Everyday Watercolor: 15 Days of Floral Practice

1. About the Class: Are you ready to fill your sketchbook with beautiful floral paintings in 15 days? Whether you're feeling stuck in a creative block or just looking for a fun, fresh way to boost your watercolor skills, then this daily challenge is for you. Hi, my name is hole, and I'm a watercolor artist, content creator, and a skillshare top teacher. I have been painting for about a decade now, and my arch revolves around painting watercolor flowers in a loose expressive style. My goal is to break down challenging techniques into an easy and simple step by step process so that anyone can create beautiful art. In this class, we'll start by going over the materials that you need and some helpful watercolor tips to get you ready for the projects. Over the next 15 days, we'll explore a variety of flowers, starting with simple blossoms, a variety of flower shapes, and working our way up to loosely painted florals. Towards the end of the challenge, we'll be combining the flowers into a bouquet. Each day you learn new techniques such as creating soft petals, adding dimension, and wet on wet techniques for a dramatic watercolor effect. This class is designed to fit easily into your daily schedule with each project just ranging around 15 to 20 minutes. Whether you're just starting out or looking to add more practice to your watercolor routine, this class will guide you through painting beautiful floras step by step. By the end of the class, you'll have 15 paintings that you'll be proud of. So grab your brushes and let's get started. 2. Class Overview: Welcome to the class overview. This is a daily challenge class, which means that one project will be uploaded each day for 15 days. To avoid confusion, if you joined early, then you might not be able to see all the projects just yet while the challenge is ongoing. But after 15 days, then all the projects will now be available. For the first few days of the challenge we'll be using a smaller paper, which is five by 7 " just to keep things manageable and not overwhelming. The goal is to celebrate small wins each day as you build your skills. I will also be including a timeless video of the paintings each day before we start the project to give you an idea of the process. Alright, let's quickly go over the projects in the class. For day one to four, we will be painting simple blossoms with minimal details. This is to help you build your confidence and also serve as a warm up exercise. Day five to eight, we will explore a variety of shapes such as round, crumpet, bowl, and fan shape. Aside from the flowers in the projects, you can also use this prompt to search for flowers in this category. For days six to 13, we will explore loosely painted and freestyle florals. This is one of my favorite categories because we will be experimenting with different techniques. Lastly, for day 14 and 15, we will be combining some of the flowers into a bouquet, and this will also give you the freedom to paint your own bouquet. Okay, so I hope you're excited for the challenge. Let's now move on to the next video as we talk about the materials that you need. 3. Materials : In this video, let's talk about the materials that you need. First, we need paper. I'm using the brand called Bao Hong. This is artist grade watercolor paper. It's 100% cotton and it's also cold pressed. You can see this beautiful texture. It's really good for loose watercolor style. And then this is also in a watercolor block form. So all the sides are glued except for this part right here and you can use a palette knife to slide off one sheet once you're done. This class, we're going to use two sizes. So I'm going to show you the two sizes here. So I have here the smaller one. This is five by 7 " or half of that watercolor block that you see on the screen. So for the first few days, we're going to use the smaller sheets. Then for the remaining days, towards the latter part of the challenge, we're going to use the bigger size paper, which is the seven by ten inch paper. Then for the paints, I'm going to use the Shinhan PWC. It's a Korean artist grade paint that comes in tubes like this, and I just pour them into half pans so that it's just more convenient to use. Of course, you also need a palette to mix our paints in. This is just the lid of my tin can. It's from the brand core. It's also a different watercolor brand, but I just changed the paints inside this tin can. I love this palette because you can see those small wells where I can mix different colors. The brush, I'll be using silver black velvet brushes. So these are round brushes in sizes two, six and eight. So what we're looking for in a brush is that it can hold a lot of water, but still keep its point. It's also supposed to be soft so that you can really move your brush around. But of course, if you prefer something more dense, then that's completely fine. What's important is that you are comfortable using your brush. In one of the projects, I will be using this filbert brush, but you can definitely use your regular round brush to paint the strokes. All right, so we also need a white gouache to add some highlights. This is the whole B white gouache in permanent white. Lastly, we need tissue paper to blot out the excess paint in our brushes and also a jar of water. For the colors needed in this class, I will be sharing them each day for each project. Alright, so now let's move on to the next video. 4. Tips Before You Start: I'm pretty sure excited to start the challenge. So let me just share a few tips with you before we start. So tip number one is to prep your paints. And we do this by spraying the paints with some water to that it become more moist. So you can see right here, my paints are still dry. It's still quite hard. And what you want is to add some water. Because I don't have a spray bottle, I usually just use my brush and just drop some water onto the paints or sprinkle it with some water. Let your paint rest for about a minute or two so that it will become moist. And once it is moist, it will be easy to pick up the pigment. It will be easier to grab a more vibrant color. While we are waiting for our paints to become moist. Let me talk about tip number two, which is how to hold your brush properly. So let's talk about the grip of your hand onto the brush. So we want to hold the brush comfortably in a relaxed manner because if you hold your brush too tight, it will also produce tight strokes or stiff strokes. So you want to hold it in a relaxed manner. Now, let's talk about the position of your hand when you're holding the brush. So I would normally recommend holding the brush in the middle if you're a beginner, just as a starting point. And if you want to paint some really tiny details, you want to be in control of the brush, you hold it near the bristles just like this. Next, if you want it to be really loose and free flowing strokes, you hold it towards the end and just let the brush move onto the paper. Now, these are just guides for you. Eventually, you will find a more comfortable position when it comes to holding your brush so that you'll be able to create loose and expressive strokes. Let's talk about tip number three, and that is how to grab some paint from the palette. So I'm just going to wet my brush, and you can choose any color in your palette. I'm going to choose permanent rose. You'll notice that the paint is already moist, and I'm able to grab some paint easily. You can see my brush is loaded with a lot of permanent rose. We're just going to mix this paint on the palette and sort of just melting all the pigments. And now let's try to just swatch. So you'll see that we have a nice bold color, almost opaque. And if you want it to be lighter in color, then you just introduce more water to your mixture. And pretty sure a lot of you are already familiar with this if you have been painting for a while. But just in case you're a beginner, this is how you do it. So you just continue to add water until you get the desired color. So over the course of the challenge, we are going to explore different brush strokes. So sometimes we're going to just dab our brush or stamp our brush onto the paper to create some markings just like this. Or sometimes we're going to explore painting expressive strokes or paint some leaves or even paint some simple petals just like this. So let's start. I'm going to grab my size six round brush, and let's try to use just the tip of the brush. And if you try to stipple it on the paper, you'll be able to create some small dots. And depending on the pressure that you put, you can create bigger dots, smaller dots that can look like fillers or small flowers. And then you can also draw some thin lines, and you can put some more pressure to create thicker strokes. So my tip is really to get to know your brush and just try to create these markings that can help you understand how your brush moves on the paper. So try to understand the different parts of the brush and how you can use them to your advantage. So right here, I'm using the side of the brush to create a broad stroke. So sometimes I use the side of the brush to create a broad petal and just move my brush up and down to create the shape of a petal. And you'll see more of that later on. So now let's try to practice some leaves. Grab any green paint. So practicing leaves is also a good way for you to develop the muscle memory in your hand, and it's also very easy to do. So you just start with a light pressure and then just press your brush, and then drag and slowly live. So let's do this a couple more times. So if you want to warm up exercise, you can try to paint leaves like this. It doesn't have to be complicated. What we want is just to be comfortable when it comes to painting these strokes. A so try to play around, create some wiggly lines just like this or create some zig zag pattern. It's just a fun way to understand how your brush works and how your brush moves on a cold press paper. So let me just grab a different color. You can also try to practice some petal strokes so you can stamp your brush, and you'll see the shape of the round brush once you stamp it on the paper, and then you can also create a loop to create a petal. So these are simple strokes that we will also be using in our challenge. So for the start of the challenge, you'll be painting smaller flowers that are simpler, and we will be painting simple petals as well. So now I'm just pressing my brush and then lifting it towards the end, and I'm trying to do this in different directions. And you'll see that once we do that, we are able to create this beautiful loose flower. So I'm just moving my brush up and down to create that petal. Okay, I'm going to move on to a size eight round brush. So a bigger brush can also help you to paint more loose strokes. So let's just try to paint some simple petals. And this is a juicy brush. I'm going to move my brush up and down, up and down. And then using the tip of the brush, we can create some nice thin strokes attached to this main petal. So this is how I usually paint the petals for the flowers, and I think it looks very nice and expressive. So you'll notice that the bristles are fanning out, and that's because I'm pressing my brush onto the paper to create this broad stroke. So don't be afraid to really press your brush onto the paper to create some nice broad strokes. And usually for loose flowers, we want a center that is quite dark, just to give it some contrast. So let me just grab some permanent rose. So this is a concentrated mixture, but I want to dab my brush onto a tissue paper to draw out that excess moisture. And by doing this, you can see that the paint is more concentrated in the center and it's not really spreading too much towards the petals. Now let me show you what will happen if your brush is quite moist. So I dipped it in the water on purpose, and you'll notice that the paints are going to spread some more within the petal. And sometimes we do want that effect, but sometimes we want the paint to be concentrated just in the center. So I guess it depends on the style that you prefer. Because at the end of the day, I still want you to paint in your own style. So I'm just sharing some guides and some tips that you can apply to your own paintings. So painting loose flowers is also being in control of your brush, and to do that, you really need to practice, you know, paint some petal strokes, check marks, paint some see strokes like this in different directions. That's going to help you become more comfortable painting the petals. So painting loose fors can be frustrating at times because you can't seem to translate what's in your head onto what you're painting. And I think one of the key things is really to understand how your brush works, which is why I keep saying that it's important to practice and just learn more about how your brush moves on the paper. Alright, so I hope that you learned from this lesson. Now, I think you are ready to move on to the next video where we will start our day one. 5. Day 1 Goldenrod: Before we start, here are the colors that you need. Welcome to the first day of this challenge, and today we are going to paint golden rod. So it has this small dense cluster of flowers, and it has this feathery appearance to it that looks very dainty. Before we start, I'm going to show you a quick overview of this project. So we're going to paint these small flowers by dabbing our brush or stamping our brush onto the paper to create these short strokes that look like small flowers, and we're going to vary the size of these strokes. Then I'm going to add two colors for the yellow, one that's lighter. One is a bit darker just to give it more contrast. Next, we're going to prepare our greens and add the stem, and also going to add little bits of green in between the yellow flowers. Next, we're going to add the leaves and also add a few more of those yellow flowers. And at this point, I feel like we need more contrast. So I added some dark brown color to the flowers just to give it some more depth. Alright, and then here I'm just adding a few more finishing touches, so it's always good to look at your painting from afar, just to observe if you need to add some more details. Alright, that's it. So now let's move on to painting our project. I'll be using this as a reference. It's from the book called flower Color Guide, and I really love this book because it has a variety of flowers that you can use as a reference. I'm just going to grab my pencil and just paint some guides. So these are going to be just stems where we will be putting the yellow flowers. So I'm just choosing the details in the reference photo. You don't need to paint all the cluster of yellow flowers. So it just needs a few arms or stems sticking out. So to start, I'm going to grab permanent yellow light. You can grab any yellow color in your palette. Okay, so we want a slightly thick mixture. You want this to be a bright yellow, just to make the flowers pop up. So now I'm just sort of stamping or stippling my brush onto the paper to create a variety of strokes, and you can see that these are short strokes, and that's going to represent the small cluster of flowers. Sometimes I find it easier to work from the tip of the stem going inwards. And you also notice I'm leaving spaces in between my strokes. Leaving the white spaces can help us achieve a more feathery appearance. It just makes it less chunky. So I would suggest leaving more white spaces. And then if you feel like it's too much white space, you can always go back in and add some more stroke or more paint. Okay, so here I attempted to start from the main stem going up, but it just did not feel right. So I started again from the tip of this stem going inward. And you'll notice I'm trying to just sway my brush around to create these more expressive strokes. So yellow is really a beautiful color for florals, but sometimes it can look a little bit flat. So we want to add some depth, and I'm using permanent yellow deep, adding it towards the bottom part of the stems or these stalks that we painted. So they look like a shadow. That's why I'm adding it to one side only. And also, we're adding these shadows while the base flower is still wet. And that's because we want these two colors to blend with each other. We don't want sharp edges. Okay, so you can always go back into the other stalks that you painted if you feel like you need to add some more flowers. You also notice that I made the stems a little bit curve, so they're not really straight. And that's because the reference photo also looks like that. And I feel like if you make the stalks a little bit curve, it looks more natural and looks more organic. Okay, so now we can add some stems, and I'm just going to use sap green. So we're just going to connect all of these stalks. You can also add little bits of green in between those yellow flowers. So I'm looking at my reference photo again, and I can see a bit more green towards the bottom part of each stock. So I'm just going to put some more green to my painting. And again, you just choose the stocks that you want to paint, whichever stands out more in your eyes, and you can always look for another reference photo, as well. Alright, so looking at the shape of this golden rod, I feel like I need to grab some more yellow and just dab my brush towards the tips of each stalk to make it look more wispy and just add some direction to the stalks. So just lightly dab your brush to create these small markings. Alright, so now I'm just going to put some leaves towards the bottom part. I'm just going to wiggle my brush. So just try to have fun and create your own interpretation of this flower. So for the leaves, I just wanted to add some more flair to it. You can see I did a dry brush technique. I'm also trying to put a darker color onto the leaves while they're still wet. So this space looks like a little bit blank. So I'm going to just put some leaf there and also leaves in between some of the stalks. Alright? So the leaves came out a little bit thicker than the reference photo, but that's fine. We can always adjust what we see. Alright, so it's looking good, but at this point, I still feel like we need to add a more feathery appearance. I'm going to do that by just dabbing my brush a little bit more towards the tips of the stalk. And you can see that it makes a huge difference by doing that and just leaving some white spaces in between my strokes. Alright, so I'm going to grab burnt umber, just to add a darker contrast. I'm going to put it near the yellow cluster of flowers. Some of these flowers are still a little bit damp and some of them are dry already. So it's okay. That's going to be part of the fun, and it's going to be great to experiment with your painting. You can grab a little bit more of the green if you wish, can dab a little bit more in between the cluster of flowers. So I decided to paint on a smaller sheet of paper for the first few days so that it's not as intimidating and you can easily fill in the space. Sometimes there are areas that doesn't look nice for you. So what you can do is just grab a damp brush and lift the color of the page and dab your brush on a tissue paper to clean your brush again. Then you can always go back in and just add some more yellow. Alright, so congratulations for finishing your first project. And definitely the techniques that you learned here, you can also apply it to other flowers that look similar to golden Rod. Alright, so stay tuned for day two for our next project. 6. Day 2 Larkspur: Here are the colors that you will need in this project. Welcome to day two of our challenge. So this is still part of the simple blossoms or simple blooms. So we will be painting lark spur. This is a slender plant with some small cluster of flowers. And again, it's going to be very easy to paint. And so I decided to also choose blue for this flower. You can find it in lavender in purple and pink and even white. So I'm just going to start with some four or three petal flowers and add some green in the center. And you can see I'm adding some buds as well. We'll be looking at a reference photo later on. And after painting the buds and flowers, we're going to paint these slender leaves using a size two round brush. So we're going to paint those wispy leaves. Okay, so after that, I wanted to add some more depth. So I added some indigo in the center of the flowers, and it really made a huge difference. I think it made the flower pop up even more. Alright, so we're just going to add some finishing touches, some small buds and leaves. Okay, so let's start painting. Now, let me quickly show you guys the reference photo. So this is the lark per flower that we are going to use as a reference. You can see the small cluster of four or five petal flowers and also some light green buds. And you can also find this in a different shade of blue. That's also a beautiful blue. You can try to do that as well. So first, we're going to use our pencil, and I'm just going to lightly draw on my paper as a guide. You can just try to draw the stems and a little bit of the flowers. Just make sure that you draw lightly because once you paint on top of the sketch, you can no longer erase the pencil markings. Okay, so here I'm just trying to decide which flowers I will add and also adjust the height of the flowers and the gap between the flowers. So I want them all in different heights. So they are also diagonally across each other, just to add some movement to the painting. Okay. So we are going to use the color verdiublue. This is one of my favorite blue colors. I like that it has a little bit of that pastel color. And now I'm also going to mix in a little bit of cerulean blue on my palette and just a little bit of this ultramarine. So I'm just sort of preparing the colors that I need. Alright, I'm using a size six round brush, and we're going to start with the color verdial blue, and we're going to start with four petals. So you can see I'm just painting a loop to paint the petals. So right here I just rinse my brush to create a lighter color, and I'm adding a little bit of that ultramarine blue. So we're going to leave the center blank for now. Next, I'm going to grab my cerulean blue. Just try to dilute it in water so that the color isn't that bold because Cerullian blue is a bright color. So I just painted three petals beside the first flower. Now, let's add a few more petals. So you can just paint maybe two or three petals, and it will suggest that this flower is behind the first flower. So we don't really need to paint all the petals all the time. Alright, so now that we have a few flowers here, we can grab greenish yellow and add it in the center of the flowers while they are all still wet. You can also dab your brush in a tissue paper to make sure that it's not too wet because you don't want the greenish yellow to mix too much with the blue petals. Okay, so let me just add a few more petals here. Alright, so we are going to add our stems, and I'm going to mix sap green with part umber to create an earthy green color. So I'm just going to attach all of these flowers into a stem. Next diagonally across this cluster of flowers, we're going to start another cluster. So we don't want this to be in the same height. So we want it to be a little bit higher. So right here, I'm just painting three petals, and then I can just rinse my brush to change the value. So you can see that some petals are lighter, some are more opaque. It's also best to use a small brush to be able to create these petals. So you can just really drag your brush and create a loop to paint these petals and make sure that you also leave an ample space between the petals just to make it look more interesting so that it won't look like a blob of paint. Next, we're going to add the center, adding some greenish yellow again. Let me just quickly show you the flowers in a reference photo. So you'll notice that we tried to also simplify the flowers. And that's what I love about painting loose flowers because you don't really need to paint all the details. You just want the main characteristic of the flower when you're painting loose flowers. And then now I'm just going to add some more stems. You can see I'm adding some broken lines and the stems are a little bit curve just to add some movement. And now I'm just adding a few more stems ticking out, and we can put some buds or some flowers there later on. Okay, let's add another cluster of flowers. So you'll notice that this one is a bit higher. So I'm just going to put some spaces in between my petals. And then now let's grab some more of this vertical blue. You can also mix some of the blues in your palette. So these are really just simple blooms, but once you turn them into a cluster, it becomes very beautiful. Okay. So I'm just repeating the process for the flowers, and now we're going to add the stems. All right, so we can also add a few more stems over here just to fill in this white space. And then next, we can grab some greenish yellow and have dilute it in water, and we're going to use this color to paint some small buds. So adding buds is a great way to also add some texture to your paintings because it's a different shape from the flowers. So you'll notice that the buds are a little bit light, and I'm just going to grab some burnt umber and mix it to my sap green. And we're going to add that color towards the base of the buds. And you'll see that it will create a beautiful effect. Alright, using a size two round brush, we're going to paint these wispy leaves. You can see those nice thin elongated leaves, and we can achieve that by using a smaller brush. So you can notice that I'm trying to also drag my brush and letting it move in different directions. Alright, so the bottom part needs a little bit more leaves and also some blue flower. So I feel like we need some blue towards the bottom part just to make it feel more balanced. So I'm just gonna grab my paint, and you can see it has been mixed with a little bit of green, and that's fine. All right, so we can go back in with some more green and add it towards the center of the flowers. Adding a second layer to loose flowers can help us add some more depth. So I'm just mixing verdire blue and ultramarine blue. You'll notice this color is maybe two shades darker than the base flowers that we already painted here. I'm just going to paint some thin strokes in between the petals, and that's going to help separate the petals, making it more pronounced. This is a technique that I love to add to flowers because it makes the flowers pop up even more. You can also think of it as shadow. So these can be shadow in between the petals, the curves of the petals. Okay, it's looking good, so we can add some more depth. I'm using indigo. You can use black or even sepia or any brown color, and just tapping my brush to just absorb the extra moisture in my brush because I don't want the paint to spread all over the petals. Okay, so just use the tip of the brush and lightly tap it on the paper to create some small dots. So at this point, you can look at a reference photo again and observe if there are details that you can add to your painting. So right here, I'm just adding some light colored buds. I don't want it to be too dark because I don't want it to grab attention, but at the same time, I want there to be a little bit of color just to fill in some of the white gaps in between the flowers and the leaves. Okay? So we're just adding this to complement the main flowers. Alright, so we're done. Congratulations for finishing your second project. I hope that you enjoyed painting this lark spur, and I hope that you can try it in different colors, too. So now let's move on to day three as we paint a new flower. 7. Day 3 Daisy: So before we start, here are the colors that you need in this project. So for day three, we are going to paint daisies, and I just love painting daisies. It's also a great way to add as a filler for your florals. I chose this as part of the challenge because the techniques that you will learn here can also be applied to flowers that look like a daisy. You just need to change the color. Okay, so let me show you a photo that I took during one of my trips. So you can see that if the Daisy is facing us, facing front, you can see that the center is circle and the petals are fanning out. And if the Daisy is fazing at an angle, you will notice that the center is oval, and then of course, the length of the petals are going to vary. Let's do a brief overview of the project before we start painting. So first, we're going to paint the center of the flowers. So we're going to pinpoint where we're going to put them. And you'll notice that some of the centers here are circle, some are oval. Then next, while this is still wet, we're going to add some shadow. So this is raw umber, and I'm going to put it towards the edges. So you'll see that it's going to give it a little bit more depth. Alright, so for the petals of the daisies, we're going to use paints gray. So this is one of the quickest ways to paint white flowers or white petals. Using a small brush, we're going to just paint a more elongated petal. And again, we're just going to vary the length and add some spaces in between the petals. Okay, and then we're going to add sepia. This is going to be added towards the ring or the edges of the center. It's going to help make the daisies pop up even more. And of course, we're also going to add the stems and also the leaves. I'm going to add it in between the flowers. Alright, so when the flowers are already dry, we can also try to add another layer. So I'm using paints gray, and just adding a few more of those petals on top. And right here, we're just adding some more finishing touches. If you want more depth, you can go back in with a darker color for the edge of that round center. Alright, so now let's start painting, and I'm going to grab first permanent yellow light. And then permanent yellow deep. So I just mix those two colors because the permanent yellow light is too bright, too lemony, so we want it to be a little bit warm. Okay, so I'm just grabbing my pencil and we can just try to draw some circles, which will be our guide for the center of the daisies. So you can look at the reference photo and check out which flower stands out to you. It's also nice to vary the angles of the daisies in a composition so that it looks more interesting. So you'll notice some of the shapes here are circles, some are oval. Alright, so we are ready to paint. Let's just grab this yellow paint. So I'm just going to fill in that circle. I'm using a small brush, so this is a size four round brush. But you can definitely use a size six as well. Alright, so let's just rinse or brush and grab a new color. This is raw umber, and I am also going to add it to the edges of this center. If you don't have raw umber, you can also add a little bit of brown to your yellow or maybe add some Benziena. So we just want to add some depth to the center of the daisies. So you can grab a tissue paper and dab your brush to absorb the excess moisture in your brush. So I'm doing this because I want to control that brown color. I don't want it to spread all over the place. I just want it to stay put around the edges. So if your brush is too wet, it's definitely going to move around on the surface of the paper. Okay, so let's prepare the color for the petals. I'm going to use paints gray, and you can see that I'm adding a lot of water. We really want this to be very transparent. So I'm going to swatch it for you. So you'll see there that it's actually quite light. You almost can't see it. So we're going to try and paint some petals here. So I'm just going to drag my brush from the center going out, and I'm doing this quite fast to create some nice wispy strokes. Also try to vary the pressure in each petal so that you will end up with different brush markings. I'm also trying to leave a little bit of space in between some of the petals. And if you'll notice the reference photo, some of the petals have more irregular shape. So we can also try to follow that. Okay, so now I'm going to grab a little bit of ultramarine blue, so I want to really dilute this color. Something I love to do when painting white flowers is that I add different colors to it. Sometimes I add purple, sometimes I add some blue in it, and it's going to make it look very pretty. So you'll notice that the blue is very, very subtle. Okay, so now let's move on to another flower. So this is on its side, so we want to also vary the length of the petals. H So when you're doing composition like this, it's best to vary the size of the flowers. So you'll notice here that the flower at the bottom, it's the biggest flower. And then the flowers in the middle, they're medium size. And at the top, it's going to be the smallest. And that's going to help distribute the weight in the floral composition. So I'm sharing these tips because you can also apply this to painting a floral composition using different flowers. Alright, so I think we can start adding some more depth. I'm going to use Sepia. It's a dark brown color, and we are going to add that to the edges of the circle. So you can see that I dab my brush and tissue paper. That is to absorb the excess moisture. So the center is still a bit damp, and then the petals are a little bit wet. You can see that the brown color is spreading to the petals, and I think it looks great. So I love how the two colors are blending. If there are areas that you don't like, you can troubleshoot it by using a clean brush. Just blot it in a tissue paper and absorb the excess paint, just like what I'm doing here, and then dab your brush again in the tissue paper to clean your brush. Alright, so this is one of the ways to slightly erase some of the mistakes. Alright, so it's time to add the stems going to mix sap green and burnt umber. So we just want an earthy green color again. Any green and any brown color can work well. So just make use of the colors that you have in your palette. I'm just going to add these long stems. And we can also add some small buds and also some smaller flowers. I feel like we need to add more variety in this composition. So I'm using a very light color. This is still paints gray. So just dab your brush onto the paper to create some small markings. And I think we can add a little bit right here at the bottom, just to fill in that space. We can add one more on the right side. You can see my hand is, like, moving and checking where I should add another small flower. So it really just takes practice to know where to put the flowers. You really need to paint a lot to understand the floor composition. So now I'm going to add some yellows in the center. You can see I did a reverse process, so I painted the petals first, and then I added the center. So you can actually still do that as well. Alright, so for the leaves, we're going to use sap green and burnt umber again, and I'm just going to wiggle my brush to create some jagged edge for the leaves. And when you're adding leaves, it's always nice to add it near the white flowers because it's going to help shape the edges of the petals. It's going to make the flowers pop up as well. A Alright, so while the leaves are still wet, I'm just going to quickly drop in a darker color just for some contrast, and that's going to create a beautiful effect. Let's just grab a little bit of sepia or dark brown color and add it in the center of the smaller flowers just to give it more contrast. Now, for white flowers, I usually love adding a second layer. So this is just a shade or two darker than the previous color. If you don't want to add a second layer, that's fine. If you're happy with this look, it's also okay to leave it as is. So now I'm adding a second layer, and I'm just painting these quick strokes, these elongated strokes on top of the first layer of petals. And it's going to help sort of separate some of the petals. All right. It's grab some more paint. I'm just going to continue adding a second layer on the other flowers. So I try to do curved strokes. You can see that the strokes are a little bit bent. It's not a straight stroke all the time. That's because I want to add some movement to the petals. Okay, it's looking great, but I think we can add some more on the smaller flowers. So you can see that we're just painting a few strokes, and it instantly makes the flowers pop up. So we can go back into the bigger flowers here, going to add near the center where more shadow will occur. Alright, now let's grab a little bit of sepia and you can add it again in the center of the flour. So this is optional. If you feel like the colors are light, you can go back in and just add some more color. I also love how the brown color moves into the wet petals. It's giving it a more dramatic look. And again, if there are areas that you don't like, you simply grab a clean damp brush and just try to absorb the excess paint on the paper. Okay, so we're down to the finishing touches. I'm just going to add a few more smaller flowers here. So just try to look at your painting from afar to see what else you need to add. Okay, so we're done with day three. I hope that you enjoy this project for today. And now let's move on to day four of our challenge. 8. Day 4 Sunflower: Before we start here are the colors that you need. Okay, so we are on day four, and this is the last project in this category, and we'll be painting a sunflower. In this project, we're going to let our brush move a little bit more compared to the first three days. So we're going to paint these huge petals. Let's do a quick overview of the process. First, we'll get a brown color, and we're just going to dab our brush onto the paper to create a circle shape. And while that is still wet, we're going to grab a darker brown color. You can use CPR even black and just add it in the center to give it more depth. Using a bigger brush, this is a size eight brush. We're going to start adding our petals, and you can see that I'm trying to really move my brush, creating some strokes to add some petals. I'm also making sure that I'm leaving some white spaces in between the petals. Next we're going to mix our green. I'm mixing sap green and print umber, and I'm just going to put a few leaves peeking behind the petals, and then we're going to add a stem. This is such a good project because the process is easy. So this is like a warm up exercise for you. I love how we can build small wins every day by painting one project per day. Alright, so once the petals are dry, we can start adding a second layer. This is just about a shade or two darker than the base color of the petals. Next, we can go back and add some more brown in the center just to create more contrast. Alright, so now let's start painting our project. So I have here my reference photo, so we can try to observe first the shape of the flower. So we have this round center, and you can use your pencil to just lightly draw a circle as a guide. Okay, so we are not going to draw the petals anymore. So just the center as a guide. So you'll see different layers of petals there, and we're just going to simplify it and add just a few petals on this flower. Now let's grab Burnt umber. This is the brown color that I will use for the center, but you can use other colors as well in your palette. And I want this to be a little bit thick. I'm using a size four brush, you can also use a size six. So what I'm doing now is I'm trying to stamp my brush to create this texture. And we are going to fill in this circle for the center of this a sunflower. Then I can also try to rinse my brush to get a lighter brown color. So I'm introducing more water to my mixture. You'll notice that there are areas that are darker and some are lighter. Try to also add some spaces in between your strokes. So I'm doing this stamping technique because we can get a nice texture. So instead of filling in the entire space with just brown color, I am trying to just stamp my brush instead onto the paper to create some texture. And the reason is that when you look at the sunflower, you'll notice that the center also has some texture, so we're trying to mimic that. All right, let's leave the center as it is. Now let's move on to our petals. I'm going to grab permanent yellow light and permanent yellow deep. So if you have a different version of these colors, that's completely fine. Or if you want to use just yellow, that's also okay. All right, let me switch to a size eight round brush. So a bigger brush can produce more expressive strokes. Let's just grab some water. I'm going to grab permanent yellow light and just move my brush from the center going out, creating that nice pointy tip. I can also tip my brush to the permanent yellow deep. Sometimes I'm mixing these two yellows. Let's dip it in our water jar and move our brush to create that nice expressive petal. You can see that the brown center is still a little bit damp and it's moving towards the petals, and that's actually a beautiful effect. As we're painting the petals, we're also trying to wiggle or brush, creating an S stroke movement. So we're creating a more curved stroke. You'll notice that the petals has some movement, and don't forget to leave some spaces in between your petals. Alright, now let's add some dark spots in the center. I'm using sepia. So this is a nice dark color and just tab it towards the edges of this sunflower. You can see that I'm grabbing the paint straight from the pan and putting it on the paper because I want it to be a thick mixture. So we're adding it towards the edges because that's where the shallows are. Now we can add a little bit of highlight in the center. Grab a clean brush and just slowly lift that color in the center. Let's grab yellow orange and add it to our yellow mixture. And we're going to add this onto the petals while they're still wet. So you'll notice that it's going to give it a little bit more depth so that it doesn't look too flat. Yellow flowers tend to look flat, so we need to really add some shadows by adding, like, a darker shade. So right here, you can see I'm even grabbing some color from the center and moving it towards the petal. Alright, so look at the painting from afar, and you can add a few more strokes to fix the shape of the sunflower. I think it's looking great. Now let's move on to mixing our greens. This is sap green and brent umber. I'm just going to add a few leaf strokes in between the petals, so it looks like they are behind this flower. And making sure that they have a pointy tip. Now I'm going to add this stem. I'm going to rinse my brush, and we're going to fade away some parts of this stem to make it look softer. And while it's still wet, I'm going to drop in a darker green color. So I'm just adding a few spots there to make it look more dramatic. So that's a technique that you can do even in other flowers. And you'll notice that my brush is also a little bit dry, so you can see that as I'm adding summer strokes to that leaf, I'm creating a dry brush technique. Let's check the petals by touching it if it's already dry. So if it's already dry, we can start adding a second layer. I'm going to add some yellow orange to my yellow mixture on my palette and maybe add a little bit of this brown. Then you can start adding some expressive strokes using just the tip of the brush, creating some S strokes. Let me show it to you up close so you can see it better. You can see that the color is not too dark because we don't want it to be overwhelming. We still want to see the base color of this flower. Let's just grab some more paint. I just using the tip and moving it up and down. So these are really just very thin strokes. This is going to give us the illusion that it has some ridges or some folds in the petals. Alright, so that's grab Sepia, and I'm adding it in the center because the center looks a little bit light. And when you look at sunflower photo, you'll notice that the center brown color is quite dark. So we want to bring back that color. Alright, so we're done with our sunflower painting. You can even add some white gouache in the center. Add some dots to give it some highlights, or you can leave this as it is. Now let's move on to day five as we learn from a different category for this challenge. 9. Day 5 Ranunculus: So here are the colors that you need in this project. All right, so we're done with Day one to four, and now we're going to move forward to a different category. We're going to explore different shapes of flowers. So for day five, we're going to paint ranunculus, which is a round shaped flower. The characteristic of ranunculus is that it has really tight petals. So we're going to start with the center first, and I'm going to paint tight petals by using just a tip of the brush and painting some curve petals. And then as we go further out, we're going to paint bigger petals. You can definitely use different colors. Mnuclus comes in different colors. I've seen some dainty pink, some whites, so you can definitely change the color for this project. To keep it simple, we're just going to paint two main flowers, and then we're going to add some smaller flowers and buds later on. Lastly, we're going to add some splatters. It's going to make your painting look even prettier. I just love the character that it gives. Okay, so I think we can start painting. Let me show you this reference photo, so you'll notice all the tight petals. So they actually look like just curve lines from afar, but they are the tight petals. They have several layers, but we don't need to paint all the details. Again, we just choose the details that stand out. So right here, I'm just going to use my pencil to just draw these small dots as a guide. And to keep it simple, we're going to paint two main flowers that are diagonally across each other. And then we're just going to add some buds and some smaller flowers. Okay, so this looks good. And you can, of course, look at our reference photo again. This is a beautiful yellow orange flower. Let's now prepare the colors. I'm going to use greenish yellow, but if you don't have this, just mix your green and yellow. And then next I'm using permanent yellow light. So just use a small brush for this center. Then going to paint this crescent moon shape center. And then using the tip, I'm just painting some smaller s strokes. Right. Next, let's grab our permanent yellow light. And again, I'm just painting these very thin curve lines and then making sure that there are spaces in between my strokes. Okay, now let's prepare vermilion and yellow orange. So we're going to use this for the remaining parts of the anuncids and So now we're still going to paint some thin lines using just the tip of the brush and going all around the center. So it looks like I'm hugging the center of this flower and then make sure you have some spaces in between your strokes. So these are going to look like the layers of petals in the renunculs. So we're just creating that illusion. Now you can also grab a little bit of that vermilion just to change the color a little bit. Now, let's rinse our brush, tap the excess water, and then we're going to blur out the edges of these petals, and I'm also making the petals a little bit bigger. So in the reference photo, you'll notice that the center of the ranunculus has tighter petals. As you go further out, the petals are bigger. So to make this look soft, we need to add some water in our brush and just fade away the stroke so that it looks very soft and feathery. And while this is still wet, you can grab a little bit more pigment. You can grab more yellow orange or more vermilion and just paint it on top of the strokes that we did. This is also going to help us build that contrast and depth. Alright, it's looking good. Now let's grab sap green and paint this stem. Now as I paint the stem, I'm going to paint it in a curved manner so you can see that the nculus looks like it's dancing. All right, so we can also try to lift some of the color. It's going to give us a little bit more highlight in some areas of the stem. Diagonally across the first flower, we're going to start another one. So it's the same process. We need a green center, and then we're going to paint some really thin strokes all around it. So if you're doing a different color for the ranunculus, it's going to be the same process. Alright, now let's grab a little bit of that yellow orange. And I just really love the gradient effect. So I'm also trying to touch the yellow part and mix it with the yellow orange. Alright, let's grab some more vermilion. So if you try to paint more thin throkes, then it will look like it's more intricate and it has more layers of petals. Alright, let's rinse our brush, tap the excess water, and then slowly fade away the outer petals. And again, we're going to paint it a little bit bigger. So we're going to sort of extend some of the petals. And don't be afraid to dip your brush in the water so that you can fade away the strokes. Then we can look at the reference photo again and you'll see this really huge petals towards the outer part of the flower. So while the vase flour is still wet, you can grab a darker color, a more intense orange, like vermilion, and then just paint the same thin strokes. So I'm usually adding this towards the middle part because that's where the shadows are. Now let's grab our green again and add a stem. So we want this dancing stem, so I'm going to make it a little bit curve. Okay, so we still have some white spaces to fill in. And instead of painting big flowers, we're just going to paint a small bud right here. So I'm just going to use my green paint, and then we're going to add the stem behind the main flowers. So here I'm just grabbing a darker green and just putting it towards the base of this bud and also on the stems, just put some small dots of those dark spots. I'm going to put a smaller flower on the lower right side, so this is the reference. And you'll notice that it doesn't have a lot of details. So we're just going to paint some plain petals here using yellow orange. So it looks like a heart shape. And then just grab vermilion and add it towards the edges. So you can see it looks like it's two toned. Then you just added a stem. So once the flowers are already dry, we can start adding a second layer. So here I just got a little bit of yellow orange, and I'm just going to paint near the center, just a few thin strokes, and then grab some of that for 1 million. And you can even add a little bit of red or brown to your mixture so that it's slightly darker. And you'll notice here I'm adding a few strokes that's going to make this flour pop up even more. And it's going to help separate all the petals. At the center of the flower, we can grab a little bit more green. You can use sap green or greenish yellow. So when you're painting loose florals, it's always important to add that dark center to give it more contrast. And now we're going to the fun part, which is the splatter technique. I'm grabbing yellow and some orange, and we're just going to splatter it all over the white space. So for the splatters, I usually use the colors that I use in the main flowers. Now, to make it look more dramatic, we can grab a clean brush and try to spread some of the splatters so that we have more color instead of just dots. The center needs a little bit more corncrst, so I'm going to add some more green to the center. You can also use indigo. Alright, so now we are done. You can definitely add some more splatters if you wish, but this is just a beautiful and cheery flower to look at. I hope that you enjoy the flower that we painted today. Now let's move on to day six. 10. Day 6 Daffodil: Here are the colors that you will need in this project. All right, so for day six, we are going to paint daffodils. So these are flowers with a trumpet shape center, and then you have some petals surrounding that. It's also characterized by long slender stems and also these elongated leaves. Before we start our project, let's do a quick overview of our painting. After drawing the shape using a pencil, we're going to start by painting the surrounding petals around the trumpet shape center. Next, we're going to paint small round dots in the center of that trumpet, and then we're going to fill in its shape with some water and a little bit of that yellow paint. And at the same time, we're going to add some contrast by adding a deeper color of yellow. So inside that circle that you see, we're going to just tap our brush and add a little bit of yellow and just add a darker dot just to give it an illusion that it has more depth, and then we're going to put the stem after which we're going to proceed to this second daffodil. So I did the same procedure. It's the petal surrounding the trumpet shape, and then we're going to start with the trumpet itself. And right here, I'm just adding some contrast or some shadows. And then we're just going to fit in that circle again and put a small.in the center. Next, we're going to add those nice elongated leaves. I just love using the dry brush technique so you can see a bit of texture there. Daffodils may seem intimidating to paint because it looks like complicated. But for me, this is the easiest way to do it, and I'm really excited for you to try it out. So here, I'm just adding splatters of yellow. It just looks great with some character in the background by adding the splatters. Then we can just go back and add some more finishing touches to make certain areas look deeper or with more contrast. Alright, so let's start painting. I'm going to show you this reference photo from the book called the flower Color Guide. You'll notice that daffodils have six petals. But because what we're painting is a daffodil that is on its side, you can't really see all the petals. So you don't need to paint all the six petals. Some can be behind the trumpet. So we're just going to paint two daffodils, two main flowers. So I'm going to start with the trumpet. So I am just drawing this kind of like a bell shape you can start with this oval shape and then just connect some lines to create this bell shape. And that is going to be our guide for painting. Let's prepare the colors first. I'm going to use permanent yellow light and permanent yellow deep, so you can try to find two yellows in your palette. I'm going to also use a size eight round brush to get a more expressive stroke. Let's start with the outer petals. Just slightly press your brush and then go towards that bottom part of the trumpet. So I'm painting smaller petals towards the back of the trumpet because it's further away from my perspective. Now we're going to paint bigger petals that are in front of this trumpet. Alright, so just press and then lift towards the end, and you'll have a nice pointy tip. So all the petals are going to point towards that bottom part of the trumpet shape. Next, I'm going to grab this permanent yellow deep and put some small dots all around that oval shape. So right here, I'm using a smaller brush, but you can still use your size eight round brush. So we want to just rinse our brush right now. And using the color from the dots, I'm going to pull that away. I'm going to pull it down to create the shape of the trumpet. So you can grab a deeper yellow color. So I'm just going to put a little bit of that burnt umber and mix it with my yellow. So just put it there towards the base of the trumpet because that's where the shadow will be. That's why we want it to be a little bit darker. So at this point, you can also slowly fix the shape of some of the petals. You can add some more color as well. Alright, let's grab a little bit of Bent sienna and mix it with the yellow on our palette. And I'm going to use that to add to the base of the trumpet. Again, this is to add some shadow. Also going to add a little bit towards that ring of dots that we did. Now let's grab a little bit of water and blur out that center. And while that is still wet, I'm going to grab a little bit of burnsiana and just put a small dot. So the center or the trumpet is actually hollow. That's why we added that small dot. It's going to look like a shadow, so it will have more depth. We'll go back to that later on. So now I'm just mixing the color for the stem, it's sap green with burnt umber. So we want this to be a nice, long slender stem. So if you'll notice the daffodil, it still needs a little bit more contrast. So I'm grabbing burnt sienna straight from the pan and just dabbing it in the ring of dots and also towards the base of the trumpet. As I'm doing this, the flower is also still a little bit damp. All right, so now let's move on to the second daffodil. And I'm using a size eight round brush, and this is permanent yellow light. So I'm painting these petals and making sure it's pointing towards the bottom of the trumpet shape. And if you'll notice, we're painting these petals that are facing in different directions. You can see I'm painting the petal from the right going inwards. And it's just nice to create those pointy tips. It makes the flour look more expressive. Let's grab permanent yellow deep, and I'm going to switch the smaller brush and add some small dots in this oval shape. Next, clean your brush and tap the excess water, and we're going to drag the color from the dots to create the shape of the trumpet. Now let's grab a little bit of burnt sienna. I'm just going to mix it on my palette. And it's not a really dark mixture. So I'm going to add it on the dots just to add some contrast. Then also towards the base of the trumpet. So you can also mix it with a deeper yellow. So rinse your brush, and then we're going to blur out the center and move a little bit of that color. You can see a little bit of yellow. And in the middle, I'm going to put a dark center. This is burnt umber. So again, this is to create an illusion that this is a hollow trumpet. Next, let's grab our green. This is sap green with burnt umber, and we're going to paint this long slender stem. So looking at the reference photo, you'll notice all of these nice elongated leaves, and we're going to do single strokes for this. I'm using a size eight round brush. So let's just mix our green with a little bit of brown. We're going to paint from the bottom going up, and it's going to face in different directions. All right. So if you want to achieve that dry brush technique, you can also dab your brush and tissue paper before you start painting on the paper. Okay, let me just rinse my brush and just wet this area. And then let's just paint some more leaves. So I think I want to add a little bit of movements. I'm going to start from the bottom and create this curved stroke. Next, we can grab a little bit of color and just add it on the leaves. You can see that it looks quite imperfect. Some areas are darker, some are lighter, and it just gives this flower more character. So this is optional, but I'm going to add some splatters of yellow and maybe a little bit of green as well. And then we can also grab our clean brush and just smudge that area. So this is going to make the area look more pronounced, more obvious that there's a background. Now we can go back into our daffodil and add some more detail. I'm using Benziena. So the flour is already dry, and we're just adding a few more thoughts there to give it more depth. You can also add in a few strokes on the petals just to create some texture. Alright, so we are done with day six. I hope that you enjoyed painting this daffodil and you can also do this in different colors. So now let's move on to Day seven. 11. Day 7 Anemone: Here are the colors that we need for this project. Let's continue with our floral shapes. Today we are going to explore this bowl shaped flower. It's an demone. We are going to simplify the process for painting this anemone so that it's not too daunting for you and yet we're able to achieve this beautiful and soft petals. Let me give you a brief overview before we start painting. I started with a ring of dots, and then I use purple and a little bit of pink. Next, I just grab a big brush, and it's just water in my brush. I'm just trying to move the colors from the dots into the petals that I'm painting. Next with a darker color, we are just going to dap our brush into the center to create that detail similar to the Anemone flower. And while the petals are all still wet, we're going to add the stem and also the leaves. So what I love about this technique is that we're able to achieve the nice soft petals. So I love the gradient effect in the center and going into the light colored petals. So this is definitely a technique that you can also apply to painting other flowers that look similar to the anemone. So now I'm just trying to let it dry and I'm using a small fan. And this is going to really level up your flowers. So you can add some white dots using white gouache. And you'll notice later on that it will give this flower a three D effect. Okay, so I'm just going to go back in with my indigo just to bring in more contrast. Then next, we can go back in with some more white gouache to just add some more highlights. Okay, so that's it. Now let's start painting. Okay, so this is the reference photo, and to start, we are going to use our pencil, and let's just draw a small circle in the middle of the paper. Okay, let's grab permanent violet and also permanent rose. We want a nice thick mixture. All right. Let me just grab some more permanent violet. And you can use a smaller brush for this. We are going to use the tip of the brush and paint some small dots all around that circle that we drew earlier. So you can vary the size of the dots, some are bigger, some are smaller, and leave some spaces in between. I'm also going to put in a little bit of those permanent rose dots. So if you have a different reference photo for the anemone, you can definitely use a different color combination. So we want the dots to be really wet and also very pigmented. And don't worry, you can always go back in and put in some more paint. And that's because we are going to grab color from those dots into the petal. So right here, I just have a clean brush, and I am painting the petals, going from the center, from the dots going out. You can see I'm just trying to move my brush up and down until I form a curved petal. Alright, let me switch to a bigger brush because it's just easier to do it this way. So you can see that I'm just really pressing my brush onto the paper, letting it fan out. And also, my brush is filled with a lot of water. So I just want those pigments to really move into the petals. Let me do it for you slowly so you can really observe. And then you can paint some thin strokes. Sometimes I try to push the pigments a little bit more using my brush so that it will move into the petal somewhere. All right, so we can do one more petal over here. Alright, so you can see I'm just painting water onto the paper, but I'm grabbing a little bit of pigment from the center just to add some color to the petals. And you can see right away the petals look very, very soft using this technique. I'm grabbing a little bit more of that permanent violet and adding it in the center and maybe a little bit of this permanent rose, and I just love the combination of these two colors. Okay, so I think we need a little bit more contrast, so we can grab indigo or any dark color in your palette and just add it in the center. Let it bleed into the petals. Now let's use our brush. I have here indigo, and just go to tab it in the center just to add some detail that's similar to the reference photo. So you'll notice that it has some fuzzy edge. So that's what I'm doing here, tabbing my brush to create a texture. At the same time, you'll notice I'm leaving some spaces. So there's like a ring of white space around the center. Alright, now with a clean brush, you can also try to move the paint. So just like what I'm doing here. I'm using just the tip of my brush is creating these elongated strokes, just very quick strokes that's going to add some character to the petals. Alright, now let's move on to our stem. I'm using sap cream and burnt tumber. You can just paint a straight stem here. Then you can add a few more leaves sticking out and I'm going to put it near the petals while the petals are still wet. I just love how it just blends a little bit into the petal. It just makes it look softer. Let me blend out this area. I'm using a clean brush. Just pressing my brush to soften that area. It's now time to let the painting dry. You can wait for it or you can use a fan like what I'm doing here or use a heat gun. I don't have a heat gun, so I'm just using a simple fan. Next, we need to squeeze out some white quash. I'm using the whole in in permanent white. So permanent white is a good color for adding those opaque white highlights. I'm using a small brush and just adding a little bit of water. Now I'm going to put some small dots just all around the center. And then maybe put a little bit of see stroke right there just to add some highlight. Next, I'm going to grab indigo or grab any dark color in your palette I'm going to stipple the tip of the brush right there in the center of the flour and going all around the highlight that I did. Next, let's put some small dots again. So I'm adding a second layer for this detail because it looks very light. So when the watercolor dries, sometimes it dries too light. So we want to put back in the color. That's why I'm adding another layer of indigo. All right, let's go back in again with some white gouache. So make sure that you have a really thick mixture because you want this to be opaque. I'm going to continue adding those white dots, but the dark dots that we added are still a little bit wet, and you'll notice that the white gouache is going to mix in with the watercolor. It's also going to create a beautiful three D effect. So I'm just going to go back in with that highlight again. Just continue adding the dots until you're satisfied with how it looks. Let's look at this from afar, and you'll notice that we have more depth in the center just because we added those white gouache details. Okay, so, I think we're done. Congratulations for finishing your project. We are now one week into the challenge. I hope that you are enjoying your time painting new flowers each day. Okay, let's now move on to day eight as we paint some pansies. 12. Day 8 Pansies: Here are the colors that we need for this project. Okay, so welcome to Day eight, and today we're going to paint pansies. So these flowers have a fan shape. It also has overlapping petals, and the key feature is the face of this flower. You'll notice a dark center and also those dark lines. Now, pansies are fun to paint because they come in different color combinations, so it's really great to experiment with. So this flower has always been quite intimidating for me, but I decided to study it. And I noticed that the bottom petal has this heart shape. So it's like an upside down heart shape, and it has petals or I would say wings beside it. So those are the three lower petals. And then the pansies have two upper petals. So I just drew the guide first, and then we're just going to fill it in with some color. I'm going to start with the lower petals first. And so right here, this is yellow with a little bit of red. So you can do different color combinations. And then we are just going to let this dry first before we move on to the upper petals. And we have two upper petals. We're going to paint a bigger one and a smaller one that looks like behind the other petals. While the petals are still wet, you can add another color. So next, I'm going to add those veins coming from the center, and we have to make sure that the flour is already dry before we add this detail. Okay, so we're going to make this really simple. I'm just going to add some stems and maybe some leaves and also a small bud or small flower that's about to bloom, and that's it. Okay so let's get started. Okay, let me show you a photo from one of my trips to Japan. I saw a lot of pansies just along the streets. And you'll notice at the bottom petal has this heart shape, and then it has some wings or arms. And then on the upper part, you have two petals. So we are going to start drawing so that we have a guide. So normally, I wouldn't really try to draw the shape of the flower. I usually paint straight away on the paper. But I realize with pansies, it's best to draw the outline just to have a guide. So here we are going to paint three flowers, and I'm just painting the heart shape for the bottom petal. So it looks like an upside down heart. And then on its side, you paint two petals, one on the left, one on the right. You can always adjust the shape later on. Like, for me, this is the easiest way to paint pansies. And then next, we can paint one petal on top and another one on the right that's smaller. So the top two petals have different size. Okay, let's grab some color. I'm using mineral violet, and I'm going to add a little bit of permanent rose. You can definitely mix your own violet or mix a different color for the pansies. So I'm mixing these two colors because I'm basing it on the reference photo. So we want this to be a little bit light. We're going to paint the three petals below. So this is the upside down heart. You'll notice that it's not really a dark color. Okay, now let's paint the petals on the left and on the right. And as I'm painting these petals, you'll notice that I am leaving white space in between these three petals. So they are not really touching each other. So in the reference photo, I saw a yellow center. So we're going to grab some yellow and put it in the center while this flower is still wet, so you want that color to blend in with each other. Alright, so at this point, we can mix a deeper color. This is still permit rose and mineral violet. I'm just going to tab this color along the edges and also in between the petals. Alright, so I really love how these colors blend on wet surface. So you'll notice some areas have a darker color, somew lighter. And I'm going to leave this as is. For now, let's move on to another flower. Okay, now let's use permanent violet. So this one has a little bit more blue in it, and I'm going to do the same process. So we're going to paint the upside down heart first. So I'm using a small brush to do this so that it's easier to move in a smaller space. And then we're going to paint the arms, one on the left, again, one on the right. And you'll notice the mixture is also a little bit light, so we can just go back in and add some more color later on. All right. So now let's grab a thicker mixture of permanent violet. This is a bolder color. I'm going to add it in the center to give this flower more contrast. So for this flower, I'm going to keep it simple. I'm going to add permanent violet. Next, let's move on to another flower. So I am going to grab permanent yellow deep, so you can get any warm yellow color in your palette. So we're going to repeat the same process, paint the upside down heart and the arms beside it. And you can definitely go back in to fix the shape of the petals. You can make some petals a little bit bigger. So I guess it depends also on the reference photo that you have, but I will be providing you with a reference photo that I took. Alright, now let's grab a darker color. I'm going to use crimson lake, and I just love the mixture of these two colors. It's a nice combination. So let's just mix it on our palette. And I want this to be quite thick and drop it in the petals. I'm going to add it towards the outer part of the flower and also in the middle. Let me show you the reference photo up close. So you'll notice different spots of reddish brown color. So we're just going to copy that. So once the lower petals are dry, we can start adding the upper petals. I'm going to paint the first one here. So just follow the curve that's why it's important to wait for the lower petals to dry or else these two petals will just blend with each other. Okay, right here, again, I'm just following the curves of the petals, and this is going to be a smaller one. So I want to create the illusion that this is a petal that is behind the other petals. So don't forget to leave just some tiny white spaces to separate it from the other petals. Now, the scrap violet. I'm going to put it here in the center. Let the color bleed. Okay, so let's move on to the second flower. I'm using permanent violet. And again, we're going to follow the curve of the lower petals. You can see I'm pushing my brush, and then we're going to paint one big petal. For the second one, it's going to be smaller. Okay, so while this is still wet, let's grab a darker violet. This is just more pigmented. I'm put it in the center. So I notice in the reference photo, there's a little bit of yellow. So I'm just going to add that in the center. And if the colors look messy, you can always grab a clean brush and just lift the color, let the brush absorb the extra paint. So they're all coming to life. I really love it. Now let's move on to the third pansy. I'm using crimson lake. So for the upper petals, it's going to be a different color. So I'm just going to follow the curve of the lower petal and then just slowly work my way around it. So while the petals are still wet, let's grab a darker color. I'm going to use permanent violet, make sure it's a thick mixture and add it right there. Just let it bleed on the wet surface. You can also use indigo or any dark color. Alright, so you'll notice that adding this dark color really creates a striking contrast. And now we are going to grab our brush and use a size two round brush, grab some violet and paint these nice thin lines. I'm going to start from the center going out so that I have some nice wispy strokes. Okay, let's move on to the other flowers, touch the petals, make sure it's dry. And then we can add those nice thin lines. So this is one of the key features of a pansy. So it has this beautiful detail. Alright, so as I'm painting this, I feel like we need to add some pop of color. So I'm going to grab permanent yellow light. A light yellow color you have in your palette, you can use that. And then I'm just going to grab a thick paint and put it in the center so that it will make this flower stand out even more. Another option is to use gouache and a yellow color. So I'm going to do that as well on the other flower. Alright, now let's add some veins on the third flower. Okay, so as I'm adding the veins, I noticed that this flower right here looks like it needs a bit more contrast. So I'm grabbing some crimson lake and just going to lightly paint the sides of the petals. But the downside is that I'm going to blur out some of the lines that I painted, but that's okay because we can always go back in and add it. So I'm just going to paint the edges and then clean my brush and just slowly blur the edges. So I'm just adding color towards the edges of the petal. While this is still wet, we can grab a little bit more of that crimson lake or you can grab some violet and add some color. Let the colors bleed with each other. And then if you don't like it, you can always go back in and kind of blot the color. Now, we can grab a few dots of dark color in the center just to give it more depth. And now let's mix the colors for our stems. I'm going to mix sap green and burnt umber. So just mix any green and brown color in your palette. Now we can add some curve stems that look like they're dancing, going to make this look like it's more whimsical. And then we can also add some leaves. So we have a space on the upper left part of this painting that looks a little bit blank. So I think we can add some small flower that's about to bloom. I'm using a very light violet color. I'm just trying to observe this small flower in the reference photo, you'll see that nice small bud and I'm gonna put a green in the base of this flower so that it will be connected to the stem. Okay, congratulations for finishing Day eight, and this is the last of the category. Now we'll move on to a different category for day nine. I hope that you got inspired to paint more panties in different color combinations. Okay, let's move on to the next video. 13. Day 9 Hydrangea: Before we start, here are the colors that you need. Okay, so we are now on day nine, and today we're going to paint hydranga. It can be overwhelming to paint this flower because of all the small cluster of flowers and details. So we're going to paint it loosely. So for this project, we're going to do a wet on wet technique. And first, we're going to wet the entire paper. So here I'm showing you the sheen on the paper. Next, we're going to grab a blue paint, and we're going to just create some markings on the wet paper. And you can see that I'm trying to also dab my brush in a tissue paper so that my brush isn't too wet. And what we want is to still see the markings on the paper, even if it's a little bit blurred. Then we're going to add the stem and also the leaves while the paper is still a little bit damp. And you can also start adding some shadows, some darker greens. To make it more dramatic, I'm grabbing a little bit of water and just trying to blur out the edges of the leaves and let the green color just flow into the background. Okay. So next, we want to add another layer of color. So this is going to be a little bit darker, and you can see in the reference photo, there are shadows in some areas, and so I'm going to put a darker blue. Some parts of the flower are still wet, and we want that so that the colors will blend in with each other and we won't have a harsh line. And of course, we're going to add some splatters all over our painting just to give it some dramatic effect. We can also try to blur out some of the splatters. So here I'm just adding some more dark areas to give it more depth. I start painting, and this is our reference photo. So what I'm doing here is I'm just drawing lightly the entire shape of the hydranga. So I'm not going to draw all the small petals. We just want the overall shape of the flower and the stem, and you can also add some leaves. And this is just going to be our guide. Next, we are going to wet our paper. So I have here just a big brush. It's a Filbert brush, but you can use your round brush or any big brush, and I'm just going to paint the paper with just clean water. So I'm going to do it up and down. But to be honest, even if I do this in different directions, it's fine. So I'm so sorry if you can hear my voice. It sounds nasal because I'm still recovering from a flu as I'm recording this. Alright, so I'm going to tilt my paper so you can see the sheen on the paper. You can see that it's damp, but it's not dripping wet, and that's what we want for this project. So you just want the sheen on the paper. You don't have any puddles. Hydrans come in different colors, but I just decided on a blue one because I think it looks very cool in the eyes. So here I'm just grabbing some colors that I will be using, and we'll need cerulean blue, prussian blue, and also vertical blue. You can definitely switch up the colors depending on the availability of the blue colors in your palette. I'm going to start with Cerulian blue. I'm using a size six round brush. The paper is still damp, and I'm just going to dab my brush to create some markings, and you can see that it's spreading too much. So I'm going to dab it in a tissue paper, and now you can see that my strokes are a little bit better, and you can see the markings better. Okay, so let's try it again. This is vertal blue. Alright, so you can see that almost like crescent moon shape. Oh, that's what we want. And I'm leaving spaces in between my strokes. And you can still see the first few strokes that I did, it looks like a blob of paint, and that's because my brush is too wet. So when you're doing this project, make sure that your brush is a little bit dry by damping it in a tissue paper. Alright, so we're not going to be strick with this. We can mix the blues in their palette, use different blues in different areas. So just dab your brush, and you'll be able to create soft strokes because this is a damp paper. You can also try adding a darker color. This is Prussian blue. I'm adding it towards the bottom part of the hydrangea just because there's more shadow in that area. So what I love about working on wet paper is that it really produces a very soft painting. Okay, so for the edges of the hydrangea, I want it to be really soft. So I'm just grabbing some water, and I'm just going to quickly blur out the edges. You can see I'm trying to press my brush onto the paper and add some water just to disperse the color. Because I want it to be very soft. So because we've been working on this for a while, the bottom part is already dry, and I'm going to grab some water again and just lightly wet my paper, so you can see, it's not a puddle, just really light layer of water. Now, let's prepare our greens. I'm going to mix sap green and burnt umber. And we're going to add the stem. This is a thick mixture and I'm also dabbing my brush in the tissue paper so that it's not going to spread all over the place. Then we're going to add the leaves. So you can see that hydrone have really wide leaves. I'm going to add it towards the other side. And I'm going to try and attach this to the flour. So you'll see the beautiful blend of blue and green. And because we're working on a damp paper, you can see the edges of the leaves. It's kind of feathering. It looks a little bit blurred. Okay, so now you can grab a darker mixture and add it towards certain areas near the flower where the shadow will be. And then we're going to add a dramatic effect, so I just grab some water and I'm going to just lightly drag the color. So you can see right here, just grabbing water and adding it towards the bottom part of the. Again, just want to drag the color down, kind of let the colors flow, and it's just going to create a beautiful background. Okay, it's time to add the second layer of the hydrangea. It's going to give it more depth. So this flour is still slightly damp. Some areas are actually dry already. I'm just going to dab my brush to create some petal like strokes. You can see I'm moving it up and down. So I'm using cerulean blue and also verdial blue. You can see that some areas, I'm going to paint some four petal flowers. Maybe some will be just three, but I'm also making sure that I have spaces in between these flowers and that you can still see some white from the base layer that we did. So we are not going to cover the entire first layer. So we still want to see that. And it can be quite tricky at first, but don't worry this is something that you can practice. So now you can see that this hydrna is slowly coming together. There are more details, and I think it has more depth now. But of course, we're going to add some more darker color. So this is Prussian blue. So I'm mixing a slightly darker color, and I'm adding these strokes, these check mark strokes towards the bottom part. So you can always go back to your reference photo to check where the shadows are going to be. You can also improvise. You can change the placement a little bit. Okay, so I'm just adding some really dark mixture onto the flower. Sometimes I just dab my brush like this and put some small dots. Then you can rinse your brush and add some vertial blue. I guess sometimes it's all about knowing when to stop when you're doing this technique because if you add too many petals, it's going to look very crowded and it won't look soft anymore. Right. Let me just add some greens here and there because at the reference photo, I can see a little bit of the stems. All right, so now we're going to add some water towards the upper part of this hydrangea, and I wanted to add some more drama to that area. So we're going to add some blue, sort of extend some petals. So you can see that it looks very, very soft because we're painting on wet paper. If it's too much, you can always dab it with tissue paper like what I did and then just go back in to add some strokes. So just use a tip of your brush and kind of wiggle your brush to create these markings. So right here on the side, I'm just going to blur out this part just to make it look softer. All right. And just to give it even more depth, I'm grabbing indigo. I'm going to put small dots all over this hydrangea. So it's going to look like the center of the flower. But again, we have to be careful and not add too much so that it doesn't look too crowded. Just going to add some darker areas towards the stem and also the leaves. So the leaves here are already dry, and what we can do is we can add some texture. So you can see I'm using just the side and the tip of the brush to create the strokes. I'm trying to wiggle my brush so that it will look more organic. This is another option instead of painting the usual veins, you can do this technique. Alright, let's add another leaf right here. I'm just using water, and then we're going to add a little bit of that green and then grab a darker color. I'm just going to tab that dark color in different areas and just leave it as is and not going to blend it. Then next, we can add some splatters. So when you're doing splatters and you don't know what color to use, my tip is to use the color of the flower that you did in your painting or maybe add a little bit of green from the leaves. I love adding splatters because it just feels like the painting looks more loosely painted. Now you can always go back in, blur out some edges to make it look softer. For some finishing touches, I'm just going to put some small dots again of indigo in different areas just to let your brain think that there are more flowers in that area. Alright, so that's it. I hope that you enjoyed painting this freestyle hydranga and I hope to see your painting very soon. Let's move on to another project, which is a crowd favorite, so this is the expressive rose. 14. Day 10 Rose: Before we start here, the colors that we need. Okay, so for day ten, we're going to paint a rose, and I really love this expressive style, and roses are my favorite flowers to paint. You can see a lot of expressive strokes here, which we will be doing later on. Okay, so just an overview before we start the project. We're going to start with the center of the rose. I'm working on dry paper. So right here, I'm just trying to create the bigger petals by trying to blur out some of the strokes and also leaving some white spaces in between my strokes. And I'm adding a little bit of that violet, and also I think that's indigo, and we're going to add it towards the outer petals. It's going to give it a very beautiful shadow. It looks like this rose is floating. And it's one of the secret techniques that I do when I want to paint romantic watercolor roses. So after we have this base rose, we're going to paint this wonky stem. You can see it has these broken lines, and then we're going to add some leaves. And then we're going to paint these tiny pods. I'm going to do a very simple technique, and you learn that later on. Some areas look a little bit plank, so I decided to add some more stems and also leaves. So when the rose is already dry, we're going to add some dimension. I'm going to add a second layer. So this is like a darker pink color, and I'm going to just slowly fade away some strokes. And because we're doing freestyle florals, I'm going to just add some flatters to make it look more fun, but you can definitely skip this part. Okay, so let's start painting. I'm going to use a pencil and just put a small dot right here. That's going to be the center of our flower and usually do this as a guide before I start since I don't sketch my floals beforehand. So first, we're going to grab our pink. You can use any pink color. I'm using bright rose just to change things up, but it looks a bit cool, so I'm going to add just a tiny bit of permanent rose just to give it some warmth. So what I love about bright rose is that as the name states it, it's really bright, and I love how intense the color is. So here I'm just watching the colors. I'm grabbing more paint because I want this to be a thick mixture. We want a really dark center. You start with this crescent moon shape. And then all around it, I'm using the tip of the brush and just painting some curve strokes, just some nice thin strokes. I'm going to vary it. So strokes will be a little bit thicker. So it feels like I'm hugging the center. So you can also notice that I'm trying to flick my brush so that all my strokes will have nice pointy tips. So you can see here, it's like I'm creating this cup shape. Alright, so let's just clean our brush and just tap the excess water. I'm going to slowly fade away these outer strokes. So I'm sort of connecting some of the strokes using just water just to keep it light and soft. All right. So as we go towards the outer part of the rose, it's going to be a bigger size. So the petals are going to be bigger, and then going to put just some small strokes right here, which I will be blurring out. So let's rinse our brush. Then press your brush, and then you can move it sideways to create these bigger petals. As I'm doing this, I'm making sure that I still have some white spaces in between my strokes just to suggest that these are layers of petals. So right here, I'm going to blur out this area as well. Just moving my brush. So this is going to be a rose that is on its side. So in order to create that illusion, we should put more petals towards the bottom part of this rose. All right. I have the indigo and I mix it a little bit with the bright rose to create this purple shade, and then I'm going to grab some more indigo and just paint it on the palette. And we want to add a lot of water. I'm going to attach this to the outer petals. So it will create this shadow effect, and just make sure that you add a lot of water just to keep it soft. This is, again, one of the secret techniques that I do whenever I want to create a romantic rose. So you can also use paints gray. If you don't have indigo, just make sure that you're adding a lot of water like what I'm doing here. So just add this slightly towards the outer parts of this rose. So when you're painting loose flowers, you want the center to be darker than the outer part is lighter. So now I'm going to grab a little bit more of that bright rose mixture. This rose is still damp. You can see that as I'm painting these strokes, it looks blurry or feathery, and that's okay. Okay, let's leave that flour alone for now and mix our greens. I'm using sap green and Burnt umber, this is my usual combo. And then I'm going to grab shadow green. So shadow green is also perlin green in other brands. So I wanted to add some movement to the stem. Gonna use just the tip of the brush and just create these broken lines, and you can see that it's not a straight line. Alright, so you can mix the two greens in your palette. And then I'm going to add just some more stems sticking out. That's going to be our guide later on. We can put some more leaves or some more buds, so you can change the composition in your own painting. Alright, let's start adding some leaves. I'm going to grab some more shallow green, and I'm just going to wiggle my brush to create these expressive leaves. I'm using the size six brush, so the effect might be a little bit different. If you're using a size eight brush, it's going to be a bigger leaf. While the leaves are still wet, you can grab some darker green or even indigo and just drop it in the leaves. It's going to create a beautiful dramatic effect. I'm going to vary the green colors. This is going to be a little bit lighter at the top. So I'm just going to wiggle my brush and just add some more stems sticking out. Alright. Now let's add some buds towards the top part of this composition. Go to grab bright rose. So we just want to put a few small dots at the tip and then rinse your brush. And then we're going to pull that color going down and just fix the shape until you create that bud. Next, I'm going to grab some green and add it towards the base of this pd so that I can attach it to the stem. Let's do it one more time, and this time, it's up close. So you can see, I'm putting some small dots. These are very concentrated dots. Then rinse your brush, dab the excess water, and just pull that color down. Okay, so just let it bleed into the wet area. Alright, so we can now add some more leaves, I'm using shadow green, and we're going to add this towards the right side of this rose just to frame the shape of the rose. So usually do this near the light areas of the petals. So this is going to help make the flowers pop up. So you'll notice here how adding a dark leaf in the background just makes the flowers pop up even more. You can even add some more darker areas. Alright, so my next tip is also to add some shadow leaves. So these are very, very pale colored leaves. I'm using just paints gray with a lot of water. When I add it right here, it feels that this area is blank, but I don't want to add some more flowers. So we're just going to add this shadow leaf. So it feels like it's just in the background. It's just floating. Okay, so I think we're good with that. Now let's grab our sap green and burnt umber and you can just add some brighter green leaves. You'll notice that shadow green or perylene green is a really dark green color. It just creates a more moody effect on the florals. So sometimes I like to change things up and add some brighter greens. Okay, now we're going to add some more buds right here. Just go to rinse my brush and try to just drag that pink dots and add some greens as well. It's now time to add a second layer for the rose. So this is just a bright rose that's more pigmented. So just change the ratio of the paint and water. So you want more paint and then maybe add just a little bit of that paints gray. And then we're just going to paint the same crescent moon shape in the center. I'm going to just put some small thin strokes all around. This is going to help bring out the layers of petals of the rose. All right. Let's rinse our brush and just dab the excess water. I'm going to slowly fade away some of the outer strokes so that it will look very soft. So I'm just going to go back in with this indigo color and add it towards the outer part of the petals. Can also play around, add a little bit of pink. So I'm doing this while the petals are still wet. Then now we can also dab some darker mixture in the center. We can use this very diluted purple colour to extend some areas of the petals as well. So when you are adding splatters, you can also try to wet some areas before you add those splatters so that you have a different texture in different areas of your painting. So I'm mixing green and some pink splatters here. So you can look at your painting from afar to see what's missing. You can add some more leaves. We can also add some veins on the leaves just to give it some more depth. And this is actually what I love about painting some freestyle florals because you can just add all these details as you go along. Alright, so we're done. Congratulations for finishing this beautiful rose painting. I hope you enjoyed it. Now let's move on to the next day as we paint some peonies. 15. Day 11 Peony: All right, so here are the colors that you need for this project. For the 11, let's paint peonse. This is a really popular flower that a lot of people want to paint, so I decided to include it in this challenge. So we're going to paint these loose and fluffy peonse. Before we start, let me give you a brief overview of the process. So these are going to be the cup shaped peonies. I'm going to start with two petals in front, and then we're going to close off the top, and we're going to leave that white space in the middle. And then we're going to add some more petals on the right and also towards the bottom part. So it looks like it has some petals hanging just like this in the reference photo. I really, really love the color used in this project. It's a nice brownish, pink, peachy color. So we're going to learn how to mix that later on. So right here, I'm just adding some darker color towards where the petals meet. Next, we're going to add the stamen. And then we are going to actually paint just two main flowers for this project to keep it simple. So next we're going to add the stems and the leaves. So I'm going to put the leaves near the petals. So here we're going to do this second peony. It's going to be the same process. We're going to start with a cup shape. And then we're going to add these loose petals hanging below. Okay. And once we're done, we're going to add the stem and add some more expressive leaves. And in those blank spaces, instead of painting another flower, we're just going to paint the small buds. And lastly, we can put some finishing touches, create some depth. I'm going to add a second layer to some of the petals and just add some darker contrast just to make these flowers pop up. Alright, so I think we're ready to paint. Let me just grab my pencil. I'm going to look at this reference photo. So I'm going to copy the shape of this Pione. It looks like a cup. And we're going to do two main flowers that are diagoni across each other. So I'm just going to paint this cup shape, rather draw it. Again, just draw lightly because once you paint on top of this pencil sketch, it's not gonna go away. So try to draw as light as possible. So for the colors, I'm going to mix permanent rose and also yellow ochre. So for this mixture, I'm going to add more permanent rows. So this is going to be pinkish. And then we're going to also add a lot of water. Next, I'm going to do the same mixture, but this time, I'm going to add more yellow ochre, so you can see it's more of a peach color. So we can alternate these colors within the petals that we will be painting. Right. So let's start the petals in front. I'm going to use this brush. It's a size eight round brush, and we're going to follow that curve line. So just press your brush, going to the center. It's going to create a letter V shape. So we have one petal on the left, another one on the right, and just make sure that you have some white spaces. So you can see that the mixture has a lot of water. The color is very translucent. To make it look even looser, you can just try to paint some nice thin strokes, and then let's just grab some more paint. I'm going to close off the top, paint some nice curve lines at the top. So I'm doing some really quick strokes to that all my strokes will have nice pointy tips. So now I'm just trying to connect some areas so that it doesn't look detached. Alright, so it's looking really good. And now I'm going to add just some darker colors here where all the petals meet. It's the same permanent rose and yellow ochre mixture. Next, we're going to just paint some petals right here. You can see that there's one facing us. So I'm just going to mimic that, press your brush and go towards that center. Then again, press your brush and just drag it to create that loop. And you'll notice that this petal doesn't fully attach to the main flower. It's just one small area in the petal that attaches to the main flower. And that's because we don't want this to look like a blob of paint. So you really want to keep the distance and make sure you have some white space. So here I'm just grabbing a darker paint and just adding it towards that base of the flower just to give it more depth. Right, so for the stamen, I'm going to use permanent yellow deep, add some thin lines in the center. So that white part we left it as is a while ago, and that's because we're going to paint the stamen in the center. You can put some small dots. You can use any yellow paint in your palette. Alright, now let's mix our greens, I'm going to use sap green with some burnt umber. Just wanted a nice earthy green color. And we're going to add the stem. So I'm just going to do a straight line so while this stem is still wet, you can grab a darker green. So I'm going to use shadow green. You can also add indigo or paints grayer greens. But shadow green is just an easy color to use, and I'm just going to add some leaves using this color. So as I'm adding the leaves, you'll notice that the petals are also still wet and the leaves are blending in with the petals a little bit, and that's going to create a nice loose floral vibe. Okay, let's move on to the second flower. You can see this curve pencil outline. So we're just going to follow that. Going to paint one petal and then another one on the right so that it creates this letter V shape. You can vary the pressure in your strokes so that some can be thick strokes, some can be thin ones. So here I'm just going to add one more petal and just a few more thin strokes all around it. You can also try to adjust the shape of the petals. Now I'm going to close off the top, use the tip of my brush and just create some flicks and you'll notice that I'm painting kind of like broken lines. Some strokes are just dots. So you can hold your brush towards the end of the handle to create these nice loose strokes. You'll also notice I'm leaving a lot of white spaces. Alright, let's add the petals below this main flower. So we just want to really press our brush and just go towards the center. And you can also start from the center going out to create a loop. So you can see I'm moving my brush just up and down. Let's add some depth by adding a darker color here where all the petals meet. So that's going to be very important. You can also add some darker areas in between the petals. So, to be honest, it takes a while to get used to painting the shape of a peony. Sometimes it looks odd, but it really just boils down to practicing and doing it again and again. To here, I'm just checking out the reference photo again just to check where the shadows are so I can add the darker areas. And now I'm adding this stamen. Just paint some really thin strokes. You can use a smaller brush, and then we can just add some small dots. Right, so it looks great. Next, let's just paint the stem. Going to do a straight line. And then we are going to add some nice expressive leaves. I'm going back in with my size eight, and you can see I'm just swinging my brush to create these nice expressive leaves. So the petals are also still wet, so it's going to really blend in nicely with the leaves. Alright, so this area is looking really nice. And you can go back in and just press your brush where the petal and the leaves meet so that they will blend in with each other. Alright, so there's a space here where we can paint a small bud that's about to bloom, going to use the same color. And using a size eight round brush, and we're going to do an oval shape. So this can be comprised of two petals. We can do one main petal there and one on the right. And towards the tip, you can put a darker color at the top. And it actually looks like a small fruit right now. And what I'm going to do is I'm going to grab permanent rose again with yellow ochre. Then we're going to add it right here. You can see it's a darker or a more intense mixture. So when you're doing loose florals, it's important to change the value. So some areas are darker, some are lighter. Using shadow green, we're going to add some more leaves, some more stems. And you can try to paint these leaves very quickly so that it will look more expressive. To add more depth to the center, I'm going to use burnt sienna. So you can use any brown color as well in your palette. I'm going to do the same strokes. It's going to be very thin strokes and some small dots. So usually for the center of the flowers, when I'm doing loose flowers, I prefer using two colors, one that is lighter and another one that's darker, and it will give it more depth. So the petals are still wet at this point, and I'm just going to grab this same mixture of permanent rose and yellow ochre. We're going to add it towards the base of this flower where all the petals met. You can also use this color to add a second layer. So just like what I'm doing here, I'm painting the same petals. But I love the effect because it gives the illusion that there are more layers in this flower. Alright, so as I'm looking at this from afar, I think we need an even darker color. So I'm mixing permanent rose with bun sienna. So sometimes as you paint along, something just feels a little bit off and you have to fix it. So here I'm just adding just a darker color towards the base of the flower. And it looks a little bit weird now, but it will look great once it dries up. Let's look at this flower from afar, and I think I needed just a tiny bit of contrast in the center. I'm gonna use sepia. You can use black or any dark color. Just put some small dots there. And I think the contrast really makes the flowers pop up even more. Okay, so we are done. Congratulations for finishing day 11. I hope to see you again tomorrow for day 12 as we paint some expressive florals. 16. Day 12 Expressive Florals: B. So here are the colors that we will use in this project. Welcome to day 12. And today, it's going to be so much fun because we're going to paint loose and abstract florals. So the goal is to create a dreamy and free flowing look. Now, let me give you a brief overview before we start the project, so we have an idea before we paint, right? So I'm going to first paint some petals using a large brush. So I'm using a Filbert brush here and you can use any big brush that you have. And then after we have laid down our foundation, we're going to grab our paint, and I'm going to let it flow into the wet areas only. This is going to give us a really beautiful soft edge flower. This is also a good way for you to understand how your paints move on wet surface, and you can also try to combine different colors. And in this project, I just painted some simple four or five petal flowers and just make sure that I have ample white space or gap in between my strokes so that the petals will be more defined. Right, so after painting the two flowers there, we're going to paint the stems and also the leaves. Now, this is a simple floral composition. So we just have three flowers that are diagonally across each other. If you have a huge brush, that would be an advantage because you can paint really loose strokes using just water. So you can get a big round brush or a big flat brush. And once we're done with the flowers, we can just add a darker center. We can also add some splatters to give this more character. Alright, so let's start painting. I have here my three fourths inch Filbert brush, which I'm going to use in the project. If you don't have this brush, you can simply use your round brush. Next, we need a jar of clean water, and we're just going to grab some water and make sure you have a juicy brush. So we're going to paint three flowers that are diagonally across each other, and I'm going to start at the bottommost flour. Alright, so this paper is dry and our brush is wet. So I'm going to paint the petal and lay down my brush. And as I'm ending the stroke, I'm trying to lift my brush so that I have a pointy tip. I'm also trying to change the ankle of my brush to create some thin strokes. So you can see that as I'm painting the petals, I'm going towards one point only, which is the center of the flour. Alright, so we can now add some more strokes on the right side, and you'll notice that there are dry areas. So that's going to be the gap between my strokes. It means that there won't be any pigment in that area. Now, this is very important because if you don't leave spaces in between your strokes, you're going to have blobs of paint instead. So for the color, I am going to use carmine, and I'm just going to mix this color on my palette and just lay it on the wet surface that we just painted. So I am just working within those petals, and you'll notice that we have feathery edges or very soft edges, and that's because the surface is wet. I think we can add a little bit of yellow. And it's going to look great with the carmine. I'm just going to tilt my paper a little bit so you can see the sheen on the paper. You'll notice that the petals are still very, very wet. And you can also try to tilt your paper so that the pigment will move and mix with each other. So I'm not going to fill in the entire petal. You'll notice some areas are still filled with just water. I know it can be very tempting to paint the entire petal and put some color in all the areas, but trust me, just leave some of them blank or without any color, and it will look very, very soft. All right. So, I'm just doing the second flower. It's the same process. What's great about the Filbert brush is that every time I lay it flat on the paper, I get a very rounded edge, which automatically looks like a petal, so it's very easy to use. If you're using a round brush, you can just move your brush up and down to create a loop so that you have a nice rounded edge. So I'm using bright rose for the second flower. Going to put color on the wet surface. So you'll notice that I don't really move around the pigment so much anymore. That's because I wanted some very soft edges. And if you try to overwork on the petals, it's not going to look that great. I'm going to get some yellow. This is permanent yellow deep and maybe mix it a little bit with the bright rose. So we're just going to do very quick strokes. So here I'm just adding some more water towards the edge just to make it look even softer. And you can grab a more pigmented color. This is just carmine and I'm going to add it in the center to give this flower more depth. But you can also use other larker colors. So for me, the trick when it comes to painting these types of loose florals is to limit the number of strokes that you make. I think it shows whenever we put in a lot of brush strokes, it becomes very heavy. Okay, so while the flowers are still damp, we are going to add the stems so that they will connect seamlessly. I'm going to do curved lines, and I want it to be broken lines. So this is also a good time to add some leaves and the mixing sap green and indigo for a darker green mixture. Going to add it near the petals because I know that the petals are still wet and we want the colors to really bleed into each other. Alright, to make it look more balanced, we can add one more smaller flower at the top. So I'm just adding the stem first. Alright, so when it comes to leaves, try to vary the values, so you can see some are lighter and some are darker. Alright, so I'm going to grab a little bit of darker green and just tap it onto the wet leaves. Okay, let's move on to the third flower, and you can see here the sheen. I'm going to tilt my paper so you can see what I'm painting. So this is just a simple flower shape. So it looks like a fan shape. But you'll notice that I intentionally left a gaps between some of my strokes. All right. So I'm going to grab bright rose and just paint it on the wet petals. Can also grab a little bit of carmine. So I'm trying to vary the colors. And again, you'll notice that I do very quick short strokes. I don't try to move my brush so much on the petals. So you really need to know just when to stop. And you can also try to tilt your paper, like what I'm doing here so that the colors are going to mix with each other. So you can add a little bit of green towards the base and maybe just a few more leaves. I usually add leaves near the flowers and also in the white gaps of the floral painting. Alright, let's grab our brush and dab it in the tissue paper. Let's grab indigo and add it in the center of the flowers because we want just more contrast. So when you're doing abstract florals, it's important to establish that contrast, just to make the colors pop. I really, really love how the leaves just blends in with the wet petals. I love the seamless look of it. And you can only achieve that when you add the leaves onto the wet petals. So we can also add some small buds. You see I'm putting here just concentrated dots, and we're just going to grab a clean brush and drag it down so we can create the shape of a small bud. So again, just lightly tap your brush onto the paper. Then you can grab some green and add a stem. So this is a fun project, and I really encourage you to just try out different color combinations. So the colors that are beside each other on the color wheel, they will look great in a composition like this. Next, let's add some splatters. I'm using pinks and a little bit of green. It's going to make this painting look even more expressive. Now, feel free to go back in and add some more darker centers if you need more contrast in your plurals. All right, so that was very quick. I hope that you had fun, and I look forward to seeing your projects in the project gallery section of the class. Now let's move on to the next video. 17. Day 13 Queen Annes Lace: Before we start, here are the colors that we need. Welcome to Day 13, and this is actually one of my favorite paintings in this challenge. I love adding the background and also adding the texture for the Queen Anne's lace. I'm pretty sure you will enjoy this project. So let me give you a brief overview. So first, we are going to do a wet on dry technique, so we're going to do the background like this. And I decided to do a wet on dry because I wanted those jagged edges. Wanted it to look more rustic. Blue color also makes it look more dramatic, in my opinion, and I love the contrast between the blue background and the white Queen Anne's lace. And to add some texture, I'm going to just splatter some clean water, and you can see the pigment move as I add the water. So it's really beautiful to create these effects, and you'll see the imperfections in the background. I think it adds more character. Next, we're going to add the stems, and then the Queen Anne's lace. I'm going to use a round brush and just tap some small dots that will look like cluster of flowers, and I'm using also gouache for this. And then I use a small sponge to dab some more texture, and it actually gave this airy feel to the queen Anne's lace. Then we're just going to add some more finishing touches to make the flowers pop up even more. Alright, so now let's start painting. So the Queen Anne's lace, it looks like this. So you can see it has a tall stem, and it also has these small cluster of flowers that looks very airy and delicate. And because the flowers are white or light colored, I decided to do a background for this painting so that the flowers will really show up. And I think it's also a good way to experiment with backgrounds in your paintings. Now for the colors, we are going to use Prussian blue and indigo, but any blue color in your palette can also work. I am using a flat brush to paint the background, but you can definitely use any brush. You can use a round brush. You can use a ilpret brush. So here, I'm just adding Prussian blue and indigom just alternating. Sometimes I'll introduce a little bit of water so that I can spread the color. And because I'm working on a dry paper, you can see the texture, the jagged edge. I think it looks very nice and looks very rustic. So some areas here have a darker pigment. So again, I'm grabbing some more water and just using that to spread the color. You can also grab a little bit of green. This is greenish yellow or green gold. So I think it's a nice pop of color. You can use any green in your palette. A Alright, so the paper is still damp. I think I'm going to add some more color over here. So we do want a dark background for the flowers to pop up. And this looks quite dark now, but later on, when this dries, it's going to be lighter than what you see now. Okay, let me just grab some more greenish yellow and just add it in different areas. So you don't need to stick to these colors. You can definitely experiment with other color combinations, make sure that it's dark enough so that the queen Anne's lace will pop up when you paint on it. And this is just such a fun painting, and it's very forgiving. It doesn't have to be perfect. So now I'm going to grab some water. This is just clean water, and I'm going to splatter it all over the painting. You'll see all those white dots. So that's the pigment moving as we add some splatters of water. So the surface needs to be damp and not too wet, because if it's too wet, you might not see the effect that you see now. So sometimes you can wait for, like, a minute or two before you add the splatters so that you'll get a more dramatic effect. Alright, you can just add some more finishing touches, add some more pigment, or add some more splatters. Okay, so when you're satisfied with this, you can stop and let it dry. So here's the painting that's fully dry, and you'll notice that it's definitely lighter than the color in the previous video where it was still wet. So now I'm just going to grab some white ah and also sap green. Alright? So we are going to mix sap green with the white kah. And the reason is that I want this colour to really pop up because we have a background. Alright, so we are going to do maybe three flower heads that are diagonally across each other. So now we can just paint just thin stems first as a guide so that we will know where to put the flowers. So after drawing the stems, we're going to do the arms. So I just call them the arms because they hold the little clusters of flour. So we're going to paint this in different directions. So the entire shape, it looks like a cup. Alright, so let's do another one here, and you'll notice that our strokes are more visible. That's because we added some white gouache to our green. So what we're doing is we're just laying out the foundation for this floral painting. So we're starting out with three flower heads first, and then later on, we're going to add some more smaller flowers. Now, I'm grabbing white gouache. Just make sure you have a thick mixture and don't add a lot of water to your gouache or else it will be very thin and it will not be opaque. So use the tip of the brush and put some small dots. This will look like cluster of small flowers, and it's okay if the dots touch each other or if some are separate from each other, that will make it look like a more airy viivee which is going to create the soft look. So you'll notice that I also add a little bit of blue to the gouache. You can also add that just to give it more character. All right, so let's just add some more dots that are further away. I think that it's going to look even more loose if you add the dots a little bit far from the main flower. Right, so you can also grab your size two round brush and grab a little bit of green and maybe attach some of the dots to the main flower head. All right, so let's move on to the second flower head. I'm just going to use this size four round brush to add some small dots. You can vary the dots. Some are small, some are big. Now, to add even more texture, we can also use a sponge. So just use your sponge and dab it in the gouache. And then you'll see this beautiful magic happen on the paper. So just look at that. It's so pretty. It looks very, very delicate. So I really love the effect of the sponge. It looks like a spray of tiny flowers. So it's nice to combine the sponge and also adding small dots using the round brush. Because with the round brush, you get a more defined dot. But with the sponge, you get little like, sprays of flour. So it's nice to combine those two. Okay, so let's move on to the third flower head. I'm using my round brush to add some small dots. We're adding these dots mostly at the tip of the hands that we painted. Then you can definitely go back into the other flowers to add more definition, add some more dots. Alright, let's go back in and add some more magical touch using a sponge. So I'm just going to grab some more paint. So you want the paint to be dry. So this sponge is actually dry. It did not wet this sponge, and that's because I wanted to get that texture. So if you wet the sponge before using it, it's going to create blobs of paint instead. So you won't be able to get the nice dry texture. So make sure that when you're using the sponge, it's dry before you dab it in the gouache. Alright, let me grab a different green. This is shadow green. I'm just mixing it with a gouache, and we're going to add some very, very thin stems. And then we are just trying to vary the color of the greens. Some are darker, some are lighter. And I think we can also add a few more flower heads that are a little bit smaller. Alright, so I think I need a pop of color. I'm going to grab some greenish yellow. So I love using greenish yellow because it instantly makes the painting look happier. You can go back into the stem and paint on top of it just to make it look more defined. So when you're adding these small details, it's also easier to do this using a smaller brush. I'm using a size two round brush. Alright, let's grab some more white gouache and add some more dots. So it's a lot of going back and forth and looking at the painting from afar to see where we can add some more details. I'm using a size four round brush so that I get bigger dots. Then we can add some more here in front. And after adding these dots, we're going to use our sponge again just to add those tiny spray of flowers. It just looks more delicate when you use the sponge. And I just love adding these details because it's very, very therapeutic. You're kind of doing the same thing. You're just tapping your brush to create these dots. Right? So let's just grab some more green and add the stem. Now to make these flowers pop up even more, we need a darker color. We're going to add some indigo and add some lines near the hands that we painted. So it's going to make this flower pop up. We need a little bit of shadow. So I'm looking at this from afar, and just by using this sponge, I feel like the flowers look like they're glowing. So I'm not sure if you can see that, but it's just such a beautiful effect. And I think you can also apply this to painting other flowers too. Okay, so we're almost done, and I feel like I need to add some more shadow again to the cluster of flowers. So we're going to put really tiny dots of indigo. So I'm using a small brush and just using the tip of the brush to create these strokes. And you'll notice instantly that it just made the flowers pop up even more. Just try not to overdo this because we still want to see more of the white flowers. Okay, so we are done. Congratulations for finishing day 13 and for learning 13 different flowers. Alright, so I'm so happy that you made it this far. I hope that you will continue to doing day 14 and 15 as we paint bouquets. So let's move on to the next video. 18. Day 14 Summer Bouquet: Before we start, here are the colors that you need. Alright, so we are now on day 14. And for this category, it's just a combination of flowers that you like the most in the challenge. So you can definitely create your own floor and composition or you can follow this project. Right. Before we start, let me give you a brief overview of our painting for today. Okay, so it's going to be a combination of ranunculus and larkspur. And we are going to start first with the ranunculus. We're going to start with two flowers that are diagonally across each other. And then on the lower right side, we're going to paint something simpler. It's going to be a simple five petal flower. I'm doing sort of a summer color palette. I wanted some oranges and yellows and also a little bit of blue. Okay, and then we are going to move forward with the lark spur. So notice that we are also combining flowers that have different floral shapes and also different sizes. Okay, so just to complete this look, I just felt like I needed to add some more neutral flowers. So I added some daisies, and then next, we're just going to layer the flowers just to give it more depth. Alright, so we're almost done. We're just going to add a few more finishing touches. Okay, so let's start painting our project. So here I have some of the projects that we painted. This is the ranunculus and the lark spur. And I just thought that they would look great in a bouquet because they are also complimentary colors, and usually it creates a very striking combination in a floral bouquet. So feel free to use flowers that you like the most in the challenge to include in this bouquet so that you can make it your own. Right here, I am just trying to sketch the composition on a scrap paper. You can also do this. So I think we want two main flowers that are dig across each other. And then just to change the shape, I'm going to add a five petal flower. It's going to be simpler. And then of course, we're going to add some lark spur. I'm going to add it towards the top because lark spur is a small flower. We can add that sort of like a filler in a bouquet. So when you're doing a composition, you should also think about the function of the flower in a composition. If it's going to be the focal flower or the main flower, or will it be the secondary flower or maybe it will be fillers in a bouquet. A start painting. I'm going to grab sap green, or you can also use greenish yellow, and then also permanent yellow light. So we're going to start with the center of the ranunculus and going to make a crescent moon shape, and then going to paint some small strokes all around it. Next, let's grab our yellow and just using the tip of the brush, create some curve strokes all around it, make sure you have spaces in between your strokes. Alright, so when you're happy with the size, we can move on to the yellow orange. Okay, so I am specifically using different colors just because in the reference photo, I noticed that there's, like, a gradient color in the ranunculus. So there's green in the center, then it turns yellow, and then it turns yellow orange towards the outer part of the flower. Now, using the tip of the brush, we're going to paint some letter C strokes or these curve strokes that are hugging the center. And now I'm going to rinse my brush. We're going to proceed to painting bigger petals. So as I'm painting this, I'm also pressing my brush even more, and now I'm going to grab a little bit of vermilion. So I'm adding this just to make the colors look more intense. Alright, let's rinse our brush again, and I am going to make the petals bigger. So you can see I'm really pressing my brush onto the paper, creating these curve strokes. So the outer petals are going to look softer. So here is the reference photo. So I really wanted to create some nice loose petals on the outer part of this renuns. Okay, so we are going to leave it as it is for now, let it dry. Let's move on to the second flower, and I'm doing the same process. So we're going to paint a crescent moon or a coma. And then now I'm going to add some thin green strokes all around it. So the more thin strokes that you paint, the fluffier it looks or the more intricate it looks because ranunculus has a lot of layers of petals, and this is one way to illustrate that. Okay, now I'm rinsing my brush, and I am just going to add a more intense color. This is vermilion. And you see the side of the brush, and just painting these letter C strokes or curve strokes. And you'll notice that I'm adding more volume towards the bottom part, and that's because this is a ranunculus that is on its side. So you'll notice that the second ranunculus looks more oval. And again, that's because it is on its side. While the first flower that we painted is top facing. So it's more round in shape. Okay, so let's move on to the five petal flour, and I just mix yellow with a little bit of guash. So you'll notice this color looks a bit like pastel yellow. So as I was painting this, I just felt like I needed to tone down the color. I have this really bright ranunculus, and I wanted just a pale five petal flour. Alright, so we're just going to keep it pretty loose and use the side of the brush to create the broad strokes. Now I'm going to use Benzena and add it in the center while it's still wet. So for the lark spur, we're going to use vertical blue and also ultramarine blue. So we can try to prepare that on our palette and just mix the color. We want it to be a little bit light. Okay, I'm using verdiublue and I am creating some small petals. So you can press your brush and move it up and down to create these organic strokes, and I'm going to switch to ultramarine blue. So it's going to look nicer if you switch between maybe two or three different blues. You can also use a thicker verdior blue, so you can see this color that I'm using is more opaque. All right, so you'll notice that I painted a really faint color in this area because some of the blues are quite intense, and I wanted to balance that. With this technique, your flowers will not look flat. Okay, so let's grab some green and just add a few dots in the center of the flowers. Right, so we can now add some stem sticking out and also some leaves lightly drag your brush to create these long slender leaves, just like what we use here in our project in day two. So you have really come a long way from day two. We are now on day 14. All right, so we can mix sap green with a little bit of burnt umber. I'm going to put some stems in between the main flowers. You can see those small white caps. Usually, we forget to add some greens in between. But by adding these small sticks, it's going to really make the flowers pop up even more. It's going to separate the flowers from each other, too. Okay, so this is for the bottom left part of the bouquet. We're going to paint some small round shapes using permanent yellow deep, and this is going to be our small daisies. So adding daisies in a bouquet really makes it more dainty and more elegant. Now for the petals, we're going to use paints gray. So let's dilute this in a lot of water. So we want it to be really, really light in color and going to use this to paint the petals using a small brush. So just try to press and drag your brush and create these beautiful strokes that are facing in, like, different angles or different directions. So sometimes it will touch the yellow center. It's going to bleed into the petals, and that's okay. I think these are also happy accidents. It's going to look nice, anyway, so it's okay. I'm going to add an oval shape here. So this is a daisy that's facing on its side. So if you paint around center, that's going to be a daisy that's top facing. Okay, so try to add a darker color towards the edges of the center, but it was too wet. So now I'm just going to try to add some small thin lines, add some stem sticking out, some leaves. Okay, so this is what it looked like from the top. So our bouquet is almost finished except for some more leaves. I'm going to mix sap green and burnt umber. So we're just really creating some nice pointy leaves and also some dancing stems. So if you notice, whenever I add a stem, it's always a little bit curve just to add some movement. So another tip is to add the color of the flower to your green leaves. Added some orange here to my green, and you'll notice that the color of the leaves still complements the entire bouquet. So once the flowers are already dry, you can grab a darker color. This is just vermilion, or you can use yellow orange and then paint some nice thin strokes on top of this flower. But at the same time, make sure that you limit your strokes. Okay, so I'm going to make broader strokes towards the outer part of this flower, and that's okay. So if you'll notice this ranunculus looks flat and we're going to add volume by creating these thin lines that will mimic those layers of petals. So make sure that the color you're using is about two shades darker than the base flower. So I will also go over the Larkspur and grab some blue and just paint on top of some of the petals just to give it more volume and also add a little bit of color. A Alright, so it was difficult to add some shadow in this taisy because it's too small. So I'm just going to put the dark ring of dots using burnt umber. And next, we can grab some indigo and just maybe add some contrast in the center of the lark spur. Also going to add a little bit in the five petal flour, just to give it more depth. Alright, try to step back and look at your painting. So here I noticed that we need to balance the blues here in this painting. So I'm adding a little bit more in the areas at the bottom. So I'm just pressing my brush to create these small petal like strokes. And it doesn't have to really look like a real flower, so we're just going to add some fillers. And what I love to do is I just like dabbing my brush onto the paper to create these gestural strokes. It will look like small flowers. It's also a great way to fill in a small white cap. So here I'm just adding some more leaves near the yellow flower because I needed to pop up some more. So I'm just trying to frame the shape of the flower. You can also go back in add another layer of petals on the daisy using paints gray. And I think that's it. Congratulations for finishing your project for today. So I hope that you enjoy this and I look forward to what you will create. Now let's move on to the last project for this challenge. 19. Day 15 Romantic Bouquet: Before we start here are the colors that you need. All right, we are now on the last day of the challenge, and today we're going to paint this romantic bouquet. It's going to take a little bit longer to paint because we are going to add more flowers and also more details. We're going to learn how to combine these flowers in a floral composition. So before we start, here is a quick overview of our project. So first, we're going to start with the main flowers. This is nonclus and it's going to be very light in color. You can see that it's like a pale pink color, and then we're going to combine it with a bold colored flower. So this is an anemone, and we're going to paint it the agon across the first flower. So it looks a little bit odd, but later on, we will be adding more details. Next, we're going to add larkspur. I'm using vertital blue. Then we're going to add some stems. So you'll notice that I am combining different floral shapes. And here we're just adding some more fillers. I'm using a pastel yellow color here. I added a little bit of gouache. So this is like a play of different colors, ranging from muted colors to brighter ones, and I will be showing a reference photo later on. So here I'm adding some lavender. So it's really nice to combine different colors. So what sets this project apart is that we're adding a little bit more detail to the flowers, making it look more intricate. I think that you can definitely do it because we have been practicing for over two weeks now. Okay, so, I think you're ready. Let's start painting. So this is a reference photo from the book called A Sweet Floal Life. And I love this composition so much. It's a mix of muted colors and also bright colored flowers. Obviously not going to paint all the flowers because that's going to be very overwhelming. So I just chose two flowers, and I'm just going to quickly sketch a composition here. So I'm going to put the ranunculus right here in the lower part of the painting. So you can also do this and sketch on a scrap paper. Next, I'm going to just put an anemone here. So I want this to be a bright colored flower. Next, we need smaller flowers to fill in some of the spaces and to make it look more interesting. So I decided to do lark spur because it also complements the color of the main flowers. In the lower left part, I actually just drew some leaves here, but later on, it's going to change. So the point is that we just want to lay the foundation of the composition. We just want to know where the main flowers will be and a little bit of the fillers, and we can just go on from there and add some more details as we paint along. Let's prepare our colors. I am using sap cream and brilliant pink and also shell pink. So if you don't have these pastel pink colors, just use your white gouache or white watercolor and add a little bit of pink and maybe mix it a little bit of yellow. Okay, so I'm going to start with the green color in the center. Going to create that crescent moon shape or that kama shape and use the tip of the brush and paint some curve strokes hugging the center. And just make sure that you have some spaces in between your strokes. So I just rinse my brush and just try to fade away some of the strokes. Next, I'm going to grab the shell pink and also a little bit of the brilliant pink. Sometimes I mix the two colors. So we're going to paint the bigger petals. So just try to press your brush a little bit more, add more pressure to each stroke so that you'll end up with bigger petals. And you'll notice I'm going to switch between shell pink and brilliant pink throughout painting the petals in the ranunculus, it's going to create a beautiful effect. Alright, so let's leave it as is and move on to the second flower. I'm going to use rose and maybe add a little bit of permanent rose. So you can use any pink in your palette. It would be best if you can find a bright pink color. All right. So we want a very thick mixture. This is very pigmented. I'm just going to put a ring of dots and make sure that the dots are really wet because we're going to pull that color later on. Okay, so now I'm going to switch to a bigger brush, grab some water. And then we're going to paint the petals. So just touch the dots lightly and move your brush up and down until you create a petal shape. So you can also grab a little bit more of that pink. So you'll notice that I'm really doing this slowly, and also I'm trying to flick my brush to create some expressive strokes. Sometimes I'm using just the tip of the brush to create thin strokes, right? So to touch the tip of the dots and then just move your brush, let the color flow into the wet petal, and then you can just add some more color. So now that we have the base flower, I'm going to grab a little bit more of this bright rose, and we're going to put in some more color to the petals while they are still wet, and you will see a beautiful blend of color on the petals. It looks very soft, even if it's a bold color. Okay, so while this flower is still wet, let's add a contrast in the center. I'm gonna grab indigo. Just use a small brush and make sure that your brush is quite dry. Use the tip of the brush and dab the color in the center of the flour. A Okay, I'm going to go back in with some more pink and just add some more color. Okay, so we're done with the base of the mad flowers. Let's move on to the smaller flowers. I'm going to add some lark spur here using vertial blue and also cerulean blue. So using a small brush, just lightly dab your brush and move it up and down to create these petal like strokes. I'm also going to change the value. So some petals are going to be darker, some are lighter. So the trick is to move your brush in different directions so that your petals will also have some movement. Okay. So now let's grab some green and add some stems. So it's best to use a small round brush for this so that you'll be able to create those thin stems sticking out. I'm also going to add a little bit of green in the center of the flowers. Alright, now let's add some more filler flowers. So instead of leaves, I thought of adding some small flowers. So this is greenish yellow with some white quash. So it actually looks a little bit like yellow or pastel yellow. You're going to paint small clusters of these fillers, going to do four, five petal flowers. Some will be three petals only, and then you can rinse your brush to create a lighter value. You can also add a little bit more white if you want it more opaque or more pasta like in color, and just make sure that you have some white spaces in between your strokes so that it looks a little bit loose. So if you'll notice, it's only the side of the brush that is touching the paper to create these expressive strokes. Next, let's just add some stems to connect them all together to the main bouquet. Alright, so I'm using a size eight round brush, and we're going to start adding some leaves right here just to frame the shape of the ranunculus, so you can see, I'm trying to add leaves near the edge of the renunculus and it's making the flower pop up even more. Just go to rinse my brush to change the value so that it will be a lighter green colour. Alright, so you can also add a little bit of brown to your green to make it more earthy green in color. Okay, so let's just rinse or brush and add some leaf right there. So again, I'm trying to frame the shape of this flower and just creating some expressive markings using the tip of my brush. So in the reference photo, you will see that there are orange flowers and I thought of incorporating that in this composition, and I'm just going to do a simple expressive flower, just dabbing my brush and combining these petals. It doesn't have to look like a specific flower. So I just wanted a pop of orange in that area. Okay. Just to add some contrast, I'm grabbing in a little bit of that red. Just go to put it towards the tip of this flower, just to add some contrast. Now, I think I want to bring in a little bit of those pastel yellow flowers towards the top part, just to make it look lighter and look more balanced. And another tip when you're doing compositions is to add fillers using the color lavender. So this is a beautiful muted color. It doesn't really grab that much attention, and yet it just creates these dainty strokes or dainty flowers. I usually just dab my brush into small clusters of petals so that they will look like small flowers and just add some stems. Alright, so the flowers are already dry. We can add some more details. I'm using greenish yellow here and just go to add a few strokes in the center. So now we're going to switch to a pink one. This is a brilliant pink with some shell pink. So I just makes the two colors. And using a small round brush, we're going to create thin curve strokes all around, but make sure that you have some spaces in between. So as I'm adding this, I can still see some of the base color. I'm going to also try to mix this color with vertical blue. It's going to create this beautiful pastel violet color. It's like a muted color that will give some shadow to this flower. If you don't want to mix, you can use lavender instead. Alright, so this looks good. I'm just going to rinse my brush and just fade away the outer strokes to make it look very soft. So you'll notice that the strokes in the center, they're very tight, but towards the outer part, it becomes soft. And you can add some more pink in your brush as well. Alright, let's grab some darker color I'm using indigo. I'm just going to add it in the center to make this flour pop up. Okay, let's move on to the second flour. I'm just going to grab some bright rose and also permanent rose and make sure that it's a thick mixture. It's going to be very pigmented. So using a size six round brush, I'm going to press my brush and just move up and down, creating thick and thin strokes. At the same time, I'm not going to cover the entire petal with these strokes. I'm just going to put some small markings. So what we want to create is more dimension. So we still want to see the paste layer. So you can use just a tip of your brush and just lightly touch the paper to create these smaller strokes, and you can use your brush and hold it towards the end of the handle so that you'll have more expressive strokes. I'm also going to mix this pink with indigo. It's going to create this nice, darker pink color. So this is going to be a deeper color. So I usually like adding this in between the petals where the shadows will be. Okay, just to make the center look more like three D, we can add some white guash. I'm going to put some small dots right there. Okay, let's look at it up close. Just use a small brush and make sure that your gouache is quite thick. Let's grab our green and I'm just going to paint some more short strokes near these yellow fillers, just to make it pop up even more. And also a little bit in the lark spur. So we're now on to the finishing touches. I'm just going to add some smaller leaves and layer them. You can use a smaller brush for this and just create these small markings that are detached from the main bouquet. It's going to make your composition very loose. And also dab your brush to create these dotted fillers. A so as I look at this from afar, I feel like we need to add some yellow orange in different areas of the flower composition. So you can just take a picture of your painting and look at it from your phone so that you'll have a different perspective. So these extra bits of strokes, they look very small, but it really makes a lot of difference in the overall vibe of the floral painting. So just take your time as you add some small leaves or maybe add some contrast in some areas. You can also extend an area and make it look less chunky by adding some smaller fillers, just like what I'm doing here. I'm doing an extended filler. Alright, so we're done. Congratulations for finishing the last project of the class. I hope that you enjoyed this class. I'm really excited to see what you have created. So feel free to change the composition according to your style. Now let's move on to the next video as I share my final thoughts. 20. Final thoughts: We have reached the end of the class. Thank you so much for joining this challenge. I hope you've gained confidence and joy in the process. To sum up the class, we have learned some simple but useful tips before we start painting, such as learning how to hold a brush, some warm up, brush stroke drills. We also learned how to paint a variety of flowers and different techniques. For your project, you may follow the flower prom for each day, but, of course, you can paint at your own pace. Remember, watercolor is all about practice. So don't be afraid to revisit any of the projects or try combining different elements to create new pieces. Every small win you've achieved along the way adds up to big growth in your artistic journey. I would love to see what you have created. Feel free to upload your project in the project gallery section of the class. So along the tabs below, you will see the projects and resources, and you can just hit Create Project to submit your work. You may also share your work on social media. I am on Instagram, and you can use this hash tag so I can see your work. And lastly, it would mean a lot if you can leave a review for the class. Thank you so much again for joining me in this challenge, and I'll see you in my next class. Why?