lavender meadow in watercolour

Lavender meadow in watercolour - video tutorial
Lavender meadow in watercolour - video tutorial

In just over a month I'll be heading to France to guide a 10 day retreat and one of the things we hope to paint will be fields of lavender :-) There's something so evocative about painting lavender in France. It feels like a must do for any painter visiting the southern regions in summer.

I didn't want you to miss out, so in this lesson we can paint a meadow of lavender together. And in a lovely loose style. We start with a very wet-in-wet background for the whole scene - painting the sky through to the foreground in one go. It's an exciting way to paint! Then, when this is dry, we add a few details on top.

Full tutorial on Patreon and Renee's Studio

Happy painting!

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