigues7477]

So beautiful....very creative madam.....😍😍❤️

[@Nianiani]

Thank you :)

[@duarteshelia]

So pretty thanks for showing how to do it.

[@Nianiani]

No problem 😊

[@margohill3149]

Your narration is so helpful! And these bookmarks are so pretty. I am making some that I like to include when I send (hand painted of course) birthday and thank you cards, as well as in my holiday cards.

[@Nianiani]

Wonderful! Hope it went well :D

[@lararoach6690]

Thank you for the video! I absolutely enjoy it! These bookmarks are so beautiful. I like the fact how you try to show us the sketch before painting. Congrats on 3 years!

[@Nianiani]

So glad it was useful! ❤❤❤

[@DCafae]

Wow, wonderful art painting....very creatif and good tutorial....wish best for you 👍

[@Nianiani]

Thank you so much 😀

[@debbiekparke]

Beautiful! Each one is so unique, too. Thank-you 🤗❤

[@Nianiani]

No worries! ^_^

[@gretatillett1100]

@@NianianiHi, greetings from S Africa. Never seen your work before and am mesmerised. Just love it all, such wonderful tips for the different flowers, thank you so much for sharing your beautiful work. I hope I can find your other tutorials because after a year of illness I kind of lost what little skill and the enthusiasm I had but seeing your work I feel a lot more confident and hope to get back to my paints. My son gave me a rather large financial present to buy some new art stuff and I was thrilled to see you use Holbein paints. I bought the full set of colours to see which worked for me. I just love them so much now I can put them to good use. Thank you so much *◇* X

[@cherylheard1969]

Congrats on 3 years! Thank you for your teaching style which is so soothing and inspiring

[@Nianiani]

Thank you! Can't believe it's already been 3 years haha

[@jayapandian8465]

You are a super painter 🎉❤

[@ABCD-gb8mt]

I'm literally obsessed with this channel. I've been watching your painting videos for hours now❤❤

[@Nianiani]

Haha xD Glad you're enjoying your time! :D

[@emmamurphy-cropper8638]

I love the roses. Blue is my fav colour and rarely see blue roses on art tutorials. These are beautiful. First video of yours that I have ever watched and I will be subscribing now to your channel. Am from a family of avid readers so these are the perfect gift :) I was looking at the colours you used as a few of them I'd not heard of before (I'm really new to this), but you don't seem to have many listed in the description. Like the greens for example, I'm sure you had 3-4, but none listed. Sorry if you have a system.for listing paints that I'm not understanding. I love the look of the mineral violet colour, really complements the blue in the roses. Will put it on my 'colours to buy next' list. What a blessing your video popped up today. The sparkly shoreline is next on my list to watch! Thank you in advance for all that I'll learn from you.

[@Nianiani]

Hi! That's so awesome that you're going to create these as gifts! The colours that I've used are all mentioned in the video, I usually swatch them all down, but because this was already a very long video, I decided to skip on the swatches, since I already mentioned them in the tutorial. The list in the description box is only for the brands that I used incase anyone would like to get the same. So basically I just wrote down the colours which I used that is not from my main palette which is Holbein :)) I hope you have fun painting along to them and have a great day! ^__^

[@IMMA383]

They are gorgeous. Thank you!.

[@Nianiani]

No worries!

[@muradaziz3088]

Oh my goodness these are soo much beautiful 😍😍😘definitely gonna try all of these and your voice is super soothing 😍😘literally

[@Nianiani]

Thanks so much 😊

[@calligraphybydrishti]

Beautiful bookmarks

[@ARTYCOATY]

Awesome‼︎ Wonderful artwork‼︎ 🎨💕💕

[@Nianiani]

Thank you so much 😀

[@FeathPymArt]

Welcome back :) I've seen a lot of book mark videos, but this is both simple and elegant. Very nicely done!

[@Nianiani]

Thank you so much. So happy that you enjoyed it! It was really fun to paint this one 😊

[@sophievan7776]

OMG!!!! It looks so goood!!!!!!

[@Nianiani]

Thank you so much! :D

[@beckymoondrop1428]

I love watching your vids so relaxing and inspiring.

[@Nianiani]

Thank youuu! ^_^

[@happysoul_97]

It's a beautiful one

[@Nianiani]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@s.terris9537]

Really beautiful design Nianiani. I like this bookmark tutorial better than the first one I watched some time ago!

[@Nianiani]

Thank you so much! :D:D

[@kuppammatn3999]

It's very beautiful and pretty

[@Nianiani]

Thank you so much 😀

[@kelligames3808]

I love the way you teach.

[@Nianiani]

Thanks! :D

[@TutorialArt9]

beautiful flower

[@Nianiani]

Thank you! ^_^

[@lorilazise1521]

So pretty.

[@Nianiani]

Thank you! 😊😊😊

[@denisesanborn9965]

So pretty!

[@leituraearte9588]

So beautiful.

[@joys4524]

Nia! ❤🙏thank you! These are gorgeous! You are a great teacher! The longer video is appreciated too. I am sorry your hand is not healed but, girl, you handle that brush with no problem. At least that is how it looks. Stay safe. I hope your hand is better soon.🎨🖌 🇨🇦Joy

[@Nianiani]

Thank you! My hands are healing day by day but on some days it does get itchy and inflamed again. So I just stock up videos while I can use my hands incase I need to take time off again. But now I have a bunch of videos that I haven't edited hahaa

[@joys4524]

@@Nianiani do you teach animals and birds? I'd love it if you did, please.

[@dreamscomingtrue2446]

i love the second one .

[@Nianiani]

Thank you! ^_^

[@SusanHilesCreates]

I love them all!!!! Can't wait to give them a try. Thanks!!!!

[@Nianiani]

Have funnn! 😊😊😊

[@VanessaFindiesen]

These are wonderful! Thank you!

[@Nianiani]

No worries! Glad you enjoyed it! ^_^

[@carolfalk3427]

Thank you, best tutorial I’ve watched.

[@Nianiani]

Glad it was helpful!

[@cookiesbabies7784]

how fun!! Blessings ...

[@Nianiani]

Glad you enjoyed it ^_^

[@sanjidashoshi900]

I’m surely gonna try thesee 💜💜💜

[@MusingsFromTheDen]

They're gorgeous. 😊

[@Nianiani]

Thank you! :D:D:D

[@laurasawochka7893]

That was so relaxing, Thank you.

[@Nianiani]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@AribaArts]

It's beautiful ❤️

[@Nianiani]

Thank you so much! :))

[@jesseeden3454]

You’re a wonderful artist! Love your work! 💖

[@Nianiani]

Thank you so much 😀

[@anoushkasidd]

This was beautiful!

[@Nianiani]

Thank you!

[@KimCarmenWalsh]

Absolutely lovely!! Thank you 💙

[@Nianiani]

Welcome! 😁

[@connietsai1123]

It looks nice

[@bonniesullivan2627]

Beautiful

[@Nianiani]

Thank you

[@Artistandkeepsakes]

Beautiful as usualxx

[@Nianiani]

Thank you! 😊

[@shraddhak3788]

It was beautiful , I loved it Excellent ☺️🥰

[@Nianiani]

So glad to hear!

[@jyotsnajadiye4863]

So..cute..! 💐👍

[@Nianiani]

Thank youu! :))

[@shawnas464]

Lovely!

[@Nianiani]

Thank youu!

[@michelleg773]

Very beautiful... TFS

[@Nianiani]

You're very welcome! :)

[@petzl1239]

Wonderful 🥰 what kind of tape do you use ? Thank you

[@Nianiani]

I used ordinary masking tape :)))

[@krismua1209]

Very pretty!

[@Nianiani]

Thank you! 😊

[@darkalligraph]

This is so beautiful! Hello from Perth, Australia :)

[@Nianiani]

Thanks! Haha thats awesome! I used to live in Perth 😁

[@darkalligraph]

@@Nianiani I see, I saw that school in your channel section, and recognised it.. that's cool!

[@alvirosy]

I love this, Nia! 💞

[@Nianiani]

Thank you! ^_^

[@jaiganesh6623]

love it! sooo beautiful! please do pink water lotus flowers and a peacock feather tutorial😊 a request!

[@Nianiani]

Thank you! I'll take it into consideration :)

[@hanitasen6489]

I love it 😍 this is amazing 💕

[@carolyndaughton3373]

Amazing!

[@Nianiani]

Thanks!

[@celestialsart5535]

wow this is soo pretty!!

[@Nianiani]

Thank you! ^_^

[@sarinafs]

Amazing❤

[@yustasreb9902]

Thanks for idea, I'm drawing flowers too...

[@Nianiani]

Happy painting :))

[@CharmedKitty143]

That blue glove reminded me of Elsa from Frozen.

[@Nianiani]

Hahahaha wow what a way to hide my eczema. I get to have Elsa's hand along the way xD

[@traciekiger1918]

Loved these TFS

[@Nianiani]

So glad!

[@kayuwong2440]

I love your tutorial~~

[@Nianiani]

Thank youu! 😊

[@Delhi9931]

Lovely

[@Nianiani]

Thank you!

[@catsinhouse]

Do you use any type of fixative to protect the watercolor images? Wonderful tutorial!

[@Nianiani]

Thank you! I don't do that because there are none available in my country and shipping cost too much :/

[@sharon4250]

Lovely 😍🌹

[@Nianiani]

Thank you! ^_^

[@darakshaansari]

Very nice

[@PinkWytchBytch]

I know that my main issue is my paintbrush. I have one and it was a pricey fancy one where the bristles are shaped like a triangle so it could mimic three brushes in one. However, it’s years old and it’s frayed and had “touch ups” to keep the bristles in working condition. I know that poor brush is the reason my colours go wonky sometimes but I just love that weird little brush too much to get rid of it. I’ve never seen another one so it may have been some kinda limited edition brush. Perhaps I should get a few new ones to help even out the burden of the detail work for the poor old thing

[@Nianiani]

Haha yea xD I keep old brushes too but I buy new ones for precision sake

[@cacevedo07]

Beautiful. How do you seal your watercolor paintings? Thanks for sharing it!

[@Nianiani]

I dont seal my paintings, since sealants are not available where I live

[@nicoleaubry6944]

LOVE THIS!!!!

[@Nianiani]

Thank you! :D:D

[@Horsewoman-pt2ku]

So Lovely. I forget the last flower name. Do you have another tutorial on that flower? How about a blue lupine? Tfs

[@Nianiani]

fox glove :) I haven't made a single video on it yet, I'll keep tht in mind :)

[@zumailinayusuf7998]

Did you used the same brush for all bookmarks, or you change it according to what you paint? Thanks for the answer 😊

[@Nianiani]

I can't really remember, but you can go to the description box to see the list of tools that I use, if I only wrote down 1 brush type thn yes :D haha

[@hemachoudhari5855]

Amazing

[@Nianiani]

Thanks!

[@ssilver1215]

Thanks for the tutorial! Your bookmarks are beautiful!! Thanks for the tutorial! How would you seal it? Would you laminate it or seal it with some spray?

[@Nianiani]

I don't usually seal it since nothing is available in my country and shipping would cost too much.. but you can always use a transparent sticker or a spray

[@photography12224]

Lovely 😍💓....

[@Nianiani]

Thank you! 😊

[@photography12224]

@@Nianiani m bhi try krungi🙈🙈❣️

[@audreywilliams9956]

I'm just now learning to do water color. Can you tell me which colors to be careful NOT to mix? I don't want them to turn into mud! :-)

[@Nianiani]

Ooo how exciting. Well.. colour theory is a bit complex than that.. technically you can mix any colours together, but colours which would create brown (I'm guessing this is what you mean by muddy?) would be opposite colours, such as blue and orange, purple and yellow, red and green. I actually mix these colours a lot because I like muted colours xD I would probably recommend for you to try painting with just 3 colours first (blue yellow and red - primary) to get a better understanding of colour mixing, because it can be quite intimidating to suddenly use a lot of new colours all at once to understand colour theory :)) Hope this helps!! Wish you the best with watercolours :D

[@EasyToSew]

Beautiful👍

[@Nianiani]

Thank you! 😊

[@n0_view868]

❤

[@karenhilton4684]

Hello. I am new to your channel might I ask why you're wearing a glove on your right hand?

[@Nianiani]

I had really bad eczema flare back then, and my skin was snapping when I bend them to hold my brush, so I used the glove as support, and also lessen the pain... also doesn't look as gross on camera 😅

[@LanNguyen-sn7qm]

Nice

[@Nianiani]

Thanks

[@binita8366]

What materials did u use in this? Would you please tell me?it will be really helpful! 🥺

[@Nianiani]

It's in the description box, as mentioned in the video :))