Grayscale Coloring Video Tutorial: Painting the Peony Buds with Acrylics

Colorist: Julie Flores
Medium: Acrylic Paints
Coloring Book: Beautiful Nature

I'm excited to bring you our first grayscale PAINTING video tutorial! I hope to have several more for you in the future.  

In this grayscale coloring tutorial the talented artist Julie Flores (Jones Flores' sister!) shows us how to paint the peony buds from "Beautiful Nature" using acrylics. Julie takes us step-by-step through the painting process to achieve the gorgeous result above! This video tutorial is based on the painting techniques provided by Julie and outlined in a previous blog post.

If you wish to paint along then here is what you'll need:

1. Acrylic Paint colors (exact colors or just mix them yourself for something similar): Brilliant Red, Orange, Lemon Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Medium Yellow, Rose Madder, Cadmium Green, Light Green, Viridian Green, Paynes Gray, White and Titanium White.
2. Brushes: Flat, Round, Detail Round, Pointed Round.
3. Water
4. Palette

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Click the video below to start watching. I hope you find it helpful!

*Note: if the video is too "speedy" then just enter the video link (https://youtu.be/FevWkVlAPMU​) at www.youtubeslow.com and you can slow the video down to the best speed for you.

Happy Coloring (and Painting)!