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9 - Day Watercolor Floral Challenge : Improve Your Painting Skills

teacher avatar Lisa Lam, Watercolor Artist

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Lessons in This Class

    • 1.

      Introduction

      1:56

    • 2.

      Materials Needed For This Class

      2:11

    • 3.

      Brushstrokes

      4:51

    • 4.

      Watercolor Techniques & Paint Consistencies

      3:58

    • 5.

      Wet-On-Wet Exercise

      6:16

    • 6.

      Day 1 : Purple Florals

      9:49

    • 7.

      Day 2 : Pink Florals

      8:11

    • 8.

      Day 3 : Yellow Florals

      7:49

    • 9.

      Day 4 : Daisies

      9:25

    • 10.

      Day 5 : A Composition of Side Flowers

      8:07

    • 11.

      Day 6 : Warm Earthy Florals

      9:15

    • 12.

      Day 7 : Pastel Florals

      14:52

    • 13.

      Day 8 : Blue Floral Wreath

      13:38

    • 14.

      Day 9 : Anemones

      16:29

    • 15.

      Bonus Lesson : Loose Abstract Florals

      9:24

    • 16.

      Final Thoughts

      0:32

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Join me in this 9-Day Watercolor Challenge To Improve Your Painting Skills! 

 In this class you will learn : 

  • How to paint nine different watercolor floral compositions
  • Watercolor techniques which you can apply in your future paintings
  • How to control the flow of paint when painting wet-on-wet
  • The importance of paint consistencies 
  • How to vary the consistency of your paint to achieve a specific outcome in your painting
  • To build a consistent painting habit
  • Important brushstrokes 
  • How to add depth and interest to your composition

You will need the following materials for this class : 

  • 100 % cotton, cold pressed, watercolor paper in 300 gsm
  • A basic set of watercolor paints
  • Small round brushes ie size 2 or 3 
  • Medium round brushes ie size 6 or 8
  • Mixing palette or a plate to mix your colors
  • A jar of clean water
  • Paper towels or an old rag to remove excess moisture and paint from your brush 

This is a step-by-step class and is suitable for all levels

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Lisa Lam

Watercolor Artist

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Hi friends!

I'm Lisa, my watercolor journey began in 2017 when I was captivated by the endless possibilities of this medium.

Since then, I've been exploring various techniques and expanding my creativity. Join me in my classes as we explore fun and simple techniques that bring your artistic creations to life. Let's unlock your creative potential together!

Check out my free watercolor tutorials on YouTube and explore more of my artwork on Instagram.

Learn how to create a soft & dreamy background for your florals in this class Watercolor Cherry Blossoms : Learn How To Paint A Soft And Dreamy Background


Join me on a 7-Day Watercolor Floral Challenge : Develop A Daily Practice where we will paint seven lovely floral compositions ... See full profile

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1. Introduction: [MUSIC] Hi, welcome to this class. My name is Lisa, and I'm a watercolor artist and educator from Malaysia. I've been painting since 2017 and florals are one of my favorite subjects to paint. You can find me on Instagram, where I share all my artworks and also some painting tutorials. In this nine-day watercolor challenge, we are going to paint nine different floral compositions. Each painting will take about 9 to 16 minutes to complete. We will begin by practicing some basic brush strokes. Next, I will share with you the watercolor techniques that I often use in my floral paintings, such as wet-on-wet and lifting. We will also do a simple wet-on-wet exercise where we will use a variety of paint consistencies to see how each react on the wet paper. We will then begin our daily challenge with some simple florals which are beginner-friendly. In this class, you will learn how to create lovely florals using the wet-on-wet technique. You will also learn how to create soft and lovely textures in your flowers, and you will learn how to vary the consistency of your paint to achieve different results in your painting. This class is suitable for all levels, and it will help you build a consistent painting habit, as well as improve your paintings skews and techniques. If you're ready for this challenge, let's get started, and I'll see you in the next lesson. 2. Materials Needed For This Class: Let's start with the papers. In this class, you will need 100 percent cotton cold pressed watercolor paper in 300 gsm. I'll be using this Baohong Academy Watercolor paper, is a 100 percent cotton, cold pressed, watercolor paper in 300 gsm. I also have it in a smaller size. Let's move on to the brushes. You will need round brushes for this class. I'll mainly be using these two silver black velvet brushes, a size 6 and 8. Now if you don't have a size 8 brush, you can just use a size 6. You will also need some smaller brushes, either in a size 2 or 3. Here, I have two size 2 round brushes. The one on the left is a natural hair brush, and the one on the right is from Princeton Snap. I also have a size 6 synthetic brush, this is from Princeton Snap. I'll also be using this Chinese calligraphy brush. The bristles are long and thin and it's quite similar to a liner brush. If you don't have this, you can just use a liner brush or just use any round brush with a pointed tip. Now to mix your colors, you will need a palette or you can just use any plate. You will also need some paper towels to remove excess moisture and paint from your brush. This is actually very important when we are painting wet-on-wet. Lastly, you need some clean water. These are the colors that I'll be using in this class. I've prepared a swatch for you so that if you don't have these colors, you can just use any similar colors from your palette. 3. Brushstrokes : In this lesson, I'm going to show you some simple brushstrokes which you can use to paint your petals. [NOISE] Let's start with the most basic brushstrokes. Just start at the tip of your brush, press dragging your brush, and lift. We can paint this in different directions. We can also make them a little bit curve, almost like a C-stroke. Now let's combine these brushstrokes to form a petal. We can also make downward strokes to form our petals. [NOISE] You can also use the side of your brush to create a broader stroke. You can paint them diagonally or just make a downward stroke. You can vary the pressure on your brush to vary the thickness of the stroke. Practice painting these in different directions. Now let's form a petal using two sides strokes and the basic stroke. [NOISE] The next stroke will be thin strokes. Just use the tip of your brush to create some thin strokes. You can make them a little bit curve. You can play around with all these brushstrokes to create petals of different sizes and shapes. You can experiment with different combination of brushstrokes to see what shapes you can create. [NOISE] You can also make quick strokes to get some wispy effect. You can also add additional strokes to alter its shape, and if you do this while the paint is still wet, you won't get any hard edges. You can practice painting your petals in different directions. You can keep adding brushstrokes until you get your desired shape. We can add these thin strokes to the side of our petal to create lightness and movement, this also creates a wispy look for our petals. Basically, you can create petals of varying shapes and sizes by combining these brushstrokes. If you want to create a longer petal, just drag your brush, and you can vary its shape by varying the brushstrokes that you add to it. [NOISE] You can also paint a curvy stroke and combine it with other strokes. Now, we can also use these brushstrokes to paint our leaves. Practice painting these brushstrokes, and you can experiment with different combinations to see what shapes you can create. 4. Watercolor Techniques & Paint Consistencies: In this lesson, I'll show you the watercolor techniques that we will use in this class. The first technique is the wet on wet technique. This is basically just painting on a wet or moist paper. When we apply wet paint on a wet paper, the paint will spread and bleed. This creates some lovely, soft textures. We can use this technique when we want to create some soft edges in our paintings. Now, if we vary the paint consistency, we will get different results. I have three different consistency of paint mixture in my palette. The first one has a thick consistency, which means there are more pigments than water in this mixture. This is a thick and creamy mixture. You can see that it looks really dark and saturated on the paper. The second one has a medium consistency, so the amount of pigments and water in this mixture is almost the same. The last mixture has a thin consistency. There is a lot of water in this mixture and not much pigments. You can see that it's very light and diluted. Now, let's see how these three mixtures react on wet paper. I'll just wet this section with some water. I'll start with the thinnest consistency of green. Notice how fast this spreads. Next, I'll draw in a medium consistency of green and followed by a thick consistency of green. Let's repeat this a few times. You can see the difference between these three mixtures. The one with the thickest consistency doesn't spread as much as the other two, whereas this one here with the thinnest consistency has spread all over the wet paper. With the thickest consistency, we can still get some soft and defined edges, whereas this one has completely lost its shape. The important thing to remember is that the thicker the paint consistency, the less it will spread and bleed, whereas a thin consistency of paint will spread more. You can control the spread of your color by adjusting the consistency of your paint. Another thing to remember is that the amount of water in your brush can dilute your paint consistency, so always remember to remove excess moisture from your brush before you load your brush with any mixture. Now, let's move on to the next technique, which is the lifting technique. We use this technique when we want to create highlights and to correct any mistakes. We can only do this as long as the paint is not completely dry. We need to use a clean damp brush to remove the paint. Always use a paper towel to remove any excess moisture from your brush. 5. Wet-On-Wet Exercise: Let's do a simple wet-on-wet exercise using different paint consistency. I'll show you how you can achieve different results by varying your pink consistency. We are going to paint some simple florals, and we are going to use three different consistency of paint. Now you can use any color for this practice. [NOISE] Let's start with a thin consistency of paint, and we'll paint a simple five petal flower. I'm re-wetting these petals to make sure they stay wet when I drop in my darker colors. [NOISE] Next, dropping a medium consistency of paint. I'm using a medium consistency of orange. You can see that this spreads quite a bit, but it doesn't spread all over the place. [NOISE] Now, let's drop in a thick consistency of paint. You can see that this has a more controlled spread, and it doesn't spread as much as the orange mixture. In this flower, we can still see all three colors, red, orange, and yellow. This is because we increase the consistency of paint with each subsequent layer, so the thicker the consistency, the less it will spread. Now, let's add in a stem for this flower. You can see that I've got some green bleeding in, this is because the petals are still wet. Now, let's add some leaves. I'm using a thin consistency of green, and then I'll drop in a medium consistency of a darker shade of green. The medium consistency of green doesn't spread that much, the base layer is still visible and this is what we want. Now, we'll do the same for the other side. Now I'll drop in a medium consistency of shadow green, and I'll also draw a small amount of this on the first leaf. Now, let's paint our second flower. Again, I'll use a thin consistency of paint for the first layer. I'm using lavender. I'm re-wetting the petals to make sure there are no dry areas, before I drop in my medium consistency of paint. Now, let's drop in a medium consistency of blue, now I'll drop in a thick consistency of violet. As you drop in your thicker consistency of paint, you can switch to a smaller brush, so that you don't unload too much paint on the wet paper. Again, I have a bit of green bleeding in. Sometimes we want this effect, it depends on what we're painting. Now, let's paint some leaves. Again, I'm starting with the thin consistency, and then I'll drop in a medium consistency of a darker green, and I'll do the same for the other leaf. Now for our last flower, I'll paint a side flower. I'm starting with a thin consistency of lavender, making sure that the petals are wet before I drop in my next color. Now let's drop in a medium consistency of Blue Lake, and followed by a thick consistency of violet. So each time you tap your brush on the wet paper, it releases more paint. Now, let's add a stem and some leaves. You can see that by varying the consistency of our paint, we can control how much the paint will spread on wet paper. Remember this, when you're using the wet-on-wet technique to paint your florals. 6. Day 1 : Purple Florals: Welcome to day 1. We will start our daily challenge with something simple and easy. So we'll treat it like a warm-up exercise. We are going to paint these purple florals. Now for the colors, we will use violet and yellow to paint our flowers. I'll be using permanent yellow deep and lemon yellow for the flower center. You can also use cadmium yellow instead of permanent yellow deep. For the leaves and stems, I'll be using green earth and shadow green. Now feel free to use any greens from our palette, but just make sure that you have a lighter shade of green and a darker shade of green. Before we start painting, I'm going to prepare a very diluted mix of violet. This has a very thin consistency. You can see that is very runny and diluted. We are going to use this as the base color for our flowers. I'm going to place a yellow dot. This will serve as a guide for the flower center, and you paint the petals around this dot. I'm using my size 8 Silver Black Velvet Brush and I'm fully loading my brush with the mixture. Now I'm going to leave some white space around his dot because later on, I'm going to come back in and fill in the center with more yellow. When you're painting the petals, make sure to use a very wet brush. This will make it easier to paint and at the same time, it would be easier for you to alter the shape of your petals. To make your painting look more natural, try to vary the shape and size of each petal. They don't have to look the same. You can do this by varying the length and thickness of your brushstrokes. [MUSIC] Now, at this stage, if you find that some petals are starting to dry, you can go over them with a thin layer of paint just to rewet them slightly because we need them to stay wet when we drop in our violet. [MUSIC] Now let's drop in some violet on the center. [MUSIC] This is in-between a medium and thick consistency. Remember to leave a bit of white space here because later on, we'll come back in to darken the center. Now let's paint our second flower, and we repeat the same steps from earlier on. [MUSIC] Now I'm going to lift out some of that yellow which has bled into this petal. Once I've removed the yellow, I'm going to rewet it with a bit more purple paint before dropping in the concentrated violet. [MUSIC] Now let's attach some stems to these flowers. I'm using my size 6 brush. You can leave a tiny gap between the stem and the flowers so that you don't get any green bleeding into the petals. [MUSIC] We will paint a side flower on the right. So I'm going to create a three petal side flower, and I'm going to vary the thickness of each petal. Now let's attach a stem to this side flower. I've made a mistake here. I should have dropped in the concentrated purple instead of the green. What I'm going to do now is to lift up that excess green, and then I'll drop in the concentrated violet. [MUSIC] While the paint is still wet, I'll use the tip of my brush to draw out the purple pigments to create some themes and shadow lines in the petals. Now that we are done with the petals, let's move on to the leaves. I'm loading my brush with some green earth. You can vary the size of your leaves and paint them in different directions. You can also paint some a bit darker and some a bit lighter by varying the consistency of your paint. This will add depth to our painting so that it doesn't look too flat. [MUSIC] Painting the leaves in different direction will also add life to our painting. Now I'm going to drop in a bit of shadow green while the leaves are still wet, and I'll let that bleed a little. This actually adds more contrast and it gives our leaves a two-tone effect. [MUSIC] Now for the finishing touches, I'm going to fill in the flower center with some lemon yellow, followed by some permanent yellow deep. I'm just making little dots. Now you might get some color bleeds here if your purple paint is too damp. For me, I don't really mind. But if you want to avoid color bleeds, just wait for the paint to dry before you add in the yellow center. One final step before we finish our painting, I'm going to add a Sapo here. Okay. This completes our painting. I hope you enjoy painting this, and I'll see you in day 2. 7. Day 2 : Pink Florals : [MUSIC] Hi, welcome to day 2. Today we are going to paint this simple composition of pink florals. For the flowers, we'll use yellow ocher, quinacridone rose, and sepia. Now if you don't have quinacridone rose, just use any pink or red from your palette. For the leaves and stems, I'll be using green earth and shadow green. For the base color we are going to use a very diluted and watery mix of yellow ocher. I'll also prepare a medium consistency of quinacridone rose. Later on we will drop this color on the base layer while it's still wet. Now for the petals, feel free to create your own petals. You can create any shape and also any number of petals. You can also make them a bit irregular in shape. They don't have to look the same. Before proceeding to the next step makes sure your petals are still wet. If there are any areas which are starting to dry, just re-wet them with a bit more paint. Because in the next step we are going to use the wet-on-wet technique. Now let's drop in some quinacridone rose on the center and let it bleed. You can adjust the consistency of this mixture accordingly. If you want it to bleed less, just increase the consistency by making it a bit thicker. If you want it to bleed more, just reduced the consistency by making it a bit more watery. Next, I'll load my size two brush with some sepia and I'll draw some stamens and let display into the wet petals. The consistency of this sepia mix must be thicker than the quinacridone rose so that it doesn't bleed too much. Now let's move on to our second flower. For this flower, I'll paint the petals a bit larger and also paint less petals. You can see that I'm painting with a very wet brush. Now there are two reasons for this. The first reason is so that these petals will stay wet a bit longer and the second reason is it will be easier for me to adjust the shape without leaving any hard edges. Now because this petal is quite large, I'm going to leave a gap here. This will give the illusion that this petal is behind the first flower. Again, you want to make sure that your petal are wet before you drop in your quinacridone rose. Now let's darken the center with a bit of sepia. I'll also draw some thin lines to give the illusion of statements. Now let's move on to the next flower. I'm going to paint a site flower. Then I'll drop in some quinacridone rose at the base, followed by some sepia. Now let's attach some stems to our flowers. I'll just thicken the stems a bit more. Now let's add our leaves. To add interests to our composition, we will paint leaves of varying shapes, size, and colors. We also vary the directions of these leaves. This will add depth to our painting and make it look less flat. Let's add some smaller leaves over here. We can also add some stem sticking out just to add a bit of variety. To finish off the painting, I'll add to larger leaves on the left. We are done. 8. Day 3 : Yellow Florals: In this lesson, we are going to paint this composition of yellow flowers. These are the colors that we will use. Permanent yellow deep, burnt sienna, green earth, and shadow green. We also use cadmium red light from white nights. We are going to use the wet on wet technique to paint these florals so we have to work fairly quickly before the base layer dries up. For the base layer we will use a thin consistency of permanent yellow deep, and then we would drop in a medium consistency of burnt sienna, followed by a creamy consistency of cadmium red light. Let's start with our first flower. We are going to paint a five petal flower, and we want the base layer to stay wet when he drop in our burnt sienna and cadmium red light so make sure that you're painting with a very wet brush. Now, before you're dropping your burnt sienna, just make sure that this base layer is still wet and if there are any areas which are starting to dry, just go over them with a bit more paint. Now let's drop in some cadmium red light on the center. You can see that this doesn't spread as much as the burnt sienna because we are using a thicker consistency of paint here. Now let's move on to our next flower. I'm going to paint a site flower, and I'll vary the shape of each petal to make it look more natural. While the base layer is still wet, I'm going to quickly drop in some burnt sienna at the base, and let it bleed into the yellow petal. Then I'll drop in my thick consistency of the cadmium red light. Now let's move on to our last flower where I will paint another five petaled flower. Now let's drop in our burnt sienna. I'll also drop in a bit on the edges and deeply. Next we are dropping our cadmium red light on the center. Now that we're done with the flowers, we can move on to the stems and leaves. I'm loading my brush with some green earth and let's attach some stems to these flowers. We paint these leaves in different directions as this creates movement in a painting and add interest to the composition. Now, make sure to vary the shape and size of your leaves. You can also paint some a bit darker and some a bit lighter so you can use different shades of green arches to vary the consistency of your green mixture. This will add depth to our painting and prevent it from looking flat. [MUSIC] Now let's add some different elements to this composition. We'll paint some flower buds here in this upper right corner. Now let's paint some stems and leaves and connect these flower buds to the main stem. [MUSIC] Now, for our final step, we will darken the flower center with some sepia. Just make some shots strokes while leaving some white spaces in between them. This completes our painting. I hope you enjoyed painting this, and I'll see you in the next lesson. 9. Day 4 : Daisies: Hi, welcome to day 4. Today we are going to paint some lovely daisies. The colors that I'll be using are Petersburg ocher, shell pink, red brown, yellow ocher, burnt sienna, sepia, green earth, and shadow green. For the petals, we are going to use two colors. The first color is Petersburg ocher and the second color will be a mixture of shell pink and Petersburg ocher. This is Petersburg ocher. If you don't have this color, you can replace it with yellow ocher or Naples yellow or even John brilliant. This is a mixture of shell pink and Petersburg ocher. You can also get this shape by mixing Naples yellow or yellow ocher with a bit of red or pink and just add a bit of white to it. Make sure that you prepare a sufficient amount of color mixture before you begin painting. Let's start with our flower center. I'm using a medium consistency of yellow ocher and then I'll load my size 2 brush with some burnt sienna and I'll mix some dots along the lower edge off this center. This looks a bit flat, so I'm going to create a highlight by lifting out some color from the center. We'll paint some petals using Petersburg ocher and the remaining petals with our mixture of Petersburg ocher and shell pink so there'll be some color variation in our daisy and this will prevent it from looking flat. We can also add some thin strokes next to the petals to give it a wispy look. Now if you find it uncomfortable to paint at this angle, just rotate your paper. [MUSIC] Next, we'll add some lines on some of the petals. This will give you a bit of texture as well as the illusion of shadows. I'm using my size 2 brush, and this is a thin mixture of red brown. You can also use burnt sienna if you don't have any red brown. Now let's darken the lower edge of the center with some sepia. This is in between a medium and bit consistency of sepia. I'm just making dot light marks and letting some of it bleed into the petals. This creates a very nice effect on the petals. I'll also add some very fine dots to fill in those gaps between the petals. Now let's work on our second flower. This will be a side daisy. We'll make it look a bit like a cone flower where the petals are curved downwards. It looks a bit like a beauty daisy. The steps are similar to our first flower. I'll drop in some burnt sienna while the base is still wet, followed by some sepia. [MUSIC] Now let's add the petals. Some petals are painted with Petersburg ocher while the others are painted with the shell pink and Petersburg ocher mixture. [MUSIC] The center looks a bit flat, so I'll make it a bit higher. Now it looks a bit better. Next, let's add the shadow lines. [MUSIC] I'll add some textures on the center. Now let's add some curvy stems and let them overlap each other. [MUSIC] Let's paint a flower bird above the first daisy and a smallest side daisy on the right. I'll paint this sepal first and then I'll add petals of varying sizes. [MUSIC] For the last step, you add some shadow lines. It's okay if we have a bit of green bleeding into the petals, it actually makes it look a bit more interesting. Now let's add a flower pattern on the right just to fill in this empty space here. [MUSIC] We also need some elements on the left to balance out the composition, so let's paint in other side daisy here. We'll make this daisy face downwards just to create a bit of variety in the composition. [MUSIC] Now let's add some shadow lines, and I'll darken the sepal a bit more. For our final step, I'll paint some leaves on the right. I'll just make some long, thin strokes with my size 2 brush. We are done. Thank you for watching and I'll see you in day 5. 10. Day 5 : A Composition of Side Flowers: [MUSIC] Welcome to Day 5. Today we are going to paint this simple composition of side flowers. We are going to use the wet-on-wet technique to create some soft and lovely textures in the petals. As usual, I'll be using a limited color palette. Here are the colors: yellow ocher, quinacridone rose, green earth, and shadow green. [MUSIC] For the base color, I'm going to mix the yellow ocher with a bit of quinacridone rose to create a peachy color. We'll add a lot of water to it because we want a thin consistency of this mixture. Now let me show you the color. This will be the base color for our side flowers. [MUSIC] We'll use a medium consistency of quinacridone rose to create the soft textures in our flowers. [MUSIC] Let's start by placing a dot to indicate the base of the flower. Fully load your brush with the base color. Now it's easier to paint with a wet brush, and it also allows us to alter the shape of our petals without leaving any hard edges. [MUSIC] I'm going to paint a four-petal side flower. [MUSIC] All these petals will meet at the base, which would then form the sepal. Now, before we move on to the next step, we have to make sure that there are no dry areas on our petals. If there are any dry areas, just re-wet it with a bit more paint, because in the next step we are going to use the wet-on-wet technique. Now let's load our size 2 brush with some pink and we'll make some thin strokes following the curve of the petals. You can vary the thickness and length of these strokes to create some variation. [MUSIC] Now let's paint a second flower pointing in the opposite direction. Try to vary the shape of these petals to make it look different from our first flower. [MUSIC] Once you're happy with the shape, you can start adding the pink strokes, but make sure there are no dry areas on your petals. [MUSIC] Just add some random strokes here and there, and make sure to vary the thickness and length of these strokes. [MUSIC] Now let's darken the base a bit more, and we'll also darken the base of our first flower. [MUSIC] Next, we'll add the sepal and attach that to a long stem. Here I'm using my thin calligraphy brush. You can use a liner brush or just use the tip of your round brush. We do the same for our second flower. [MUSIC] Now let's move onto our third flower. [MUSIC] For this final flower, we'll place it on the left. [MUSIC] Try to vary the shoot off this flower if you can, to make it look different from the first two flowers. [MUSIC] You can leave a bit of whitespaces in the petals to make it look less bulky. [MUSIC] Once you're happy with the shape of your flower, you can move on to the next step. [MUSIC] Darken the base a bit more before adding a stem. [MUSIC] Now that we're done with the flowers, let's move on to the next step. Instead of adding leaves, we are going to add blades of grass overlapping each other, and we will vary the color and consistency of our greens to get different tonal values. This will add depth to our painting. [MUSIC] You can also draw in a different shade of green while the base color is still wet. [MUSIC] Now for the finishing touches, we are going to create some splatters in the background using the peachy color from our palette. [MUSIC] Now that the flowers have dried up, you can see the lovely soft textures in the petals which were created using the wet-on-wet technique. I hope you enjoy painting this and I'll see you in the next lesson. 11. Day 6 : Warm Earthy Florals: [MUSIC] Hi, welcome to Day 6. Today we are going to paint some lovely florals in warm earthy tones. The colors for this lesson are Petersburg ocher, yellow ocher, burnt sienna, red brown, sepia, green earth, and shadow green. Let's start with our first flower. I'll load my size 2 brush with some yellow ocher and I'll paint some stamens for the center. Next, I'll load my size 6 brush with some Petersburg ocher and I'll paint a five-petal flower. [MUSIC] I'll re-wet the petals in preparation for our next step. Now let's drop in some burnt sienna in the center, while the petals are still wet. Feel free to switch to a smaller brush. [MUSIC] I'll also drop in a bit of burnt sienna on the tips of some petals. I'm just using the tip of my brush to lightly drop in the color. We can also spread out this color towards the center. [MUSIC] Now let's move on to our second flower. We'll start with the stamens again, but this time we'll paint the petals using burnt sienna. [MUSIC] As long as the petals are still wet, we can adjust the shape without leaving any hard edges. [MUSIC] Now let's drop in some red brown. [MUSIC] I'll create some highlights in the petals using the lifting technique so that this flower doesn't look too flat. [MUSIC] For the third flower, we'll use red brown for the stamens. [MUSIC] This time I'll paint some loose and irregular shaped petals using yellow ocher. If the stamens are still wet, we are going to get some nice color bleeds into the petals. Now, I'll add some thin strokes to fill in the spaces between the petals. While the petals are still wet, I'll also add in some random strokes of red brown and let that bleed into the wet petals. I'll also extend the shape of some petals. Now let's move on to our leaves. For the leaves, we are going to paint them in a very loose and abstract manner. We'll vary their color by mixing our green with the colors that we use for our flowers. I can get different shades of green by mixing my green with Petersburg ocher, yellow ocher, and burnt sienna. We'll also add different elements to our composition, such as some flower buds and some stems sticking up. I'll paint some smaller leaves next to the larger ones just to increase contrast. Now let's work on the other side. You can use the side of your brush to create larger leaves. Now let's add some smaller leaves on the upper-right corner and we'll connect them to a stem. Basically we are just painting leaves of varying size and colors, as well as different elements, such as stems and flower buds around our flowers. We can add more contrast to our composition by painting a darker and lighter leaf next to each other. I'll paint a larger and darker leaf here just to add some contrast and I'll also paint some stems at the top. Now let's fill in this gap with some flower buds. I'm using burnt sienna, but feel free to use other colors. Switching to my size 2 brush, I'll attach some stems to these flower buds and I'll darken these leaves over here just to increase contrast. Now for the final step, let's work on our flower centers. I'm making short thin strokes of yellow ocher while leaving some white spaces. Now let's add in some sepia using the same brush strokes, but make sure to leave some of the white spaces unpainted. This completes our painting. I hope you enjoy painting this and I'll see you in Day 7. 12. Day 7 : Pastel Florals: Today we are going to paint some floras in pastel sheets. The colors that I'll be using, are Petersburg Ocher, permanent Yellow Deep, Red Brown, Sepia, Green Earth, and Shadow Green. For the base color will use a diluted mix of Petersburg ocher and we'll use red-brown for our main tones and also to paint the veins on the petals. I'll load my Size 8 brush with the base color and let's paint some large petals. As usual, I'm painting with a very wet brush. We'll leave this center unpainted for now. Since there's not enough space for another large petal, I'll paint a smaller petal here. It's not important for the petals to be of equal size and shape. Next, we wet the petals with a bit more paint cause I can see some parts are starting to dry. Make sure that there are no dry areas on your petals before you draw in your red-brown. Now let's drop in some red-brown on the center. Feel free to switch to a smaller brush for better paint control. I'll also darken the tips of some petals. Now, I'll remove excess paint on a paper towel and I'll gently spread out the reddish brown color to lessen the contrasts between the two colors. This step is optional. Switching to a Size 2 brush, I'm going to darken the center a bit more and also along some of the edges. This time I'm using a more pigmented mixture. I'm working fairly quickly before the paint dries out. Now, if your petals are starting to dry, it better to stop and let it dry completely. Once it is completely dry, you can re-wet it with some clean water and continue to draw in the red-brown. Now let's move on to our second flower. I'll load my Size 8 brush with some Petersburg ocher and let's paint a four-petal size flower. Now, you can leave a bit of whitespace in between the petals. Now, let's drop in some red-brown at the base. Next, I'll use my Size 2 brush to spread out the color. I'm using the tip of my brush. We also darken the tips and edges of the petals. Now, let's paint some stems. I'm loading my Size 6 brush with some green earth. Now if your flower is still wet, just leave a tiny gap between the stem and the flower so that you don't get any green bleeding into the petal. Our paint is sepia on this site flower and attach a stem to it. For this side, flower is okay to allow some green deeply in. We can add some leaves and stem sticking out, just to make it look a bit more interesting. I'll add a bit of red brown to my green to create a warmer shade of green. Now we can drop in a darker shade of green while the base layer is still wet, just to create some color variation in our leaves. We can also vary the thickness and color of our stems just to add some contrast and depth to our painting. Over here, we'll extend a side stem upwards and I'll add a lighter leaf and some small stems. I'll paint the side stem behind this flower, just to add interest to our composition. Try to vary the color, shade, size, and also the direction off your leaves. This will add more depth and life to your painting. Now, this looks a bit flat, so I'll drop in some shadow green on the leaves and also darken some parts of the stem. To add depth to our painting, we can paint some stems a bit lighter by using a thinner consistency of our green mix. Next, we'll fill in the remaining gaps with some flower buds, leaves, and stems. I'll darken the stems a bit more before we move on to our next step. Now let's add some veins on our flowers. We'll use a diluted mix of red brown because we don't want the veins to be too dark. I'm using my size 2 brush and will paint the veins following the curve of the petals. Now, if the color is a bit too dark, just add a bit more water to your mix and it might be a good idea to test it out on a piece of scrap paper before you paint them on your flower. We also vary the length of these veins. Now let's move on to our side flower. Again, we'll paint the veins following the curve of these petals. Next, we'll fill in the center with some yellow dots, followed by some sepia. So we just leave a bit of white space in between these dots. Now let's add some finishing touches to our painting. For the finishing touches, we'll add some splatters on the lower right corner. I hope you enjoy painting this and I'll see you in day 8. 13. Day 8 : Blue Floral Wreath: Hi, welcome to day 8. Today we are going to paint this blue floral wreath. Let's talk about the colors. For the base color of the flowers, you can use either royal blue or lavender, and if you don't have these colors, you can just use a diluted mix of any blue from your palette. I'll be using royal blue for the base color. I'll also be using violet and blue lake. Now, blue lake is quite similar to ultramarine. If you don't have blue lake, you can just use ultramarine. As usual, I'll be using green earth and shadow green for the leaves and stems. Before I begin painting, we need to prepare our colors. We need a thin consistency of our base color [MUSIC] and a medium consistency of our darker colors. Now for these two colors, we can still adjust their consistency later on when we're painting. It will depend on how much they spread on our base color. If we want them to spread less, we'll just add more pigments to the mix. If we want them to spread more, we'll just dilute it with a bit more water. Let's start with our first flower, which is a front-facing flower. I'm using my size 8 brush and I'm making sure that my brush is really wet so I can adjust the shape of the petals without leaving any hard edges. [MUSIC] Since I'm running out of space, I'll just paint two smaller petals here. It doesn't matter if your petals are not equal in size and shape. [MUSIC] I'll rewet the petals just to make sure they stay wet when we draw in our darker colors. [MUSIC] Now, let's drop in our darker blue. I'm using my size 6 brush, but feel free to use a smaller brush for better paint control. I'm just randomly dropping in the color. You can drop some on the edges and also on the tips of the petals. But just make sure not to overdo this because we still want our base color to be visible. [MUSIC] Now at this stage, if the paint has started to dry, do not proceed with the next step. It's better to let it dry completely, and then you can rewet it with a bit of water before you draw in your violet. [MUSIC] As long as the paint is still wet, we can continue adding in colors. [MUSIC] Before we proceed with the other elements, let's sketch the main stem for our wreath. Just use your lightest green and make some broken lines. Now let's add some leaves around this flower. We will vary the size, shape, color, and also the direction of these leaves just to add some interest to our composition. We can also drop in a different shade of green while the paint is still wet. [MUSIC] Another way to vary the colors of our leaves is by varying the paint consistency of our green mixture. This will create different tonal values and add depth to our painting. [MUSIC] Now we want the flowers to be the focal point in this painting. So we'll just paint some smaller elements along the main stem, such as flower buds, leaves, and side stems. [MUSIC] Let's paint the side flower here. I'm loading my size 6 brush with the base color, and I'll vary the shape of each petal to make it look a bit more natural. We attach this flower to the main stem. Now let's drop in our darker colors while the paint is still wet. I'm using my size 2 brush. [MUSIC] Now let's move on to the upper part of our wreath. Let's paint another side flower, and we repeat the same steps from earlier on. [MUSIC] Now let's drop in the darker colors while the base layer is still wet. I'm using a thicker consistency of violet for this side flower. So you can see that it's darker in color and it doesn't spread as much. [MUSIC] now let's complete our wreath with some muted leaves. I added a bit of violet to my green to create a muted shade of green, and I'll use a thin consistency of this mixture to paint the leaves. [MUSIC] For the final touches, just fill in any empty spaces with any elements of your choice. [MUSIC] Now for the final step, let's paint a center for our first flower. I'm using royal blue, and then I'll paint some purple dots around it. I'll just add some final touches on the upper part before we finish off this painting. So this completes our painting. I hope you enjoy painting this and I'll see you in day 9. 14. Day 9 : Anemones: Today we are going to paint this small bouquet of anemones. We are going to use Jaune brilliant as the base color for our flowers, and for the textures, we will mix a shell pink with a bit of red brown. For the darker shadows, we'll add a bit of violet to our shell pink and red brown mixture. As usual, I'll be using green earth and shadow green for the leaves and stems. I have a diluted mix of Jaune brilliant and a medium consistency of shell pink and red brown mixture. We are going to paint a five petal flower, so just create a petal shape. It doesn't matter what strokes or how many strokes you use to create this shape, but most important is to make sure that it stays wet. Let's add some textures. I'm using my size 6 brush, but you can switch to a size 2 brush. We'll move on to the next petal and repeat the same steps. You can vary the thickness of the strokes to make it look a bit more natural. Just repeat the same steps for the remaining petals. We need to paint fairly quickly before the paint dries up. I'll switch to my size 2 brush to paint some finer strokes. Now for the shadows, I'll add a bit of violet to this shell pink and red brown mix. It's actually better to prepare all your colors before you begin painting so that your paint doesn't dry out while you're mixing the colors. You can see that the first petal was already dry when I added a stroke, so now I'm going to soften the stroke with a bit of Jaune brilliant. I'll add a few more strokes before I move on to the next flower. Let's paint a side anemone just above our first flower. So this is shaped like a cup where the petals in the foreground are closer to us. We'll paint these petals first. We'll add some textures while the paint is still wet. We'll paint two more petals and we leave a bit of white space in between these petals to separate them. Now let's add a bit of shadows to create some volume. Now let's work on the petals in the background and we repeat the same steps. You can always adjust the color of this mixture while you're painting. So if it's too dark, just add a bit more shell pink or water, and if it's too light, just add a bit more red brown. Now let's add a bit more shadows to create more volume. I load my size 2 brush with some green earth, and I'll paint some wavy leaves at the base of this anemone. We will let the green bleed into the wet petal. Now to create depth, you vary the tonal value of these leaves. So some will be a bit darker and some a bit lighter. I'll add some smaller petals on the side to balance out the shape, and I'll add more shadows to some of the petals. Let's paint a thick stem for this anemone. I'll just add a few more leaves here. This looks a bit too dark, so I'll use the lifting technique to remove the excess color. As long as the paint isn't completely dry, we can use the lifting technique to correct any mistakes. To add interest to this composition, we are going to paint an anemone bud on the left and will add some textures while the paint is still wet. I'll leave a bit of white space here to give the illusion of a petal fall. Next, we add some shadows to create volume. This has a medium consistency and I'm switching to my size 2 brush. While the paint is still wet, I'll paint the sepal to allow some green to blend in. Let's complete this part with some wavy leaves. Again, we vary the tonal value of these leaves. Let's add a fixed stem overlapping the other stem. Let's attach a stem to our first anemone. Now let's add some leaves around this anemone. Again, we varied a tonal value of these leaves by varying the colors and also the consistency of our paint. Try to paint these leaves in different directions, and also you can vary the thickness of your strokes to create a bit of variety. I'll darken the stems a bit more because they look a bit pale compared to the leaves. Let's paint a bit more leaves around this anemone. Let's move on to the final step. We are going to paint the flower center and the stamens. I mix indigo with red-brown for the flower center. I use the tip of my Size 2 brush to create these little dots around the center, so these are the stamens. Let's attach them to the center. I'm using the tip of my brush to draw some really fine lines. For this side anemone, the center is partially hidden by the front petals, so we will just paint a small section of this center around this front petal, this will give the illusion that the center is partially hidden. This completes our painting. I hope you enjoy painting this and thank you so much for watching. 15. Bonus Lesson : Loose Abstract Florals: Welcome to this lesson. Today we are going to paint some loose abstract florals. [MUSIC] The colors that I'm going to use are yellow ocher, burnt sienna, violet, green earth, and shadow green. We'll use a thin consistency of yellow ocher as our base color, and then we'll draw in a medium consistency of burnt sienna, and followed by a medium to thick consistency of violet. Let's start with our first flower, I'll load my size 8 brush with some yellow ocher. [MUSIC] I'll paint some loose and irregular shape petals by varying the shape and length of my brushstrokes. [MUSIC] It's okay to leave a bit of white space in the petals, this actually prevents it from looking too stiff and bulky. [MUSIC] I'm going to soak up these puddles of paint with a damp brush, and at the same time, I'll spread them evenly across the petals. Now let's draw in our burnt sienna. This has a medium consistency. Now you can switch to a size 2 brush to give you better control so that you don't unload too much paint on the wet petals. [MUSIC] You drop some burnt sienna on the center and along some of the edges, as well as on the tips of some petals. But be careful not to drop in too much because we still want our yellow ocher to be visible. [MUSIC] Now let's draw in some violet before our flower dries up. [MUSIC] We need to work fairly quickly. [MUSIC] I'm switching to my size 2 brush so that I don't unload too much paint on the wet petals, because I don't want to cover up too much of my burnt sienna. [MUSIC] Now let's paint a side flower on the right, I'm using my size 8 brush. Painting with a wet brush allows our brush to glide smoothly across the paper, this makes it easier to create losers strokes, and at the same time, it allows us to adjust the shape of the petals without leaving any hard edges. Now if there are any large puddles of paint on your petals, you can remove them with a damp brush. Otherwise, when you drop in your color, it will just float on top of the puddle and may leave some hard edges when it dries up. Now let's draw in our burnt sienna. If it spreads too much, you can just lift out the color with a clean damp brush. [MUSIC] Next, I'll draw in some violet on the base of the flower. Feel free to switch to a size 2 brush for better control. I'll also draw some veins using just the tip of my brush. [MUSIC] Let's move on to our final flower. We'll paint another front-facing flower, and the steps will be the same as our first flower. [MUSIC] Now let's drop in some burnt sienna, again, you can switch to your size 2 brush. [MUSIC] Now let's draw in some violet. You can adjust the consistency of your paint accordingly. If it spreads too much, just thicken the consistency of your mixture by adding a bit more pigment. [MUSIC] Now let's add our stems. [MUSIC] Let's paint some wavy stems. [MUSIC] Here I'll leave a small gap because I don't want any green to bleed into the wet petal. Let's add a second stem, and let it overlap with the first stem. [MUSIC] I'm just going to add a few simple leaves because I want the flowers to be the focal point. [MUSIC] One last leaf over here. We are done. This is quite a challenging piece to paint. If you don't get it right the first time, just keep practicing, because, with the wet on wet technique, it does take a lot of practice to get it right. Only with practice and experience, you will know the right timing to drop in your colors and how wet your paper should be. Don't be afraid to make mistakes, you can always try again. I hope you enjoy painting this and thank you for watching. 16. Final Thoughts: [MUSIC] Congratulations on completing this challenge. I hope that you've learned something new from this class. I look forward to seeing your class projects, so please upload them in the project gallery, or you can tag me at blue.lisart if you're sharing on Instagram. If you have any questions, please post them in the discussion section and I'll get back to you as soon as possible. Thank you so much for joining this challenge. I hope you've enjoyed this class and I hope to see you in my other classes.