Are you looking for an easy flower to paint? In this post we are going to paint Tulips.

Before we begin let me share why I always enjoy painting tulips. Tulips in the Netherlands always bring me peace. I have photos of them. Maybe it’s the fact that I did a report on the Netherlands in grade school. I was so proud to learn about the country and proud of my report. On my list is painting a field of tulips and a windmill. I will! On to the painting.

I like to include heart shape tulips in my artwork.

Supplies

• size 10 filbert brush
• small filbert brush for the stems and petals
• Crimson red, magenta, yellow, turquoise, and white

Mix Your Colors

I mixed some pinks in my swatch book. I am not quite getting my pinks the way I want. I am practicing and I will get there.

Simple Soft Strokes

Begin with the right side. Curve your brush and paint from top to the bottom of your flower. Then do the left side. If your shape looks weird do another layer and blend the colors. Vary the sizes and color of your tulips. Fill up the page. Don’t worry if it makes sense.

For example, I dipped the brush in yellow, then pink to get the yellow orange colors. I like the sporadic texture. I like how the tulips or hearts appear to be floating. I want my paintings to feel free.

Final Painting

I like the orange and the touch of teal. This is a simple painting. Lately I’ve been holding up my art to see how it would look on the wall. Then I think of gold frames.

I like the pops of magenta with the soft pinks. The orange is just a fun surprise because anything goes. Why not! As you can see from my green palette, I added just a dot of magenta and yellow to get a lovely blue green for my leaves. Should I add a little bit of gold to this? I like these tulips as is. I may do details on the leaves.

Always Play

My newly added idea is play and get it done! These two mindsets are important to my one rule of there is only make. I can always go back and add details. I have been enjoying having two paintings side by side, mixing up a good green and adding leaf details to both paintings. You let your eyes, and your senses do the work not your mind. Your mind will try to judge your work. That never works for me.

If you give these tulips a try, I’d love to see it.

With Love, Mireya