Rose

Paint a glowing rose in watercolor with this beginner-friendly, step-by-step tutorial! 🎨✨

In this project, you’ll learn how to:

• Create a smooth, even background with soft color harmony
• Paint natural greens for the stem and sepals
• Build vibrant petals in two layers for depth and realism
• Balance soft gradients with crisp edges
• Add final details and glowing highlights with a scrubber brush

This is part of my Quick & Easy watercolor series — projects designed to be simple, relaxing, and achievable in about two hours. By the end, you’ll have a beautiful rose painting and more confidence in layering, blending, and capturing light in watercolor.

Perfect for beginners or anyone looking for a calming floral project. 🌹

What you get:

• A PDF file listing all the art supplies used in the tutorial with helpful notes.
• Line drawings in various sizes to make starting easy and stress-free.
• A JPG of the finished painting for your reference.
• Work-in-progress photos to guide you along the way.
• 8 videos (total duration approx. 1 h) that you can download and watch at your own pace.

If you have any questions you can always contact me at chris@esperoart.com.

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