If you are looking for some watercolor flowers eye candy for some inspiration, then you have landed on the right post! We have 17 loose watercolor flowers just for you to take inspiration from.
This watecolor flowers are from my own library of painted flowers. I love to look at other people’s paintings for inspiration so I wanted to make a post dedicated to watercolor flowers that I have painted to give other people inspiration.
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Check out part one to this post right here where you can see lots more of my watercolor flower paintings.
art supplies
If you are wondering what art supplies I used in these paintings, have a look below.
Watercolor Paper – I personally think the type of paper you use for watercolors makes the biggest difference on your paintings. If you want your paintings to turn out well, I would invest in some heavyweight watercolor paper.
- Prized Paper – The long fibers in Arches natural white 100% cotton watercolor paper provide timeless…
- Superior Strength – A cylinder mold process distributes cotton fibers evenly to provide exceptional…
- Exquisite Quality and Functionality – All Arches watercolor pads for painting are pH-neutral with a…
- Cold press textured paper.
- Recommended for use with watercolor, acrylic, pen & ink, marker, colored pencil, pencil, charcoal,…
- Durable surface withstands repeated washes.
Watercolor inks – Instead of using watercolor tubes or pans, I like to use watercolor inks as these give a very loose and flowy look to the paintings.
- Set of 12, 0. 5 oz plastic bottles with droppers and mixing palette
- Fine art quality watercolor with the same brilliance and permanence as traditional tubes
- Brilliant, lightfast, transparent liquid watercolor for use on paper or canvas
- Available in 58 brilliant transparent colours and 2 opaque colours (white and gold) in 30 ml, 490 ml…
- The 30 ml bottle is fitted with a pipette
- The colour range includes the three primary colours lemon yellow (205), magenta (337) and sky blue…
Paint brushes – Last up, you will need a good set of different paint brushes to give different looks.
- 【Set of 10 Assorted Watercolor Brushes】Wide variety of shapes and sizes for various watercolor…
- 【Excellent Colour Carrying Capacity 】Sable hairs of this watercolor paint brush set provide…
- 【Watercolor Brushes Set】While other brands’ synthetic brushes have bristles that spread…
- Transon round watercolor brushes are versatile. They Perform both fine details (with the tip) and…
- Professional round watercolor brushes with large bellies designed for holding ample pigment and…
- Ergonomic handles with balanced weight, well-finished with metallic champagne-color. It gives you…
Let’s take a look at the 17 watercolor flowers!
number one
Starting off with this flowy composition that has a lot going on. I had fun with lots of different colors and at the same time tried to keep it cohesive. Compositions in watercolor is something that is very tricky to do!
number two
These are some quick and loose purple roses I created, using a limited color palette. Not having too many colors can sometimes be beneficial because it helps to focus more on the flowers.
number three
These pink watercolor roses were fun to do because I used a lot of water to get the nice bleeds in the petals. I dabbed some orange into the petals to add a different color into the bleeds.
number four
This was a large scale painting I did on A3 paper. Painting larger can help with being more loose and free. In this painting however, the purple paint was too saturated and a subtler color needed to be added to it so that it wouldn’t be too strong.
number five
From large to small, this was a quick study in my A4 sketchbook. Working in my sketchbook is a little harder because it’s not watercolor paper but more mixed media paper. Paper makes a big difference in watercolor painting.
number six
This was a fun quick painting with not too much thought, but just going with the flow. I like the turquoise vlue added into the leaves with this painting as it goes nicely with the pink.
number seven
These were smaller flowers I painted without putting too much thought into the layout. It’s all about just having fun.
number eight
Another super quick rose painting but with a variation of different colored roses. These weren’t painted on watercolor paper so it was difficult to blend the colors together and get those nice bleeds.
number nine
I loved painting this because it was large scale and I used lots of different colored flowers and colors. The outcome was beautiful and made me think of turning this into wallpaper.
number ten
With this painting, I tried to be more controlled and intentional with the layout and flowers. I didn’t use a lot of water and tried make the flowers more prominent.
number eleven
I tried more of a layered look with this painting by letting the first layer dry before putting another layer on top. It’s always good to experiment with different looks and techniques.
number twelve
With this painting, I tried not to use too much paint and used as little as possible to give it more a delicate and gentler look. This gives more of a winter and autumnal look.
number thirteen
This is a close up of composition and I love it because of the beautiful bleeds in the flowers that are flowing out with different colors in the centre.
number fourteen
A bouquet painting with lots of different colored flowers and different foliage to add to the flowers. Sometimes it’s all the foliage and greenery that sets off the painting.
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number fifteen
This was a singular rose that I enjoyed painting, because sometimes painting big compositions is hard. I like this one because of the centre as it becomes the main focus and the outer petals are lighter, giving an illusion of the rose opening.
number sixteen
This rose went a big wrong, because I tried to make it blend into the background and give it a different look, however that didn’t work. But we live and learn!
number seventeen
Last up is this small and cute composition I painted. This was one of my first compositions so it wasn’t the best, however I like the colors used in this painting as they go so well together and are some of my favourite colors.
This comes up to the end of out loose watercolor flowers and as you can see, there are so many to take inspiration from. I am by no means the best of painters in watercolor flowers, but I like to try and have fun with it, you just sometimes have to let go and let the paint brush do the work.
If you liked this post, be sure to check out some of our other watercolor flower posts below:
Loose Watercolor Flowers Ideas, 17 Stunning Artwork.
Master Loose Watercolor Florals with These 20 Simple Designs.
How To Paint A Loose Yellow Rose In Watercolor, The Easy Way.
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