Coffee Painting for Kids and Beginners

1. Introduction to Coffee Painting : Let’s Paint a Guitar (00:26): Have you ever wondered what else a cup of coffee would be used for? Hi. My name is Serb Chetti. I'm the artist, art educator, and the founder at the Flight of Artistry. In this course, we will learn about coffee on Canvas, drawing this beautiful abstract guitar on the canvas. Together, let's learn about playing around with different shades of coffee. Quickly, grab your coffee, brushes, and let's get started. 2. Getting Started : Supplies You’ll Need for Coffee Art (00:52): Hello, and welcome back to yet another course of ours, which is a coffee painting. And today, in this class, we will see what art materials we require. Firstly, we take a stretched canvas, which is eight by ten size, a palette, Nescifi or a coffee of your choice, Blue or anything. One acrylic paint, which is black. Couple of brushes and a pencil. The brush sizes would be one and four and a flat brush, which is three by eight. Next, we require a varnish to finish our artwork, just some water, some disposable cups to blend our coffee, just a cloth, and a spoon to mix our coffee. Thank you. See you in the next class. 3. Drawing the Guitar : Outlining (8:21): Hello, and welcome back. In this class, we will start with outlining our guitar. We'll just take a pencil and a canvas and we'll get started. Let's outline our guitar. Let's start with the center handle of the guitar. Now, towards the right side, let us do the right side of the guitar. Need to start from almost three fourths of the line from here. You need to start drawing the guitar right side. I shown in the reference image. Be very light on your hands. We're not doing a very permanent outline. It's just a rough sketch. Like we started from almost three fourth of the line towards the left side, we will be starting again from this point to just one finger, 1 " below here. Start with drawing a semicircle. Since the canvas we are taking is eight by 10 ", we are taking the equal proportions of the canvas. Like we started drawing the line from almost three fourths of the canvas and we're not starting it from the center of the canvas. So it depends on the size of the canvas we are choosing. So we are done with outlining. Let's add detailings. Let's draw the circle here. And the two lines. Next, we'll just draw the triangle here. When we're drawing the right side of the guitar, make sure you're drawing from one fourth of the thing. Just make a dot here and see the height of this side of the guitar. This should be from this point of the guitar. Let's start drawing here, drag it, not too down, make a semicircle, make a U, and then take it upward. As shown in the image. Let's make a double line again here. Let's come to the triangle. And the height measurement should be almost the height, the cove, where the cove starts, start from here and here, make a dot and start rowing your triangle. Bit a straight line. And the end of the triangle should end at the strings. It need not be a straight line. Okay, now, next, let's give a guitar, the finishing touches and drawing the strings. Let us first draw the two rectangles here, one here and one here. Let's start with the base. Write above that. Let's make some six dots for the strings. All of the same. Let's do the strings. Since our painting is abstract guitar, we'll be just leaving it there. The lines need not be very straight. Just connect these two. Coming to the end of our outlining. Let's draw the horizontal strings as shown in the image. And we are done with our outlining. In the next class, we will learn about mixing the coffee in different shapes. See you there. 4. Exploring Coffee Tones : Creating Light, Medium, and Dark Shades (2:54): Hello, and welcome back. In this class, we will learn about mixing the coffee in different shades. Let us understand the mixing of different shades of coffee. First, we have taken some nscife in the cup. So there are three different shades. First will be the darker shade, second will be the middle shade, and third will be the lighter shade. Now, let us understand how much spoons of coffee we need to make a darker shade. We are taking this much proportion, four parts. Two, three, and then four. For the middle part, we are just taking two portions of the same quantity. And for the lighter shade, we are just taking one portion. Let's mix the first darker shade with two spoons of water. For the middle shade, two spoons of water. One and then a little bit more. And for the lighter shade, we are adding one and two spoons of water. Let's mix this all together. Since we have mixed all the three things, I'll show you the tone of the coffee shades, right? So this is the darker shade. So this should be the consistency and the darkness of the dark coffee that were mixed. Now, clean your brush and then check for the middle shade consistency of the coffee. This should be the amount of darkness it should be. Clean your brush coming to the lighter shade. Now this is the lighter shade of the coffee. Dark shade. The middle shade. And the lighter shade. 5. Layering Your Guitar with Coffee Tones (15:40): This class with the aromatic smell of coffee, let's get started. Now, let us start with the first layer of our coffee painting. So since the three shades, right, the first is the light o shade, the middle shade, and the dark o shade. Let's start with the light o shade. Dip your brush in the water, grab some coffee, dip it in the coffee. And we'll start from the left side of the guitar. Start from the semicircle. Since this is the first shade, it's the lighter shade. It's just the first base layer of our coffee painting. So in the image, wherever we see the white area is left, let's not paint our coffee on the white area. Let's come to the edges. And do not worry more about dripping off your coffee, and that's a part of our painting. So let the coffee drip. Leave the area white and keep painting. Take more coffee, just keep on the tip and let the coffee drip on its own. Now, let it come to the bottom part of the string. Towards the bottom of the triangle. Make a straight line and let the coffee drip. Draw straight line on the bottom of the triangle and make the coffee drip again on its own. This makes some random lines to help our coffee drip properly. Coming to the right side of the guitar. Let's start from the top. We are still using the to shade for the background. Wherever the coffee is dripping, let the coffee drip. H coming to the center string part of our guitar, let's start with outlining it. In the center string part of the guitar, make sure your coffee is not dripping. Cover the entire area and do not let your coffee drip. The coffee is dripping on the same line as before, letter drip, but not making any new lines. We have reached the first base layer of our coffee painting is done. Let it dry for a while. And in the meanwhile, clean your brush and grab the second shade of your coffee, which is the middle shade. Keep your brush dry. Dip your brush in the coffee. Let's start with adding detailings and depths to our guitar. Just a shade darker than the base shade. In this section, like we did earlier, let your coffee keep dripping. Coming to the circle part of the guitar, do not let your coffee drip here. Just keep referring the image for where the shade needs to be dark and where we are keeping it light. So coming to the below part of the triangle, take more coffee, make the line drip, draw straight line. And keep dripping your coffee in the existing line at multiple layers. Coming to the center string part of the guitar. And this part, we are not letting the coffee drip. Cover the entire area with the second share of the coffee. Now, coming to the third right side of the guitar, add multiple layers with the same shade. In your brush, let the coffee dry for a couple of minutes. Coming to the last and the darker shade of our coffee, mix it properly before using it once again. So in the image, wherever we see the darker tone of the guitar, let's start with that. Let us first start with the outlines of the guitar from the left side. And coffee drip. Coming to the circle part of the guitar. Make sure your coffee is not dripping. We're adding the depth to our guitar. Now, let us come to the triangle section of the guitar. Dip a line. Once again, one more time. Draw a straight line. Add multiple layers with the coffee. Let your coffee drip. No. And below the section of the string. Coming to the center string part of the guitar. Draw the outline. Section. Make the string lines dark. And Just draw the string line. I just leave it at that. Do not add coffee to the rectangles from where the strings are originating. Coming to the right side of the guitar. Make some new lines. Hand a coffee drip. Let's add more line dripping line at the base of the guitar. Let it flow freely. Can you of brush. Let's grab the lighter shade of the first lighter shade of the coffee that we mixed. Clean you of brush. Dip it in the to shade, add the shades in the white area. Very light, giving it a natural touch. Make some drips with new drips in the base of the guitar with the to shade. Fill this area just lightly. Clean your brush, spread Now, in this triangle, we are just adding the base layer of the coffee very, very lightly. Just dip the tip of the brush. Make a triangle. Line of brush, take the normal water and blend it. Lineal brush. Dip the tip of the brush. Clean your brush and then blend again. We're almost done with all three layers of the coffee painting. In the next class, let's add background and outline to our guitar. See you there. 6. Creating the Background (28:45): Hello, and welcome back. In this class, let's add outline and background to our guitar. Now let us move to the background coloring. For that, we are taking Cambll Artist acrylic color black. Take a palette, get some paint, add some water, and make the paint a little thin. So before going on to the background, let us outline the guitar with the black paint. A. We are doing the first layer of outlining the guitar. Let us fill this section entirely with a darker black paint.Grab the thick part of the paint and fill this section. Make sure there are no white spots. Fill the section evenly. Cover all the white spots, if any. Now, let us continue with the remaining outlining of the guitars. Color the triangle as well. Coming to the left part of the guitar. Let us start outlining this. If your brush starts getting dry, keep dipping it in a little bit of water, only the tip of the brush and mix the paint and start over again. Draw even line. Let's draw the circle. Since this is acrylic paint, it might keep drying, so add water and do not let the paint dry. Clean your brush, Brab the thicker part of the black paint with no water in it. And let us start with outlining the second layer of the guitar. If the paint feels too thick, just dip it in a little water like the tip of the brush. Let the paint be thick and dark. Let's make the two rectangles that are here. Also make the dots of the string. So Let's start giving the finishing touch the outline and let's fill the color here. Dip your brush, water, get some water. Mix it in the black. Make the paint medium thin. Let's start from the edges. Let's keep it dark at the edge. Dngoline dip it in the water in the new section of the palette. Make the black very light and thin, keep adding water. Make it light. Clean the brush. Take some water and blend the existing color on the canvas with water. Take more water and keep blending the color. And spread the paint entirely. Do not use any paint. Make use of the existing paint, and just keep dipping in the water and spread it across the entire section. Let's repeat the same process on the left side of the background, get some paint. Start with the edges. In this area, take the Darko paint. Make use of the darker paint. Make sure there are no white spots left. Keep blending and covering the entire area, dip it in the water. More paint, and we're making use of the dark or pal keep making socles like this and fill the area. Dip it in the water, make use of the water no paint and keep making socles. Cover the entire section. Dip it in the water, fully clean your brush. No black paint. Just get some water and make circles with the paint. Cover the remaining area. Clean your brush. Coming to this section of the background, clean your brush properly and take some dark paint, dark black paint, thick with less water. Just leave some white area and make the same shape. Clean the brush fully with no black paint, get some water in the brush, and fill the entire section with the black. Blend it evenly. Cover all the white spots with the paint. W clean the brush. Let the paint dry for one or 2 minutes and once you let it dry, coming to the right part of the background, giving the background the last and final layer of the background. Take a darker black paint with very less water. Start from the edge. Just keep covering the entire area with the so make circle. More paint. Start from the bottom. Dig the tip of your brush in the water, start making circles and fill the area. Clean your brush. Fully clean the brush with no black paint. Get some lighto shade of the coffee that we mixed, mix it properly. In this white area, we'll be using the coffee very loudly and mixing it with a black Okay. We are using the lighter shade of the coffee. Opera repeat the same on the left side of the guitar. Coming to the left side of the background, let's add the final layer, clean your brush. Get some thick black paint with less water. Start from the edges. Cover all the white spots and the white area. Keep the paint thick and dark. Dip the brush and water. Get the lighter shade of the black and make circles and cover the remaining area. I Blend both the dark and lighter side. Like we made this area dark, let's also make this area dark. Just the edges and blend paint. Dip the brush in water. Just cover the entire area. Keep dipping in the water and cover get some paint towards the end of the background. Get some water and blend the entire plain Clean your brush, and we are done with the background. Two layers that we added. Clean your brush properly. Coming to the last adding finishing touches to our guitar, grab the darker shade, the third shade of the coffee. Make no use of water, only the coffee. And let's add the final depth to our painting. Make sure the coffee is not dripping and let it settle on the canvas. Take thicker coffee. Let the coffee settle on the canvas. Coming to the circle part. To cover this section, make sure your canvas is kept on a flat area. Let's also cover the same thing on the right side of the guitar coming to the last triangle section of the guitar. Make this line dark. We are adding the final detailing with the darker shade of the coffee, which will give the beautiful depth to our guitars. For these lines with a darker shade, all of the same here as well. Coming to the center swing section of the guitar, let's start from the edge of the section. Do not cover the triangle sections. How about the entire section? Let me show you a quick tip here. For more easy access, you can also drip your coffee directly from the disposable cup onto the section. Be very careful and spread the entire section evenly. Exhaust some things. This will give a beautiful coffee smell and coffee texture. More coffee. The lines of the strings. Coming to the in between section of the thing. Very careful with the edges. You can make it as dark as for your own liking. I like it more dark, adding more depth. Some more line. Coming to this section, make a small triangle and start making the drip line. Clean your brush. Take the fourth lighter shade of the coffee. And start making dripping line in between the darker section. So in this triangle, also, grab your dark shade, fill this area. Fill it fully. And the socle Clean your brush. Take the lighter shade of the coffee. And in the white area. Gently give it a light shade. All the white area, very light shade of the coffee. More water and just smudged. In the next class, let's add strings to our guitar. See you there. 7. Adding Details : Painting Strings & Bringing Your Guitar Art to Life (4:09): Hello, and welcome back. Let's start adding strings to our guitar. Coming to the last bit of our finishing, grab some white acrylic paint. Mix it with water. Let the paint be thick. Let's make the string lines. Drag it to the top. The lines need not be very straight as it is an abstract painting. Draw all the six lines. Before drawing the strings, make sure your bottom coffee layer is fully dry. Connect the two dots. Make the horizontal string line. That's it. We have reached the final stage of our painting that is varnish. In the next class, let's learn about varnishing our guitar and giving it a glossy finish. See you there. 8. Finishing Touches: Varnishing for a Smooth and Polished Look (1:25) : Hello, and welcome back. In this class, let's give our guitar a glossy finish with the varnish. So this brings us to the end of our course where I'll teach you how to varnish your painting. Here are a few tips to varnish your artwork. There are three tips. The first is always make sure the space is ventilated. It's always advised to spray the varnish outdoors. The second is keep always one hand distance before spraying the artwork. Third tip is, it is always mandatory to wear a mask as it is harmful for the health. Always before spraying, shake the bottle. And then follow a pattern, either right to left or left to right, whichever is your dominant hand, and this should be your pattern. And do not apply a lot of pressure. B even on the pressure. Do not like, take your finger off and then spray and then off and then follow one spray at a time. This brings us to the end of the course. I really hope you guys enjoyed this aromatic experience. If you guys would like to connect with me personally, feel free to reach out on my social handles. See you in the next course. 9. Bonus : Sneak Peak (0:35): Hello. Here is a sneak peek into our knife painting technique. Watch how the palette knife creates beautiful textures and vibrant details with just a few simple strokes. Make a knife full of some lemon yellow, press it, and then drag it vertically downwards and repeat the process in the same towards the right side. If this interests you, enroll in our knife painting course today and start creating your own masterpieces. Thank you.