Gouache Painting : 🎃 Misty Forest Halloween With Pumpkins 🎃

1. About The Class: The forest lay silent beneath a heavy blanket of mist scattered among the roots and the stones were the pumpkins. Their glow pierced the fog like tiny, watchful eyes guiding or warning wanderers along a narrow, winding path. F in the heart of the misty woods, on this one night of the year, the forest did not feel empty. My name is Mohini Sinha, and I'm from India, and most of you know me as Mohini Art Gallery from my Instagram account. I mostly do nature related painting, mostly related to nature. So this whole class will be related to nature painting with Kosh. So in this class, we will be learning so we will first start with the blocking of the background, then the foreground, then the back tree detailing. Then comes the front tree detailing and blocking, giving three textures to the front trees. Then comes the foreground detailing, which we will be doing with our fan brush. And then comes the pumpkin shaping, blocking all the pumpkins which are there, and then giving details to the pumpkin and some more final details to the pumpkin, giving eyes and nose. And then comes the entire painting and giving a little reflection of the light. So this is it. Let's start with our complete painting, and I'm sure you will enjoy this session. 2. Materials Required: Welcome back. Let's discuss about the materials which we will be needing. First, let's discuss about the colors which we will require for this entire painting. First, let's discuss about the background which we will be needing the background where there are different colors. The first color is the mix of these, um, rose and a little bit of the white and the burn sienna. This is the color which is there and it's quite light color because white is added more in this for the darker color, again, little bit of burned umber is added to create this dark color. These colors we will be using for the background, and the other colors are this is the rose color which has mix of the burnt sienna and a little bit of burn umber also. In this color, it's a mix of burnt sienna plus burnt umber and a little bit of rose also and white is also added to this. These are colors we will be needing for the background part. I'm just writing down the name so that it will be easy for you to remember in both the colors, white is added, not much white in the second one. Now comes the burned sienna also is needed over here for some areas just burn sienna. Then for the foreground, we will be needing a darker color which is a mix of the raw umber. Let's talk about the pumpkins, which all colors we will be needing for the pumpkins. For the pumpkins, we will be needing this orange, then black and one more color is there, that is hot pink and a mix of this yellow. Hot pink when we mix it with yellow, it becomes a very bright orange color so that we will be using for the pumpkin. You must have seen this bright color. It's because of this hot pink and yellow mix. These all colors we will be needing for the entire painting. Let's write it down. All these colors we will be needing for the pumpkin orange, then this black color. Also with a mix of burnt umber, we will be using light yellow or lemon yellow you can use, and this is a hot pink and yellow mix. These are the colors which we will be needing for the entire painting. All the below area, which is the orange area we will be doing with this color. Now let's discuss about the brushes which we will be needing. So four to five brushes we will be kneading here, one more brush we will be kneading here, that is the flat brush. So I forgot to keep it. So just the flat brush for blocking the background, as you can see. Then comes the lining part which is there. We will be using the round brush, all these lines, a thick round brush of size four or six, then the fan brush for creating these textures. Then comes the filbert brush for creating these tree textures and also these smaller size brushes, that is a liner and a small round brush for more details. In this. These are the brushes which we will be using. That is the Filbert round two round brushes, then liner brush, fan brush, and flat brush. Let's discuss about the colors. The colors are these brand colors which we will be using the paper is the 300 GSM cold press paper from hithrput. This paper I will be using over here. Then apart from this, we will be needing cloth, pencil, masking tape, and the two jars of water. This jar I will be using. So without wasting our time, let's start with this beautiful painting. 3. Background Blocking: Welcome back. So let's start with our painting. So first, we'll do a little sketch, and then we'll start with the painting the horizon line we will be drawing, and that's it. And rest of the things we will be doing while painting. So just taking my pencil and just trying to draw a line from the little below from the center, not exactly in the center. It's a little below. So just it is not a straight line. It is a little bit of curvy lines, as you can see. So this is above sky where we'll be creating the trees and below will be the grasses and pumpkins all over. So this is how we are going to deal with this painting. So let's discuss about the colors which we will be using. So the first color is white, then rose deep, burn sienna, burn amber, and black. So all these colors we will be needing for our painting, let's start from the top first for the blocking, we will be using a flat brush. You can use the different size of flat brushes depending upon the size of your paper. So I'm using here size ten. So just taking this rose color and mixing it with white. Now, if you don't have rose color, you can use Alazarin crimson or red and mix a little bit of burnt sienna in it to create this type of color. So just adding white burn sienna and applying it first in the center because the center part is the lightest one, so we'll start from the center first. So as we are going to create misty forest, so from the center, we'll start, and as we'll go towards the end, it will be more darker and darker. So you can see I have made it. It looks like pinkish, but it is not pinkish. So adding more white in between and just trying to blend with this nice rose color. And again, taking this colour, mixing a little bit more of burnt sienna and putting this aside. Make sure that your color is milky, otherwise, you'll not be able to blend the color. So you can see my brush is getting dry, so I'll just wet my brush and again, take the colors. And again, I will just try to put it on the other side. And then slowly with the lighter color, I will try to blend this color. The lighter color is the pink color. So with this pink color, I will try to blend this So every time whenever you're doing any blending, try to blend with lighter color and go towards the darker color. So again, I'm adding a little bit more white because I want this to be very light in color and just pushing that color towards the darker one, similarly to the other side also. So this is how we are going to blend the colors. If you have not seen if you don't know how to paint gauche painting, you can watch my recent classes, which was the 7 Colors of Nature. And there are two to three more classes of gauche that dad also you can watch just to know the basic knowledge of how to paint it. So now you can see I'm just adding this burnt umber and then pushing it towards the lighter color. So the sides area is darker and the center area is lighter. So this is how we have to make the background. So you can see I'm trying to blend the colors as well. I, I'm just taking the lighter color and I'm trying to push this color towards the darker color. Now we'll do same thing on the other side, mixing all the three colors and a little bit of white and applying it on the side, which is the side. Make sure that your tape is put nicely, otherwise, that border will not come up. So just adding this nice dark color. And when we are blending it, we'll blend it with lighter color. So you can see how vibrant this is looking when we are doing this blending part from light to dark. Now, background color, you can use any color, whichever color you like. You can use green color. You can use steel color, use steel color and blue color mix. That will also create a very nice background. Any color you can use as a background. So it doesn't matter which color you are using. The technique is same. Misty Forest can be of any color, whichever color you want. So now we have done the background. Now we will do the foreground now. Just adding a little bit more white in between and blending it towards the other side. So you can see the brightness of the painting. Whenever you go towards the darker side, wash off your brush and then go to the other side. Otherwise, the dark color will come onto your brush. Oh, let's do the lower part. So for the lower part, there's a middle area, which is the river part, but we can draw it with the colors also. So let's first block in it. Now for blocking, I'm using this Bern sienna and burned umber and little bit of black mix because I want a very dark color. So you can see I am pushing the color in vertical direction, so I'm painting it in vertical direction. It's fine if there are brush marks because we don't want very smooth finish of the foreground. Middle part is a little bit lighter. That's why I used that lighter color. Rest all are darker shade. So just try to fill in the colors, moving the brush in vertical direction, and just try to fill it up. Even if the brush marks will come, it will add more beauty to the ground because ground can never be very smooth. So it's okay if little bit of brush marks are coming. So just trying to fill it up with more and more darker color. Don't add too much black to it. Otherwise, everything will turn out to be black. It is more of a dark brownish color, maintain that color. So we almost done with the background and with the blocking of the background and foreground. Now we will start creating the details of the forest. So just we are almost done. 4. Back Trees Details: Welcome back. So let's do the background trees detail. So first, we will be creating the background trees. Now my background has almost dried. So now I will be taking the lighter color, which is a little darker than the background color. But first, I will take the lighter color. And for the tree texture, I will be using my Filbert brush of size one or two, you can use. And we will be using damp brush and making the color a little darker than the background color. Just mixing all these three colors and making it a little lighter, sorry, little darker than the background. So starting from the center, little towards the right, leaving that white part, we'll start creating the tree textures. So slowly, slowly, I will be giving these textures. Use damp brush. Don't use wet brush when you are trying this and use very little little color and use the tip of your brush to create these textures. And with a very light pressure, you have to create these textures. And you can see I'm not going inside the center part. I'm just adding to the sides. So on both the sides, I will be adding these type of textures. If you are not aware of how to create these type of tree textures, you can watch my latest class, which is there are 7 Colors of Nature. You can see how to create the tree textures and tree lines. You can learn from there also. So there are almost ten gauche paintings, which you can try them out, and then after that, you can try this out. It will become little easy for you. So just first see the process and then try to create these textures. This will be easy for you. So you can see I'm just adding the textures in leaving the center part. And now I will create some tree lines with my rigor brush. So make your color a little thin when you are creating any lines and then start creating the tree branches and the tree lines. Very slowly try to give a shape of these background. Now, these background trees are light in color because they are at a very far distance. That's why they are very light and very, like in a misty way, we have to create it. So that's why we are creating it in a very light and light color. And as the trees will become in the front, it will become more darker and darker. So this is how we are going to create the misty forest. Similar way in any misty forest, if you want to create, you can create it like this with any kind of background, any color background. It's a similar process. So first, I'm just adding the lines of the trees lighter in color. And as I will go to the sides, I will make the color a little bit more darker so that it is visible, the lines. So you can see I'm just adding the tree lines and the tree branches. Now I will use my round brush for creating the lines so that little thicker lines are created. So let's use the round brush. You can use size four or size six round brush and try to create the lines. So on both the sides, I will be creating the tree lines. Now these are a little darker because we are going in the darker side. To make it visible, we have to make the color a little darker than the background color. So similar way, we will be adding the trees on the tree lines on the other side. So very simple and easy way to create the misty forest. If you will follow each and every step of mine, you can easily create this type of beautiful background textures. Slowly, slowly, we are building the background effect. 5. Back Trees Final Details: Welcome back. So let's start further. Final details of the background tree first. So again, we have to add the tree textures on the background trees. We have already added to the center part. Now it's the turn to add on the sides. So just making it a little darker than the one which we have created. So just using this burnt umber and a mix of burnt sienna and just trying to add a little darker textures of trees. So it should be like a half circular shape. You can see I'm just trying to create a half circular shape and creating some textures here and there. Just to fill the background. Don't make the color very dark. Otherwise, when you will be creating the trees which are front, it will not be visible. So try to make it a little lighter in color mixing burnt sienna and burnt umber. Not a little bit of white, also you can add. Don't try to make the color very dark. So just adding a little bit of darker trees on the textures on the little bit here and there where I've created the branches and just trying to fill it up. So you can see I'm just creating some white textures also in between so that it looks like that the background white trees are also there lighter color trees. So there are variations of three colors. One is light, then another is mid dark and then another is the darkest one. So like this, we have to create the tree pattern. So just adding the tree textures here and there. It's not like what I am adding, you have to add the same. You can add your own textures. The process is same. Now, I'm just taking this rose and white and adding a little bit of white spot here and there, just to make this area a little bit more bright and a little bit white part is visible. So a little bit of sky is visible that I'm trying to create by adding these textures just above part only. This will add a little bit of white background textures on the dark part also. So now let's continue with the texture part on the other sides also. So first, I'll just take the branches where we will be creating the black branches, the black color branches. I'm just taking black color, making it fluid, and then first creating the branches from the side. As you can see, they are mostly a little bit slanted. If you can see the picture. So first is a little thick, and as it is going towards the center, it is becoming thinner and thinner. So like that, I'm trying to create the branches. You can see it's like a V shape which is forming. So likewise, we have to do the branches which are near the sides. And as it is going towards the center, it is becoming thinner and thinner. So if you're not able to create directly with black color, you can draw first with the white color so that you can easily remove white colour with a very thin white color, and then you can draw it with black colour. So just creating some nice tree lines and the thick tree trunks. Now, this is a center part where some stream is flowing. Just go slowly and take your time and try to do it as slowly as possible. Don't be it in a hurry because there are lots of textures in it. And if you will do it in a hurry, there are chances of getting ruined. So take your time and do it slowly. And whenever you are creating tree textures, use your damp brush. Now for the lines, I'm just using black color because these are the front trees which are visible. So you can see first I'm creating the lines, I'm giving the shapes, and then I will make it little So go one by one slowly, slowly. First, you can create just the thin lines and then you can create the thicker lines. It's totally your choice, how you want to continue with your painting. You just have to make sure the lines which are starting from the corner should be thick, and as it is going towards the center, it should be thin. So go slowly one by one, take your time and draw these tree lines because these are the main focus of the painting from the upper side and below is the pumpkin. So these two has to be the main focus of the entire painting. The above is the trees and below is the pumpkin, which are glowing pumpkin. So just creating all these tree lines slowly, making it thick one by one. Some of the small trees also we will add. But first, I'm trying to create the thicker ones. Just follow the process and fill this all with nice black colour. So once we are done with these bigger trees, now we will go for the smaller trees because as these trees go towards the center, it becomes more thinner and thinner. So, likewise, we have to create the trees. First, we will create the tree lines and then we'll make this a little thick. So you can see all these trees have a little thick base. So as it is going towards the center, the trees are becoming smaller and smaller. All these trees, you can just make it little thick just by creating some more branches here and there. So it's a very beautiful painting itself. If you don't create any pumpkins and you'd keep it like this, it is already looking very beautiful. But yes, this is the Halloween painting. So yes, we have to create pumpkins over here. So slowly slowly making the lines a little thick and also creating sub branches. So try to make the ones which are the smaller ones, mix of this brown also, make it a little lighter in color. Now slowly, slowly the shape is coming, as you can see. Once we are done with all the branches and everything, then we'll start creating the tree textures. 6. Front Trees Final Details: Welcome back. So let's start with the front trees final detailing. So the three textures are left now. So let's start creating the tree textures now. So using my again, here, Filbert brush, I will be creating the tree textures, starting from the smaller trees, and we'll go to the bigger ones. So similar way like we did the smaller and the lighter color trees, similar way, we have to do, but with black color this time. So these are the front trees, so it should be a little darker than the background trees. Then only that depth will come because if you will see any landscape or anything, the things which are very far looks a little blurry and the things which are a little close towards it look very dark. So this is the same thing we are doing in this painting also. The things the trees which are very close to us to the foreground is little darker, and the trees which are very far are little blurry and light in color. So you can see slowly, slowly, I'm just trying to add the entire trees and making this forest a little dense one. So whenever you are adding these type of texture, make sure your brush is damp. It should not be wet and don't take too much color on your brush. Otherwise, it will create a patchy effect. Same way we will be doing on the other side also. Now, one side I have done. Now we'll start with the other side also with similar textures like we did on one side. Same way we will be doing on the other side also. Take your time and do it very slowly, and don't be in a hurry when you are doing these type of textures and take very less color when you are giving these textures to the trees. So you can see slowly, slowly that effect of the misty forest is coming up. So you can create any type of misty forest with any color. You can use Pains gray or Prussian blue mix to create these beautiful backgrounds. Especially in winters, we see this type of effect, the misty effect that we see in the winters. This type of effect you can create using the same technique. So just enjoy the process and do the textures slowly and carefully. And now, once we have done the whole texture part, now we will be doing the foreground part. But before that, let's add a little bit of white spot on the top to create a effect. Also the trees which are below, just making a little bit more lighter with my filbert brush. Creating some light effect on the top just by using this white and a little bit of pink so that some white rays are coming from somewhere, creating some spots here and there. So now just making these tree lines a little more light. So now let's create the foreground textures. Using my fan brush, I will be creating all the textures, leaving the portion which is in the center, the rest of the area, I will just cover with these textures. Again, damp brush you have to use. Don't use wet brush. Make the mix of this red and burn sienna and this burned umber mix and then create these textures. Just by using the tip of your brush, you can add little bit of white in it to make it more visible, the textures which you are putting so similar way, we have to put it in the entire sections. Even if some textures are coming on the tree lines or the tree trunk, it's perfectly fine. We will overdo it with the black color, so don't worry about that. Just adding to the horizon line where there is the textures and some textures on both the sides. Now, once you have added the textures, now we will add the center area, which is with white and rose color, very light color using my round brush. And as I will come closer, it will become more darker and darker. This is the whole foreground part now. After that, we will be creating the pumpkin shapes and then we'll create the shapes of the pumpkin. So just adding the outline with black color. 7. Pumpkins Blocking: Welcome back. So now let's start with the pumpkin blocking. So for this blocking, we will be using two colors as I have taken. You can see. So a little bit first, let me cover the areas where that textures have gone. So I'm just covering it with the same color that is black color. Just blocking it with the same black color where the textures have appeared. I have taken two colors, as you can see, the orange and lemon yellow over here. And first, I'm just mixing these two colors. That is the burn sienna and red and a little bit of orange. This is cadmium orange which I have taken, and then I'll create the shape of the pumpkin. The pumpkins are over from the side and a little bit of curvy on the top, and a little bit curve on the lower part. So first, I will create the shape and then I'll start filling the colors. So similar color you can use for creating the shapes, and then you can just do the blocking. So as it will go far and far, the shapes of the pumpkin will become more smaller and smaller. So this is how we have to create the pumpkin size. So pumpkin can be created anywhere. It's not like where I have created. You have to create the same way, but try to create it smaller as you go towards the horizon line. Bigger at the foreground, which is near, and as it goes farther and farther away, it should be smaller and smaller in size. So you can see first I'm just creating the shapes, and then I will do the blocking of these shapes. Some are hidden behind the tree, half is visible. So like that, you can create the pumpkins. Oh So once we have done the shape part, now we will be doing the blocking of the shapes. So filling the colors with the white mix, and there burn sienna orange. So it's a little bit of this rose color. So this is the color which I'm using here for filling this nice, beautiful pumpkin, which is like, not a tomato colour. You can say it's a orange, yellowish, and brownish color mix. So that's color we have to create in this. And when you are filling it, try to use thick colour. Don't use thin colour. Otherwise, the background color will start reflecting. So use thick colour, milky color, and don't overdo it again and again. Otherwise, the background color will reactivate. So try to use your round brush of smaller size like four or two and do these blocking of small, small pumpkins also. They are full of This forest is full of pumpkins. That's what we are creating over here. So as many pumpkins you can create try to create it. And try to fill it nicely and in proper shape. So you can see, as it is going towards the horizon line, it is becoming like a dot. So when this color will dry, it will become a little faded, so it's perfectly fine. We'll do one more coat on this. Just making this area a little bit more gloey by using this orange color and just adding some orange and just blending it with the above color. 8. Pumpkin Details: Welcome back. So let's start with the pumpkin details. So we have already given the shapes. Now, just to make it a little more bright, I have taken one more color that is the hot pink color, which I've taken over here, as you can see, and little smaller size brush this time I'm using. So just taking this yellow and mixing it with this hot pink. This is lemon yellow, which I'm using here, and you will see how bright this orange will look. Just to make the orange, a little bit more bright, you can use this hot pink. If you don't have this hot pink, you can directly use orange, and then you can create. So you can see the difference of this orange and the one orange we have created in the background. So it's a very bright and vibrant orange it is. When pink is mixed with this lemon yellow. So I'll just do the blocking of this entire thing, making the upper part a little bit more darker and the lower part a little bit more bright. This is how I'm just going to make this whole shape. So one by one, again, I will just try to do the filling of these pumpkins. So you can see I'm just making the upper part a little bit more darker and lower part a little bit more lighter. So similar way, I will be blocking the entire shapes which I have created over here with this bright, beautiful orange color. You can do one thing, first, fill the entire thing with first orange, and then you can do the darker part up after that, and then you can just blend it because in gauche we can easily blend the colors because they reactivate with water. You can see how bright this orange is looking just by adding this hot pink. It's hot pink or fluorescent pink, whatever you want to say, you can say it. Filling the shapes one by one. So a little bit of small small shapes I will also be creating on the area which is the part of the shadow part. So now I'm using the darker color and I'm just trying to blend with this brighter color. Oh Now, let's make the upper part of the pumpkin. So here I'm just using a little bit of white so that this dark color is visible. So just black and little bit of burnt umber you can add to make this shape. So similarly, I will be adding on the entire pumpkins. So do it very slowly. Take a smaller size brush, or you can use your liner brush also if you're not comfortable with your round brush and try to create one by one these shapes, the stems which are there on the top. All these small, small details actually add more beauty to your painting. You can see slowly, slowly, I'm just trying to add these shapes to the entire section of the pumpkin where I've created. Specially to the smaller sizes, you have to be very careful. O. Now we will be adding the lines of the pumpkins which are there, mixing this color with a little darker color and just creating the lines. I don't want these lines to be totally black, so I'm just mixing this burnt sienna and burnt umber together and using my smaller size brush, which is of size one and creating these lines. This is my round brush only of size one. You can use your liner brush or rigger brush for creating these lines. These are all curvy lines which the pumpkin is having. So, similarly, we will be creating for the entire pumpkins which are there one by one. All these very minute, minute details will make your painting look more and more beautiful and more realistic. So that's why I'm just trying to add these smaller, smaller details. Do it very carefully, especially for the smaller ones. Once we are done with the lining part, then we'll create the eyes and the nose and the smiling face and also the textures of the ground that some lights are also falling on the ground because of these pumpkins. And some lights are reflecting on the trees, as you can see in the image. So slowly, slowly, this painting is building up, and it's already looking very beautiful. I am really enjoying this, and you can leave it like this also if you want. But I will love to create these eyes and nose. So to create the Halloween effect. So this painting especially for those who really want to celebrate Halloween with your painting style. So try it out, and I'm sure you will love this painting. So I can see I have created the lines on the entire small small areas. Also taking this white color and a little bit of this pink color and just making this area a little bit more lighter, just by taking white, making it a little bit more of the misty effect. And then I will create some more lights over there also. First, I'm just making it a little bit more light. Now, just taking a little bit of the orange color and adding some small small dots here and there just to look like that there are some small pumpkins which are very far. So also a little bit more lights I will add to this stream part, which is there just by adding more bright color that is white and a little bit of pink and a little bit of orange also. 9. Final Details: Welcome back to the final details. So for the final details, first, we will add the eyes and the nose for all these pumpkins. So for this, I will be using my round brush of size one and mixing this lemon yellow with the white and slowly, slowly, I'm just adding these shapes, as you can see. So these are mostly triangle in shapes. So the nose and the eyes mostly triangle. And the lips first I will create a half circle and then some nice vertical lines. This is a very easy form of creating these, beautiful eyes and nose, just like a smiling face, like they're laughing. And to the smaller ones also similar ways, try to make it more accurate and more perfect. You can just create a dot also when you are creating some dots which are visible at a very far distance that only dots are only visible. So just creating some dots here and there and just making it a little more light just by removing extra color from my finger. Adding some more dots of these, especially the ones which are very small, you can just add the dots and you can leave it like that. And the ones which are near, you just have to create the triangle shapes. Try to use more amount of white and less amount of yellow so that it becomes more vibrant. So slowly, slowly, I'm just trying to add the Is in all these pumpkins. So try to make it very simple, use thick color so that the background color do not mix with your front color. And in one go, you can create the face textures. So try to use thick colour. Don't use thin colour. So for the smaller ones, you can just create the eyes if you are not able to create the smiling face. Some dots you can create in the area which is the misty area, just some yellowish dots. These are very minute, minute details which will make your painting look more like halloween effect, like Halloween feel because these areas like misty forest is filled with these pumpkins. That's what we are trying to create over here. Also, some eyes, you can see, I've created just to look that there are some pumpkins which are at a very far distance and only eyes is just visible similarly, I'm just creating some eyes and nose here and there. Oh Now, let's add some tree textures, also the tree highlights which are there, the trees which are near to these pumpkins, which are very glowing pumpkin because of these, these it's getting radiated towards the tree area also, and the tree is also shining like orange. So that's what I'm trying to create over here. Use thick colour and try to blend this color with this black. If you're not a you can leave it like this also just by using thick colour and a little bit of a little dry texture. Effect, also, you can leave. It's totally your choice, how you want to create the tree textures. We are almost in the end of the painting. So if you're trying it out, do share your project work in the project section. And do tag me on my Instagram. That is Mohini Art Gallery. I will love to see your project work. I'm sure you will love painting this Halloween. And so just adding some nice bright orange textures to the tree trunk. Some textures I will also be adding to the ground part. Using my fan brush, mixing it with the same color, just adding some more textures just below the pumpkin where they are, just to create some glowing effect that the ground is also glowing because of these pumpkin. So just keep on adding these bright textures onto these tree lines to some of the pumpkins below part, which is the ground part, just to give a little more bright effect. For the areas where the fan brush is little big, where we can use these round brushes to create those effects. So I really enjoyed doing this painting and especially the bright cloing pumpkins. I've never tried this, so I thought of trying this and sharing with you guys. So I hope you enjoyed this painting and we almost done with it. Just a few more details and we are done. Just taking this color. This is the area, which is the tree area. I'm just trying to create a little bit more visible trees which are there. Now, whenever you end any painting, there is never any ending because every time you will feel that this is missing, this is missing, this is missing. So this is what I feel when I complete my painting. Okay? This is also missing. So there is never any ending process. You have to end where you feel that your painting is perfect. Just adding a few more dots and then we'll just take out the tape and we'll see how it looks. Just little more textures to this part, which is the stream part with my fan brush, mixing this white and rose color and just adding a few more textures on the top part. Also making this line, which is the black line a little bit more visible because of these textures, it has gone. So I'm just making it a little bit more bold. Finally, we are almost done with the painting. We will just do a little bit of the final touch up and we are done with it. You can also outline this with white color if you want, and you can leave it like this if it's totally your choice, but I will leave it like this. I will not outline it. But you can outline just to make it a little bit more brighter. Now, let's take out the tape and see how it looks. Just one more thing. I will try to blend this area which is here near just making a little bit more bright and just blending it with the making this whole tree line a little bit more bright and more visible. So you can see there is never ending to any painting, so you have to decide when you have to end your painting. So I'm just giving the final touch up to the painting, just making the lines, which is the tree lines a little bit more brighter just by using orange color. So I hope you enjoyed this whole painting of Halloween, and I would love to see your project work, some beautiful project works. So just So just blending the colors with the orange color with this black color. So this is it. Thank you for watching. 10. Bonus Lesson Background Blocking: Welcome back to the bonus lesson. So let's first do a little bit of drawing and then we'll start with the painting. So first, very simple drawing, just one pumpkin we will draw and the horizon line where it will start. So just that and rest of the thing we will do directly by using the colors. So simple first, the pumpkin drawing. I'm trying to draw it with a very light pencil so that there is no pencil mark after we do the coloring. It's like an apple shape only more flat at the bottom. And the horizon line, which is not straight, it's a little bit of curve. Now, let's discuss about the colors which we will be using over here. The first color is the black color, then the teal color, Prussian blue, white, and Bernsiena. These all colors we will be using first. Using my flat brush, taking first white color and teal color mix, and it will be a very light color in the center. So try to make it as light as possible. I feel that it is more dark, so I'll just adding more white to it. You can see I'm adding more white in the center. We have to start the painting from the center like we did in a previous misty forest painting. It is similar to the misty forest, but the color is different. So just taking more teal on the sides as you can see the picture here over. Adding more darker color to the sides and little lighter color to the center. For blending, use just white and try to blend these two colors in both directions. Don't use too much water, take thick color, milky color, and try to blend the colors first and then move forward in the other directions like the side directions. Now I'm just washing off my brush and just take this blue and teal mix. It is a mix of blue and teal and I just applying it in the sides. Taking more blue and teal color together and just applying to the side. After that with light color, I will try to blend this. You can see I have left a little bit of the lower portion as well. Just to give a little misty look we will be doing with the circular round rush. Now, similarly, I'm doing it on the other side also and just trying to fill the color and then we will blend the colors. Do it carefully. Don't try to put it inside that pumpkin shape. Even if a little bit of color go inside, it doesn't matter. We can always overdo it with the thick gauche color. Now the background part is almost done. We will do a little bit of lower part as well. Because lower part, you can see I have left it out because this is more bluish in color. That's why I left it just making blue and teal mix and just moving the brush in circles and filling the lower part. Because I want the misty look to be at the lower sides. That's why I'm doing with my round brush. Just making it a taking the colors and just making it with circles, just filling the colors, and just blending it with the upper color also. Just go one by one, take the light color and blend the colors as you know that these colors get reactivated with water. It is a little easy to blend these colors when we are using gauche. Similarly, on the other side, also, I'm adding this blue color and little teal mix and just filling it up with the round brush. Also I'll try to blend this with the upper color as well. You just have to make sure that there is no sharp lines in between. You just have to blend it very smoothly. You can see after blending, the lower portion has more blue and the middle part is a little white and the sides are bluish. For this type of background, we have to create when we are doing this painting. After doing the background, we will add some trees also to this. Now the trees also should be very light in color. Use a little more water to make the colors a little more transparent. I don't want it to be a very thick color and to be a very sharp color. So make the colors a little thin and then make these lines over here, just adding a little bit of black and blue mix and just trying to create the lines. You can always blend the lines with the background color because the background is still wet and I'm using and wet background. It is not a dry background. That's why the colors are not coming in very sharply. So when you are using on a wet background, automatically the color value lowers down, it becomes a little lighter. That's why I am just using it on the background which is already wet. Adding some branches. I will also do it on the other side as well. Adding the trees and tree branches here and there. Similarly, I will be doing it on the other side as well. If you'll follow each and every process like I am doing, you will be able to paint this easily. So very beautiful and very vibrant background it is as you can see when we are using teal color. If you don't have teal color, you can use the light blue color for this background. Adding some of the trees and the tree branches. A little bit of the broken trees also I will add. This is the complete background and we'll start with the lower part. 11. Bonus Lesson Foreground Blocking: Welcome back. So let's start further. So now let's start with the foreground blocking. So for this, again, I'm using my flat perch with a mix of burn sienna and black color. And with just in vertical direction, I will be blocking this entire foreground first. Making the lower portion more darker than the above portion. It's okay if there are brush marks in this because these are grasses, so there will be a little bit of brush marks. So don't worry about the brush marks if they are visible. So just blocking this entire foreground leaving the pumpkin. Now, you can use the sides of coloring by using your round brush or you can use your flat brush also if you're okay with it. Now let's do the blocking of the pumpkin. I'll just take first the misty forest look, blending this color with this blue color so that it looks like a misty effect. Taking a little lighter color that is blue colour and white and just trying to mix this color with the brown color which is below, just to make sure that it looks both the colors are very foggy and not sharply visible. So my upper portion has also dried, so we can draw here the ghost, which is there. But first, let's lock in the pumpkin. I'll just take the orange color here that is cadmium orange and I'll mix this Bnciena little bit to this orange, and then I'll start filling the pumpkin. Using my round brush, I will be filling the entire pumpkin first. The upper portion is more orangy and the lower portion is more towards the darker side that is more brownish, blackish type. So similar, we will be painting this also. You can see I've just block in the above part. Now, the lower part is a little darker. First, I will apply the colors and then I will try to blend both the colors together. So this pumpkin is actually residing by the grass. So there are many grasses, big, big grasses are there which will be having the orange highlight. First let's do the pumpkin and then we will do the grasses. The above pumpkin is the stem. This fill, we will just be adding the black color, just blocking it with black color. That's it. Almost blocking of the foreground is done. Now the detailing is left. Now taking some more of this blue and white mix and a little bit of teal also and just blending this part first, the part which joins the foreground and the background. Just trying to blend the colors more and making it more look like misty effect. Taking a little bit of black because this color has little it was wet so little spread out. I just making a proper shape of this stem. Now, let's add the lines which are there inside the pumpkin. So taking yellow and orange mix, and first, I will draw the lines with lighter color. So again, with round brush, I'll just draw thicker lines to give more effect to these pumpkins. Now once I've drawn these lines, now I will draw the little darker lines with mix of this brown and black color. You can see already this painting looking so vibrant and so beautiful. You can just leave the background like this and it will look like a very beautiful landscape painting. I don't want to use perfectly black color, so that's why I mixed a little bit of this burn sienna in this and just drawing the lines. Now, once this base will dry, then only we'll add the eyes and the nose and the lips. So a little bit of highlight with yellow color. Adding a little bit of highlight to this with a little bit more lines which are visible. Just adding a little bit more foggy textures in the background just with my round brush just to make some sharp lines more blurry. Now, let's add the coast which is there on the top. We'll add here the grasses. But before that, let's add the coast which is on the top. So just using my white color and giving the shape of like a U and like umbrella shape. So just directly take thick colour and try to draw this. Don't use thin colour, try to take thick colour then only this will be perfect. Otherwise, this full color will blend with the background color, take thick color. A little bit of grayish lines in between we can add. Also some leafy textures on the top with a very light color which we have used for the trees as well using my round brush. All these small, small textures actually add the beauty to the painting. So try to add these with very light color. Once the base of this white has dried, just add one more coat to this so that this becomes more white and more vibrant and more the grayish lines here. Just taking this white and teal mix and adding more highlight to this stem part just to make it more vibrant and visible. 12. Bonus Lesson Detailing: Welcome back. So let's start further. So let's start first detailing of the grasses with my fan brush. For this, I will be mixing white, orange and a little bit of this burnt sienna together and just adding the textures. Try to use damp brush. Don't use the wet brush. Otherwise, these effects will not come up. So just adding some of these grassy textures to these foreground. Make sure that the color is lighter than the base color which you have used. That's why I have mixed here this white color. So just trying to add the grasses all over. Very easy and very beautiful the texture comes up with this fan brush. Now, this is the Bristol fan brush. Don't use the synthetic one. Use the Bristol fan brush and just taking, again, my round brush and mixing a little bit of white to this brown color and adding more longer grasses towards the area which is joining the pumpkin. So there I'm just trying to create some longer grasses, just making the color a little more bright by using white color. White orange and the burn sienna, all the colors together make this color a little vibrant. So try to add all these colors and then create the longer grasses, just like this. You can use your rigor brush also for creating your grasses. It depends upon which brush you are okay with. You can use the rigor brush or you can use the round brush of size too. Now, let's take again, the fanbush and add a little bit of this background textures to the grasses that some lights are falling on these just turning the grasses into blue just here and there. I'm just trying to add the grasses. Now, let's add a little bit more brightness to the stem area which is there just outlining it with a light bluish color and outlining the pumpkin as well. The outside outline it is. Now taking this black color and making the small eyes and mouth of the coast. I will also be adding some of the bat which is flying and which is also hanging on the tree. Let's also add those as well. Just making these cloth longer a little bit. Let me just try to zoom in this area so that you can see clearly how I'm trying to draw these small bats and bigger bats. Some smaller bats, just like a section. First, you make the oval section and then on the top, there are two horns which are there, and then the wings seem similar like the wings of the butterfly or the wings of the birds. It's similar, but these are, again, little pointed wings. So like that, you have to draw the wings of the bat. If you're not comfortable directly coloring it, you can draw it with pencil and then you can just color it. Making these eyes little picker. Now, one more pat I will be adding over here, which is hanging on the tree. Just first I will make the legs and then I will make the complete body which is hanging upside down. Just try to add a V section and little curvy lines and then the oval shape on the top with the two horns which are coming outward. This is how we have to draw the hanging bat. Now, let's add little eyes and the lips of the pumpkin. Make sure that your background has dried and use thick colour of white for drawing this triangular shape yes. Try to use thick colour, don't blend it. Otherwise, the background color will mix. Always take thick colour when you are layering any color on top of the uh color. Now, let's add little small eyes of these bats, very small eyes and nose, which I will be adding here. So this is it for the bad and a little bit of the highlights of blue on top of this pumpkin. 13. Bonus Lesson Final Detailing: Welcome back. So let's start with the final details. So we have done the backgrounds and everything. Now let's start with further the eyes details. Now, first, I'm adding this orange color to the sides. Use thick color when you are drawing all these things, then the yellow color. And after that, I will just try to blend these two colors together, the orange and the yellow just by my brush. That is the damp brush. And similarly, I will be doing the lips also, the mouth, which is wide open. Adding a little bit of orange color and some yellow colour also. This paste will dry then only I will add the teeths which are there. Just adding some more highlights to the sides using white and yellow color. These are the final details which I'm adding because these are necessary to complete the paintings when you are doing, especially this pumpkin one because a little bit of each and everything is left. Adding some more teeth inside this with my brown color. Now, let's add some fireflies which are in the background with using this yellow color and try to use these colors, just a dot and just remove extra colors with your fingers just by tapping it so that it doesn't look like very bright and very bold dots. Similar fireflies, I'm just adding some of them on the background and some I will add on the foreground as well. You can use your round brush of size two or one for doing this thing. You can also sprinkle with your flat brush if you want for drawing these fireflies. A little bit more lighter values of grasses. I'm just trying to add near the pumpkin which is there. Similarly, I'm making more bright this goes by adding a little more white color to the area which is the outside area of the shape, especially the border part. A little bit more darker colors onto these teeth part and also we will outline this. Simply outlining with your round brush or rigger brush, you can use any brush for outlining it. Outlining is important and only the whole eyes and the mouth will be visible. We are almost done with the painting, just a few more details and we are good to go. I hope you enjoyed this whole series of Halloween. I just thought to bring share these painting tutorials with you because of Halloween special. It's actually Halloween special painting and I hope you enjoy you will enjoy doing this whole painting. And if you have tried any of these to tag me or you can share your project works or tag me on Instagram that is Mohini Art Gallery. So just giving final touch to it. Now, let's take out the tape and see how it looks. So one thing I will add a little bit. I forgot to add the nose also, so I will be adding that and also a little bit of grasses and the shapes of this making it a little more dark, the shape, the outer outline of this pumpkin so that it is more clear and neat. Also adding the highlight on the top. Taking black color and mix of blue color and just making the color a little lighter and adding a little bit more branches on the top part and a little bit more tea tree textures. Also, one most important part that is the nose part which I'm missing over here. So just adding these just adding a little bit lighter color in the mouth and adding the nose again with white color and then highlighting it with orange color. So this is the complete painting. I hope you will enjoy doing this and thank you so much for your constant support throughout and for watching this entire Halloween series. Thank you so much.