Artiste Botanique
Layering different reds to get the right colour (This example is painted using Daniel Smith colours) Would you like to paint a poppy but you are not sure which reds to use? Then this video tutorial should help... Depending on the colour of your poppy, from bright scarlet to deep crimson, these four reds in… Continue reading Reds for painting poppies – Video tutorial
Hello, I wanted to let you know that I have renamed my YouTube channel. So don't look for the channel Flora's Patch, it is no longer there... People were telling me that they had trouble finding my videos because Flora's Patch didn't really mean anything to them. I thought that was a fair comment. So… Continue reading New name for my YouTube channel
Hello everyone! Two things happened simultaneously this week: my YouTube channel Flora's Patch reached 1000 subscribers and I received a box of paints from Daniel Smith to test for my next book and for some more videos and blog posts too. These two things got me pretty excited so I decided to combine them in… Continue reading Celebrating 1000 YouTube subscribers with unwrapping Daniel Smith video
Hello everyone, I have put together 13 great tips to get the details right in your botanical paintings. From drawing advice to botany, from wet-in-wet washes to dry brush technique, these 13 tips span the whole painting process, from the moment you pick your subject to the finishing touches on the final piece of… Continue reading 13 top tip to get details right in botanical art
I hope you are all well and busy painting... Over here I have been busy making trailers. I know this is supposed to be work but I had so much fun doing it. I couldn't stop at one. So I made another one. I now have a new trailer for my free YouTube channel Flora's… Continue reading New channel trailers 2020
Sandrine Maugy 