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Welcome to Briar Rose - a painterly study.
This was inspired by a photo of some buttery white Dog Roses that my daughter took. They are abundant just now, with yards and yards of exquisite blooms!
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I can't stay away from Roses too long, and having already done a class on roses, "Rose Watercolour - Sketchbook Practise", I wanted to create something a little different. So, these Wild Roses took shape, inspired by the incredible abundance of them in the hedgerows!
When I saw the buttery white and thicket of greens, I knew I wanted to create an 'earthier', more textural, class for you!
So, we're going to start by painting a background, full of detail ,on which to 'grow' our Roses! One of the beautiful aspects of this method, is that the roses, through the layers we're going to create, seem to bloom out from the background.
We'll be covering the 3 main elements of the painterly technique:
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<li>Brush stroke</li>
<li>Colour Mixing (in this case the emphasis is on tints/adding white or buff titanium to hues)</li>
<li>Texture</li>
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Creating creamy roses and a variety of greens and earthy tints. And, because this is such an individual take on this project, being more abstract, you will find your own voice with this. I can't wait to see your projects!
I'll take you through from:
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<li>background to finishing touches,</li>
<li>mark-making to flower centres,</li>
<li>gestural petal shapes to dry brushing!</li>
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Who Is This Class For?
Confident beginner to Intermediate
You'll find a full list of materials below... but do let me know if you'd like suggestions for alternative paints, tools etc. Art materials are expensive! So, if I can suggest something which you may already have in your art stock, then I'd be happy to help! :O)
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<li>Sketchbook by 'My Stationary'</li>
<li>Washi tape or masking tape (I use Mt)</li>
<li>Scrap paper (for the prep of our background and for helping you prepare your brush for a brush stroke ie dry brushing)</li>
<li>1/2 inch flat brush</li>
<li>Size 10 Filbert</li>
<li>Sword or dagger brush (or round brush)</li>
<li>Ruby Satin filbert size 10</li>
<li>Spray bottle (Or you can flick water in with your fingers)</li>
<li>Scratchy thing! Clay modelling took, skewer, dip pen etc</li>
<li>Bic coloured pens dark and light green (or use a pencil)</li>
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Paints: I used a mix of gouache and watercolour. You could use all watercolour or all gouache too.
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<li>Green Apatite (Daniel Smith)</li>
<li>Indanthrone Blue (DS Gouache)</li>
<li>Hansa Yellow Deep (DS Gouache)</li>
<li>Raw Sienna (I used watercolour)</li>
<li>Buff Titanium (optional. I only used a tiny bit)</li>
<li>Hansa Yellow Light (watercolour)</li>
<li>White</li>
<li>Pyroll or perylene Red </li>
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Welcome!

Preparing Our Materials 

Practise: Creating Our Background 

Practise: Differing Brush Strokes

Practise: Flowers, Centres & Mark making

Practise: Larger and Smaller Leaves & Mark making  

Practise: Dagger Brush Leaves

Practise: Flowers; Finishing Touches

Class Project: Briar Rose Background

Class Project: Mark Making & Colour Mixing

Class Project: Flowers & Buds

Class Project: Dark Leaves

Class Project: Mark Making On Leaves & Flowers

Class Project: Flower Centres 

Class Project: Dagger Brush Leaves

Class Project: Layering Flowers

Class Project: Dry Brushing

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