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📌Videos I have mentioned inside this video:
I skipped the boring stages of watercolor and now it shows:
• I skipped the boring parts of waterco...
What to learn next in your watercolor practice (without a teacher)
• What to learn next in watercolor flor...
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Timestamps to fast forward? :D
50:36 - Brush Work Demo Starts Here
1:26:16 - Putting the strokes together to paint flowers
When I first set out to teach this class, I thought we’d be focusing on brush control, technique, and maybe building some muscle memory around loose florals. You know… how to hold the brush, how to create certain marks, how to combine them in a way that “works.”
But what unfolded today was something much deeper than that.
What I saw—and what I felt—was that this journey isn’t about control. It’s not about formulas or rehearsed movement. It’s not even really about building muscle memory in the traditional sense. It’s about something far more alive.
It’s about expression. It’s about feeling. It’s about movement.
I realized that we’re not just painting flowers.
We’re moving with our marks. We’re combining shape, pressure, rhythm, and space to let something emerge.
And here’s the big shift: instead of trying to make our marks look like flowers, we’re learning to look at our marks… and find the flowers in them.
That changes everything.
Because suddenly, it’s not about getting it “right.”
It’s not about trying to copy a shape or follow someone else's perfect sequence.
It’s about showing up. Getting curious. Letting your brush speak in its own language—and trusting yourself to listen.
That perspective shift? It freed me today.
And I hope it opened something for you too.
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🌸Binge on my flower tutorials here:
• Paint Watercolor Flowers from "Flower...
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🎨FAVORITE Materials:
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🎨Materials I love:
🔷Sketchbook
Hahnemuhle Watercolor Sketchbook 100% cotton: https://amzn.to/45RrAnV
🔷Paints:
Holbein Gouache Paints https://amzn.to/47QiEQZ
🔷Favorite Brushes:
Flat:
Princeton Velvetouch ½” Series 3950 Stroke Brush https://amzn.to/42NR6tI
Princeton Velvetouch 1” Series 3950 Square Brush https://amzn.to/3Io0Cvc
Round:
Princeton Heritage Round Brush Size 16
Princeton Heritage Round Brush Size 6 https://amzn.to/3InbHwL
Silver Brush Limited Black Velvet round brush size 6: https://amzn.to/3SYGvIt
🔷Recording Set Up:
Camera for recording: Sony ZV-1 Compact 4K HD Camera: https://amzn.to/45gkFG6
Camera overhead mount (1+2+3) :
1. Elgato Master Mount L - Premium Desk Clamp with Pole extendable up to 125cm/49in
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2. Elgato Flex Arm L, Premium 4-Section Articulated Arm
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3. Manfrotto Smartphone Clamp, Pro Version (MCPIXI) , Black https://amzn.to/3WeJCNY
Camera Side Angle Mount
Manfrotto 244 Variable Friction Magic Arm with Camera Bracket: https://amzn.to/3MEJO5Z
Lighting: Godox ES45 E-Sports LED Light: https://amzn.to/3MBK3ia
Microphone for camera recording: Rode Wireless GO II Dual Channel Wireless Microphone System
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