Dip your brush into water to remove the paint. Lightly dab the sides of the brush bristles on a paper towel to remove excess water, but not all. Keep your brush somewhat wet. Load the light pink paint you made onto the brush, concentrating it on the tip.
Touch the tip of the brush to a piece of water color paper, right where you want the center of the first peony flower to appear. Apply a small amount of pressure as you roll the bristles of the brush at a slight angle until you have created a tear-drop shape with the tapered end pointing down. Make three to four of these petals touching each other to create the base of the flower. Darken the tapered tip of each petal to mimic the look of real peony petals.
Dab the brush on its side, with the tapered end of the teardrop-shaped petals all pointing to one side and create an arc from one end of the base petals to the other. Build the flower up by adding smaller petals in the same way. Leave small gaps between each new arc of petals. Add them to the top and gradually make them thinner as you go further from the base. Add more paint to the brush the same way you did in Step 2.
Touch the tip of the brush against the top edge of the base petals and create a small series of inner petals. These inner petals are darker than the outside and have a rounded tip, so you only need to use the very tip of the paint brush and create a lump extending from the top. Leave a small amount of white space between the inner petals. Keep working inward, around the arc of outer petals and press slightly harder with the brush to make them darker.
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Add more of the red or dark pink paint to the brush and fill in the white gaps to create shadows between the outer petals. Press slightly harder so the brush releases more paint onto the paper. Roll the brush at an angle so it fills the white spaces. Dip your brush in green paint and add a stem to your peony flower.
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