Watercolour painting is a lovely activity for anyone, the sisters believe, and with a couple of simple techniques and a little patience, the loveliest motifs emerge. Here, Anna shows how you can paint a charming bouquet in a vase in just a few steps. "Delightful spring atmosphere," she smiles.
Before you begin painting, it can be helpful to fasten your watercolour paper to a cutting mat or similar sturdy surface with decorative tape to avoid the paper creasing too much when drying.
Wet your paintbrush and dab it carefully onto your watercolour paper to leave a drop of water on the paper. Use your brush to shape the drop into a flower petal and repeat this step until you have an entire flower.
Add a little paint to your brush and drip the paint carefully into the water droplets to spread the colour. As long as the drops are not dry yet, you can move the colour around a little.
To achieve a similar expression to the one in the video, add a darker colour in the inner corner of the flower petals. You can experiment with the amount of paint, and you can also add a little more of the first colour you used. "Often, it is easier to add paint a little at a time than to use a high concentration of colour in the beginning," Anna explains kindly. "If the petals have become too wet for your liking, you can use a cotton bud or a dry paintbrush to pull some of the water from the wet areas," Clara suggests.
Now, you can paint the stems and leaves for the flowers. Be careful to paint around the petals and let it all dry.
When everything is dry, use a white wax crayon to draw a vase around the stems, so that these are now inside the vase.
Wet the background a little and choose a colour for the background. Paint onto the wet background with your chosen colour, and drip a slightly higher concentration of paint around the vase to make it stand out stronger on the paper.
Let your painting dry and use it for decoration in the home or as a present for a loved one.
Til að geyma eftirlætis vörur þarf maður að vera skráður inn.