Painting the Peony: "King of All Flowers"

Learning balance and understanding the basic hexagon shape are covered in the Peony lesson.

A Royal Experience in China, the Peony was known as the ‘King of all Flowers’ and the epitome of ‘saucy nobility’. The Yellow Peony is known as the ‘King’s Flower’; Yellow was the Royal color.

The Peony is magnificent in royal appearance and complex in its structure and conception. An initial approach to the mastery of this blossom requires serious study. But it is a royal road – and endless fun … infinite satisfaction … infinite delight! This study introduces you to the royalty of Peony’s effulgent beauty. The joy is in the approach to this study: it must be courtly, respectful, noble, and serious. (Well, maybe not too serious.) Royalty deserves no less.

This is a 2-hr live class on painting the peony step by step.

You'll be receiving a copy of Nan Rae's Peony class handout (pdf) a day before class via email. You'll also have the opportunity to submit your work for Nan for critique and join the class's private Facebook group.

All online classes are recorded, so if you can't make it to the live class, you can still sign-up and watch the replay of the class, which will be available a few minutes right after class. This also means that students that signed up for the class and joined live can watch the whole class again anytime!

Peony Brush Painting Class