🎉🐉🍈 It's here! My Dragon Fruit & Dragonfly tutorial is now live on Patreon! This one's a great practice piece for anyone looking to level up their skills painting multi-coloured subjects - full outlines, step-by-step narration, and all the layering magic included ✨🎨 And of course... a huge thank you to everyone who suggested I add a dragonfly! 🐛💜 You all were right, it makes the piece 🙌 👉 www.patreon.com/AnnaBucciarelli/posts/dragon-fruit… Happy painting, everyone! 🖌️💧
💜 Woah! Thank you so much for all your incredibly warm feedback on the latest pigment deep dive - your comments and messages mean the world to me, and they keep coming! I'm going to try and answer everyone today, but in the meantime don't forget to grab your FREE swatch guide: 👉 www.patreon.com/AnnaBucciarelli/posts/essential-sw… 🎥 And of course watch the full review here if you missed it: https://youtu.be/7KsWEcIrqSc P.S. 🚨 A big and important update is coming very soon regarding the recent incident with Paul Rubens art brand. I think we've reached a decent resolution around the unlicensed use of my artwork - stay tuned, and thank you so much for your support through all of this. It means everything. 🙏 🎨 Happy World Watercolor Month, everyone! 🌊✨
⚠️ Major art brand STOLE my art.⚠️ If you are following me on Patreon you already know the details.... This has been an extremely upsetting experience, obviously. BUT (!!!) this post isn't really about me. It's about our art community as a whole, and what SOME brands are willing to do to sell you their products. 🚩🚩🚩Quick recap for anyone just catching up: Paul Rubens used footage from some of my most popular tutorials - including Blue Orchids & Sunbird & Lemons - my painting, my hands, my technique — and presented it as if I were painting with their watercolours. I wasn't. The paints in that video are QoR and Daniel Smith. This came after they repeatedly asked me to review their products, which I never did. Apparently, Paul Rubens decided that if I wouldn't promote them voluntarily, they'd JUST TAKE what they needed.
🛑 I've filed a copyright claim, and Youtube promptly removed those videos. I will keep you posted on what happens next, as I have also reached out to Paul Rubens and consulted with a lawyer. Unfortunately, the damage is already done, in my opinion. A clip like that lives on in screenshots, reposts, and memory long after any official action. 😔 On top of that, Paul Rubens products have been reviewed by so many wonderful creators on this platform — artists we all love and respect, like @SaraTepes and Steve from @mindofwatercolor I have no doubt they approached those reviews honestly and in good faith. What troubles me is knowing that my artwork was used alongside that kind of trusted content, without my consent and without my knowledge.
What this really highlights for me is bigger than one brand or one video. It's a reminder of how easily creators' work can be repurposed to sell products to the very people who trust us - and how important it is that we keep talking about it openly, so we can look out for each other. Thank you to everyone who alerted me to this in the first place. 🙏 And a special thank you to the fellow creators who reached out with support - including @KristyRice 💙 your solidarity reminded me why this community matters so much to me, even on a hard week.
It's World Parrot Day! 🦜💚 And I couldn't let it pass without celebrating all the stunning parrots and cockatoos we've brought to life together through watercolor over the years. Thank you all who joined me here + on Patreon as we painted togther. Swipe through and you'll even spot one of my earlier parrot paintings - created long before this channel was even a thing! 🎨 If birds and watercolor are your thing, come paint alongside me! My Birds & Blooms library is packed with beautiful bird tutorials waiting for you: www.patreon.com/collection/33857
June watercolor teachings are almost ready for you! 🌿🦜 This weekend, new video right here on YouTube: 🦜 Vibrant tropical birds — breaking a complex, colourful subject into manageable steps and building gorgeous soft feather texture that truly comes alive on the page. 🌿 Granulating watercolour effects — the magical texture that makes tropical subjects absolutely sing. And next week on Patreon, we're painting this full lush tropical composition start to finish — bird, coconuts, the whole thing. As always, I'll provide full narration and black & white outlines. Honestly? This one is going to be so good. 🦜🍋 We'll also be working with yellows — building on the glazing and colour theory from the yellow roses tutorial, and learning how to paint luminous, realistic shadows on those tricky warm hues. ✨ Not sure if it's for you? I'll have a bird-only and fruit-only breakdown with separate outlines, so you can focus on exactly what calls to you. Get your brushes ready. This one is for every soul who loves birds, blooms, and the quiet magic of watercolour. I cannot wait to paint alongside you. 🌺 👉 Join me on Patreon: patreon.com/annabucciarelli
Hello my friends! 🌸 I've missed you! I was under the weather for a while, but I'm finally back and so happy to be here. Tomorrow at 9am I'm returning with a full tutorial -- a beautiful tea rose painted in just 2 layers of color. If you've ever felt like detailed botanical painting was out of reach, this one is for you. It's my absolute favourite technique for painting petals, and I truly believe anyone can do this, no matter where you are in your watercolor journey. 🌹 The full real-time recording is already up on Patreon for those of you who can't wait! 🎨 And there is so much more coming -- parrots, iris flowers, and plenty of new projects I can't wait to share with you. It feels so good to be back! See you tomorrow! 💕 — Anna
🎨 ☕️ What a fun and cozy time chatting with you all during our Patreon Live! I always love these moments where we can connect and talk all things watercolor 💛✨ We also did a LIVE draw for the new botanical watercolor brush set I just teased in collaboration with Escoda (ahh I’m still so excited about this!!)…✨ Huge congratulations to our winners:💛 Cath (Patreon)💛 @ab4690 (YouTube)The Escoda team will be in touch with you soon to arrange your special delivery 🎁If you missed the live or want to rewatch, the recording is available here:www.patreon.com/posts/155705595?utm_campaign=posts…
🌹 I am working on a full brush review and demo featuring this pink rose - will post soon 💕Have a wonderful, cozy weekend everyone! 💛✨
🌸 Big news! My new Botanical Watercolor Brush Set with Escoda is finally here! 🖌️✨ I get asked all the time which brushes work best for painting flowers and botanicals, so I was thrilled to create a set built around the way I actually paint. Escoda has been one of my favourite watercolor brush brands for over 15 years, and this set combines my go-to shapes and bristles for everything from soft washes to tiny details. 🌿 ✨To celebrate, I’m giving away 2 sets next week — one for my YouTube subscribers and one for my Patreon subscribers. I’ll share all the details during my upcoming LIVE session on Patreon. 🎉 To enter, comment FLOWERS below! 🌷 Inside the set: 🖌️ Perla Round #8 — for soft wet-into-wet washes, petals, and leaves 🖌️ Prado Flat 1/2" — for crisp edges, shaping forms, and lifting highlights 🖌️ Prado Rigger #4 — for stems, veins, and delicate lines 🖌️ Chronos Round #2 — for precision, pigment load, and fine organic detail The set was just unveiled by Escoda last week and will soon be available through the Escoda Amazon store and all major art stores around the world, though distribution may take a little time depending on where you live. 🌍
🌿✨ Something very exciting is coming tomorrow (For all my fellow botanical watercolor lovers…in collaboration with Escoda)! 👩🏻🎨 I’ve been keeping this one close to my heart for so long, and tomorrow is finally the day… If you love painting leaves, petals, delicate florals, and all those tiny botanical details we adore, I have a feeling you are going to be just as excited as I am 💚Any guesses? 🌸🌿✨
🌸🐰 Thank you so much to everyone who commented on my sketchbook bunnies - the brown one was the clear favorite, so I turned it into a full Easter tutorial 🐰 Next week, I’ll be sharing the video here on YouTube - it’s a lovely subject for practicing realistic fur with watercolor and I'll share all my favouite tips! And as always, if you’d like to paint along with me in real time, the full version with outlines will be on my Patreon 🩷
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🎉🐉🍈 It's here! My Dragon Fruit & Dragonfly tutorial is now live on Patreon!
This one's a great practice piece for anyone looking to level up their skills painting multi-coloured subjects - full outlines, step-by-step narration, and all the layering magic included ✨🎨
And of course... a huge thank you to everyone who suggested I add a dragonfly! 🐛💜 You all were right, it makes the piece 🙌
👉 www.patreon.com/AnnaBucciarelli/posts/dragon-fruit…
Happy painting, everyone! 🖌️💧
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💜 Woah! Thank you so much for all your incredibly warm feedback on the latest pigment deep dive - your comments and messages mean the world to me, and they keep coming! I'm going to try and answer everyone today, but in the meantime don't forget to grab your FREE swatch guide: 👉 www.patreon.com/AnnaBucciarelli/posts/essential-sw…
🎥 And of course watch the full review here if you missed it: https://youtu.be/7KsWEcIrqSc
P.S. 🚨 A big and important update is coming very soon regarding the recent incident with Paul Rubens art brand. I think we've reached a decent resolution around the unlicensed use of my artwork - stay tuned, and thank you so much for your support through all of this. It means everything. 🙏
🎨 Happy World Watercolor Month, everyone! 🌊✨
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⚠️ Major art brand STOLE my art.⚠️
If you are following me on Patreon you already know the details.... This has been an extremely upsetting experience, obviously. BUT (!!!) this post isn't really about me. It's about our art community as a whole, and what SOME brands are willing to do to sell you their products.
🚩🚩🚩Quick recap for anyone just catching up: Paul Rubens used footage from some of my most popular tutorials - including Blue Orchids & Sunbird & Lemons - my painting, my hands, my technique — and presented it as if I were painting with their watercolours. I wasn't. The paints in that video are QoR and Daniel Smith. This came after they repeatedly asked me to review their products, which I never did. Apparently, Paul Rubens decided that if I wouldn't promote them voluntarily, they'd JUST TAKE what they needed.
🛑 I've filed a copyright claim, and Youtube promptly removed those videos. I will keep you posted on what happens next, as I have also reached out to Paul Rubens and consulted with a lawyer. Unfortunately, the damage is already done, in my opinion. A clip like that lives on in screenshots, reposts, and memory long after any official action. 😔 On top of that, Paul Rubens products have been reviewed by so many wonderful creators on this platform — artists we all love and respect, like @SaraTepes and Steve from @mindofwatercolor I have no doubt they approached those reviews honestly and in good faith. What troubles me is knowing that my artwork was used alongside that kind of trusted content, without my consent and without my knowledge.
What this really highlights for me is bigger than one brand or one video. It's a reminder of how easily creators' work can be repurposed to sell products to the very people who trust us - and how important it is that we keep talking about it openly, so we can look out for each other.
Thank you to everyone who alerted me to this in the first place. 🙏
And a special thank you to the fellow creators who reached out with support - including @KristyRice 💙 your solidarity reminded me why this community matters so much to me, even on a hard week.
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It's World Parrot Day! 🦜💚 And I couldn't let it pass without celebrating all the stunning parrots and cockatoos we've brought to life together through watercolor over the years. Thank you all who joined me here + on Patreon as we painted togther. Swipe through and you'll even spot one of my earlier parrot paintings - created long before this channel was even a thing! 🎨
If birds and watercolor are your thing, come paint alongside me! My Birds & Blooms library is packed with beautiful bird tutorials waiting for you: www.patreon.com/collection/33857
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June watercolor teachings are almost ready for you! 🌿🦜 This weekend, new video right here on YouTube:
🦜 Vibrant tropical birds — breaking a complex, colourful subject into manageable steps and building gorgeous soft feather texture that truly comes alive on the page.
🌿 Granulating watercolour effects — the magical texture that makes tropical subjects absolutely sing.
And next week on Patreon, we're painting this full lush tropical composition start to finish — bird, coconuts, the whole thing. As always, I'll provide full narration and black & white outlines. Honestly? This one is going to be so good. 🦜🍋
We'll also be working with yellows — building on the glazing and colour theory from the yellow roses tutorial, and learning how to paint luminous, realistic shadows on those tricky warm hues. ✨
Not sure if it's for you? I'll have a bird-only and fruit-only breakdown with separate outlines, so you can focus on exactly what calls to you.
Get your brushes ready. This one is for every soul who loves birds, blooms, and the quiet magic of watercolour. I cannot wait to paint alongside you. 🌺
👉 Join me on Patreon: patreon.com/annabucciarelli
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Hello my friends! 🌸 I've missed you! I was under the weather for a while, but I'm finally back and so happy to be here. Tomorrow at 9am I'm returning with a full tutorial -- a beautiful tea rose painted in just 2 layers of color. If you've ever felt like detailed botanical painting was out of reach, this one is for you. It's my absolute favourite technique for painting petals, and I truly believe anyone can do this, no matter where you are in your watercolor journey.
🌹 The full real-time recording is already up on Patreon for those of you who can't wait! 🎨 And there is so much more coming -- parrots, iris flowers, and plenty of new projects I can't wait to share with you. It feels so good to be back!
See you tomorrow! 💕
— Anna
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🎨 ☕️ What a fun and cozy time chatting with you all during our Patreon Live! I always love these moments where we can connect and talk all things watercolor 💛✨ We also did a LIVE draw for the new botanical watercolor brush set I just teased in collaboration with Escoda (ahh I’m still so excited about this!!)…✨ Huge congratulations to our winners:💛 Cath (Patreon)💛 @ab4690 (YouTube)The Escoda team will be in touch with you soon to arrange your special delivery 🎁If you missed the live or want to rewatch, the recording is available here:www.patreon.com/posts/155705595?utm_campaign=posts…
🌹 I am working on a full brush review and demo featuring this pink rose - will post soon 💕Have a wonderful, cozy weekend everyone! 💛✨
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🌸 Big news! My new Botanical Watercolor Brush Set with Escoda is finally here! 🖌️✨ I get asked all the time which brushes work best for painting flowers and botanicals, so I was thrilled to create a set built around the way I actually paint. Escoda has been one of my favourite watercolor brush brands for over 15 years, and this set combines my go-to shapes and bristles for everything from soft washes to tiny details. 🌿
✨To celebrate, I’m giving away 2 sets next week — one for my YouTube subscribers and one for my Patreon subscribers. I’ll share all the details during my upcoming LIVE session on Patreon. 🎉 To enter, comment FLOWERS below! 🌷 Inside the set:
🖌️ Perla Round #8 — for soft wet-into-wet washes, petals, and leaves
🖌️ Prado Flat 1/2" — for crisp edges, shaping forms, and lifting highlights
🖌️ Prado Rigger #4 — for stems, veins, and delicate lines
🖌️ Chronos Round #2 — for precision, pigment load, and fine organic detail
The set was just unveiled by Escoda last week and will soon be available through the Escoda Amazon store and all major art stores around the world, though distribution may take a little time depending on where you live. 🌍
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🌿✨ Something very exciting is coming tomorrow (For all my fellow botanical watercolor lovers…in collaboration with Escoda)! 👩🏻🎨 I’ve been keeping this one close to my heart for so long, and tomorrow is finally the day…
If you love painting leaves, petals, delicate florals, and all those tiny botanical details we adore, I have a feeling you are going to be just as excited as I am 💚Any guesses? 🌸🌿✨
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🌸🐰 Thank you so much to everyone who commented on my sketchbook bunnies - the brown one was the clear favorite, so I turned it into a full Easter tutorial 🐰 Next week, I’ll be sharing the video here on YouTube - it’s a lovely subject for practicing realistic fur with watercolor and I'll share all my favouite tips! And as always, if you’d like to paint along with me in real time, the full version with outlines will be on my Patreon 🩷
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