Watercolour Florals Part 1 : Creating the Flowers

In part 1 of this series, I demonstrate how to paint different types of flowers. Here is what you will be learning to paint:
Peony 00:39
Rose 4:45
Ranunculus 6:50
Anemones 11:20
Delphiniums 13:55
Eucalyptus 17:45
And simple greenery
Stayed tuned for part 2 where I will be demonstrating how to put them all together to create a beautiful watercolour bouquet.
Here are the watercolour materials that I use!
Paint Palette:
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Arches Watercolour Paper:
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Princeton Snap Brushes:
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Size 12 Round brush:
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Winsor & Newton Cotman and Professional Paints:
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[@Chastitythompson]

You are an amazing teacher and painter! I don’t know why anyone would thumbs down anything of yours. Keep going girl and thanks for all you do!!!

[@elizabethlessner2911]

It comes out to about..one percent? There is always one moron in every bunch, right?

[@jessicaneff5928]

I have struggled to try to tackle loose florals/florals at all because I'm new to watercolor (2 months), but even with all the floral tutorials out there, your videos are the first that I've seen that make me want to keep going. Thank you! 😊

[@grammyrosethompson650]

Oh my goodness! Thank you! I am a total beginner and you are very inspiring. I just recently realized that it is loose florals that I am most interested in doing, and that is when I started watching your videos. This one helped me so much in understanding and separating in my mind, the difference between a "blend", and a " bleed". Something that should have been obvious I suppose, but you helped solidify it in my mind. Thank you! Your work, your skill at presentation is *almost* as lovely as you are! Thanks again for sharing your knowledge and skills.

[@THEKITCHENCEO11]

Nobody could teach this patiently ❤

[@sybilherron3573]

You are so adorable and you had an adorable little boy. You seem so happy with your life. It makes your watercolors wonderful too. When l am down my paintings show it but when l am happy my paintings reflect it. I just love the way you control 5he water. Water has a way of being the boss but your relationship with it is simpatico. Congratulations with your wonderful teaching. You are so good. I hope you know that.

[@nb6792]

keep this up please!!! After all the videos I tried to watch claiming to be a "tutorial", yours is the only one that actually got me making something recognizable LOL especially the rose. Thanks!

[@mikuenjoyerXD]

Check out emily artful's flower tutorial!

[@atomiclisa]

Emma, you are the best I've seen so far. I really respect your work and am learning a ton. Thank you!

[@marymary5494]

I’ve watched many tutorials on watercolour flowers. I even went to a class. I have to say I’ve learnt more from this one video. Your instructions are very informative. Thank you

[@meanbean98]

omg, how pretty ...just glowing I've never seen this one till now...

[@zuhalsayver8080]

Çok teşekkür ederim Emma,kolay ve güzel bir şekilde gösteriyorsun.Lisan bilmiyorum ama izleyerek öğreniyorum.Suluboyayi çok seviyorum 🤗 seni de Emma♥️.

[@robynsartandgifts2860]

I used to love growing peonies in Virginia.

[@cassiehoogendoorn9664]

Perfect teacher. Thanks so much!

[@johnandkathleenodonnell4130]

Really great video. One gentle suggestion... for me, anyway, I don't like background music that is repetitive... but I may be an exception. Other than that, which is prob due to my "special" idiosyncrasies, the video shows you are a great teacher. Thank you for making and posting it.

[@redparrot53]

Very nice and informative...anemones come in TONS of colors!!

[@NotAmused2001]

Thank you and congrats on the new baby

[@marikareimer4411]

I love your videos, thank you for explaining so thoroughly. beautiful artwork. I'm new to watercolor (since January, 2019) I love the detailed explanations

[@dioanaros16]

I have been looking all over for loose flowers tutorial. Thank you for this ❤️❤️❤️💐

[@denisewells4617]

Love the way you paint you make it look so easy! Thank you

[@IMMA383]

I just painted this tutorial and well, it's not like yours but.. I love the results. Emma, you are a wonderful teacher and I find that I'm learning a lot from you. Thank you for your time, energy and generosity.

[@georginahughes2400]

Gorgeous, i love how you paint, i understand it all so much better now, I cant wait to try it out over the weekend. Thank you for sharing.

[@Zsparky]

Thank you for sharing this video! It was exactly what I was looking for :) I just picked up water color paints recently, and wasn't sure of how to make pretty flowers~ I love your style!

[@carolro6673]

I followed your earlier tutorial on a peony and I’m pleased with the result. You are a very good teacher! Ty

[@OneTrueWord1988]

You are an excellent teacher! Thanks so much, this is very helpful. ♡♡

[@bhawnashetty9797]

Thank you Emma! These are fun to watch. You do this with such grace and flourish! I hope someday I will be half as confident and good as you 🙂 God bless you. I do agree that your instructions could be louder, as your tips are precious. Had to hold my phone to my ear to get them all 😀

[@Linda-qq5mg]

Thank you for explaining as you painted which makes the video so much easier to understand. The flowers look doable and I am anxious to try them. I have subscribed. :)

[@tinawugalter9760]

Your work is so beautiful and you make it look so relaxing and free flowing. Keep up the great work! love your tutorials!!!

[@dianehazelbaker5022]

I just found your video and it’s wonderful and helpful! I’ve subscribed and now will enjoy looking at your past videos for sure, thank you!

[@deejcarter2003]

You did such a good job of showing how to make t(see flowers. The best I’ve seen so far.

[@veronikahanssen1934]

I really love your videoes! been looking for a way to learn to paint with watercolors and this gives me hope! thanks !

[@MMGARC]

So Helpful! This was what I needed to watch - thanks so much.

[@murasue1162]

I love your technique and how you explain one by one, they're all very pretty 💗

[@mrsbsantiago]

Thanks for this video! I like this a lot than those artist who do not speak and explain while they are painting. I tried this and it helps.

[@AmiParrish]

Your work is beautiful. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@flixfanatic176]

Thank you so much for the wonderfully informative tutorial! I really have learnt to much! 🌸

[@TTDFen]

Thank you for the wonderful tutorial ❤️

[@mariajoao4144]

very well explained young lady.... thanks for the free lesson

[@ramengirll]

I've been searching for a video that explains making loose watercolour flowers properly. Thankyou so much for this video. I'm gonna learn so much from it. Offlining so I can watch and make my own this weekend

[@thineasakil3067]

Wow! Thank you so much for this tutorial!!!😊

[@terryfried]

So pretty and you make it look so easy.

[@patricianalva8788]

It was really awesome your tutorial for beginners like me! thank you!

[@marinevolkovenko2867]

Hi, Emma! I really like what you are doing!

[@paletteandeasel5167]

Emma your tutorials are wonderful! I am just starting out in watercolor and I’m having difficulty finding good paper that I can afford to practice on. I took your advice and got the Bee watercolor paper. I guess I should have waited to get better paints. I bought the professional grade paints but with crappy paper it’s just a waste. Having better luck with the Bee paper. I want to try the Arches but it’s just not in my budget right now.

[@jewelday6812]

Great video, good explanation. That's Ranunculus! Sounds a bit like ridiculous with a nun in the middle...lols! So cute!

[@jeangeorge3143]

You just make this so awsome it’s your talent

[@adrianawhite122]

Thank you, inspiring and explained so clearly. Also not rushed so could see clearly each step to create those lovely flowers.

[@judichristopher4604]

I love this video... It is a joy to watch you do your beautiful art... Thank you for sharing video.

[@chloelcl]

Lovely! The leaves are so pretty!

[@yvonnewhitehouse]

Thank you that was very helpful. I am just starting out with watercolours

[@mariaanaliereyes2956]

Thanks for sharing ig makes watercoloring easy.

[@peggydarata7401]

Wonderful, thank you for all your talent your sharing.

[@dotydiva]

Thanks again for your watercolor tech.

[@debbyewing2183]

Learned a ton 💜 thank you so much

[@lavendersage5937]

Great channel - great teacher too! Thank you👩‍🎨

[@marinawilkinson5840]

Beautiful! 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@rachaelperkins.artstuff7283]

Thanku so much Emma I have learnt so much today! I painted along with you and my result was so great compared to me doing it on my own 👌🏻☺️

[@preciousletters4123]

I've been waiting for your watercolor post again.. finally! Btw. Congrats 😉🤱

[@EmmaLefebvre]

Precious Letters thanks so much! Hope you enjoy the video!!

[@cbrisalchemist6887]

Lovely 😊 Thank you for sharing.

[@McQuizzical]

Thank you ☺⚘

[@greencrystal6323]

Love your technique!

[@clairebooker6052]

Love this!!! Thank you :)

[@ericafiala5105]

Thankyou! Using paper I found at ross so it probably wont be that good, but I'm still learning

[@bloombeam]

Thank you,i love this

[@Stupfell]

Excellent!👍 Defined perfectly.

[@veronicadelcarmen71]

Que hermoso trabajo...te admiro...podrías poner con subtítulos en español? Seguro tienes muchas seguidoras por aquí. Lima, Perú

[@dianeertl4447]

Hello Emma I love your paintings instructions, only one thing... if your pallet was on the right it would be less distracting.

[@jdmke7417]

best video ever! ❤️ thanks!!!

[@jenniferhamilton2284]

The anemones technique is interesting and helpful, but the come in plenty of colors besides white and in no place on earth do they have 4 petals. They typically have 6 but can have many more.

[@photography12224]

Lovely 😍😍💖....your videos are damm👌👌💓

[@cutiepie9419]

Thanks for this, it was really useful! :)

[@coriyoung4987]

Thank you for this. I really need to learn how to paint a bigger variety of flowers. I also struggle on leaves so thank you! Also, where do you get your supplies?

[@tashadial1039]

GREAT VIDEO!

[@rosapillon]

Maravilhoso .

[@noradunlap7539]

I love your tutorials!!! Hope I can paint just one!!! New Subby!!!❤️

[@SmartSocialMedia4Biz]

I'm just starting watercolour and love your tutorial videos, paintings, and teaching style. It would be really helpful when you do a series to cross link in the description at the top so it's easy to find the next or previous video that goes with it (you have several "part 1" videos :) >> Please put link to Part 2 in the Part 1 video, and vice versa.

[@EmmaLefebvre]

Bright Spark Media good point! I will do that!

[@MegaJansue]

So pretty!!!♥

[@irener1111]

Any tips for painting in Arizona where there is extremely low humidity and everything dries on contact?

[@darlenejones9635]

Love this very nice explanation

[@sara_george]

Amazing ❤️

[@Silvanerin1]

Perfectly. I love that you make mistakes too. And you have no problems with this. I love your paintings. I would like to book a Course for watercolor paintings from you. Do you have one? Sorry for my bad english grammatical.

[@denisewells4617]

How do you keep your flowers so wet in order to go back once you're done mine seem to dry too quickly I guess I need to use more water. It just seems like it dries so fast before I can get back to it

[@alimonada5401]

Lovely flowers, and great techniques. What brushes do you suggest for beginners? Something good quality and mid-price range?

[@EmmaLefebvre]

A Limonada the brushes I use are Princeton Snap brushes. They’re great for beginners and advanced! I put a link in the description. I found them on amazon!

[@alimonada5401]

@@EmmaLefebvre Thank you so much for your recommendation! I will order some as soon as I can. Again, thank you!

[@travismorganrhoades5194]

I would love to see how you create some of these colors! I just received my first set of watercolor paints for Christmas and am a complete newbie to ANY kind of painting. I know the possibilities are endless with mixing colors, but any tips on mixing to get some colors very similar to those you are using? I follow you on IG and basically asked for the Winsor & Newton Cotman tube paints you posted about using most often a while back, so I have all of these tubes and I’m not sure where to go from here or how to create these gorgeous shades you are making! I know a lot of it is trial and error and just playing around with colors, but I also don’t want to waste paints and a ton of time trying to create them and then ending up with something not at all the right color! 😂🤦🏻‍♀️

[@EmmaLefebvre]

Travis & Morgan Rhoades awesome that you got some of those paints for Christmas! My first suggestion is to squeeze some of each paint into your pallet and let it dry over night. This helps them last a long time rather than using them straight out of the tube! I do suggest you play around with the colours because mixing is half the fun. And if the paints are dry, you won’t waste much at all. As for these colours that I’m using, it’s mostly pure permanent rose for the pink colour, permanent rose mixed with a bit of yellow for the peach colour, and then a light wash of purple for the purple colour. For that sage green I mix a dark green with a bit of purple! Hope that helps a bit!

[@travismorganrhoades5194]

Emma Lefebvre That’s very helpful! Thank you so much for the fast reply! I did go ahead and squirt a good amount of paint from each tube into my palette last night - I’ve watched all of your videos and remembered you saying that in at least one of them. ☺️ So I did that last night and they are mostly dry this morning. I can’t wait to play around with them some more! Thank you for taking the time to share your art and skills with us!

[@navinarts8487]

Nice work 👍👍👍

[@mayosh220]

You are amazing

[@kristinadarauay]

May i know what type of brush do you use for loose watercolor floral painting?

[@nicolecrawford1626]

What type of brushes are you using mostly? I am a beginner. ty.

[@EmmaLefebvre]

NICOLE CRAWFORD I use Princeton Snap brushes. They are pretty affordable. Just make sure you get a round watercolour brush. I use mostly size 12 and 6.

[@lilianavicol7492]

I love your videos, can you please tell me about the basic materials (brushes and watercolors and paper) that I need to have so I could try this painting?! Thank you 😊

[@EmmaLefebvre]

Liliana Vicol I actually have a video that goes through all my materials! Here’s the link! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHenfYWqesipfqs There are also links in the description of the video to where you can get the materials! Hope that helps!!

[@aminaansari1683]

Beautiful. Helpful video. I am new subscriber. Love and blessings from India.

[@deborahkeevers5600]

Beautiful, are these instructions in your book on etsy, i am new to watercolour.

[@jeangeorge3143]

Amazing

[@sigrunsveinbjornsdottir685]

Loved it

[@natasharodricks-naidu3652]

this is lovely. so glad i found you!

[@patty8232]

Love your painting and instructions what is that weird noise that I keep hearing? I thought my computer was breaking... but it stopped when I paused the video. Very nice flowers will look for more from you

[@susiesiner5518]

Do you give any constructive criticism or do you have a place where we can show you our attempts at what you are teaching to help us out with your suggestions? Love your tutorials! Thanks!

[@EmmaLefebvre]

Susie Siner on my instagram I get tons of messages where people show me their work! @emjlefebvre

[@theresamcloughlin7311]

Why do you not say what colour paint you are using?

[@boldlyrise8304]

How are you not getting blooms in your flower? You seem to have a lot of water in your brush...

[@karenkjohnston5221]

Love your technique but would suggest that you speak louder. I have my volume maxed out and can barely hear you. Your work is very nice.

[@laurat.]

The video was helpfull to learn ne techniques, but it was a bit too fast for me. Had problems with the drying and had to stop very often. The anemones didn´t work very well. Think it was just a bit to dry and then the color has gone to fast...

[@EmmaLefebvre]

Laura T. It’s important to keep the first layer wet so the colours blend. It can be tricky if you don’t have the right paper. Sometimes you have to move quite fast to get it to blend before it dries. Don’t get discouraged though, keep practicing and trying different things. Check out my watercolour basics video and material comparison video for tips! Hope that helps!

[@laurat.]

Emma Lefebvre Thank you for your fast answer. My Problem wasn‘t that the colours won‘t Blend. The way they‘d blend were just not right. I trief so many states of wet and dry. Maybe it‘s my paper. 🤷‍♀️ the rest of the flowers I like more 😄

[@ladyjane60]

where can I find your video explaining about paper quality and perhaps about the brushes you use. I have been practicing and getting really nice results....quite surprised myself even....but the paint doesn't seem to blend as yours does. I am using Canson cold-pressed 300g-140lb paper. Is there anything else I should be looking for in paper? I am extremely pleased that I have found your tutorials....easily learning many new techniques from a great teacher.

[@EmmaLefebvre]

Jane Abramowitz kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoHIq4Fjd7xmqZI is the video where I talk about paper. I use arches watercolour paper. It’s 100% cotton which I think may be what makes it better quality. As for brushes, I use Princeton Snap brushes. I got them at a work shop and just continued to use them. I don’t really have a preference for brushes or really see much of a difference. I just make sure that I get round watercolour brushes. Hope that helps!

[@ladyjane60]

Emma Lefebvre thanks. I'll check out the video . The paper days 100% cellulose. Don't know what that means😃. Will also check out what is available here in Israel. Thanks for the prompt reply!

[@ladyjane60]

OK. Definitely see the difference. Interesting that you specifically compare it to the Canson.. I will check out what is available similar to the Arches here in Israel. This could be what is making the difference in the results. Thanks again

[@EmmaLefebvre]

You’re very welcome! Hope you find some!

[@music-sc7eg]

Jane - basically wood pulp. Hope that helps.

[@rubinanasirarain6029]

Excellent, which brush n no. Plz