Sunflower - easy watercolour tutorial

Paint a beautiful sunflower in watercolour with me! I will show you in real time exactly how to paint this gorgeous blossom, with only a few materials.

If you would like help with the drawing for this and many other paintings, you can download the sketch for free from dianeantone.com. Just log in to the site and you can put the sketch in your shopping basket and check out for free and in just a few seconds you will have the sketch to trace from in your hand!

For this painting I used 140lb watercolour paper, Fabriano Artistico extra white https://amzn.to/2Mr0fqf

a Princeton Laurel size 11 round synthetic brush https://amzn.to/2PglaNT

and the following colours:

Winsor Yellow https://amzn.to/3sx2CHt
Cadmium Yellow https://amzn.to/3dSNY9r
Cadmium Orange https://amzn.to/3qWHWZ1
Olive Green https://amzn.to/2ZQyMBf
Cobalt Blue https://amzn.to/3qWcMAZ
Winsor Violet https://amzn.to/3uzgMJW

If you are looking for suggestions as to what to purchase as a beginner, here are my recommendations. If you use these links I will receive a small commission from Amazon which will help to support my channel.

PAINT
Here is a link to a Winsor and Newton starters' paint box which would be ideal for a beginner.
12 colours: https://amzn.to/3a1IVko​

This is a link to a Winsor and Newton Artists' quality box, which is ideal for a serious student.
24 colours: https://amzn.to/3tHJTKI​
12 colours: https://amzn.to/3rC0IVj​

TUBE PAINTS
I always have a tube of White Designers Gouache on hand for lights and corrections
https://amzn.to/2MZnqYK

These colours are very useful and don't usually appear in the sets the manufacturers make:
Naples Yellow
https://amzn.to/2NhAxEy
Quinacridone Gold
https://amzn.to/3qb3FMs
Permanent Rose
https://amzn.to/3d27oYK
Indigo
https://amzn.to/2Zl1YAl
Sepia
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PAPER
Winsor and Newton Watercolour paper pad 140lb 9 x 12 inches ideal for all watercolour techniques.
https://amzn.to/3cTf3Zu​

Canson MONTVAL watercolour paper block 140lb 9 x 12 inches ideal for all watercolour techniques. Exceptional resiliance and easy to work with.
https://amzn.to/2Z0iOnM​

Arches 140lb cold pressed 9 x 12 inches pad hard to beat this paper whatever technique you use
https://amzn.to/3swpTcf

BRUSHES
Princeton do a good range of synthetic squirrel brushes. This is a size 10 round.
https://amzn.to/3q6Y35F​
And Winsor and Newton Cotman brushes are also good. This is a size 10 round.
https://amzn.to/36Xn8Zb​

I often use a rigger brush (called script liner in the US) and this is a link to the Cotman range of riggers, this is size 1.
https://amzn.to/3a0nikC​
A size 3 would also be useful.
https://amzn.to/3q4O14Z

Staedtler Noris Karat Aquarell black watercolour pencils
https://amzn.to/3d24Bie

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