The Spring Cutting Garden — 20 Watercolour Templates

Twenty soft pencil outlines of the prettiest spring flowers — drawn to be painted in watercolour over a slow afternoon.

The Spring Cutting Garden is a collection of 20 printable watercolour painting templates, hand-designed as soft pencil outline sketches of the flowers you'd actually bring inside if you wandered through a garden in spring — bunches of daffodils in jars, tulip stems tied with ribbon, trailing sweet peas, clusters of lily of the valley, snake's head fritillaria, lilac, magnolia, wisteria, and a loose jam jar of wildflowers.

Each template is drawn with a soft, delicate pencil line — not a hard black outline — so the sketch fades gently into the paint as you work. The compositions are left generous and wide open, giving you plenty of room to wash, bleed, layer and play. No rules, no "stay inside the lines" pressure. Just a quiet afternoon, your paints, and something beautiful to make.

Whether you're a beginner who wants a gentler way to start with watercolour, or a more practiced painter who just wants to skip the sketching step and jump into the colour — this set gives you twenty ready-to-go compositions in one download.

What's inside

• 20 printable watercolour templates (pencil outline sketches)
• A4 portrait PDF — print at home or at your local print shop
• High resolution (300 DPI) — crisp, clean line work
• 20 individual PNGs, zipped — so you can print just one at a time
• White background — ready to paint directly onto, or trace through
• Works with watercolour, gouache, ink or coloured pencil

The 20 designs

1. A bunch of daffodils in a glass jar
2. Three tulip stems tied with ribbon
3. A climbing sweet pea spray
4. Lily of the valley cluster
5. A bunch of bluebells
6. Paperwhite narcissus in a terracotta pot
7. A trio of ranunculus
8. A single anemone in a bud vase
9. Two hyacinth stems
10. A cluster of grape hyacinth (muscari)
11. A primrose posy
12. A pansy bouquet in a tumbler
13. A bunch of snowdrops
14. A cherry blossom sprig
15. A magnolia branch
16. An apple blossom spray
17. A lilac bunch
18. Snake's head fritillaria stems
19. An informal wildflower jam jar
20. A wisteria spray

How to use

1. Download — your files land in your inbox instantly
2. Print — on watercolour paper (180gsm or heavier) to paint directly, or plain paper to trace onto your sketchbook
3. Paint — soft pencil lines mostly disappear under the wash, so no need to erase
4. Share — tag @artsydee_inspiring_creations on Instagram or post in the Artsydee Creative Club. I'd love to see what you make.

Terms of use

• Personal use — anything you paint is yours to keep, share or gift
• Please don't re-sell, share or redistribute the template files themselves
• Print as many times as you like for your own personal use

Refunds

Because this is a digital download, all sales are final. But if anything doesn't download correctly or you have trouble with the files, email me — I'll fix it right away.