Paint a white rose in watercolor step by step. Hybrid tea rose Aquarell from Tantau

The rose is considered one of the most difficult flowers to draw. Its bud has a rather complex structure, so many novice artists do not dare to take up drawing of this flower. Our photo tutorial will tell you step by step how to draw a realistic rose in just a few steps. Prepare all necessary tool, and feel free to start drawing.

List of tools you need:

  • special paper for watercolors (A4 or A5 format);
  • watercolor paints;
  • HB marking pencil and eraser;
  • round synthetic brushes No. 3 and 5;
  • flat brush no. 2.

Drawing stages

Step 1. Of course, you should start with a light pencil sketch. Let's depict the bud in the form of a drop-shaped figure.

At the base of the drop we draw a short stem. Then we create the blossoming lower petal.

Next, rising higher, we finish drawing the remaining petals, while maintaining the goblet shape of the bud. We don’t particularly draw the top of the flower; two or three main lines of small petals will be enough.

We create several oblong sepals under the bud.

The sketch of the rose is ready. Use an eraser to erase all contrasting lines so that the outline is practically invisible.

Step 2. We begin to fill the drawing with color from the bottom petal. First, you need to moisten it with a small amount of water without going beyond the pencil outline, and then apply bright spots of red, light burgundy and yellow-green tones on the outside. On the right we shade inner part petal a slight shade of purple. Inner side Draw the petal and its curves in a pale pink shade.

Step 3. Using the same shades, we process the remaining petals. Upper part The buds are made in purple and pink tones. We do not paint over the edges of the petals; we leave a thin white stripe along the contour.

Step 4. Gradually saturate the shadows and work on the midtones with darker shades.

Step 5. We paint the stem with a brown tone and the sepals with chromium oxide.

The distant sepals are highlighted with light strokes in an almost transparent purple tint.

Step 6. Often the lower petals of the rose will show small dots of dark red or Brown. We create them on the lower part of the bud, tapping the brush with paint with a pencil, without being afraid to go beyond the contour of the flower.

Rose variety Watercolor: description

Rose petals look like a watercolor painting. The color of the petals smoothly flows from the soft pink edge to the milky or peach shade of the middle. The variety is one of the most popular due to its beautiful color and long flowering period.

Description of the variety

The variety is resistant to powdery mildew and black spot, but does not tolerate frost well. Needs shelter for the winter.

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Rose Watercolor is bred for cutting and growing in flower beds

Roses are good for decoration landscape design. After cutting they last in vases for about a week.

Appearance:

  • The flowers are spherical in shape with a cone-shaped core, up to 12 cm in diameter, with thick double petals. The golden-brown stamens are visible inside the fully bloomed rose.
  • The bush is of medium width, grows up to 1 m in height. The stems are erect and powerful.
  • The leaves are dark green, glossy.
  • The aroma is persistent, pronounced, with fruity and citrus notes.

Both one and several flowers grow on the stem.

Growing and care

Choose a flat area for planting, protected from drafts. It should be illuminated by the sun for 3-4 hours, in the morning or evening. At midday, direct rays leave burns on the delicate petals. Moisture should not stagnate, as this leads to rotting of the roots.

The soil should be nutritious, neutral or slightly acidic, with good drainage.

  • Water the bushes rarely, but abundantly; pour 10–15 liters of water under 1 root.
  • Mulching the soil helps retain soil moisture and prevents weed growth.
  • Feed the plant during bud formation and during the flowering period with organic and mineral fertilizers.
  • Spray with preparations against pests and diseases.
  • Loosen the soil regularly to root system breathed.

Inspect the bushes, cut off damaged, wilted shoots and leaves. For the winter, prune the bush so that stems 10 cm high remain. Cover with earth, cover with sawdust, dry pine needles, and leaves. You can build arcs from thick wire and cover them with geotextiles. It is important that there is no moisture inside the shelter, otherwise the bush will die.

Roses need pruning. In cold climates, prune shoots in the fall to avoid frostbite. If winters are fairly warm, remove old, weak, damaged stems in the spring, early March.

Rose Aquarelle was bred for cutting into bouquets; the length of the peduncle can reach 1 meter. It is also grown to decorate flower beds. Pairs well with climbing flowers and shrubs.

It is difficult to imagine a garden without a flower garden or flower bed, and a flower garden without the most popular shrub, the rose. Rose bushes They are universally considered favorites of gardeners, and the variety of varieties allows them to satisfy even the most demanding tastes. The “Watercolor” rose variety is often found in the areas - this is what we will talk about: let’s find out what is hidden behind this unusual name.

Biological description and appearance

The “Watercolor” variety is widely represented not only in dachas, but also in city flower beds. Surely many have met him without even knowing what he is called.

Bush height

The bush of this variety has no significant differences from other relatives: it is moderately spreading, with dark green leaves, standard form.The height of the bush is usually 70–90 cm.

buds

The variety received the name “Watercolor” due to the unusual color of the petals: nature endowed the buds with shades that smoothly transition from soft pink to outside to peach and milk in the center of the flower.

The petals abundantly cover the bud, making it terry. The flowers are large, characteristic of hybrid varieties, reach a diameter of 10–12 cm, spherical, are placed either singly or in inflorescences of several pieces (most often 7).

The aroma of “Akvarel” is highly intense with obvious fruity notes, bright, which makes this variety very popular when creating an aromatic composition for a flower garden.

Bloom

The shrub blooms very profusely and for a long time, until late autumn, which is why it is often grown to decorate large flower beds and for cutting.

Winter hardiness and disease resistance

This variety is very resistant to external influences, has average immunity to many diseases characteristic of its fellows, and is especially resistant to diseases such as powdery mildew, but winter hardiness is not the best strong point shrub, so it is recommended to cover it for the winter.

Growing conditions

Growing a Watercolor rose is not difficult if you follow the standard rules typical for most rose bushes:

  1. First of all, the soil for planting a bush requires special attention. The plant loves fertile soil low acidity. Good drainage must be ensured.
  2. The lighting should be intense; it is better to place the bush in sunny areas, otherwise the buds may lose their pink tint.
  3. The place where the “Aquarelle” rose seedling is planted must be protected from drafts.

Important! Insufficient lighting can significantly reduce the intensity of rose flowering and slow down the development of the plant as a whole.

Use in landscape compositions

Combination vigorous flowering and bright aroma allows this variety to be used in many garden compositions for various purposes. Roses look great in a flower bed, planted in small groups. Terry flowers, unusually colorful, perfectly serve as the basis of the composition.

"Akvarel" is considered a cut variety due to its long and abundant flowering: in bouquets the flower remains very stable. In addition, the bush is suitable for growing in boxes in indoor rose gardens.

In order for growing roses to be a pleasure and for them to delight you all season, in addition to the right choice place, you need to take into account other features of flower care:



So, we looked at a wonderful variety of rose with the romantic name “Watercolor”, got acquainted with its description, features of cultivation and care. It is worth noting that this hybrid, if handled correctly, will bring a wonderful aroma to your garden and will become a real decoration of the flower bed with minimal effort from the gardener.

Thai artist La Fe– not the most prominent figure in contemporary art. However, lovers of modern watercolors are well aware of him from his paintings with roses.

It seems there is no woman who would not admire his watercolor roses. And I'm no exception.

Therefore, I could not miss the opportunity to visit La Fe master class in Moscow.

The master class took place over three days. Every day we wrote one rose. Every day the master showed new way drawing.

With pleasure I will share with you secrets and tricks, which I managed to learn from the artist La Fe.

La Fe is a commercially successful artist. He mainly sells his paintings in Thailand and China, although there are also orders from Europe. He says he took the theme of roses because this niche was free, he achieved technical perfection in their depiction, and roses as a symbol of love are in great demand.

Viewers are amazed by the fact that the master paints roses directly with a brush, without pencil drawing, and in one go, not multi-layered.

“Really?” - experts ask.
Yes, this is true, I confirm!

How does the La Fe artist paint his roses?

1. The first and very important stage of drawing is preparing the paper.

La Fe pre-wets the paper on both sides or immerses it in a bath for 3 minutes.
According to him, this evens out the paper, making it more porous and delicate, receptive to watercolors.

“The paper from the store is completely dry, hard and uneven. Soaking the paper changes its internal moisture content and makes its texture more uniform,” he says.

After wetting, the paper is attached to the tablet. Its back surface remains wet, while the top surface dries. The paper is secured around the perimeter with paper tape.

Chinese artist Liu Yi, whose master class I attended, also prepared the paper.

What kind of paper does La Fe watercolorist use?

Mostly Arches grain fin 100% cotton.
(I fully felt the meaning of this when on the last day I had to draw on Moulen du Roy instead of Arshes. The paper dried much faster and did not give such a beautiful grainy image)


Drawing process:

The artist selects one petal at the widest part of the rose and begins to draw it.
Depending on the desired effect, he does this one of three ways shown to us in different days master class.

  1. way. The petal shape is filled with a base color. Then other colors are added to it.
  2. way. The petal shape is covered with water. Then all the colors flow into it.
  3. way. Used for dry paper that has not been pre-moistened. In this case, everything is the same as in method 2, but a lot of water is applied. She is literally standing like a puddle.

The La Fe technique is very technically complex. It requires a good feel for the moisture content of the paper and the paint solution. The master literally drives paint pigments into each other. In this case, he mixes the colors directly on the sheet.

“I can paint any rose using three primary colors: blue, yellow and red”, says La Fe.

Indeed, the master paints a rose only three colors, running paint over moistened paper sequentially, one on top of the other. The result, oddly enough, is an optical mixing effect similar to typographic printing.

These three paints, thrown into a puddle of water, dry out into small particles of pigment, interspersed with each other. Upon closer inspection, it actually looks like a seal.
A similar method images, we know from impressionism, give rise to a special glow and airiness of painting.

In the La Fe technique, the texture of the paper and the paints used play a very important role. The master writes on Arshes paper with grain fin embossing. She uses paints from Daniel Smith: cerruleum and ultramarine, which form the pigment well, opera rose and brilliant pink, which have a certain whitishness.

Therefore, as a result, his watercolors look so soft pastel, slightly dusty.

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What colors does the master La Fe use to paint?

The master's palette includes paints from Daniel Smith and Japanese HWC Holbein.

Here's the one on the right bottom corner, and there is brilliant rose.

Drawing roses in white and pink shades is very difficult. Subtle nuances of color require skill. Therefore, on the second day of the master class, when they were drawing pink rose, all participants failed. It turned out to be much easier to draw a two-color yellow rose!

How the artist La Fe paints yellow roses.

La Fe paints in a single-layer technique, pouring color into color. Interestingly, he gets the complex color of the shadow from pure colors: medium yellow, blue, red-pink opera rose, purple from pink and ultramarine.
So, how do you get a complex shadow color:


And, voila, the shadow is as if alive, shimmering with complex and at the same time pure shades!


What brushes does the La Fe artist use?

La Fe paints with synthetic brushes! In his arsenal there are several Escoda brushes from the Perla and Versatil series. It looks like this Barcelona-based company is successfully marketing itself! From my experience with Escoda brushes, I can say that they are very good. But they may well be replaced by our Russian Roubleff.

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Another “trick” I spotted from La Fe is an angled brush.
It turned out to be very convenient for drawing small petals on the top of the rose and leaves.

These are, perhaps, all the artist’s secrets. At the heart of his brilliant roses - good paper, painstaking technique and excellent understanding of watercolor.

“Some people, when they start painting with watercolors, despair that they can’t do anything. They blame themselves for being incompetent. In fact, the problem may be unsuitable materials.”

Remember this phrase from the master when, while painting with watercolors, you tell yourself that your “hands are hooks.”

Grab some quality cotton paper, be patient, and harness the power of watercolor! You will definitely succeed. Especially, if you paint a thousand roses like Master La Fe

My rose from the La Fe master class

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Thank you for your attention! I would be glad if you write in the comments whether this article was useful to you? Have you discovered something new for yourself?

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IN Lately The weather in Colorado was suspiciously beautiful, sending me headlong into summer (and the nicer, warmer part of spring) prematurely. Since the wait for a wonderful time of year seems endless for me, I decided right now to surround myself with wonderful summer roses of a completely unusual variety... illustrated. If you are of the same opinion or just want to finally learn how to draw roses, then you are on the right track!

The first drawing option that I would like to offer you is quite simple and does not require any special artistic tools. You just need something with a thin lead: this could be sharpened pencils, colored pencils, markers, pens, watercolors with a thin brush, acrylic paint… anything! I use colored pencils that I have sharpened in advance.

First draw a small circle in the middle. (Yes, flowers with brown/black centers are not roses, but since these plants look like roses, they are quite appropriate in this article)


Paint it over.


Now start drawing small crescents in a circle that will “hug” the center. These shapes will serve as petals for our flowers.



Keep doing the same thing, layer after layer!


You can draw as many roses as the composition requires. Use different colors to achieve great contrast! In the pictures you can see that I changed the pencil to pink.


This is what finished flowers look like in this style:


Although I settled on two roses, these flowers will look great in patterns, especially if you use pencils of different colors.

These roses will look great as:

  • Decorations for DIY Bookmarks
  • A new type of plant for flower confetti

Ready! Create your own pattern, upload to a print website like Zazzle or Society 6, and turn your floral design into a pillow or bag pattern.

The next version of the rose image that I want to demonstrate is an unintentional copy of the flower from the Disney cartoon “Beauty and the Beast”, a rose in a glass jar.


As in the previous case, you will need absolutely any artistic tools in your arsenal to bring this wonderful flower to life. I found a pen from Sakura Glaze and that's what I use!

First of all, take a pen or marker that you know won't smudge (I use a fine Micron pen) and draw an intricate shape like the one shown below.


The photos below speak for themselves, so take a look at the painting sequence. Explanations will only complicate the process, which is already simpler than steamed turnips.








Once you get to this stage, add some shadows to create contrast.


There's really no consistency or reason for the darkening here; I'm just adding thick black spots along some of the petals. The goal isn't for your rose to be super realistic; our goal is simply to create contrast.


Now your rose can be called finished; or you can start coloring.


When I introduce color, I like to leave some areas bare to indicate the dew or shine of the rose. To do this, I sketch out the figure with a colored pen and then color in everything that remains around it. Make sure the shape matches the outline of the petal it's in!


These white areas can be in any part of the flower, leave them where you see fit. I made them in random areas of the petals and I have to say they turned out great!


This is what the finished rose looks like:


Now I want to show you why I love Glaze pens so much when working with these things. When you draw with such a pen, its ink leaves a wonderful caramel glow. Plus, these pens are super bright! See how they reflect the light?


Of course, with such shine, this rose will be quite difficult to scan, but it is ideal for many other things!

For example:

  • Use it to decorate an envelope or greeting card
  • If you add a few more flowers, you can transform it into an unusual letter.
  • Draw with your kids while watching “Beauty and the Beast.” I'm sure they'll love these frosting pens, plus it's an excuse to watch something other than Frozen. (In my opinion, you can’t force them to stop watching it, or is it possible?)

The following roses are probably the lightest, so they have a special place in my heart. As in the first case, they can't be called roses specifically... I mean, they could be any flower you like. However, I call them roses, which is very reasonable!


To draw flowers, you should start with a drip. I'm not kidding, all you have to do is put a drop of watercolor and twist the sheet a little to give it the outline of a flower.


Then, as quickly as possible, add another color to our undried drop. Just paint with it in different parts of the wet spot. If the drop is still wet enough, the other color will blend into it very easily.


Do the same for new flowers, try to use different colors.


When finished, you will see on your sheet a whole bouquet of flowers that look like pompoms.


We will also add green stems to your flowers.




For convenience, at this stage it is better to use a thin brush.


Now you can add the leaves, or leave it and call it done! These roses are my favorite, because the process of drawing them is extremely simple, but they look great. If you complete the banner, the resulting bouquet can serve great design for logo:


You can also use them for:

  • Decoration of your own coat of arms
  • Decor of watercolor calligraphic letters

And I continue the lesson. The next option is not only incredibly easy, but also fast. It will only take a couple of minutes to sketch and no more than one to color.


Don't believe me? I even made a video... More likely because roses are easy to draw, but they seem surprisingly complex when photographed step by step.

Once your sketch is complete, take a medium sized brush to add watercolor.


I love going beyond the pencil lines!


If you're drawing roses without a specific purpose (like me), you can also add leaves. I decided to keep them black and white to give it some unusual contrast!


This image option is very versatile and can be used anywhere. I would suggest:

  • Draw several identical roses in a circle to make a floral wreath.
  • Make a themed postcard with an envelope like this one, but with roses
  • Use unusual flower motifs to decorate your DIY book cover

The last version of the roses that I added to this collection can easily be called my favorite because of their vintage look, but it requires a little perseverance and time.


First you need to make a sketch. You need to repeat the same steps that I did in the subsequent photographs.







Afterwards, outline the sketch with ink. You can of course use a regular pen ( ball pen, gel pen, etc.), but I prefer pen and ink. The Nikko G nib is great for projects like this because of its medium flex!



Then add contrast, just like you did with the rose from Beauty and the Beast. Again, it’s better not to overdo it with darkening; You just need to add visual interest.


Now comes my favorite part: adding the shading! I add short, close lines to most of the edges of my petals, as well as the bottom. To be honest, these strokes don't have any specific placement, so feel free to add them wherever you see fit and take inspiration from the photos I posted in this post.

The only thing you have to remember is that the lines should follow the contours of the individual petal you are working on. If the petal has a curve, the line should curve accordingly.


Once you have traced the entire sketch, be sure to erase the pencil lines.


I know you've seen this drawing before in the lesson “Vintage Photos: Decorated Postcards. So I suggest using that design in this drawing too!


I also want to use these roses to add special style to the drawing of the Arc de Triomphe. They give absolutely the new kind old things! Roses will also look good on black paper (using a white Sakura Gellyroll pen or calligraphy ink). I used a color version of this design on the Congrats New Mommy card below.


I hope this post has given you some valuable knowledge about drawing roses! If you have any questions or suggestions regarding these roses, please feel free to comment! Thanks again for reading!