Watercolour Calathea | Houseplant Lockdown Painting

In this video I show you how I painted this gorgeous pink and green Calathea leaf. The variegated nature of the petal meant I had to be BOLD with my colours towards the end of the painting. Adding the final details was probably my favourite part, though!
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Materials used in this video*
🖤 PAPER:
Arches Hot Pressed Watercolour Paper - amzn.to/30Inhgi
🖤 WATERCOLOUR PAINTS
Winsor & Newton - French Ultramarine - amzn.to/3nCmNCa
Winsor & Newton - Windsor Lemon - amzn.to/36GKSBv
Winsor & Newton - Permanent Rose - amzn.to/3b8N7zT
🖤 BRUSHES
Rosemary & Co - Series 307 (size 4 & size 0) - www.rosemaryan...
Rosemary & Co - Series 323 (size 2) - www.rosemaryan...
Rosemary & Co - Shiraz Short Flat (size 1)- www.rosemaryan...
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Helen
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