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A tapestry of wildflowers

Watercolour

Learning objectives

■ Practise mixing and applying watercolour washes
■ Work with the negativepainting technique
■ Create texture and depth with watercolour

You will need

■ Surface

• Bockingford 140lb NOT paper 9x12in. (23x30.5cm)

■ Winsor & Newton Professional Water Colour

• Cadmium red
• Cadmium yellow pale
• Quinacridone gold
• Winsor violet
• Permanent rose • Aureolin
• Burnt umber or light red
• Payne's grey
• Ultramarine
• Raw sienna

The aim of this project is to produce a natural-looking representation of a selection of wildflowers. Which flowers you choose to put in is up to you. Choose as many or as few varieties as you would like. My painting has daisies,

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