The Easiest Way - How to Paint a Watercolor Poppy Flower (see description for the update)

[@northshorerockchick76]

With all your camera/sound problems, you did a great job showing the layering technique! Thanks!

[@WaterColorMisfit]

+Cynthia Bugden Thanks :D

[@baileysbliss]

You are an excellent teacher!,,, way better tutorial than classes I've paid for! Thank you so much!,,, I've learned so much

[@WaterColorMisfit]

+Stacie Rife This means so much to me Stacie! Thanks so much! :D You made me smile.

[@kylee6064]

One more comment :) Just have to say I've been watching flower watercolor videos all day and yours is by far the best. You are a teacher by nature. You have a very calming voice and described everything perfectly. I hope you never stop teaching because you have an amazing gift and talent. More flower videos More flower videos!!!!!! :)))

[@WaterColorMisfit]

Kylee Rose Aw thanks so much! Your comment really made my day! Thanks so much for the comment. I'll definitely make note that you want more flower tutorials. Today I was actually brainstorming for the upcoming weeks. I think you will be excited for some of the stuff I have planned. :) Think realistic things you find in the sea :) That's a hint for you.

[@kylee6064]

Watercolor Misfit Yay that will be so awesome! I'm very good at acrylic but I'm just now learning watercolor. I would love love love if you did a video on shading too...I'm having trouble making my flowers pop with the correct shading (even though I think I know what I'm doing)...they just aren't turning out as good as they should. Can't wait to see more of your video..I'm already a fan!

[@WaterColorMisfit]

Kylee Rose Thanks so much for your positivity! I love your comments so much! So happy to hear you like the videos! I've added shading to my list of tutorials that I will do in the future :) Here's some tips that I use for shading which I hope help you until then... Pretend you are drawing a ball. Then determine your light source. I almost always pretend my light source is coming from the right upper corner (sometimes I draw a small circle to represent where my "sun/light source" would be located. Now back to your ball. If your light source is in the upper right corner then your shading will be opposite your "sun" (shade the left and bottom sides of your ball. When thinking of a ball this concept is pretty easy. It gets really hard when thinking of petals which tilt and bend and let's all petals are really oddly shaped. SHADING FLOWERS: 1) First think of every petal as the ball...your shading will always be on the left and bottom sides of your petals (and typically that's all of them). 2) Think about where the petal might bend (if it has a "valley" there should be shading. 3) Think about where another petal may overlap another (So which petals are closer to you) once again on the left side of those petals you will show shading. I really hope this makes sense, it's hard to explain it in writing without showing you. So your idea of a shading video was great. Don't get discouraged as you're learning. It took me years to develop my shading skills and I'm still learning more everyday. :)

[@kylee6064]

Thank you for this...I'm going to go home and practice tonight!! I appreciate it

[@WaterColorMisfit]

:)

[@juditharowland3461]

and your pen work is beautiful.........We need more talented Pen and Wash artists on KZbin. Most of them can't hold a candle to your stunning color and balance with the Ink work.

[@SilverScreenJean]

+Judith A Rowland I agree Judith- I am fascinated with those who use a pen outline and then put watercolor over it. ( Some say that it looks cartoonish to leave lines on a water color painting. Well , seeing this gorgeous example says it just ain't so!)

[@thebabymomo2709]

Judith A Rowland I always use pen and wash and I thought that it was kind of looked down upon... it's nice to know it's admired by some people. So thank you 😊

[@mypandapaints5854]

Love your poppies. The stems are just a bit bright but they work in your piece. Just wanted to point out for future videos that instead of using the word "contrasting," use "complimentary." Also, what you were explaining to viewers reminded me of what my art teachers used to say over and over again, "Draw what you see and not what you know." Great that you got there on your own. Love how vibrant the liquid watercolors are!

[@martyboone3651]

She’s such a good teacher.

[@PapertoThread]

This is absolutely gorgeous! I wish I had seen it sooner! I did a poppy painting for a friends baby shower and this would have definitely improved my painting. I did like how the baby's painting came out but I may make her a second one with your tips. Thank you so much for sharing. I have just recently found your channel and love everything! So very helpful and I love your work. I am resurfacing an old passion in drawing and painting. Your videos will be extremely helpful in honing my skills. Thank you again!

[@WaterColorMisfit]

PapertoThread I'm so glad my tips can help others! I really enjoy running this channel and feel very blessed with all the support and love! so thank you! :D

[@johnwdav116]

thanks Carrie, I'm a 70yr old doodler attempting to break into the world of watercolor. Your style seems to fit my comfort level and look forward to more of your tips and wisdom.I wasn't using ink crosshatching in my paintings but soft leadpencil ????

[@SilverScreenJean]

Loved this video- informative and beautiful to watch the flower and its colors unfold!

[@veaudor]

Wonderful!! Very helpful. To be re-watched and re-learned over and over again. Thank you!

[@WaterColorMisfit]

+veaudor So glad you loved it! :D

[@Spellbound987]

That was very informative, one I shall watch again and again Im sure. Beautiful penwork and stunning study. hugs Tibby xxx

[@WaterColorMisfit]

+Spellbound987 Thanks so much :)

[@inekedusseljee3093]

Thank you so much, getting what I did wrong. Now I can try again. I love your video's.

[@juditharowland3461]

Carrie.........You should seriously do more videos using these concentrates. The Poppies are beautiful......and I'd love to see more pieces along this line, using watercolor concentrates......

[@chrislynagh4631]

That's the best explanation I've heard and seen so far. Well done. Thank you.

[@WaterColorMisfit]

+Chris Lynagh You are welcome :D

[@momknowsbest2]

Very informative tutorial. Excellent idea of the layering of colours. Made me look at flowers very differently. I am not that great at drawing but I find there is just something magical about water colour. Totally inspired me to pick up my brushes again, Beautiful painting.

[@WaterColorMisfit]

charmed3553 I'm so glad it helped you :D

[@KonaSitkaRose]

Lovely! I never was able to take painting lessons, and am unfamiliar with layers over layers like this. Plus I'm a chicken! But I'm going to try it ♥

[@KonaSitkaRose]

Stunning! Thank you so much for sharing about using opposite colors to tone down brightness. Lovely!

[@wwilloww995]

You're incredibly talented. Many thanks for posting this!!!

[@netehope4162]

Loved your painting, very vibrant, oozing with beautiful fuchsia, reds and yellows melting into one another:)

[@kbd2076]

Watercolor misfit !! Love it !! That's me too .. Just found you & enjoyed , we'll keep watching .. Drawing is what makes a watercolor so much better, your drawing is great. I must practice both.. Thanks

[@WaterColorMisfit]

+Kathyn Biddle-Dutton So glad you liked the video :)

[@judichristopher4604]

This was Great!!!! I have had some people think it is silly for (me) to layer (especially skin tones)... I layer it... look at it... layer it some more... step back and look at it some more... etc... especially when I'm doing a huge painting... It is nice to see someone else doing it too... "Thank YOU" for this "Beautiful" tutorial... I loved it... ;)

[@thepaperchemist3494]

Hi Carrie! Great tutorial and tips. Thank you for the video. I learned a lot. Also, i felt that the way you explain is extremely calming and soothing. Very helpful. Thank you again :)

[@deborahbarbaccia1109]

I loved how your painting came out. I've been doing some ink and wash too. You explain things very well. Your easy to understand and don't go too fast. thanks for sharing your talents :)

[@mmmmlllljohn]

Awesome drawing and painting ... colours are well ... awesome!

[@SteveL2012]

Gorgeous. Thank you for so generously sharing your technique and mastery.

[@nookmori]

Thanks for the tutorial. I enjoyed it very much and have learned quite a bit too :-)

[@jenniferk3082]

Wow your painting is stunning! I really enjoyed how you explained the process so well. I am brand new to watercoloring so this is way beyond me but maybe one day. Thanks for the great video, gorgeous painting and the inspiration!

[@WaterColorMisfit]

+Jennifer K You are welcome! Stay tuned next week, cause I'm starting a new flower tutorial series which you might like. :D

[@bevroberts8440]

This is just gorgeous! Thanks for sharing your process.

[@covid-19inthistogether96]

Your flowers have so much depth and dimension! Lisa from Lachri Fine Art also gives the same recommendation, to use many, many layers (she works with oil based colored pencils) which I found really fascinating, ie. that the concept is the same for both mediums! Thanks so much!

[@benitaryan4428]

Love, love, love your work and personality!

[@WaterColorMisfit]

+Benita Ryan Aw thanks so much :)

[@gingerboerman7470]

Stunning! I've not used these liquid watercolor concentrates. I use tube paints in my palette. I will have to give these a try. Thank you for sharing your wonderful talent.

[@danielapagliaro8025]

WOW that looks so beautiful. Great tutorial and tips.

[@copingcolours5136]

I love the fact that you use thicker lines to denote shading! Also your lines are so uniform. My lines tend to wobble a bit but I just gotta practice. Such gorgeous colors! By the way do you use watercolor pencils? Or colored pencils in general? I've gotten a set of prismacolors and I like to do shading with the pencils and then add watercolor paint to blend (usually a midtone shade.) more fully. Blossoming technique for the win! **I write comments as I am watching so their not as eloquent as they should be**

[@WaterColorMisfit]

copingcolours Keep practicing with your lines :) You'll get it! When I first started my lines weren't exact either but with practice they have become better. As for watercolor pencils, I do use them but rarely. I typically use them for texturing my painting because the pencils can score the paper. Do you like your prismacolor pencils? I've never used them before, but have seen several youtubers use them. PS I love your comments! They always make me smile :D

[@wendyliuartstudio6536]

Thanks for sharing with us. Happy painting!

[@WaterColorMisfit]

+Wendy Liu Art Studio You are welcome and Happy Painting! :D

[@lanak4632]

Beautiful and super helpful. I have been wanting to try this technique and will start doing so!

[@appleknocker56]

Great video & your poppies are stunning! Just beginning & drawing not my strong suit but putting dark line & hatching (where shadow go) will really help me! Ty!!

[@selinarocha1173]

Love your videos you are one of my new favorites!😌

[@WaterColorMisfit]

Selina Rocha Aw thanks! :D

[@kylee6064]

Fantastic tutorial!!! Would love to see more like this and I can't wait to watch your other videos!

[@carlaa.1617]

Hi Carrie, Thanks so much for this great tutorial. I have never used watercolour as a medium before but this flower you have done is so stunning I couldn't resist any longer and I bought the Dr. Ph Martin watercolor concentrates Wow, they are so beautiful. I have a very similar story to yours regarding health issues and started to do art because of it:) I really enjoy all your teachings and wish you all the best in health and great art lessons. I look forward to seeing more.

[@WaterColorMisfit]

+Carla A. Thanks so much for sharing! I'm glad you loved the video. I'm planning on putting some new flower templates in my store within the next week or two, so be on the look out for those :D They will be similar to this drawing style :)

[@carlaa.1617]

Hi Carrie, Thank you for your reply. I look forward to seeing your new flowers. I'm sure they will be beautiful:)

[@rz3159]

you are so awesome and so are your tutorials, very informative, thanks for sharing!

[@WaterColorMisfit]

Thanks :D

[@ishaniraghu5173]

U are just absolutely amazing! Thanks for your help! I can't find these tips anywhere else!

[@WaterColorMisfit]

+Ishani Raghu I'm so gad you liked :D

[@doracamarena3588]

Beautiful work. Just awesome.!!!

[@ΜαρίαΣ-κ5ξ]

Hello!! I admire your work so much!! I started with watercolors recently and I'm using youtube tutorials to get as much knowledge as possible, so to me your way of explaining what you are doing in each level of paint is awesome!!!!! Your level is too hard yet for me to follow xD congratulations for your videos and skills! Keep it up!!!! and thanks for sharing what you know with us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) Ah also, this way of creating your scene of flowers is stunning!!!!!!!!!

[@WaterColorMisfit]

+Μαρία Σ I'm so glad you like the video :D Yeah for getting back into painting too! :D

[@ΜαρίαΣ-κ5ξ]

hahah I dont think anyone who sees it wouldn't like it! :D yeyy it's awesome to be painting again :3

[@Ria22849]

Es ist zum Verlieben schön!

[@linmassey6527]

superb, really enjoyed the lesson and will certainly give it a try. thank you

[@OceanPlantsLove]

I really enjoyed this video! Good job! and thank you for the tips!

[@WaterColorMisfit]

+OceanPlantsLove So glad you liked :)

[@TammyRose751]

Wonderful demonstration. I am going to try to do this. How you do the cross hatching is a excellent idea.

[@WaterColorMisfit]

R PALMER Thanks :D

[@juliem4259]

What a nice painting! Redoute' painted petal by petal too, I think. Gorgeous!

[@ARTbyKDR]

Wonderful tutorial!

[@TamiGoldmann]

This is gorgeous!

[@Creativemadness13JC]

This is so beautiful thanks so much for sharing!!!💜💛💚💙

[@barbarachaninspired]

Thank you for your demonstration. I look forward to trying your technique.

[@Kirstenkruse]

Thank you for sharing this, so inspiring! My first watercolor was a poppies, too.

[@kareanwilliams]

Thank you I enjoyed your instruction it was very inspiring. I intend to try. Thank you.

[@WaterColorMisfit]

+Karean Williams Awesome! I'm glad you liked :)

[@carronmackinnon4875]

Stunning

[@tankgrlz]

This was incredibly helpful - thank-you sooo much!

[@helend9715]

Beautiful, I'd love to try this one.

[@TLowens]

love this picture! beautiful!

[@WaterColorMisfit]

Tamala Owens thanks :)

[@Yahstreasure]

BEAUTIFUL!

[@jenniFaux1]

That was really good. Thank you!

[@MarieYah]

This is absolutely beautiful!! I think you should add some kind of music, maybe something very peaceful.

[@jetleg60]

Beautiful video on watercolor. Thank you for ti

[@CraftingMyWorld]

Thanks so much - that was really awesome and I learned some fantastic tips and ideas to help me on my art journey :-))

[@WaterColorMisfit]

CraftingMyWorld You're totally welcome! Glad it helped! :)

[@GrannysWanderingSpirit]

This is an amazing tutorial. Thank you. I love both pen and ink, and watercolor, but have never thought to shade this way. Can't wait to try!

[@WaterColorMisfit]

+Elizabeth Beveridge No problem :) Glad you liked :D

[@cheryl7476]

Excellent tutorial. Thanks!

[@choitran344]

Absolutely gorgeous!!!! Like very much!

[@criticalthinking176]

would be great to know the brand of watercolor inks you use... Nice work btw!!

[@leezer1204]

gorgeous work! Thanks for all the info

[@PeaceNOTwar222]

So beautiful 👍👍👍👍👍

[@WaterColorMisfit]

+traceyjanine Thanks :D

[@wenjay18]

This is very helpful. Thank you!

[@WaterColorMisfit]

+Xiensky So glad you like :D

[@g.williamwhaaargargle9710]

Impressive, informative, that was nice........keep it up, my sister:)

[@mariovella4816]

Wonderful! Thanks

[@WaterColorMisfit]

+Mario Vella You are welcome! Stay tuned next week, cause I'm starting a new flower tutorial series which you might like. :D

[@ginettemelody1035]

Do you please, let dry the paint between each layering? So beautiful !!!

[@tonicat5068]

Great video! Thank you so much!

[@MsPandora93]

Really loved the way you did this painting. Pen work was neat. I must try that. I am going to sub to you and hope to watch some more of your vids. tfs

[@Beencouraged777]

I love love your art work

[@doumkatekz]

Very beautiful

[@WaterColorMisfit]

+doumkatek Z thanks :)

[@Ria22849]

Hervorragend und absolut genial!

[@LilyDuVeauLilysMix]

Very pretty,nice presentation!

[@neyruzAJ]

This was very inspiring thank you for sharing :*

[@WaterColorMisfit]

+neyruz AJ You are welcome :D

[@nickyy3083]

Awesome - thank you for sharing that

[@kimfarmer8229]

Love these poppies! Could you list what colors that you used?

[@smurf786able]

I just followed along, mine is nowhere as pretty as yours, but still beautiful thankyou!

[@lettienugent]

GORGEOUS painting. I've watched this a couple of times, really enjoyed it. There is only one thing I'm unclear about. I don't think I understand what portion of what you were doing was a 'glaze'. Is that something else you are painting with, or the way you painted the last layers?

[@WaterColorMisfit]

+LettieNugent.com Glazing simply means you paint one color, let it dry and then paint a new color over it. This is specially to watercolor and allows multiply colors to mingle together in unique ways on paper. It also is great for creating depths and intricate details without the painting looking heavy. :D I hope that helps.

[@lettienugent]

Yes! :) Thanks!

[@Nonsuchhill]

Thank you so much for this.

[@WaterColorMisfit]

+Nonsuchhill You're very welcome! :D

[@tamathamavraides5532]

Thank you, that was helpful.

[@craftynanc907]

I pay for a Craftsy membership and I was curious as to if this is a separate fee, your work is awesome

[@tennyzhang1960]

Why is your color so vibrant?? just by looking, I wonder if your paint is liquid in the bottle? I've only used watercolors that comes out from tubes or sit in a palette so I'm really interested >

[@WaterColorMisfit]

I used PH Martin's Watercolor concentrates the Radiant line. I have a review on them in my You Asked For It Series if you want to learn more :D

[@SewWhittle]

Very beautiful! Is this entirely wet on dry?

[@nancyrobert2904]

beautiful

[@anahata2009]

Just FYI, I don't know why this is happening, but at the 10:26 mark on this video, I start to get two different audio tracks on top of each other. One sounds like your earlier commentary on the cross hatching. It goes on for about 10 seconds. I've tried it a few times, even closing and reopening the you tube app, but the problem persists. So I'm thinking it might actually be a problem with the video. Apart from that, is a great video, really helpful tutorial. I love what you're doing with the layering and using color theory in a smart way.

[@Whitepaper_Art]

Your picture is very good ~♡

[@hildavandergriff1730]

Very good demo, I want to see more. Are there more videos?

[@WaterColorMisfit]

+Hilda Vandergriff Thanks Hilda :) I don't have anymore videos on the poppies, perhaps more in the spring. However, I do have one on how to draw a Hyacinth Flower :) The link is below kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2bZnquApb-aj7s

[@mytube9431]

You sound like you would be a very good teacher

[@WaterColorMisfit]

+My Tube I actually went to school to become a teacher :) But not for art. So you are probably seeing some of my teacher-y side :)

[@onenirvana1]

awesome instructor

[@SusanLS08]

Love it

[@UsernamesForDummies]

It's beautiful, but easy it ain't. I mean, the "outlines" are already like a finished painting.

[@calonstanni]

Just what I was thinking. Maybe the painting part is easy, maybe it's not but it would take me forever to learn to draw like that.

[@choitran344]

UsernamesForDummies hahaha... exactly what I was thinking.....jezz....it's not simple.....but luvit!

[@Assam-bt1dl]

I love you 💟

[@rutheproppi6265]

Hello: Will you please tell me if there is a copy of that beautiful composition of the poppies that you created. Please let me know so that I can follow you tutorial better. If there is a charge please let me know, you composition for poppies is the best I have ever seen. Best,

[@donnacrespo9053]

Beautiful! May I ask what size your paper is?