Ever since making my watercolor rose tutorial months ago, I have had SO MANY requests to do a step by step tutorial on painting a watercolor peony! So today that request is finally answered!
Materials Used
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- Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolors
- Size 10 round paintbrush (any size round paintbrush will work, it will just create a different sized flower)
- Tombow Fudenosuke Brush Pen
- NIV Journal The Word Bible
- Craft Heat Gun (To dry the page quickly)
Painting The Peony
Painting this peony is a little more difficult in my opinion, and may take some practice, but it
Now, this watercolor peony is a loose, abstract, and expressionist version of a peony. Just like the watercolor rose, our goal is not to create a super realistic flower painting, but rather, we are trying to create an impression of the flower.
The key is to work quickly and not worry too much about creating perfectly shaped petals.
I also want to point out that while I show how I personally create my peony shape, I would encourage you to play around with different shapes and layouts! You definitely do not need to follow the same petal pattern that I do!
I think the best way to learn how to paint this watercolor peony is by watching. In the video below I will show you the steps to painting a peony on watercolor paper, and then will show how I used the same peony technique to create a Bible journaling page!
The Steps
Other Helpful Tutorials
- Watercolor Leaves Tutorial- Plus A Free Printable
- Watercolor Rose Tutorial
- Brush Pen Calligraphy Basics
- Faux Calligraphy- 3 Steps To Beautiful Hand Lettering
About The Verse
For my Bible journaling page, I worked on Isaiah 11:2, which says:
“The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of might,
the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—”
This verse and the lettering prompt of “Promised through faith, the Holy Spirit” was a part of the scripture lettering challenge, Daughters of Promise, put on by Amanda from Move The Mountains.
