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1. Introduction✨: Hello and a warm welcome to this easy and fun
painting class, which is especially designed
for absolute beginners. In this class, you
will learn how to paint these glowing
string lights, which are also called
Summer lights, with acrylic paints using
only primary colors. It's so much fun to paint this subject as perfect to
display it in your home. Or it can be a lovely gift for your friend or
a family member. I'm so excited to teach you how to paint these magical
string lights, and I'm sure you're
excited as well. So let's start our project and I'll see you
in the next video.
2. Art Supplies ✨: All right, so let's start now. So step one is to
paint the background. I will take my
blue acrylic paint and black paint and the
white paint on my palette. And I will mix all of these
three colors together. In this project, the sky is
dark blue, it's a nighttime. That's why I mixed black
in it and some amount of white so that we can see
the true shape of the blue. While mixing all of these
three paints together, don't forget to
add the amount of water so that the paint
is not super thick or dry and the brush will work smoother on the paper while
painting the background. I have nicely mixed my paint and now I can start
painting the background. I will start by
painting the sky with the flood brush and
horizontal brushstrokes. And from starting from the top and then gradually painting
all the way to the bottom. And I'll make sure that I cover all the white of the paper so that it's nicely covered
with my dark blue paint. To sky to be more bluish
and not so dark like mine. You can simply add little amount of black
and more blue and a little bit more
white so that you will have more bluish sky. But the reason I Surgical
far really dark sky is because I think that
the summer lights, the string lights will
glow more sparkle more against the dark
blue sky and you will see they definitely will glow
and they will look magical. Once I will start painting them. I'm done painting the
background and it's nicely covered with
my dark to paint. I will dip my brush
in the water. And before I move to step two, I will wash my brush
nicely and then wipe it on the paper towel because I don't want my brush
to be damaged, right? We should take care
of our brushes. The sky is completely
dry and now I think draw with the
pencil or summer lights. Okay, so grab your pencil and
events still that you have and draw a wire off
the lights are, the lights are attached to. So you can go crazy and draw as many string lights
that you want, some more lights that you want. In my composition, I just want two of these wires line severe. I'm going to draw now the bulk. So I took my white pen, gel pen so that you can see, maybe you cannot see the mark
of the pencil in the video. So to make it easy
for you to see, I am drawing it with the white
pen. It's not necessary. You can draw it with
the pencil because when the paper will
be in front of you, you will be able to
see the pencil marks. The first thing I
enjoy is the base of the bulbs, like tangles shape. And on each wire I'm going
to draw five of them. If you want more, you can add more
and more lights. Just makes sure that there's some space in
between the lights, the bulbs, and they are in a circle shape like a
circle, small circle. Try your best to draw a circle. Okay, if it's not
perfect circle, even mine are not perfect. Okay, so now is the time
to paint the lights. We are done with
the basic sketch. It was super easy, right? So the next step is
to paint the lights, and I will see you
in the next video.
3. Step 1; Paint the background and Draw lights ✨: Now is the most exciting
part of the painting. You will just need three colors, red, yellow and white. Red and yellow to make
the orange color. Yellow and white to make the lightest yellow color and white to add the
highlight on our lights. So the first color
I will make is the orange by taking red and yellow and mix them together and you'll
get a pretty orange. So I will take my round
brush to mix the paints and I will use the same
brush to paint the box. And I'll take yellow and
red and a little bit of light these three colors together and I'll
get a pretty orange. The orange that I want has
little bit of more red. So I'll take more red and
I'll mix in it because I want this orange to be reddish orange and
not yellowish orange. If I will mix more yellow, I will get to yellowish orange. I don't want yellowish orange. I want reddish orange because yellow will be
painted on top of the orange. The orange should also be there. It should also stand
up in the paintings. So the orange that I choose for the painting is like
it has more red in it. Okay? So I will start
painting the bulbs now. I will fill in inside
all the circles, all the belts with
this orange color. So you might be thinking
that why am I painting the bulbs with orange first and not with the yellow first? Because orange is
opposite to blue. And the color wheel, as
you can look over here, colors blue and orange are
opposite to each other. So whenever you use opposite
colors in your painting, the painting is beautiful. And it looks more, more better if you will use opposite colors beside each
other in your painting. And you can see that in
our advantage as well, the color of the sky
is the darkest blue. And that's why I'm painting
the bulbs with orange first so that there are opposite colors in
this painting as well. So I'm done with painting the bulbs with the orange color. I will wash the brush first. Okay, I don't want the
orange to get in the yellow. I want pure bright yellow color. And now the orange
color is all dry, okay, the first layer is
completely dry, and now I will make
the brightest yellow. I will take yellow
and mix white in it and do not add more water in your paint when
you're painting the bulbs. Because if you will add more water in your
paint at this stage, the colors will be and they
wouldn't be what tree and thin and they will lose
it, lose their vibrancy. And V1, the bulbs to really
stand out, do really shine. And two, so I just mix yellow and white
without mixing water in it. And I'm painting in the middle, in the center of the bulbs, I'm leaving an
outline of orange. I'm not covering the bulk
completely as you can see, that I am painting the yellow in the middle and I'm
leaving a thin line around orange line so that we can still see the
orange, but more yellow. Okay, after painting
it all yellow, I will paint it with white color only and
I will just take the white color and not makes anything in it
that's titanium white. Okay. I will not
make anything in it. I will just take white. And before I used the white, I will clean my brush,
the yellow color. I will clean it from the brush. And then I will make sure
the brushes all clean. There's more yellow in it. And I'll just do white color and paint on top of the bowl. And again, I will not cover
the yellow, completely. White color is going to be the very center of the bulbs so that the bulbs will shine. Okay, these are the,
this is the highlight, the light, light off the bulk. Okay, so it's going
to shine, glow. And this is going to be on
the center of the bulb. And you can see I
have not covered the yellow completely and I
have not covered the oranges. Well, we are almost
done with the painting. The painting of the
bulbs is finished. We don't have to touch
our summer lights anymore, no chest. We will make brown color to black and I'm
going to mix black, red, and yellow to make brown. And I will paint the
base of the box. Brown color. As you can see, it's a nighttime, so I will take the black color and
add some shadows, black colored under the wire and leave white on the top so that there's light on the top of the wire and
under it there's shadow. So I will cover most
of the wire with the black color and leave
little bit white on the top. Okay, now is the very last step. I will just make orange. I'll take red and yellow
again and make orange and paint a touch of light
on the top of the layer, on top of the lights.
And that's all. So before we call our painting
all done and complete, we will sign the painting. It's really important
to sign the painting. I took the same
orange color with the same round brush and
I'm signing the painting. Never forget to
sign your painting. So sign-in with the
tip of the brush. Hold the brush like the pencil, and really slowly
sign your painting. Even if you are,
if you are keeping your painting at home
inside the drawer, in your file or you want
to give it to someone, whatever the case is, always and always sign your
painting and never forget it. Okay. Let's see now what's the final look
of the painting? And I will remove the
tape from the paper. If you're interested to hold down your watercolor paper or your any white thick paper with the tape on
your self phase, then you can get any tape. I recommend this one. Magic tape, it's called
invisible tape as well. It's really safe for your paper. It will not damage it and you can use it,
but it's optional. I mean, it's not
necessary to have a border around your painting. I didn't have a
sketchbook with me. The one that I can
use for this class. I have, I have lots of
white papers for paintings. So that's why that's
why I decided to tape down the paper so that it doesn't
move while painting. The painting looks so amazing. It's so good. And what do you
think? You love it? I just love it and I really
enjoyed painting it. I'm sure you enjoyed
learning as well. And I'm sure you're excited
to greet this project. In the next video, I
will share with you some more ideas and tips how to make this project
even more beautiful.
4. Step 2: Paint the lights ✨: Now is the most exciting
part of the painting. You will just need three colors, red, yellow and white. Red and yellow to make
the orange color. Yellow and white to make the lightest yellow color and white to add the
highlight on our lights. So the first color
I will make is the orange by taking red and yellow and mix them together and you'll
get a pretty orange. So I will take them round
brush to mix the paints. And I will use the same
brush to paint the box and take yellow and red
and a little bit of white. Mix all these three
colors together and I'll get a pretty orange. The orange that I want has
little bit of more red. So I'll take more red and
I'll mix in it because I want this orange to be reddish orange and
not yellowish orange. If I will mix more yellow, I will get the yellowish orange. I don't want yellowish orange. I want reddish orange for this because yellow will be
painted on top of the orange. The orange should also be there. It should also stand
out and the paintings, so the orange that I
choose for the painting, it has more red in it. Okay. So I will start
painting the bulbs now. I will fill in inside
all the circles, all the belts with
this orange color. So you might be thinking
that why am I a painting the bulbs with orange first and not with the yellow first. Because orange is opposite to blue in the color wheel as
you can look over here, these both colors, blue and orange are opposite
to each other. So whenever you use opposite
colors in your painting, that painting is beautiful. And it looks more, more better if you will use opposite colors beside each
other in your painting. And you can see that in
our advantage as well, the color of the sky
is the darkest blue. And that's why I'm painting
the boats with orange first so that there are opposite colors in
this painting as well. So I'm done with painting the bulbs with the orange color. I will wash the brush.
Okay, I didn't want the orange to get in the yellow. I want pure bright yellow color. And now the orange
color is all dry, okay, the first layer is
completely dry, and now I will make
the brightest yellow. I will take yellow
and mix white tenant and do not add more water in your paint when
you're painting the bulbs. Because if you add more water in your
paint at this stage, the colors will be, they will be watery and pin and they will lose it,
lose their vibrancy. And V1, the bulbs to
really stand out, do really shine and
to look colorful. So I just mix yellow and white without
mixing water in it. And I'm painting in the middle, in the center off the boats and leaving an
outline of orange. I'm not covering the book
completely as you can see. I am painting the yellow in the middle and I'm
leaving a thin line around the orange
line so that we can still see the
orange, but more yellow. Okay, after painting
it all yellow, I will paint it with white color only and
I will just take the white color and not mix anything in it
that's titanium white. Okay. So I will not
mix anything in it. I will just take white and
before I used the white, I will clean my brush,
the yellow color. I will clean it from the brush. And then I will make sure
the brushes all clean. There's more yellow in it. And I'll just stick white-collar and paint on top of the ball. And again, I will not cover
the yellow completely. The white color
is going to be on the very center of the bulb
so that the bulbs will shine. Okay, these are the,
this is the highlight. Light, light off the bulk case so it's going to shine, glow. And this is going to be on
the center of the ball. And you can see, I
have not covered the yellow completely and I
have not covered the oranges. Well, we're almost done
with the painting. The painting of the
bulbs is finished. We don't have to touch
our summer lights anymore now just we
will make brown color. I took black and I'm
going to mix black, red, and yellow to make brown. And I will paint the base of the bulbs with the brown color. As you can see,
it's a nighttime, so I will take the black
color and add some shadows, black colored under the wire and leave white on the top so that there's light on the top of the wire and
under it there's shadow. So I will cover most
of the wire with the black color and leave
little bit white on the top. Okay, now is the
very, very last step. I will just make orange. I'll take red and yellow
again and make orange and paint a touch of light
on the top of the wire, on top of the lights. And that's all. So before we call our painting
all done and complete, we will sign the painting. It's really important
to sign the painting. I took the same
orange color with the same round brush and
I'm signing the painting. Never forget to
sign your painting. So sign in with the
tip of the brush. Okay, hold the brush like the pencil and really
slowly sign your painting. Even if you are in,
if you are keeping your painting at home
inside the drawer, in your file or you
want to someone, whatever the case is, always and always
sign your painting. Never forget it. Okay. Let's see now, what's the final look
of the painting? And I will remove the
tape from the paper. If you're interested to hold down your watercolor paper or your any white thick paper with the tape on
your self phase, then you can get any tape. I recommend this one, magic Dave, it's called
invisible tape as well. It's really safe for your paper. It will not damage it and you can use it,
but it's optional. I mean, it's not
necessary to have a border around your painting. I didn't have a
sketchbook with me. The one that I can
use for this class. I have lots of white
papers for paintings. So that's why that's why I decided to tape down the paper. It doesn't move while painting. The painting looks amazing. It's so good. And what do you
think? You love it? I just love it and I
really enjoy painting it. I'm sure you enjoyed
learning as well. And I'm sure you're excited
to create this project. In the next video, I
will share with you some more ideas and tips how to make this project
even more beautiful.
5. Few tips & Ideas ✨: In the previous lesson, I told you that I will share
some of the ideas with you to enhance the look of your painting and
be more creative. So you can see that over here, I have even changed
the color of this guy. This is more bluish,
not so dark, and I'm painting
with titanium white. It just colored
white, nothing else. Creativity has no limit. You can paint these lights with a different composition and maybe add two more
pretty colors. I'm sure you're already excited to give
this project a try. I would love to see your
version of some highlights. I'll see you soon in the
new painting class and teach you even more exciting
project than this one. Keep practicing and
happy painting.
Shifa Hader, Learn, draw & paint
