On this page I'm aiming to develop a collection of helpful videos
about the botanical painting of flowers in watercolour. 
More and more botanical artists are now making videos. Very often they are also instructors and tutors who provide video instruction as part of the tuition they offer - online and via home study 

Suggestions for helpful (but NOT overly commercial videos) are most welcome. Please use the suggestion form at the bottom of the page.
Billy Showell, Anna Mason and Julia Trickey have produced a number of videos which provide insight into colour mixes and application of watercolour when painting flowers. Some of these are included below along with videos by Sarah Morrish. ​

LEADING BOTANICAL ARTISTS

Billy Showell and the development of "A Passion for Peonies"
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This painting is the feature image of the 2016 Annual Exhibition of the Society of Botanical Artists. In this video Billy explains how she created the very complex composition of this wonderfully complex flower! The painting was then used on the catalogue and flyers for the exhibition.

Rosie Sanders - painting big flowers
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These two videos are about the process used by Rosie Sanders when creating her very large paintings of flowers.

Julia Trickey - tips for painting flowers and fruit
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Julia Trickey is a full-time professional botanical artist and teacher of botanical art. Find out more about her on her website - and the summary on my UK artists page
How to use a ruling pen and masking fluid to paint the centres of flowers by Julia Trickey

Using Pebeo Drawing Gum and an adjustable mapping pen Julia Trickey demonstrates how to paint the fading centre of a Gerbera and avoid an awful lot of negative painting.
How to paint a protea by Julia Trickey

A step by step illustration of the different stages of painting a protea and the different techniques used in each stage - showing the before and after effect of different techniques.
How to paint an agapanthus by Julia Trickey
  • top row left - an overview of the different stages
  • top row right - wet in wet technique used to paint the sheath on this Agapanthus flower
  • bottom row left -  how to paint agapanthus stamens
  • bottom row right - how to paint the lead of the agapanthus

SEASONAL FLOWERS

How to paint spring blossom and flowers
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How to paint apple blossom by Anna Mason

Anna Mason takes nearly five minutes to demonstrate the particular approach she uses to create a realistic watercolour painting of apple blossom.

It includes speeded up video of the painting process.

How to paint summer flowers

Illustrating a Zinnia

Demonstration by Lizzie Harper for the New England Society of Botanical Artists
Running Time: 56 minutes

Lizzie Harper is a professional natural history and botanical illustrator with a significant commercial practice.
"Step-by-step Painting a Lily Bud"

​- a slideshow with instructions by Sarah Morrish
How to paint realistic botanical bearded Iris in watercolour with Anna Mason
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Focuses on painting patterns, the 'hairy' beard and how to make petals feel as if they have a 3D form.
How to paint a realistic poppy centre in watercolor by Anna Mason
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This demonstrates how to use negative painting when dealing with the centres of flowers
How to painting a Flowering Gum in Watercolour by David Reynolds
How to paint a flowering red gum by Helen Fitzgerald

The plant is the same but the style is different.

How to paint autumn flowers

I'll be adding in a video about an autumn flower here once I find a good one!

Botanical illustration of a rowan berry in real time, with step by step commentary by Lizzie Harper

28 minute video of Lizzie Harper painting a rowanberry from the pencil outline to the completion of one part of the illustration - showing how she works starting with the darks.

How to paint winter flowers

How to paint a realistic snow drop by Anna Mason

Painting white flowers is always a bit of a challenge. Anna Mason demonstrates her approach while painting a snowdrop.
How to paint a sketch study of Winter Jasmine
by Lizzie Harper

The materials and processes used to finish this quick sketchbook study of Winter jasmine in watercolour are explained by Lizzie Harper in this 5 minute real time video. 

HOW TO PAINT PARTS OF FLOWERS

How to paint petals

Painting a pink rose petal
by Dianne Sutherland

156 minute section from Dianne's tutorial on how to paint a rose petal using underlying colours and the various watercolour techniques to build form and colour. She works in layers and identifies the process in each layer.
(From Dianne's "Botanical Art for Beginners Course").
Watercolour tutorial: Crimson Rose Petal
by Sandrine Maugy

This video is nearly 15 minutes long. It covers the step-by-step process of painting a crimson rose leaf. Suitable for those who like painting wet on wet; dropping colours in and lifting colours out.
(From Sandrine's Patreon site)
Illustrating a Zinnia for the New England Society of Botanical Artists
by Lizzie Harper

This video is nearly an hour long and was recorded in real time.
It shows Lizzie Harper illustrating a few petals and part of the middle of a Zinnia flower for the New England Society of Botanical Artists (hence a lot of the comments being directed to them).

Lots of views, lots of comments and lots of thumbs up!
You can suggest a video you have found useful by supplying the URL and saying why it is good.  Please note videos which are mainly a sales pitch cannot be included. Brief references to other ways an art tutor might be able to assist (eg sale of full video) are OK so long as the bulk of the video is non-commercial.

    Suggest a video about painting flowers