Watercolour techniques - dry brush painting flowers and grasses

Wendy demonstrates watercolour techniques including dry brush, painting flowers and grasses. Following an introduction to the technique there is a step by step painting tutorial suitable for beginners and those with a little experience. This video is part of Wendy's online tuition, Project 2 , available from her website.
Additional work, blog pages and tuition resources can be accessed from my website below.
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BRUSHES
Winsor and Newton Sceptre gold round brushes....all sizes available
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Jackson's : Studio Synthetic Watercolour Brush : Rigger : Size 3
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Rigger brush Cotman series 333....all sizes available
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Pro Arte Sablene brush set
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Jackson's watercolour brush quill
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PAPER
Bockingford watercolour paper 140lb not/cold press pad....sold also loose etc
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Saunders Waterford watercolour paper 140lb not/cold press loose....sold also as pads etc
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Bockingford block 9 x 12 inches
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PAINTS
I recommend Winsor and Newton Cotman watercolours. A few mentioned specifically in videos are listed below. The 21ml size is very cost effective for colours you use alot.
WN Cotman watercolour tubes....all sold separately also
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Hookers green dark Cotman watercolour
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Dioxazine violet Cotman watercolour
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Mauve Cotman watercolour
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Dioxazine violet Cotman watercolour
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Permanent rose Cotman watercolour
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Cotman watercolour Intense Pthalo blue
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OPAQUE WATER BASED PAINTS AND INKS
White gouache Winsor and Newton
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Pebeo Drawing gum/masking fluid for watercolour
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Dr. Ph. Martin's Pen White
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Winsor and Newton designer gouache paint set
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GREETINGS CARDS BLANKS
Craft UK Non Aperture blank greetings cards
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Aperture cards Papermania small
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Aperture cards Stitchtastic
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Aperture cards Dovecraft 6x6 inches
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MISCELLANEOUS
Watercolour empty pallet
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Mask away....masking fluid remover block
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Derwent art eraser...soft rubber good for watercolour paper
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[@marygallo2174]

Awesome!! I can't wait to wake up and paint this one!! It is 3:20 am and watching your wonderful videos. I am eager to learn a new techinique!! Thank you for the wonderful experience!!

[@amandasass7062]

I love what you said, about not trying to paint like anyone else, just better. ❤ Needed to hear that, thank you for authentic great instruction, just learning technique and enjoyed this lesson.

[@cristopherjude136]

Hello there 👋🏻😃 Beautiful Comment..

[@marie-francejorcin3857]

excellente idée du travail d’aquarelle… merci à vous et à votre talent…❤

[@mohmeegaik6686]

I just subscribed because I think you are a brilliant tutor & artist.!!!

[@karenknecht5217]

Thank you from the mountains of California. USA 🇺🇸 I just found you today I’m going to try this today! 😃 I really love this painting!

[@WendyPowellJones]

Thank you....hope you enjoy it 😀

[@tatianasattin5452]

Always amazing dear Wendy, I can spend hours and hours watching and listening, thank you so much.

[@cristopherjude136]

Hello there 👋🏻😃 Nice Comment..

[@bhausahebgaikwad2676]

Nice demo of dry brush painting

[@barbaralee915]

Just beautiful. Love the broken over blades

[@user-kc5ky1ur5y]

Чудесные,лёгкие,воздушные акварели!!Спасибо за Ваше творчество и вдохновение!!

[@cristopherjude136]

Hello there 👋🏻😃 Nice Comment..

[@vnnvideo9023]

Beautiful work! Love the colors!

[@tulipacjrocha]

I appreciate the way you deliver the instruction, you're very gentle, and of course I'll try this approach of dry brush.

[@danielalondongirl933]

Just stunning

[@anamarie8]

Beautiful! The sense of freshness and that indescribable feeling of beauty of spring flowers you have painted!

[@WendyPowellJones]

Thank you 😀

[@Klecksfabrik]

Fabulous!

[@user-uy4nu5bo9z]

Чудове відео. Дякую. Хай щастить.

[@mansim6565]

Thank you for the detailed demonstration.

[@needle.thread.watercolor-jloh]

Enjoy seeing all the variations after you finished this one. Thank you for your instructions and for your

[@dixiedrost4783]

So happy I found your channel Wendy! Love your style of painting and your down to earth friendly approach. This little picture is absolutely beautiful!

[@WendyPowellJones]

Lovely feed back...thank you 😀

[@sherrylee6719]

Thank you. I appreciate your sharing your talent with us.

[@bobbysands5385]

Thank you for the lesson!

[@captaindrywall]

The background is so subtle the yellow this knocks me out Gee. Such a good job

[@WendyPowellJones]

Thank you 😀👍

[@MaryGadsby]

Love watching and listening to you, thank you for teaching!

[@cristopherjude136]

Hello there 👋🏻😃 Beautiful Comment..

[@sarahstevenson2384]

This is beautiful. Thank you for your tuition, it’s so clear and inspirational!

[@WendyPowellJones]

Thank you very much.....enjoy your painting 😀

[@molossergirl2]

This would be perfect for card-making, thank you for your skill and excellent way of teaching.

[@WendyPowellJones]

Thank you….yes I made cards with some of these ideas.

[@2btpatch]

Delightfully quick and fresh. I tend to get too picky. I need more practice like this. Thanks!

[@MoMaryR]

Really love this painting with the grasses.

[@WendyPowellJones]

Thank you👍🧑🏻‍🎄

[@ivanamarta385]

Grazie Wendy, bravissima! 💕💕💕

[@WendyPowellJones]

Thank you...happy you enjoyed 🙂

[@patty8232]

Love the way you paint and tell how you do it! Thank you for sharing and also sharing your projects appreciate the downloads and instructions very much. You make it seem so easy and simple and they are beautiful! You are a treasure is so relaxing to listen to you. Big thank you for no music my ears thank you :)

[@WendyPowellJones]

I do have music with some of my videos but hope or is low and not intrusive.....I feel they benefit if there is a long gap with no talking.

[@wendygliddon3350]

It’s beautiful, can’t wait to give it a go!

[@WendyPowellJones]

Thank you for the feedback....enjoy 😀

[@Marina-zl8vj]

спасибо! Здорово получилось!

[@michellehaines8021]

I appreciate how you showed other variations on the same theme. Thank you.

[@WendyPowellJones]

Thank you for the feedback….good to know 😀

[@donna5659]

I love how you explain and teach. I’ve learned so much! Wonderful! Thank you for sharing your talent!💜

[@WendyPowellJones]

That is really good to hear…..thank you for the feed back 💕

[@ritaobrien9093]

This is delightful! Thank you!

[@cristopherjude136]

Hello there 👋🏻😃 Beautiful Comment..

[@krismua1209]

This looks fun, thank you! Going to try this this weekend.

[@WendyPowellJones]

Yes...enjoy painting it 😀👍

[@arlenemurphy804]

Very lovely Wendy.

[@WendyPowellJones]

Thank you 😀

[@anadelgado1946]

So beautiful Wendy!

[@WendyPowellJones]

Thank you for the feed back 🙂

[@barbaramain6381]

Have sat engrossed watching you! Can’t believe I’ve only just found you! I’m busy painting a water and grass scene from a local pond and really needed this tutorial. Am an older passionate ‘wannabe’ and take advantage of any help I can get! My sincere thank you!! Barbara Main from Australia.

[@WendyPowellJones]

Hello Barbara in Australia.... it great we can chat from across the world like this. Thank you for the feed back. Paint lots and enjoy 😀❤️

[@cheminnonpris]

❤love it, ❤your way of explaining very much

[@josteer3390]

So beautiful and natural, will definitely try this. Thank you.

[@WendyPowellJones]

Thank you...appreciate the feedback. Enjoy 😀

[@needle.thread.watercolor-jloh]

Enjoy seeing all the variations after you finished this one. Thank you for your instructions and for your philosophy.

[@WendyPowellJones]

Thanks for your feedback 😀

[@isabelpichel2780]

We learn a lot with you. Beautiful aquarela painting.Thankyou for share.🌿🌷

[@WendyPowellJones]

Thanks for your lovely feedback 👍❤️

[@carolacassiniullah4038]

They are all beautiful, delicate, nice composition, depth, and good use of dry brush. I shall try it🤔. Thank you!

[@WendyPowellJones]

Thank you for your feedback....enjoy your painting 😀

[@venitha11]

Lovely. Reminds me of a field of cosmos.

[@kathygehres7172]

So happy I found your channel....your teaching is so clear and understandable from all of the others I've seen...hope you keep making videos....:)

[@WendyPowellJones]

Thank you for the feed back it does encourage me to continue 😀

[@haleybrown2836]

Thanks for your wonderful explanation. Always had troubles with dry brushing. Will give it a try again.

[@WendyPowellJones]

Thank you….sure you will be fine 😀👍

[@nkguenther1]

This is lovely and a great help. I love your calm, unhurried manner which is so great for beginners. Subscribed.

[@WendyPowellJones]

Thank you.....I hope you enjoy my other videos 💕

[@grandma1]

Love your painting and love your teaching style. Thanks you for sharing your time, talent andyour lesson plans with us all.

[@WendyPowellJones]

Thank you….lovely to hear 💕

[@trinitymindsartandcraft3096]

Thankyou very much ❤ love the painting...👌

[@WendyPowellJones]

Thank you👍

[@annierodenberg2327]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@thokchomjayshree8089]

I always wanted to do this style but didn't know how. Thank you so much. Just a hobby painter.

[@WendyPowellJones]

Thank you...I am really glad you enjoy the techniques I am sharing. They take some practice but free you up to paint more expressively and creatively I think 🙂

[@lynnemartin2291]

I love it. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻💁🏻‍♀️

[@WendyPowellJones]

Thank you....this video is proving very popular and it is not difficult. The stroke just needs a bit of practice 🙂

[@kascialelonek8757]

Great video ty

[@rosannako4694]

Great tips, beautiful picture and English.

[@WendyPowellJones]

Thank you and I am glad there was something useful for you.😀

[@PanjiSMdrawing]

So inspiratif , thank you for tutorial

[@WendyPowellJones]

Very nice to hear...thank you r feedback👍

[@mimzyartstudio2791]

Lovely 😍

[@WendyPowellJones]

Thank you...appreciated

[@mapleleaf3309]

Thank you🌹

[@eunicenield9631]

Lovely. You make it look so easy.

[@WendyPowellJones]

Thank you….years of painting 😀

[@savithaob]

Learnt a new technique today..thanks Wendy

[@WendyPowellJones]

Pleasure 😀🧑🏻‍🎄

[@1171]

I am so impressed with your work and intend to continue trying.😊

[@WendyPowellJones]

It’s all about practice and not getting too precious about individual paintings……I am still learning aswell 😀👍

[@sandrasimmons5107]

Wow

[@HeiderosesPhotograph]

Very beautiful and delicate, TFS

[@WendyPowellJones]

Thank you 👍

[@bryanpaul-lz9js]

Love your work, I found this channel to be inspirational. Wendy Thank you for sharing your thoughts and skills in this medium

[@WendyPowellJones]

Thank you 😀

[@stephaniecorbett5356]

I really love your tutorials, thank you so much for teaching and inspiring us. Stevie, York.

[@WendyPowellJones]

Thank you for your feedback….very nice to hear 💕

[@susannerudilosso127]

Meraviglioso, grazie👍 saluti dalla Sicilia

[@cristopherjude136]

Hello there 👋🏻😃 Beautiful Comment..

[@juliajackson1211]

I love your style of painting - I do struggle at times being left handed as it seems so much more natural for a right hander…❤

[@WendyPowellJones]

Interesting……we should try to find some left handers on here 🙂 Nice to hear you like my style 💕

[@maureenparsons8717]

Great tutorial👍🏻

[@WendyPowellJones]

Thank you 😀👍

[@captaindrywall]

Dam Wendy this look I like. I will be doing this next for postcards

[@carmentryssesoone3505]

🌹🌹🌹

[@MathinusG]

Lovely, well done!

[@hamidehdavaris]

❤❤❤

[@WendyPowellJones]

👍😀👍

[@dmseeney]

What type of brush and size is it?

[@suel4269]

I’m in love with dry brush technique. Can it damage expensive brushes?

[@WendyPowellJones]

No....the thing that damages brushes is scrubbing them into dried up paint or pan colours. Sometimes it’s best to mix with an older brush then switch to your best brush.

[@teresam280]

ładnie

[@mapleleaf3309]

Wendy, Thank you for the tutorial. I found it's very helpful. What kind of paper did you use? Is it 100% cotton?

[@WendyPowellJones]

Thank you. I use Bockingford 140lb not surface usually. Also Saunders Waterford same 😀

[@mapleleaf3309]

@@WendyPowellJones Thank you🌹

[@smsigned]

Beautiful...! May i know what material used for masking the flowers?

[@WendyPowellJones]

Thank you...it was Windsor and Newton masking/friskit fluid .Other brands are available 😀

[@berylrose3213]

Very helpful Wendy. Can you tell me what number Your brush is please? Thank you

[@WendyPowellJones]

It would have been a number 6 🙂

[@mainan8342]

Beautiful!! Thank you! I'd like to see the flowers in a close up!! Is it possible?? I don't really see where the petals go. Thanks!! (I'm a beginner)🥰🖌️Mains from Spain

[@WendyPowellJones]

Glad you like it….the flowers however are painted very loosely….just random marks 😀

[@mainan8342]

@@WendyPowellJones so not possible with a closeup??

[@WendyPowellJones]

@@mainan8342 not really

[@mainan8342]

@@WendyPowellJones thank you Wendy, for your quick answer!! I'll try!!🥰

[@dixiedrost4783]

I'm having a go at this but my flower shapes are quite wonky. How di you apply the masking fluid to make them resemble flowers?

[@WendyPowellJones]

I did not make any particular shape.....look closely and you will see that. We are just looking for the suggestion of flower shapes . Perhaps yours are too big ? Wonky isn’t always bad 😀

[@dixiedrost4783]

@@WendyPowellJones Thanks for your reply! I think my masking fluid may be the problem? It was difficult to handle and made little bubbles.

[@WendyPowellJones]

Sounds like you need new....try pebeo...there is a link in my most recent videos if you can’t find it. It works really well and it is a light grey that you can see when you put it o n but it is not too distracting.

[@kathygilliland2873]

is there a reason why when i put the grasses in the yellow blue boundary seems to catch and concentrate the green in a blob? did i not let it dry enough? it has happened several times.

[@WendyPowellJones]

It sounds like the background was not dry as you say....sure you have but watch that part again. Get back if you still have problems.

[@kathygilliland2873]

Thanks! I think i may have had some gouche on my brush by mistake. I suppose that could be it?

[@sherrylee6719]

Hi, I looked at your ebay site and your work is lovely. There is a color or color mixture that I am trying to create/replicate. In your painting, "Summer Foliage 2," I'm wondering if you can share the color of the pale yellow in the sky? I would appreciate your help.

[@WendyPowellJones]

Hi....I can’t remember exactly but it will have been a cool yellow....cadmium yellow pale or lemon yellow 🙂

[@vicmurai1033]

Wendy, on your preliminary sketch of flowers they appear to be white spots. Are you using a "mask" so that the green paint will be repelled? You don't explain why the green paint is being repelled by the white spots for flowers. ????

[@WendyPowellJones]

Yes they are masked