Watercolor butterfly tutorial with loose washy background

Hi everyone, in this video I am painting some butterflies with watercolors I will be posting a drawing template onto patreon for all memberships including those in the free tier by this evening (5/3/24) You can also join for 50 bonus tutorials Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 00:15 - background 03:46 - Butterflies 18:30 - Outro Materials used Coldpress 9 x 12 inch watercolor paper Colors Sap green Cascade green Cadmium Yellow Cadmium Orange Burnt Sienna Burnt Umber Paynes grey Brushes I would recommend a small round (#0 - #2) a medium (8 or 10) and then a large round, quil or flat/mottler brush for the loose wash. Here are some free to use reference images, the butterfly is a Red Admiral Link to pre-order my book =tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= tags watercolor, beginner watercolor, butterfly, easy, step by step, real time, daniel smith, princeton brushes, arches, loose wash, wet on wet, wet on dry,