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The Flower Project

A year in blooms! Paint-along project.

Watercolor
Watercolor

In 2024 I released a flower to paint every month to form a bouquet at the end of the year.

They are so fun.

In my videos I share watercolor as my medium but of course it is open to any medium. Watch my introduction video here:




Watercolor / Pen &  Watercolor / Pen
Watercolor / Pen & Watercolor / Pen

Different ways to paint/draw the flowers. I will l show the first version. Try different mediums too, explore, create, mess up and make more. Don't Stop.


Different vase ideas for your bouquet.
Different vase ideas for your bouquet.

I used the templates to also just use pen to sketch them.


KingArt Inkline Pens.
KingArt Inkline Pens.

I used the templates to use gouache to paint them on old book pages.


Gouache on Old Book Papers
Gouache on Old Book Papers

12 Flowers to follow along in watercolor.


Supplies:

Pencil

Templates

Tape to Tape down Templates

Watercolor Paper

Paint Brushes, various sizes

Watercolor Paint

Cup of Water

Towel 


January: Peony

The earth laughs in flowers

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February: Lavender

Every flower blooms in its own time

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March: Eucalyptus

Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair

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April: Daisy

Love speaks in flowers

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May: Carnation

You belong among the wild flowers

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June: Anemone

To plant a garden isto believe in tomorrow

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July: Cosmos

Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature

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August: Lily

Where flowers bloom so does hope

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September: Poppy

Happiness is to hold flowers in both hands..

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October: Pansy

To me, flowers are happiness.

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November: Rose

Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature

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December: Tulips

A flower blossoms for its own joy

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Finally you will have a bouquet full of painted flowers.


Finished  Bouquet of Painted Flowers
Finished Bouquet of Painted Flowers

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Orange County, California

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