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1. Welcome to Class!: Hey there, how are you? My name is Andy Von and I'm so happy that you've decided to
join me here for this class. I enjoy working with
alcohol merkers, posca, merkers and
colored pencils. And sometimes I have like
using all three and even more, such as acrylic paint and watercolors and doing
something called mixed media. Over the past ten years
of my artist's career, I've learned and
gathered knowledge on how to draw and paint. Over the past three
years of teaching, I have learned what appeals to my students and how
they learn best. In this class, I want to help build your artistic abilities. Here's what we're going
to learn in this class. Today we will be drawing a blowing bumblebee and flowers on black
illustration board. I really like using
Posca markers because they're very
vibrant and colorful. The materials we will need for this class are covered
in the next video. And you can also find
a list of them with links below this video
in the about section. We're going to have a lot of fun today using vibrant colors. I invite you to check me out on Facebook and Instagram
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done if you'd like to, I would love to be able to check it out and see
what you've done and know that your work can
be inspiring to all of us. It is now time to
start this class. So sharpen your pencils
and let the class begin.
2. Materials for the Bee: In this segment, we will discuss the materials we
need for this class. I've provided a full
list of the material, and the links to
these are located in the About section
below this video. The first and most
important material we need is a black
illustration board, and I will be using
a crescent board. I really like these
drawing Osco markers on. Now if you have another type of black material, that's fine. If you have something
such as a jewelry box or something else at a stark in particular plaque, that's great. But I will be using this
black illustration board. The reason I like using a black one is
because I find that the Posco markers with their vibrant colors show up
best on this black board. The other materials we will
need are Posca markers. I will be using the extra
fine point markers. The colors that we will be using in this class are listed
in this video or also. You can find a list down below. Here are the colors
you will need to draw, the yellow, light blue, white, blue, black,
brown and orange. In a later materials video, I will tell you what
colors he will need for the glowing flower
we will be drawing. And the last thing
we will need is a white colored pencil for doing the initial drawing,
the initial sketch.
3. Initial Sketch of the Flower: To start this drawing, we will be using a
white colored pencil to sketch in the flower, as well as the. In this video, we
will be focusing on sketching in the flower. We will start by
sketching a line in the lower left side
of the canvas, and this will be the main
branch of our flower. We will also have
several branches that will branch off of
this main limb. We would, these ought
to have curve and flow nicely and
not be too rigid. We'll then start drawing in
the petals of the flower, and these flowers will be
very loose, puffy like. So we'll draw in these
long strands that are pencil or the flower
shape and the like, the shape of a bowl. Some of these strands, although most of them are curved in the form of a shallow, some of them have a bit of a shape to them
just for variety. And we don't need to add too much detail to these
flowers as that will come in. When we are adding the colors, we just want to focus
on the placement and how much space these
flowers will each take up. We will now draw in what is called the receptacle
of the flower, the part at the
base of the flower. And this you can draw by
drawing in a simple U shape, or also the shape of a cup. Several little triangles that make up what you
would call a crown. Also draw some simple leaves, and this can be done
by drawing the stem. And then the leaf itself
will draw by adding in a new shape with a
little tip at the far end. That comes to a point. You can also add in a
middle line to the leaf, or where the two halves
of the leaf meet. We will draw several of these leaves along the
stem of our flower. And it will be great if
you can make these leaves of different sizes
larger, some smaller. One last thing I will say for this segment is that
later on in the class, we will be adding
another flower group at the bottom side
of our canvas. But that will be done later on. For now, this is our
flower complete. In the next video, we will start
sketching in our B.
4. Initial Sketch of the Bee - Part A: We will start the sketch by going to the right of
the uppermost flower, as you can see me doing now, and drawing an oval. So I've established a central
point for my oval and I will draw the oval around
this central point. As you can see, I'm not
drawing one simple line. Instead I'm slowly
building my pencil line. This allows me to
adjust the size of my oval by building it
up little by little. This way I can get a
nice lean oval shape. And once I'm happy with it, I can mark it harder with a pencil and get
a nice firm line. This is only done afterwards. Now, I'm adding a small point
for the back end of the B, where the stainer will be. This step isn't necessary, but if you'd like to
do it, that is fine. I'm going to go in with my ruler and draw a center
line for my oval. And I will carry this line past the left hand
end of the oval. I will also draw a line along
the top end of the oval, in other words the top
end of the abdomen. The, by doing this I can see where to place
the thorax of the, I know that the thorax
shouldn't be any higher than where the line
is at the top of the oval. So you can see the top of the
thorax is just at the top of the line that I drew along
the top of the abdomen. Another thing I will
point out is that both of these shapes overlap
each other just a bit. In the same way that we drew the thorax and oval
of the abdomen, we're going to also draw the head having an
overlap and also be along the top reference line that we drew for the thorax. Before moving on,
I'm going to go in and do a few adjustments, a little bit of editing to my shapes to get them
just as I want them. And I urge you to
do this as well. Every so often when
you're drawing paws, go back and do some tweaking adjusting in order
to get more perfect. And as you wanted, you can look at your reference
photo and compare it to your drawing and see
what needs improved. After drawing a simple curved
shape for the stinger, we will now go in and start
drawing the wings of the B. So the wings come out of the tax and are gored
back and upwards. They reach about halfway
back along the abdomen, that's why you see me drawing a halfway line along
the abdomen oval. This gives me a reference point for how far back
to draw the wings. I like to think of wings of these animals as
curved triangles. So they're in the
shape of a triangle, but the pointy ends. Instead, they are curved
and soft at the ends. And that's what we will
do for these wings. Each side of the B has
two parts to its wing, and upper part and a lower part. The upper part is a
bit larger and wider, and the lower wing is
smaller and more narrow. We will also draw the far side weighting that
we will only see part of. Remember that it is hidden a bit by the wing that
is closer to us, so we will only see the
small fragment of that wing.
5. Initial Sketch of the Bee - Part B: Continuing the sketch of the, we will now sketch in the legs. I will start by doing the lower part of the
back leg of the B. For these legs, we will
start drawing a line to give us an idea of where the leg is and which
way it's going. And then we will go in and
surround and add muscle, you can say to this structure or to this
frame that we have drawn in. By drawing the lines, you can fill out
these legs by adding these long oval
shapes to the legs. They don't have to be too
complicated or detailed. We will also draw in the
rest of the back leg, which goes towards the
front of the E and attaches to the thorax near
where the other legs attach. We will finish off
drawing the legs by drawing the legs that are
on the other side of the, these are partially
hidden by the body, so we will only see
the ends of them. We will also try the antenna, the mandibles and
other appendages. We will finish off by
trying in the eye. In the next videos, we will be bringing
our postal markers or other critic markers you may have coloring in RP and Flower. So let's get our markers
ready and get to coloring.
6. Additional Flower: We're going to come over
here at the lower part of our painting and we will
add in the last flower. These will flow up as
if they were extending off of the main flower
branch off of our canvas. We will have two branches. At the end of them, we
will have the flowers. We will have the flowers flowing up and pointing towards the, as you can see me
doing right now. By pointing the
flowers towards the, and most importantly,
the bee's head, we will be moving the
viewer's eye towards the, which is the central
focus of our drawing.
7. Coloring the Bee's Head: To start, we will use a yellow Posco marker
to color in the head. We will just fill in the entire head with
this yellow marker. You may need to add in several layers to get the yellow to show
up bright enough. Please remember that you need
to allow sufficient time between each layer so that
the Posco marker can dry. Because if you go
in too soon and add in a second layer
over sticky posco marker, initial layer, it can
gum up your marker. We will now come in with
an orange possible marker. And at this color,
we will mainly add in on the right side
of the bee's head, somewhat in the
shape of a crescent, and also a little bit around
the lower part of the eye. I will now come back to using
my yellow Posco marker and add just another layer right at the front
of the bee's head. Because we want that
area to be the brightest and appear that it is
glowing in the light. I'm now going to use a
brown Posco marker to come in and colorate with a
first layer the antennas, as well as the little appendages at the mouth and the mandibles. I'm also going to
use a little bit of yellow to add a high light, or in other words, a light area on the antenna
and the mandibles. So I'll do that now. Next we will use a
white pole marker to add in some more highlights. And we will focus on the wonderful appendices and also the front part of the head. As I've said, we want
this part to be the brightest and really fear that
it is glowing with light. I will also add in the fit right along the top of the eye. In other words,
right above the eye, we want to white decently thick on the very
front of the head. I will finish off with a small speck of white
on the eye itself to give it a high light or a reflection of
light on the eye. Next we will go in with a brown posco marker to
add a new bit of hairs, and we will do this mainly on
the right side of the head. We will leave the left side in light and we won't
add any there. So we want these to be
just like little specks or little tick marks to represent the
fuzziness of the bee doing the same thing that
we just did with the brown. We will now go in with a
black marker and add a bit of the same fuzziness in the same right hand area
that we added the brown. To finish off the head, I'm going to go back
with the yellow and add it in here and
there where I see it. Needs it to bring out some of that bright yellow
highlight area and make it more intense.
8. Coloring the Thorax: We will now use a
yellow posca marker to work on the thorax of the E. We will
begin by laying in the first layer
of this yellow. We will do this by adding
in little hairs that are flowing down the
side of the E. We want these hairs to flow
as if they were flowing from the head direction or
in other words, from left. Other words as if
they were starting on the left and flowing
towards the right. So we want to layer
this in and then let it try before we go
in with the next layer. We will now come in with
an orange Os marker. And similar to how
we did on the head, we will add this orange
in on the right side of the tox And we will do this
in the form of a crescent. And we want to add in this
orange in a similar way to how we added in the yellow in the initial layer of the thorax. We want to add it like
a little fine hairs. We will now come back with the yellow marker and we will add this in as a second
layer to the yellow. We want this yellow on the lower front of
the thorax to be really bright and very
vibrant and yellow. So that's why I'm adding in
another layer of this color. Once that year has tried, we will come back with white
and we'll add just a bit. As you can see, I'm
doing right there on the front of
the thorax to have the appearance of light hitting that spot and it
being very bright.
9. Coloring the Abdomen: We will now use a
yellow puso marker to color in the abdomen of the, in a similar manner to how
we colored in the thorax. We would do the same
for the abdomen, not fill it in the space all
the way with yellow marker. We will now use a
orange possible marker in the same manner as
we did with the tax. We will add an orange edge over here on the
right hand side. And we wanted to mix
in with the yellow, not having a hard edge at
the edge on the inside edge. But instead of
gradually blending and mixing in with the yellow, I will now come in with more
yellow and add another layer appear near the front to make this area brighter
and more vibrant. Now it's time to
come in with white. And we will do this
at the front edge of the abdomen and we want it
to blend into the yellow. We will now come
in with our brown and we will add the rings
around the abdomen of the. This brown will be used as the initial layer for the rings. Later on we will
be adding to this, we want these rings
to curve around as if they were going all
the way around the B. We will now use black to add in the darker part
of these rings. And we don't want to cover
up the brown all the way. We want this black
to be more like hairs and not solid
rings of black. I've also had in a little bit of black right at the
intersection of the thorax and abdomen as if there were
a shadow there so that we can see a division
between the two bodies.
10. Coloring the Wings and Legs: We will start their
work on the wings and the legs by grabbing a
brown posicle murcer, and we will trace
these with this color. We will use a yellow
posco marker to add a highlight on the front edge
of these wings and legs. This will also contribute to the growing effect that
we're going for with this. And like I said, we
will do listed to the front side of
the wings and legs for the wings, we will
add a little bit of a shimmering effect by
adding lines to the wings. As you can see I'm doing now, we're just adding sparse lines and we will do this
with dark blue, using a bit of white. I will come on the front
of the wings and add a small highlight of white
to make them even brighter. Now that the dark blue
has tried on the wings, we can now come in light blue and add a little bit of
these spines in there. Dragging the lines out towards the outer
edge of the wings. Be careful not to overdo
it because it is very tempting to overdo it
and add too much paint. One of the last things
we will do is grab a white posca and we will
come on the very front edge and a little bit of white
here to the front edge of the legs to emphasize
the highlight here. We don't want to add
too much and overdo it. Now, the white was added to
the left side of the legs. And now we would take blue
and added to the right side, or in other words, the
lower part of the legs. This is meant to
show a shadow in this area and make the legs
look more three dimensional.
11. Materials for the Flower: The following are the materials we will use for the flowers. The colors we will use of the fosco markers
are the following. Sea green, light green, orange, blue, black, green, and yellow. These will all be done using extra fine point fosco markers.
12. First Layer of Blue for the Flowers: Now that we've finished our B, we're going to go
in with Sea Green to start coloring
in our flowers. And these flowers will
be long and wispy. We basically want to add
lines similar to how we did with the initial layer when
we sketched in the flowers. What you will do is
start at the base of the flower and use
long, wispy strokes. Try to have the far end of
the flower be wispy and free. And it's okay to add a few wispy flower petals
like I'm doing, that are flowing in the wind. Once the first layer of
Posca paint has tried, we can go in with
a second layer, because we want these flowers
to be nice and vibrant.
13. Adding Details to the Flowers: Now that we have added
in the first layer of Posco Mercer using the green, and we have allowed
it time to dry, we will not come in
with additional layers, and we will start out with blue. The darker blue, we will start by working from the
base of the flowers up. We want more blue to be
located at the base of the flowers and gradually diminish as it goes
towards the top of them. That way we leave the tips
of the flowers brighter. And we will add all this
blue by adding these lines, the same way that we added the
previous layer of a green. All right, now we're going with the black possle marker and we're going to focus on the lower part of the
flowers near the base. What we will do is
drag this black from the very base of the flowers
out and upwards a bit. And we will drag
these lines about halfway up the length
of the flower. And I encourage you to try
to have them feather out. In other words, as you're
dragging the marker upwards, try to lift it gradually. And feather it out so that as you get to
the end of the line, it gets thinner and more wispy. Now that we better in this
blue and also the black, we will allow these
pins time to try.
14. Making the Flowers Glow: We will now come in with
an orange posco marker. And we're going to use this color to make
our flowers glow and appear that they have flames or a bit of fire
at the ends of them. What we will do is we
will start at the top of the flowers and we will
track lines downwards, lines of orange, down into our flower about halfway
and it can stop. And the same as we
did with the black, we want our orange to
feather out of it and merge into the black Posca that we previously added on the flowers. And you may need add a layer
or two right at the tip of the flowers to get that
orange really intense. So feel free to add two or
three layers of the orange. After this, we will go in
with a yellow posco marker and we will add this right
at the tips of the flowers. And we will drag
this down this wall, so contribute to the effect that they look like
they're growing. So I'm just going in and dragging some yellow
out here and there, dragging it into the orange. And I'm not going to take
it all the way down into the very base of the
flower, just a little ways, in even less than I did
with orange mainly, we're adding this yellow to
the tips of the flowers.
15. Coloring the Stems and Leaves: We will finish this
class by coloring in the stems and leaves
of our flowers. To start, we will use
a green posco mercer, the darker green that
you should have. And we're simply going
to come and color in the stems and leaves that
we previously sketched. We would now we have a leaker. We will use this
color to add a bit of a highlight to the red side
of our leaves and stems. We just want a bit
of a streak along the side of some of the
stems for the leaves. We will go around them, tracing the outline
of the leaves, and also adding in a few of
the veins of the leaves. You to, now that the light rain has
had time to try, we're going to come back with
an orange marker and we're going to go basically in the same area that we
added to the light rain. And add in a bit of this orange just to accentuate
the idea that there's a light growing
and bouncing light off of the bee and
flowers and stems. We don't want to cover the
light rain all the way. Have it tossed in here and
there where you see fit. Next we will come in with a blue marker and we will
add this to the left side of our stem in order to indicate that there's a bit of
a shadow on that side. Because where there's light, there's always going to be a
bit of a shadow somewhere. So you can see me adding it in, that's a red side and
lower side of the leaves. With that, we have
finished our drawing of the bee and flowers
using Posca markers. I really like how mine came out and I look forward
to seeing her work. This has been a fun project
and I hope you will join me again for another Posco
drawing in the future.
16. Thanks for Watching!: Thank you so much for watching. I really hope you enjoyed this class and we're able
to learn something from it. Please feel free to post a
picture of your drawing below this class so that
all of us here on Sco chair can see what you did. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to start a discussion in the discussions
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Andy Villon, Fine Artist
