To create the flower centre use the deer foot / scruffy brush dry, pick up a very small amount of the dark red paint on the toe of the brush and the dark brown on the heal of the brush. Pounce the brush with a gentle up and down motion onto some greaseproof paper, keeping on the spot so as not to mix the colours together. You want to see dots of paint from the brush with just enough paint and not one continuous block of colour from too much paint. As you pounce the brush move along onto fresh paper until you are happy with the effect. On the surface, I find it easier to turn the flower around and pounce the brush, keeping the toe or dark red away from you, following the outside edge of the circle and pounce the brush back and forth so as not to get a solid line. Pounce the middle of the circle making the centre a little darker. Using the toe of the brush pick up a little of the dark red and pounce a circle around the darker centre, turning the flower around as you go, making an inner circle. Wipe off the brush on kitchen roll then pick up a little of the yellow paint, pounce and test on the greaseproof paper then pounce the pollen onto the dark red inner circle and the outer edge circle. Gradually add more pounced paint as required to get the highlighted effect. If you add a bit too much or blob the paint, don ' t worry, wait for it to dry and you can always add the correct colour needed.
For the dots, it is best to put out a little fresh red paint as the dots will be clearer. Using the stylus or the end of a brush to create the dots, dip the ball into the red paint and touch down vertically onto the greaseproof paper to make a dot. This will give you a feel for how much paint you will need. The more paint the bigger the dot, the less paint the smaller the dot. You will need to frequently dip the stylus into the paint. Add your dots around the flower in clusters of 3 or to get creative with your own design. The dots use more paint and take longer to dry so are easily smudged. If they are smudged, wait for them to dry and paint over to cover.