How to Paint Flowers: A Step-by-Step Guide to Painting Realistic Flowers

About this lesson

Covers setting up a lit reference, placing a focal flower, and two workflows: a subtractive method (lifting paint from a toned base, using retarder for acrylic) and dark-to-light blocking. Also explains mixing shadows with complementaries, painting petals in single strokes without outlines, brush choice by petal type, and a weekly practice exercise.