Layered blossom garden

A small petal rosette opens into offset buds, pointed leaves and a narrow petal crown. Pearl-like circles separate the botanical layers, giving the flower several distinct rhythms to color.

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How much detail?

Nested contours, small pearl circles and slim leaf tips continue across the whole flower; this is a sustained fine-detail pattern. About the labels.

Try this palette: Soft garden

Keep the central petals rose, the bud tier lilac and the leaf tier sage. Repeat gold through the small circles, then alternate pale and dark petals at the edge.

A small coloring tip

Use a sharp pencil for the small circles and nested leaf tips. Complete one ring or one repeated sector at a time, turning the page to follow the curves.

Choose one color that returns in every layer. Then change the other colors as the petals grow toward the outside.