56 Artists&Illustrators
Looser
strokes
PROJECTHARRIET DE WINTON shows
you how to shake up your
botanical art and paint a more
expressive version of a rose in
watercolour with confidenceF
lowers and watercolours are
the perfect partners; like
getting lost in the spiralling
petals of a rose, the more you
explore watercolour, the more you
will discover its subtle surprises.
I am still making discoveries
after all these years, but the
freshness of colour racing
across a wet page, triggeredby a single dab of the brush,
gets me every time.
For this project, having a real
rose stem in front of you will make
a big difference. The stem is a
series of curves that extend out
to leaf branches, one on top of
another. No two loose watercolour
roses turn out the same, so aim to
paint this rose clearly and simply.