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Layering Watercolour Strokes: Painting a Bold Blue Peony with Willow Wolfe
Layering Watercolour Strokes: Painting a Bold Blue Peony with Willow Wolfe
Join Willow Wolfe for a step-by-step watercolour class focused on building luminous layers of colour as you paint a bold blue peony. In this session, Willow will demonstrate how to use layered watercolour strokes to create depth, movement, and soft transitions while maintaining the freshness that makes watercolour so beautiful.
Students will learn how to control water and pigment, build transparent layers, and add expressive brushwork to bring the petals to life. Willow will also share tips for creating contrast, shaping petals with light and shadow, and achieving rich colour while keeping the painting loose and vibrant.
This class uses the Bold Florals project from the Willow Wolfe Watercolour Painting Workbook. Participants are encouraged to have the book on hand from OPUS, which includes the pre-drawn artwork and instructions used during the lesson.
Materials
Willow Wolfe Callia Watercolour Flowers Brushes - Set of 4
Willow Wolfe Watercolour Workbook - Bold Florals
Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolours: Cerulean Blue, Cad Yellow, Lemon Yellow, Ultramarine Blue, Payne’s Gray, Sap Green
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This event is for Opus Members — thank you for being part of the creative community!
Hosted by Opus Art Supplies & our Experience leader
Willow is an award-winning art teacher, the author of a library of internationally available books and the designer of best-selling brush lines for over twenty years. Her approachable style and step-by-step painting methods have taken her to events, seminars and engagements across the globe. Willow Wolfe has been designing best-selling paint brushes for over 25 years, and you’ll find her creations in art stores worldwide. In 2019, Willow launched Callia Artist Brushes for acrylic, watercolour and oil painting. CALLIA™ ARTIST BRUSHES ARE A BALANCE OF INNOVATIVE SYNTHETICS AND PRECISE CRAFTSMANSHIP. GREAT FOR ACRYLIC, OIL, AND WATERCOLOR PAINTING IN A RANGE OF SHAPES AND SIZESWebsite: willowwolfe.com
YouTube: @WillowWolfe
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