Lotus 🌸 Beginner Tutorial with Cotman Watercolors

#watercolortutorial #lotuspainting #winsorandnewton
This lotus flower tutorial is for everyone who is just starting with watercolor or wants to explore botanical art without getting into expensive pigments or complex multi-layer subjects. I am using @winsornewton floral watercolor set and only 2-3 layers of color as I take you step-by-step through this painting. The full list of materials and the reference photo is below. Enjoy!
💜 REAL-TIME (normal speed) version of this video, along with some extra commentary, black & white outlines, and step-by-step photos is available on my PATREON feed: / annabucciarelli
🌸 REFERENCE PHOTO by Jimmy Chang: unsplash.com/photos/LP5WXkrnxX0
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WATERCOLORS: @Winsor & Newton Cotman Botanical 8-pan set: amzn.to/3BO0j8g
PAPER: @winsornewton Cold Pressed block 140lbs, 7 x 9 inches
BRUSHES: @winsornewton synthetic round in size #6 for petals, background and leaf details, synthetic flat in size #6 for large background washes, and #2 Series 7 for fine details like petal outlines.
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[@MrSanmay]

Wonderful. Our national flower. Lovely execution. ❤❤❤

[@overpriced.cheese]

Beautiful! Lotus have been blooming in our pond and my mom has been drawing them all summer. She would really appreciate your tutorial.

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Aww that’s sounds wonderful 😊 we don’t have this flower because our weather is too cold for it 😞 I hope your mom enjoys the video! 💜

[@nuss1e]

Ooh how fantastic, are they scented?

[@lanadang626]

@@nuss1e they have very delicate sweet fragrance - lotus petals are often used to add aroma to green tea.

[@lainareeves3755]

I love how you teach and explain what you’re doing and why! You are very thorough and it’s easy to understand what you’re saying. This is beautiful and love all the beautiful colors you use! 😊 I sure appreciate your explanations of what you’re doing and why! Thanks so much! Anna! 💕

[@patriziacathey605]

The composition is stunning !

[@NaomiCoutureArt]

So beautiful! ❤️

[@patferguson572]

So gorgeous. Thank you.

[@caroann]

Beautiful illustration. ♥️

[@jimcorbett3764]

I like the demonstration of drawing out the pigment for a fading effect- very easy to follow. This painting wasn't nearly as complex, but still visually interesting and technically proficient-very nice result.

[@TheBradycardia1]

Beautiful!

[@projektleiterin]

You are a great watercolor artist!

[@shaz7929]

Somehow, this video had all the answers to my water-colour mistakes 🎉 amazing job ❤

[@marjorieskelton2948]

This is a wonderful tutorial! I am struggling with finding where to place the different shades,shadows, etc. So I will try to follow your instructions and hopefully do better each time. Thank you.

[@LipsitaArt]

Hi Anna! The Lotus painting turned out amazing. Thanks for sharing

[@bonniegarson80]

Gorgeous

[@kaoriyoshioka2702]

very very beautiful☺️素敵です！

[@MsSylvana63]

I’m inspired to paint guided by this tutorial ✨🙏🏽✨

[@lisamarshall4142]

You are amazing ! Thankyou so much ❤

[@johannelajoie2454]

Verey beautiful, I love it so much :). Thank for this video.:)

[@sapinyavit]

Love the way you describe all the details and always give the alternative for beginners. This is one of the very useful tutorial for me, thank you.

[@ceciliaman8822]

Oh so beautiful! 🌸♥️ Thank you for the explanation, Gbu 🌸🙏🏽

[@muskansupriya9249]

Youth explained very well! I hope you will get further ✨😊

[@xz9376]

Amazing

[@alisonhendry2928]

Fabulous instructions for beginners. Thank you for many of the simplistic(in a good way🥰) clear words I can borrow for my own class of beginners. I also appreciate your information about the Cotman set. I am a BIG fan of WN and started my own watercolour journey with a Cotman set. I wondered why my early paintings are still vibrant and will encourage people to try the set with more confidence now.

[@karenhightower4022]

What a gorgeous painting. Thank you for your inspiration! ❤️

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Thank you Karen 💜 have a beautiful day!

[@rmuller366]

Wow Anna, you packed a ton of information in this video. I’ve only been doing watercolor for about a year and still feel like I’m not fully comfortable with it. Some days it’s great, other days loads of learning opportunities (better than saying mistakes). I’m going to keep trying because I love painting. I painted years ago with acrylic and didn’t want to return to that medium so started a watercolor journey. Always something to learn. Thank you for sharing. Blessings to you!

[@lunadanford6258]

Anna, I admire your artist talent and technique. You show me how to liberate my hands to explore the painting. Your voice is very soothing and relaxing. Thank you for showing me how to work on watercolor.

[@niharnalinisamanta9732]

Amazing Painting ❤❤❤❤❤...Thank You So Much Sister ❤❤❤

[@nettiemoss324]

Beautiful painting - as always Anna! I am so impressed with your use of the Cotman set. There are empty spaces within the box for other colours - what do you suggest as it's a floral set? thank you! and thank you for your hard work in helping us all to gain confidance and become better painters!

[@vishakhapanchwagh8992]

Thank you very much

[@mrenninger7766]

Thank you, Anna. This is right up my alley as I'm often overwhelmed with the amount of pigments you use for your paintings😋 😍

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

I am glad You enjoyed it! 💜 I know I tend extend my palette too much it’s my guilty pleasure 😊

[@chedoodles]

this is so exciting! thank you❤️ i hope I'll be able to make it just as good

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Enjoy! Just do 2 layers and use your smallest brush for the petal veins 💜💜💜

[@elgabenedicta]

You always make the most generous and helpful tutorials on watercolour painting. Thank you 🙏💐

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Thank you so much Elga 😀

[@user-hm2tg8kz1l]

Thank you for this tutorial! Have a nice day :)

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Enjoy! 💜

[@maryjavahery]

muchas gracias

[@anaghasharma7433]

Thank you for this video. Really helpful!!

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

So glad!

[@ShahanoorMamun]

wow.... thank you for sharing.....just loved it... so much admirable

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Thank you so much 😀

[@s.terris9537]

Such a beautifully explained lesson. Your painting is really a Wow!

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Thank you 💕

[@CanDo20]

very beautiful... :)

[@sophiegorein8635]

Beautiful lesson and amazing voice and explanations! ❤️❤️

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Thank you ❤️

[@regangrant4130]

Concise and easy to follow, thank you.

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

💕💕

[@rainbowfox1934]

It is astonishing to me how you use many colors in one area. I so want to be you when I grow up.

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

awwww thank you Elizabeth! 💜💜💜

[@AlinaHuynhArt]

wow lotus is my all time favorite flower :) so gorgeous Anna

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Thank you Alina 💜

[@adriannabcustomfurniture]

That one red, yellow, brown, purple petal reminds me of Fall. I'm already into Fall & Halloween right now 😂🤦🏻‍♀️ I can't wait apparently. This came out beautiful and shows technique is sometimes more important than the product you're using ☺️ I love it.

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Thank you Adrianna 💜 Yes very soon I'll be switching to oranges and deep reds for the Fall painting - Have a wonderful rest of the summer!

[@robinhuizing4406]

Can I just say, I was playing your video as I was working on another study, of the SAME face...playing with color saturation, temperature...being a curiously devoted artist to better understand my creations. ..I've been in a slump. Well anyways, I had to stop the video and say, THANK YOU, the tips on painting shadows half way thru the video is the information I sought desperately as a beginner - devoted painter, it's been two years since I began, 2 years on skillshare..this video holds some key parts to painting with intention with watercolor painting that seems very difficult to find. Anyways, your a real GEM, thanks!

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Thank you so much for taking the time to write Robin! 💜 I am always delighted to hear the videos I put out are helpful to others and I am glad the shadow tips came at the right time (having had similar aha moments while observing other artists do what they do I am always happy to share) coincidentally I was in the slump on the video-editing after putting in a ton of work in the last one (but seeing relatively low views - KZbin algorithm is so strange 🙂) Your comment came at exactly the right time and I am now encouraged to finish a new video for this weekend ❤️ have a wonderful day!

[@robinhuizing4406]

@@AnnaBucciarelli the universe is connecting us, matching our energy and helping us get the motivation to continue on our paths. I'm happy to energize your editing endeavors! Hope you have a blessed day!

[@dandansapainting]

Very beautiful your work

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Thank you Dandan

[@dandansapainting]

@@AnnaBucciarelli You're welcome

[@mehrunmukta273]

It's been so easy to paint after watching your video...I saw your video for the first time and just loved the way you teach😊 It's also bigginer friend... Love from Bangladesh ❤❤

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Thank you so much 😀 enjoy! 💕

[@dijosephine9556]

That is sooo beautiful Anna . Only just starting with watercolour so this may be the first try. Waiting for the 1ST to take a look on Patreon . Trying to decide what paints would be best to get to start with. I have looked at your favourite colours but wondering if I should just get these to start with. I have a half set of pans from W-N. But not to many colours to choose from. Advice welcome.

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Sorry for the late response - the "logic" of this palette is a great start and you can't go wrong with W&N. Other brand i love is Daniel Smith. Both are top quality, expensive but worth the investment. In terms of specific pigments, a good place to start is to have: - a pair of reds (cool and warm). For example Quin Coral and Quin Reed - a pair of blues (cool and warm). For example Cobalt and Phthalo Blue Green Shade - a pair of greens (cool and warm) >>> and you can mix so many more greens! - a pair of yellows or at least one (cool and warm) For example Lemon Yellow and Hansa Yellow Deep To that, I would add colors you would mostly use based on your unique style. And stick to semi or fully transparent ones as much as possible, so you can mix additional shades. I would probably add QOR Dioxazine Purple, Quin Magenta, Indigo, DS Perylene Violet, but those are just some of my favs. You may want to explore ochres or even blacks - it all depends on what you love to paint. Hope this helps!

[@siggik4884]

Sehr schönes Aquarell.

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Danke! Thank you! 💜

[@pattihartman59]

Is this available on your Patreon? I can’t seem to find it

[@NamaiWalterHeins-re4nu]

Can you do, art with cheap kids watercolour? Obviously it's not recomended but I would appreciate a video on this. How the pigment is different and what you should be doing differently. I wanna show our kids how to paint their favourite pokemon. I have 70 gram paper. I like your lotus flower.

[@jojo_watercolors]

I couldn’t be faster!

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@user-wm4so2pm6l]

👍👍🙏🙏

[@swats2369]

How to get this drawing

[@christianedixon4212]

I painted this beautiful lotus but I have a lot of difficulty with negative painting

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Christiane - it’s normal, negative painting is quite a tricky technique to get into as it requires a different way of “seeing” shapes but with some practice you will get more comfortable. I have a few videos here on KZbin and on PATREON for extra practice 😊

[@grahamekellermeier8280]

Wants me to grab my Cotman paints and go for it.

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

That’s awesome! 😊 Go for it!

[@cynthiagill2334]

Where can i get the outline?

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

On my PATREON I provide outlines for all compositions 😊

[@reneewilson330]

Beautiful!

[@AnnaBucciarelli]

Thank you!