Watercolor Floral Frames & Wreaths
When I paint these floral frames and wreaths, I rarely have much of a plan. It’s a very therapeutic subject to paint and there is very little pressure to make it perfect. Typically the only thing I will map out beforehand are my colors. I will try to pick 3-5 colors to stick with and see what kind of magic I can spread across the paper with a limited palette. You can make a whole world of colors with just a few starting colors.
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I’ve got a quick hyper lapse version of one of my frames to the right and I will share more floral frames and wreaths below for inspiration. I highly encourage you to try painting a few of these! The more you do, the braver you will get with them! Try some that are SUPER loose and then try some where you slow down just a tad and add more detail.
Don’t know where to start?
Pick one flower color and just paint in a few flowers in seemingly random spots around the “frame” or wreath. Then go onto your next element. Maybe a smaller flower in another color. Paint a few of those in. Next start adding some leaves to those flowers and vary up the size and amount of water/paint for some color variation. Finally, if you have open spaces left, try adding in some branches with either leaves or berries on them for some extra filler. It’s your wreath! You can’t go wrong.
For bonus points… add some ink on top of your dried painting! I love topping off my illustrations with some white ink or a matching pen color on top of my flowers. It just adds another playful layer and really makes things pop!
Find some of my go-to watercolor supplies for painting floral frames and wreaths below.
“Thanks for checking out my approach to a quick floral frame! Dive in and try one yourself now! It’s quite relaxing once you get going!”
Watch me paint a quick floral frame below!
Supplies used in the video:
Paint Pan Set: Art Philosophy Watercolor Confections Odyssey Palette
Paper: Bee Paper Company (not available on Amazon at the moment, sadly) But this paper by Canson works well for quick paintings and I love this 7x10 size for floral frames!
Brushes: Usually I use a Silver Black Velvet Round Size 4 - This pack on Amazon would also work for the flowers and leaves.
I use a Princeton Size 2 Brush for fine details like branches and berries.
