How to paint flowers with Jen Dixon
How to paint flowers with Jen Dixon
Starting with oil is easy if you know how. Mixed Media artist and illustrator Jen Dixon will get you started and showcase how to easily mix and blend colours, and create stunning art with your new skills.
Mixed-media artist and illustrator Jen Dixon makes flower painting approachable and expressive by demonstrating how to mix and blend colours with ease. Her step-by-step guidance uses simple techniques and versatile materials to help artists bring floral subjects to life.
What You’ll Need
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Graduate Acrylic Paint (12 × 22 ml set or 120 ml tubes), offering a reliable and vibrant palette for beginners and hobbyists. These medium-bodied, water-based paints apply smoothly, blend well, and dry quickly to a water-resistant finish.
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Graduate Multi-Technique Short Handle Brushes, a versatile assortment featuring six hair blends, from soft synthetics to sable mixes and hog bristle, designed for use across various mediums.
What You’ll Learn
Jen demonstrates how to layer expressive strokes, build depth through blending, and use brush direction and pressure to shape petals and forms. The method emphasises intuitive colour mixing, starting from basic tones and working towards complex floral colour harmonies.
Why It Works
The Graduate range offers excellent value without compromising performance, making acrylic painting fun and accessible. The combined use of expressive brushes and responsive paints supports creative freedom, letting artists experiment with blending, layering, and brushwork. Jen’s tutorial encourages a playful, confident approach to painting, perfect for both beginners and those refining their technique.
Delve into florals using just a few colours and brushes, and let your creativity bloom across the canvas.
What you’ll need
Graduate Acrylic Paint 12x22ml Set
Graduate Acrylic Paint
Graduate Multi-Technique Brush
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Acrylics
Graduate Acrylic Paint 12x22ml Set
This Graduate Acrylic Set features 12 essential colours in 22ml tubes, offering a versatile palette for beginners and hobbyists. Graduate Acrylic paints are water-based and medium-bodied, providing a smooth, easy application with reliable performance. The colours blend well, can be used directly from the tube or thinned with water, and dry quickly to a water-resistant […]LEARN MORE -
Acrylics
Graduate Acrylic Paint
Graduate Acrylic is an affordable, water-based paint range developed for students, hobbyists, and beginners seeking consistent quality and performance. These medium-body acrylics are smooth and easy to handle, offering excellent coverage for large-scale projects or everyday practice. Quick-drying and water-resistant once dry, they are ideal for classroom use and for artists working on multiple layers. […]LEARN MORE -
Brushes
Graduate Multi-Technique Brush
The Graduate Brush Assortment offers a versatile range of brushes suitable for beginner artists and students. This collection features six different hair blends, including soft synthetic filaments, sable mix, hog bristle, and other blends designed to deliver excellent performance across acrylics, oils, watercolours, and mixed media. Each brush has an ergonomic pearl white handle with […]LEARN MORE
About the artist
Jen Dixon is a multi-disciplinary artist and art educator specialising in abstract and figurative work. Originally from Indiana, she lives in a windy village on the North Cornwall coast of England.
