Boquet in a Blue Canning Jar – Jacki Kellum Watercolor – Colors and Brushes Used

Boquet in a Blue Canning Jar
Jacki Kellum Watercolor Painting

I paint almost my entire watercolor paintings with a Princeton Velvetouch Long Round Brush Size #14.

In painting the Bouquet in the Blue Jar, I did not switch to the Rigger Detail Brush until the last few strokes.

I paint with DaVinci Professional Watercolors.

Following are the colors I used to create the above painting–one section at a time.

Bachelor Button:

Cadmium Yellow Light
Cadmium Yellow Dark
Cadmium Orange

For the Bachelor Button’s Center:
Cadmium Red Light
Prussian Blue

For the Bachelor Button’s Leaves:|
Cadmium Yellow Lemon
Leaf Green
Tad of Viridian Green

Orange Zinnia

Cadmium Yellow Light
Cadmium Yellow Dark
Cadmium Orange
Cadmium Red Light

Bee Balm Red Jacob Cline

Cadmium Red Light
Cadmium Red Dark
Opus


Bee Balm Leaves

Leaf on the Left:
Leaf Green
Tad of Viridian
Prussian Blue
Opus

Leaf on the Right:
Prussian Blue
Opus

Bachelor Buttons

Cobalt Blue
Opus

Moss Rose or Portulaca

Opus

Blue Jar

Cobalt Turquoise – Schmincke Watercolor Paint
Cobalt Blue
Prussian Blue in the Shadows

DaVinci Watercolor Paints – Jacki Kellum Favorite Colors + Color Wheel