Transcripts
1. Intro to class: Hi, everyone.
Welcome to my class. My name is Veronica, and I live in Chicago and I paint out of my home
studio right here. I'm a fine artist and designer, and I love bringing
creativity to people's lives and bringing landscapes to their homes that
remind them of trips, family trips, vacations,
maybe somewhere they grew up. I just love hearing
all their stories. But today, we are painting some abstract ornaments because painting landscape ornaments
is a little difficult. But abstract ornaments
are a lot easier. And also they are kid friendly. These are very easy to make. You are going to love
them because they are quick and fast. This class is going to
only take a few minutes. I'm just going to show
you how to do it, and then you are
going to go off and create your own with
your family or friends. So gather up all your supplies. I have them listed
in the next video. Also make sure to check out the project section
below where I have a PDF with all the links to all the supplies I
will be using today. Everything I will be using, I will put a link in there.
If I forget something, comment below and I will
update that for you guys, but everything should
be in there with a working link or if
something is not available, I have a substitution for it. Grab your ornaments
and let's get started.
2. Supplies: So the tools that
you are going to need for today are super easy. All you need is red and white. And I am using this
pasca gold marker. I'm using the big one. If you have a smaller tip one, that'll work perfect as well. But this is the one I'm using
and, of course, a brush. And I am using quite
a bigger brush. I'm not using something tiny because what we're
gonna do is we're going to quickly cover large
areas with a bigger brush. And I guess if you're working
with a smaller brush, it's just going to take
you a little bit longer. So if you don't have a big one, it's okay, but I do prefer,
like, a larger one. I think this one is
about three quarters of an inch of a brush, maybe half an inch brush,
something like that. So grab one like this
if you have one, and if you don't
grab a smaller one, whatever you got is fine. Of course, the most
important thing you're going to need is an actual ornament. I get these from Hobby Lobby. They come in four
different shapes. These are ceramic. They are actual
ceramic ornaments. They're not plastic,
they're not glass. Look for these at your local
hobby lobby because online, they sell out very quickly. If you don't buy these by, like, August, I think, or early September, online,
you will be out of lock. But your local hobby lobby
might have them in stock. If you don't see
them in the store, ask them because sometimes
they have them in the back or, like, on top of the shelves and they might
be able to help you out. Also, you're going to
need some paper towel, obviously, water for
washing your brush, and a palette I use
this palette pad. If you don't have palette paper, just use, like, a paper
plate. So, let's get started.
3. Painting the ornament: The first thing I
did is just mix up some pink right here,
and I mixed up. I have my red over here. I'm going to grab a little
bit more just pure white. Just because I want
to have a little bit more white white for
certain little details. And now, what we're going
to do is we're going to take off this top part.
We just pull it out. And we're going to start
with the red first. So I'm going to get my
brush a little bit wet, just so it's moist. So it's not super dry. And then I'm going to
get some red color. And what I'm going to do is just paint the top
part like that. It doesn't have to be perfect. We're just covering the
whole thing in red. Not the whole ornament,
just the top. Just like that.
We're going to kind of kind of try to make it even, but not totally because we're going to put that pink on top, and so we're going to
cover some of this anyway. So it doesn't have to
be, like, super round, as you can see, there's
no, like, hard line there. So that'll get
covered up anyway. But just make it as
far as you want. So as my pink in this
ornament is pretty wide. If you want yours
to be skinnier, just bring the red out more. Then we're going to
do the bottom part. Again, make it as high
as you want it to go. I'm gonna probably do
something like this. Alright, so now I'm just going to grab
my pink right away. I'm going to get my
brush a little bit wet, so I have so it's a
little bit more wet, so it's a little easier
to, like, glide on there. You can wait for the red wet to dry because it's
really wet right now. But since it is ceramic, it kind of dries really fast. So I usually don't worry
about having to, like, wait for things to dry.
I just keep moving. I try to avoid my
fingers touching it, and then it dries pretty fast. And I'm making
sure not to go in, like, this direction
with my brush. I'm trying to keep
everything going this way. See, now it's pretty
much safe to touch, but still be very careful. So I'm getting close
to the red parts, but I'm not totally
covering them. I'm going to cover
them in a minute. I'm going to try to blend in. Okay. So now I'm going to
make my brush even wetter, so it's easier to do this. So what I do is I
hold it like this, and then I spin it as I'm kind of getting
close to this red. If you want more
red, to make that blending a little
bit less drastic, you can make a darker
pink right there. Add more red to your pink to do a softer transition
from the red to the pink. You're just going to
keep going in a circle. Keep going around and around. Just like that. Making
sure not to touch any of the wet paint as
you're turning this. Now I'm going to grab
more of this white. I'm just going to
make more white now. Just a little bit on top. Just a little swirl. So make sure you
keep your brush wet. Keep dipping it in water. Now, minus pretty wet right
now, so I'm just gonna do, like a little layer on top, just to kind of blend
everything together. I still have paint on my
brush, but it's really wet. So it's easier because like
I said, this is ceramic. It dries very fast. So by the time you
like, go around it, the other side already
very tacky and dry. Like, dry to the touch. So like, when you go over it with more paint,
it just picks it up. And then it just kind of
looks messy and clumpy. So, you got to
keep dipping it in the water to make
sure it stays wet. Alright, so this is
good. This is great. I love how this is turning out. Now I'm going to go and wait for it to actually
dry completely. And then we're gonna use the marker for the
final decorative parts. But we are having to we do
have to make sure it dries. Now, what I do usually because
I am not patient enough. I have this little blow dryer
thing that I bought Amazon. I'm gonna put the link
to this, as well. And I use this for
all my paints, and all you do is just turn
it on and dry your paint. Alright, so make sure it
is actually dry because otherwise the paint is gonna
get on your marker and it'll clog up your marker and then your markers
not gonna work.
4. Adding gold accent: Okay, I think this is dry. So I'm going to grab my marker, and I'm going to show
you how I do this. Make sure you shake it out. Make sure there's
paint in the tip. And what I do is I
hold it like this. And then I go at
it from the top. But make sure you don't push the marker this way
because the paint has got, like, a texture, and it's just not as smooth
as, like, paper. It's a little sticky. So make sure you pull
the marker instead of, like, pushing it, okay? So we're going to
start anywhere. And then I'm just going
to make like a wavy line, uneven line all the way around. And then I'm going
to make another one. So it kind of
overlaps like that. And if you have a
different sized marker, you can do two of them. You can do two
lines, one thicker, one thinner, however
you want to experiment. I would love to
see your projects, so snap a photo and post them because I
would love to see them. Especially if you come up
with different colors, different little golden
ribbons around here, that would be lovely to see. And, of course, now you
can decorate it even more. You can get different markers. You can get paint. You can
add little dots all over. You can do whatever you
want with these because these are for you
to enjoy at home. And this is a fun
activity with children, with family members
because it is super easy. And look at that.
You've got a pair of really pretty ornaments.
5. Varnishing the ornament: Now I'm going to show you how I finish these off
and how I varnish them before I do anything else.
So make sure that is out. And I use this
varnish right now. It doesn't matter
which one you use as long as it's for acrylic paint, since we are using
acrylic paint. So make sure you
have that and then decide if you want a
glossy one or a matte one. For my landscapes that
I do that I sell, I make them mate because I
just think they look better. But for these, I use gloss ones because they
just pop a little bit more. So I'm going to take you to my garage and I'm going to
show you how I do this. So here we are. I have my spray, my ornament, and a pencil. You can use a longer, like, a wood dowel or a
stick or anything that you can hold onto
and stick that in there and hold onto it so, like, it won't get
all over your hands. So the longer, the
better. And then you're going to have
more options of, like, where to put
it to let it dry. So I usually do this outside, but today is very windy and I
don't want to go out there. So we are in my garage. So make sure it's just
a well ventilated area. Make sure you're not
breathing in these fumes. So what I usually do is I run
into my garage or outside. I spray one or two
super quickly, and then I go back inside
so that I'm not, like, sitting here and breathing
this in. Alright? So what we're gonna do is
just hold it like this, make sure you shake your spray. And then I will turn it, and as I'm turning it,
I'm going to spray it. So practice your turns. And we're gonna lightly give
it a spray on all sides. Not too heavy. If
you are scared, do a light coat first, and then you can do
another one on top. Instead of doing
the first one super heavy because we
don't want any drips. So kind of look at
the reflections. You can see my reflection
and the light here. I'm looking for any dry spots
that haven't been sprayed. But I think this is pretty good. Make sure you don't
tip it upside down. I done that accidentally, as I was looking for my reflections and
it fell and broke. So be careful. Alright, I'm going
to leave it at that, and now I'm going to walk around my garage and try to
find a spot to stick it. One of them is right here
on the corner of a box, and I think I'm going to stick this one in this
box, right there. That is pretty sturdy. And as you can see, I don't have a very fancy
setup for drawing them. This will do. I will come back in about 20 minutes, and
they should be good.
6. Adding a pretty ribbon: So now all you have to do is just tie it with a
beautiful ribbon. I get these on Amazon. I will also post
a link to these, and your ornament is
going to look beautiful. I try to match the ribbons to a color that is in my ornament. So if I'm doing an
ornament, well, like these, I used gold ribbons
because I have the little gold detail in there, so that looks really nice. But if I were to have
a different color, for instance, For instance, when I do these winter ones, I use a green ribbon because
of the dark green trees, and it really goes well with it. So try to match your ribbon to a color that is featured
in your ornament, and it all looks so beautiful.
7. Thanks for watching: Thanks for watching
the class, everybody, and I hope you really
enjoyed it and had fun painting your
own ornaments this year. Please make sure to post a picture of your
finished ornament down below in the
project section because I would love, love to see it. Thanks again for
watching my class, and I hope to see you
in my next one. Bye.
Weronika Z., Artist | Designer
