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Greeting Cards Tutorial - Part 1 - Petunia & White Rose Bud - Beginner - Intermediate (Patreon)

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2022-06-21 22:24:07
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Hi everyone,

The people at Etchr asked me if I'd try out some products of theirs. I said I would so they sent me a box of greeting cards.

I painted four fairly easy flowers on them. This video is a tutorial of the first two flowers, a Petunia and a white Rose bud. In the second video I paint a white lily and a pink rose bud. Each flower took me about half an hour/45 minutes to paint and I tried to keep them as simple as I could.

Part 2 is here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/68077881

I found the quality of the paper to be acceptable for simple paintings like these. They also sent me some envelopes as well. The envelopes are made of heavy card. The size of the opened out card is 21cm by 14.8cm (8.2 inches by 5.8 inches).

The reference photo of the Petunia was taken by Brigitte Werner and I downloaded it from Pixabay here: https://pixabay.com/photos/petunia-pink-bloom-blossom-180275/

The reference photo of the white rose bud is my own.

All of the files you need to complete the paintings are attached below my message here.

I hope you enjoy painting them.

Louise

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My tutorials are designed to help you on your creative journey. Any painting you create from a tutorial where I use my own reference photo is for personal use only. They can't be sold or entered into an art competition. I write on the Supplies Lists where the photos come from.

Permission is not given to paint any of my earlier paintings that are not tutorials because some of them are licensed. Also, a few of my earlier paintings were painted from photographs where I sought the permission of the photographer. The photographer gave me permission to use it, not others.

If I do a tutorial where I use another photographer's photo (eg from Pixabay or Unsplash) that is available for anyone throughout the world to download (copyright free) and use I’m happy for you to sell the paintings you create from the tutorial. I know art supplies are expensive, so it's good to be able to recoup the costs of supplies.

If I do a tutorial and I use a photo that I have paid for and downloaded from the website Wildlife Reference Photos in order for you to sell the painting you create from the tutorial you need to purchase and download the photograph yourself. This is in accordance with the Terms and Services of the Wildlife Reference Photo website.

If you share a finished painting on social media I would really appreciate it if you could link back to my account (be it on Facebook, YouTube or Instagram) and mention that you painted it in one of my tutorials. @louisedemasi

Thank you!

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Etchr Greeting Cards: Petunia and White Rose Bud for Patreon Part 1

Louise De Masi©

Comments

Doris Dickenson

Thank you, Louise for both of the greeting card tutorials. I had just finished painting the white rose and the lily when I learned that my son-in-law's mother had passed away. The cards made the perfect sympathy cards. The family and my son-in-law responded with such thanks and mentioned the cards were so special. Thank you, again for these beautiful tutorials.

Louise De Masi

My pleasure and thank you! I'm so sorry for your loss Doris. ❤️

Doris Dickenson

If I may add to my earlier comments, I have found that a number of your other tutorial subjects can be downsized and painted on a card. I have sent the cards I painted to family members and close friends. They have been received with much joy and some of the family members even framed the cards. I am careful to include the photo and tutorial sources on the back and these cards are not for sale--just sent with love. Thank you once again for your teaching style and easily followed instructions. I have learned so much from you.

Chantal

Great tutorial as have come to learn. I can’t stress enough how your calm voice and real time recording helps so much. My only struggle was with the petunia, but it’s on me 😊 learning water management and making sure to keep a wet edge (bead of paint) and having my mixes ready and to the same wetness is my struggle. But doing your tutorials has really helped me , a lot! I now find that dabbing my brush or resetting, not waiting to run out of paint is almost second nature.😊 These will make great cards, thank you

Louise De Masi

Thank you so much Chantal! 😊 I'm so pleased the real time format and voice over are helping you. It sounds like you've identified the areas you're working on, and that's all part of the learning process. Water control is a hard skill to learn in watercolour, but it eventually becomes intuitive. ❤️

Linda

👍🏻🌹

Julie Hopkins

Great timing for me as I have need of cards and by painting them they become a gift as well. Thank you Louise 💖

Debra Broido

I love your style. It’s realistic without being to fussy. I’m always needing cards to send to friends so these are much appreciated.

Debra Broido

Your tutorials are wonderful to watch too. I was trying to figure out what kind of eradicator brush use. Couldn’t find it on your site. Can you help?

Joyce C

These were fun and quick, but still valuable lessons. It was nice to be able to do a speedy set of watercolor cards, tie them with a ribbon and send them off to a friend. Thanks so much!

Louise De Masi

My pleasure Joyce. I'm glad you enjoyed them. I plan to do some colourful beetles on a few as well.

Joyce C

Oh beetles will be fascinating and fun; there are such exquisite colors on some of them! And…my grandsons will love getting those cards!

Genie

What size are the greeting cards? Thanks

Louise De Masi

The full size opened out is 21cm by 14.8cm. (8.2 inches by 5.8 inches.)

Nancy Neill

I started working with watercolor a year ago, and joined your page a month ago (you’re amazing). I live in Lubbock, Texas (south part of the Texas panhandle), where it is very dry. I’ve finished the petunia and I’m now working on the white rose. The problem I’m having is with wet on wet. The paper is drying out before I’ve finished that section (bigger petals - which is not that big… ). Any advice on how to deal with this? Thanks for your help!

Louise De Masi

Hi Nancy, thank you! These flowers a quite small and each petal shouldn't dry before you get the paint on there unless it's really hot where you are at the moment. Make sure you are putting enough water on the paper and make sure the paint mixture is wet. Even check the amount of water you have in your brush. If everything is wet enough the wet paint mixture should bleed (move) over the wet paper. It also helps to prime the paper - wet the paper where you want to paint, let it almost dry and then wet that area again. See if that helps.

Linda

Hello! I just joined your Patreon page. I love these very simple paintings. So lovely. Can you tell me how you got the effect on the original petunia of the scratched look on the outside of the flower?

Sandra Relat

Hi Louise. I love these simple flowers! However, when I print the line drawing of the petunia, the picture is about 8 inches by 6.5 inches. I cannot fit it on the front of the card this size. I tried to edit the picture to a smaller size but was unable to do so. Any suggestions? Sandra

Louise De Masi

Hi Sandra, Your printer should have settings on it where you can reduce the size. If you're not sure how to do that try copying and pasting the drawing onto a word document and print it that way. The line drawings were uploaded on files 5.9 inches in height.

Louise De Masi

Hi Linda. Thank you! I'm not sure what you mean when you mention the scratched look on the flower.

Sandra Relat

Thank you so much for your help!

Beverly Amato

I painted all 4 of the card flowers. The petunia is my favorite. Thank you for the tutorials.

Judith

Louise you ae the best teacher I have ever watched. Thank you for your excellent lessons. I am a carer for my husband and your videos are a lifeline.

Dr. Suman Lamba

Thank you so much Louise! I absolutely enjoyed painting the petunia and the white rose! <3

Louise De Masi

My pleasure Suman. I'm glad you enjoyed painting them. Thank you!

Vee

These are so stunning and just what I need! Thank you so much!!

Judy Breedlove

Thank you, Louise. I completed these two. Now on to the other two. It was fun.