Watercolor Blue And White Vases With Flowers

Summer is the perfect time to delve into something new, and if you can take it with you, all the better! So friends, consider starting a sketchbook, keeping in mind that it is about creative growth not perfection, and I can promise you, it is a very very worthwhile journey, and so very satisfying, trust me! This watercolor paper sketchbook of mine was started two years ago on a vacation in Sweden, and I have been slowly adding art to the pages, most recently, art created with watercolors, ahhhhh. And guess what friends, if you don’t like the results, so paint an acrylic paint painting over it, and voila, that watercolor painting gone wrong is old news. The main thing is to use your sketchbook to tell the tale of your creative journey, which can be so many things! If you’d like to start but not sure where, how about some sweet blue and white vessels filled with flowers, or not? This is a perfect subject for beginners, because wonky vases and flowers with interesting shapes might be that much more interesting! Okay, lets get started!

You’ll Need:

• a watercolor sketchbook or watercolor paper
• watercolors,mine are Daler Rowney tubes from Walmart, anda tube of opera pink watercolor, which is a speciality item
• consider liquid watercolors if not traveling, amazing color density, or just use what you have, the best idea!
• a fine black waterproof pen and a pencil and erasor
• a white paint pen or white gel pen

How To:

1. Draw vessels with pencils and spend a little bit of time to get it right. Overlapping vessels look great, so don’t forget to include that in at least one spot.
2. Paint the vessels with one or two shades of cobalt blue. You may want to practice some patterns on a scrap piece of paper!
3. Go to town with flowers, fill those vessels with colorful blobs or go with just a few flowers and lots of greenery.
4. If you are not happy with the flowers, consider collaging over them and creating flowers in a different way…..
5. Add details to the vessels and flowers: white paint pen dots, subtle outlines with the black pen and more.

Enjoy and again, don’t focus on perfection, keep looking forward!

Filling a spread (two facing pages) with one subject is such a wonderful way to fill the pages of your sketchbook, right?That is it for this intro to painting with watercolor in your sketchbook, enjoy!