Flowers in Watercolour

Lois Davidson is an English watercolour artist with over 40 years of experience. She has been painting professionally since 2020 and was shortlisted for the Jackson's Painting Prize in 2021. She offers painting tutorials and more learning-based watercolour workshops on Patreon, and she runs a popular online art community. She sells her paintings across the world and exhibits her work locally and online.Morgaine Davidson is an avid creative with a passion for art and wildlife. Since graduating from university with a master’s degree in English & Creative Writing, she has worked in a variety of different mediums, experimenting with combining art and the written word. She has penned articles for Jackson’s Art Blog, and her fiction has been shortlisted for a number of prizes, including the Mslexia Best Women’s Short Fiction Competition 2023. She currently teaches water-colour painting online via YouTube and Patreon, specialising in capturing the liminal beauty of the natural world.Together, Lois and Morgaine run a successful YouTube channel which boasts over 115,000 subscribers and demonstrates traditional and experimental watercolour techniques.

Written by the creators of the hit YouTube channel Lois & Morgaine Davidson Art, this book teaches artists to capture the delicate beauty of blooms. From wildflowers to exotic garden favourites, this guide offers step-by-step instruction, essential techniques and inspiration, helping beginners and enthusiasts alike paint flowers with confidence and bring luminous watercolour compositions vividly to life.

• Introduction 8Equipment and Materials 10Colour and Tone 16Composition 18Sketching and Drawing 20Basic Watercolour Techniques 22 Moon-Daisy Meadow 26Sweet Sunshine Lily 32Windswept Japanese Anemones 38Focus On Floral Arrangements 44Winter Hellebores with Ferns and Ivy 46Peonies in a Glass Jar 52Focus On Wild Flowers 58Wistful Wild Flowers 60Sunset Poppies 66Hummingbird Fuchsias 72Focus On Painting White Flowers 78Signs of Spring 80Bramble Ramble 86 Glossary 92Suppliers 93About the Authors 94Acknowledgements 94Index 95