Watercolor Wednesday: How to Paint a Peony

Class Description:

In this 30-minute hands-on class, you'll learn how to paint a beautiful peony from start to finish. We'll begin with drawing techniques to capture the peony's delicate form, then move into watercolor application using a soft wet-in-wet wash as your foundation. From there, you'll build complexity through layering, using both negative painting and glazing techniques to create depth and visual interest. This is a great opportunity to tackle a visually complex subject and expand your watercolor skills.

What You Will Learn:

How to observe and break down a peony into its basic elements
Wet-in-wet wash techniques
Building complexity through layered applications
Negative painting technique to define petals and shapes
Glazing to add depth and dimension

Supplies You'll Need:

Watercolors
Round watercolor brushes
2 jars of water
A rag
A palette for mixing
Watercolor paper or sketchbook
Peony reference library

About Instructor

Shelby Abrahamsen (Foxsy)

Shelby is the co-founder of Foxsy and the creator at Little Coffee Fox. She is a professional watercolorist, letterer, and artist with a passion for teaching others to reintroduce creativity back into their lives. Shelby lives in Chicago, IL with her husband Jon and her pets Summer, Basil, and Korra.

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Class Pass includes:

✓Lifetime Access To Class

Foxsy Membership includes:

✓Live Class Access To This Class & All Foxsy Live Classes
✓Access to full 200+ Class Library, The Watercolor Academy, & The Modern Lettering Academy
✓Project feedback from Foxsy Pros & Unlimited Support

Ratings and Reviews

4.5

Avg. Rating

2 Ratings

What's your experience? We'd love to know!

Rebecca Cassidy

Posted 4 weeks ago

Live Class Review

The tutorial was interesting. Despite having a good signal, the replay was really blurred again. This seemed to be worse when I used the full page - it was clearer as a smaller image. I really don't know why. I would have found it useful to see the reference picture on screen throughout.

Foxsy Team

Posted 4 weeks ago

Anonymous Live Class Review

I enjoyed this class very much. Flowers have always been difficult for me and the way Shelby approached the shading was very helpful to me. I like the format and the length of the class very much.

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