Gouache Painting : Learn To Paint Indoor Plants

1. Introduction: Integrating indoor plants into daily life not only enhances the environment, but also contributes to physical and mental health. My name is Mohiisna and I'm an acrylic artist based India. I mostly do landscape painting and animals and bird portrait painting. Many of you know me as Mohani Art Gallery from my Instagram account. So in this class, we will be learning 15 different types of indoor plant with their benefits. Also, all these classes are mostly within 30 minutes. You can paint all these paintings within 30 minutes. Now, this painting I have done in a white sheet, but you can also do it in a black sheet of paper, as you can see. So without wasting our time, let's start painting these beautiful indoor plants, and let's dive into it. 2. Materials Required: Welcome back. So let's discuss about the materials which we will be needing for all these paintings. So this is a Gash set which I'm using here. I will not be using the entire colors. Few of them I will be using here. Apart from that, these are the brushes. There are two round brushes and one rigor brush. So these three brushes of size four, six, and this is a size zero brush, which I will be using in this entire paintings. Then comes the paper, which I will be using. The paper is from Zensungum which is of 300 GSM coal press. You can use any thick paper whichever you want. But for this case, I will be using this paper. Then apart from this for drawing this pencil, technical pencil, then the palette, which is the glass palette I will be using, then pumps the water jar, and at last, the tissue paper. 3. Snake Plant: Welcome back. So let us paint our first indoor plant that is the snake plant. So let's first draw the pot, and then we'll start with the painting. So this is my pencil, technical pencil. And let's start first by making the pot. It's a very small square size notebook which I am having. It is 300 GSM, as you can see. So just creating a very rough sketch of the pot. So just a very rough sketch, and later on while doing the coloring part, we can fix the sketch as well. So just the base is flat and little round shape. So there's much drawing only we will be doing and rest, we will directly do while painting. Just the pot I'm drawing over here. So now let's start with the painting. So the first color which we will be needing is the a burnt sienna, then yellow ochre and white. So these three colors, gauche colors we will be needing for our pot painting. So first time taking white, then burn sienna. You can take similar colors like that, either burn Sienna or any brown color whichever you are having. And if you don't have yellow ochre, you can use yellow as well for this or Hansa yellow. A yellow you can use. So let's start with my round brush. Now, since this is a very small painting, so I'm using the size four round brush for painting this, I'll just dip it in water, and directly, I will grab the colors. Now, if your color is hard, then mix little water. It should be a milky color. It should not be a very transparent color because gauche paints are opaque color, so I don't want it to be very transparent color. So I'm mixing all the two colors with this white, and we'll start with painting. So just doing the borders first and then we'll start painting inside. So as you know, snake plant has a number of benefits, including air purification by removing toxin and releasing oxygen, especially at night, which can improve our sleep quality and reduce allergies. So air purification is one of them which is very important for when we keep snake plant. Apart from that, it also releases oxygen at night. So that's why it improves the sleeping potential. So now I'm just covering it with the area. So that's why indoor plants are very important. We should keep indoor plants because it is very good for health also. Especially this snake plant it's very low maintenance because it does not require too much of water, and it also improves our mental health, creates a more positive and calming environment. So that's why I decided to paint this. I've just painted this spot as you can see the highlight in the center, and I'm just trying to blend the colors. So trying to blend the colors as in Gauze you can easily blend the colors because colors can be reactivated. You don't have any issues over here. So just adding more of white and just trying to blend the colors together. Also doing the upper part. So first outline the color border and then fill the color. That will be easy for you to do it because the colors will not come out when we do the outside boundary and then we start filling the colors. So inside, I have done a little lighter version and the outline, I'm just doing it a little darker version. Simple mixing two of them and doing the lower stand area which is there. So every indoor plant has their own uniqueness, their own quality. So we will be coming to all the plants one by one. So this is our first one, which is the snake plant. So this spot area is almost done. I'm just making it a little more blended. So one side I've kept dark and one side a little light. So like that, I have just tried to make it. And then let's start with the snake plant. So I have taken these two colors that is cobalt blue, and lemon yellow, so to make it green. So first, we will be using two types of green. One is the dark green and another is the lighter green. So for dark green, you have to mix more of blue, and for lighter green, you have to mix more of yellow. So this is the difference between the two greens. So when we want a darker green, we will be mixing more yellow to this blue. And if I want the darker green, then I will be mixing more of blue. So first I'm using the lighter green, as you can see, I'm just making the lines below a little thick and above a little thin. So just making it like S shape. Slowly, we will be adding one by one the leaves. Now for the darker color, I'm just mixing more blue to this yellow adding more darker color to this it's actually in the middle and the outside part is light. So it's like that. Similarly, again, I will create one more. Same process. You have to repeat in different angles and somewhere dark, somewhere light green. So like that, we have to mix it and make a mismatch so that it will look a little more interesting. Otherwise, it will look like a very flat leaves. So that's why I'm adding different different greens to it. Somewhere a highlight of little darker green Some are a little thick, some are a little thin. So just adding the varieties. You can also draw this if you're facing issue by doing it directly. You can draw the outline and then you can fill in the color. It's up to you, but I thought of doing it directly with my round brush. So slowly, slowly, I'm adding the values. The green I'm adding in the middle and the lighter color is outside. That's why lighter color I have made a little thick so that both the colors are visible. So slowly, slowly, I'm just trying to add more and more leaves to it. Do it slowly, take your time. It all matters how much pressure you are applying on your round brush. If you press it, this will create a thick lines. If you will release it, it will create thin lines. So first, I will press it, and then I will slowly release it. So this will create a thin line upward. So in different different directions, some are slanting, some are straight. So in different directions, I'm trying to create it. 4. Snake Plant Final Detailing: Welcome back. Now you can see there are varieties of greens which are coming up here. So first, I'm just adding dark, then alternatively, I'm adding light. So like that, you have to just fill it up with these types of S shaped leaves altogether and try to create the pointed leaves. So even if with your round brush, that point thing is not coming, just try to make it a little pointed with your round brush. So mostly in all the paintings, we will be using round brush only of size four or six or two and the liner brush. So all these brushes we will be using for our upcoming indoor plant painting. So the edge is a little more yellowish and the inside is more greenish texture. So just enjoy the process of making these s shaped leaves. So you can see how it is looking with a light and dark color of the leaves. Now, let's draw some more detailing in this with my liner brush. So just taking white and yellow colour and a mix of white and yellow colour. And I will just highlight the edges outside with this brush first. Mostly in the leaves, if you have seen, the outer part is more towards the yellowish side and the inside is more green. So like that, only I'm trying to create the texture. There are N numbers of different types of snake plants. This is one of them which I am trying to create over here. So there are N numbers of snake plants which are there in market. But this is one of the type which I am trying to draw. So just enjoy the process of outlining and the detailing. Now, I'm just adding a few details in the center, just the line in between. I'm not going to do too much detailing because it is a big enough friendly class, and I want each and every one of you to try it out. So just making the lines in between at a certain space. And with my same brush I'm using. Again, I'm taking my smaller size round brush, and I will try to create with this just the lines. These are nothing but the horizontal lines which I'm creating in between these leaf. So these lines, I will be adding into each and every leaves which are visible, so it should be a darker color than the color which we have used. So darker color means more of blue should be added in that. So just adding more of yellows to some of the leaves which are left. So very small small details are these, highlighting the above area with the brown color. Giving a little shape and roundness to this pot. You can create any color pot if you want. But this is the color which I have decided. You can choose any color, whichever color you want to choose and you can create such textures. Just adding few textures of horizontal curvy lines to one side. Adding a few more lighter lines. So now we will be adding more lines to this above leaves. So for the lining part, I always use the liner brush. So here I'm just taking black a little bit. So here, if you're using black color, try to make it very translucent type colored. Try not to use a thick black color. It should be very in a liquid form and a little bit of yellow I'm trying to add to make it a greenish color. So when you add yellow to it, it turns out to be a little greenish and grayish color. So that color I'm using over here. So the color should not be very dark. It should be like a grayish texture color, and very thin lines you have to draw when you are outlining the leaves. So just take your time and draw very thin lines. Oh So when we are adding the lines, now we can exactly see where the leaves are moving, how it is turning, how it is twisting. So exactly, you can see all the leaves. That's why sometimes outlining is important. So we almost done with our painting, not much. It's a little bit yellow texture. I'm adding in between these colors, few yellows and again, mixing this yellow and black together, making the lines a little bold. You can see little bold lines I'm just adding. So this is almost done. So this is our first indoor plant that is the snake plant, which we have just completed it. And do try it out, and we'll meet in our next class. 5. ZZ Plant: Welcome back. Let's start with Z Z plant. So again, the same size notebook I have taken. And I'll just draw a rough sketch of the pot, and then we'll start with the painting. So with my technical pencil, I'm just trying to draw the base of the pot, just giving a little shape to it. So something like this type of shape is the pot, and a little bit of the lines also I will create where I will put my leaves. And this is the handle which is of the pot. So that's it, and little bit of lines I will draw, and we'll start with the painting. Very simple and easy painting is this. So just creating straight lines because these are mostly in straight up for directions. That's why I'm trying to create it a little straight. Now, these are the three colors which I'm using here that is burn Sienna, yellow ochre and white. So again, this is my round brush which I will use here. So let's start with the first color that is yellow ochre and white mix. And first, I will paint the base. Simple base painting, milky colors. Don't add too much water in these colors, otherwise it will turn into a very transparent color, which we don't want. So Zizi plant is often referred as fortune trees are believed to attract wealth, prosperity, and good luck. The strong and upright growth pattern symbolizes steady and financial and personal growth. And Zizi plant is also a natural purifier which removes the toxin very well. So you can see, I'm just covering the whole pot. So I think each and every one of us needs prosperity and personal growth. So we should keep ZZ plant in our home. So just adding a little bit of this color to the handles which I have made. Same brush I'm using which I have used previously. So mostly in all the paintings, I will be using the same type of brush. So just filling it with the same yellow ochre color. Trying to make the edges a little dark and the center a little lighter in color. So once we are done with this blocking, I'll create some textures with this bunt sienna. Simple blocking I have done with this color. And then we'll start with the texture detailing of the pot. Just taking this burn sienna color. I'm not mixing too much water in this, taking, again, the same brush which I have used and creating the top line first and simple lines just creating some designs in the pot. So try to add a little water to this burn sienna. Don't add too much water. Otherwise, the whole color will become very light. So we want a dark color. So try to use bulky color. So just created the textures and the outlines outside. So now let's start with the painting. So for this upper part, also, I'm just trying to create the lines and to the handles, a little bit lines and textures I'm trying to create over here. And also, I will outline this with same color. Oh So just adding few lines, you can use here liner brush also if you're not able to do with the round brush, it's up to you which brush you want to use. So you can see I've just added the details a little bit of lighter color in the center. Now my pot painting is done. Now we'll start with the leaves. So for the leaves, we'll start taking two colors that is first, the color is tallow green and lemon yellow. You can take any type of green, but I thought of taking this tallow green. You can take permanent green also and lemon yellow. So I will use two types of green. One is dark green and one is light green. So in the dark green also, I will add little yellow to it. So first, the lines So if you have seen this ZZ plan, the lines which are at the bottom are a little thicker than the top lines. So I making the bottom one a little thicker and the above is, again, simple lines. So just adding a few more thick lines below. So when you press the round brush, the lines will be thick and when you will use the tip of the round brush, the lines will be thin. So this is a technique which I mostly use in round brushes. You can easily create thick and thin lines using round brushes. So now let's create thin lines and then the leaves. For the leaves, I will be using a mix of both the colors. So will be dark, some will be light. Mix of both the colors I will use for painting the leaves. A very simple technique of creating leaves. So first, I will take this green and then grab a yellow mix, and you can see how light the color is a little bit white to make the color a little opaque. And just adding with the tip of the brush, these small, small leaves which are in upward direction. Some are dark, some are light. So a mix of both the colors. I'm just trying to add it. Once you add varieties of greens, any plant or any tree will automatically look very beautiful. So just taking yellow also and creating lighter green because already green was there on my brush. So again, a little darker green. So like this, the mismatch of dark and light green, we have to add. Same process I will be repeating in this entire section. So just enjoy the process. So you can see, I have already created half of the leaves. So are dark, some are light. So try to create a mismatch of mismatch of these. So just creating some more and try to create it in the upward direction because mostly the leaves of these are in upward direction. So very simple and easy technique of creating with just the tip of your round brush. But make sure that your round brush is quite pointed, then only you will be able to create such type of textures. So this is the whole leaves which I have created in this pot. So I will add some little colors to this below area, which is left out which I have spaces to give a look of the whole pot. So this is it, so I won't be doing much in this because otherwise it will create a lot of detailing. So try to make the leaves with different colors. Then only it will look beautiful also and a little real also. So do try it out and thank you so much for watching this. We'll meet in the next class. 6. Spider Plant: Welcome back. So let's start with the spider plant. So let's do the little bit of drawing of the pot, and then we'll start with the painting. This pot will be more like a bow style painting, which I'm doing inside this pot. So just drawing a sketch. Very simple sketch it is with a straight line and a curve below and above. So very simple sketch and a little bit of drawing. You can do it either with pencil or you can directly do with color. It's up to you how you want to do it. So this is the complete sketch. After that, let's start with the painting. So first, we will be needing three colors that is light blue, portrait pink and yellow ochre. So let's start first with the yellow ochre and light pink. So now my color is already in fluid format. So what you have to do is if your color is a little hard, then you have to add a little bit of water in it. But if your color is milky and fluid, no need to add any water. Water on your brush is more than enough. So just first filling the upper part. So it should be a thick, milky color. It should not be a thin color. Otherwise, it will become transparent. So covering the above part, then let's do the blue. This is the light blue which I have taken. If you don't have light blue, you can take any blue and just add white to it to make a light blue color. So just adding in the middle part which is there. Again, here I am using my round brush of size four. You can use any round brush depending upon the size of your image. So whatever is the size of the image, that will be the size of your brush. So bigger size of the pot, so you need a bigger size of round brush. Now let's talk about the benefits of this. It's not only remove air pollutants, but it is easy to propagate. Also, low maintenance. It reduces stress, and also it is non toxic to dogs and cat. So these are some of the benefits of this plant. So just filling the middle part, and it is also useful in feng shui. So many of them use like that also. So yes. So let's first fill the middle part. Do it very carefully and slowly so that the colors don't go out of your borderline. And the below part which is there that also I'm covering with this blue, And now, let's do the part which is left with yellow Ochre. So finally, our W painting is done. Now we will start making the leaves. These are very wavy leaves which are like an upward direction and very easy to make, especially with round brush. Now I'm covering the above part also with the same color. Now, let's start with the colors. Now, first color which I'm using is Thalo green and also lemon yellow, I will add to it because I want a little variations in greens. That's why I've taken lemon yellow over here. Now, let's start painting the leaves. So first, take this tallow green and on top of it, lemon yellow, and you will see two colors will be formed when you will create these leaves. So it should be thick from the bottom and a little thin from above. So just slowly to the leaves. Some are dark, some are light. So if the color is light, that means you have to add more amount of yellow to it. And if the color is dark, you have to add more amount of theho green. So just adding the leaves one by one. So I'm not making this very complicated leaves because I want it to be done in a little easy form so that each and every one of you can try it out. Even the big nurs can try it out very easily. Also I'm trying to create in different directions. So try to do it very slowly. When you will press your brush, it will create a thick line. When you will release your brush, it will create a nice pointed lines. So this is the trick in this. So when I'm pressing it, it is thick and when I'm releasing it, it is thin. So like that, you have to move your brush. So you can see I'm just creating in different directions. Oh. I'm also overlapping on top of it so that it looks like a full leaves which are in all the directions. Try to use different variations of green, some dark, some light. Then only it will look a little more realistic. Adding few of them below. Enjoy your process how the brush is moving with this painting. And again, use milky color. Don't use thin colour. Try to use milky colour as possible, especially in this area, try to use the darker colors so that you can easily see the lines. If you will use lighter colors, it will not be visible because already that color is light. So try to use darker color for the leaves. So we are almost done with this painting in, like, within ten to 12 minutes, you can easily do this painting. Very simple and very easy painting and very beautiful look to it. So I'm just done with it. So I hope you guys enjoyed doing this painting. And if you are trying it out, do share your project, and you can also tag me on Instagram that is Mohii Art Gallery. Giving a final touch to this painting. Oh, this is it. I hope you guys enjoyed. So see you in the next class. 7. Purple Heart Plant: Welcome back. Now, let's start with a purple heart plant. So let's first draw the base, and then we'll start with the leaves, a simple, again, a simple pot. Now, this will be a hanging pot which I'm making. So that's why I made it a little round and a little base below. So colors I have already taken out all the colors. Just a few edge I'm trying to show. So let's start with now the painting. So I'll be using again, round brush of size four or size six. You can use these other colors, magenta, chrome yellow, white, and sap green. So these are colors I will be using. Again, let's start with first the painting of pot. So for pot painting, I'm mostly using chrome yellow and white mix. So starting from the chrome yellow color, I'll go towards inside in a circular motion towards the white area. So it will be a little blend inside light from dark color to light color. So from both the sides, it will be darker color. And as we will go inside, it will be a lighter color. Lighter color means we have to add more white to it. So first, I will just block in this with one color. Just one color I'm using to block this first, and then I will do a little blending because in Gauche, we can blend the colors by reactivating the colors, but not in the case of acrylic. So when you're doing acrylic, you have to do step by step the blending. If you want to learn how to blend the colors, you can check out my class. That is the bignelevel class for acrylics. I've just blocked in the colors. Now I'll start giving a blend effect to this pot. So taking white first and starting to blend from the center, moving the brush in the circular motion, and taking it to the outward direction. So this is how you can give a little round and curvy shape to your vase or pot. So very simple technique it is that you have to just move your brush in a circular motion from the center, and slowly the color which is below, it will start blending this and mixing with this white color, and you will see a transition from light to dark color. So this is how it's a very easy process of blending any pot any circle especially with gauche color. After doing this, we'll start with the leaves. Just adding little whites in the center and little to the top base, which is there. Adding a little more yellow towards the side. So this is the whole pot painting. Now we'll start with the leaves. Leaves are also very simple in this. It's not very complicated. Now here for the leaves, you can either use your rigor brush or you can simply use your round brush also for using the tip. But here, I'll first use the rigor brush mixing this yellow and just creating first the lines where this will be since it is a hanging pod, so I'm just first trying to make the lines, and then I'll start filling out the leaves. Now, let's start making the leaves, making the color a little fluid and starting with the lines first, and then I'll start adding the leaves. So trying to make the lines in different directions. So like a round shape, it should come. Some are falling also, taking a little bit of white and mixing this to this magenta color. I don't want a very dark magenta, but a little white. When we mix little white, it becomes a little opaque color. So using the tip of the brush and creating these nice round leaves. Now, the tip is in the outward directions, then only that pointed shape will come. But So I'll just try to fill this entire section with these leaves. These are similar types of leaves which we used in ZZ plant, but in ZZ plant, it was trade. But in this, these are all in different directions. So mostly, it is a technique is same, the arrangement is different. Just slowly, slowly try adding these leaves. So now let's talk about the benefits of this purple heart plant. It is very low maintenance, and it has a quality of drought tolerance, even if in less water, it can survive. And it also does erosion control. In case of if there is erosion happening, it also attracts pollinators because it is very purplish color, so it attracts all the pollinators. And it is also used as an ornamental plant. So just try to add the leaves in a similar manner. Little bit darker shades of this magenta also you can add just by using directly this magenta color, and you can add dark magenta values also. So just enjoy the process of leaves making. Now, here you can see the color has become a little light, so I'll take magenta and make this color a little dark. So here, since it is a yellowish color, so I'm just making it a little darker version of magenta so that it is easily visible. So one side is almost done, other side also we'll do the same process. I'll just speed up a little bit the process so that because it is the same repetitive process, so I'm just a little bit speeding it up. We are almost done with the whole leaves. Now we will draw a little lines in between these leaves by using my rigor brush. It's a mix of magenta and white. And in the center, I'm just trying to add these white lines. So this is not completely white. It is a mix of magenta in it. Now when you are creating all these lines, try to make the color a little fluid. Then only these fine lines will come. Otherwise, thick lines will come. Here, you don't have to use milky color, here you have to use your thin color like we use in acrylic when we do some detailing or something. Similarly, this is a repetitive process, so I will be speeding up the process so that so that we can cover it. Just enjoy the process and do it very slowly because these are very tiny, tiny things which makes the painting really beautiful. So try to make very thin lines and just enjoy the process of making So you can see we're almost done with the lines and our painting is almost done. This painting you can have done on the white paper, but yes, you can also do it on a black sheet of paper on any colour paper, white, brown, any color paper, you can do it. 8. Areca Plant: Welcome back. Let's start with Erica plant. So let's first draw a little rough sketch of the pot, and then we'll start with the leaves painting. Simple sketch of the pot. Mostly slide U shape. Now, the colors which here I will be using is first, white and gray color for the pot. So the two colors here we will be using first, and then comes the leaves. H So these are the two colors. So if your color is not very fluid, then you can add water. Otherwise, just on your brush, it's enough. So first taking water on my brush and grabbing the colors. So you can see my color is already in a creamy form. If your color is not in a creamy form, then you can definitely add little water to it. So first, adding the edge, and then I will go inside. So first, just outlining the edge with gray color using my round brush. Now slowly, slowly, I'll start filling off the colors. So the color will be from dark to light in the center. So like that, the color will be moving. So you can see as I'm going inside, the color is becoming more and more light. So it will be a transition from dark to light. Just I will take a little white and I'll start blending the colors. Moving the brush in a very soft circular motion, and don't press the brush while you are blending it. Very gently, you have to do this technique very gently, and you should not have too much water also on your brush. It should be a damp brush. Then only that color will start blending with each other. So you can see it has started blending. So between is the white, and as it is going outward, it is more of a grayish color. So very slowly with your dam brush, just try to move the brush in a circular motion and try to blend the colors. So you can see now it has a blended little bit color which has come out, you can easily remove with water. So the shape should be perfect when you are creating the pot. Now the below portion, adding a little water to it to remove the extra color which has come out. So the lower one with just gray color. So very simple and easy pot painting, it is. You have to do a little bit of blending, but the result is really very beautiful when it comes out. Now, let's add the upper part also, the line with gray color. Yeah. Whenever you are doing such type of painting, do it very slowly. Take your time and do it slowly, especially giving the borders, the lines and everything. Now, just adding a little more white and grayish texture on the top to give a border to that line area. So now we'll start with the leaves painting. So for the leaves, this is halo green, which I will be using here. So let's take out the To green color. So I'll be using two to three different types of green in this so that there will be some dark greens, some light green, some yellowish green. Now, this is the sap green which I'm taking out here. So thalo green, sap green and yellow. These three colors I will be using for my leaves. And for creating the leaves, I will be using a thin rigor brush that is of size zero, mixing both the colors, both the greens together. When you mix both the greens together, the color becomes more dark. So starting from the center, just making it like a slanting directions. I'm just creating first these stems where the leaves will be going and just adding a little bit of white, sorry, yellow to it. This is lemon yellow, which I'm using here. So just adding a little bit of yellow and then creating the leaves first in the downward direction. Just very thin lines and bigger lines, these are thin and bigger lines, adding a little white to this mix. Now, this color has become more light. So I'll just add a little bit yellow to this. Now, adding again the lines. Now you can see just making the lines in a downward direction. Now, try not to use too much water in your color. It should be more than the milky color, but it should not have too much water. Otherwise, your color will become light and dull. As you can see below, I have added a little more water. Should be less water, but I'll fix that later once it dries. So again, mixing this sap green and yellow together. Different type of green I'm adding here now. So there's a mixture of two to three types of greens which you will see here in this painting. So this is in the outward direction. So do this process very slowly. Take your time and do it because all these steps really take time when you are moving the brush. Especially, you must have seen the Eureka plant. It is very wavy and very thin leaves are there. And just enjoy the flow how the brush is moving in, like, freely you can see a mix of dark and light green color. So this also, I'll try to fix it. But first, let's do the top one. Now, since it is in the top, so I'm putting the leaves in the upward direction. So, likewise, you have to do the directions for the leaves. 9. Areca Plant Final Details: Welcome back. So let's start further. So just taking again this sap green color and creating more leaves this side because I'm not satisfied with the leaves which I have created here. So I'm just adding a little bit more of this sap green color. So this thing you can draw with your free hand also, you can also draw with pencil, and then you can do the rest of the lining. Any ways you can do, either you do it directly or you can first draw the lines with pencil and then you can do it with the colors. It's up to you how you want to do it. So first, I have created the lines. I have created lines in such a way that it looks like a round circle. So like that, I have created the lines. So again, I'm creating the leaf lines, since it is moving towards the upward direction and a little bit slanting. So I'm making it a little bit slanting as I'm going down. So let's talk about the reca plant benefits. So it's a air purifying plant. So it is actually a blessing in modern decor. So it not only improves the indoor humidity but also creates positive energy. And it is one of the easiest plant to propagate, and it can also help with allergies. So there are so many benefits of the reca plant. So I'm just adding more and more leaves to it with different colors of green. Some are sap green. So are this halo green. So here, wherever there is this grayish area, I'm trying to keep it more dark. So I'm trying to use the sap green color more. So slowly, slowly, this whole shape is building up, as you can see, just keep in mind that whenever you are creating any liner thing, just try to make the color a little fluid. It should not be a milky color. It should be a fluid color. So again, just mixing this tallow and sap green together and creating the lines in the downward direction. These are very simple lines, curvy lines. These are not straight lines, but these are a little bit curvy lines which I'm trying to make over here. Simply trying to fill the entire area around with leaves? So just enjoy this process of towing and take your time and do it very slowly. The more you will give time to your painting, the more beautiful your painting will look. If you have reca plant at your home, you can simply check it out how the leaves are moving and you can just paint it like that in a similar manner. It's not like what I'm creating, you have to also create, but this is just an exercise at how we can do the indoor plant painting and how we can draw the lines with couch paint. So just adding one more line in the middle because there was a gap, making the color with a mix of yellow and sap green, and again, adding the leaves. So you can see the leaves are both in the outward direction, but curvy, these are not straight lines. So whenever you are creating leaves, don't create the straight line. It should be a little more curvy. Just adding one more over here, just overlapping each other. So just making it more like an overlapping leaves on top of each other. So we're almost done with this painting just few more leaves we will add, and we are done with this beautiful Erica plant painting. So wherever you see a gap, you just add more leaves to that place. So here I could see the gap. So that's why I'm adding a little more leafy texture over here. So now let's add one more over here. Wherever you feel space and you can fit in the overlapping leaves there, you can definitely add the leafy texture. So this is how we build the shape of the plants, any plants, whichever we are doing, just overlapping on top of one another. The more you layer these plants, the more beautiful it looks. O. And I'm adding one more over here. This will be the last leaf which I'm adding over here. I think it's all filled up. So if you're trying out this painting, please to tag me on my Instagram. That is Mohini Art Gallery. I would love to see your project works. You can not only do it on this white paper, but also you can do it on a black paper, which I will show you how it looks when you do it on a black paper. So this is the whole painting, and it's really looking very beautiful. I really enjoy doing this Erica plant painting, and this is the black paper on which I have done. So on black paper, also, you can do such type of painting. 10. Fern Plant: Welcome back. So let's start with the fern plant. So let's first draw a little sketch of the base, and then we'll start with the plant. So a little sketch of this pot. So this plant, I will mostly be making like a hanging plant, which is a hanging pot. So I'm just making it on a little hide so that I'll try to make it a little in a hanging shape. A simple U shape and on the top, also the inverted half circle shape. So let's take the first color which is which is Indian red. So you can either take Indian red or you can take the burn CN also, then white. So again, I will be mixing these two colors together. This is hallow green for the leaves Then comes lemon yellow. I think in most of the painting, lemon yellow is used. So yes, lemon yellow, and then comes the final color which I will be using is the black. All these colors I will be using for the entire painting. So let's start first with the pot painting with my round brush. So in each and every painting, I'm using the same brush, either size four or six depending upon the size and the shape of the pot. So taking Indian red first, whenever you are doing any painting first, do the outlining outside and then start filling the colors. This will help you to make the shape neat, and the colors will not come outside your boundary. So that's why I first start with the outside part. First, I do the boundary part and then the filling of the colors, the blocking of the colors I do after that. So I've just done the outline first. Now I will start filling the colors, mixing a little bit of white in this. And you can see the color has become a little light color. So just applying it to the inside part. Here also, try to use milky color. Don't use thin color. Otherwise, the color will not be opaque. It will become a transparent color, which we don't want. We want a thick opaque color. So try to use milky color, so it should use that much amount of water that it turns out to be a milky color. So just making a little more blending of the colors and giving a little shape to this round surface. So slowly, slowly, I'm just trying to blend the colors with this lighter color, taking the dark color inside, then again, taking the white color and again moving the brush in the circular motion from the center like we did in our previous painting. Moving the brush in the circular direction and don't take too much water when you're doing this type of step. There should be a damp brush and very little water should be there. Otherwise, you'll not be able to mix the colors, and it will have lots of water, then what will happen that the color which is below will start coming out. So this process, you have to do it very slowly and very gently. Don't press your brush. A where do it with a very light manner, very light pressure of the brush. Then only this type of texture will come up. And make sure that the sides of the pot is little dark and the inside is light. Now adding black color to this mix to make a little dark brown color. You can see perfect dark brown color has come up just by adding little black to this Indian red. Now I will just fill in the upper part some area with the black and this tallow green mix. So if you're using a black paper, this is not required, but if you're not using black paper, you are using white paper, then yes, it is required that you have to mix a little bit of black and green and create a surface of dark blackish texture, and then start giving those leafy values. So just making a nice half circle thing, just covering the entire area with this color. You can see I've created the shape like a half circle and fill this entire area, and now I will start creating the leaves. So first, I will create the stems with my rigor brush, and you can use your rigor brush, also, you can use your round brush. Round brush, if you're using, you have to use just the tip. But if you're using a rigor brush, you can use the complete brush because it is already thin. So it depends upon what brush are you using. So first, I mix the color with my round brush, and then I'm using the rigor brush, making it a little fluid. And then I'll start creating the lines. Again, for the lines, you need a little fluid color. So I'm just trying to create the lines where the leaves will be. So first, see how the values are coming when you are creating these textures with light green since here we are using light green. That's why I have made the background this dark. But if you're using a black paper, no need to create that dark background, you can directly create these leaves. So first creating the stems. This is how the stems will look like in different directions. And now we will start creating the leaves. 11. Fern Plant Final Detailing: Welcome back. Now, let's start further the leaves painting. So just mixing this lemon yellow into this green. That is the hallow green which we are using here, mixing it and making it a little fluid. So whenever we use any lining part, we take fluid color. So it should not be a thick color, otherwise, lines will be thick. So it's just creating small, small leaves. First, I'm creating one side and then to the other side, and slowly, I will move further on the top. So you can rotate your notebook or whatever you are using. You can rotate your own way and own comfort. So the above which I'm creating the leaves, I'm making it a little dark so that it is visible more because it is a lighter background area. That's why I'm making the leaves a little darker. So now let's talk a little about the benefits. Now it is definitely a air purifier, and it not only controls humidity, it absorbs excess of moisture from air, so it's very good humidity controller, and also it reduces stress. It's very helpful for stress reduction. And also in many medical purposes and in cosmetics, these fern leaves are used. So many advantages of this fern plant and of course, it looks very beautiful and very decorative. So just adding the leaves and repeating the process further. So all these repetitive process is like a meditative process. When you do a repetitive process, and especially with colors, you get involved into it so much that you don't think even of any such things. So these things are really very meditative and also, and you are creating a beautiful art for your own. So when I was creating this class, I researched so many indoor plants. I was not aware that there were so many indoor plants that have so many benefits. So start I slowly started exploring about them, and through this class, I'm also learning the benefits of all these plants. So it's very good to learn about these indoor plants which we have at home. So same process. I'm just applying it on all the leaves. It just matter that what is the direction of your stems, and like that, you have to move the brush. And try using rigor brush in this. Don't use the round brush. Try using rigor brush of size zero or you can use round brush, but round brush should be of size zero. That brush definitely you can use. Now, just creating one more stem in between. So it should be filled with leaves and full of leaves, it should look like. So like that, you have to create the whole background. Just enjoy the process of this. It is mostly the same colors. I haven't used much different colors in this. Mostly the light and colors are these and some are a little more of hallow green, and some are a little more towards the yellowish side. And little white, I'm adding because I want to make a little lighter color somewhere. So I'm just adding a little white to it also to make a little color opaque. So whenever you add white, the color becomes a little opaque. So that's why I add a little white to it. So just adding a few more leaves because we have to fill the entire section with leaves. And you can see all these paintings you can you can do within the within half an hour. So it's easy, also, simple also and really very meditative process. So do try it out and feel the meditative effect of it. So I've kept these paintings quite simple. I don't want to complicate this. That's why I have kept it a little simple so that each and everyone who is beginner and who has never tried painting can try it out and see this form of painting. Now I've started adding it belows. That's why I have turned the image upside down. That will be easy for you also to paint the below leaves because when you turn your page upside down, you can easily create the lines in the upward direction. Simply I'm just adding the leaves, and these leaves are mostly close by. So now I have entirely filled the leaves of the whole with tea leaves. You can also add few in the middle if you want. So just adding few more. Mm adding a few more leaves. I don't want to leave that black space visible. That's why I'm adding more and more leaves to it so that it doesn't look like it is separated black patch behind. That's why I'm adding few leaves. And together it should look like it is filled with entire leaf section. Now I'm just adding the lines, which is since this is a hanging pot, so I'm just trying to create the lines. These are little slanting lines which I have created, and I'll be creating three lines, the first, a little thicker lines, not very thin lines. So just do it very carefully. If you want, you can draw it with pencil and then outline it. That is also okay. Here, also, I'm using my rigor brush for doing all these things. So taking a little bit more of green colour and adding a little more leaves in between. So we are almost done with this whole painting. Just a few more lines are left, and we are done with this. Now, let's create the lines mixing this Indian red and black color. Do it very carefully, and it's better if you create with pencil and then start creating the outline. So here you can see one is bigger and one is small. So again, in between, I will put one line for the hanging part. I'll not put it two, so I'll put three. So this is the entire painting, how it looks. You can also do it on a black background. And to share your project works, I would love to see your project works, and I hope you are enjoying this series of indoor painting. So thank you for watching. 12. Rubber Plant: Welcome back. So let's start with the rubber plant. So let's first do the sketching of the pot, and then we'll start with the painting. Here, we will be sketching leaves also a little bit because they are different shapes. So yes, we will be sketching a little bit of leaves as well. So let's start. Just a simple sketch, it is not very complicated. A simple pot and a simple leaf shapes in different directions, I'll try to draw a little bit of round circle shape of this pot. Even if the shape is a little bit of not proper, when you are doing the painting, you can correct it. So I'm just giving a mark so that, okay, the shape is like this. So the root of this, I'm making it a little broad and thin lines, thin branches. And with that branches, some leaves are coming out. And these leaves are a little round in shape. It is not very pointed shaped leaves. So I am creating a little round shape of this. I Very simple and easy sketch it is. Just you have to follow the steps and you can easily draw this sketch. Now, once we have drawn this sketch, we'll start with painting of the pot, and then we'll start painting the leaves. So you can see I've almost drawn in different direction the leaves, some are up, some are down. So in different directions. Now let's start with the pot painting, and let's see what colors we are going to use here. So the first color is the portrait pink, you can see my color is already milky, and if your color is not milky, add some water to it. Take your round brush, wet your brush, and grab the colors. Don't make the color very thin. It should be a milky color. We don't have to make the color like transparent color. It should be a milky color. Then only that finish will come. So just taking this portrait pink color and just blocking this entire pot so just slowly, I'm just covering the entire sections. And this is the time when you can shape your pot. If it is a little bit more round in shape, you can just fix it with the colors itself. And you can also cover your pencil line. A simple pot color I have kept. I'm not making it too complicated. So now let's start with the stems. So for the stems, the colors which we will be using here is the Indian red and black color. So let's take out Indian red. If you don't have Indian red, you can use Bern Sienna. So just taking Indian red, white, and and sap green. So let's start with the painting now and black also. So all these colors I have taken out on my palette. So mostly we will be using this color only. So let's start with first the stem painting. So for the below part, I'm just taking Indian red and black mix and just covering first the area, which is the area, which is the soil area, actually. So I'm covering that part first. Now I will do these stems. So again, taking the same color. Just covering this soil part. It is a very dark color, so you have to make it a very dark brownish color. So now let's start painting this stem, starting from the top. You can use a smaller size round brush also, if you want, mixing a little bit of white to make it more a muted type of color. So just adding the lines. Now, see the lines which is there in between the leaves I have not added. It was just for reference. So I'm just leaving that portion, and I'm just covering the below part. You can see the below, the brown color is a little lighter in shade. So when you add white to that color, it will become a little light. Oh just adding few more lines. If you're facing problem by doing with your round brush, take your rigor brush or liner brush and then draw all these stems and lines with that brush. Sometimes it happens, it is very difficult to draw or paint with your round brush. Just a simple lines. Again, I'm taking this portrait pink and adding some textures into this root which is there. 13. Rubber Plant Final Detailing: Welcome back. So let's start with the painting of leaves. So just taking black and sap green first and just mixing and making it a very dark green color. So you must have seen that these colors are very dark, and the leaves, especially the leaves of these rubber plants are very dark in color. So that's why I'm trying to make it a little dark in colour. So I'm just coloring the leaves one by one, adding some of this Indian red, also. You must have seen a little reddish touch to these leaves, if you have seen it closely. Especially the newer leaves which are there. They are especially a little bit of reddish in color, like reddish, green. So one by one, I will start coloring each and every leaves like that. So let's talk about the benefits of the rubber plant. Now, the rubber plant requires very less water and low light. It's a very low maintenance indoor plant, and, you know, one thing that it survives in air conditioning rooms also. So you can put them in the air conditioned room as well. And the best air purification plant it is. And, of course, the colorful foolage plant it is. So that's why most of them keep it inside the room as well. So these are some of the benefits of the rubber plant. So just adding a little more of red somewhere somewhere a little less red. So like that, little variations in the leaves you have to put in. Somewhere it should be a little dark, somewhere it should be more reddish, so that there are variety of combinations of leaves will be there. So I'm just trying to add different combinations. So it's a very simple process. I'm just trying to fill in the entire leaves which I have just drawn and sketched with pencil. Sometimes I just use this sap green and this Indian red, and I'm just creating the leaves. Somewhere I'm just adding this Indian red sap green and black, and I'm just creating another leaf. So like that, you have to keep the difference. And try to use milky color. Don't use very light and transparent color. Otherwise, you will have to repeat the process once this base dries. So if it is very transparent, your color is very transparent. Wait for the base to dry and then again, repeat the same process with milky color. So try not to use very thin colour because these are not watercolors. These are very thick opaque uh colors. So we have to use it like that. Sometimes we use thin colour as well for glazing medium, but mostly we use thick colours in this. So just enjoy the process of blocking. Now, once we are done with the blocking, we will add a few more details to it. So just have covered the entire leaves with different types of greens. So now let's do a little bit more of detailing. So for the detailing, we will be using this portrait green and, of course, the thin brush. Now let's mix some more colors. So first I'm mixing this red and white mix. Now I will take my bigger brush, that is the round brush, and I will mix a little white to this green, which I mixed earlier. And I'll give a little highlight from the center, just like the uh lines in the diagonal shape, both the sides, just to give a little more texture to this plant. Just adding a little more white and again, adding few more textures. Similarly, I will do for the others as well. So you don't have to take very thick color, it should be a little thin color that will work. Just the very light lines. Now this line I have created in the opposite direction, it should be outward. What I will do, I will just apply the same color which I have used earlier and just wipe out the mistake which I have done. Again, I will take this white and green mix and now I will create those lines. It should be in the upward, outward direction, not inward, that mistake I have done earlier. So outward direction. Now, let's do the others as well. So in most of the leaves, you have to add like this type of texture. Once I've added these textures and all the leaves, so I'll take a mix of this red and white, and I'll try to create the lines. So these lines are mostly light, this reddish or brownish color. It's not completely white. So that's what I'm trying to create. It. After that, just draw the leaf lines and give a little lines to all the leaves. Also, the edge of this spot I'm just adding with this red colour and also giving a little detail line to this spot with simply red colour, Indian red colour and also giving a nice outline to this spot with the same color. So now, Lad, let's add a few more details to the leaves, the lines which are there. So the lines will be a mix of Indian red and white, which is an outward direction. So I will be repeating same process on all the leaves. It is very simple. But yet when it is done like this, it comes out very beautiful. You can see, I'm just adding one by one on all the leaves, as you can see. The same painting, you can also do it on the black sheet of your paper. It all depends upon what color you want to choose the background color, either black, brown, gray, white, any color of paper you can use to paint these beautiful indoor plants, any paper, whichever you feel like. And I'm just giving a nice outline to all the leaves as well with the same color. So your outlining is important because you must have seen the edges a little bit of the reddish, brownish in color. These are very small, I think, four inch to five inch painting which I'm doing here. But when you will do it in a bigger one, you can create more details. So for practice, I think we should always do a smaller one first and then go for the bigger one because a smaller ones are more difficult than the bigger ones. So just very easy, big nerve friendly. Everyone can try it out if they follow each and every process which I have taught over here. And you can see already this red and white mix of the lines have made this whole leaf so beautiful. So just enjoy the process of painting. And if you're trying it out, you can also tag me on my Instagram that is Mohni Art Gallery. So just a final touch to it, and I'm almost done with it. Just making these lines more bold. So I hope you enjoyed doing this with me, and I will see you in the next class. 14. Pearl Plant: Welcome back. Now, let's start with string of pearls plant. So these are the colors. We'll discuss it later. Let's first draw the pot, which is the hanging pot, which I will draw over here with the three strings attached to it. So let's first draw the sketch, and then we'll start with the painting. Simple cylindrical sketch I have drawn over here, and then the strings also I will try to draw. So just drawing three strings as well. Now, let's discuss about the colors that is hallow green, lemon yellow, portrait pink, gray, and burnt umber. So let's first do the coloring of this pot. So I'm taking portrait pink and mixing it with this gray color to make a very different kind of grayish pink color. So first, I'm just trying to paint the outline and then I'll start filling the colors. You can see it is a grayish, pink type of color which is coming over here. You can choose whatever color you want for the base of the pot, but I have chosen this color. So it's up to you what color you want to choose. You can choose a different pot color. It's totally up to you. It's just the technique which I'm telling you that how I am doing. But yes, you can do it on your own, whatever you feel like. So just adding more of this portrait pink in the center. So just creating the nice round curvy shape at the bottom. Taking more of this portrait pink and adding some textures to one side of this. And to the other side, I will be adding some grayish texture. Eight. You can see the two textures which are coming there. Now, let's draw the lines which are there. It's just making a little more neat blending of these colors. Now, let's take the burned umber and we will be drawing the lines. For drawing the lines, make the color very thin. Otherwise, there will be thick lines which will come up. It's just making the color fluid and trying to create the shape of it, filling the upper portion with this burned umber and filling the entire thing with this color. Now, again, taking this portrait pink and this gray and giving a little shape to the upper portion. Just adding some edge to it, and then let's create the lines which are hanging and which are there in the bottom part of this spot as well. This I'm using the liner brush and trying to create very thin lines. Making the criss cross lines, as you can see. Also outlining this upper portion with the same brush. Oh. Whenever you are doing any outline part, do it with very thin color. This is the shape. Now let's begin with the outlining the outer part to give a nice smooth shape to the spot. So now let's create the lines where the leaves will fall. So making the color a little fluid, mixing this lemon yellow and green together. Very little amount of lemon yellow I've mixed, and I'll just create the lines where these all the leaves will fall. So this is covering the entire pot, as you can see. 15. Pearl Plant Final Detailing: Welcome back. So let's move further. Just taking this To green first and creating a little bit of yellow also on top of it. I haven't mixed both the colors. I've just taken To green separately on top of it. I've added lemon yellow, and just creating dots. You have to create dot shaped leaves in this. There should be no shape of a proper leaf. The dots. When you use two colored separately, you can see the two colors coming individually in the leaves. Somewhere you have to use just the tallow green. Somewhere you have to use the mix of both the colors. Somewhere you have to mix the colors and then use these light green color. So like that, there will be variations of green in this. So first, I added on the top of it. Now I'll start adding to the lines which I have drawn. Simple leaves, I'll try to draw. These are all dots which I'm drawing here. No shape, nothing, just the dots which I'm trying to draw over here. So now let's talk about the benefits of this pearl plant. So it basically is a unique decor piece, which is used in many of the places for stress reducing and offers coming effect. It is also an air purifier and it's very low maintenance. And one more important thing is that it symbolizes luck, growth, and prosperity, enhancing personal and spaces energy. So these are benefits which I have observed, which I have just taken out. And by doing all these paintings and by searching for the benefits of the plants, I'm also coming to know what are different types of indoor plants, which I can also have it at my home because I don't have all these plants, but definitely in near future, I will definitely have these plants in my work studio and in my home. So this plant, I really like this pearl of string. It's really, very beautiful and it looks really, very beautiful, if you have seen in real life. So just creating dots, simple dots and with different varieties of colors, as you can see, some are dark green, some are light green, some are a mix of green and yellow. So mostly where there is a pot area, I'm trying to create a dark green version of color. Now, here I'm mixing this portrait pink and yellow and green mix to give another color of green. So this will come a little lighter green color to it. Creating the dot with the tip of my brush. Very simple and easy painting. You just have to create dots, very small small dots. So just enjoy the process and you have to fill this entire thing with these small, small dots of leaves which are filled into this whole pot area. It is a bit time consuming process, but it is very relaxing and very beautiful the outcome is, as you have seen. And once you will also try it out and do it very patiently and take your time and do it, especially the process, which is the repetitive process which we are doing, sometimes we get bored. So take breaks, take a tea break or something, and then start doing it because sometimes it happens that we are bored of repetitive process, and in a hurry, we finish our work. But what happens when we do it in a hurry, sometimes we spoil our painting. So be careful with that. Whenever you feel that you are getting a little bored and you want to finish it in one go. So take a break, leave that painting, and then start after that. Now again, I'm adding a little bit more of the lines in between, just to add a little bit more leaves. Now, these lines are just imaginary lines which I have created. You can create your own imaginations of the lines. You can create the strings which are moving on top of the string. Anything you can create by your own, it's just an idea which I am trying to give it to you. But remember that there should be varieties of greens in this. Otherwise, it will look like a very flat painting. So if you want a little more vibrancy to your painting, just add different varieties of greens. Like one is a dark green without mixing any color. One, you have to mix it with yellow and green. And the third one, I have mixed a little bit of this portrait pink to give it a more lighter shade of green. So like that, you can make and mix and play with the colors, and you can make varieties of greens with this. So I'm almost done with the texture part. I'll just make this upper line a bit more thick because I feel that it is a very thin line. So I'll make that line a little more thicker. Again, I'm just mixing a portrait pink to this burnt umber. And I'll just try to make the lines a little bit more thicker. You can see I'm just making these lines a little more thick. And sometimes we face a little difficulty while drawing the lines. You can just rotate your page towards your side, and then you can draw these lines. That will be easy for you. So a little more thicker lines. A little frills I will add to the bottom part of it. Like, these are the threads which are combined and it's looking like a thread which is tied over here and it is coming out from the center. So it's like that. See very simple and easy and beautiful painting it is. When you will start doing it, you will find it very interesting and the result is really very beautiful. You can try it on any sheet, any paper, whatever you want. So this is the whole outcome of the painting. So if you are trying it out, do tag me on my Instagram. That is MohnirtGallery. I love to see your projects. So see you in the next class. 16. Chinese Money Plant: Welcome back. So let's start with Chinese Money Plant. So let's do a little sketching of the pot, and then we'll start with the painting. So here we will be sketching not only the pot, but also little leaves also because they are in different directions. That's why I will first outline the leaves and then we'll start filling the colors. So first I'm creating a nice circular, round shape pot. You can just turn the page towards your side and you can create a nice circular round thing. If you're not able to do it with free hand, you can use your compass or any circular thing to create this shape. Now this is a shape which I have created a little bit of corrections, I'll do, and it's done. And then we'll start creating the leaves. So for the leaves, these are actually a hard shape, some oval shaped leaves, which you must have seen the Chinese plant. And this is a nice, strong strength which is there in the plant, which is a thick like you can say, a thick base of this plant. Is there, and the rest of the leaves, which has the stems, very thin stems, but the base is a very thick one. So that's why I have created a thick base, and some are like heart shaped leaves, some are over leaves. So when it is growing, it is a shape of over leaf. When when it is fully grown, it is a shape of a little heart shaped leaves. So like a bonsai root I have created the billow part, and the rest are very small, small, tiny, tiny branches and stems which will be coming out. And it is full of leaves, actually. So that's why I'm creating it very closely. So just trying to take out one by one from here and there. So are in different directions. So, likewise, I'm trying to create all the leaves. Now, once we are done with the complete drawing, we'll start with the painting process. So first, we'll paint the pot. So for this, we will be using two colors. That is the mouth color. This is gray, portrait pink, sap green, and mouth colors. So these colors first I will be using. And also lemon yellow. So let's take out the colors. And let's start with the painting. So these are all the colors which I've taken out, as you can see. So let's remove our brush from here. Let's start with the round brush. You can use size four or size six round brush, whatever size you feel like. And then I will take the first color, which is the mauve color, and it is a mouth color. You can take purple color. You can take burgundy color, any color you want you can take for doing the pot. So I will be using here two colors this mauve color and portrait pink. So first, I'm just outlining it, and then I'll start painting the entire pot. Go slowly one by one, take your time and do it. So whenever you are doing any pod thing or anything, you just try to outline the entire thing and then start filling the colors. That will be easy for you and you will not be able to take out the colors from the boundaries. So you can see a neat boundary will be created. That's why I have first done the outline, and then I'm starting to fill the colors. So just with one color I'm filling first, Always take milky color when you are doing the blocking of anything. Don't take thin colour. Otherwise, it will be very transparent and I don't want the thing to be transparent, so it should be opaque color. That's why I use milky color. So here my color is already in a paste form, so I've just taken water on my brush and I'm directly using the color. But if your color is a little thick and a little hard, then just add water, make it a little milky form, and then use it. Giving a nice round shape to this pot. Now, this is a time when you can fix the mistakes of sketching and everything. So just a round shape I have given. Now I've washed my brush and taking this portrait pink color and starting to move from the center to the outward direction. When I'm moving this color in the circular motion, this color will start mixing with the mauve color, and you will see a nice, beautiful color of mix of this portrait pink and mauve. Because in gauche, the color reactivates. That's why this color has started mixing with this color, and it just started turning into a nice, light, pinkish purplish shade, which is coming out really very well. So just trying to blend both the colors together. I really like this type of painting, especially in the pot section. So you will see in most of my paintings, I will be using this type of technique. So again, I'm adding this portrait pink and slowly blending the colors. It actually looks very beautiful when it is totally blended with the darker color. So you can see slowly, slowly, you have to do don't press your brush. Do it in a very light form. Sometimes just a dam brush will also work. So no need to take any color, just a dam brush, and you are good to go. Now let's do the painting of the upper part. So for upper part, I will be taking one more color that is burnt umber. So let's take out that color as well. So very little amount I'm taking because only the below part I have to do. So first, taking this burn tumber and covering this nice hard tree section, which is there, that is a plant base. The plant root, you can say. So it's quite a big triangular shape it has. I've just blocken in that shape. Now I'm taking gray color, and I'll just create some nice dots inside this pot section, which will look like that there are pebbles which are there above on the top of the soil. So I'm just trying to create a texture of pebble. Also, you can mix some colors of gray and burn tumber to create a darker pebble color. Small stone type of shapes, mixing both gray and portrait pink to create, again, lighter shade. So different different shades of colors I've just added just by using the dot technique. And again, I'm taking this mauve color and just outlining it further. So now we will start with the upper part. So I will add a little details to this brown area as well, where the stem is. So just taking brown color and creating some more brown colour pebbles inside this to depict that there are some area, which is the inside the pot, which is the ground area. So just adding different different textures of colors, and then I'll take this gray color, and I'll create some textures inside this part, gray and portrait pink mix, just adding some textures onto the stem area, lines random lines. 17. Chinese Money Plant Final Detailing: Welcome back. Now, let's start with the leaves. So I'll be taking first little gray and sap cream mix, little amount of gray to give a grayish look to the leaves, and just filling it with my round brush of size four. Just trying to fill it up very carefully so that the shape is not disturbed. So do it very slowly. Take your time and just fill the entire leaf sections which are created. And use very thick color. It should not be like very thin colour. Don't add too much water. Again, it should be a milky color. Then only in one coat, it will be a perfect finish. And if it is a thin color, then you have to apply at least two coats of it. So it's better to take a thick colour rather than doing repeating two, three times. Now, just mixing this lemon yallow to this green and making another shade of green. So different different greens will look more beautiful. Now, let's talk about a little benefit about the Chinese money plant. So as the name says, it is a money plant, so it mostly describes the wealth and prosperity. It is, of course, the purifier, and it is an indoor plant. So it is air purifier. Also, it is non toxic to the pets. It's very pet friendly plant. You can keep it at home. And also it is of very low maintenance. And it's very nice round shape. It looks very nice if you are keeping it because of its shape. Now just adding, again, different different greens. I'm not making the green very light because I want a dark green color. That's why I'm not mixing too much of the grayish or yellowish color because on top of it, there is a yellow lines or veins, which we will be creating with yellow color, so I don't want the color to be very light. So I'm just filling all these leaves with certain dark color. So just enjoy the process of filling two to three leaves are left. Now, you can see I have completed whole filling of the leaves. Now we'll start with certain detailing. So I'm just taking yellow and mixing it with green to make it a light green colour. And I'll just first make the lines which are there. And again, in the center, you can see there's a space, so I'm just adding on top of it. Now why here I am using the light green is that if you use the dark green, it will not be visible. That's why I'm trying to use a little lighter green than the green which is below. That's why I have mixed it a little lighter green. So here also, I'll create one because I see it is empty. So likewise, you can adjust your leaves here and there where you feel that it is empty space and you can fill it. So now I'm taking my rigor brush and just giving lines, giving the lines to all the leaves. Very thin stems are these. Now let's do a little bit of detailing inside the leaves. So mixing portrait pink and lemon yellow in a little bit of gray and just trying to first outline the outer part. Again, whenever you are outlining it, try to use very thin liner brush. So this is my very thin liner brush. So then only that thin line will be created. If you are having issue in creating thin lines, try to use any technical pent to create the lines. That is also fine. But if you're not able to create thin lines, then practice a lot with the lining part. Do some lining straight lines, horizontal lines, vertical lines practice, and eventually you'll be able to draw the thin lines. So this is how we practice thin lines actually. And whenever you are doing thin lines, make the color very fluid. It should be in liquid form. Then only those lines will be thin. If you will use a creamy texture color, then the lines will be thick and uneven. So whenever you are doing any detailing part, any lining part, try to use a little liquid form of color. So just I'm outlining all the leaves. Now, when you will outline, you can easily see the shape of each and every leaves, how the shapes are. So that's why outlining is important over here. So after outlining, I will be adding veins inside these leaves. If you want, you can do one more coat of this green on top of it to make it a smooth finish, but I didn't want the smooth finish of these leaves. That's why I have done just one coat of the greens. But you can do two coats of the greens. So my lining is almost done. Now I will start creating the details inside the leaves. So first, I'm using the round brush with a thick colour of lemon yellow and a mix of portrait pink and just adding in the center a dot. You must have seen there are yellow veins inside these leaves. So that's what I'm creating. First, I've created dot. Now the veins, again, I will be using same liner brush for creating it. Again, take very thin color. Otherwise, the lines will be very thick. So try to make very thin color and try to create these lines. This is actually the main thing inside this whole leaf painting because all these thin lines which are in, like, in circular form, that makes the whole leaf beautiful. So try to use thin yellowish color and create the lines. So I'll be showing you a little closely so that you can see how thin the lines are. So you can see how thin the lines you have to create. So try to make it very thin as thin as possible. And the color should be, again, very thin. Don't use thick colour. Otherwise, you will not be able to create thin lines. So, likewise, we have to repeat on each and every leaf which we have created. Now this leaf, I have created in a very small notebook, but if you are creating on a bigger one, it will be easy for you to create more and more veins. But if you are creating on a smaller piece of paper, then yes, it is a time consuming process. But this helps us to practice more and our hands also the muscular exercise, as well as working on a smaller piece of painting is more tough than painting on a bigger one. So just creating the lines and these entire leaves. Now same painting, you can repeat it on the black sheet of paper, which I will show you after this. So we're almost done with this Chinese money plant painting. So I'll show you how you can do it on the black sheet of paper as well so that you can decide which paper you have to choose either black or white or gray, any color you can choose. So this is it. This is the entire painting. Just few more lines and we are done. So a little bit shape. I'm just trying to give it to this also so that proper shape comes out. I should not look like that it is mixed with that stone area. Just adding few more stones, and we are good to go. So this is it. So you can also do it on a black sheet of paper like this. So we will now meet in our next class. So this is the two painting. I hope you enjoyed it. 18. Peace Lily Plant: Welcome back. So let's start with Peace Lily plant. So let's first do the sketch of the pot. And it's, again, a very simple sketch. So just with my pencil, I'm drawing a rough sketch of the pot, and then we'll start with the painting. Simple sketch of up oval and below also, I'll try to give a little oval shape to it. So just rotating my notebook to give a nice oval shape to it. If you have issues in creating such type of oval shapes, you can use any round or you can use your compass for creating this shape. Or later on, you can adjust with the colors. You can fix the lining issues with the colors. A little more roundness to the other side. So this is it. So now let's do the coloring part. But before doing the coloring part, let's see what colors we need first. So first is the permanent light blue color. Second is the gray color. Third is the white color. The fourth one is lemon yellow, and the fifth one is thalo turquoise. So these are colors we will be needing. So I've just taken out the colors. There's gray, blue, yellow, white, and blue. So that is thalo turquoise, which I'm using here instead of any green. So just taking the first light blue color. If you don't have light blue colour, you can easily make with any blue color and add just white color into it. You can easily make that light color. If you have cobalt blue or serim blue, this type of color can easily be made. So just adding the half of this with light blue color. So you can see the half circle which is below, I'm just adding with this color using my round brush of size four. If you are making a bigger size indoor plant, use bigger size round brush. So round brush, you have to decide on the basis of the size of the indoor plant which you are painting. So just outlining the first, the outer part, and then slowly fill the colors. Once you do that, the colors will never come outside. Now, the blower part I have done, now I will do the upper part. The upper part with gray color. Simply just outline the area and then start filling the colors. It's a very simple and easy way of doing the pot with two colors. Once we are done with this, we will start creating the leaves, adding a little more lines on the top. And then a little bit more of this gray and this yellow mix. And inside, I will be adding this colour, making a little darker color and just adding a little blue to it to make a little grayish, greenish color type of thing. And I'll just add it inside. 19. Peace Lily Final Detailing: Welcome back. Now let's start with the painting. So here I'm taking halo turquoise and mixing it with lemon yellow. So you can see a very dark color of green will be formed when you mix yellow with this. Now, this is lemon yellow, which I'm using here. So first, I will create these stems, and slowly I will just move my brush. With one stroke only, I'll try to create the leaves. And if the leaf is a little thicker, then you have to just repeat this one stroke process again and make the leaf a little thick. And just make sure that the tip is pointed when you are doing it. So without doing any drawing anything with one stroke, you can paint this by using your round brush. So again, I'm taking this color and use milky color when you are creating such leaves. Don't use thin color. Otherwise, it will be a very transparent thing, and you will have to do it again. So try to use milky color. And you can see, you have to create thick leaves in this. It is not thin leaves. These are quite thick leaves in different directions. So that's what I'm trying to do over here. First I'm creating the stem, and then I will create the leaves accordingly. So you can add different variations of leaves. One is dark, one is light. If it is dark, then you have to add less yellow, and if it is light, you have to add more yellow. So these two things you have to keep in mind when you are doing this step. So very simple step. You just have to move your brush, like in a wavy mode and then the shape will automatically be created. So when you press your brush, it will create a thick lines. When you will lose your brush, it will create a thin line. So this is the technique which I'm using here to create the leaves. Now, I'm pressing the brush to create thick, and as I'm going up, I'm releasing the brush to create thin line. So likewise, we have to go. So now let's talk about the benefits. So the first benefit is that it boosts oxygen level. It also reduces the stress level. The stress level is reduced by this, as the name suggests, it is peace lily. So obviously, it reduces stress. Also, it improves the humidity of your room where you are keeping it, and it is useful gives a positive vibe, a positive energy when you will keep this peace lily plant. And also it enhances the productivity. So these are the advantages and benefits of using a peace lily plant. So just using the same steps and I'm creating the leaves. You can see in different directions. I'm trying to create it like a U shape, which comes out to be from top, you can see. So very simple step, and in this case, you can also overlap the leaves once you have done the background of the leaf and it has dried completely because gauge colors dry very fast. So you can easily do the over layering on this. So just try to first make sure that the background color, the one which you have done in the background, it has dried, then only do the overlapping part. So if you're doing overlapping, if the color behind is dark, use the top color as the light color and don't repeat it again and again. Otherwise, that background color will reactivate and it will mix with this color. So these things you have to keep in mind when you are using gauche colors. This case is not with the acrylics because acrylics does not reactivate with water, so you can always redo it. But yes, gauche reactivates with water, so you have to be careful when you are doing it when you are layering the colors. Very simple process. You can see I'm just layering it with darker color. So darker color means you have to just take that thalo turquoise color and that dark color will be formed. So once I'm done with the leaves part, I will be creating small flowers which are really very white in color. But since my background is white, I cannot use white colour, so I will be using a mix of gray to it. So just adding some layers of the leaves. You can see this side, I have already added so many layers. This side, it is still left. So this side also I will add a little bit of layers. And always use milky color. So I am really enjoying this indoor plant. I hope you guys are, too, because I really love painting the leaves and the lines, everything, especially the trees also. So I will be bringing one class on different types of trees which are there. So this one I thought when I so when I saw these indoor plants, and I thought, why not to create the indoor plants and see what benefits it has. So this is how I'm also learning because I also was also not aware of these many benefits of keeping the indoor plants. But by doing this exercise, I am also becoming aware of the benefits and everything. So now I will create the small flowers which are there. First I'm just creating the line. And the flower which I will create is with gray color. But if you're using a darker background, you can directly use white color. Since my background is already white, I cannot use white color. So just creating a leaf shape Flower. It's like that only the leafy shape flower. And in between, there is a yellowish bud. It's just a simple flower, it is. But if you're using a gray or brown background or black background, you can directly use white color. So very simple and easy step. So I don't want to complicate these indoor plans. I want each and everyone to try it out. Even the big nurs can try it out. It's very simple. You just have to follow each and every steps which I'm doing. So now I will be taking yellow color and just putting in between this thick yellow color. Now, see, this yellow is not visible, so I'll just add little white to it to make it more visible and you have to use thick raw yellow color. Then only it will pop out. So you can see how this yellow is popping out. When you will do it on the black background, it will pop out more. But since all the paintings I'm doing on the white background. So this painting also I did it on the white background. So I'm just creating the lines with light green colour. So we are almost done with this painting, and I hope you guys will also enjoy this while doing this painting. It's a very beautiful plant and very beautiful and very vibrant green color it has. So I hope you will also enjoy doing this plant. So there are little little gaps in between, which I'm filling it with gray color. And later on, I will draw the lines with green also. This is the entire look of the painting of this into plant. I hope you also will enjoy doing this painting. And if you are trying it out, do share me and tag me on my Instagram. That is Moheni Art Gallery. I will love to see it. Just adding a nice border on the top with white colour. The edge of this pot. And this is it. So I hope you guys enjoyed this. I'll show you what I have done on how I have done on this black paper, how it looks on the black paper when you will do it. So you can do it on black paper as well. So let me just show you how I have done on this black paper. So this is the one which I have done on the black paper. Like this, you can use it. 20. Bird Of Paradise Plant: Come back. So let's start with bird of paradise plant. Let's first draw the pot, and then we will also draw the leaves a little bit because they are different type of leaf and these leaves are actually very big, so I will draw a little bit, and then we'll start with the painting. So first I'm drawing the pot, which is quite a ucular like a cylindrical pot it is, which I am trying to give it a shape. After that, I will just draw the leaves and little stand to it. So just simple basic drawing I'm drawing over here, as you can see. Now I will draw the leaves. Just simple leaves, but these are bigger leaves, so we have to draw a bigger line curvy line. So simple line first, I'm drawing, and then I will start drawing the leaves. So simple leaves, but these are bigger ones. So just trying to give a little shape of in different direction the leaves. Like, one is moving in left, one is moving in right, one is in the center. So like that, one is overlapping each other. So like that, I will try to give it a shape. So very simple drawing it is not very complicated. You just have to follow the steps and you'll be able to draw it. Since those three leaves are in different directions, that's why the shape is different. One is facing on the top, one is at the side. So that's why the shape of these leaves are a little different. These shapes are actually like a banana leaf shape, you can say, and it's a very beautiful indoor plant. Just follow the process and draw the sketch first and then do the coloring part. It will be easy for you once you have drawn the sketch. So you can see one side I have already drawn. I'm doing the other side. Most of the leaves I draw with my imaginations. I just see how the plant is, and with my own imaginations, I just try to draw the leaves. You can also do the same. It's not like exactly what I am drawing you have to draw. You can draw the leaves according to your own imagination. Just the shape should be like this, the side and the top leaves, the shape matters. Now, once we have drawn, now let's do the painting of the pot first. So two colors, which is gray and portrait pink, I have taken. So let's start with the painting. So I've taken round brush. Now, let's do the painting first, dip your brush in water, grab the colors. Again, milky color it should be. Just using one color that is the portrait pink color to block in the entire pot first. Use thick, milky color. Don't use thin colour. Otherwise, you will have to repeat the process. So just try to block in the entire pot. Whenever you are doing any blocking of the object, you have to use thick color. Thick color means milky color and try not to use watercolor types. Don't mix too much water in this gauche color. Just filling the color, you can see how thick and opaque the color is, coloring the below part as well. So now you can see I've just colored the entire pot. Now I'll give a little details also. But first, let's color it and give the upper part a little shape. So in this, I've just mixed a little bit of care to give a separate touch to the top part. So now let's add some lines to this pot using my rigor brush. Now, whenever you are creating any liner thing, try to use thin color, add some water to your color and make the color a little thin and then do the detailing. So I'm just creating the outline of the pot. And the reason of making thick lines is because you are using thick colour, if you will use thin colour, the lines will be very thin. And you just have to use the tip of your brush to create the lines. Now, I'm first outlining the pot, and then I will give a little design in a diagonal shape to the spot as well. Just giving a design in a diagonal direction. So we're almost done with the pot part, the outlining we will do, and then we'll start painting the leaves. So just very carefully just draw the lines. You can do any drawing on the pot. You can leave the pot like this. It's up to you how you want to decorate your pot. It's your pot. You can decorate it anyway. So this is my style of decorations. You can decorate it in any style. It's up to you. 21. Bird Of Paradise Detailing: Welcome back. So you can see all the colors permanent rose, lemon yellow, gray, portrait pink. This is sap green, thalo turquoise, and orange. These are the colors which I have taken out. So let's start first with filling with green color. So the green which I'm using here is sap green. Now, first, I will make brown color by mixing gray and a little bit of Taloturquois, little bit orange to make a little brownish color. So you can see a little brownish color has come up. So by mixing all these colors, you can simply make brown colors. Now, let's start with first blocking of the leaves. Again, I'm using in each and every painting, same brush. So even if I miss telling that what brush I'm using, it's the same brush of size for round brush which I am using here. So first, I will give a little outline to the leaves and I'll start filling the leaves. So taking both the colors together, and I'll just create the filling first. Simply blocking the leaves, you can see it's a very dark color. So we will be layering the leaves here because there are lots of textures which needs to be added in this leaf pattern. So just adding the colors first, leaving the center line. And slowly, I'll just add some shapes, giving a little shape to the you can see the shade which is coming here when I'm using the brush, mixing this lemon yellow. This type of shade I will be adding to the entire leaves. Just just rotate it towards yourself and it'll be easy for you to do it. So taking just yellow and pink portrait pink mix and just creating these textures. It's like a shading technique which I'm using here. And again, milky color don't use very thin color. Otherwise, that color which is at the bottom will come start mixing with these colors, which we don't want. So try to use thick color over here when you are using gauze paints. Similarly, we will be doing the other leaves as well. So first, we will do with dark color, and then we'll start creating the textures. So I'm mixing both the colors, that is thalo turquoise and sap green together to create a nice dark green color. And I'm first blocking the leaf. So you can see I'm just first giving the shape, the border, and then I start filling the color. While doing this, you will be able to paint it nicely the shape, and the colors will not go outside your boundaries. So first, try to add the outline to the leaves and then start filling the colors. That will be easy for you to do it. So I'm just filling this color and after this base has dried, it dries very fast as I live in the humid area, so it dries very fast. If you're living in a colder area and it takes time to wait for it to dry and then give these textures. So very thick creamy colors are these. Similarly, we will repeat for the other leaves as well. These textures actually adds beauty to the leaves. So again, taking the same color. And this time, the shape of it is a little different. So it's like a half circle shape. So first doing it with dark color and then I'll start giving the texture. So you can first fill in these dark color first on all the leaves. And one by one, it will slowly dry up, and then you can do the texture part. This is also one way of doing that one color you do it for all the leaves and then start creating the shades. So first of all, why it is called a bird of paradise? Because the flower which it has, it is a shape of a bird. It's like a shape of a bird. That's why it is called as a bird of paradise plant. And, of course, let's talk about the benefits. The benefits are it's actually an indoor plant, so it is an air purifier. Also, it is very low maintenance. And it also has a quality of protection from allergens that it absorbs many toxins from the environment. It has a capability of absorbing all the toxins from the environment and keep your environment fresh. And it is also a stress reducer. So these are all the benefits, some of the benefits. There are many benefits, actually. These are some of them. So you can see now I'm again adding a little texture to the leaves. So from the upper direction. Now let's do the other leaves. So when you mix these hallow turquoise, it is a very bright green color which comes up. So I really like this green color. And when you add yellow to that touch of this dark color, the yellowish green shade which comes up on the leaves is very beautiful. So first, I'll just start filling the entire leaves and then I'll start giving the details. So just enjoy the process of filling it up. You can speed up the process to two X if you want, or you can go along with me. It's up to you. You can see how thick color I'm using here when I'm taking the paint. So if you use thick colour in one go, that color will be perfect. You don't need to add more colors to it. But if you will use thin, transparent color, then you will have to add at least one more layer of blocking. So try to use thick colours when you are doing especially the blocking part. So we're almost done with the blocking. Just one more leaf is left and we are done with the blocking part, and then we'll start with the detailing of the leaves as we did the other leaves. 22. Bird Of Paradise Final Detailing: Welcome back. So let's start further. Same way, we have to do the detailing of the other leaves as well. Take thick color and try to move your brush in the direction, like slanting downward directions. Then only the shapes will come. So taking a very thick color of yellow mix and just moving the brush in the downward direction, you can rotate your notebook or whatever you are doing towards your side, so it will be easy for you to paint the leaves. Just adding more of dark color to give a mix to this shade. Again, same technique I'm applying to the other leaves. Similar way, we have to add the entire leaves like this, giving a little texture to the leaves. Now, here you can see that two leaves are overlapping, so I have done till above, and I have left the below part. And same technique I'm doing the other side with the darker color so that it gives a nice texture to the leaves. Just take your time and do it slowly and carefully so that the brush marks doesn't go outside the border. So all these process is a time consuming process and it takes a little time. So do it slowly one by one and slowly give that texture to the leaves. So once we are done with all these leafy parts, we'll start with the middle part of the line, which is the in line, and we'll create one flower which is of a bird shape. That's why it is called as bird of paradise. So that is very important flower which we will create over here. So just adding the details as we can see one leaf is overlapping another. So accordingly, you have to give the details. So here also, I'm using the same brush, same thing. Everything is similar. Now, let's add the lines. I've just mixed a little bit of yellow and this portrait pink, and I'm just creating the lines. Already, little green is there in that yellow. So yellow, portrait pink and little bit of green mix to create this middle line. Here, also, I'm using the same brush, that is the round brush. You can use your rigor brush as well. If you are not easy with the round brush if you face difficulty creating the lines with round brush, you can use the rigor brush as well. It's up to you. So do it carefully. Take your time, rotate your notebook according to your convenience, where you can see how the lines will be moving straight. So accordingly, just rotate your notebook and try to fill in the lines. So once we are done with the lines, I will start creating the flour. I haven't drawn the flower yet. I'll directly do with the colors by doing the layering technique here. So here, actually, the layering technique will be required. So again, mixing this yellow and portrait pink, and I'm just trying to add some lines. So here I will be adding the flour. So I'm mixing this yellow and portrait pink first and creating the base, which is it's actually a V shape. So first, I'm creating a V shape with my round brush. And then on top of that, there is a orange flower shape which will be coming up. So with the orange thick colour you have to take because we are layering it. So try to take thick colours and not too much water, otherwise, that green will mix to this orange. So thick color you have to take this time and creating a nice flower shape orangy color on the top. And after that, I will be using the rose pink. That is the permanent rose to give a little details. But first, let's add a little detail and lines to this below part first. And then a little texture, I will add with my permanent rose also. Simple floury shaves and little lines which is coming out. So very tiny details are these which I'm trying to add over here. So now just adding a bit more of orange to make a little darker color and a little bit of rose pink also. And then we'll start with another detailing at the roots of the stems which are connecting just using this rose pink, and I will be just adding it down the rose pink color. There are certain roots which are coming out like this color. So that's what I'm trying to give a shape, little bit of at portrait pink, I'm mixing to it and just adding the texture at the bottom. So you can see, I've just added at the bottom part. A little bit portrait pink I'm adding in between these textures. So this is the complete painting of the uh Bird of Paradise, a little bit more detailing, and we are done with the painting. I'm mixing this portrait pink and yellow, and I will try to make the color a little thin, a very thin color it should be, and we'll start a little outlining thing. So let's outline these lines which are in the center with this color. Just a simple outline to all these stems. You can see how beautiful and bright this painting is looking. Now I'm mixing a little bit yellow and this greenish color to it, and I'll just try to outline all the leaves first. So you can see how thin the color is. So you have to take a liquid color when you are drawing the outlines of all the leaves. So very very thin line, and the color should also be thin. So try to add water in that color and make the color thin and then create the line. These lining things actually add beauty to the painting. That's why it is very important. So just try to add the lines And we're almost done with the painting. I hope you enjoyed this beautiful painting of Bird of Paradise. So I really enjoy doing this. It's a very beautiful plant and very beautiful. The painting has also come up. So I hope you will enjoy doing this painting. So just outlining it, so rotate your notebooks towards your side and then outline it. That will be easy for you to outline it. And we almost done with the outlining part and a little bit more of the outline. And this is the complete painting. I hope you enjoyed doing this. So we'll meet in the next class. 23. Croton Plant: Welcome back. Let's paint Croton plant. So let's first start with the sketching of the pot first. It's a different kind of pot which has a round twist to it. So let's start first making the upper base, and then we'll start with the shape, which is having a little more twist turn to it. So just drawing a rough sketch and whatever little mistakes if you're making while doing the sketch, you can easily cover it by coloring it with gauche because the gauches are very opaque colors, so you can easily cover them. No need to rub it. So now we will also create some leaves which are there. You must have seen different kinds of croton plants, but this is one of them which has variety of colors inside that leaf. You must have seen yellow, orange, pink. So variety of colors are there inside this Croton plant, which makes it really, beautiful. So I'm just first creating a normal sketch of the leaf in different directions. So overlapping leaves as well. Once we are done with the drawing, we'll start first painting the pot, and then we'll paint the leaves. Now, this is the imagination of the leaves which I'm drawing. You can draw it in any form. It's not like that. Whatever I am drawing, you have to draw the same leaves in the same directions. You can draw it in any direction, whichever directions you want. So let's start with the coloring of the base. So the two colors which I will be using here is the Prussian blue and permanent blue light. So these two colors I'm using here. You can also use two different blues, one dark and one light blue. It's up to you what color you want to choose to paint your own pot. So I have chosen this color because I want a combination of light and dark color. So that's why I have chosen this color. So first, I'm just doing the outline of the pot, and then I will start filling the pot. So once you outline the pot, it will be easier for you to paint the entire thing because the colors will not go outside the line. So it will be easy for you to paint it. Now, once you are done with the outlining, I'll just start filling first with the dark color. So quite dark color it is. The Prussian blue. Then inside, I will start adding the lighter version of blue. The way I have done the other pots like doing in a circular motion, same way I will try to do this one as well. Just adding the light color first and moving it in a circular motion. So whenever you are filling any color, blocking anything, try to use milky color. Don't use very thin color because it will not look good because these are not watercolors. These are gauche colors and gauche color should be opaque. I should not be very thin. Otherwise, the brightness and vibrancy of the color will be gone. So try to use colour, thick, milky color. Just moving my brush in a circular motion. Sometimes dam brush also works very well for creating such type of smoothness to the base. Just the dam brush will work very well for making the whole blending thing, especially the circular motion blending. So just enjoy the process of painting the whole pot and a little bit design. Also, I will try to make on this once I'm done with this blending. So also, we will paint the below stand, which is there, a small stand as you can see, and the above line simple thick line I am using over here. Okay? So again, a little line below. Simple lining thing I'm trying to create. Now, see, this color has come out a little bit. I'm just using water, and you can easily remove the mistakes with just water. So this is how you can remove the mistakes, but try to remove it before the colour dries. My color was wet, so I could have easily removed that. Now, the stand part you can see how perfectly the blending is done when you do it a little bit below, I want it to be more smooth, so I'm just adding a little darker color first. And then I'll try to smooth it more because the blending should be very smooth in this case. Then only that effect, that glowing effect of light blue and dark blue will come. So just try to blend it as good as possible. So just doing the blending part. Even if you have created the lines or anything and you see that your blending has not been perfect. We'll just remove those lines again. You can draw it again. Just try to remove those lines and first blend the colors and then again try to create the lines. You can always redo the things in gosh, as well as in acrylics. In Gauche, it reactivates with water, so it's perfectly fine. You can remove those marks with water. And in acrylics, you can always overdo it. So like that, I've just removed the marks first, and again, I will try to create those lines. So my pot painting is almost done. We'll start with the leaf painting. So just below also, I'm adding two more lines. 24. Croton Plant Final Detailing: Welcome back. So let's do the leaf painting. All the colors I have taken out. This is how green, orange, chrome yellow, white. So let's start first with chrome yellow and mix of this how green. So just mixing a little bit of yellow to this how green, and I'll just first apply one layer of this color on each leaf. So first, you just outline it and then start filling this color with your round brush. So everywhere I will be using same round brush of size four. You can also use your same round brush of size two, four, six, anyone, depending upon the size of your paper. If you're making a bigger size plant, then you have to use bigger size round brush. So this is how we decide the brushes. So to make a dark color, I'm just adding this Persian blue so that it shows a little overlapping thing. Because if I will use the same color, overlapping will not appear. That's why I have to change a color a little bit to make it like a overlapping look. So again, I've changed the color a little light, and again, I'm overlapping it. Like this, we do the leaves. Whenever we are overlapping it, try to change the colors, dark, light, like that. So it will be helpful for you to understand how the leaves are moving and how the leaves are overlapping each other. Now, let's discuss about the benefits of Croton plant. So it is obvious that it is an indoor plant, so it is of air purifier. And because it is a very vibrant color plant, so it enhances the mood as well. Also, it increases the humidity. If you are putting it in the winters, it will be beneficial for you because there is less humidity. Environment is less humid. So keeping this plant makes the environment more humid. Also, it acts as a stress reliever, and it is also an antioxidant plant. So many beneficial things it has apart from air purification. And you must have seen this colorful vibrant colors which make your place really beautiful. You will feel very good when you will watch this especially the leaves of the plant, it has multiple colors in it. I'm just using two colors, but you will see that there are multiple colors in that plant. There is orange, there is yellow, there is red color. So different varieties of croutons are there in market. You can see, I've just painted the leaves, and now I will start doing the detailing. So now let's take again this chrome yellow and this orange color. And a little bit of blue mix to make it a little brownish color, and I'll start filling the lower portion. So you can easily mix three colors and make brown color. You don't have to use separately the brown color. If you mix yellow, orange and that blue color, you can get a nice color that is very reddish brownish color you can get. So again, I'm taking this yellow and orange and little white mix to it. And I'll start adding the details so whenever you are using such things for detailing, try to use your liner brush. So I'm just taking my liner brush or you can say rigor brush because it has long tail. So it is my rigor brush. So I'm just creating the lines first. Simple stems here and there. And after that, I'll start creating the details inside the leaves. So the stems are also very orange, brownish in color. You can see. So just trying to add certain lines here and there. So let's start painting the leaves. So first, I will make the veins of the leaves with orange and yellow mix. Somewhere I will use orange, somewhere I will use white and orange mix. Somewhere I will use just yellow. So depending upon the colors, I'll just make the changes. So currently I'm just using orange and white. Why I have added white Because a little transparent this orange color is. That's why I'm adding a little white. Somewhere I'm adding a little yellow to make a little difference in the colors. So to make the variations in colors, So first, I'm just adding the line in between. After that, mixing it with white, the yellow color, again, I'm trying to draw the line. So it should be a very thick vibrant line, it should be. And then I'll draw the lines of the leaves. Just simple lines with my yellow and white mix. Again, I'm doing it on the upper part as well. Somewhere I will make that yellowish line. Somewhere I will make the orange lines, little bit variations in colors. So just enjoy the process of making these simple veins. So very simple technique I have used here. I don't want it to be very tough so that people cannot paint it and feels difficult. And most of my classes in this, the lessons which I have put in this, are maximum 20 to 30 minutes of videos are these. So it's not compulsory. You have to paint each and every plan. You can choose your own favorite plant and just paint it out. I think you will really feel good by doing this, uh class, I have learned a lot of things. I have learned about the plants and how their leaves are, how they are helpful in our life, actually, why we should put these indoor plants in our home. So when you will also start painting it, you will also come to know there are so many benefits of these plants. They not only add beauty to your home to your room, but also add beauty to your life. You feel very good when you are around the plants. So I'm just outlining the whole leaves now. So once you're done with the inner veins, you have to outline it. It should be a very thin outline. It should not be very thick. Otherwise, it will not look good. So whenever you are creating any thin line, use thin paint. Don't make the paint very thick. So try to use thin paints as thin as possible and try to just outline it. And if you will take milky colours for outlining, there will be very thick outlines. So try to use thin colors. Then only you will be able to outline the entire thing. So you can see how beautiful this is looking once we have done this orangy and yellowish colors of the veins of the leaves. I'm just trying to outline it so that it is clear that where the leaves are. That's why outlining is important. Once you have outlined this, you can see how the colors vibrant orange colors are looking. So now we'll mix little white in this yellow, yellow and white mix. And also, I will add some more highlights to the center of the line actually, giving some highlights to some of the veins just to make the color look more vibrant. And then on the top of that, I will add a little orange to it. So when you add on top of white, the orange color, it becomes more vibrant. So that's what I'm doing over here. Now you can see how vibrant this orange is looking when I have just added on top of this yellow and white mix. We're almost done with this whole Croton plant painting. I hope you enjoyed this because I really enjoyed painting this beautiful plant with beautiful and lovely vibrant colour leaves. To try it out and tag me on my Instagram that is Moheni Art Gallery. And there are a couple of more plants left, and there will be a bonus lesson also coming soon. So few more plants and the bonus lesson. And I hope you're enjoying this series of indoor plants, as I am really enjoying it, painting these beautiful indoor plants. So just adding few stones with the light color with this blue and white mix and just highlighting the base. And that's it. We're almost done with this painting and see you in the next class, and this is on the black one. 25. Lipstick Plant: Welcome back. Let's start with lipstick plant. So let's draw first the pot. Little different kind of pot it is. So as the names suggest, lipstick, so nothing is related to lipstick here. It's just the color of the plant, which with that, the name has come as Lipstick plant. So don't worry about that. We cannot create any lipstick with this plant. So just creating the shape of the pot, a little different shape. And we'll draw the leaves a little sketch of the leaves as well. So where the direction of the leaves are going. And then we'll start with the painting. So very simple sketch. I'm trying to create the leaves in different directions, and these leaves are in wavy form. So that's what I'm creating here, a little wavy structure of the leaves. So once we are done with the creating of the entire leaves, we will start with the painting of pot first, and then we will proceed with the plant painting the leaves painting. So just creating in different directions, all the leaves, some are thin, some are thick. So variations are always there when you create some plants or some indoor plants or any plant whichever you create. So there should always be a little variation in the leaves. So once we are done with the drawing, now, these are the colors which we will using crimson lake, light blue color, white, sap green and yellow. So all these colors we will be needing. So first color which we need is the light blue color which is there. That is actually a teal color which I'm using here. It is a little light blue in shade. If you don't have teal color, you can use any light blue color and mix that color with a little bit of green and you'll get that texture of the teal color. Either green or a little bit yellow, also, you can mix in that. So I'm just filling it with one color only. So any color you can use for the pod, it's not like what I am using here. Same color you have to use. You can use any sort of color, whichever is your favorite color, you want to color that pot with that color, you can use that color. It's just I am using this color, but you can use any color, whichever color you want. Try to use a thick, milky color, and water should only be on your brush. But if your paint is thick and it is very, like, hard, try to mix it with water and make it a little soft and then use it in a creamy texture way. Don't make it like a watercolor because these are quite opaque colors and it looks good when the colors are opaque. So I'm just first blocking in the entire shape. Also giving the outline to these edges. So I'm done with this pot painting. I'll create the middle part also. So with this red color and with this blue colour, it turns out to be a little purplish shade color, and now I'm adding a little yellow. It will turn out to be a little brownish color. So this way, you can create brown color as well. You don't need an extra brown color over here. If you have a dark brown color, you can use it, but the colors also works very well by mixing it. So, you not only learn when we mix the colors, what colors are form, it's good that we mix the colors and make the colors. So that's why I try to mix the colors and make it instead of using a number of colors. So just created this whole thing, which looks like a dark, brownish color. Now I'm taking this green colour with a mix of this lemon yellow. This is sap green which I'm using here. First, I will create the lines. And slowly, slowly, we'll start painting the leaves. So mixing a little bit of yellow in this green and first outline it. Whenever you are doing such kind of painting, very miniature type of painting, try to first outline the thing and then start filling the colors. It will be easy for you to color also, and the colors will not come out. So making into the inward direction, the shading, like we do shading with pencil, it's the same technique I'm doing with brush. So same technique I will be using for all the leaves. So just first outline it and then start filling the shades. Same round brush I'm using that is of size four. Again, giving a little texture. That is the shading which is inward direction and leaving the center, you have to leave the center because there will be pinkish color. Cause of its color, it is named as the lipstick plant. It's a very beautiful plant, as you can see. And once we create it, you'll see how beautiful and vibrant it looks. Even if you have the pinkish color that is fluorescent pink you can use in the center. Like, I was not having florescent pink, so I'm using this red. But if you have flourescent pink, you can use in the center to create a nice, vibrant pinkish touch to it. So just outlining it. And same process as we did for others. Now, once we are done with all the detailings, we'll start with the filling of the pink color. So first, taking pink color, that is the red color and mixing it with white, I will turn out to be a nice pink color when you use crimson lake. And again, same shading technique I'm using and moving the brush in the downward direction. So filling this middle part with this pinkish color. So similar I will be doing for the entire leaf sections which are there. Try not to make it very light colour. It should be pink but not very light because light color also we will be using on top of that. Just fill all the leaves in the center with this pinkish, bright pinkish color. Once we are done with this, we will add some details also. 26. Lipstick Plant Final Detailing: Welcome back. So let's start further. So now I will take white and mix more lighter color than the one which I'm using here. And again, adding a little bit more textures. Simply, I'm just layering the color with light pink color and making small, small line type of textures with my same round brush. Now let's talk about the benefits. So it's obvious that it is used for air purification and it has the ability to purify indoor air by absorbing toxin, and it is very adaptable because it can tolerate different light levels from bright, indirect to moderate low light. So it is quite versatile. You can use it indoor as well as outdoor. Also, it has an ability of stress relief, so it helps to reduce stress and improves the mood. Because of its vibrant color, it also used for a decorative purpose, it can add a decorative touch to any room because of this beautiful leafy texture which it has so these are some of the benefits of the lipstick plant. So one benefit is that it can be used indoor as well as outdoor. So now I'm just creating a line in the center with a light pinkish color. See, this is the painting which I'm doing it's almost of size four inch, not bigger than that. But if you are doing on a bigger one, you can add more details to it. So doing it on a smaller sheet of paper is more difficult than doing it on a bigger one. You can easily add details on a bigger one, but on a smaller one, you have to be very careful when you are adding the details. So try first on the smaller piece of paper, and then go ahead with the bigger one. And the more you will practice all these techniques, the more you will be able to paint. And you'll see within six months, you'll see your painting has improved a lot if you have started just now. So I'm adding one more on top of it, as you can see. And you can easily add once the color has dried behind color which is used, the back color which has been used, once it has dried, you can easily apply a layer of different color. But don't try to smudge it up. Otherwise, that back color which is there, it will start mixing with the top color. Always use milky color, thick, milky color, not very transparent color. It should be. It should be a thick opaque color if you're using. So this is how you can just overlap on top of one another. Same technique you can use with acrylic, gauche, or oil. Now, same thing I'm doing here also. Same technique which I did for all the other leaves. Here, also, I'm just adding the textures. The more you do the overlapping on top of one another, the leaves, the more realistic it looks actually. It's not like what I have created the shape. You have to also create the same shape. You can create your own direction of the leaves. It's your imagination, your way of doing the indo plants. I'm just giving you the technique how you can do. And you can see there are so many indo plants which are there, and I'm also learning about them slowly that there are so many indo plants which we can have So I also have but only few, and I'm also planning to buy some after working on this Indo plant lesson. So a few of them I will definitely buy, especially that bird of paradise. I really like that plant. So again, adding one more leaf. So same process. Now, all these ellipsti plant also have different different shapes. Somewhere it is in the middle, the pink colour is, somewhere it is in the sides, somewhere it is, like, in the spots. So it is different different types. So this is one of them which I am painting. So there are varieties of types of lipstick plant, actually. So just making the lines and little textures of light color. And we're almost done with the painting. I'll create some stones over below section as well. So small stony effect. You can leave this. It is completely optional. If you don't want to create such textures, you can leave it like the muddy part like that. But I love creating these small pebbles here. So I'm just creating small, small stone type texture. And then I'll just outline this whole pot section with a mix of white and the steel colour. So just outlining it. So in the complete process, I have just used one brush. So one brush also, you can paint many different things. You don't need a lot of brushes. So you must have seen that I'm using only two to three brushes in all my paintings. So here also, with just one brush, I have done the entire painting. It all depends on how you hold and how you use the brush. If you're using the tip of the brush, you can create the lines and so on. It's adding some textures, and we're almost done with it. So you can also do this plant on a black sheet of paper, as I have done it. I'll show you. So this is it. So yes, let's meet in our next class. 27. Monstera Plant: Welcome back. So let's start with Monstera plant. So let's first to the simple sketch of the pot. Now, this is a very traditional pot which is used in ages. Very simple brown color pot. But this time we'll not be coloring it with brown, but we will be coloring it with orange and chrome yellow mix. So I'm just creating first the shape, and then we'll start with the coloring. We'll also draw the leaves because these leaves are a little different, so we cannot do with one stroke, so we have to draw the leaves as well. So after drawing this pot, we'll draw the leaf. Very simple and easy way of drawing these leaves. First, we have to draw the leaves in a hard shaped form. Try to make it in different different angles, and these are quite big leaves. So I'm just trying to make it a big. And then you can divide this shape into parts like this. Very easy way of creating these cracks which are there in between the leaves. You must have seen the monstera plant. It has a different shape of zigzag shape it has, which makes the plant actually very beautiful. So just similarly, we will be doing the rest of the leaves as well. So try to make it in different angles in different sizes. Then only that plant will look a little real. So this one I'm making in a little different angle where the stems are behind like below and the leaf is popping up, like that. First, I'm just drawing the leaves and the shapes and then we'll draw the cutouts I'm trying to make it as simple as possible so that each and every one of you can follow these steps and can paint it. Most of my indoor plant paintings are within 30 minutes. So you can check it out. You can take any indoor plant whichever you like, and you can just pick it up and you can just start from there. It's not like that you have to go one by one. Whichever is your favorite indoor plant, you can just pick it up and you can paint it. So you can see I'm just giving the shapes. And then first, we will paint, and then after that, we will remove the lines which are there. So just trying to give a little shape. When the plant is newborn, the shape is actually hard shape, and when it starts growing bigger and bigger, the shape becomes like this. One. So we are done with the drawing. Now we will start with the coloring. So first, we'll color the below part, and then we'll start with the rest. So I've taken two colors that is orange and chrome yellow. So let's paint this below part. So first, I will take my round brush. Again, the same size round brush I'm taking over here that is of size four, and just take a milky color of orange and try to fill it up first. First, outline it and then proceed with filling of colors. You can see how opaque and thick the color is. So this much thick the color should be, I should not be a transparent color. Otherwise, it will not look vibrant. So once we are done with the entire filling of the colors, we'll start with a little detailing in this, just giving it a little shape to it. Now taking this chrome yellow. It has a little bit of orange in this, so orange texture will also come up, adding a little layer on the top first. Now, my base color has already dried. So now it is not much visible, so I will take black color. So I'll take a little black color, so I will make it a little brownish color by mixing black color in that. So making it a little brownish color, and then I'll just start making the lines just to add a little beauty to the pot. So making the lines with my rigor brush. So just one line on the top and giving a little baseline as well. Just outlining the parts which are there. So you can see I have not mixed much of the black because otherwise it will turn into entirely black. Try to mix very little amount of black when you are using it and just giving the lines Do it very slowly and carefully when you're doing this type of detail so that the marks does not come out because it will be very difficult to remove the mistakes. Now, simply, I'm just outlining it. Now I will use this nice thick yellow color that is chrome yellow, and I will add a little highlight on the top first. Try not using water in this and little highlight in these spaces, just to add a little value to these pots. So you can see how beautiful it is looking when we have added this yellow texture, now taking black and mixing it with orange to make a little dark brown color. And I'll cover the upper part. So a little darker brown just to make the soil area. And then outlining it. And we almost done with this pot section. Now we will be doing the leaves. 28. Monstera Plant Detailing: Come back. So let's start with the painting. These are the colors, lemon yellow, hallow green, orange. Then this is light blue. And these are same colors which we have used earlier. So let's start with the painting. So again, the same brush I will be using. First, I will be filling this with one color that is the hallow green color. Just make the color a little milky. Mix little bit of lemon yellow in this and try to fill in the colors first. So just let's start from here. Now, filling the colors, first outline the whole area and then fill the colors. It will be easy for you to fill it. So just making the color quite opaque. And when you mix yellow and different yellows, the color becomes really opaque. So mixing of colors is really good. So here I'm just making the outline, and then I'll start filling the colors. Very simple and easy form. Try to fill the lines which we have drawn, not the outer lines, after once we have filled the colors, done the detailing, and then we can remove the extra lines which are there. Just try to fill it carefully. So now let's talk about a little benefit about the monstera plant. Monstera plant helps in air purification. It filters the indoor air by absorbing toxins. It also boosts humidity. And one of the main benefits of putting this plant is that it improves our mental health and encourages growth and prosperity. So if you are having monstera plant, then you are lucky. So just filling this entire thing with just one color. So some are dark, some are light. If you want a light color of green, then you have to mix lemon yellow and a little bit of chrome yellow. And if you want the darker green, then just use allow yellow, Tallow green directly. Sometimes when there is overlapping, we need to add their lighter greens and dark greens variations. So keep that in mind if there is any overlapping, then you have to make the color a little dark. One color should be dark and other colors should be light. Easiest way to fill the color is just first outline the entire thing and then start filling the colors. If you're not happy with layer one coat of the color, try adding another coat. But in Gash I mostly add one layer of colors. That's why I use thick and milky colors. So try to use a thick color. Don't make it very watery. Water should only be there on your brush. If your color is already creamy, then just on your brush, it will be more than enough. But if your color is, like, hard and it has dried up, then try to add some water and make it soft and then use it. So very carefully try adding the colors. Now, you can see I made this a little dark so that it is visible. Doing the other leaves as well. Once we are done with de filling, we'll start with the detailing because one by one, we are doing the filling. The colors have already started drying because whenever we do any layering, we should do once the base color has dried, it should not be wet. So once we have done with the blocking, the colors will automatically dry because it dries very fast, and then we can do the layering easily. Almost we have done the locking, just one leaf is left. So now let's do the detailing one by one. So just mixing little chrome yellow to the screen. And let's start from the top leaf. Now, the color has to be a little light. So try adding lemon yellow also. So same shading technique we have to do. Like we shade with pencil, same we have to do the shading with our brush. I'm adding this light blue color to this green mix because this will give a nice color of greenish to this painting, very light, greenish bluish texture. So that's why I'm mixing a little bit of this light blue color. Take your time and do it slowly one by one, these details because these details actually takes time when you are doing it one by one. See, I'm just doing first the outer part and then the inside part with the darker color. So there will be a variations of greens from dark to light colour. Similarly, I will be doing the other one also. M 29. Monstera Plant Final Detailing: Welcome back. So let's start further. So one by one, we have done first two. Let's do the other one. Just rotate the notebook which you are doing towards yourself, and it will be easy for you to do these detailings. So one by one, start doing the details. The color which you're doing these details should be lighter than the one which you are using as the base. And also apply the same color that is the tallow green in the center to mix the color with this lighter color so that it will not look like odd one out. So just mixing this blue and this green color makes the color look more vibrant. So just adding these small details and then in the center darker color. It's a little time consuming process, but the result looks good. Now, this is a very small painting of like four to five inch, but when you're doing on a bigger one, you can add more details to it. So, yeah. So now we have done with all the shadings and everything. Now let's start doing the lining part. So the lining part again, using the rigor brush. So mixing the two calc and slowly first out making the stems. No. So actually, the center stem is not visible. So because of this middle leaf. So just a little line I've created one line on the top. Now, let's add some lines in these leaves as well. So whenever you are doing any lining part, try to make the color a little fluid. Then only you will be able to do the lining part. Don't make the color very thick. Otherwise, these thin lines will not appear. So try to make the color a little fluid and then start with re lining. I'm just mixing a little yellow to this blue so that it turns into a lighter green color, and I'm just adding the lines. So same steps I will be repeating on the entire leaf sections. So try to do this very slowly, take your time. You can change the directions of the leaves if you want. It's not like what I have created, the direction, same direction you have to create. You can change the directions according to your own will, according to your own imagination. If you have one terra plant at home, you can just see it and see how these leaves are turning and you can just copy it. That also you can do. Also with the same color, I'm just outlining the outer part. These steps take time. So do it very carefully, take your time and do it slowly. So just a little outline. And then we're almost done with this monster painting. Few more as steps are left and we're almost done. So I've taken this No. This round brush only, and I'm doing the lining because that thin brush, it was becoming very thin. So that's why I've taken this round brush only to make the lines and using the tip of the brush to give a little shape to it. And this way, whatever mistakes you have done, you can remove and you can give a nice shape to the painting. So just add the lines one by one. These are not very thin lines. These are little thicker ones. But it is easy to make the lines with this round brush, which is of size four. Especially for this painting because we don't need a very thin line. Once we are done with the outline, it will be more visible the leaves, especially the overlapping leaves. Few more paintings are left, and we are done with the indoor plants. So I hope you're enjoying this series of indoor plants and also learning about them the benefits. And you can see there are so many indoor plants that we can't even imagine, and I'm also learning accordingly when I'm doing all these paintings, I'm also learning about them, and soon I will be keeping few of them at my place. So just outlining the whole thing Now, once the outlining is done, we will erase all the pencil lines which are there, and you have to erase the pencil lines only when the color has been completely dry. And you can see how I am doing the outlining. I'm just rotating my notebook towards myself, and then I am trying to create the lines. This is the best way to create the lines, and you will not make any mistakes. Now, once we are done with this lining part, wait for all the colors to dry and then only remove those lines. Here my green color came out, so I'm just using water to remove that color. So this is now it has completely dried. I can easily remove it the pencil lines which are there with my rubber, so I'll use my rubber to remove all the lines which are unnecessary. And we are finally done with this painting. So remove the lines only when the colors have dried. Hope you enjoy doing this beautiful monster plant painting. So try to carefully rub all the lines. And this is the entire indoor plant that is the Monstera plant painting. Also the last step, I'm just taking this light color and creating some pebbles and stones in this sand part. That is the area which is the soil part, small, small stones with different colors, with some brown with some yellow, with some orange, different types of colors, one dot. And this is it. So let's meet in our next class. 30. Bamboo Plant: Welcome back. So let's start with bamboo plant. Let's first do a little bit of drawing of the nice, transparent pot it is of a glass which we are making here. So we'll try to make it a bit transparent, transparent and look. You must have seen the bamboo plant, which is kept at home with a transparent glass below it. So something like that, I'm trying to draw. Keep in mind that whatever pencil line you are drawing, just make it very light so that when you are drawing the lines, it is not visible. The pencil lines especially when you are making a transparent pot. Now, once we are done with the transparent pot, we'll draw the bamboo stems which are there. So there are two stages, they're two bamboo on top of one another, like it is arranged. So I'm just trying to create the bamboo stems first. Very simple and easy lines are these. Some are thin, some are tall, some are short, something like that. I'm trying to make it. He similarly on top of it also, I will make the lines. Now here will be the thread which will be tied to these bamboo sticks. Also, I will be making, again, one more layer of bamboo which is there on top of it. So it is actually a two layer of stems which are there. So something on top of each other, I'm just trying to create. Above lines also will be tied to a thread, and leaves we will directly create by drawing it with our round brush. So thread also will be tied in the center of these stems. So now let's start with the painting. So first, we'll paint the pot. So as it is a transparent pot, we'll not be needing too much colors. We will mostly be needing two colors. That is one is gray color, and the other one is blue color, that is light blue. So gray color and blue colour have taken out. Also, white will be needed. So a little bit of white also, I will take it out. And let's start with the painting. Again, I will be using here my rigor brush and round brush, two brushes, and we'll do the whole painting. So first, let's do the blocking of the outlining of this jar, which is there, which is a glass jar, actually. So just outlining it a little thick. That's why I'm using a round brush over here. So a little thick outline is needed over here. Try to make it as neat as possible as this is a transparent jar, so I don't want a very thick line to be and just take the colors a little thin color and try to draw the lines slowly. Now, once the lines are drawn, I will just smudge a little colors below with the grayish color with just a little smudging. Whatever color is there on my brush, I'm just smudging a little bit, and a little bit water I will add to it, and I'll just smudge a little bit of colors below. Now I will take a little transparent blue color, and then I will apply it. So it's a transparent blue and white mixed color. Make it a little watery and then apply the color. I don't want a very thick color. That's why I have made it a little transparent. So you can see how transparent the color is. You can see the lines of these stems. So this much transparent it should be then only it will look like a water. So this is a water which is there till the half of the jar. And then so this is it. We'll not do much in this glass jar. And then we'll start with painting of these stems first. So let's start with painting of these stems. So I've taken out two colors that is chrome yellow and halo green. I'm mixing both the colors together to make a nice greenish color a little bit white to make it a bit opaque color. So when you add a little bit white color, the color becomes a little opaque. So just adding on the first stem, So slowly, slowly, I will be adding a different different shades of these greens. So first is a little yellowish green which I have made, and I'll do it till the end. Then I'll take more of yellow and green a little bit, and I'll slightly change the color a little bit, and I'll try to make a different green so that both of them doesn't look same. A little brighter one, just by adding white to it. Similarly, I will be doing rest of them. Different different greens, some are yellowish, some are greenish. So different different greens will help us to paint a bit. So I've taken lemon yellow also. So I will mix lemon yellow also in this green to make a different variety of green. So you can see I'm trying to change the colors of these stems. Just try to make it different different greens so that it will look like some are little dry, some are little green, some are little brownish. So something like that, I'm trying to make it. So one by one, I will be coloring all of them, trying to make all of them a little different colours. In some I'm adding more of the chrome yellow. I So likewise, I will be repeating all the stems one by one. So just enjoy the process and see how I'm doing the color mixing part. And I hope you will enjoy the process of different types of greens which are coming here as you can see, some are yellowish green, some are grayish green. So different kinds of greens are there over here. By mixing so many colors, we not only learn how to mix the color, the color mixing part, it's very important that what colors you are making, what colors you are mixing because each and every color is not available in our environment. So sometimes we have to mix the colors, and if we don't know how to mix the colors, we'll not be able to mix it. That's why I mostly try to mix and make the colors so that you get an idea that what colour should be mixed so that we get this color. Now, similarly, we will be doing upper part also. But first, we'll create the line which is there, which is a thread that is tied to it. So this is the Indian red which I'm using here. So just taking my same brush, and I'll just make a thick line over there, which will be like the thread which is tied to all these stems. So similarly, I will be doing for the above stems as well, same colors, but in different sequence, not in the same sequence. So I'll try to do the upper part also. So let's take first our rigor brush and make these lines proper because I think this line has not come properly. And also, I will make the tip of all these stems with a light grayish and Indian red mixed color. So I'm using here a rigor brush, and I'll just add a little tip on the top. Just to give a little tip on the top. I'll be doing on all the stems. Same process. I was just correcting the shape of this little bit because I feel that it is a little bit the color has come out. So I'm just trying to give a little shape to this thread which I have made with my rigor brush, just the roundness thing, which will look like that it is tied up. Also, with a similar brush, I'll just try to make the lines. So not only vertical lines I will make, I will also make some horizontal lines as well. But first, I'll just making a vertical line. So now you can see each and every stems nicely by using this color. I will also make the stems in between. So our lower part is almost done. Now we will do the upper part of this bamboo tree. 31. Bamboo Plant Final Detailing: Welcome back. Now, let's do the upper part of the tree, sorry, stem, like how we did the below one. So just adding, again, the same colors, but this time, I will make the upper part more greener because I'm just trying to make the upper part a little more fresh and green. So I will be adding more greener stems towards the upper part. So just same step we have to repeat a little bit difference of green color you have to show so that you can easily highlight the stems one by one. If you will put all these stems of same colors, you will not be able to recognize which one is which. So that's why I'm trying to give a little transition of colors. Some are light, some are greeny. So are more yellowish. So like that, just try to make the stems So once we are done with the stems, we'll start with the leaves. So let's just talk about the benefits of this bamboo plant. So a bamboo plant is also a air purifier, and it is mostly used in homes and homes and offices for decor purposes. It is also a symbol of luck and fortune, and it brings harmonious and positive energy to our room, as well. So mostly, you must have seen that these plants are mostly used as a very thoughtful gift in return. So yes, these are some of the benefits of keeping bamboo plant and let's paint further. So I'm just trying to do the outlining with the liner brush. Just simple lines I'm creating. Now, this is the line of the jar which is there, the line I'm creating. And then the lines a little bit line I'll create in these threads also, a little bit water effect below with this rigor brush. And a little bit line. Also, I will be creating in this thread which is tied, just making the color a little more grayish. And again, the upper part, which we did in the below as well. Same color I'm just using to make the upper part. Same thing we have to do what we did in the lower, the upper part as well, just outlining and the lines which is in between the horizontal lines. Same thing. Nothing is different, a little bit color variations are there. So all these little little things makes the actual painting beautiful, but I'm trying to make it as simple as possible. So just making a very thin line in the center of this h. Indian red color just to add effect to this thread look like. So just adding some lines to these stems as well. I'm not making very dark line. It is a very light line, like brownish in color. That's why I've added Indian red to this gray. Now we will start painting the leaves. Again, for the leaves, I'm taking this hallow green, then this chrome yellow, a little bit of lemon yellow, and make the color a little milky so that you can easily move your brush and then start making the leaves. So first, the lower leaves which are a little smaller in size. So the process is very simple, press and release. So you have to press your brush to make a thicker line, and as you release it, it will become a thin line. So this is the process of making these simple leaves. And these are quite long leaves. That's why I'm making it a little long and thin. So similarly, just doing on the other side also, making the color a little bit more yellowish and greenish texture. Just trying to add little more leaves to the other sides, little small, small leaves, not very big, especially to the lower part of the stem. And as I will go above, I will make a little bigger one. So very small small. Now, this color is a little darker green so that it is visible in this section. That's why I made it a little dark. If you will add lighter greens, it will not be visible. So that's why I have made a little darker green below. And just highlighting it with a little lighter color. Now I will make the above leaves which are quite long and very twisted form of. Now, see this color has dried a little. So I'll just add a little water on my brush and take the color, and then again, I will start further. So you have to take a very milky color so that your brush moves and flows. If you're feeling that your brush is becoming sticky, just wash off your brush, take some water on your brush, crab the color, and then again, start with it. Very simple and very beautiful bamboo plant painting, it is. I really like the output, how it has come. And this is our 15th lesson also. But again, another gift for you guys. I will be posting few more plants, few more indoor plants. So just wait and watch. So I'm thinking of putting at least four to five more of the indoor plants. So just enjoy it. Don't worry. This is not our last session. So I will be posting rest of them also like alternate days. So just enjoy it and feel the movement of the brush, how the brush is moving. In this brush is actually dancing as the leaves are dancing, so the brush is also moving like that. So just enjoy and feel the rhythm of your brush. So just adding few more leaves here and there. We are almost done with this painting. And you can also do this painting on the black paper or gray paper or brown paper, whichever paper you want. The technique will be almost same. Little bit stones and pebbles I'm adding below with this mix of gray and Indian red color. So when you mix Indian red and gray becomes a lighter color, and when you will directly use the Indian red, it will be a darker color. So mix of these two colors. I'm trying to make it these small, small pebbles below. Just to add effect, you can remove that, you can leave it as it is. It's up to you how you want to decorate your painting. So just simple dots I'm creating, taking some lighter textures and adding in between, just to mix the colors. So I hope you enjoyed this painting with me, too. And if you did do share your project work, you can tag me on my Instagram. That is Mohii Art Gallery. And also, you can do another form of bamboo tree, which is this one. It's like this. Like this, also, you can paint it. It's your choice. So, yes. And let's meet in our next lesson. 32. Lavender Plant: Welcome back. So let's start with lavender plant. So lavender can not only grown as indoor plant, it can also be grown as a outdoor plant. So here I'm just creating first, the pot, which is a straight line first. And then I'm just joining it like a curve. And then, again, the slanting line. So this is the pot which I have created here. So very simple pot, very basic one. We'll not be doing much drawing in this. We'll directly jump into the coloring part. So the colors here which we will be using for the pot is the two colors, that is the chrome yellow and Indian red. So this is Indian red. And if you don't have Indian red, you can also use burn Sienna and chrome yellow. If you don't have chrome yellow, you can use cadmium yellow also. So I'm just taking out both the colors, and we'll start painting first the pot, and then we'll start with the uh plant. So I've taken two colors out. I'll be using same brush which I have used in all my indoor plant painting. That is the round brush of size four. So just blocking the first the lower portion of the pot. So whenever I do any painting, I first do the outlining, and then I start coloring the inside part, as you have seen if you have done the rest of the indoor plants. So I'm just first blocking in. Always try to use milky colors because we want a quite opaque color. I just mix a little bit of this chrome yellow so that the color becomes thick. So when you mix two colors, the colors a little become thicker than how it is. So that's why I mix a little bit of yellow in this. So I'm just coloring first the lower part. It's a very simple painting. It's not very complicated. And I think within 15 minutes, you will be able to paint this entire lavender plant. It's not necessary that you have to use the same, um, a pot which I have used here, you can make any kind of pot, any design, anything. So also, the lavender plant offers several benefits, especially when it has grown indoor. It is not only used for air purification, it also helps in stress reduction, and it also has a sleep aid properties. So it is good for as a sleeping if somebody has a sleeping problem, if they will have this plant, I think that can be resolved. So and also it is used for like aroma therapy and have very therapeutic qualities like anti inflammatory effects and many other things. It also create a relaxing atmosphere and add a touch of natural beauty to the entire room where it is kept. So these are some of the properties of using lavender plant. So I was also not aware of these qualities which lavender plant have. So now, while doing this painting, I also researched and I came to know that there are so many qualities of using this plant. It's not only beautiful, but it has a number of qualities. So you can see I've just made a little design of simple lines. That's it. So now we will do the middle part. So the colors which we will be needing for this is the many colors actually we need. That is first is the white color, then sap green and there's mauve color. So first, we will make a little dark brown color by mixing a little white in this Indian red, then a little yellow and a little green to it. So a kind of a muddy color, a muddy color which will be formed, a little darker color than the burnt sienna. You can say it could be a rhombotype color. So something like that, and then you can just fill it up. You can see how dark the color is. So you can mix any colors and you can make it. So now we will be doing the grasses. So before doing the grasses, let's just make these lines a little darker by mixing a little white to this yellow. So again, I'm just making a little darker lines. Same thing. I'm just repeating the lines like I have done earlier. Now, once you add white color, it becomes a very opaque color. Even if you will add in any colors. If the color is transparent, if your lemon yellow or chrome yellow is transparent, just add a little white to that color, and you will see how opaque the color becomes. Now I've just done the outlining of everything, and now we will create the grasses, but I will be using the rigor brush here because I want very thin leaves there, which is there in this lavender plant, and try to make the colors a little thin the only your brush will flow. Otherwise, thick lines will be created. You can see how thin I'm making the lines. So try to make the lines as thin as possible in different directions. Then only that effect will come up. So slowly just adding water to this green color, the sap green color, and just try to create the lines. So are thick, some are thin. When you will press the brush, it will create thick lines. When you will just use the edges of the brush, it will create thin line. This is how we use mostly the round brush, also, the rigger brush also. So just making the lines in different different directions, these are actually stems which are very thin. So now I have just added, I think, enough of the lines. After that, I will start adding the flowers. These flowers are really beautiful. When you add a white color to this mauve color, if you don't have mauve color, you can use purple color also. But if you have mauve color, then use directly mauve color and mix a little bit white to this to make it a little light version of it. And then just add very small small dots with the tip of your round brush. So you can see I'm just using the tip of my brush, milky color and just adding on the top. Very tiny, tiny dots are these. Just try to zoom in in so that you can see it carefully. So you can see how the dots are coming, very small small dots you have to create and try to use milky color over here when you're creating these dots. Some dots are a little dark, some dots are a little light. So like this, you have to create the variations in the lavender plant. So mostly just using the edge of your brush, round brush, you have to create these dots. And as you go outward, the dot becomes just one. Earlier, I'm just creating on both the sides, and then as I go to the outside, I just create just one dot. That's why it becomes pointed. So like that, you have to create the dots. So first, I'm just doing on the above part. And slowly, I will also add below because there are lots of gap in between, as you can see, which we have to fill. So just repeat the same process, mismatch of the colors, some are dark, some are light. So like that. So we are almost done with the upper part. We'll now start with the lower part of the flowers as well. So you can see this is a light one. Above one is a little dark one. So little contrasting colors, you have to add some dark, some light, some variations of these mauve colors just by mixing white. 33. Lavender Plant Final Details: Now we'll start with the lower one. First, we'll add a little bit leaves. I've just mix a little bit white into this sap green, and I'm making a little bit of grasses below. These are very thin grasses, very small grasses. So just I'm trying to create at the bottom part. And in the rest above, I will try to create more of the lavender flowers. I'm just making more lines so that it looks like a very bushy kind of thing. So just creating some leaves, very thin leaves are these. So just creating the leaves with a lighter green color just by adding white to it and just making this lower part very, like, bushy kind of and also adding some of the stems which are coming outward so that these are all small, small leaves which I'm trying to add. And I will also add more stems so that more we can add more these lavender flowers. So just taking the same color a little darker green and just adding a few more lines, little thicker lines just to fill the gap in between so that it looks quite green from within, and little bit lines, and then I'll start adding more of lavender flowers. Just taking white and this move color together mixing both of them and just adding more of the flowers. Same process, but this time flower is down a little below, not upward. Then only it will look symmetric. So you can add these flowers in any direction, whichever direction you feel like you can add it. Very simple and easy these flowers are, and you can create it on your own in any direction. It's not like how I am creating. You have to create it in the same way. You can create in your own way. You can just make these stems move here and there and you can just add these lavender flowers. Just adding a few more stems, and I will add a little bit more of the flowers in the side. So just enjoy the process of creating these. Now you can see how thick and pushy it is looking once we have added so many flowers and grasses and the leaves. This is on a black paper, which I have done. You can also try it on black paper. Now, let's add a few more details, and we are done with this painting. Not much to do. So again, taking this Indian red color, and I'm just making a little outline of this with just Indian red so that the lines of this pot is very sharp. So you can see I've just made it a little more neat, especially the boundary part, and it'll stand below, and it's done. So see you in our next lesson. 34. Jade Plant: Welcome back. So let's paint Jade plant. So first, we will draw the pot, and then we'll do the drawing of a little bit of the stems. So leaves we will directly draw with our brush. So just the stems, the main stem, and the pot, I will be drawing. So just a simple pot with a curved surface. Both the curved surface and then a little more curve below also. If you face difficulty in drawing these curve surface, you can just rotate your notebook and try to draw it towards yourself. It will be easy for you to draw. Now, the main stem, which is in the center, so it's like a bonsai tree form, which I'm trying to make as this jade plant. So I'm making the center of the stem a little thick and the sides a little thin. So you can see, I've just made the small, small stems and the sub stems also I'm making, and I'm trying to give a round shape to it. So it will be mostly in the round circle, whatever stems I will make, and the leaves also, I'll try to make it in the round only. So I'm just trying to make the stems a little bigger so that it covers the round part also. Now, once we are done with the stems, we will now paint the below pot, and then we will do the stems. So let's start with the coloring. These are the colors. And first, we'll do pot, and then the stems, these are the colors. First color is titanium white, then burnt umber, and then chrome yellow. So I've just taken out all the three colors here as you can see. So we'll also take a black color because black will also be needle a little bit. So again, using the same brush which I have used earlier, that is the round brush of size four. Let's start with the burnt umber and mixing a little bit of black because I want a light very dark color. And mixing a little bit of white to make it a little subtle. Now, a little bit of yellow also have added to that. Now you can see how dark and milky the color is. It's quite opaque color. Don't make it very transparent. It should be a very opaque color. Otherwise, you have to do at least two coatings of it. So try to use a milky color, and it should be opaque. So when we add white or black to this, it automatically turns out to be opaque because white makes the colors a little opaque. So just adding first to the sides, try to do it very slowly, first, try to make the boundaries and then start coloring so that the colors will not come outside the lines. So very slowly, try to fill the colors first. I will block in the entire thing with this color only. I will start highlighting some areas with lighter color. Just a little lighter. I'm just making this by adding white to it. After that, I will make two highlights just to show that some shining is there on this spot. Also outlining the upper portion with the same color. Now let's start mixing white with this burnt umber, and let's do the stems. So for the stems, a little lighter color I need. So I've just added a little more white and this yellow color, chrome yellow, and I'm just filling it with this color. So you can see the color has changed when I've added more of white and yellow to it. So different color is this. So just try to make it a little lighter than the one which we have used in the pot, and just do it very carefully. And whenever you start, try to press your brush and release it. The stems will be perfect. You don't have to even draw it, but I have drawn it so that it will be easy for you to make it. So press your brush and then release it. It will give a nice pointed shape. So you can see how nice pointed shape is coming out when I'm releasing it. So doing it on the other side as well, first. Same technique there also. Now once I've drawn the painted these stems and everything, now, see the color has come over here, so I'm just adding some water to remove that color. You can easily remove it with water. So now let's start with the detailing also and a little bit of filling off inside also the area which is the mud area. So first, now my color has dried the below one. I'm just mixing little bit of yellow, white, and brown and just adding a little two highlights. After that, I will blend this color with this darker color. Now, as I'm moving the brush, the below color has started becoming activated because these are gauche colors and it reactivates when it interacts with water. So it is getting reactivated, so the color is fading a little bit. That's what we want here. So I'm just washing off my brush removing extra water, and I'm just trying to blend it with this dark color. So this is how you can highlight the area when you want it to be highlighted to just show this shiny part of it, adding little white in between and just trying to blend it with the same color. It's a bit tricky, but if you do it slowly, it will definitely come. So slowly, slowly take very little amount of color and give a little highlight to this. And especially to the sides, you have to blend. You don't have to keep the sides very sharp. And just trying to add a little bit more of these and just adding a little more lighter color on the top to give the edge to this spot and filling this inside area with completely black color. So slowly, slowly, the shape is coming, and I'm just filling it with plaque to give a little contrast to these areas. Now I will add a little detail to these lines. But again, mixing a little white and just trying to create small small lines. You can also do these lines with your liner brush. So just small small lines. I'm trying to add in these stems. We are almost done with the stem part and the pot part. Now we will start creating the leaves. But before that, I will also outline this all area with a black color. So again, make your color very fluid, and then only you can outline this area. Try to make it as thin as possible and it is only possible if the color is thin. Don't use thick colors. The main stem, I will highlight and rest heavily because those are very thin ones. 35. Jade Plant Final Details: Come back. So I've taken two colors that is lemon yellow and sap green. So these two colors I will be using here. So first, the sap green, mixing it with a little bit of chrome yellow and lemon yellow, and just trying to create a nice round shape to these leaves. These leaves are mostly round in shape, as you can see, especially from the edge. It has a round shape to it. So that's what I'm trying to create. Let me show you a little closely so that you can see how the shapes are. These are quite round from outer edge. So you have to create a round shaped leaves in this. You must have seen Jade plant which has round shapes on the top. They are not pointed leaves. These are very round in shape. So that's what I'm trying to create over here with some light color, some dark color. So mix of colors, mix of greens, some darker green just by using sabgreen and some lighter greens just by mixing these yellows. So try to mix match the greens and make different forms of greens so that the plant will look more real. So very simple and easy it is you have to create the round leaves. Now, let's talk about the benefits of the jade plant. It is a air purifier and it purifies the air, and it also helps in stress reduction. It improves the mood of a particular person if he or she keeps them in their environment. It is also associated with wealth, prosperity, and good luck. So these are some of the benefits of using the jade plant. So let's continue with our painting. So small, small, very small size leaves are these. These are not very big leaves. And mostly these bonsai shape comes when it is old. So initially they are very thin, but as it keeps growing, and I think in many years, it will it turns into a bonsai form. You can easily create a bonsai of this jade plant, and it looks very beautiful. So it can add a lot of greenery to any space, making them a great decorative addition. So, yes, making very small, small tiny leaves in this. All these processes take time, but do it carefully. Take your time and do it. Don't do it in a hurry. Just take your own time and do it. You can also draw small, small round shapes and then color it. It's up to you how you want to do it. But I felt that this is the most easy way of doing it just by doing it with your round brush. You can easily create round shapes. So just enjoy the process of creating these small small leaves to the entire stem section. So you can see variations in greens I have added. Some are dark green, some are light green. So try to make a little mix of these greens, some dark green, some light green. Then only this plant will look like a real plant. Adding few small, small leaves. If required, we will be also adding some more stems to this plant if required. But let's see. I think we will be needing one more in the centers to give it a more dense look. If you are facing difficulty in doing with this bigger size round brush, take a smaller sized roundbush and try to create this small small round shaped leaves. It's totally up to you how you want to create it. Now, I have created this pot with a very dark color. You can create the pot with light color and give these reflections. It's totally up to you how you want to create your own plant. So I have just given you a little idea how to paint it. Rest is all up to you, how you want to decorate your own indoor plant painting. Now I will add a little bit more branches so that it looks more dense. These are thin branches. So very thin line. I'm just trying to add here and there just to make this whole look like a round shape and filled with these leaves. Now again, I will start adding small, small leaves in these stems. So we are almost done with this painting, and if you are trying it out, you can also tag me on my Instagram that is Mohii Art Gallery. I will love to see them. There are so many indoor plants. You can try any of them, whichever you want, whichever is your favorite plant, and you can try it out. There's, I think, 15 plus I have already shared, and you can try as many as you can and do share your project works. And also your feedback is also important. Can see how I'm just trying to fill it up with these small, small leaves. So I really enjoy painting these all indoor plants, and I've learned a lot from this especially this class. I have not only learned the art of doing the indoor plants. I've really enjoyed and also learned the benefits. I was not aware of the benefits of these indoor plants. So I came to know so many benefits of these indoor plants. So I'm just creating small, small pebbles inside this just to give a little look to it. And we are almost done with it. And you can also do this painting on the black sheet of paper, which I will show you how to do it, how it comes when you do it on the black sheet. So yes, you can also do it on a black sheet of paper. So we'll meet in our next class. 36. Watermelon Peperomia: Welcome back. So let's start with watermelon peperomia plant. Let's first draw the pot. Now, this pot is actually a hanging pot, so I will be drawing a little upward, and it will be a little hanging pot type of. So just creating a nice shape a circle and very simple sketch, and we'll start painting the leaves and a little round shape of the circles and the joining. These all pots are joining to the surface. So I'm just drawing the lines. You can draw these lines with your scale also if you're not okay by drawing it with a free hand, you can take your scale and then draw these lines. It's perfectly fine, but draw a little diagonal line. So at least two rope kind of thing I have drawn upward, and rest, we will be doing while painting. So let's start first with the painting of this pot. So for the spot painting, I will be using two colours that is permanent rose and so it's quite vibrant color, permanent rose, and also one more color we will be needing that is the portrait pink. So just taking that color also out. Now, these colors we will be using for painting this spot. Again, same brush. That is the round brush I'm using here. Wet your brush, grab the colors and start with the painting. Mixing a little bit of portrait pink to make it a little lighter color. So starting from the edge and making the circle first, and then I will start filling the colors. Very simple painting. It's not so much complicated as it is looking. It's easy one, so don't worry. So just giving a round shape to the pot, and then we'll start painting within. Now I'm adding a little more of this portrait pink and just trying to cover this pot with this color. Now, we have done many similar pots like this. You must have seen that we have used in the center a little lighter color. And as we are going away, it is more darker color. So like that, I will be creating this also. So first I'm just blocking it with this same color. So you can see how opaque and thick the color is. Now I will use the portrait pink, and I'll try to create some nice round shape in the center, and I'll try to move this color outward. Since my background color is also wet, so it started mixing it with that color and has become a nice blending has been formed. It's sometimes we only need brush to move the brush and just make the color blending. So without color also, you can just blend the colors. Again, I'm adding a little more of this portrait pink and moving it in the outward direction. So now you can see how glowing it is looking when I'm added this lighter color. After this, I will be adding some little bit of details in this pot, some little bit of lines just to decorate this so that it does not look simple. So just trying to draw the lines first, I'll start from the center. These are very curvy lines. These are not straight lines. So just drawing, like the shape of the watermelon, same the pot, and the watermelon leaf also we'll draw it in the same way. You will see it later. So now this thing has drawn now we will do the upper part, these two parts. So let's start. Again, taking the thalo turquoise. So it's quite a dark color, this halo turquoise. And then the permanent blue light color. This is a light blue color. After that, again, one more color we will be needing. But first, let's do the leaves. So just taking these hallow turquoise, and I will also add a little bit of yellow that is lemon yellow to it, just to make the color more greeny. Very little amount of yellow I will add to make the color more green and bright, and then I'll start making these shapes. We can see round from the top and a little more carved. It is not very pointed leaves, so it is around in shape, and I'm just trying to color it. So as I'm drawing, I'm also coloring it. You can first draw and then do the coloring part. It is totally up to you how you want to do it. But I'm just coloring it directly. Now, I will be adding multiple leaves in different directions so that this complete area is filled with these leaves, some dark leaves, some light leaves. So darker leaves, again, directly, you can use this color. And for the lighter leaves, you can just add more of this lemon yellow color. So slowly, slowly, I'm just trying to give the shape of the leaves everywhere. You can also do it in the same way or you can first draw it with pencil and then you can do the coloring part. So in different directions, I in upwards, some inside, some down. So different different directions, I'm trying to create these leaves. So yes, just filling the colors. Now, these colors are very thick colors. Don't make the color very thin. Otherwise, you will have to repeat the process. So try to use thick color so that in one go, it is perfectly fine and don't overdo the coloring when it comes in touch with that pink color because if you will overdo it, that pink color will reactivate. So try not to do overdoing it and don't use very thin color. Try to use milky color so that the color remains as it is. So slowly, slowly, I'm just trying to add the leaves in different directions. You can see already this leaf is looking so beautiful and vibrant in different directions. I'm just adding the leaves. I'm not even adding the stems here. I'm just adding the leaves one on top of the other. So once this is done, we will start with the detailing of the leaves. So it's a little darker color when I'm overdoing on top of it. So we're almost done with the leaves part, and now we will start with the detailing. So just few leaves are there to color it. 37. Watermelon Final Details: Welcome back. So let's start further. So few leaves are left. We'll just paint it, fill the colors, and then we'll start with the detailing. Try to make the top part of the leaves a little more darker so that you will see the difference between the lower part and the upper part and you can easily do the detailing. So just a few leaves left and we are done. So you can see I'm just adding directly this turquoise color. I'm not mixing any yellow for the darker ones. Okay, so now let's start with the detailing. So this is the light blue color which I'm using here and mix of turquoise and a little yellow color to make it a little greenish shade also. And we'll start with the lines. So the lines are actually the lines of, like, a watermelon, how the watermelon looks. So these linings we will be doing with our either liner brush or you can use the same brush which I'm using. It all depends upon you. So you can see how the watermelon shape is like that only we have to do the lining also of the leaves, starting from the center and just making it the curvy lines. So very simple, just starting from the center and you have to create some nice curvy lines. These lines are not like the normal veins which we create in the normal leaves. These are these lines start from the center and then ends all in the round circle. So here I'm using my rigor brush to make the lines more thin, and I'm also outlining the outer part so that you can see the exact shape of the leaves. O. Similarly, we will be doing the rest of the leaves as well. So first outlining the outer part, and then you can create the veins inside these leaves. So when we create the outline, you can easily see how the leaves are overlapping on which leaves and which leave is overlapping on which one. So that's why these lines are important. Now, let's talk about some benefits of this watermelon plant. So it is an air purifier, and it is a very small and compact size. It has, so it can be easily kept anywhere. Also, it is a non toxic plant and very safe for humans, as well as for the pets. Also, it has a very aesthetic appeal which very decorative type of appeal it has, and it really can make your room very vibrant and greeny. So these are some of the benefits of using this watermelon plant. So watermelon comes for name because the shape of these leaves are like that. That's why the watermelon name comes. So very beautiful these looks like a watermelon fruit type. You can see I'm just starting from the upper part, and I'm just trying to create the lines in all the directions. Similarly, we will be repeating for all the leaves. So I'll just try to zoom in so that you can see it more clearly. So you can see the lines, how the lines are like the lines of the watermelon fruit. Similarly, we have to create the lines of these leaves as well. So I'm mixing a little bit of portrait pink to make the color a little more light. So making a dot and then I'm making these curved lines all over these leaves. Same thing you have to repeat on all the leaves slowly, but do it with your liner brush because these are very small details if you're doing on a small paper. So yes. So like this, you have to repeat each and every leaf. So it is a time consuming process. So one by one, you have to do the leaves. So take your time and do it. Sometimes we get bored when we do the same repetitive process, so it's completely fine. It happens with everyone. If you face such type of issues, then you can take break, take tea break, or do it next day. It's totally upon you how you want to do your painting. It's not compulsory that what I have done, the base of the pot, the color of the pot, you have to use also the same color. You can use your own colors. You can change the directions of the leaves. It's just a technique which I'm telling you how to do it. But the creativity, you can put it in any way. It's totally up to you how you want to decorate it. So slowly, slowly, I'm just doing one by one the leaves. You can also fast forward the video if you want. But if you're doing along with me, then do share and tag me on my Instagram. That is Mohii Art Gallery. I would love to see your project works. Also, don't forget to give your feedback because feedback is very important. This is how I also get to know that what are my mistakes, how I am doing. So please try to give feedback as well. So just completing the leaves and then we will do the chains which are tied to the spot. Mm. So we are done with the leaves. Now we will start with the chains which are there on the above part. Here. Also, I will add one because I can see one dot, which I'm not feeling good. So I'll just create one more leaf over there. So I will add with my same round brush, one more leaf on top of it, and one more on the a little shape pointed shape I'm just trying to make especially to the outside leaves. Especially the leaves which are outside, it should be completely pointed. That's why I'm trying to create that. One more leaf I have added here. So a dark color leaf, and then I will do the same detailing on this leaf, too. So let's now do the chain part, taking my round brush and this rose pink color, permanent rose color and just trying to create a nice chain shape on the top. I think I will be doing for the rest of the chains. So we almost completed this painting, one leaf has left and we are done with this painting. So I hope you also enjoyed doing this with me as I did. So see you in our next lesson. Also, you can do this painting on the black paper, which I'll show you how it looks when you do it on the black paper. So yeah. 38. Syngonium Plant: Welcome back. So let's paint sinoniumPlant. So first, we'll be drawing a small pot, and also we will draw a little leaves because these are different types of leaves. First drawing a simple pot of very basic one. And then we'll start creating the leaves. These leaves are mostly overlapping the pot also. So that's why I've created a straight line over there. So just a hard shape, a little more bending towards the upper side, and the leaves are like a hard shape. So I will be creating these leaves in different directions. Currently, I'm creating the base leaves. I'm not creating the overlapping leaves. Once I will color it, then we will start creating the overlapping leaves. So very simple drawing. I'm trying to draw from all the sides. Drawing is almost complete Llets do the painting. I've taken out all the colors as you can see. So the first color which I will start doing is the white, yellow, sap green, and burn sienna. So first, we'll start painting the below part, that is the pot with my round brush. So first, I'll take burn Siena, wet your brush, grab burn Siena. And just starting with the pot, again, taking a very milky color, and gradually, I'm just trying to paint this. First, I'm doing the outlining, and then I will start filling the colors. So try to use milky color so that in one go, you have to your pot is done. Simple blocking with one color I'm doing over here. Once the blocking is done, we'll now do the blocking of the leaves. Mixing little yellow in this sap green and just painting these leaves. First, outline the leaves and then you can fill the colors. Not much to do in this, we just have to fill the colors in this. Try to use milky color when you are filling it so that you don't have to repeat the process again and again. Now, some are dark, some are light, so I'm just trying to change the color and making some leaves a little dark, some leaves a little lighter color. So lighter color means I'm adding more of yellow into this. So very simple painting and very easy. You just have to follow the steps and you'll be able to do it. You can see the variations of greens in this. Once we are done with the blocking, we'll start with the detailing of the leaves. Are we almost done with the blocking part? 39. Syngonium Plant Final Details: Welcome back. So let's do more detailing in this, adding white to this green color and making it a very light color, just trying to create a nice thick line in the center. It's not a straight line it a little bit of Shimri lines are these, and just adding the outline also in a very, like shimri one. So just making it a very thick line. And you just have to literally shake your hand and make these lines because these are very crooked lines. These are not like straight lines, especially the area which is on the sides are also very, like, crooked. So try to make the lines like that. And similarly, we will be doing for the rest of the leaves as well. So let's talk about the benefits of this plant. So it is a very excellent air purifier, and it not only boost humidity and it also reduces dry air. So it looks very beautiful and adorable, and it is very easy to grow as well. And it has a great CO two absorbing capacity. And one more thing is that it is a very good very good luck plant, as you can say, perfect for feng shui plant. It is used as that also. So just try to add the details. And once we are done with these detailings, we will start overlapping the leaves. So by the time the colors will be dry and we can easily overlap one leaf on top of the other. So now let's do a little bit of overlapping on this, taking the same color, a little darker color than the one which we have taken. Somewhere I will use dark color where I have used light below, and on the other part, I will be using lighter colours. So like that, I'll try to use the colors. Now here I'm trying to use a little darker color, just filling it up. Similarly, taking a little more of the colors and just trying to make it more thick the colors. Now we will be adding to the areas which have spaces in between. So taking a little maybe towards the sides, which is little tilted. Now, you can see the color is a bit lighter than the one which I've used below. So you will get variations of greens and you will be able to differentiate between the two leaves. That's why different kinds of greens if you will use, and you will easily be able to differentiate between the leaves especially. So likewise, I will be doing few more. It's not like what I'm doing, you have to also do. You can draw it, and then you can do it. It's completely up to you how you want to do it. It's just the idea that this way also you can do the painting. Creating some lines. Also, I will add one more leaf towards the area which is here. Simply filling it with a thick colour. So now we will add the same details which we have done for the bellow leaves. Simple and easy techniques are these, and you can easily finish this painting within 15 minutes if you will follow each and every steps of mine. You can see when we have done the overlapping of leaves, now it is full of leaves, and it is looking like a plant which is very healthy and it is filled with different varieties of greens. We almost done with the leaves. I will also add a little bit of detail to the pot because it's looking very plain. So I will add little white lines in this. So just taking white color and just trying to create the lines. Simple straight lines, not much. That's it. And this painting, you can also do it on your black sheet of paper, which I'll show you, creating a little stand below. So now let's show you how you can do it on a black paper. So this is it. So let's meet in our last class. 40. Prayer Plant: Welcome back. So let's start with Prayer plant. So first, we will be drawing the pot, and then we'll start with drawing the leaves also because this is a different kind of leaf. So just a simple pot. And the leaves, these are mostly oval shaped leaves. So I'll just try to draw a few of them, and you'll get an idea that how the leaves are. So mostly I'm trying to draw the ones which are not overlapping. So try to draw the leaves in different directions. Oh. So once we are done with the drawing, let's start with the painting. So the colors which we will be using is the bonsiena white, lemon yellow, black, and sap green. So let's start first with painting the pot, adding white little black to this bonsiena to make it a little more darker color. Just trying to block in this lower part first. I'm trying to make this whole pot a little dark in color. Once this pot painting is done, we'll do the outlining of a ve also, and the middle part will be mostly black in color. Sticking black and just applying it in the middle part. B 41. Prayer Plant Final Details: Welcome back. So let's start painting the leaves. So for the leaves, I will be using a little bit of black and sap green mix. I want a little darker green color. So I'm just mixing a little black and to this sap green, you can see how black the color is. If you have dark green color, you can directly use it. If you don't have dark green color, then you can mix a little bit of black in this sap green color and just try to first block in all these leaves. So let's talk about the benefits of this prayer plant. So it is a air purifier which helps in purifying the air by removing the toxin. It is also a humidity booster, which releases moisture in the air. It is also known through the process of transpiration. It is also known for its nighttime movement. That is, it's true to its name that it is a prayer plant, which leaves a fold upward at night resembling the praying hand. That's why it is called as a praying plant. And it also promotes mindfulness. So there are so many benefits of these plants, as you can see, So you can see, I'm just blocking it. Some are light, some are dark green. So a mixture of greens, I'm just trying to add. I really enjoy doing this plant series. I hope you guys, too, because I learned so many things about the plants which I was not aware of. And especially with gauche colors, it has come up so well. So let's start with the detailing. So I'm just taking a little white and lemon yellow mix. So first, I will create the stems with this light color. Very simple and easy painting it is. It is not very much complicated. So now I will just try to create some more details in these leaves. Just taking some green, yellow and white mix. So try to add more white to this so that it is more visible and bright and just trying to create a nice exact pattern. Try to make a thick zigzag pattern in between. So with the same brush, I'm trying to create some veins of these leaves. It has a different kind of textures on the leaves, as you can see. Very simple and easy. Anyone can paint this beautiful prayer plant. So we are almost done with the detailing of the leaves. We'll add few more leaves in between newborn leaves, some new buds. So I'll just try to create two more by just taking out in between the lines. And these leaves, I will make it a little light in colour because these are new buds, so that the new leaves are basically a little more light in colour. So just trying to create very small tiny leaves on the upward direction. And then we'll do the same detailing as we did on the other leaves. So you can see how beautiful these leaves are looking when you have given a little transition of these lighter leaves as well. Also, I will try to add some stones over the area small pebbles. Shapes just with a dot. And we are done with our last class. So I hope you enjoyed the whole series of indoor plant painting. So I really did enjoy doing this whole series. So I hope you guys to enjoyed this, adding some little details to the spot. So with 23 brushes, I was able to make all these indoor plant leaves. So you don't need so many brushes for making the artworks. You just need two, three brushes when you are dealing with some indoor plants. So you can see how beautiful this has come up. So if you're trying it out, do tag me on my Instagram. That is Mohoni Art Gallery. This is the one which I have done on the black paper. So I hope you enjoyed this whole series. Almost we have done 20 indoor plants together. And personally, I have learned a lot from these. Just by making the artwork, I came to know so many benefits, so many benefits of these beautiful indoor plants. I hope you guys also enjoyed doing all of these. All of these I have done on the black paper as well, not only on white paper, but also I did try on these black papers, and it has really come out very well using same gauche colors. You can also try it out on any paper, any color paper, black, gray, brown, anyone. And these are very simple and easy, anyone can try it out. I hope you enjoyed all of these indoor plant paintings. And we will soon meet in our next class, which I will be publishing soon. So thank you so much.