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1. Introduction: [MUSIC]. If there's someone who would like to practice
watercolor painting, but you don't know
where to start and have little time to
do so every day, then this class is for you. Hi, my name is Joly, and I'm a watercolor artist, and online art educator
based in the Philippines. I have been painting since 2013, and I specialize in painting watercolor
florals in a loose style. I have comprehensive
classes on Skillshare that focus on loose
watercolor florals. I love teaching and
being able to break down watercolor painting into
simple steps for beginners. Here are some examples of
my past and present work. When I was a watercolor newbie, I had encountered several
challenges such as painting blobs of paint
instead of flowers. I was able to overcome this hurdle through
daily practice. If I can do it then so can you. Sometimes things
may seem vaunting, but developing a habit
of painting something small daily goes a
really long way. As I'm a working mom
of a one-year old, I only have small pockets of time within the day for myself. I would use that
time to paint on my sketch book for about
10-15 minutes everyday. In this class I would take you through 15 different projects, but don't worry the plan is to do just one project per day. Each day we will feature
a distinct color prompt. We will also learn different
watercolor techniques, such as fading to
create soft strokes. We'll explore painting florals using the wet on wet technique. In each project you will learn different
floral compositions. Goal of this exercise is to
help you practice painting daily and explore florals
in different colors. You might just discover
a color combination that you had not
previously planned to use, but apparently enjoy it. As you progress through the different modules
in this class, you will see an improvement in your painting skills and gain confidence on making that
first stroke on a blank page. This class is very close
to my heart as it has been inspired by my
personal mini-projects from my sketch books. Let's fill your
sketch books with beautiful floral
paintings in 15 days. We'll truly have
an amazing time, so let's get started. See you.
2. Class Projects Overview: [MUSIC] This class is a
daily challenge type, which means that I
will be uploading one project per day when
the class goes live. If you're joining after
the 15th day ends, don't worry because you can
still watch all the projects. We can do the challenge
at your own pace. The prompts that we will use
for this class are colors. We'll do some colors for two days and some
for only a day. Now, let's check out
all the paintings. I am so excited to
show you all of them. For Day 1, we are going
to do something green. In this project,
we're going to paint something simple
just to warm up. This is just a stock with some small green flowers
and some fillers. We can finish this in
less than 10 minutes. Let's move on to Day 2. The theme is red,
yellow, and orange. We're going to paint
some dancing puppies. For Day 3, we are going to paint a
blue theme flower bouquet. This is a nice combination of soft flowers with some
really dark leaves. For our Day 4, we are going
to do something yellow. To make it look
more interesting, I added a lemon in
this floral bouquet, and I also added some
soft blue fillers. Day 5 is going to be pink. It's my favorite color, and I think that
this is also one of my favorite projects
in this class. For Day 6, we're going to go back to green. This time, we're
painting bigger flowers, and I also added a little bit of blue and greenish yellow. On Day 7, we are going to
paint something purple. This is a beautiful and
delicate floral composition, and we have the addition of muted yellow and some lavender. Let's move on to Day 8, where we will use the colors, soft blue and yellow. In this project, we're
also going to paint some hydrangeas mixed
with some roses, and we're also going to
add some white details. On Day 9, we are going to paint using red. I've complimented that with some white flowers
using the color, sepia. I also use that color
for the leaves. On Day 10, we are going
to paint a white flower. This version has a tinge
of yellow and sepia color. Now, let's move on to Day 11, and we're going to
go back to blue. In this project, we're going to use a wet-on-wet technique to create that beautiful
texture on the blue petals. In this particular project, you can opt to paint only the
blue flower in the center, but I will be including how to paint the flowers beside it. This is just to give you more options on your
floral composition. On Day 12, we are going to paint this peach theme floral bouquet. I really love how
soft this looks, and I will be showing you
how to achieve this look. Now, let's move on to Day 13. We are going to go back
to the color pink. We're going to paint
some soft pink roses, but at the same time, we're going to add
a pop of color. You can see some really
pigmented paint florals as well. The color prompt on
Day 14 is orange. We are going to paint a more
expressive style of rose. In this project, we do have a background that
looks very soft, and we are going to use
the wet-on-wet technique. It does seem intimidating, but I assure you that this
is a very doable project. We are down to the last project. This is a beautiful
violet bouquet. Don't be intimidated by all
the details on this bouquet. It does take a little bit
longer to paint this. It's more than 15 minutes, but I'm going to
guide you along. Also, I think that it's
a nice way to wrap up this class with a more
challenging project. I do suggest that you try all the projects
because you will definitely learn something
new in each one of them. Let's now head on to
the next video where we will discuss the
materials that we need. [MUSIC]
3. Materials: [MUSIC] Now let's talk about the materials that
we need for this class. I'm going to start
with the paper. Throughout the class
I will be using this brand called Baohong. These are two types
of Baohong paper. One is a student grade
and one is artist grade. This one that I'm holding
is artist grade paper. This is 100 percent
cotton paper. I'm just showing you here
the texture of the paper. This is called pressed paper. It comes in a block
form so you can see that the sides are
glued except for this part where you can just slide a cutter or a palette knife
to take out one sheet. Now let me show you
the other paper. This is called the
Baohong academy. This is student grade paper. I have to say that
this is one of the best student grade
papers that I have tried and it's also
quite affordable. It also comes in a block form. The texture is also good and quite close to an
artist grade paper. The size of the paper
that we will be using is seven by ten inches
for the projects. Just to show you the difference
between these two papers, I'm going to show you
two similar paintings. The one on the left is a
Baohong artist grade paper. Then on the right is
the Baohong Academy. You can see that the roses on the left side looks
softer compared to the right side and
I feel like it just blends more beautifully
on the artist grade paper. But I still think that the
student grade paper or the Baohong Academy is still really good
enough to paint on. If you're on a budget, I do suggest getting
the Baohong Academy, but later on I do
recommend that you try an artist grade paper so that
you can see the difference. As mentioned, most
of the projects in this class came from my
personal sketch books. I'm going to show you
some sketchbooks that you can try out and hopefully you can fill it in with the projects
from this class. Let's talk about Khadi journal. This is one of my
favorite journals and you can see that
the edges are decal. It is quite affordable
or roughly around $6 for this book and then you can see right here the texture. It does give off that
vintage rustic vibe when you paint on this paper
because of the texture, so it's almost similar
to a cold press paper. However, it takes practice
to get used to this journal. You do need to use more
water if you're going to paint on this paper. This is a good journal
for some daily doodles, some daily practice
without feeling the pressure or the guilt
of using expensive paper. I highly recommend this
if you are on a budget. Let us now move on to
another sketchbook. This is called the
Etchr Lab sketchbook. This sketchbook is more expensive
compared Khadi journal. This is made from 100
percent cotton paper. It's artist grade paper. The thickness is 200 gsm. It's not really as thick
compared to other papers, but I do find that it's sufficient for my
daily paintings. They do have portrait
style like what I'm holding and also a
landscape sketch book. This size is A5, which is really perfect
for some daily paintings. It's not too big, not too small. Now we are done with papers and next we're going
to talk about brushes. I am going to use the
sizes six and eight. The brand is called silver brush and it's from their
black velvet series. This is a mixture of
synthetic and squirrel hair. When painting loose florals, you want a brush that
holds a lot of water, but it can still keep its point. You can see right here, that the belly is quite big, but you can see that it's also pointy and that's
nice for painting some smaller details
without trying to switch from one
brush to another. If you can only get one brush, I would suggest using
the size eight brush. This is a good all around brush. The size is also perfect for
some medium-sized paintings. For the paint, I'm going
to use Shinhan PWC. This is a Korean
artist grade paint. This brand only comes in tubes, so I have to squeeze it out on a half pan because
it's just more convenient for me to grab
the paint on a half pan. Don't worry, the quality
doesn't change if you put your paints in
half pans like this. Other good brands that I
can recommend would be Sennelier or Schmincke
and also Winsor & Newton. For the list of colors that
we will use in this class, I will include it in the
project gallery section. Go ahead and check that out. This is also a good brand. This is called the
Art Philosophy. I love using this
set called Odyssey. It has really bold
colors and I feel like they are unique colors
and also good for florals. I like to set because the
colors are already mixed for me and I use it a lot for
my daily paintings. They also have several sets
that you can choose from. Now let's move on to
the mixing palette. This is a mixing palette
that I always use, and it's only the lid of my watercolor
palette called QoR. QoR is a different
watercolor brand but I love their metal tin, so that's why I'm
using it a lot. If you don't have a metal tin, you can also use an
ordinary ceramic plate. I also have this resin palette
that I ordered locally. This is also really pretty if you want to
use it for flat lays. Now let's move on
to the next one. It's a water jar. Use any water jar that you have, you can use glass jar. This one is a ceramic jar with a provision for putting
the brush on top of it. Then next we need
tissue paper to blot out the excess
paint in our brush. Next, we need a
mechanical pencil. This is just an ordinary pencil. We don't need to use
anything special, just anything that you
are comfortable using. Lastly, we need a white pen. This is the Posca Acrylic pen. I'm going to put the size here. I recently discovered this and I really love how
opaque it is when you use it to add some white
details on your painting. They also have bigger tips
so you can check that out. If you don't have this, I can also use a gel pen. This is the Uni-ball
Signo white pen. If you don't have
the two of these, you can use white gouache
instead or white poster paint. That's everything that we need. Let's move on to the
next video where we will learn some watercolor tips. [MUSIC]
4. Watercolor Tips: [MUSIC] In this video, I will share some
watercolor tips. We're going to focus mostly
on wet-on-wet technique, which I think might be more
challenging for beginners. I'm also going to
just quickly show you the fading technique and some warm-up exercise
for florals. If you would like to learn more in depth brushstroke skills, then I suggest checking
out my other class, you can find a comprehensive
guide on painting petals. Now let's start. Let's talk about controlling brush load
on wet-on-wet technique. Later on we're going
to do a project using this technique that's why I wanted to show it
to you guys first. What we're going to do is, we're going to paint a petal
using just clean water. I'm just going to
grab some water, I'm using my size 8 round brush, and I'm also painting on
100 percent cotton paper. Let me just tilt my
paper so you can see the sheen on the paper. You can paint even other shapes doesn't have to
be a petal shape, just try to make it
as even as possible. Now let's grab some color, this is Prussian blue and
I'm going to add a lot of water in this mixture. I'm also going to soak my
brush in that mixture. You can see that the
belly is really wet, and when you drop it
on the wet paper, it really spreads
right away because you have a lot of mixture
in your brush. Now we already know
what it looks like if we load our brush
with too much water. Let's try a more
controlled mixture. Right here, I just painted another petal shape
using clean water. After that, let's grab
some more Prussian blue and this time the mixture
will be more pigmented. There's less water
and more paint. I'm also going to
dab my brush on the tissue paper to absorb
the excess moisture. Now let's paint on
the wet paper and you can see the difference
immediately. You do have more control
on the wet paper. It doesn't spread as much
compared to our first example. You can play around with a
ratio of paint and water. If you want something
more pigmented, just add some more
paint in your brush. Also take note that we are using 100 percent cotton paper, it does look a
little bit different if you're going to use
student grade paper. Now let's just try
it one more time. I'm using a flat
brush and let's just paint a rectangle shape
with just clean water. Let's try to paint some
leaves right here. I just grabbed some sap green, I'm going to add
more water and I'm going to do that on purpose so you can see what
that looks like. The effect is that it looks too faded and it spreads too much. You can try it one more time and this time
I'm going to add more paint and less water. I'm also going to
dab my brush on the tissue paper to absorb
the excess moisture. Now let's try it
on the wet paper. You can immediately see that we can form a better shape just by adjusting the water
and paint ratio and also by dabbing our brush
in the tissue paper. You can try to play around and do this exercise so that you can better understand your
brush and also your paper. This is a nice technique
if you want to add some soft leaves in the
background of your painting. This is a mixture of
sap green and sepia. You can add a darker color. Something that I love about
doing wet-on-wet technique is that the result
is always unique. I'm going to show
you an example of a painting that we will
be doing later on. You will see these
nice soft leaves. This was painted on a wet paper. If you want something
more structured, I would suggest
switching to a brush that is more dense
or more stiff. Now let's move on to a different technique called
the fading technique. Now, I have discussed
this in previous classes, but we're going to do a
refresher course here. What we need is a
really thick mixture, we want a really
pigmented color. I'm using permanent rose. Let's just paint a
letter C stroke, then now I'm going
to rinse my brush and just tap the excess water. We're going to lightly
touch the edges and you can see that by
doing this technique, we have faded the right
side of the stroke, but the left side
remains very sharp. Now let's do that one more time. Let's rinse our brush, dab the excess water, and just touch one side. We can see that the
paint just goes into where the wet stroke is. Now let's try to paint a rose. I'm going to do a C stroke
in the center and add some thin C curves
all around it. Now let's grab a clean brush. This is just water
and you're just going to fade the outer strokes, and by doing this, you can create some soft petals. Using this clean brush, we can just spread out the color and just create
bigger size petals. Of course, don't forget the white spaces in
between your strokes. There you go. We have
our simple loose rose. Now let's move on to
another brushstroke gel. Now, this is a stroke that
we often use for roses. I have some paint in my brush and I'm just going to start at the tip of the brush and
just slowly press it. But as I end this stroke, I'm going to just quickly
drag the brush and lift it. You can do it from
the bottom up, you can add more pressure to your stroke so that you
can get a bigger petal. This is a good way to
warm up before we start. To paint some
looser strokes just hold your brush towards
the end of the handle, just like what I'm doing here. Now try to paint some
C strokes and you will immediately feel that the
strokes are more expressive, I usually do it very quick so that I can get a
nice organic stroke. Now let's just try to practice and paint a
five petaled flower. If you have taken my
previous classes, you already know how to do this, but if it's your first time,
please continue watching. The trick to painting of nice five petaled flower
is to vary your strokes, vary the pressure that
you put on each stroke, and then combine
all of them so that you can get something
more organic. While the petals are still wet you can grab some more paint and just add some
color on the petals. Now let's grab something
dark for the center, this is just indigo and
I'm adding it well. The base is still wet, you can see that the color is bleeding into the pink petals. Now let's do one last
warm-up exercise. I'm using a size 8 round brush. Try to explore the different
parts of the brush. You can paint using just
the side of the brush. Just observe how I
painted this petal. I'm just moving my
brush back and forth, but I'm using the
side of the brush. This is how you will
be able to explore different shapes of the petals. Now let's grab yellow ocher for the center of this flower. That was a really quick flower, I'm sure that you can also do
this as a warm-up exercise. Let's grab a more pigmented
pink color so we can add some shadows on this flower. You can add it where
the folds meet, usually that's a darker area. Of course, we should add
a stem to this flower. We are done with our
warm-up exercise, I think you are more than ready, I hope that you're excited
to start our first day. Let us now move on to the
next video where we will paint the first color
prompt, which is green.
5. Day 1: [MUSIC] Welcome to day 1, and the color prompt
today is green. Ask yourself, what does
this remind you of when you think of green
in terms of florals? It reminds me of foliage, leaves, just something
fresh and minimalist. Now, let's start our project. This is going to be the easiest among all the projects
that we have. This is like a warm-up exercise. We want to loosen that hand and just be able to
paint more freely. For this project,
we're going to paint this stalk with some small, four-petaled flowers
and some fillers. I'm using the bow Academy, which is a student-grade paper. Now, let's grab some color. I have here some sap green. Just draw a thin
line diagonally, and then let's grab some colors. This is sap green, and we have indigo
and greenish-yellow. Now, let's start at the top. This is going to be our filler. It looks like a ball with
some smaller petals. You just need to tap your
brush to create those nice, small strokes that
look like petals. Then you can also switch
to a different color. You can start with
a greenish-yellow, and just like what I did here, I grab a little bit of indigo
and just added that color. Try to alternate the
colors that you are using, so that it will
give it more depth. Then also, while you're
adding those tiny strokes, leave some spaces in between. Now, let's add one
more over here. I'm using sap green with a
little bit of greenish-yellow. Then while this is still wet, you can grab some
indigo and drop that in so that the colors will
just blend with each other. It will look really
good once it dries up. The key to making some
loose strokes is to hold your brush towards
the end of the handle, just like what I'm doing here. It's now time to add
some small flowers. For that, we are going
to use cerulean blue. Make sure to dilute it
with a lot of water. You can also add a
little bit of sap green, so that they can get
that bluish-green color. We can also use greenish-yellow
for these tiny flowers. I'm just going to grab
some greenish yellow and paint on top of that. Don't worry, it's not
really going to be strict, it doesn't have to be
really four petals. Sometimes, you can
just paint three, you can paint five, that's okay. Then right here, I just grab a little bit of diluted indigo. I use this color if I want to paint a flower that is white. That's my tip for you, guys. While these flowers
are still wet, just grab a thick mixture of sap green and add it in
the center of the flowers. You have to make sure that
the mixture is quite dry, so that it doesn't spread
too much on the wet petals. Now, let's just keep on
adding these tiny flowers. After which, we are going to add a stem to attach to
the main branch. You can see that I actually
left white spaces in between each flower.
Don't worry about that. We are going to use that space
for adding some fillers. We can grab some
greenish yellow and add some balls of filler. It's the same filler that we use during the start
of this painting. Just to give more contrast
to this painting, add some indigo in
some of the fillers. With a clean brush, you can also drag
some of the colors, just like what I'm doing here. That will fade some
of it away and make it look quite
loose and soft. It's now time to
add some leaves. Right here, I'm just
mixing sap green and indigo until we get a
nice, dark-green color. I'm going to add
two leaves here. Just start at the tip, and then press your brush, drag it downwards, and then lift when
you end the stroke. Now, let's do it again. Just start lightly, just
the tip of your brush, and then slowly press. Just drag, and then lift again. You can always go back in to
fix the shape of the leaves. Don't worry about that. Then with the sap green color, I'm just going to add some smaller leaves
all over this stalk. Just trust your
intuition when it comes to adding the leaves
and the fillers. But if you're
having a hard time, just look for some white spaces, and then that's where you add
the leaves or the fillers. Looking at this from afar, we need to add some more
flowers at the bottom. This is just diluted indigo. Then we can also add
some more on the sides. While the flowers are still wet, I'm just going to
add a dark center to give it more contrast. You can use sap green or indigo. Now, let's grab some greenish-yellow and
add some more fillers. Just tap your brush to
create these tiny strokes. If the main stalk is too thin, you can go back in and paint on top of it to
make it a bit thicker. We're now just adding
some finishing touches. You can see that I'm adding little bit of
greenish-yellow fillers. I'm doing that to make it
look more balanced because we want the color spread out
all throughout this stalk. Now, we are done. Congratulations for finishing
your first project. Don't forget to upload
your project in the Project Gallery
section of the class. [MUSIC] Let's move on to the next video where we
will paint this red, yellow, and orange florals.
6. Day 2: [MUSIC] For Day 2, we're going to use red, orange, and yellow. Let's start. The prompt today
reminds me of puppies, so I got this reference
photo on Pinterest. We're going to do some puppies that look like they are dancing. We want just something simple and just capture the
essence of the flower. The first color we're going
to use permanent red, and then we can
try to dip the tip of the brush onto another color, and I chose yellow-orange, it will just give a nice
gradient effect to your strokes. You can use this side of the brush to create
a broader stroke, just like what I'm doing here. Then some strokes can
be just thin lines, which you'll see here. I'm just going to flip my brush. Now let's rinse our brush. I'm just going to
put a side petal, it looks like an oval shape. Let's close it up. Let's paint one more
petal on the right. You can also use a color vermilion if you
don't want to use red. Now while this
flower is still wet, I'm just going to
grab a little bit of yellow-orange and just
add it to some petals. We're adding these details so that the flower
doesn't look too flat. Now let's add the center, I'm just going to grab
some indigo and I want it to be quite
concentrated, and also, I switch
to a smaller brush; this is a size 6 so that
I can be more precise. Now let's add a nice curvy stem. This is a sap green color. Let's move on to another flower. I'm going to dip my brush in the yellow-orange
color and just dip the tip in another
color called vermilion, and that's how we do
the gradient effect, just like what you see here. You're going to paint a
flower that is on its side, and so we're just going to paint some petals clustered here. While the petals are still wet, you can grab a darker color. This is vermilion or you
can use red and just paint it between the petals just
to separate the petals. It almost looks like
you're adding shadows this way and it also
looks very soft. Now let's grab some green color. This is sap green and
just add another stem. Let's do one more flower
that is on its side. I'm going to use the
color vermilion, try to vary the pressure that you put on
each brushstroke. You can see that I
am trying to paint some bigger petals and
some are only thin lines. You can also rinse your brush so that you can get
a lighter color. You can grab permanent
red and just drop it in between the petals just to
separate them from each other. Just a tip, when you're painting a flower that is on its side, all the petals will point towards the base of the flower, and this will give
you direction as to how you should paint the petals. You can also try to lift some colors using a clean brush, or you can try to extend some areas so that it
will have a better shape. Do the adjustments while
the flower is still wet so that you can get some
nice soft edges. Let's just add a
stem to this flower. We want the stem to be
behind this red flower. Just to give it more contrast, I'm adding a very pigmented
red color in-between the petals to give the illusion that the petals are separate from each other. Let's move on to another flower, I'm going to use yellow-orange. Now we're going to
just paint the petals, just press your brush, and lift towards the end so
that you get a pointy tip. Now let's rinse our brush and
just grab a yellow color, this is permanent yellow light. Dip the tip in
yellow-orange color, this is just to give a little
bit of a gradient effect. So what we're doing
is we're painting petals in a rainbow shape first, and then we're going
to close it up right here at the bottom with an oval shape petal so that it will look like
it's on its side. To give it more contrast, we're going to add
vermilion or red-orange, you can also use just red and add it in-between
the petals, just to give it a
shadowy effect. It's not time to add the center, so I'm just going to use indigo. You can see that we are
dabbing our brush on a tissue paper to absorb
the excess moisture. We want this part to be really concentrated and we don't
want it to be too wet. If your brush is too wet and the indigo color will just
spread all over the place. I'm just grab some sap green, I'm going to add a tiny
oval shape in the center. You can paint some tiny
strokes around this sap green so that you can connect
it to the main flower. Let's add a dancing stem
by painting an S-curve. At this point, we can add
some stems from the bottom up so that we have a guide on where the
next flower will be. Now let's pick up a
yellow color this time, just move your brush
back and forth, it will feel like you're
dancing with your brush. This is a good warm-up
exercise to loosen your wrist so that you
can move more freely. Now let's attach this
flower to the stem, I'm going to grab
some sap green, and just let it bleed
into the yellow flower. Let's paint the last flower, this is just permanent
yellow light, we're going to do three petals. So if you notice, we actually tried to vary the
shapes of the flowers here. The flowers are facing
in different angles, some of them are smaller, some are bigger, and we're also trying to vary
the height of each flower, so they're not all
on the same level. By doing this, it will make your bouquet look more
pleasing in the eyes. Right now we're just adding some leaves in-between
the flowers, so you can see that
I've just rinsed my brush to create a
lighter green color. Now I'm just grabbing this
indigo and sap green mixture, so you can see that some leaves are darker,
some are lighter. Also try to paint the leaves
as if they're also dancing. So you can see that
the leaves are facing in different directions, some are almost like an S shape. You can also add some
stamps sticking out so that you can fill
in those odd gaps. Try to look at your
painting from afar. You also don't want to
overdo this simple painting, so just remember that you
want this bouquet to breathe, so you don't want to
add too many leaves, and the tip that
I always give is to take a photo of your painting and then look at it
on your phone so that you can get a
different perspective. Using a permanent red color, we're also going to add
some small buds this is a good way to add colors to different
areas of your painting. You can also use yellow-orange
or permanent yellow light. This painting is already dry, right now I'm going
to grab some indigo, let's bring back
that dark center. Sometimes when the colors dry, it becomes too light, and you can just go back in
and add some more color. So that's it for our Day 2, this was a very easy project, I hope that you
enjoy doing this. Feel free to use other colors if [MUSIC] you're more comfortable with that. Don't forget to upload this in the project gallery
section of the class. Let's now move on
to the next video, where we will paint a blue theme floral painting on Day 3.
7. Day 3: The color prompt
for Day 3 is blue. This project was inspired
by one of my paintings in my sketchbook and
I will be showing it to you in a while. These are just simple
five-petaled flowers, but what makes it really look
good are the dark leaves. The dark leaves really brings out the softness of the flowers. For the composition,
we are going to paint four main flowers. You'll notice that
I did not paint the flowers right
beside each other, it's always the diagonal
from each other so that it looks more
interesting and more balanced. Now let's start painting. The first color that
we need is indigo, and this is a nice
dark blue color. We need to dilute this color, just add a lot of water. What you can do is you can also add a little bit of cerulean blue if you want it to
be a little bit lighter. Now let's paint the flowers. We're going to do a
five-petaled flower. We're not really that strict, you can do just three petals, you can do six, that's okay. You can see that I'm loading
my brush with a lot of that paint because
it's easier to paint some loose strokes
when the brush is wet. We can go back in
and fix the shape of the flower,
extend some petals. Using a smaller brush let's grab the color raw umber and
just put it in the middle. The base flower is still
wet and you can see that that yellow color is bleeding
into the blue petals. To add that final touch, let's grab some indigo. We want a really thick mixture for the center of this flower. Moving on to the second flower, let's paint the petals. You can see the
pattern here that my first stroke is
usually quite big and I'm really pressing my
brush on the paper to create a broad stroke so we want a big petal and then I'm just going to paint some
thin lines beside it. You can always go back into add some lines to fix the
shape of the petal, it doesn't have to be
always just one stroke. This looks good. Let's now add the raw umber in the center. Just let that color bleed into the blue petals and then let's add the indigo
color in the middle. The mixture is too
watery and you can see that the indigo
really spread too much on the petals
and we'll try to go back to that flower
later on to fix that. Now let's move on
to another flower and this one is a
little bit smaller. You can also use just the
tip of your brush to create some more wispy strokes and all the petals are pointing
towards the center. Now let's grab the
raw umber and add it. Just tap your brush
and just let it bleed into the blue petals. Now let's add a thick
mixture of indigo. Let's go back to their
previous flower. With a clean brush, I'm just going to try and lift some of the colors over here. Let us go back in with a
more pigmented indigo color. Now let's lift this
color as well. It's bleeding too
much into the petals, so we want to control that. This is the way to troubleshoot some mistakes on the flowers. I hope that this was useful
for you, just as a guide. You can also put a small dot in the center of the flower just so that you know where to position the flower
in the painting. I'm going to go back in with that very diluted indigo color and let's just paint
some loose petals. I find that loose flowers
in this style look better if the tips of
the petals are pointy. You can also add some spaces in-between your strokes
to separate the petals. But if you forgot to
do that, don't worry, we can go back in and add a
second layer to fix that. I will show it to you later. Now let's add the dark center and the mixture is just perfect, it's not spreading too much. We are done with
the main flowers. Now let's move on to adding
the stems and leaves. I got here indigo and
permanent violet. I'm just going to
mix these two colors and they really want
a dark mixture. Let's set that aside. I'm going to grab
some indigo and I will use that for
the stem first. I will start from the bottom. Just use the tip
of your brush to create these nice
crooked strokes. You can paint little by little
like what I'm doing here. It's almost like you're
stopping every inch of stroke. This technique will give it a more organic fill instead
of just one straight stem. Now let's move on to the leaves. You can use only indigo or the indigo and permanent
violet mixture. If you want a loose
style of leaves, you can pull the brush towards
the end of the handle. You can see that I'm
doing the demo over here. Just paint some
nice quick strokes. You can get that nice expressive
stems and also leaves. Another combination
that you can do, a sepia and indigo. Sepia is a nice dark
brown color and you can add that dark
blue color from indigo. You can achieve that
really dark leaf. Try to add leaves near the light-colored flowers to
make it pop up even more. In order to create this really
dark mixture of leaves, just add more paint and
reduce the amount of water. You can also use
black color and just add it to any blue
color in your palette. Just to add some
dimension you can also add some
light-colored leaves. We can just try to rinse
your brush and use the remaining color
in your brush to paint these
light-colored leaves. Now, this part looks
a little empty, so we're going to extend it by adding a stem and some leaves. When you're adding the leaves, make sure that it's pointing in different directions and that the leaves are a little bit curved so that it
looks more organic. You can also try to alternate the colors that you're using, so some can be just indigo, some can be a mixture
of indigo and violet, or some can be a mixture
of indigo and sepia. [MUSIC] We're going to continue adding
some light-colored leaves. They actually will
look like shadows, so I call them the
shadow leaves, but that's just my
personal term that I use. It's a nice way to add
dimension to your painting. I move on to adding a second
layer to our flowers. The flowers are already dry, so we can add some
paint on top of it. This is just indigo and we added a lot of water so that
it's translucent. Use the tip of the brush and just drag it to create
the thin strokes. Just to give some
variety in your strokes, you can also use the
side of the brush. You can see here that it's a combination of thin
and thick strokes. Let's move on to
the second flower. Adding a second layer to
the flowers will help you cover the mistakes
on the first layer. You're adding the strokes
on the second layer, just make sure
that you can still see the color underneath. Now we don't see
any yellow color anymore on these flowers, so I'm going to go back in
and add some raw umber. This is the last flower. When you're painting
the second layer, you can also go over the petal
strokes from underneath. It looks like they
are overlapping and that will also look good. Let's add some
finishing touches. Let's grab some indigo, so you want a really
dark mixture. I'm going to go back in and add some color back
into the flowers. With watercolors, they
do dry up pretty light, but don't worry, you can always
go back in and fix that. Just check your painting. Some flowers may have lost that yellow detail
in the center. Just go back in and paint them. We're almost done. I'm just going to show
you one more technique. Just grab a clean brush and extend those strokes
from the center going outward and you will
see that the wet indigo that we added is flowing into the strokes
that you just made. You'll immediately
see that there's a loose effect going on here. What we're doing is we're
just grabbing the color from the center and just letting it flow into the veins that we did. If some areas are too dark, just go back in and
lift that color. Lifting means you're
absorbing the color on the paper using a brush. Right now we are done. Congratulations for
finishing this project. I hope that you enjoyed
creating [MUSIC] this blue floral painting and I hope to see
your projects soon. Now let's move on to
the next video where we will paint a yellow
painting on Day 4. [MUSIC]
8. Day 4: [MUSIC] Welcome to day 4. Today we are going to use
color yellow for our painting. Today's project is
something bright, happy, and fresh because that's the first impression
of this color for me. Feel free to use this
color in your own style, as with all the projects in
this class. Now let's start. There are four main
flowers in this painting, but they also add one lemon, just to make it look
more interesting. The first color that we will use is permanent yellow deep. We're going to paint a rose. I'm using my size
six round brush, and let's just paint a small comma that's
the center of the rose. Then let's paint some thin
strokes all around it. Then let's rinse our brush, and just paint some
bigger C-shaped petals. For the outermost petals, we're going to use a very
diluted sepia color. I'm adding this color
because it will give that shadowy effect on the rose. Just make sure that you add
a lot of water to this color so that you can get a
nice, subtle brown color. The you can also
go back in to add just a pop of color
in some areas. Now let's go to the second rose. I'm using permanent
yellow light. We are going to start
with the center stroke. This is a comma stroke and just paint some
thin lines around it. It's important to leave
white spaces in-between the strokes so that it will not look like
a blob of paint. Now let's rinse our brush and just paint some
bigger petals. We're just using the color
residue on the brush, so I did not add any
more color in my brush. Let's rinse our brush again
and grab that sepia color. You can see that we have a nice brown petal on the
outer part of this rose. You want the subtle color
because if it's too brown, then it will look like
the rose has wielded. Just be careful about that. Now let's move on to
the third flower. This time, we're going to
paint a five-petaled flower, and I'm using the
color greenish yellow. This is going to be
a top facing flower. Add movement to your strokes by trying to sway your wrist. For the center,
let's use sap green and just tap your brush
on the wet petal. Now let's give this
a punch of color. I want to add indigo in
the center of the flower. Just make sure that the color
is really concentrated, it is not too watery. Now let's proceed to
painting this lemon, and I'm just going to paint
the shape with some water. We're going to do with
a wet-on-wet technique so that we can easily
blend the colors. Let's drop in the
permanent yellow light. Continue moving your brush until you get the right
shape of the lemon. To add more dimension, we're going to use permanent
yellow deep and add it on the sides of this lemon. You'll notice that
we are also using a more pigmented color for
the outline of this lemon. It's also easy to blend colors because we're using the
wet-on-wet technique. Right here, I just added a
little bit of sap green. Just go ahead and try to
blend all the colors. Now let's move on to
the fourth flower. We're going to paint a rose, and I'm using the color
permanent yellow light. When you're okay
with the center, just rinse your brush, and just tap the excess water, and fade away the outer strokes to create some soft petals. Then let's add some sepia for the outermost petals so that we can have that shadowy effect. You can also use diluted
indigo or diluted violet. Just to complement the yellow
color on this painting, we're going to add some fillers using the color cerulean blue. I added a lot of water to dilute this color because I don't want a strong blue color
in this painting. We just want
something subtle that will make the yellow
flowers pop up even more. Right here, we're just painting some small five petaled flowers, then let's just grab
some sap green. I do want the sap green
to be quite dry and pigmented because
we don't want it to spread too much on
the wet flowers. Then let's add some small
leaves near the fillers. To add some contrast, grab some indigo or any
dark color that you have, and add it on the wet stems
that we just painted. It is looking really good. Now let's add some more leaves. I'm using sap green. We're going to add the leaves in-between the main flowers. You can also add some
stems sticking out. It usually looks a lot
better when you add different shades of
green to the leaves. You can add some indigo
through your sap green, or you can also add
some greenish yellow, like what I just added here. You can try to experiment while
the leaves are still wet, you can try to drop
in another color, and let them bleed
into each other. I just made a
mistake right here. I'm just going to try
and blot it out using tissue paper. Now, it's gone. Now let's continue
adding some more leaves. I'm using the sap green and also a mixture of sap
green and indigo. You can just add some
more stem sticking out. Now let's add the
leaf over here to make this yellow flower pop up. When you're doing this, make sure to leave
just a small space in-between the flower and the
leaf that you are painting. To create an earthy green color, just add sepia to your sap, green or any green color that
you have in your palette. It uses color to paint some elongated leaves
and just try to sway your brush so you can get that nice expressive leaves. For this area in
the lower right, we're going to dab our
brush using cerulean blue. This will be some fillers. Then let's attach all the
filters using a green stem. Now let's add some small flowers using the color
permanent yellow deep. But if you don't
have this color, just use yellow, orange. Lightly dab your brush
on the paper so that you can get those nice
petal-like strokes. Just have fun adding
these small flowers. It's a good way to add
some contrast as well. You can see that the flowers
that we painted are soft and the fillers that I'm painting
now are bolder in color. It looks just more pigmented. Let's add more variety. Now, I'm using greenish yellow. We're just going to add some
simple three-petal flowers. You'll notice that we have some white spaces in-between
the main flowers. Let's fix that by adding some green strokes in
between the main flowers. These will look like stems or leaves behind the main flowers. Also don't be afraid
to paint the leaves themselves near
the main flowers, just like what I'm adding here. Doing this will make
the painting or the bouquet look more natural. Now it's time to add
the second layer. I'm using permanent yellow
light with a little bit of burnt umber so that we
can have a darker color. I'm just going to paint on
top of the first layer. I'm almost just following
the layer underneath. Just make sure that
you paint lightly. Now let's rinse
our brush and just fade away some of the strokes so that
it will look softer. Moving on to the second flower, we're going to do the same
and add a second layer. Now let's just
rinse our brush and fade away the outer strokes. Just go all around the center. You can also get some more color if you
want more contrast. Just add a more pigmented
stroke onto the last rose. It's nice to really
add the second layer because you can also
cover up some mistakes. Also, if you forgot to leave some white spaces in
between your strokes, this is the way to fix that. I just rinse my brush and now I'm just fading
the outer strokes. Then you can grab some
more color and add some C-strokes towards the
bottom part of this rose. What we're doing is we're
creating an illusion that there are more
petals right here. Now let's go back into
the five-petaled flower. I'm going to grab some
indigo and just add some color in the center
to make it look darker. Continue adding some
leaves and just follow your intuition
as to where to put it. Let's add something fun. We're going to do
some splatters. This is just cerulean blue with a little bit of sap green. Just lightly tap your brush so that you can get some splatters. Also, don't forget to
cover up the main flowers. You can use tissue paper just
like what they did here. Now let's add some more
on the upper right. Then right here I'm
going to go back to the bottom part and add
some small flowers. Draw it just using cerulean
blue and sap green, and you can see that I
added a lot of water to that mixture because I want
it to be really light. To add more depth to this
five-petaled flower, we're going to use some more sap green and just paint
a second layer. We are done. I hope that
this color will brighten up your day [MUSIC] Now, let's move on to the
next video where we will paint something
pink for day 5. [MUSIC]
9. Day 5: [MUSIC] I am excited for day five because
we are going to use my favorite
color, which is pink. We are going to paint
this beautiful rose in a very loose style. I'm excited for you to
learn something new today. Just a quick overview, we are going to paint
the cup shape first. Then we're going to
try to close it up at the top and add some
petals below the cup. Then we'll proceed to painting
the stem and the leaves. I'm using the bow whole
artist-grade paper for this project. Now let's grab some brilliant
pink and permanent rose. Brilliant pink is a
nice pastel pink color. I like that it just looks so soft and beautiful
for loose florals. You're going to mix
these two colors. If you don't have the
brilliant pink color, you can use permanent rose and dilute it with a lot of water. Hey, let's proceed to
painting some petals that will form the cup
shape of this flower. You want this first few strokes
to be lighter in color. We're going to build
this little by little. You can see that I'm adding
just some short strokes. Now let's close off the top. I'm just going to paint some
smaller C-shaped strokes. Everything just needs to be pointy so that it looks great. Now let's grab some
pigmented permanent rose, and let's just drop
that in the center and add just a few more
short strokes. It looks like a C-shaped stroke. These will look like the folds
in the center of a rose. Now let's grab a clean brush. This one just has water in it. We are going to fade
away the strokes. We want it to look quite soft, but at the same time, one side is still sharp. It's looking really good. Now let's grab some
more brilliant pink color and just going to extend the cup and
add a few more petals. I'm using most the
tip of the brush to create these
nice wispy strokes. Now let's add some petals
below the cup area. I'm going to grab some
brilliant pink and just slowly press my brush and it's going
to point towards this area. This will give you
direction as how you should paint the petals. I also suggest leaving
some bigger white spaces, just like what I did here
because you can always go back in and just add a few more strokes
to fill that gap. It's now time to add a
little bit more contrast. I'm going to grab
some crimson lake. We are just going to
paint this on top of this first layer that's
still a little bit damp. You can see that some of
the strokes are feathering. It looks like it's bleeding. Through adding the
darker areas where the petals are folding so
this will look like a shadow. Now let's rinse our brush. We are going to paint
the bottom petals. I'm just going to
grab that color over there and just spread it. Just to give a subtle color
on the outer bottom petals, we're going to grab
some permanent violet, just going to add it towards
the tips of the petal. We can also use indigo, so just make sure
that you are going to dilute this in
a lot of water. This looks too strong. I'm just going to rinse my brush and just leave that color. This flower is
still wet so we can try and move some colors. I'm also going to be
adding a little bit of indigo to some of the petals so
you can see that it's a really translucent color. Just be careful when
you're adding indigo. You don't want this to turn
into a blue or violet flower. You just want the subtle color. Again, you can go back in and fix the shape of the flower. You can use just a tip of your brush to create
some thin strokes. It is looking really good. Now let's add a stem. I have here, indigo
and sap green. You can combine those two colors or you can use just sap green. You'll notice that very
nice bleed over there. That's our goal here. We want it to bleed into each other so that it will look soft. Now let's just rinse
our brush and I'm going extend the stem using water. I want it to be really loose. Now I'm going to
grab some sap green, just going to add a little
bit of color in that area. Then now let's rinse our brush again and we're going
to paint the leaves. You'll notice that the color is coming from the stem itself. This is a nice technique if you want an expressive type of leaf, it looks really solve. We can drop in a
different color, so you can add some indigo, some sap green, and
just leave it as is. It will have a unique
pattern when it dries. Now let's grab some indigo. We want this to be
really pigmented. We're going to drop
in a little bit of that color in
different areas. This will give it
a nice contrast. This is optional,
but if you want to soften the edges of the leaves, you can grab a clean brush and just touch the edge of the leaves just like
what I'm doing. You can also try it
on the other side. If some of the petals
have a hard edge, just grab a clean
brush and try to rub off that edge and blot it
out with a tissue paper. I'm going to go back in
with a darker color. This is indigo. You can add that on the
tips of the petals. Now we can add a second layer. I'm using a mixture of Hooker's
green and crimson lake. We want just a
more maroon color. We're going to add it
where the petals meet or also in the folds
of the petals. You'll notice that some
areas are still wet, and that's okay to paint on. Now we're onto the
finishing touches, you can grab a pink
paint and just add a few more strokes just
to fix some areas. At this point, you
can take a photo of your painting and
just look at it from your phone so that you can see it from a
different perspective. This is a good practice so that you won't overdo your painting. The petals are still wet, so I'm going to grab
some dark indigo and just drop in
some more paint. I just want more contrast. If you want some more
dramatic effect, you can add splatters of
paint around this flower. It is definitely up to you how you want to spruce
up this painting. Isn't great that we finish
this in less than ten minutes? I'm excited to see your
version of this project. [MUSIC] Let's now move
on to the next video, where we will use the color
green again as a prompt. We're going to paint these blue-green florals with some greenish-yellow fillers.
10. Day 6: [MUSIC] Welcome to Day 6, and today we're going to go
back to the color green. This time we're going to
paint bigger flowers, and also I'm just
going to quickly show you the inspiration
behind this project. This project was inspired
by one of the projects in my sketchbook that I
painted back in 2020, so we're going to
translate this from a landscape sketch book
into a portrait painting. We are going to paint
three main flowers, so that's what we are
going to start with. Let's mix the colors
cerulean blue and sap green. This color is going to
be a blue-green color. We have to make sure that
we're going to add a lot of water because we want the
petals to be translucent. Just be patient when you're
mixing these colors; sometimes it turns out
too green or too blue, but it also depends
on your preference. Right here I'm just going to put a small dot that will be
the center of the flower, so we're doing that
only as a guide. Use the side of the brush so that you can create
a broad stroke. While that petal
is still wet you can drop in a different color, so I just added some
greenish yellow. Let's grab some more of
that blue-green color. We're going to do five petals, so you can see
that it's actually easier to move your brush around if the brush has
a lot of paint in it. You also want the tips of
the petals to be pointy. To achieve that
you want to flick your brush when you
end your stroke, it means that you quickly
drag and lift your brush. Now let's grab some sap green, I'm going to drop it in
the center of this flower. To add more contrast, let's drop in some indigo as well so that we can
have a dark center. This is all happening while
the base flower is still wet. Let's now move on
to another flower. We're going to paint
this diagonally across this first flower. You can definitely vary
the colors on the petals. You can see the first petal
I painted is more green, then the second
petal has more blue. I find that it makes the floral painting
look more interesting. Of course when you're painting these strokes don't forget to leave the spaces
in-between your strokes, then we'll drop in a
little bit more green. Then for the center let's
use sap green again and some indigo to give that punch of
color in the middle. When you're painting
loose florals, you want to add contrast to
give life to the soft petals. Let's move on to the third
flower and you can see here that my mixture has
more cerulean blue, so we're trying to
play with the colors. Also, you can hold the brush in the middle of the handle
to keep it pretty loose. You can see that I'm
trying to sway my hand so I can create some
nice expressive strokes. You can try to hold your brush lightly to achieve more
expressive strokes. Now we want a really
concentrated sap green color for the center, then we're going to drop
in some indigo as well. Don't be afraid, just let the colors bleed
into each other. The result will just
surprise you in a good way. With the main flowers in place, it's now time to add the leaves. Let's grab some sap green and
we're going to start with the leaves right here where
there's a large white gap. You can also add some indigo to your brush so that you can
have a dark green color. You can paint some
stems first in-between the petals then just
add some leaves. Now let's rinse our brush
to create a lighter shade. Right here you can see
that I'm trying to mix the shades of
green that I have. You can see that some are
lighter, some are darker. When you're painting a
bouquet you don't really need to add all the
leaves right away, just add a few bits
here and there and then just look at it from afar so that you
will not overdo it. You can try to add
some stems first instead of leaves
so that you can visualize what it looks
like if that space is filled with a
filler or a leaf. Let's just grab some
permanent yellow light, I'm just going to tap
my brush to create these fillers that will
look like small flowers. I'm going to attach
these fillers onto the stems that we
added a while ago. You can see right
away how it lights up this floral painting, and it just gives a more cheerful mood to this [MUSIC]. For some of the leaves you
can also use just indigo. Try to add leaves near the main flowers to make the
flowers pop up even more. Let's grab some greenish yellow. We're going to paint
some small flowers. Adding these small
flowers and the fillers, they are supposed to just
complement the main flowers. The main flowers
are already dry, now let's just go back in and bring back some
color in the center. I'm using indigo. Just using the tip
of your brush, lightly tap it on the paper. Let's add some more
details on the petals. Let's grab a very
diluted cerulean blue. If you don't have this color, you can also use just diluted sap green
or diluted indigo. We want this to be really
light and transparent, so you can see that
I'm just adding some streaks on the petals. The center is still wet, and what we can do is we can
grab that color and just let it move into the veins
that we painted on the petals. Doing this will give it
a more dramatic effect. We can also do that to all
the other main flowers. If you ever make a mistake
just get a clean brush, and just lift and absorb
that extra paint. I did not add some
white details here, but you can add some
small white dots in the center of
the main flowers. You can use gouache
or any white paint. Just to add some more
details on the leaves, we can also add some veins. Just use a darker color, so I used just sap
green and indigo. Now let's just add a few
more finishing touches, we can add some stem sticking out or add some more leaves. This is an easy
exercise that you can also do in different colors. We are done in less
than 10 minutes. I really love the colors that
we used in this painting because it just feels so
calm when you look at it. I [MUSIC] hope to see
your projects soon, so now let's move onto the
next video where we will learn a purple flower painting.
11. Day 7: [MUSIC] Welcome to day seven. Today we're going to paint
a purple floral painting. I'm just going to
quickly show you a reference photo that
I use for this project. It's actually a wedding
cake and it's of some very beautiful
flowers that I wanted to translate
into a painting. It looks dainty
and delicate and I want that vibe on the
painting as well. I just grabbed the main flowers from the reference
photo and then we're going to add some small
fillers to compliment it. Most people like to mix violets
and purples from scratch, but you're going to
go the easy route. Violets have more blue in it
and purples have more red. What I did here
was that I grabbed permanent violet and then
we're going to add some permanent rose so that it will be more on the purple side. Then for that magic touch, we're going to add
a little bit of burnt sienna just to
warm up this color. You can see that this is
a very beautiful color. We're going to do just
three main flowers for this painting. Let's start with our first rose. I'm using a size
eight round brush. I'm going to do
this center first. This is a small comma stroke. Then let's paint some
thin lines all around it. We do want the center to
have a more pigmented color. Using another brush, let's just grab
some water and I am going to fade the outer strokes. You don't really have
to use two brushes. If you only have one
brush, that's okay. You just have to be patient
with rinsing your brush. Slowly building the petals, you can see I'm painting
little by little. Some strokes can be
broader, some are thinner. Now let's grab just a
little bit more color and you're going to paint
bigger size petals. I'm back with a size
eight round brush. Let's rinse our
brush again and fill away the strokes
that we just did. This is a rose at
this at an angle. You can see I'm
building more petals towards the bottom of this rose. For the second rose, I'm just going to add a little
bit more permanent rose to this mixture so that it looks a bit more
on the pink side. You can see that I'm doing really quick strokes
for the center. Now let's just rinse our brush. This is a rose that
is about to bloom, so it has a cup shape. Now we're going to do that body. Grab a clean brush and just fade away some of the strokes
to make it look soft. Now let's grab a
little bit more color. You can see that I'm just
adding some strokes even on the wet surface so that we can have that nice blurry effect. Just to make it look more
interesting you can also add a little bit of
color with burnt sienna. You can see that this color is a bit more on the brown side. If they are unpleasant
areas for you, you can just grab a clean brush and just lift that color, so it's almost like
erasing a color. Now let's add a darker center. I'm using permanent violet
and permanent rose. We want a dark or more
pigmented mixture. Add this color when
the rose is still wet. Now let's move on
to the third rose. I'm still using the same color, it's permanent rose
and permanent violet. Now let's paint a tight center. You can see that I'm painting really thin lines and there are still spaces in
between my strokes. Now let's just rinse our brush and just fade away
the outer strokes. You can still see that
I have some color left on my brush
even after rinsing. We're just going to use that to create some bigger petals. All the petals are hugging
towards the center. Then let's rinse our brush
again and you'll notice that the color is now lighter because there's more
water in my brush. Try to vary the stroke. Some can be broader or bigger, some can be just thin lines. Now we have all the
three main flowers. Let's move on to
painting the fillers. I'm going to paint a
small yellow fillers and we are going to use just
yellow ocher and sepia. The reason why I
added some sepia is because I wanted
this color to be a little bit more muted using
a size six round brush. You can also use
a smaller brush. We're painting smaller four
or five petal flowers. It will look more
interesting if you paint different number of
petals in each flower. [MUSIC] Now let's grab some Hooker's green and also add a
little bit of sepia. This will give us a nice rich and dark, earthy green color. Let's just attach some
stems on the small flowers. We are adding the stems while
the flowers are still wet, you can see those
beautiful bleeds and it will make this
painting look soft. You can also add some leaves
in between the flowers. We're not going to add
a lot of leaves yet because we don't want
to overdo this area. We can always go back later
on to add some more leaves. [MUSIC] In the upper right, we are also going to add
some small muted flowers. The placement of the fillers are diagonally
across each other. You can see that on the
lower left we have muted yellow flowers and then on the upper right we
also have one set. It makes it just
look more balanced. Now let's just add some stems. [MUSIC] Let's move on to
painting a small bud. I'm going to show
you a beautiful process of painting this, you just need to scribble
some small lines like what I did here and it needs
to be very pigmented. Now let's grab a clean
brush with just water, and I'm just going to pull away that color and you can
see that the colors are moving towards where the water is and are forming
the shape of a bulb. Now let's add some
green color on the base so you can see that
it's beautifully bleeding. That was very easy, you can try to practice
that on your own. While this flower is still wet, you can also drop in just a bit more color
to add more contrast. I have here permanent
violet and permanent rose, but they added more
pink to this mixture. Again, we're just
going to scribble some lines and then just grab a clean brush and
just drag that color. You can see how loose and
how beautiful it looks like. It also looks quite expressive. But take note that this looks beautiful on 100
percent cotton paper. I find it difficult to do this technique on
student grade paper. There's a space again right here where we can add a small bud. Just scribble away
some thin lines. This is such a fun
and easy technique. Just rinse your brush and tap the excess water in the brush. You don't want a lot of water in your brush or else you will have a big puddle on the paper. Let's just pull the color away and paint the
shape of a bud. Well, this flower is still wet. Make sure that you add the stem so that you'll have a
nice soft transition. You can also drop in some
more paint in the middle of this floral bud to
have that contrast. This is looking really good. Now let's add some more leaves. I'm just mixing up
Hooker's green and sepia, so I want a really nice
dark and rich color. I'm going to add some leaves in-between these
two main flowers, after which I am going
to rinse my brush so that we can introduce
a lighter color. Now let's make this
flower pop up even more. We're going to outline the sides and add a dark green leaf. In some areas you can just
add some stems sticking out. Observe how this area looks more defined after
adding some leaves. We're just going to go around this bouquet and keep
adding leaves and stems. Now let's grab some lavender. I don't really use
this color that much, but I realize that it's a
great addition to my palette. Once we add this color, it will make this bouquet
look even more delicate. Tap your brush onto the paper to create the small fillers. You can also rinse your brush
to create a lighter color. Use this filler to
your advantage; you can use it to
extend some areas, or if there are small whitespaces that
needs to be filled. Also vary the pressure in
your brush so that you can get different sizes
of the brushstroke. We're done with the fillers, now let's add just a
couple more leaves. I'm going to add some over here. Then we're going to
rinse our brush to create a lighter colored leaf. Looking at this from afar, we need to add one
more bud over here. Just scribble some small
strokes and then get the clean brush and
just grab that color. Then for contrast, you can add darker color, right there are the tip. Then I'm just going to add
some more greens at the base. Now let's add a second
layer to our rows. I'm going to mix
permanent violet, permanent rose,
and burnt sienna. We want a really
pigmented mixture. We're going to start in
the middle of the rows, we're going to paint that comma stroke and then we're going to scribble some thin
lines all around it. Now as you go further
from the center, you can create bigger strokes. Then let's fade that
away to make it softer. For this layer, we
want something more translucent so that you won't
overpower the first layer. Adding a second layer, is a good way to add
volume to your rose because you're adding
more layers of petals. Let's move on to
the second rose, this is just permanent
violet and permanent rose. You want a really thick mixture. Because this is at an angle, I'm going to just add a flap. Now let us try to fade that away so that it doesn't
look too sharp. Just get the clean
brush to do this job. Right here you can
see that we now have more details on this
rose compared to before. Moving on to the third rose. I'm using the same mixture. It's permanent violet
and permanent rose. We're going to just follow the first few strokes
in the center. You will see that
I'm trying to vary the thickness of my strokes. Some are just lines
and some are C shapes. Now let's grab a clean brush
and fade away the strokes. Using just the color
residue in my brush, I'm going to use that to
paint some more petals. Now it looks even better
with the second layer. Now let's grab some green color. Use any green in your palette, and just keep on adding leaves where you
need to add them. Don't be afraid to layer on
top of the main flowers. To make this look more loose, we want the sides to
have varying heights. You can see that some buds
are taller than the other. Some leaves are more extended or there are stems
that are longer. You could also add some
veins on some of the leaves. If you have a white
gouache or a white pen, you can also use that to
add even more details. Now I'm going to grab
some more lavender. Let's just tap in a few more strokes on top
of the existing layer, this will give it more depth. You don't need to add stems on all the petals strokes that you painted using
the lavender color. You can see that I'm
actually leaving a big gap in-between some
of the strokes that I did. Now we are done. I hope that you discovered a new color
in this project. The first week is done. Congratulations for
finishing this project. Let's now move on to day 8, where we will learn how to paint soft blue and yellow florals. [MUSIC]
12. Day 8: [MUSIC] Welcome to Day 8, and today we are going to use some soft blues and yellows, little bit of green as well. Here is the final project. We are going to start with the two main flowers that are diagonally
across each other, and then you're going to
paint two more main flowers. This is a more
interesting bouquet because we added more texture, and just different
shapes of flowers. Later on, we're
also going to add some white details
using a White Pen. Now let's start painting. I have here yellow ocher with sepia and I
added a lot of water, you want this to be diluted. Then I have right here sepia, which we will also
use in a while. Now let's start painting
our first flower. We are going to establish
a U-shaped first. I'm trying to paint
the first petal here, and we'll add petals beside it. This is optional,
but you can also add a little bit of green
to your mixture. So now let's add one
petal on the left. I'm going to attach the tip towards the base of this flower. Now let's grab a
diluted sepia color, and then we're going to paint a petal right here at the top. You can see that I'm
leaving a space right here so that you can add
some more details later on. At this point, I know it
doesn't look that good, but we can grab some more paint. I'm using sepia. Then let's just extend
some of the petals. What we did was we
established the main petals first and then we just extended it so that
it will look better. Now let's grab some yellow ocher and add it in the center. The base flower is still wet, so you can see that
the color yellow is just bleeding
into the petals. You can also grab burnt
sienna to add more contrast. Now let's move on to
a different flower. We're going to paint
some hydrangeas, and so I just want some
four petal flowers. I'm using the color
greenish yellow, but you can also
add a little bit of indigo in your brush. I might think a lot of
water in my indigo paint because I want it to
be just a light color. Now we don't want a
really strong color for these flowers. Just try to mix and
match the colors. Sometimes I'm using
greenish yellow, sometimes I mix it with indigo, you slightly tap your brush on the paper to create these
petal-like strokes. Now let's grab some sap green, so we want the thick mixture, and then let's just add some dots in the
middle of the flowers. We can just paint a few dots
and then later on we can go back in and add some
more petals if needed. So now we have two flowers
here, let's add one more. This is going to be a rose. Let's paint a common stroke, some thin lines around it. I'm using a size
six round brush. Now let's just paint a
slightly bigger petal, and then let's
rinse our brush and grab a very diluted
indigo color. We are going to use this color
to paint the outer petals. Apply more pressure through
your brush when painting some C strokes so that you can get that nice broad stroke. Just continue adding the
C shifts and until you have the desired
size of the rose. You can also add a little
bit more contrast. So just grab some paint
that's more pigment then. This area right here
looks really beautiful. I love the transition. While this flower is still wet, we are going to add some
sap green in the center, and then let's grab some indigo. Now we want a really
pigmented indigo paint. You don't want this color to
spread all over the place. So just be careful when you're
dropping in this color. I'm going to rotate the paper so that I can
paint other better angle. We're going to do
the last flower. So we're using a very
diluted indigo color. I'm also using a size
eight round brush. This flower is at an angle. So you can see that I painted
an oval shape right here. It looks like the
petal is folded. While the petals
are still wet just continue fixing the shape. Now let's add some sap green. I'm going to drop it in
the center of this flower. So we want a really
thick mixture. To add a punch of color, let's add some indigo. This is looking really good. Now let's grab some
greenish yellow. We're going to paint some
single stroke petals. The number of petals will depend on how many petals you want. We're not going to be
that strict about it. I'm only adding this
flower so we can add a pop of color in that area. Now let's add some stems to attach it to the main bouquet. Let's start adding some leaves. I'm going to start right here in between the two main flowers, and then you can also make
sap green and indigo. So we can have that
nice dark green color. When you have some soft florals, it's always nice to add in
some dark color leaves. Try to add some alternate leaves that are dark and light colored. [MUSIC] To make it look
more interesting, you can grab a very
diluted indigo color and use that to
paint some leaves. I'm just going to
continue and add some leaves near
the main flowers, just to give more definition
to the soft florals. Because we have a
greenish yellow on the upper left side
of this painting, we're going to match it with another set on
the lower right. But this time I'm
going to just tap my brush and just
add some fillers. You can also start with
some stems and then just attach some
greenish yellow fillers. Just tap your brush lightly on the paper with a diluted indigo. I am just going to
add some more leaves. The main flowers
are already dry. Now let's grab some
diluted greenish yellow. Let's paint some four
or five petaled flowers on top of the first layer. You can also grab a little
bit of that indigo, and this will make it
look more interesting. Adding a second layer will give this flower more depth
and more texture as well. Now let's just grab
some more sap green, and I'm going to add some small dots in the
center of the flowers. It's now time to add a
second layer to that rose. I'm just using sap
green and indigo, so we want a really
dark mixture. I'm mixing the sap
green and indigo color on this palette. You can see that
I added a lot of water so that it's
quite translucent, and now let's just paint
some more C shapes. This technique will give
the rose more volume. Let's also add a second
layer to this flower. I'm just using the same sap
green and indigo color. It is looking really good. Then for the center, we're also going to drop in
some more color for contrast. Let's add some indigo. Now with a clean brush, we are going to pull
away that color. We have a weird patch over here, so I'm just going to
try to rub it off and also blot it
with tissue paper. It still doesn't look good, so we are just going to
wait for this to dry, and then let's add a second
layer of leaves later on. Now let's grab some burnt umber, I'm going to paint
some thin lines in the center of this flower. Let's add a separation
to the petals. I'm using just yellow ocher with a little bit
of burnt umber. You can also use
sepia if you want. Let's add the strokes
in-between the petals. Now let's just rinse
our brush and fade away that stroke to make
it look softer. You can also try to pull away
some color from the center, going into the petals, just like what I'm doing here. Add some dots on the
greenish yellow flowers. Just grab any green color
on your palette and start adding some more leaves to
make this bouquet fuller. Try to vary the shapes and the sizes of the leaves
that you're painting. [MUSIC] To add more contrast, let's grab some indigo, so you want a thick mixture it and we're going to
paint some fillers. I'm just going to tap my brush, and attach it to a stem. [MUSIC] You can also paint
some smaller buds, and this is a good way
to add more color to your floral painting without
it being so overwhelming. [MUSIC] Now let's just add
some more dots in this hydrangea flower, and I'm just using indigo
so that it's darker. We can also add some
veins on the leaves, just to add some texture. It's now time to add some
more color on this leaf. I'm just going to
cover up that mistake. I think we did well and you can't see the mistake anymore. [MUSIC] Don't forget to add
some green bits in-between the main flowers. This will totally make a huge difference in
the overall painting. You can already
stop at this point, but if you have a White
Pen or a White Gouache, you can continue watching and add some white
details to your painting. I'm using the Posca acrylic Pen, so you can just add
some small dots on the leaves and
attach some stems. This will look great on places where it has
a dark background. You need to look for leaves
that are more pigmented. You can also add some veins
or add some smaller fillers. You can also add some berries. For this part of the painting, it really depends on you on how much detailed work you want to include
in your painting. All right. Now we are done. Congratulations for
finishing this project. I hope that you enjoyed
painting some soft florals. Now let us move on to the
next video where we will learn how to paint
some red florals. [MUSIC]
13. Day 9: Welcome to day nine and you're going to
explore painting red florals, but with a twist so we're
going to add the color sepia. For this composition we
mix different sizes of flowers and also
some are top facing, some are at an angle. I love this project because
it's quite different from the other ones that
we are going to do. This project has more of
a vintage and moody vibe. Now let's start. Let's
grab some permanent red and you're going to add
some Hooker's green to it. The reason why I'm adding
a little bit of green is to make this red look darker. You will immediately
see how the color just shifts from a bright red
to something more maroon. Now let's start our first rose. I'm going to paint the
commas look for the center, and then let's paint some
thin strokes all around it. As you go further
away from the center, you can paint bigger petals. We want this rose to be
really bold in color, and we will complement that with some muted white
flowers later on. Let's rinse our brush and
fade away some of the strokes.This color is
really quite strong, I'm going to try to
rinse my brush again. Try to connect the C shape
strokes to one another. If you have some odd
wide gaps just add a thin line and sometimes
you don't even need to paint an entire pedal stroke. Now I'm going to add a
little bit more Hooker's green to create a darker color. To paint the white rose flowers here I'm going to use sepia, and dilute it in a lot of water. I'll also add a little bit of that red color that
we used for the rose. Doing this will create a more harmonious
color relationships among the flowers
that you are going to paint in your artwork. This rose is at an angle
so I'm going to paint some strokes for
the center until we achieve an oval shape, then we're going to paint
the body of this rose. Now let's close up this flower just paint some
more petals over there, and then we can also
extend some areas just to fix the overall
shape of this flower. Just the main shape
of this is that it should have
that letter U cup. Let's grab some
more sepia and you want it to be really pigmented. We're going to add
that in the center of this rose to add more contrast. You need to do this while the
base flower is still wet. Let's now move on
to another flower, you're also still going to paint a white flower using sepia. This also has just a little bit of that red color from the rose. Instead of painting
five petals we're going to do just three petals, so that there's an illusion that the two other petals are
hiding behind this rose. I'm holding the brush towards the end of
the handle so I can create these nice
expressive strokes. You can always go back
in to adjust the size of the petals or add some thin strokes to
make it look wispy. Now let's grab some more sepia and we're going to add it in
the center of this flower, so we want this color
to be quite pigmented. Now we have three main
flowers let's add some more. I'm using permanent
red and sepia. You can also use
any brown color. My goal for mixing
these colors is to create just a more
muted red color. Let's do a small rose here
that's about to bloom. I'm just going to
paint the center, and now we're going
to paint the flap. Add some more strokes to
complete the body of this rose, and then we can rinse our brush and just
fade away some areas. You can see that this is
bleeding into this white flower. Next we can grab a
more pigmented mixture and add it into
center of this rose. Let's do a different
style for the next rose. We're going to paint
some quick C curves and fade that color away. Let me freeze this frame so you can take a better look at it. Try to add some white gaps
in between your strokes. If you want a tighter center, you can just add a
few more strokes to fill in the white gaps. When you're painting this style, start with the center and
then the left stroke, right stroke, and a top stroke that will
close this center. Now let's just rinse our brush and you're going to
fade away the strokes. Doing this style will
give us softer petals. Here is a mixture of
permanent red and sepia, but I added a little
bit more sepia so it's a bit more brown. You're going to paint
one more rose over here. Let's start with a comma stroke, some thin lines around it. Now let's rinse our brush and fade away some of
the other strokes. Use the color left in this brush to paint
bigger size petals. You'll see here I
just made a mistake, but that's okay we're going to just cover that up
something else later on. Now with a more
pigmented mixture of permanent red and sepia, you can drop in some more color just to give it more contrast. Let's now move on
to painting leaves. I'm going to mix
permanent red and sepia. You can play around
with the ratio, you can make something
that has more red or something
that has more sepia. Just make sure that this is a really pigmented color
because we want dark leaves, and then let's grab
some Hooker's green. We can add some red to
our Hooker's green. Now we are ready and
I'm going to just add some stems and leaves. You can see that it's
a really dark color. We almost cannot see the
green color anymore, but at the same time
there's still that tinge of red that's just
very beautiful. I'm going to add some leaves
in-between the main flowers. You can try to alternate the colors that you will
use for the leaves, just so that it will
look more interesting. You can add more sepia to your paint if you
want it to be darker. For me this is the fun
part when you're adding leaves you can try to play
around sway your brush, and just let the leaves move. It's always nice if they are facing in different directions. You'll also notice that I
use a lighter color here, and then I'm also going
to grab a little bit more green just to add
some of the leaves. Now looking at
this from a far we can add some more white flowers. I'm still using
the diluted sepia, but l also added a little bit
of that red from the rose. Let's just add some
smaller flowers. You can also grab just
sepia if you want, and just dilute it
in a lot of water. I'm going to add
some white flowers all over this painting. You can vary the
number of petals, some are just three petals some can even be
just two petals. Don't forget to attach
that to the main bouquet. I'm also going to use
my sepia mixture. Adding the sepia color really made this painting
look more and moody. I think that this project is a beautiful experience for
us to try something new. Now let's just continue
adding some more leaves. Try to take a photo of your painting and just
look at it on your phone, and see it from a
different perspective so that you won't
overdo this project. If there are small
white gaps you can just add some white flower fillers. Also if you feel like some
leaves are too light, you can go back in and paint
a second layer as well. Now let us move on to painting a second layer on the roses. I'm using permanent red and
Hooker's green to create this dark red color for
the center of the rose. We're going to do something
a little bit different here. I'm going to grab
some more permanent red and add it to
the outer petals. This is because we want
a really bold color and it's quite difficult to
paint with red color. Sometimes it will
dry up really light, so we want to add some more
color for the second layer. For this rose we're going
to make it a bit more softer compared to the
first rose that we did. This time I'm going
to rinse my brush and fade away the outer strokes. We still have a little bit
of color in our brush, but it's not as strong compared to the first
rose that we did. When I was adding
the second layer I noticed that my paint was to red and it did not match
the color of this rose. I continued painting thinking that I will be able to fix it, but it's just not working
out so I just grabbed some tissue paper and I did
try to blot out the color. There's still a
little tinge of red, but that's okay we can just
go back in and cover it up. I used permanent red and
Hooker's green for this color, but you can also mix
permanent red and sepia. Now let's move on to another rose and I'm just going to add
some more details in the center and then
we're going to rinse our brush and fade
away that stroke. I wanted to bring in more
color to this flower. What you can do is you can
add a little bit of red to your brush just to bring back
the color to this flower, because it looks a little light. For the last rose we
are going to grab some sepia and add
a dark center. Let's rinse our brush to
fade away the outer strokes. Congratulations for
finishing this project. I hope that you enjoyed
trying something new today. Also I wanted you
to know that if you ever made some mistake on your painting just
don't give up. You can always go
back in and cover up that mistake just
like what we did here. Let's now move on to day 10 where you will learn to
paint a white flower.
14. Day 10: Welcome to day 10 and today's color
prompt is white. Painting white flowers using watercolor is very
tricky because the paper is already white
and also we don't really use a white watercolor
paint on its own. But what we can do is we can add some colors to give an illusion
that it's a white flower. We can use yellow, like what I did here, and also some dark browns. Sometimes I use indigo, just dilute it in
a lot of water. You can also add
in a violet color. There are simple ways to paint a flower and that's what
we're going to learn today. We're going to
start with painting the petals on the upper
half of this flower, and then when we're
done with that, we're going to fill
in the bottom petals. We will use the leaves around this flower to give an
illusion that this is a white flower by leaving some white spaces on the
outline of this flower. Right now let's start painting. To start, let's prepare
the colors on our palette. I have here, yellow,
ocher and sepia. I'm going to mix
those two colors and we're going to dilute
it in a lot of water. You want to tone down the
color of yellow ocher, you want it to be a
little bit more brown. Let's set aside that color, and we're going to start
with a yellow ocher. Just paint a few strokes. With a clean brush, just spread that color. We only added that small stroke in the beginning
just as a guide. You're going to slowly
build this petal. You can also grab some more paint just to add
a little bit more color. Then you can grab
some diluted sepia. You can see that it's
a darker color here. We're going to stop right there and just add the
bottom petal first. This is just diluted sepia. Now this looks too dark, so I'm just going to rinse
my brush and just lift this extra color so that it's
not too dark on the paper. You'll see that I'm
trying to wiggle my brush to create these petals. We're going to move on to
the petals on the left side, and you can try to extend
that to have a better shape. Now let's paint the folds
of this bottom petal. I'm just painting
a letter U shape. Let's grab some
burnt umber and add it to the center of this flower. This flower is still
wet and you will see that the burnt umber color is spreading on the base flower. If you don't have burnt umber, you can use burnt sienna or any brown color that you
have in your palette. Now, I just grabbed some more diluted
sepia and I'm adding a few more strokes just to give more contrast and
also some shadows. Try to remember that
the shadows will be seen in between the petals, or if a petal is
slightly folded, you will see a shadow. Now let's move on to
painting the leaves. Now I'm going to mix
Hooker's green and sepia. We can also prepare the
other green colors. You can also mix Hooker's
green and indigo. For the leaves, you
want them to be dark because we're going to outline the size
of this flower. To start, use the tip
of your brush and try to create some jagged edges. Then you're going to fill in that space with a leaf shape. Let's do that one more time. I'm just using the tip of my brush to add
an outline first. It is also best to leave a space in-between the leaf
and the flower itself, so you want a wide
space in there that will give it an illusion
that the petal is longer. We can see right here, I really left a bit of
a wide space there. It doesn't look like
much right now, but at the end of the project, you will understand
the importance of what we are doing now. To make it little
more interesting, you can try to vary the green
shades that you're using. Right here, I just
grabbed some sap green. When we are trying to outline the sides of this white flower, try to visualize the shape
of a petal in real life. You will see that it's not
really perfectly curved, there are some ruffles or frills and so that's why we
are also following that here. Now let's just add a stem. I'm also going to add one
more stem that is going to run behind the back
of this main flower. I am doing this to give a
provision for a small bud. Let's just grab some yellow
ocher mixed with sepia. I'm going to scribble some
small strokes in the middle. Then let's just clean our brush
and drag that color down. I'm just going to add a
few more strokes until we get the shape of a bud. It almost looks like
a balloon shape. Now we can grab some of that
brown color in our palette. You can use burnt
sienna, burnt umber. While this bud is still wet, we can add some
more green color at the base and attach
it to the stem, this will give it a more
seamless transition. Then we can also add some
smaller leaves beside it. Just to add some more contrast, let's drop in some sepia at
the tip of this rose bud. Now let's continue adding some more leaves so
there's a big space here. I'm using a different color now this is Hooker's
green and indigo. Now that we have more leaves, you can see that this
flower is really popping up some more
compared to awhile ago. Another way to
understand how to paint white flowers is to take a
photo of a white flower, a real white flower, and then just turn the
photo into black and white. That way you can see
the tonal value, you will see which
areas are lighter, which areas are darker. What we're doing here is just capturing the essence
of a white flower, so we're going to be super
shaky about a lot of things. We just want the impression
that it is a white flower. Eventually as you
paint some more, it will be easier for you to understand where to
add the shadows. Now we can add some
light colored leaves. I have here just indigo and I've diluted it in lot of water. You can see that the color
is very light on the paper. Doing this will give your
painting a softer look. Another tip when
painting a white flower, you need a dark center. I'm just going to grab my
burnt umber color and add another layer in the center so that it's going to look darker. To add more punch of color, let's grab some sepia and I'm going to drop
it in the center. With a really
diluted sepia color, we are going to now add a
second layer to this flower. We are going to add some strokes on the flower
just to separate the petals. Now I'm going to add
some more strokes right here at the bottom to give an illusion that
there are layers of petals. With a clean brush, we can also try to blur
this area to create a beautiful transition from
the center going outwards. Looking at this
flower from afar, it looks a little pale so we're going to
troubleshoot that. I'm going to grab
some yellow ocher and you want a really
diluted mixture. I'm going to paint
on the top petal. You can immediately
see the difference. There's a certain
blue to this flower just because we added
a little bit of color. Just to add some more
texture on this painting, we are going to add some
veins on the leaves. You can use a dark
green color or just add sepia or indigo to any green color that you
have in your palette. We only want a handful
of leaves to have veins because it will look too crowded if we add details
on all the leaves. It's now time to add some finishing details and you can see that I'm
holding the brush towards the end
of the handle and that's because I want my
strokes to be more expressive. Now I'm going to add
some more leaves, so I want that in
an irregular shape. Lastly, we can go back in
to add some more shadows. You can grab a very diluted
sepia color and just add it to the folds of the petals to separate
them from each other. If the strokes are too dark, you can just grab
a clean brush and absorb that extra paint. You can also try to
blur some strokes. I think we are done and that
was a very quick painting. I hope that you enjoyed
painting this white flower. Now let's move on
to the next video, where we will paint blue florals using a
wet-on-wet technique.
15. Day 11: [MUSIC] Welcome to Day 11, and we are going to go back
to the color blue for today. This is going to
be a fun project because we're going to use
the wet-on-wet technique, which I will show
you in a while. For this project, we
are going to start with that blue flower that looks
like an anemone flower. For this project,
you have the option to just paint the blue flower, but I will still show
you how you could add some more flowers around
it to fill in this paper. Let's start. For this project, I will be using the Bow
artist grade paper. This technique works better
on 100 percent cotton paper. Now let's just grab
some clean water and we are going to paint some petals. It's a little difficult to see the water on the paper here, but I will try to tilt my paper so you can see
the shape of the petal. Let's continue
painting more petals. The plan is to do five petals. To make it easier to visualize, it will look like a star shape. You'll notice that
I'm also leaving some spaces in-between
my strokes. Really adding a lot of water, but at the same time I'm
making sure that we have an even coat of
water on the paper. Now, this looks good. Now
let's grab some color. I'm using Prussian blue. Let's make something
more pigmented. Now I'm going to drop in that
color on the first petal. Let us try to add the colors on the outline of this petal first. Now we can also add a
little bit more water for the second petal so that
the color is lighter. Just drop in the colors. You don't really need
to move it that much. Just let it do its
magic on the paper. For some areas, we can grab a more pigmented color
just like what I did here, and just drop it on the
edges of the petals. Now let's move on
to the first petal. You can see that the
color is spreading. It's so beautiful. Just leave the white
spaces in the petals. You'll need to fill in the
entire petal with color. Leaving those white
spaces will make this flower look
like it's glowing. That's why it's
important to make sure that your brush
isn't loaded with too much paint because
you don't want the paint to spread
all over the place. While this base
flower is still wet, let's grab some Prussian blue, but this time we
need to make it more pigmented so there's less
water and more paint. We're going to add
more contrast. I'm going to add this color
in between the petals. Now for the center
of this flower let's grab some
indigo color and you want this to be also pigmented
so we want it really dark. I'm just going to add
some small strokes. I will let it touch
the petals so you can see that it's
bleeding into the petals. Then you can just put a small
oval shape in the center. We're done with this flower. Now let's grab a clean brush. This is just water in my brush. I'm going to paint the stem. You've seen just water. You can see that there's
a blue tinge on the stamp because I just
pulled away some of that color from the flower. Then we can drop in
some Hooker's green. Then we can also drop in some indigo to add
more contrast. Doing this technique will give
it a more dramatic effect. Now let's rinse our brush again and let's grab some clean water. We're going to paint a leaf
using just water again. You can see that the color from the stem is going
into that leaf. Then let's grab some Hooker's
green and a little bit of that indigo and just
drop it on the leaf. This is a really fun
way to paint leaves because you really don't
know what to expect. Every time I do this technique, the flowers and the leaves
will look different. At this point, if you are
already happy with this flower, you can stop right there. But if you want to add some
more flowers around it, just keep on watching. Now let's grab
some yellow ocher. We want this mixture
to be super light. It means that we need to add
more water to our paint. Now we are going to add a flower right beside
this blue elimony. I'm going to paint three petals, and one over petals so that it will look like this
flower is on its side. Now let's grab some
Hooker's green and I will just add a
stem right there, just a tiny stem. Then just extend that
all the way down. Now let's add some
smaller flowers on the lower left
of the blue elumen. I'm going to use a very
diluted Prussian blue. Let's just paint some
four-petaled flowers. It will just look
like a filler flower. In this composition, we
want the main flower, the blue elumen to be
really bold in color. But we want the other
flowers around it to be really soft and
just light in color. This way we can try to
highlight the main flower. Now let's grab some
permanent violet. We also want to dilute
this in a lot of water. I'm just going to drop it in those blue flowers just to
make it look more interesting. Then let's grab some indigo. We are going to add a
center to this flower, so you want the center
to be really dark. Now let's grab some sap green so that we can add some stems. When you're adding these stems, try to paint it in
a curved manner. It's not really just straight. This will make it look
more interesting. Think of it like the
flowers are dancing. Here next we can add some leaves and just drop in another
color on that leaf. You can also add indigo if
you want it to be darker. Let's repeat the process. Just paint a really
light-colored leaf and just drop in
some more color. That's the wet-on-wet technique. It's looking really good. Now let's move on to
the upper left side of this painting and
add some leaves. I'm using sap green. While the leaves are still wet, you can grab some indigo
and just drop it in the leaves so that it will
have a two-tone color. Now I'm going to add a stem
from the bottom going up. It's going to go behind
this main flower. We're going to paint these stems and then we're going
to add some fillers. Let's just grab some turquoise. You can also use just
diluted Prussian blue. That's also okay. Now just tap your brush to create some petal-like strokes. Also, try to vary the
pressure that you put into each stroke so that you get
a different shape each time. Now let's rinse
our brush and just pull away some of that color. Try to fade it away so that
it doesn't look too strong. [MUSIC] I take a photo of your painting
and just observe it from your phone so that you can see if you need to
add some more leaves. I just grabbed some Indigo. I'm going to drop
it in the leaves. You'll see that it will
look really beautiful when it bleeds on
the wet leaves. Now we're just going to add some more finishing touches
to fill in some white gaps. Sometimes I'll just paint some stems to just
fill in an odd gap. You can also paint some
light-colored leaves. Just to give more definition
to this small blue flower, I'm going to add a darker leaf. I'm going to add some
yellow ocher fillers just to add a certain glow
to this painting. But of course, we don't want it to be too
strong in color, so I made sure to dilute this
color in a lot of water. I feel like this yellow
ocher fillers will complement the main
flowers on this painting. [MUSIC] Right here, I'm just adding some darker
leaves near the soft flowers, just to give it more definition so that it doesn't
look too faded. [MUSIC] Now we are done. Congratulations for
finishing this project. You can definitely try this
and other colors as well. Painting on wet-on-wet
technique is really fun for me because I just like to
explore different styles. Now let's move on to the
next video where we will learn how to paint
some peach florals. [MUSIC]
16. Day 12: Welcome to Day 12, and the color prompt
for today is peach. The peach color can be
a little tricky to mix because sometimes it just
turns out too orange. But I'm going to share a color
recipe that I discovered, and I hope that it will
work out for you well. This project is a mix
of some roses and a peony and I also added some muted yellows and
also some muted violets. We're using really soft
colors for this project. For the paper, we
are going to use the Blowhole art
displayed paper. Now let's start mixing
this peach color. I'm using permanent
rose and yellow ocher. This is going to be
a trial and error. Sometimes it will
turn out too orange. Then you add a little
bit of permanent rose. If it gets too pink, just add a little bit
more yellow ocher. You can also add a
bit more water so you can see the real color
when you swatch it. You can grab a scrap paper and then just swatch that color
and it's looking good, so we'll go ahead with the rose. I'm using a size 6 round brush and we're going to start
with the comma stroke. Then we are going to paint
some thin C strokes around it. Let's paint some
medium-size petals. Then we can also raise our brush to fade away some
of the strokes. Let me just rinse my brush again and I'm going to
paint more petals. You can see that I'm using just the color residue
on this brush. As you paint these petals, make sure that you
are also leaving spaces in between the petals. It makes it easier to paint these loose soft petals if your brush is loaded
with a lot of paint. Having a wet brush will make it easier for the
bristles to find out, once you press it on the paper. We're done with
the first flower. Now let's rotate our paper so that we can paint
at a better angle. We're using the same color. It's purple rose
and yellow ocher. Just scribble some lines
and center of this rose. Now let's rinse our brush and build the body of this rose. Then this is a rose
that is at an angle, so you do want that letter U shape so it looks like a cup. Now we can also grab a little bit more color and use that to
paint some strokes. This will give it more
contrast to the flower, and you can see that
we are trying to build this flower a little by little. We're not committing to
really broad strokes. I'm almost painting just lines. Try to adjust the shape of this flower while
it's still wet. Let's add a little bit of
shadow to this flower. I'm going to grab
some permanent violet and dilute that in
a lot of water. You can also add a little
bit of that peach color. I'm going to add that
to the outer petals. We just want a hint of
violet in this peach flower. Just to add more
contrast to the center, we can drop in a more
pigmented peach color. I'm adding this part while
the base flower is still wet, artist-grade paper
will keep the painting wet a bit longer compared
to a student-grade paper. Now let's add some fillers. I'm going to use yellow ocher and you're going to dilute
it in a lot of water. We'll use this color to add
some four-petal flowers. For the stem, let's just make sap green and sepia to get that
earthy green color. You want the colors
in this project to be more on the soft
side and more natural. Because the yellow
flowers are still wet, you can see those beautiful
bleeds coming from the stem. Then you can add just
some smaller size leaves using the
same green color. I'm going to add a leaf over here in between
the main flowers. You can see the beautiful
transition in this area because the base flowers are
still a little bit damp. Now let's grab some
yellow ocher and just paint more fillers
on the right side. I chose the color
yellow ocher because I wanted a more muted yellow. If you don't have this color, you can just grab
any yellow color in your palette and add a little bit of brown to
tone down the yellow color. This is looking really good. Now let's move on to
the third main flower. I'm using the same peach color. Then we're going to paint
the base of this peony. Now we're going to
add some top petals. Then on the right right, you're going to combine the top and the bottom
petals just like so. Let's move on to the left side and we're going to do the same, just to connect the top
and the bottom petals. Let's grab some raw amber. We're going to use this for
the center of this peony. We want to paint some short
strokes in the middle. We're adding this center while the base
flower is still wet. You can see that some of that raw amber color is
bleeding into the peach petals. Now let's grab some
more peach color and you want this to be a
little bit more pigmented. We're going to drop in some
colors in between the petals. We want some areas to
be darker because we don't want this
flower to look flat. We can grab some
permanent violet and add some peach to it. I'm going to add this color to the outer areas of the petals. Now let's grab some
sap green and sepia. I'm going to mix a darker color. Then we can add some leaves
all around the main flowers. We can grab some
permanent violet and add that color to
our green leaves. This turned out too violet. I'm going to grab
some more green and just paint on top of it. We're about halfway there. Now let's grab
permanent violet mix with some peach color. We're just going to play
around with the ratio. You can add more
peach or more violet. We're going to use this
color to add some fillers. I'm going to add
more four flowers. The reason why I mixed violet
and the peach color is because I wanted to create
a more muted color. Hold your brush towards
the end of the handle to create those nice
expressive strokes. Of course, don't forget
to add stems that will attach those small flowers
to the main bouquet. Because we added
some violet flowers on the top portion
of this painting, I'm going to match it with a
few more on the lower right. Because we use some
violet on the flowers, it's also nice to add
that color to our greens, so I mix up green and
permanent violet. Now we have some muted leaves. Try to vary the sizes of the leaves that you will
add on the painting, so you can paint
some smaller leaves, some elongated ones. Now we can grab a more
pigmented yellow ocher color and you can just dab our brush onto some of the yellow flowers that
we painted earlier. Now you can try to take
a photo of your painting and look at it on your phone to give you a
different perspective. Right now, I'm just going to add a few more finishing touches, and I'm using this yellow ocher
to add some more fillers. You will see that
this leaf over here, it doesn't really
look that good. What we're going to do is
we're going to cover it up by layering some
leaves on top of it. Now don't be afraid to
add some leaves that are overlapping
the main flowers. It's time to layer the roses. I grabbed just a more
pigmented peach color and we're going to paint
on top of this rose. Make sure that the
first layer is already dry before you add
a second layer. Now let's just rinse
our brush and fade away the outer stroke so we can
create some soft petals. Then you can just
grab a little bit of that violet color and drop
it on the outer petals. I love the color combination
of peach violet. They really go well together. For the second flower, we are going to rotate our paper again to paint at
a better angle. Now let's just scribble
some lines in the middle. Then let's just rinse our brush and add some more
strokes on the body. For the outer petals, we're going to add
that violet color. This flower needs a
little bit more contrast, so let's grab some more paint
and drop it in the center. Let's grab some burnt sienna, and we're going to try and layer the center of this peony. Going to add some
darker strokes, after which we can
add some small dots. With a diluted peach color, I'm just going to go
back in and paint a second layer just to
separate the petals. Right here we're just
pulling away some of the colors from the center, going into the wet petals
to create that soft effect. This is a mixture of sap
green and permanent violet. You have that nice
muted green color. Then we're just
going to continue adding some stems
and some leaves. For this part, it depends
on what you have painted. But right now I'm just
adding some layers of leaves to create more
depth to my painting. You'll see that we are
also trying to extend some stems and leaves
because we don't want all of them to
have the same length. Some stocks are taller,
some are shorter. Now we are done with this soft and dainty
floral painting. Mixing the peach color is
slightly more challenging, but I know that you can do it. Don't forget to upload
your project in the project gallery
section of the class. Now let us move on to Day 13 where we will paint
a pink bouquet.
17. Day 13: [MUSIC] Welcome to Day 13, and today we're going to
paint a pink floral bouquet. For this project,
we're going to mix soft florals and
something more pigmented. You can see the two dainty
pink flowers in the middle. Around it I added
another shade of pink, which is brighter, so it
looks like there's a pop of color there. Now let's start. I'm going to grab some
burnt sienna and this will be used in the
center of the rose. I'm using a Size 6 round brush. I'm going to start
with a comma stroke, and then we're just
going to paint some thin C curves all around it. Let's zoom in a little so
you can see it better. This is a unique flower
that we're doing because it's going
to look two-toned. We have a different
color for the center and a different color for
the outer petals. Now I have here burnt
sienna and permanent rose. I'm mixing these two colors up just to tone down
the pink color, and we're going to
use this color to paint the outer petals. Now let's just rinse our brush. I'm going to fade
away the strokes, so you're just
going to go around this rose and just continue
adding the petals, making sure that there are spaces in-between your strokes. Attach the petals to each other. Then we can grab a little
bit more paint and add some more color
on this rose. While this flower is still wet, you can try to fix some areas. You can adjust the size of the petals because
it looks too light. I'm going to grab
some more color, and we're going to try to
paint some more C curves. To give this more depth, we are going to add
a darker center. I'm going to grab
some burnt sienna, and you want this to
be really pigmented. Let's move on to the
second rows and this is facing on its side. I'm using my Size 6 round
brush and you can see that I'm just touching the paper
using the tip of the brush. Let's rinse our brush
and then let's grab a mixture of permanent
rose and burnt sienna. We're going to add petals around the center until we
create an oval-shaped. Now we can rinse
our brush again and use that brush to
paint the petals. Just going to blur
out this area. Let's start with the flap of this rose and then slowly
build the U-shape. You can see that the outline
is a bit more pigment, so we're just going to rinse our brush and fade that away. Now let's grab a
different pink color. This is called bright rose. You really wanted the pop
of color in this painting. If you don't have bright rose, you can substitute it with
opera rose or permanent rose. I'm going to rotate
my paper now, so I can paint at
a better angle. Now we're going to just
paint a simple flower here. This is going to be a
three petal flower, so you can see that I use
a more pigmented color. Now let's rinse our brush to create a lighter colored petal, and then let's just play around. I'm going to add
that little bit of burnt sienna to my pink color. Let's mix these two colors. Let's paint the last petal, and you can see that I'm
also using this brush to add some quick tiny strokes
just to fix some areas. Now with the burnt sienna color, we're going to add the center. Just scribble some
short strokes, and you can also let it
bleed into the paint petals. Let's mix bright rose
and burnt sienna. But this time I want more
burnt sienna because I want the flower to be a little bit more on
the brown side, and we're also going to add a simple five-petaled
flower that is on its side. Just try to sway your brush to create these nice
expressive strokes. While this flower is still wet, we can add a stem. I'm using just sap green. On my palette, I have sap green and sap green with indigo. Let's start adding some
leaves and we're going to start in-between
these two flowers. We will just try to
outline the side of this rose to give
it more definition, and then you can add
some stems sticking out. I made a mistake and added
some splatters on the roses. I just quickly grabbed
tissue paper and blotted out these
small spatters. I find it better
to just blot out these small droplets instead of trying to fade
them with water. Now let's move on to
adding some more leaves. When you're adding leaves, don't add too much right away because you won't have
enough spaces for failures. Just try to add
some stems first, and then we'll try to figure it out later on if we need to add some more leaves or
some buds or fillers. For this area, let's
add a small flower. I'm going to use bright rose. If you look at it from afar, this area needs a pop of color. Now let's rinse our brush
and gets a new color. We're going to use
greenish-yellow and we're going to paint
some small buds. The greenish-yellow
color really works well with pink florals. We can also paint some small
flowers using this color, and of course, don't
forget to add a stem that will attach it
to the main bouquet. I'm adding this color near
the bright pink florals. When you're painting a bouquet, don't forget to fill
in these small gaps. It will make a huge difference even if you just
put a small stem. Now, let's try to vary
the shades of green here. I'm going to mix Hooker's
green and sepia. You can also mix
sap green and sepia or perhaps use any
green color in your palette and just
add a brown color to it to give an earthy green color. As mentioned in the
other projects, it's always best to paint the flowers diagonally
across each other and not beside each other because doing this will give it
a certain flow to your painting
instead of it being just a horizontal
or a vertical line. Hold your brush
towards the end of the handle to create these
nice expressive leaves. Just try to sway your brush and create some beautiful
brush markings. Every time you add a stem, even if it's just a stem, try to sway your
hand so that you can get the curved stem and it
will look more natural. [MUSIC] Now just grab a bright rose color
and add some buds. This is a good way to add a pop of color
in certain areas. Just continue
adding some leaves. This is the perfect time to
take a photo of your painting and look at it from your phone to give you a
different perspective. You can paint some
light-colored leaves as well. [MUSIC] We can also start layering the leaves
and add a darker color. You can just add indigo
to your green paint. This will give this
painting more contrast. Now we're going to add
some finishing touches. This is going to be the
second layer of this rose. I used burnt sienna
for the center, and then for the outer petals, I'm mixing burnt sienna and this pink color
on my palette. You want this mixture to be
diluted in a lot of water. You can see right now as
I'm painting these strokes, it looks very translucent. Every stroke that you do
here represents one petal. Now let's move on to
the second flower. I'm using burnt sienna
again for the center, and then let's mix burnt sienna
with another pink color, just dilute it in
a lot of water, and we're going to just fade
away the outer strokes. [MUSIC] Some of the pink flowers dried up pretty light. We're going to go back in
and add some more color. Now for the center
of this flower, I'm going to grab burnt umber, and you're going to paint some thin lines and
also some small dots. Now let's add some faders. I'm going to use sap green, and we're just going to put some small dots and
attach a stem to it, and we want this color
to be really pigmented. You can also use
greenish-yellow. This is a good way to
fill in those white gaps. It also adds some texture
to your painting. Let's add some more
finishing touches. We can add some veins on the leaves and you can
darken some stems. Right now we are done. Congratulations for
finishing another project. You can also add
some white details using white gouache
or a white pen, or maybe you want to add
some gold details as well. [MUSIC] It's definitely
up to your own style. Now, let's move on to the
next video where we will learn a nice, expressive
rose painting.
18. Day 14: Welcome to day 14, and
today we are going to paint a beautiful
orange rose. This project is a little bit different because we're going to do a wet-on-wet technique
for the background. It looks complicated,
but don't worry, it's actually very easy. I do suggest that you use our a 100 percent
cotton paper for this project to achieve the best effect of the
wet-on-wet technique. Now let's start.
I'm going to mix yellow orange with a little
bit of burnt sienna. I just wanted to tone
down that orange color. That's why I added
some burnt sienna. Let's start with a comma
stroke in the center, and then you're just
going to slowly build those tiny C strokes around it. You want this to be really thin. You also want this center
to be really pigmented. Now let's rinse our brush and
just tap the excess water. Then let's try to fade
away the outer strokes. Add more pressure to
your brush so that you can create a bigger sized petal. You can also grab a
little bit of color from the palette to add
some darker petals. Try to paint quickly. You can see that it has a flick. It's like a snap towards
the end of the stroke. This will give you a pointy tip towards the end of the stroke. Let's rinse our brush and
just fade away the strokes. You can also try to wiggle your brush just like
what I did here. Wiggling the brush will give a nice curvy edge to the petal. Just don't forget to leave white spaces in-between
your strokes. While this flower is still wet, you can go back in and
just adjust the size of the petals and the
entire shape of this rose. All right here
comes the fun part. Get a clean brush. Then we're just going to spread
some water on the paper. We're adding water all
around these rows. We also want to just pull away some of the
color from that rose. But if the colors
are not moving, you can grab a little
bit of paint from your palette and just spread it. Also try to make
sure that you get an even coat of
water on the paper. I'm going to pull away color
from the outer petals. You can see that I am touching the outer petals and
making it look faded. Again, if you can't pull away
the color from the petals, so you can just
grab some color on the palette and add
it to the paper. While the paper is still damp, lets just grab some
green color here. It's sap green and indigo and dab the excess paint
in a tissue paper. Taking out the excess paint in the brush will make it easier for us to paint some
details on our wet paper. If your brush is too wet
and you won't be able to do some leaf shapes just
like what we did here. If the brush is too wet then it will just spread
all over the place just like what we discussed in the watercolor tip
section of this class. Painting on the damp paper gives us this soft and blurry effect. Now let's switch to a
different green color. I'm going to make sap
green and sepia so that we can get a nice
earthy green color. I want to paint on the
left side of this rose. I'm going to add some
leaves beside this rose just to give an
edge to the rose. Now let's add a small bud. I'm going to use yellow, orange and just scribble
some thin lines, and then we're going
to create the body. This will look soft because
the paper is still damp. You can add a darker color
at the tip of this rose bud. Then don't forget add a stem. With a really light green color, we can add some leaves just so that it will
look even more faded. Now let's just grab
some more green. I'm painting some
light green color. Also it looks faded because
the paper is still wet. Now let's prepare the mixture for the second
layer of this rose. I'm using burnt umber in yellow, orange but you can
also use burnt sienna. Make sure that this
rose is already dry when you add
the second layer. Now we're going to
paint some C curves. Now let's grab a
clean brush and we are going to fade
away the strokes. Let's go back in and add some more
pigmented strokes. Then now I'm going to get another brush and
fade that away. When fading you just want to touch one side of the stroke. You have to leave
the other side as is so that it will
retain its sharp edge. Don't worry, you can also grab
a little bit of that orange color
on your palette, and just extend some
parts of this rose. This rose bud looks too faded, and we're going to go back
in with some more details. I have your yellow, orange and burnt sienna. Just paint a C stroke and
some lines around it. Let's fade that away and add
the flap to this rose bud. We can grab a little
bit more color. I'm just going to start with the outline of this rose bud. Now let's rinse our brush
and just fade that away. While this flower is still wet, let's just grab a more
pigmented color for the center. It's the same burnt sienna
and yellow, orange mixture. This painting is already dry. We're going to add
some more details. I'm using sap green and sepia and we're going to
paint the stem. Now let's rinse our
brush and just fade away one side of this stem. You can see I'm just doing
that on the right side. To give a more dramatic effect, we're going to drop in some
pigmented green color. You can also use
indigo if you want. Now let's add some leaves. These leaves that we're
going to paint right now are going to have a nice sharp edge. Then we can also add some
leaves near this rose just to give a definition to
the outline of the petals. Try to slightly wiggle
your brush as you paint the outline so that you'll
have a more natural curve. For this area, I just painted some green wavy lines
and then I'm going to rinse my brush and just
fade away one side. We want more definitions
for the petal right there. But we don't want to add more leaves because it
will look too crowded. That's why I just painted
some wavy lines using a green color and then we
just faded away one side. You have a nice soft background
and a nice soft flower, but we want it to pop up. What we can do is we can add
some dark leaves around it. While these leaves are still
wet and we're going to drop in a darker green color. You can see that it's giving more definition to that area. With the light green
color in my brush, I'm just going to layer some leaves that will
look like shadows. As I'm adding these leaves, the first layer is already dry. That's why you can see that the edges are sharp and crisp. Let's continue
adding more leaves. You can see that I'm using
a really faint color. It's a barely there color, but you know that there's
a leaf right there. I used this technique if I don't want it to look too crowded, but at the same time I want a little bit of
color in that area. If you look at this
painting right now, you can see that
it has more depth. The wet-on-wet technique
that we did during the first part of this painting
served as a background, and then the second layer that we did became the foreground. There's an illusion
that some leaves are further away, some are nearer. You can also go back in to add some more details
on the flowers. You can add a more
pigmented color just to give more contrast. Of course, we can just fade it away if it looks too sharp. I'm going to add some more
definition to this area. Let's add some more leaves. All right here we are done. Congratulations for
finishing this project. This project just requires a little bit more
patients because we have to wait for some layers to dry before we can
paint on top of it. But I'm pretty sure that
you did a good job. Now let us move on to the next video where we will paint a violet flower bouquet.
19. Day 15 Part One: Welcome to Day 15, and this is the last project. I hope that you'll enjoy this last painting that
we are going to do today. We're going to split this
project into two videos. The first part is just painting the base flowers and leaves, the second part is
all about adding the details like adding
the second layer of the flowers and adding some
white pen details as well. It takes a bit more
time to finish this because it's also
a bigger bouquet and we're going to
paint more flowers and we're also going
to add more details. Let's paint the
main roses first, and then we'll be adding those DC flowers beside
it. Now let's start. Let's start with the colors, I'm using permanent violet, and then I also
have a mixture of permanent violet with indigo. I'm going to grab
permanent violet first, so we want a thick and
pigmented mixture. This will be the
center of the rose. Paint a comma stroke
in the center, and then let's paint
some thin C strokes all around it using the
tip of our brush. Next, let's rinse our brush and just tap the excess water. Let's fade away the outer
strokes using the same brush. I'm just going to
paint more C curves. I'm using a size 6
round brush here because we're not going
to paint a big rose. Now for the outer petals, I'm going to grab a little
bit more permanent violet. You'll see it's a
bit more pigmented. Then let's grab the permanent
violet and indigo mixture. This one has a more
blue tone to it. While the petals are still wet, I'm just going to go back in and fix the shape of this rose. Now let's move on
to the second rose. I'm going to use
permanent violet and indigo just so it
won't look flat. I did not use permanent
violet alone for the roses, I tried to add
different colors to it so that it will
be more interesting. It's easier to paint these tiny strokes if you're
using a smaller brush. If you have a smaller
brush, you can use that. Now let's just rinse our brush and fade away the outer strokes. Continue adding more petals and make sure that you leave spaces
in-between your strokes. It's easier to paint on 100 percent cotton paper because the paint gets absorbed easily. Sometimes when you use
a suited grid paper, your paint will just settle on top or it will not be
absorbed right away. I'm just adding a
little bit more color on the outer petals. Now we can also drop in a
darker color in the center. This petal looks too dark, so let's grab a clean brush
and just lift that color. You can also do that in
the center of this rose. Let's move on to the third rose. You can see that this
mixture has more indigo. I wanted this to be
more on the blue side. We can still add a couple
of more C strokes. Now we can rinse our brush and fade away the other petals. Use the remaining
color in your brush to paint the other petals
around the center. For a more in-depth
tutorial on roses, you may check out my
other class called the Ultimate Guide to Roses
is also on Skillshare. We're done with the
three main roses, now let's paint the DCs. I have here yellow ocher, paint some small dots until
we form a round shape. Next with a really
diluted indigo color, we're going to use that
to paint the petals. Try not to touch
the yellow parts so much because when they
mix it becomes green, but we're going to
keep this simple and maybe I'll just
paint five petals here. If a petal looks too dark, just lift the color
using a clean brush. Now to give this more depth, I'm going to grab some sepia and dab the excess moisture
in a tissue paper. It looks too light, so I'm going to grab
some more paint and dab the excess moisture. You want a really
concentrated color for this part because we want to add contrast to this DC flower. Another way to paint DCs is to paint the petals first
before you add the center. I have here just a very
diluted indigo color. Now we're going to start
painting five petals. [MUSIC] Now let's add a very
concentrated yellow ocher for the center. You can see that it's
bleeding into the petals. What we can do is we can grab a clean brush and dab the
excess water in the brush, and then we can lift that color. We're trying to
clean the petals, we don't want too much yellow on the petals. Now it looks good. I'm going to grab some
sepia and just dab the excess moisture
on the tissue paper. Using the tip of the brush, we are going to paint some small dots until we
create a ring in the center. Now let's move on
to the third DC. I'm still using the diluted
indigo for the petals. Just make sure that
you are adding a lot of water in your paint. We're going to use this very
diluted indigo color to give an impression that
this is a white flower. Now let's grab some yellow ocher again and add it to the
center of the flower. While this flower is still wet, let's grab some sepia
and add a ring of dots. We are dabbing the brush on the tissue paper
because we don't want this color to spread
all over the place. This is looking really good. Now let's add some fillers. Let's grab some lavender. I used to ignore this color
before because I feel like it's too milky
or a too pastel-like, but I realized
that it's actually a beautiful color to add
to bouquets as a filler. We're just adding some
petal-like strokes. You can try to play around and just mix other colors
with lavender. Try to vary the size of the
petals that you're painting, and when you are done, you can add a stem to connect
all of them together. Let's add one more filler. I'm using permanent violet, we can also add a little bit of lavender and mix it
with that violet color. It looks good now we can
add a stem using sap green and we can also add
some leaves beside it. After adding a couple of leaves, I will stop right there and
move on to another filler. When you see the shape, it still doesn't look that good, but it's okay
because we are just trying to slowly
build this bouquet. For more contrast, you can
add indigo to your sap green, so that you can add
some darker leaves, and then we can
rinse our brush to create a lighter green color. When you are painting a bouquet, it's all about balance. You want to mix the light
and dark colors so you can see that we're using
some light-colored leaves, some are darker, also
with the flowers, some are softer, some
are bolder in color. I'm adding darker
leaves near the DCs and I want to highlight them by adding contrast in that area. I just mix my sap green with some sepia to get
that nice dark color. [MUSIC] Try to vary the pressure
that you put on each leaf so that you can get a
nice and unique shape. [MUSIC] Now let's move on to the bottom part
of this bouquet, I'm going to add
some leaves there. I added some sepia to my sap green so that I
can get the dark color. You can also mix sap
green and indigo. Near this rose, I'm just adding an outline, and then we're going to
paint a darker leaf. Feel free to add
some stem sticking out that will make this
bouquet look more natural. It's now time to add the
handle of this bouquet. I'm using sap green, and you're just going to
paint some straight lines. Paint these strokes in
different directions. Now I'm going to
rinse my brush and just paint some strokes again. I'm also trying to pull some of the colors from the first
few strokes that we did. This technique will
give us a loose effect. You can see that
there's a faded effect, and then you can also try
to drop in a darker color, you can add indigo or a mix
of sap green and indigo. Now that we have the handle
of the bouquet painted, we can add some more
leaves hanging. Try to experiment with different
colors for the leaves, you can use just indigo, you can add violets
to your greens. When you're adding a new
color to your greens, make sure that this color
is something that you have already used in the
flowers or the fillers, and this is to create
a good color harmony. Now let's paint using
a lavender color. These are going to be fillers, so we can add them
to areas where we need more violet or lavender. Let's add some flower buds that are really light in color. I actually mixed lavender
with a little bit of green. You want just a little
hint of color in there, painting these small
details will really give a huge effect on
the overall painting. [MUSIC] You just go all over
this bouquet and look for areas where you need
to add more leaves. You can take a photo of your
painting now and look at it on your phone to see it
from a different perspective. Don't forget to add some yellow-green strokes
in between the flowers. This is to separate the
flowers from each other. Adding this small detail
will highlight each flower. [MUSIC] Just for the mixture of
sap green and indigo, we can try to layer the
handle of the bouquet, we can grab a clean brush, and just pull away
some of the color. Now, let's move on to adding more details in the next video. [MUSIC]
20. Day 15 Part Two: [MUSIC] Welcome to part
2 of this project, and in this video
we are going to add more details to our project. This rose is already dry and now we are going to
add a second layer. I am mixing permanent violet and indigo for the second layer. Now let's starts at the center, and just add some tiny
strokes around it. Let's rinse our brush and
tap the excess water, and now we can start
filling the outer petals. Just using whatever
is left in our brush, we are going to use that to
paint the bigger petals. We want these second layer
petals to be translucent. Now let's move on
to the second rose. I'm using the same mixture, it's permanent
violet and indigo. We want the center
to be quite dark. Now, let's rinse our brush. We are going to fill
away the outer strokes. Now I'm holding my brush
towards the end of the handle so that my
strokes will be more loose. This is the third rose, I'm still using the
same permanent violet and indigo mixture. When painting the second layer, it's better if you paint
just a few petals first, just so we won't accidentally overwork the petals
on the flower. You can play around
with the ratio of permanent violet and indigo. You can see that
in this flower I added a little bit
more blue to it. We are done with the roses, now let's move on to the
daisies and I have here sepia. Let's go back in and add some more color in the
center of this flower. With a clean brush, we can pull away that color and let it move into the petals. My brush doesn't have any
color in it, it's just water. You can see that we have
a beautiful transition from the center going
into the petals. Now let's move on to
the second daisy, and if your brush has
too much water in it, just blot it out
on a tissue paper. Now let's start pulling
away this color, and let it move into the petals. You also need to be careful when we're doing this technique. You need to make sure that
you have just enough water in your brush or else you will
have puddles on this flower. This flower needs a
little bit more contrast, so let's grab some
more sepia and blot out the excess paint. Let's do the same
on the third daisy. Just going to drop
in some sepia color, and then we're going
to pull it away. [MUSIC] There's a white
space right here, so I'm just going to add a
little bit of green there. You can see that it
made a huge difference. You can now see the
shape of the petal. Let's now go around this bouquet and add
some darker leaves. You can mix up green with
indigo or sap green with sepia. You can also try to
cover up some mistakes by layering it with some leaves. [MUSIC] This part right here
doesn't look good, I'm just going to
paint on top of it. You can just add some
stems hanging out. You can also experiment by
adding some violet leaves. [MUSIC] The handle of this bouquet is already dry, we can try to add some more details by
painting some darker stems. Now let's grab this white pen, I'm using the Posca acrylic pen, and you're going to add detail. We can add some veins using this pen or add some fillers, paint some small dots
or some berries. Adding these white details
will level up this bouquet, and you will notice
the difference later on when you see
the entire bouquet. When you're adding
these white details, don't add it on all the leaves because it
will look too crowded. This will also look good
on a darker background, so try to choose leaves
that are darker in color. [MUSIC] I find that adding
these small fillers of dots will make the bouquet
look even more dainty. [MUSIC] You can also add some white lines on
the lavender feathers. [MUSIC] This is optional, but you can also add some
white dots on the daisies. [MUSIC] For the handle
of this bouquet, let's add some detail. I'm going to just draw some round shapes that
will look like pearls, and then you can put some smaller dots
around these pearls. I guess when I
painted this bouquet, it felt like a wedding bouquet, that's why I wanted to add
some details on the handle. Try to vary the
size of the dots, so you can see that I'm
really pressing hard right here so that I can
get a larger size. [MUSIC] The roses look too light, so I decided to add
one more layer. It's the same permanent
violet and indigo mixture. For the flowers to stand out, you do need to add a darker
color in the center. The outer strokes are
really translucent. Now let's move on to
the other two roses. For the second rose, I'm going to leave it as is, and I won't fade
that away anymore. But for this third rose, we are going to fade
away the outer strokes. Now we are done, congratulations for
finishing the entire class, and thank you for patiently
painting each project. [MUSIC] I really
wanted to prepare a more detailed project
for the last day, because I think that after
two weeks of painting, you have developed a muscle
memory in your hand. This is a beautiful
watercolor journey, now let's move on to the
conclusion part of this class. [MUSIC]
21. Final Thoughts: [MUSIC] We have reached
the end of the class. It was a wonderful
two-week journey with you. I hope that you enjoyed painting all the projects
and that you have discovered using new colors that you can add to your
watercolor palette. My advice for you
guys is to really just enjoy the
process of learning. Sometimes we can
get frustrated when we make some failed paintings, but making mistakes is how
we learn and how we improve. Every time you practice, you are one step
closer to your goal. Keep up the good work. I encourage you to
upload your projects in the project gallery section of this class so I
can see your work. If you're going to
upload it on Instagram, please don't forget to use this hashtag so that I
can also see your work. Thank you again for joining
this class and I hope to see your sketchbooks filled
with beautiful artworks. I will see you in
my next class. Bye.
22. Bonus Video Mother's Day Bouquet: In today's bonus video, we are going to paint a
Mother's Day bouquet. But even if there's
no occasion you can paint this beautiful
bouquet as a gift. To start, we're going to
paint the main flowers first. The flowers are facing
in different angles. So you have rose
that is top facing, another rule that's on its side. Then we have a flower that
is facing at the back. After painting the main flowers, we're going to proceed with
the leaves and the fillers. Let's start. Using a pencil, I'm just going to put some
markings on the paper, and that is where the
main flowers will be. Try to draw lightly
because you don't want a lot of pencil
markings on your painting. Let's start with
the first color. I'm using permanent rose, and you a really
pigmented mixture. I'm using a size 6 round brush and we're going to start
with the center of the rows. Starting with the comma
stroke in the center, and then you're going to paint some thin c strokes
all around it. Just makes sure that you have some white spaces in between. You can try to vary the
thickness of the strokes. Some can be thin, some can be thick. Now let's rinse our brush
and tap the excess water. Let's fade the outer strokes. Let's add a couple more strokes. I'm just using the color in
my brush and I'm constantly rinsing my brush so that I
can get a lighter color. You can see that sometimes
I'm just painting lines and then sometimes I am painting a broader stroke just like this. I'm doing this so that the
flower will not look flat, so you want some
variety in there. Because I'm using 100
percent cotton paper, the paper can easily
absorb the water. But if you're using
student grade paper, try to lessen the
water in your brush so that it won't look
patchy when it dries. Let's wait for that to dry. Let's move on to another flower. I'm just mixing here permanent
rose and Burnt Sienna. This time we're going
to paint a rose that is on its side and it's
about to bloom. Then painted the
same center stroke, the comma stroke, and now
we're adding some thin lines. Now let's paint the
flap over there. Then let's rinse our brush. You want to just fade away that stroke to make
it look lighter. Then using the
paint in my brush, I'm just trying to add more strokes to complete
the shape of these rows. So we're going for the
letter u shape over here. Now you can also add a
little bit more color. I'm going to add it
towards the edges. Then you can just use
the tip of your brush to just fill in some
smaller white gaps. Now we're done. Let's move
on to the third flower. This is a flower that
is facing at the back. We're going to paint the
outline of the petals. Let's do three. Now let's rinse our brush. We are going to fade away those strokes
because it looks too sharp and you want it to
be quite soft and loose. When you are painting
loose florals is all about adding water in the right way, and in the right amount. Now we can add some petals below that it will
look like it's folded. I'm also making sure
that I'm leaving a space right here where
the petals meet. So when you are
painting these petals try to dance with your brush, so it means that you
want the strokes to be curved and not straight. Now we can add some
more contrast. I'll just grab a more
pigmented permanent Rose. I'm just dropping it
in between the petals. Now we have the
three main flowers. We're just going
to grab some sap green and let's add the stem. You're adding the stems tried
to make it a little bit curved so that it just
looks more natural, and it will look like
the flowers are dancing. We have a space right
here on the lower left, and we're going to
just fill it in with some smaller flowers. I'm using yellow ocher here. Let's do some four or
three petal flowers. You can do it randomly. We're going to start with a
light colored yellow paint. If you don't have yellow ocher, you can just use
any yellow paint in your palette and just
make sure it's a diluted in a lot of water. Now let's grab
some sap green and add the small dots in the
center of the flowers, and add some stems. Look at your
painting from a far, and right now it
feels like me to add a few more petals to
make it look fuller. Now let's add some
more contrast. I'm grabbing more
pigmented yellow ocher. These flowers are still
a little bit damp. They're not totally dry, just a little bit damp so that when you add
the second layer, it blends in with each other. Now let's grab Greenish
Yellow and you're going to paint an elongated bud. We can just add some more details later
on when it dries up. But while it's still wet you
can try to add a stem to it. I'm just going to add a few more stem
sticking out beside it. Now let's add some leaves and then we change
the sap green. What we can do is
we can try to vary the green colors
that we're going to use for this bouquet. You can do that by
rinsing your brush so you can lighten the color. Or you can also add some
brown sclera greens. Right here, I'm using
just burnt umber and adding it to sap green, and that will give me a
more earthy green color. I'm trying to add the leaves
in-between the flowers. You can also add some
stems sticking out. Now let's add some
smaller fillers. I'm using ultramarine blue, so you can just
tap your brush on the paper to create
these petal strokes. Let's rinse our brush to fade
away some of the strokes. I think we can add some
more on the right side, so we're just trying to
make it look more balanced. You can see I'm just trying
to wiggle my brush to create these beautiful organic strokes. Just add a pop of color. We can add some smaller
yellow flowers. I'm using just yellow ocher, but you can use any other
yellow color in your palette. Now, we have to get
some more sap green, and we're going to add
some more stems towards the handle of this bouquet
so it will look fuller. You can also add some indigo to your green paint if you
want from darker stems. These bunch of yellow
flowers are quite light in color and you want to
emphasize these flowers. That's why we're
adding some leaves all around this flower. It's now time to add
some more fillers. I'm using a really diluted cerulean blue
and indigo color. It's very important to
add a lot of water to your mixture because when this dries up it will look
like some white small flowers. You can actually just use indigo or if you
don't have indigo, use another blue color and
just add a lot of water. Maybe just tapping my brush
onto the paper to create these small dots and
then we're going to add some stems to attach to it. The main flowers
are already dry, so now it's time to
add a second layer. I'm using just permanent rose
and crimson lake to really just try to paint some smaller
details, some thin lines. Now I'm going to
rinse our brush. It doesn't look
pretty right now, but once you try to fade away those strokes it will
look a lot better. For the outer area
of these rows, you want your paint to be quite translucent because we want these rows to look really soft. We only want the center to have more details and to
be more pigmented. You can just grab some
more water to fade away some of the outer strokes. Let's move on to
the second flower. I'm mixing permanent
rose and burnt sienna. Again, you want to have a
really pigmented mixture. I am further following
just the strokes underneath and then now
let's just fade it away. I'm going to rinse my brush and then we can try to fix
the shape of this rose. You can also add a
few more strokes. This is also a good way to bring back that color to the flower. This rose is still wet. I'm just going to
add a little bit of green towards the base. Let's move on to this
flower facing at the back. You want to paint
some darker strokes in between the petals. What we're doing is we are
separating the petals, but this looks too sharp. What we have to do is we have to rinse our brush and just fade away one side of that stroke
to make it look softer. Moving on to the elongated bud, let's add some veins. I'm just using sap green. You don't want this
color to be too dark. This is a good way to add
more detail to your bouquet. Another tip for
bouquets is to add some more contrast by
adding some dark fillers. I'm using just indigo
and I'm tapping my brush to create
some darker fillers. This will make the
flowers pop up even more. Now we're just adding
a few more details. We're extending some leaves, adding some stems, and we're also filling
in some white gaps in-between the flowers. Looking at this from afar, we will need just to
add a few more fillers. We want the fillers to
have different heights. Some are taller than the other. This will make it
look more organic. You can also try to add some more stems on the
handles of the bouquet. You can add some more water
to make it look faded. You can actually
stop right here, but if you want to add
more detail you can grab a white pen or
a white gouache. I'm using this
POSCA acrylic pen, and I'm just adding some small details like
some small flowers. We can add some white veins
or add some white berries. Let's add this on the leaves. We need a background that
is quite dark in color so that the white paint or
white pen will show up. Adding this detail
will give your bouquet more texture and just
more depth as well. We're done with
the white details, but I'm just going to
add a few more fillers. I really want this to look
like a spray of small flowers. Then we can add a second
layer to the blue fillers. Just grab a more
pigmented blue color and paint it on top of the first layer to
give it more depth. These are the small details that you can add
to your bouquet, but it will really make
a big difference on the entire output
of your project. That's it. Now we are done. Congratulations for
finishing this bouquet. I hope that you enjoy
this bonus project. You can definitely try to experiment with different
colors as well. That's it. Bye.
23. Bonus Video Blue Floral Wreath: Welcome to a bonus video, and today we are going
to paint a wreath. This was intended to be
a father stay wreath. That's why I chose blue for the main
color of this wreath. But even if you are
not celebrating and acacia and you can still
paint this wreath. To start the painting, Let's do the main flowers. I'm going to start
with this blue rows. And then we'll move on to the greenish yellow
five petaled flower. And then we'll add some
more smaller flowers, fillers and leaves. Alright, now let's start. To make it easier for you. You can use a pencil and
just draw some circles that will serve as your guide when you're painting
the main flowers. The first color that we
need is Prussian blue. You can use other
colors in your palette. So I want a nice, bold and very pigmented mixture. I'm also using a size
six round brush. Now let's pinpoint the center of the rows are going to paint a comma stroke all around it. I'm going to paint
some thin C curves. So just make sure that we leave white spaces in
between your strokes. Also try to vary the
thickness of each stroke. Next, let's rinse our brush, tap the excess water, and then you are going to
fade away the outer strokes. And at the same time we are
painting bigger petals. So I still have too
much color in my brush. I'm going to dip it in the
water jar and rinse it. Okay, so I think
that looks better. If you feel that
it's still too dark, you can continue rinsing your brush so that you
get a lighter color. We're just going to
continue and build this flower, make it bigger. Just keep on adding C curves. Later on you're going to add the second layer just
to give it more depth. Alright, This looks good. Let's move on to the smaller
flowers I'm going to use the color blue is like a
bluish violet in creamy color. So I'm just going to paint
some four petaled flowers. If you don't have this
color, don't worry, you can always substitute it with other colors
in your palette. You can use cerulean
blue or cobalt blue, just make sure that you
dilute it in a lot of water so that the color
will become softer. So now I just grab a little bit of violet and I'm just going to quickly add that to some of the petals while it's still wet. I'm using a more pigment
where editor blue, That's why this
flower looks darker. So another option if you don't
have this color is just to add white gouache to any of your blue colors
in your palette. That will give you a
nice pastel blue color. You'll notice that I'm actually adding different number of petals for each flower just
to give it more variety. Now while the flowers
are still wet, Let's grab some sap green. And then we're just
going to add a stem. So I'm just going to
attach it to this rose. Let's now paint
the second flower. I'm going to do a four
petaled flower here. If you don't have
greenish yellow, we can just simply mix yellow and green to achieve this color. So I decided to add a pop
of color in this wreath. That's why I included
greenish, yellow. Definitely, you can use a different color like
violet or integral. Alright, all the
battles are complete. Now let's add the center. I'm going to grab indigo. I'm just going to drop
that in the center and just let it bleed
into the petals. So we have the main
flowers ready, but we need this to
be more balanced. I'm going to bring that greenish-yellow to
the other side. But instead of painting
another flower, we're just going to
paint some fillers. I'm going to grab a really
pigmented greenish-yellow. And you're just going to paint some small dots just like
this and add some stamps. You can also try to vary this by adding a different
shade of green. This looks good. Now let's move on to
preparing our green colors. I'm gonna be mixing sap
green and burnt umber. This will give us a nice
earthy green color. Next we can make sap
green and indigo. If you want a dun color. This way, all the readings
will be prepared on our palette and it will be
easier to add the leaves. Okay, let's start
adding the leaves. I'm going to start with the sap green and burnt umber color. Let's start with just a
few leaves over here. And then using the
tip of the brush, create some more lines. So this will look like
just stem sticking out. They don't have to be
connected to one another. Just think of it as a guide so that you know what the
overall shape will be. Tried to also wiggle your brush and just paint some
different brush markings. You can see I'm
leaving some spaces in between the strokes. And that's where I can put some smaller flowers or fillers. We're not going to
close this wreath. We're going to leave an opening just to make it look
more interesting. Now that we have the rupture, we can add some leaves
in-between the main flowers. I'm gonna be using sap green, but feel free to use
a different color. Right here I'm going to add mixture of sap,
green and indigo. Say I want this
to be quite dark. Just to make these
flowers pop up even more. I am alternately adding
leaves and stems. We are not going to add a
lot of details right here. We can just go back in later on. We just wanted to establish
the main leaves first. To create a more
wispy type of leaf, I am going to use my
size six round brush. Usually the smaller
brushes will help you create nice pointy leaves. I did go back in and
add some darker leaves. Now I'm adding some
really faint color leaf because we want to
change the value. We want a mix of dark and
light colored leaves. The leaves will also look
a lot better if you try to change the angle or just change the
direction of the leaves, you want to make it
look like they are dancing on this wreath. Let's move on to a
different color. I'm using John Brilliant. You can also add a little
bit of that yellow ocher. This color has a
creamy consistency. It has some white in it. It's almost like gouache. So I'm just adding
some smaller flowers, some are just petals. We'll give it a
really soft effect. So if you don't have this color, you can just use gouache and your yellow
watercolor paint. If you don't have gouache, then you can just use any
yellow color in your palette. You can add just a little bit of that brown color just
to tone it down a little bit and add a lot of
water to make it lighter. I'm just alternately adding
these yellow flowers. You don't want it to
be too overcrowded. Now, I'm just attaching
it to the main wreath. While these flowers
are still wet, you can see that there's
some bleeding over there. Looking at this from afar, I think we need to add
some more fillers. Going to be using
greenish yellow. Let's just add some
more of that filler. I'm just painting some
small dots and some stems. So we want some more contrast. And to do that, I'm
going to grab indigo. Then we want a
nice thick mixture because you want it
to be really dark. I'm just going to add it in between the fillers that we did. We just want to add more
definition to some areas. Using the tip of the brush, you can try to just tap it on the paper to create
these smaller strokes. That will also be a good filler. I think we can add
a little bit more blue to the arms of this wreath. I'm still using
words that are blue. I'm just adding a lot of
water to thin it down. You can just paint some small
petals in some white gaps. Okay, I think it looks
more balanced now. Now let's move on to adding a second layer to our flowers. I'm using a darker
Prussian blue color, so this is just more pigment. And then painting on
top of the first layer. Okay, so now I'm just going
to add some thin lines over there and then we're
going to rinse our brush. Just tap the excess water, and then fade away
the outer stroke. So it's still dark. I'm going to try to just rinse my brush a
little bit more. Now let's just try to
spread that color. We want the second layer to be translucent and then
add some more petals. But at the same time you can
still see the first layer. Right now I'm just
trying to spread some of the colors to make
it look better. Now let's grab some
greenish yellow. This one is a bit more diluted. Let's add a second layer by
adding some brush markings. This is also a good
way to bring back that color to the flower. So we need to add more contrast. I just grabbed indigo again and we'll add it in
the center of the flower. Now if you want,
you can also add some indigo to the
small flowers, but that is completely optional. Service time. Now for some finishing touches, I'm going to add
some more leaves. I'm using just sap
green and CPR. I don't want this nice
Smokey green color. I'm also going to paint
on top of some of the leaves to make sure
that the first layer of leaves are already
dry before you there with another
set of leaves. Sometimes you have
these small white gaps in between the flowers. You can just use
a green color and just put some small markings. You can immediately see that this made the flowers
pop up even more. It's a small detail that
makes a huge difference. Okay, So we need a little
bit more green over here. I'm just going to add
a few more fillers. It's best to take a photo of your painting and look at it on your phone so that
you can see it from a different perspective. It will also help you
decide if you need to add some fillers or
leaves in some areas. We are now done. You can add a code or just a Father's Day greeting in the center of this wreath. I hope that you enjoy
this bonus video. You can definitely recreate this painting and
a different color. You can also use white gouache
to add some white details. So that's it. Thank you
again for watching. I hope to see you
in my next class. Bye.
Joly Poa, Watercolor Artist
