Daffodils – Flower Painting in Watercolor

Painting Daffodils in watercolor or oil is really a challenge, especially when we want to paint white daffodils. We need to remember that the colours of the leaves and background do reflect on the whites of the daffodils and this helps us to create the shadow colours on our white flower.

“Daffodils with ladybug”
size: 20″x28″ (50×70 cm)
painted on stretched watercolor canvas
© Doris Joa

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© Doris Joa

This Daffodil Watercolor Painting is one of my latest work.

The Daffodils Flower Painting with the ladybug remind of Spring and all of the promise it holds. To me Daffodils are the herald of summer as they bravely pop their heads above the ground nearing the end of winter. I wanted to capture that first glorious flush of blooms. I hope they make you smile too.

I especially love to paint the colour “white” in watercolor. These large white petals give a lot of possibilities to play with all the colours. Although we can see so many colours in my shadows, like green, yellow, orange, blue, red, purple it is amazing that we still “see” the colour white.

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