Let’s Create some Ink & Wash Floral Bookmarks - How to Paint Crocus and Poppies in Watercolor & Line

Everyone needs a new bookmark! Come the very first harbingers of spring and our thoughts turn naturally to flowers, and one of the earliest is the crocus. Last month we made bookmarks with a Snowdrop design and this month I’m going to show you how I painted some purple Crocus bookmarks, and just for fun, some poppies as well (they escaped from the summer!) Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors Princeton Aqua Elite size 12 brush Staedtler Pigment Liner Bockingford 140lb cold pressed watercolor paper Hahnemuhle Bamboo paper Washi Tape 00:00 Introduction 00:34 Setting up and discussing materials 05:40 Painting the poppy bookmarks 09:46 Inking the poppy bookmarks 18:00 A bit about paper 20:03 Painting the crocus bookmarks 24:38 Inking the crocus bookmarks 32:49 Removing the washi tape 33:32 Cutting the bookmarks