Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Explore oil painting with a colourful arrangement of native Australian blooms. In this still life with flowers, you’ll start with an acrylic underpainting of the shadows before building up your leaves, stems, flowers, glass vase, and background in oils. It’s a great introduction to working slowly with oil paint and returning to your artwork over several sessions.

If you don't have flowers available, you can print out an image of our bouquet to use as a reference.

👉 Find the printable step-by-step guide and reference image here:
Australia: https://www.montmarte.com.au/blogs/projects-how-to/still-life-flowers-in-oils
Global: montmarte.com/blogs/projects-how-to/still-life-flowers-in-oils
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