How to Paint an Iris in Watercolour

The iris is a very  popular flower in the garden as they attract lots of birds and butterflies. They are also used extensively as cut flowers. There are over 300 species and they come in a great variety of colours and combination of colours. About the only colour they don’t come in is black!

In this lesson you will learn:

1.  How to paint the background
2.  How to block in the petals
3.  How to do the blending
4.  How to add the petal markings
5.  How to paint the stem and leaves