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Hydrangea - Watercolor Tutorial with Sarah Cray

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Paint these beautiful blue and purple Hydrangeas with us! This project might look difficult because there are so many little flowers - but like everything else, we just need to break it down into manageable steps!

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Chapters & Timestamps
00:00 - Welcome
00:50 - Colors:
01:31 - Steps:
02:41 - Step 1: Sketch flower bloom ball & stems
07:08 - Step 2: Petals of first bloom ball
28:51 - Step 3: Bloom ball #2
37:10 - Step 4: Stems & Leaves
46:50 - Step 4.5: Step back and look at it

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20 Comments

@saritaschwedes8393 1 year ago

this is the first thing that ii watercolored that i really like! 5 years ago! thank you Sarah. 🌸

@Geri412 7 years ago

Just finished the bus which I loved and now to tackle those Hydrangea's flowers which are not so easy for me. I am almost 80 but know this is really an old flower my grandmother had lots of them I remember as a child.

@addisonb5412 5 years ago

I really appreciated that there was more than one person painting because it allowed me to see the painting through a different perspective. And it also made the conversations more interesting!

@eleanormacdonald7031 4 years ago

Love your tip about painting several without picking up paint. Thank you.

@melissaclark9284 6 years ago

I am so happy i found this group. It is keeping me sane during this shutdown. I havent painted for many years and this has really helped me get back into it. Thank you. Thank you.

@brandielarrabee8352 1 year ago

Hawaii is that way

@madisong5054 6 years ago (edited)

This is the perfect way to spend my quarantine. Even though I'm mostly a digital artist (I keep trying to control z to undo) but I love watercolor. And this is the perfect idea for mothers day. My mom absolutely loves Hydrangeas so I cant wait to see what she thinks.

Edit: I gave it to her and she loved it! Cant wait to paint more!

@99Violets 7 years ago

Ih my gosh! My Alexa heard you! It's in my husband's office about 20 yards away! It started playing the song! Holy cow!

@Enj0y_Life 7 years ago

Sarah, you may be my most favorite person on YouTube.

@pennykennedy4915 5 years ago

This is my first tutorial with you! I love that you also have a novice artist working alongside you, so that I don’t feel bad that mine isn’t as lovely as yours. But, we all must start somewhere. Thank you for the all the tips. I need to overcome my fear to begin as I have no skill set or art education. “Happy Accident” -I love it!

@rosetheriault1148 4 years ago

You are amazing ,i was going to give up water painting ,i am 70 years old and my goal was always to paint watching you encourages me

@LapostropheAura 7 years ago

Aww! We had hydrangeas at our wedding last year. They are my favorite because they just give me such a magical feeling! Doubt I can paint them as magically as you 2, but now I have to give it a try!!!

@digitoes 7 years ago

Great tute! You activated my Alexa to play Taylor Swift’s song! Haha! I love it! Thanx for the happiness today!

@Kjosce 3 months ago

Getting vibes that there are control issues in the marital relationship.

@saritaschwedes8393 7 years ago

I’m rubber stamper but am now painting because of sarah cray! I have a hydragea stamp. I let my grandgirls decide what colors it should be. We had orange flowers with purple leaves! Red leaves and green flowers! Beautiful!! I’m thinking I will have orange flowers when I paint this!! 🙂

@conniemesce4093 3 years ago

Love blue hydrangeas!

@apollinemalik5383 3 years ago

The loveliest painted hydrangeas I’ve seen💗

@alma81-b3w 6 years ago

Hi friends, I was searching for H. Flower! And I found you after the P. Flower so beautiful! I loved the colors values steps! Anyway, I am going to paint the Hydrangea one today! Thank you for the wonderful motivation you inspire me to paint much better and flow with it!! Love your mommy’s love you are a light of kindness to the universe!!