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1. Introduction + What to expect from this class?: Making art doesn't have
to be intimidating. It has to be enjoyable
and enjoy full process. If you wish to keep it
simple and minimalistic. And you chose the right class. Hi, I'm Pooja. I'm a watercolor artist and surface pattern designer
based out of North America. I welcome you to my
15th Skillshare class. I'm so glad you're
here to paint with me. I post my daily art projects
on my Instagram account. So be sure to check out my profile for daily
dose of art inspiration. You can also read more about me and my work on my website. Ww dot at the leak
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inbox and become a BGN insider and stay
in touch with me. The main theme of the class
is to create art that is not complicated and takes away
the stress of using colors. If we're particularly going
to explore neutral or the Bohemian colors and create art that is simple,
quick, yet framework. With the modern touch to it. I will be using or who, who alcohol markers today, as they're super easy to use and create beautiful soft look. If you want to use
this color palette using any other medium, please feel free to do so. I wanted to focus more on the color palette rather
than mixing my own colors. And that is the main reason
why I chose alcohol markers, also because they've
become one of my favorite mediums to
work with recently. Now if you're new
to alcohol markers, then I suggest you
watch my class. Exploring alcohol markers are
complete beginner's guide, in which I explain
everything you need to know about
alcohol markers, seamless blending techniques,
and how to choose the right paper that works well with these
kinds of markers. And as for today's class, we've been paying six
projects together using a consistent
neutral color palette. And look at some easy drawing
and coloring techniques. We will start with a super
easy renew illustration, and then an abstract leafy stem, followed by some mountains, a bohemian sun and ocean, and end with a lovely
desert landscape. In the sixth project. By the end of the class, you will be confident to use boohoo colors and the
colors in your artwork. And be able to build your
own collection of artwork. That is framework, IEP
and easy to make. Or yes. Don't forget to check the bonus lesson of
this class where I show you how you can convert one illustration into so
many different things, such as a wallet and
seamless patterns. All right, without further ado, let's begin the class.
2. What exactly is a Boho Color Palette?: In this lesson, we will
take a quick look at what does it mean when we see
or use the word PAHO. What are beaucoup colors? And how does the Boohoo culture influence modern
style home decor? Let's try to run a Google search and observed some
color palettes. In my understanding, beaucoup
colors are a combination of all the hues paired with
neutrals are warm colors, and sometimes also combined with slightly neutral
toned cooler colors such as greens and blues. Yellow ocher, mustard,
yellow, Brown's, cream, dusty pinks,
muted greens and blues. Warm gray brick grid, Dakota are some of the most popular Bohemian colors that I came across
during my research. And they make an
interesting color palette. But watercolor palette also focus on texture and learning. Physical goods such as
African mud, cloth, drugs, Jude baskets to wall decor, macaroni are perfect examples of textured and neutral
boyhood Decker. Now coming down to Boohoo art or the actual home decor today, but who is more
about a carefree, colorful aesthetic influenced
by a relaxed style. Think of this kind of art
as easy, minimalistic, and focused more on personal
comfort and coziness. It is no longer a
prominent fashion trend, but the Bohemian style decor is still growing and developing as more of us look to make our homes in formal
and relaxing. Now this website has great
explanation about how the Bohemian culture came into existence and how home
decor got influenced by it. And then it slowly trickled
down to became an art form. Take a moment to think about what could
fit into your style of art and decode and visualize
what defines relaxing, easy and minimalistic
art for you. When I started
thinking about this, I could see myself making
some abstract shapes. Usage of simple linework, use of less but
attractive colors. Focusing more on warmer colors, intentionally using muted
tones of yellow and orange is. I knew I had to make art that was minimalistic and easy to get into the Boohoo wipe with this idea at the
back of our minds, let's try to make
some art together.
3. Supplies: Let's look at the
art supplies that we are going to need
for today's class. We are going to do very
simple and easy sketching. For that, we're going
to need an eraser, a pencil, and a scale
to do some markings. We are going to make
sure that the sketches are extremely simple and easy. We're not going to have
too much of linework. We are going to need paper that is alcohol marker friendly. I'm going to use
the sketchbook by a hukou that has 60 sheets. And the paper weight is about a 120 pounds thick enough to
work with alcohol markers. This paper is acid free, which keeps the artwork and the ink fresh looking
for the longest time. These sketchbooks come with
a plastic protective sheet that prevents the color from bleeding onto the
surfaces underneath. That rarely happens
with these people. But if you are going to work with heavy lifting of colors, then this is super handy. For all the projects
of this class. I'm going to cut the paper to
four by six inches of size. It is a good size to work with
small and quick projects. We are also going to need
some people for swatching. Before we proceed further, I want to mention that in my very first class
about alcohol markers, I have totally explained about the kind of paper we
need to work with alcohol markers and why certain types of people
won't work with them. So be sure to check that class for the
fundamentals of people. Now for the markers, I'm going to use the Ohio 24 skin tone
alcohol marker set. It has some beautiful
shades of all the browns, yellows, and some
neutral oranges. This set is just perfect for the kind of art we
are exploring today. So I'm going to go all in and use the sheets
from this set. In addition to these, I have also chosen a
few shades of blue and some neutral greens
from my other classic set. You will need a couple
of these as well. We're also going to need
some fine liner pens. I'm going to use these pens
which are of the size 0.3.5. And it will also
be a good idea to have opened with
white ink handy. You can use a white acrylic pen, white gel pen, or
even white gouache. We may or may not
add white texture. But if you feel a bit creative, that is always an option. That's pretty much what we
need to get started today. The next lesson we will
talk about Bu colors.
4. 1 Boho Rainbow Illustration: For this very first project, we will be painting a simple rainbow illustration
using neutral colors. Before I drew this mean rainbow, I doodle some quick rainbows as a practice and try it a
couple of color combinations. I also used some BullGuard or texture and some lettering
to see what looks good. So do make sure to do a couple of combinations
before you begin. You will see such
rainbow illustrations trending everywhere. And the best part
is that that they look good in all
sorts of colors, including a neutral or a
beaucoup color palette. For this final rainbow, I'm using six colors that
really complement each other. I'm using a couple of browns, and next to the browns, I'm using some pinks occurs and slightly muted orange color and appeal pink in the center. So take swatches of all the colors that you
want to use in the rainbow. Then let's start drawing it. I'm going to use a four by six inch of paper that is
already cut to the size. And then marking the
center of the people. Just below the center line, I'm going to place the
base of my rainbow. So when I draw the
outermost semicircle, it won't go way up near
the top edge of the paper. Now if you don't plan
to frame this and simply digitize this for
a surface design project, then the placement and the measurements of the
paper won't matter. But applying to put this
up in a four by six frame. So I'm keeping it
centered, aligned. These are the six
colors that I will be using to paint
the main rainbow. I'm starting out by using
two shades of brown for the outermost semi-circles and then the third inner semicircle and painting using a pink. And then I'm using a slightly lighter
shade of yellow ocher, pale orange, and a pale pink. So I have chosen these colors
after swatching them and I taught this combination
looks really good. Let's start by
doodling few rainbows. We will practice a
couple of them and I'll share some tips on
how you can draw them with freehand without
any prior pencil sketch. So all I'm doing is using
the brush side of the pen. Alcohol markers have two depths, so mine has a fine
tip and oblige dip. So I'm using the brush tip and simply placing the brush tip on one side of the
rainbow and then dragging it across to
draw a semicircle. I'm using the belly
of the brush tip. That's how you press the site of the alcohol marker
and press it down. Now if you use the
pointed tip of the brush, you're just going to
get really thin lines, like the ones you draw
with a simple marker. But if you press the brush
tip slightly on the belly, if you apply pressure on
that part of the brush tip, you're going to
get slightly take all rainbows and that's
exactly what we want. Let's try to warm up. And I will also do a
color swatch again, just to give you an idea
of what colors look good. I'm not really using fresh or bright colors because we want to keep it very neutral. I'm choosing a color palette, which is where he
settled to look at. I'm using this dark shade
of brown as a contrast. And that's the only pop Carlo
I have in that rainbow. So even if you want to
try something else, feel free to take
a lot of swatches, make groups of three
or four colors that look good together. And that would be
the best approach to start painting your
green boy illustration. These are the six colors
that I'm switching. The innermost is
a very dull Pink. But it looks very good when it's placed next to the orange. These are the final six
colors that I'll be using. Let's start painting
our mean rainbow. The center of the page. I'm going to start out by
drawing a small semicircle, which is bail pink in color. And after that, all
the semi-circles which we need to draw going
to be concentric. So we already have a guiding. Semicircle, which
is the innermost. I'm just going to
follow that curve and add the semi-circles
one after the other, using the colors
the same sequence as in the reference rainbow. At points wherever I feel that the thickness of the
semicircle is not uniform. I'm just going to make it even. This is the fourth
layer that I'm adding. Just making the thickness
uniform like so. Then I will continue with
the rest of the two colors, the dark brown, followed
by the lighter brown. If your rainbow appears to have slightly less thickness
at certain places, you can either even it
out or simply leave it as it is to give it a
natural and organic look. I want all the semi-circles to have some what the
same thickness. I'm going to fix
the thickness by going over again
wherever required. Within five minutes or
even less than that, you will finish drawing the rainbow and you
can draw multiple ones to make a pattern or any
other design of your choice. The bonus lessons of this class, I will share how I used this
one rainbow illustration to make so many different things or surface design patterns
or even to make a wallet. So just make sure that you
check this portion in the end. Now I'm using the fine tip of the marker to fix the rainbow, especially at the base. I think we can go ahead and add some texture on the rainbow, like how we saw in the
earlier practice doodle. So I'm just going to add a
few polka dots, few lines. And we can see how
this looks after that. If you have any sort
of pencil lines or the border that you've drawn earlier or
the center lines, just erase them out completely. To draw the polka dot texture, I'm using a white academic
marker that I have. I'm simply going to make some polka dots and maybe
Please sit on a darker color. It's not looking so bright
on the yellow ocher. So I'll probably use the white acrylic pen on
the brown semicircle. I also have these
fine liner pens, which are black of
the size 0.3.5. So I'm going to
use these as well. Draw some design. Let's start by
drawing some lines on the innermost semicircle. I'm trying to keep
them equidistant. Something like that. Now, I will draw some polka
dots using the same pen. The yellow ocher semicircle. Feel free to experiment
with any kind of design which you may
think would look nice. You can leave it blowin, like the way I have shown
in the sample rainbow. If you leave it plain, you will probably have
better options to recolor it if you think
about digitizing it. So that is also an option. Because I already
have a plane one. I am drawing some
design on this one. Some dots with the white pen. Now I'm going to use black ink on the
outermost semicircle and just draw these loops or scribbled loops on that edge. Something like that. I'm keeping it very
simple and minimalistic. That's pretty much what I wanted to draw on top of 13 ball. I'm going to keep
it as it is now, not going to add any
further details. So these are the two rainbows. One is a blend one and the one has a slight pattern on it. You have a lot of options
to draw smaller in both with fewer layers using
just the shades of brown. Or you can add some lettering. You can even draw
those stall rainbows using really subtle and
soft shades of pink. That was a quick
lesson about painting Bohemian or neutral
team rainbows. The next section we
will paint something quick, easy, and abstract. So I will see you
in that lesson.
5. 2 Abstract Leaf Illustration: In this lesson, we are going
to draw a very minimalistic, abstract leafy stem with some
dotted texture around it. We will use very few
neutral colors and make a quick piece of art that looks modern and effortless.
At the same time. I'm choosing all the colors
from this shade guard. So I'm using a couple
of light sheets, blush pink or soft, warm gray and a shade of yellow. These are the four colors
that I will be using. The first one is a warm green or yellow and blue shades of pink. We will begin by painting
the background shapes first, let's draw some
abstract oval shapes that will cover the
sheet of paper, especially the center area. This paper is also cut to
the size four by six inches. I'm digging the forest Carlo, which is a shade of yellow. I'm starting to draw
an abstract or will ship near the top left
corner of the page. To keep everything simple, dry, not sketching anything
with a pencil. Just go with the flow and
see how it turns out. The idea here is to focus on the color palette and how to
keep things simple and easy. I'm going for the next color, which is a soft pink. It's sort of a
fruity pink color. This demo, I'm painting a
slightly elongated shape. You can paint an
extra layer on top if the shade appears to
be a bit translucent. That's exactly what
I planned to do. There is no defined way
to draw abstract shapes. We are simply exploring a stress-free method of
making easy and relaxing art. Remember this class is to take out the complexity
from the process. Now let's paint the shape
in the center of the page. I'm using a warm
pinky shade of gray, which is very light in person. This is going to be
the biggest sheep covering most area in
the center of the page, I'm drawing a border first
and then filling it in. If it appears to be too light, you can add an extra layer. Now let's move on to
the last color and paint a circular shape in the bottom left
corner of the page. Now, our background is ready. All we need now is to put in an organic linework that
depicts a leafy stem. Again, I'm not going to make
any kind of pencil sketch, but just going with the flow. You can refer to the stem
that I've already drawn. If you feel a bit lost, I'm starting out from
the bottom of the page. And as much as possible, I'm going to try and draw continuous lines to make
it look organic and Aldi. Let's see how that comes along. I'm going all the way
up to the top and drawing a leaf at the
very tip of the stem. And then slowly coming down. Drawing one leaf on
each side of the stem. You can draw the
leaves of reading sizes to have some
variation in your art. Now it's not necessary to draw continuous
lines if you want, you can lift your hand. But I just want the
stem to look on blend. I'm just going to
go very slowly. Ones on the left and
ones on the right. Gum all the way down. One last leaf on the left side. And I guess that should be it. Right? So that's how
the stem looks like. I think it's looking quite different from the
one I have already. But that's the best part, no matter how many times you
repeat the same B so far, that's going to look a
bit different every time. Now what we have to do is to add some texture around it,
the dotted texture. So I'm just going
to start by making some elongated dots on the left, right, and a few on the bottom. Let's try and add a few more
elements to this piece. So far at the beginning, when I was trying to
design this glass, I was finding it very difficult to keep
the designs simple. Sometimes you're
so used to adding so many elements and colors
and so many details, especially the kind of
watercolor work I do. I found it quite challenging
to make simple art. But as I kept on sketching
and as I kept on drawing, I realized that the whole idea is to keep it simple and
stop at the right time. When it comes to
abstract art, less is, more is what I'm trying to focus on while doing all the
projects for this class. I'm just filling out the
spaces wherever I feel. That is some extra space to draw more chips and just trying
to find that balance. Auto sweet spot, which fields just about right. Teacup, AWS. I think that's pretty
much about it. Alright, so this is how our second project
has turned out. I quite like the
simplicity of it. You can even make a bigger
version of this such as an eight by ten or
an 11 by 14 inches, and make it a wall art. You also have an
option of making a set of three or four pieces. Consider this small project
as a starting point and try to build something on your own to make it a collection.
6. 3 Mountains & Sun Illustration: In this lesson, we will paint a super-easy mountain
landscape with minimum colors. For this project, I have
left attend border on all the sides to have a lovely white contrast
against the browns. I'm using a paper that is
pre got 24 by six inches. Now let's look at
the colors that we will be using
for this project. I have used five wearing
shades of brown from dark to light and shade
of orange for the sun. Here are the exact
sheet numbers. We G 0.5, which is a warm green. Using this to paint
the mountain which is farther away
in the landscape. The next one I'm using is a slightly darker
shade, badly beach. Using that as a lighter shade to paint another mountain
which is in the background. And then I'm using a
slightly softer shade of brown to bend the mountains
that are in the foreground. And then I have two
darker shades of brown, which I'm using to paint the two layers which are in the very front
of the painting. For the sun, I'm using to
neutral shades of orange. They're not very bright. Software yellow, and a very
basic subtle shade of orange. Now let's try to put
the sketch in place. We will need a bare minimum
sketch to start with. Let's start by making border or thin border
around the page. I'm quickly going to do that. And then we will just have a very minimalistic
sketch in place. So we exactly know where
to lay down our browns. I'm going to start by sketching
the forest base layer, which is a horizontal line. And then on top of
that I'm going to draw the first mountain
which is closest to us. Then I'm going to overlap a couple of more mountains
in the background. I'm drawing for
mountains in total. I'm just drawing the outlines so it'll be easy for me
to lay down my colors. It's a very simple sketch. You'll probably do it
in under two minutes. You can refer to the
original picture. If you find that the pencil
lines are too light. But it's nothing complicated. And I also plan to leave some white gaps between
each of the mountains. I'm just trying to highlight
those white gaps as well. So when I'm painting it, there is no confusion. And I don't forget to leave
out those whitespaces. I'm just marking out a couple of borders around the
edges of the mountains. That's going to take
another minute or so. And that's about
it for the sketch. Now I have this small gap in-between where I will
try to place the sun. If you're not very confident
about drawing it with hand, you can use a small coin or a
lid off a box or something. Maybe I want to
take it a bit down. I'm not sure what
I'm going to adjust the way the smallest
mountain looks. I'm just going to
erase some lines and try to quickly sketch it. And now that the sketch
is somewhat in place, we will try to bend it. We will start from the
very bottom layer, which is the darkest brown. I'm going to use
horizontal strokes and fill in that
color. If you want. You can also have some gradation from dark to light that we have done it in my reference picture. So I'm using the same Gallo with lighter strokes
near the bottom of the page and darker strokes on the top portion
of that layer. I'm just going to overlap a few layers and just fill in that space
with the same brown color. And feel free to move
your paper around. It becomes easy to, please stop being
near the borders. Going to add a couple of extra
layers on the top again, and keeping it light
at the bottom. I'm going very slowly
around the borders. Adding a few more layers. Really liked this
shade of brown color. It's very natural. I think it completely suits the color palette that we
are trying to explore. So whenever you're trying to work on a neutral
color scheme, always try to have a
couple of browns or two or three lighter shades of brown and two or
three darker sheets. Because when you please
all these browns together, it really looks nice. Now let's go and paint the mountain which
is in the friend. This brown is dark enough, but it's also very
subtle at the same time. Let's swatch it. That's the color
I'm going to use. Now is the time when we
don't want to forget about the white borders in-between the mountains and each
of the other layers. So be mindful of that and
I'm simply going to lay down this color using
multiple brushstrokes. And if the color starts to look translucent because
I already feel that this color is slightly
on the lighter side. But I'm going to lead
down a couple of times. So it starts to look opaque. I don't mind having
some gradation as well. So you can try to achieve
that effect as well. For some reason when I'm trying to work
around the borders, I find it easy to make
my people upside down. It just gives me more control. When I'm painting something
as tight as this one. I always move might
be but a lot. Laying down some additional
strokes because It's looking quite translucent
as I thought before. Okay, So that's pretty
much for this layer. It took us quite a
few brush strokes to get the required color. The next one is going to
be even software brown. It goes by the name honey. So we'll see how
the shade looks. That's the swatch. Let's lay down this color and
this time we will have to leave a white gap between
the two mountains. So be mindful of that. Paint a mountain landscape. There are a lot of options. You can try out. You can have mountains
just on one side of the page and a bigger
Sun on the other side. Or you can have a
valley of mountains, or you can have just two mountains and
please sign in between. Or you can add a
contrast with flowing stream or four door in between the mountains or try to
add an abstract shape. There's not anything specific that we have to draw
or not draw while working with this kind of neutral Bohemian art that we are trying to
beamed in this class. So give yourself
that freedom to move around and use some abstract
shapes the way you like. Now let's be in the mountain, which is right behind this one. I'm going to use color that
goes by the name badly Beach, which is a vase Soft Bank. Yeah, there are a lot of
options that you can try out. I usually see paintings of this style a lot these
days in Home Depot stores, which are blue knob to
like really big sizes like 16 by 20 inches or sometimes
even more than that. They are just flat
colors which are placed on the canvas
and framed beautifully. This kind of art, I think, is trending quite well
in the recent times. And you can also make or prints of this
available in your shop. You can just do like
downloadable art. So there are a lot
of options you can have around
this kind of art. But each time I'm visiting home decor stores here
in North America, I see a lot of this on this kind of art or this
kind of color palette. And that is also what encouraged me to go for this
class or this topic. Now the mountain which is in the background,
is super light. So I'm making sure
that I saw often all my pencil lines so that pencil marks are
not seen through. Just take care of that factor. Now I'm going to place
this a shade of warm gray. Like I mentioned in
the previous lesson. This is just a starting
point for you to explore this kind of art or
this kind of a color palette. And try to really go beyond your imagination and see what you can create with
this color palette. I think really abstract or races and potted plants would
also look very nice. We are almost there. The mountains are
looking quite in place. I'm not sure if I want
to add another layer of color on the very first mountain because it still looks
a bit translucent. But we will think about that. I even plan to digitize a
couple of these pieces and art optimize them in Adobe Illustrator and see
what kind of effect I get. Or I can simply re-color, tweak into the browns and, and see what kind of artwork I can convert this into digitally. So the options are endless. Once you have a small
piece of art ready, you can use it in a
lot of different ways. And of course, all the
original shape that I'm painting in a fixed size
format or four by six, so I can even put them
in smaller frames. And Michael gallery
wall out of it. So that's a good way
to make a collection. I think I'm just laying down one last Lear on
the front mountain. Just to even it out. A bit more. Like so. Moving on, let's try to being the Son. I'm using the two
shades of orange. Just laying down the color, darkening it a bit from the side and just trying to bring
about that gradation. That's it. I think that's all we need to paint for this
art to look complete. And I'm going to go
around and maybe just erase all the pencil
lines that I don't need. And there you have it. An abstract mountain landscape, which we probably
finished in 20 minutes, 19 minutes, with a
very basic sketch, very basic line work, which is effortless and easy
for anybody to try this. So that's it. Let's move on to
our next project.
7. 4 Boho Sun Illustration: In this lesson, we will
paint a widened Bu Zun, which occupies the entire page. I'm going to leave
a white border along the edges of the paper. For this piece of art, I'm going all in and
using pretty much all the neutral colors that are available in this color palette. I'm going to try and please lighter colors next
to darker colors. And repeat a couple
of sheets and then finish the center and
the rays of the sun. We will do a loose sketch with a couple of concentric
semi-circles at the base of the page and some random curved lines
to represent the race. And then just start filling in the color and enjoy the process. Let's start sketching. Sketching about four to five. Concentrate semi-circles
which are equidistant. Please make sure to have a very light pencil
work as they are easily seen through
alcohol markers, especially through the
lighter translucent colors. If you don't see my linework, please refer to the
artwork on the side. Now that the sketch is ready, let's begin laying
down the colors. I'm going to go with
my gut and choose the colors that I feel will
look good next to each other. So feel free to choose
your own colors and explore some options without a set of predesigned gallows, like we used in the
earlier projects. So let's just jump into it and let's see how
this comes along. I think just like the rainbows, the boy whose son designs
are also trending. I saw at least five
different types of sun representation's
in video stores. And while shopping online. Some after sons had
phases with expressions. Some of them were metallic
with a bohemian touch. Some of them were
combined with the moon. Some of the designs had padded
combined with the rainbow. And so many other
interpretations that instantly inspired me to try some variation of
the boy whose son. I'm quite sure. I'm going to try a
few more options if I decide to convert these designs
into a book collection. So I think this is a
fun subject to paint. I've never painted or
a bohemian son before. I really wanted to
give this a try and I would love to
see what you create. So let's just
continue filling in the color at some portions. I will try to
fast-forward the process because we're just going to lay down the colors and it's
pretty much straightforward. Feel free to take
your own time and being alone wherever needed, or we will take some pauses and discuss the
colors if needed. Now between the pink
and the orange, I'm going to use a
darker shade of brown. And try to create a contrast between the inner and
the outer semicircle. Wherever needed, we will please. Darker shades of brown
and usually light pinks or soft pinks look really nice
next to the darker browns. You can try that as well. Now I'm going to use
a very soft shade of yellow ocher and start it. Please sing the scholar
on some of the rays. I'm going to repeat
the colors by distancing them from each other. That way, the color
palette will still look a bit cohesive
and well put together. Okay, so maybe I will repeat this color somewhere
on the other side. Leaving a couple of
days in-between. Pleasing it on the
left side of the page. For the next color, I chose a subtle
shade of orange. It's somewhere between
orange and yellow. I'm just again leaving
a couple of reason between and trying to
please the scholar. I will also repeat
the scholar again, maybe on the right-hand side, between the yellow and orange, I'm going to please compare
the subtle shade of pink. Way soft, almost blush pink. I'm going to try and
see how that looks. Let's repeat the scholar
again on the left and right-hand side, the
smaller sections. Okay, so those are the pink is repeated a couple of times. And now I have this
darker shade of brown, which I want to
use as a contrast. So this is the swatch,
It's quite dark. I'm going to please sit
next to the yellow ocher and maybe repeat it again on the left or the
right-hand side. So the darker contrast
just balances out with the rest of the Carlos. Maybe I will repeat
this one more time. A very small section on
the right-hand side. Let's think about the next
color that we can use. In the reference
picture I have used, or deeper shade of yellow ocher. I'm going to try and use that Gallo in this
picture as well. I think pleasing it
next to the orange is going to look good. So I'll again try to repeat this in a couple of different places. But I really liked this particular sheet because
it's neither too bright, but it brings out
enough pop of color. Each time I use it. I'm going to again,
please sit next to the orange portion that I
have right in the middle. Okay. So we had
to darker sheets, the brown and the yellow ocher. This time I'm choosing a
very flat light color, which is almost on
creamish beach, somewhat leaning on
the side of pink. But it's a very, very neutral color
and very soft. So I'm just going to
place the scholar between any two darker colors. So in this case I'm
placing it between the darker brown and the orange. Just create an instant
contrast next to the brown. I quite like how it
looks. Very subtle. So let's go ahead and
repeat the skull it again. This diamond pleasing it next to the lighter shade
of yellow ocher. We have it in two
different pleases. Let's see what are
the color we can use. The soft brown, the one that we used in the
mountain landscape. I'm going to try and put that next to the
pink because I'm really liking the combination of pink and brown next
to each other. Let's use this color as well. I'm repeating the color again
next to the yellow ocher. Okay, I think we are quite close to finishing the picture. We just have a few
more sections to go and we will continue making color choices
with our gut feeling. If you have tried any
other color palette which is completely different
than what I have done. I would love to see
what you've created. So do upload the project
in the project gallery below so I can have a look at the color combination
that you have used. I'm just taking a look and maybe I'll repeat
it one more time. On the leftmost side of the sun. Pleasing it next to the pink. And now I see that I want to repeat orange color on the left-hand side
because we have a bit of it on the left side
and in the middle, so I'm just placing it
on the either ends. This is again a pale pink that I'm going to place between the brown and the yellow ocher. Let's try to repeat it again. On the left side. I'm quite liking how this
is turning out so far. I'm just going to continue
repeating the same pink color. We have two more sections to go. Let's try to use a
soft shade of yellow. I'm just repeating
the yellow that we use in the very beginning. I'm just going to place
it between the two pinks. Repeating it one more time. We have this one last section for which I'm going
to use the deeper shade of yellow ocher because I've used it once in the center and ones on the right-hand side. So I'm just balancing it out by using it on the
left-hand side as well. And that pretty much completes
over Bohemian son design. I'm really liking it
and the best part, it's straightforward,
simple, and quite enjoyable. Both of these Bohemian
suns look quite different, even though I've repeated the same colors in both of them. Each of looks unique
and I can't wait to digitize and explore
all the other options I have with this piece of art.
8. 5 Ocean Waves & Sun Illustration: In this lesson, we will paint some really beautiful
waves in waiting shades of blue with
a sunset backdrop. This is the only piece of
art where we have used a slightly elevated
color scheme by using some muted blues and
also a bright blue. But I still feel it
somehow fits into the Bohemian style of art that we are exploring
in this class. Let's begin by making a
super loose sketch of the waves so that
it becomes easy to fill the shades
of blue later on. Let's draw the waves filling
up half of the page. Try to draw about six
to seven weeks to include enough shades of blue
to get a beautiful effect. I'm going to start by leaving border on all
the sides of the page. Then we will start
sketching the weeps. The borders are ready, which we can, it is later on. Now, make sure that
the waves that you draw are curvy and
not very flat. Also try to have each wave of a different style and different thickness to
have maximum variation. You can refer to the reference
painting on the side. As you are drawing with me. Just like the previous
piece of art, we will also try to leave some white spaces between
each of the web's. Be mindful of the white gaps. You can either draw the borders beforehand so you're
not confused. Or we can do it at
the time of painting. So when I'm filling
in the blue colors, I'm going to make sure that
I leave out the whitespaces. So either way, just find a comfortable spot and keep
your loose sketch ready. I'm making sure to have enough movement so the
waves look really flowy. Try to include a lot of curves. Like I said before. I think we have enough
number of waves that are covering half of the page. So let's go ahead
and draw the sun. And to draw the sun, I'm going to use a coin and just place it in the
top half of the page. I'm just going to
quickly carve it out along the
vertical center line. I'll guess that's pretty much how I loose sketch looks like. If your pencil lines
are very dark, makes sure to
lighten them because your pencil lines may be seen through some of the
lighter colors. Now, I have picked up a
couple of shades of blue, which I think would look nice. So I'm starting from
darker shades of blue on the top and then
coming down gradually. My first shade of
blue is Indian blue. I'm not going to specify
the exact shade names. But if you have any other
set of alcohol markers, stride to select the blues
with a couple of variations. So I'm going to use this
darker shade called Indian blue and place it on
the very top wave. I'm also going to leave
a small white gap. Let's just start filling in the color and see
how it comes along. I think you would need about
six to seven shades of blue. And for the very last wave, I am again repeating the
darker color that I have, just to have some
contrast at the bottom. Now I understand
that you may or may not have the exact shades
I'm mentioning here. But try to think of a color scheme which
could work well for you. You can even make this
a monochrome project by using only shades of
neutral browns or yellows. Try to whip up something that works with the colors
you have at hand. Let's move on to the
next shade of blue. I'm going to use a slightly
lighter shade this time. It's bluish gray color, which is going to
be my next sheet. I will start placing
this color on the second wave and making sure that I'm
leaving the white gap. It's quite
straightforward once you have your colors chosen. So just go in a sequence, which you think would look nice or you can follow along with me. I'm just going to
fill in this color. That was a small wave. For the next shade,
I'm going to choose a slightly warm blue. It has danger of green to it. I'm going to use this
blue as my next shoot. Something like that. Please. Layer of this on the Vive, Just making sure I still
have the white gap. That was the thought shade
of blue for the fourth one, I'm choosing a p still blue, which is a bit on
the brighter side, but I think it will be a good contrast to all the other nutrient blue
set I've used previously. Just filling in the next
week with this color. It's a bit translucent, so I'm going to make sure I
have some overlapping layers. Make it opaque. Do let me know in
the reviews below what you think of
search symbol and easy achievable projects
that are it really on trend? And how would you like
to use your projects in your commercial projects or any other work
that you're doing. So do let me know what you
think of such small projects. The next one is a very
soft shade of blue. I think a diluted version
of ultramarine blue. So it's not as bright and vibrant as the ultramarine blue. But it's quite subtle yet
has this brightness to it. So I'm using this
boundary blue color and BB blue color as my next shade rate. The next one is
the lightest dawn. It's almost gray color with
a subtle tinge of blue. That's going to be my last. She'd intermediation. That's a slightly bigger. But I'm really liking how all the blues are
coming together eventually. Now for the last wave, I'm going to repeat
the very first blue that I used on the top, which was the Indian blue. It's similar to Prussian
blue or navy blue. So you can replace the shade by either of those scholars if you have them in your ballot. So I'm just going to quickly
finish the last week. Be mindful of the border. Move your paper around
to have easy axis. I'm using the tip of the brush. The corners and small areas. Rates or the waves
look beautiful. I think I really
liked the variation. Now let's look at the sun. To paint the sun, I'm using two sheets of neutral oranges. Let's start with the
lighter color and just laid down on the circle that we
carved out in the beginning. If you don't want any
gradation of colors, you can simply lead down just one color and
keep the ship flat. I'm going for the darker shade. Just placing it on the sides and then merging
it with the lighter color. I'm just going back with the lighter shade and
mixing the two together. That's pretty much about it. Now, I'm thinking I don't want those orangey strokes
in the background, so I just wanted to
keep it clean this time because I already have the other one where I've
dragged the background. I'm thinking of digitizing
the one without that orangey background and
see how I can play with it. I'm just going to keep it blank. If you want, you can
go ahead and add some effect, the sensor defect. And then I'm just
going to erase out all the pencil lines and
make my artwork clean. This is our first artwork, ocean waves and the sun. We still have one more
project that we will explore in the next lesson.
I will see you there.
9. 6 Desert Landscape: In this final lesson, we will be painting a very easy desert landscape with differentiates
of brown and green. We will be exploring some lovely shades of
brown for the land. We will walk in color blocks
to add some interest. Then we will paint some cacti
to add some green contrast. In the background, we will
add some desert mountains and a few light-colored
Mountains further behind. Then we will add a
beautiful big sun and paint a soft sky. Although it looks like
a lot is going on, it is a simple project with
maximum use of Oddi colors to elevate the
color palette that gives out some
strong before wipes. Let's start sketching
from bottom-up. I'm starting out by
drawing some land. Then we can proceed to
draw the tall cacti. I'm just drawing it
a little bit taller. Do show that it's
in the foreground. I'm keeping my pencil
sketch very light. So please refer to the reference painting
that I have on the side. The idea here is to keep
the sketch very simple. And that's why I have color
blocked most of the elements. And we're not going to
add too many details. We'll try to keep the sketch
as simple as possible. I'm sectioning the land
and three portions, three to four portions, so it's easier to show the color blocks in
the shades of brown. Then I'm drawing a small cacti to show that it is
in the background. Just simple linework will help
us do add colors later on. Then I'm adding a reference line for the mountain
in the background. Those are all the
layers of the land. And now I'm going to draw an outline for the
Desert Mountain, which is ahead of the lighter mountains
in the background. Feel free to add
your own elements or remove some of the
elements that I have drawn. If you want to further reduce the complexity
of this landscape. And now I'm drawing some
mountains in the background. One more mountain on the left. I don't have too much
space left for the sun. So I might erase a few
lines to fit in that son, I might reduce the height of the background mountains a bit. So adjust your sketch depending on the space you
have left on the paper. If you're using a bigger size, you probably have more
spaces to fill out. But I'm still using a
four by six papers, so I'm just going to adjust the positions
of the mountains. Perhaps some space
left out for the sun. And then with the
help of a coin, I'm just going to
sketch out the sun. I fixed some elements by
sketching them again. And now I have that white
gap to draw the sun. That's the sketch. Now we will start painting
it from bottom up. I'm going to start
with the base, with the darkest shade of
brown that I've chosen here. Let's start filling
in the color. Because it's just
color blocking. It's going to be quite fast. We won't dig too much time
to paint this either. Just about choosing
the right colors and laying them down in
the correct sections. And just have a
nice color block. That's the fourth section. Now let's go ahead and paint
the second section for the land that I'm using a
slightly lighter brown. It's called potato brown. So I'm just using
that as the second. Be careful around the edges to avoid bleeding
of the two colors. But if you're looking at
having some radiation, then it's completely okay
to overlap two colors. But because we are mostly using the color blocking
method in all of the projects of this class, I prefer to not
overlap the edges. But if we want to have a look at some blending techniques
using alcohol markers, I strongly prefer
the very first class or that I have published with alcohol markers and that
I'm explaining everything about different types of blending techniques
using the brush tip, chisel tips and how
to use the fine tips. So do make sure that you
check out that portion of the class to learn
some blending techniques. Moving on for the next
section of the land, I'm using a slightly lighter
shade of yellow ocher. I'm pleasing that
the third section. Okay, so that's the third layer. Now I'm choosing shade of brown, pleasing it on the
fourth section. Now I'm going to use a
darker shade of brown. Please sit on the top
layer of the land. I'm choosing this dark brown
color, somewhat like this. Using that around the two cacti, I'm going to leave
out that whitespace and fill in the color around it. Okay, so that's the last
layer of the land and I still have some gap
left at the back. To fill in color over there. I'm going to use
a darker shade of brown and just fill
out that space. Now, I wonder desert mountain
to be light in color. And that's the reason why I'm choosing a darker
shade of brown. So that is a good contrast between the land
and the mountain. We have finished painting all
the sections of the land. And I'm really liking how the browns are looking together. Now we can proceed to
the next elements, which are the cacti. I've chosen these
muted shades of green. I'm roughly going to use
about three shades of green. One is a very soft, grayish, warm green, and next
one is a bit darker. Then I'm using the
darkest green to do some. Shadows on the
sides of the cacti. So let's start with
the warm green, which is quite neutral. I'm going to start
placing it all over the cacti and then use the blending technique and
lead it with the darker shade, the mid-tone, and then blend
the two colors together. I think this muted
shade of green really compliments the browns that we have used in the background. If you're not sure of
what sheets to use, do, try to take ample swatches
and see which color looks the best when pleased next to a
particular shade of brown. That's exactly what I did. And I'm trying to make the color selection
process very simple. All other greens,
we're looking really bright for the color palette that we have chosen
for this class. That's the first shade of green. Next, I'm going to use
a slightly darker shade and just use it to
blend along the sides. Then I'm using the darkest shade and drawing some
outlines on the sides. Then I'm using the lighter
shade again and merging the two colors together and
blending it ever so lightly. Let me just turn
it on the paper. That's our first cactus. Now let's repeat the
exact same steps to color the next one. Okay, so that's pretty
much about the two cacti. We are done with both of them. Now let's proceed. And beyond the
mountain in the back, in the background,
the desert mountain. For that, I'm going to use
two shades of yellow ocher. I'm going to start
out by placing a very light shared as the
background color. Then on top of it
I'm going to draw some texture using a darker
shade of yellow ocher. Let's look at the first swatch, which is somewhere between chrome yellow and yellow ocher. And the next one is a slightly lighter
shade of yellow ocher, bit darker than
the previous one. I'm going to use these
two colors together and try to paint the desert
mountain in the back. If needed. We can also use an even
darker shade to bring out those shows
on the mountains. For that, I may use this color, slightly elevated
shade of brown. Let's keep this handy as well. I'm going to start by laying down the lightest color first. I'm going to make
vertical strokes to paint the mountain or lower. Okay, so that's our first layer. And now I'm using the second
sheet to do some blending. I'm going to place
it at the bottom and a bit on the top and let the two colors blend
into each other. I'm simply using strokes
in the downward direction. So that's a bit of
blending over there. Now let's use the darker brown, the potato brown color and draw some downward strokes
to show the texture. I'm not really
blending this color into the previous colors, but intentionally keeping
the strokes are a bit dark. Just using straight lines. That's the false part
of the Desert Mountain. Now let's go ahead and paint
the other section of it. I'm going to use the
exact same steps and repeat the same process. We have finished painting the desert mountain
in the foreground. Now let's paint the mountains in the background
for which I'm using rarely lighter shades of pink and a very
soft beach color. I'm going to just lay down these colors on the
Three Mountains. I'm going to start
with The warm beach, the grayish beach color, which is the lightest. This color palette. I'm simply going to lead flat. On one-off the mountains. Fill in all the white gaps and follow the pencil sketch
that we made earlier. Just a reminder, this
color is very light. So if you're using a color
as light as this one, make sure to erase out your pencil lines and make
them almost invisible. Or else they will be seen
through this light color, which is extremely translucent. Moving on, let's use
the second sheet, which is a very, very soft pink. I'm going to lay down on the other mountain
in the background. The shade is also
a bit translucent. I'm trying to layer it
as much as possible. Now let's use the
the third sheet, which is a slightly darker pink compared to the previous two. And I'm using it for the mountain in the
front of the second one. If you observe we have repeated almost the same set of colors
in all of the projects. That is exactly the
point that I'm trying to make is that using a
single color palette, you can make different types
of illustrations, right? From rainbows to abstract
leaves to landscapes. There are so many
different subjects that you can explore in a
single color palette. With that dip, Let's move
on and being the sun. Again, I'm going to use the
exact same shades of orange, the neutral oranges that
we've used earlier. Then I'm going to use
the lighter shade and blend the two
oranges together. We are almost towards
the end of this project. We will use the warm beach color to paint the sky
in the background. I'm just going to draw some horizontal strokes
around the sun and behind the mountains
to show the sky. That should complete
our project. If you want, you can
leave it as it is. I'm just quickly going to
erase all the pencil lines. And that's it. That's our final
project of this class, the desert landscape
and the sun. And I'm really liking
the way it looks. I hope you were able to
finish this project with me. The next section of the class, which is the bonus section, I'm going to discuss about how you can use these projects
in different ways. How you can convert your illustrations into
something more useful. Let's discuss all the
other possibilities. The next bonus section
of this class.
10. Bonus Lesson: Once your artwork is ready, you can scan it at
high resolution and digitize it in Photoshop or
image streets in Illustrator. To convert them into
digital art files. You can color correct, or even recolor your artwork to have additional color
schemes if you like. You can even sell them as digital downloads or
offer as art prints in your Etsy shop or through print on demand shops
like Society six. For a single illustration
such as the rainbow, you can easily convert it into a seamless repeat pattern and half the pattern mocked up
on a variety of products. If you wish to make this
a bigger collection, you can explore other
topics such as moon phases, abstract wheezes, interpretation
of African might clot, monstera, leaf line work
and so many more topics. These topics are on
my project list two. But since it is not possible
to cover all the projects, I'm throwing these ideas at you so you can explore
them if you like, and expand your boohoo
art collection. I really hope that you enjoyed these projects and
variable to create symbol and minimalistic art
using this fun color palette. Do let me know your thoughts
in the review section. And I would love
to read what you enjoyed the most
from this class. On. So please upload your projects in the project
gallery section of this class so I
can have a look at your beautiful work and
shared it on Instagram. Do tag me at by the league side. So I won't miss
checking out your feed. Thank you so much for taking the time to attend
this class today. I can't wait to meet you
again in the next one. Do follow me here
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and keep creating.
Pooja Kenjale-Umrani, Author of MODERN WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP
