Simple Watercolor Poppies | Loose Floral Painting Tutorial for Beginners

Discover a simple and creative watercolor technique for painting beautiful red poppies! 🌺

In this tutorial, I use a tissue lifting technique to create the flower shapes. First, I paint the colorful background washes, then gently lift the wet watercolor with a tissue to reveal the white shapes of the flowers. Finally, I add red watercolor to transform those light areas into expressive poppy blooms.

This simple technique creates soft, organic flower shapes and beautiful watercolor textures without needing to draw every petal.

✨ In this tutorial, you’ll learn:

How to lift watercolor using a tissue
How to create flower shapes by removing wet paint
How to paint loose red poppies
How to combine soft background washes with expressive brushstrokes and splatters


✨ In this tutorial:
• Painting red berries with light and shadow
• Creating depth with color layering
• Painting delicate branches and leaves
• Creating a soft autumn background
• Using watercolor texture and splatters

✨ Materials used:
• Watercolor paper (300 gram 100 % linen Rough )
• Watercolors ( sepia ,violet , red light , carmine red , ultramarine deep , black)
• Round brush size 6 .12 . 0/5
• Liner brush : 000

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