I love painting and how it complements calligraphy so beautifully. After sharing recent envelopes with painted florals, I received an overwhelming response and requests for a tutorial...so  I'm excited to share this video with you!  

In this video, you will learn:

• How to paint florals using gouache and bleed proof ink (supplies that most calligrapher already have!)
• 3 brushes that I use for painting and detailing
• How to double load a brush with two colors for the ombre look

Supplies used:

• Black cardstock paper
• Dr. Ph Martin's bleedproof white
• Arteza gouache (this is the set that has the Stone Blue color, but you can try other gouache colors if you want!)
• Princeton 12 round brush
• 3/4" flat brush (I personally have the Royal & Langnickel acrylic brush, but I'm linking something similar)
• Sakura water brush

You can incorporate these florals into your finished pieces, envelopes, place cards, etc! I personally added these florals onto dark blue...