Watercolor Month Day 1 - A flower EVERYDAY from the Flower Color Guide - Chamomile

Hey friends! July is Watercolor Month and we are celebrating everyday all month long. We will be posting a video everyday this month! I will be randomly picking a flower from the Flower Color Guide each day. We are are page 169 today, the Chamomile.
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[@opalmint]

Chamomile Flower found on page 169 of the Flower Color Guide

[@Almycu]

Love your idea of using the book as inspiration to work during this Watercolor month. Thanks 🤗🤗🤗😍. Great work!

[@406annie]

Beautiful! I just found your channel; this is the first video I’ve watched, and I love what you’re doing. I’ll definitely be checking your other videos and I subscribed to get all future videos. These flower-a-days would be wonderful as greeting cards. 😃🌼❤️🌺👍🌸

[@opalmint]

@@406annie oh my goodness! Thank you so much for being here!!!

[@jishnakapadia]

Beautiful 😊

[@geanetteandrea]

Beautiful!

[@carlabakelaar8912]

Thank you for the inspiration! Very pretty 💕

[@eileenboffo6300]

I'm looking forward to following along and having a go at the daily flowers! 👏🏼

[@opalmint]

Yay!! I am excited to paint alongside you!!

[@manuelapenela1924]

I think this is lovely. Thank you so much for all your time sharing with us.

[@Linda-kh6rl]

Good for you this is my first time on your website.Thanks to YOU❤

[@menshikhadka8699]

You're inspiring me to learn painting keep going

[@opalmint]

@@menshikhadka8699 yay!!! That is the reason for this channel!! That makes me so happy 😊

[@kimstasiak420]

Thank you!! I love this!! ❤️

[@-.-4]

What a good idea 😊 On my wishlist😊

[@francinebrown1944]

Happy Anniversary Opal & Mint! I've really enjoyed your videos and excited for this next year for you guys. Great Idea for WWM too. I'm attempting WWM again this year as well. Happy painting! 😊🎉

[@darleneplant.6284]

Looking forward to it!

[@chingeeang8018]

Looks Beautiful!

[@wendykelcey1246]

I have the book as well!! Thank you for approaching it in an easy to follow manner! It’s a great book!

[@karenmcc2197]

Lovely 🕊

[@patlatour2465]

Should be fun following.😊

[@JacksonFamily]

I have this book too & I love it

[@creativespark7371]

World Watercolor Month

[@leannet3854]

Re Chamomile pronunciation… similar to how you would normally say mile as in walk a mile. It belongs to the daisy family indeed. Popular in teas and essential oils. I love watching painting out of the Flower Guide. I have it and love it

[@JoJoTarz]

love this idea! I have been wanting to get that book for a while now- be so cute to frame these when you are done 🌸🌼

[@opalmint]

@@JoJoTarz I had the same thought!! I might even scan them in a print them all in one.

[@JoJoTarz]

@@opalmint oh wow! love that too 🧡🌼🌸

[@judihopewell2499]

Be nice to have an inset of your book page so we can see what you are using as a reference

[@joannabecker123]

Beautiful

[@opalmint]

@@joannabecker123 thank you!!

[@claudiaforrest6669]

I just received that book and will be joining you daily! Thank you!

[@opalmint]

That's amazing!! We are gonna have so much fun this month!

[@58calangel]

New subscriber! I decided yesterday to get more experience in watercolor and just by luck or Google listening to my thoughts...lol...this post showed up on my feed. It's a bit late to get started on this challenge but I'm going to try it. Love how you showed how to paint the while flowers on a white background.

[@opalmint]

@@58calangel it's never too late to join in! I am so glad that you are here.

[@jillbalsam2507]

Yay! First day. Will you be making a playlist of these daily flowers? I hope so. Thanks.

[@opalmint]

Absolutely!! It will be in the description of each video. 😊

[@gailliguori3037]

Wow! You made it look so easy and do able! New subscriber here! Thank you❤

[@opalmint]

@@gailliguori3037 thank you for being here!!!

[@indiannajames8428]

Cam o mile : )

[@benadams1538]

Hello yesterday I’ve bought the Japanese gansai sumi water colour…..😊😊

[@opalmint]

Awesome!! Enjoy!

[@allisonra1]

Lovely painting and video. What brush and size are you using?

[@opalmint]

@@allisonra1 the brushes I used are linked in the description for you..😊

[@allisonra1]

Thank You!!!!

[@angelanordmeyer4730]

Where did you get the binder clips you use?

[@opalmint]

@@angelanordmeyer4730 amzn.to/4bz3CAH On Amazon! Here is a link to the ones I got.

[@angelanordmeyer4730]

@@opalmint Thanks so much! 😃

[@jackier855]

where do I get the book?

[@opalmint]

@@jackier855 www.amazon.com/dp/0714877557/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_apa_gl_i_26EV58CBH5WKA6W3WSV1?linkCode=ml2&tag=opalandmint-20

[@bizzybee852]

It is a pretty little painting, unfortunately it does not resemble the image in the book, or real chamomile flowers. I would recommend using a very watery light grey for the details or shadows on the white petals. To truly make the flowers look like chamomile flowers and not look like striated blue and white geranium petals. The blue is too intense and not watered down enough, it contrasts and stands out too much against the off white paper. Which is why I recommend using a very watery light grey that will make the petals stand out and look more white compared to the light grey. Also the petals should be much more squat, and short, so that the flowers do not look like shasta daisies. And the painting should have a lot more wiry stems with lots of little chamomile flowers to truly resemble how real chamomile flowers grow and look. I would also recommend a more blue green color for the stems and leaves, and not the yellow green, if you are trying to make your painting look like real chamomile flowers. If you had followed through with mixing your favorite yellow green color with the blue color, the stems and leaves would have been closer to the actual color of chamomile stems and leaves. Sometimes our favorite color is not the best choice. And we should listen to our first inclinations. White flowers are a lot trickier to get right on off white paper, than colored flowers. But fortunately the painting looks nice even if it is not a realistic interpretation of an actual chamomile plant. I did not have any luck growing chamomile this year either. And other people have it growing in their yards like weeds. I bought six starter plants from a local nursery and they all ended up dying.

[@opalmint]

Thank you for your input. The point of the painting wasn't to make it realistic. The paintings this month are just meant to get everyone painting 10 mins a day everyday. Quick loose interpretations of the pictures. We may do a more in depth flower for the last day this month. Thanks for watching!

[@queenbuzybee4074]

Seriously? It‘s art. I suggest, make your own video and do it better. If you listened, she said „these are going to be very loose“.

[@lous3772]

Oh good grief!!! What a spoiler you are! What are you hoping for by being so judgmental? We’re having fun here-go take your sorry a** someplace else.

[@amyprince2081]

It was a Reference picture! And she never said that she was going for realism!

[@406annie]

Everyone is an art critic because it’s easier to judge someone else’s work than to do (and share) their own. Comments like this are not helpful and just make the commenter look bad. 😢 This was a lovely, very helpful video (the first I’ve watched on this channel), and I’ll be back for more! ❤️