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    Painting project

    Apr 15, 2022 5 minutes

    LEARNING OBJECTIVES

    ■ How to interpret a fresh vibrant camellia in watercolour

    ■ Practise wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry techniques (see part 1 for details)

    ■ How to approach a background wash

    Camellias are one of my favourite flowers, bringing light and colour into a garden following the dark winter months. Their wonderful flower heads stand out like jewels amongst the surrounding foliage, giving a feeling of warmth and optimism for the year ahead.

    Each year I walk past this camellia shrub in my hometown in Kent (below right). Its most amazing colour of vibrant fresh pink with hints of hot red and mauve always catches my eye. Once the buds open, the flower heads gradually emerge from a bowl form to a flat open shape, displaying large, obvious petals and a distinctive golden cluster of stamens. It is a beautiful flower to interpret in watercolour,) for this painting project, as the colours lend themselves to the vibrancy needed to create this amazing flower head.

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