How to Paint Around the Color Wheel in Watercolor

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Draw on a 9 x 12 inch piece of watercolor paper

     Have the flower touch the top and bottom edges of the paper.  Make a double lined stem to  create space to fill in with paint. ,  Place the leaves randomly along each side of the stem, touching, in places the sides of the paper.  Curve them for a sense of motion.  The leaves can also be shooting up and radiating from the bottom of the stem.,  Tube colors will allow for better coverage and a greater ease of application.,,  Lightly draw lines to divide the background into six equal pieces, like you would cut a pie.,  Paint behind the flower blossom to fill in the background with the yellow color.,  Repeat with red, violet, blue and green until the entire background is finished.
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   Step 2: in pencil

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   Step 3: a long stemmed flower such as a tulip

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   Step 4: daffodil

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   Step 5: rose or sunflower.

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   Step 6: Make the blossom at least as big as an egg or golf ball.

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   Step 7: Prepare your watercolors by squeezing out 1/8th inch of each of the primary colors on your palette.

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   Step 8: Paint the flower

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   Step 9: stem and leaves

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    Step 10: Allow to dry.

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    Step 11: Locate the centermost point on your paper and make a small dot in pencil.

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    Step 12: Mix a puddle of yellow paint and fill in the topmost triangle of "pie."

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    Step 13: Mix a quantity of the next color

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    Step 14: orange and repeat the previous step

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    Step 15: working clockwise.

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