Traditional Chinese watercolor tutorial | Water Lilies & Dragonfly

Traditional Chinese watercolor tutorial | Water Lilies & Dragonfly

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Chinese Paintings
Jul 24, 2026

This is a Chinese painting demonstration and tutorial for painting water lilies and dragonfly using traditional Chinese watercolor. It is a freehand style of painting using simple strokes, a few color and two paint brushes.

Material used:
Paper: half-ripe Rice paper mounted card 38cm x 38cm (半生熟宣卡紙 )
Yellow color 藤黃
Orange color 珠膘
Indigo 花青
Rouge 胭脂
Scarlet/China red 大紅
Crimson/Deep red 曙紅

Happy painting!