Recreating Van Gogh's 'Vase With 12 Sunflowers' In Watercolour

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Winsor & Newton Professional Tubes:
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The colours in my palette:
Lemon yellow, Cadmium yellow, yellow ochre, cadmium orange, Winsor red, alizarin crimson, perylene maroon, opera rose, permanent rose, quinacridone magenta, perylene violet, Winsor violet (dioxazine), olive green, hookers green, sap green, perylene green, Winsor blue, French ultramarine, phthalate turquoise, cobalt turquoise light, cobalt blue, indigo, Paynes gray, lamp black, neutral tint, sepia, burnt umber, and brown madder.

Winsor & Newton Cotman tube set:
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Top 5 W&N Cotman Colours To Start With As A Beginner:
(The are the individual colours I would start with when purchasing individual tubes)
- Permanent Rose
- Cadmium Yellow
- Turquoise
- Cadmium Red Deep
- Hooker Green Dark

My next 5 choices would be:
- Dioxazine Purple
- Sap Green
- Prussian Blue
- Burnt Umber
- Black

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Music: Type of music: R&B & Soul
Mood: Happiness

[rebeccametcalf]

Michael's carries these Artists' Loft Paint-by-numbers kits of a bunch of Van Gogh paintings. I've done 4 out of 5 I think, making a little collection. It's perfect because it gives you the feeling of painting but with zero brain power lol

[TheNeedleneuk]

I just finished listening to the audiobook “Vincent and Theo.” Sunflowers were Van Gogh’s favorite flower. Thank you for sharing your watercolor process.

[alenabudiman]

Try looking through gardening catalogs for new flower varieties. As a gardener, I find tons of inspiration that way. Also, now that we are getting into spring, take a field trip to a botanical garden, or a florist shop.

[GrandmaMuggy]

Thanks Emma! I do love being inspired to do a copy of famous artists work. You can learn so much doing this. I do love Van Gogh. And Monet. And the thing I love about them was they did the same thing over and over and over again. We always think that we have to look for something new when we could just concentrate on one thing and see it in a different way each time we painted. Thank you for always inspiring us.

[consueloyoung]

What impressed me the most about this video is how your mood completely changed Emma. You started a bit on the gloomy side but at the end you were ready to take another one on. Good for you Emma, the crayons seem to do it for you!!.❤

[lisamccort]

Sunflowers and Daisy are my favorite flowers. I call them happy flowers. Love the video Emma.

[NelaDunato]

Lovely, I might try this with one of his wobbly landscapes!
Neocolor II are my favorite media for studies because they make a very convincing "oil paint" texture, but are completely mess-free. Just did a series of tiny moody Monet studies a few weeks ago with them, and I had a blast.
I'm in a similar funk right now, and I hope we'll both be over it soon 🌹

[momomarie]

This was so fun! I love the Caran D' Ache crayons. I bought a small set and wish I would have bought the big one. I hope you will do more lessons using them. Thank you so much Emma Jane for sharing your wonderful talent with us.

[joycestarks]

Very good likeness. Love when artists take on a challenge like this. You are an inspiring artist.

[cathydecker]

One more comment. This video is giving me the courage to just let go and have fun! Isn’t that what it’s all about? Fun, joy, fulfillment and confidence 😊

[yunzers]

I too am stuck. It’s been almost a month now and I blame the weather but today was beautiful and I still did nothing 😟Just watching you and listening to you helped. Maybe tomorrow???

[dcampbell]

That turned out so well. I think you could definitely sell it! Glad to hear that you are feeling more inspired!

[nancypyter]

You did an amazing job recreating this sunflower piece Emma! I really enjoyed it!🥰

[GretchenBender-kwjs]

Thank you that turned out lovely, I have been in a rut myself, so thank you again for all your tips and tutorials . You do beautiful work !

[Karen_Tries]

Dude- perfect timing… I literally just decided to search YouTube for Van Gogh tutorials this morning! 🤩 that’s just freaky! ❤❤❤

[fabd]

This was so cool! I’m a Van Gogh fan & would love to see you do something similar with his still life of white roses in green vase & green background; as well as his iris still life in white jug on green table/surface… 💚🤍💜

[momoclangford]

Soooo cheerful. Just prop it up and you will smile every time you spy it.

[deborahdedrick]

Love this! Thank you for this video…….great ideas for finding different inspiration. And loved the w.c. Crayons……..will definitely try them out.

[colleenmcchesney]

Oh wow I am really enjoying how your version of Van Gogh’s 12 Sunflowers 🌻 looks, especially with the watercolor crayons textured background. You have managed to get some wonderful textures & the colors of the sunflowers very much like his. I am definitely inspired by both your version & his painting to give this a try. Thanks for sharing this wonderful fun video! Hope you’re are over your art block soon 💕🥰🌻🌻🎨

[sonyaoart]

fwiw I’d happily watch you recreate the masters in watercolour for hours. I love how this turned out! I’d love to see you take on the Impressionists.