Gouache Painting : Shimmery Holiday Cards

1. Intro: Unlike quick text messages or emails, greeting card requires thoughtful selection and handwritten messages, creating a tangible connection between the sender and the recipient. They also maintain traditions and strengthen community bonds, particularly during holidays and special seasons. Thinking this in mind, I thought of creating these beautiful shimmery cards Hello, friends. 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 five beautiful cards, starting with the snowflakes, beautiful golden shimmery snowflakes with the Branches loaded with snow each and every details we will be learning from the Christmas tree to angel making, how to paint the angel, how to paint the beautiful realistic pine trees. Then comes the red floral painting, learning each and every flowers, how to make it, and finally, the beautiful tree house. So let's start with our first cart. I'm sure you're gonna love it. 2. Materials Required: Back. So let's talk about the materials. The first thing is the paper. This is the textured paper of 180 GSM, which is of A four size, and I have just folded it from between. So any paper, you can use whichever you like. And this is the palette, which I will be using the glass palette for keeping my colors. Then comes the masking tape if needed. If needed, we will be using the masking tape. Then comes the colors, which is the metallic colors, which I will be using from Brustro you can use from any brand metallic colors. Then comes the brushes. The first brush which I will be using is the flat brush. So flat brush, then comes the round brushes of two different sizes, like two and six. Then comes the again, the flat brushes of small size. Then comes the rigor brush. Then comes the gelpen which is white gelpin, then the pencil, then comes the cloth for cleaning the brushes and the water container. All these things we will be needing for the paintings. So without wasting our time, let's start with this beautiful shimmery cards, which are five cards which we will be painting in this class, as you can see, different different topics are there. All these holiday cards. Let's start with it. 3. SnowFlakes: Hello, and welcome back. So let's start with our first painting that is the snowflakes. So let's first draw a tree branch. So I'm using a black paper, as you can see. You can use any color paper, but on black paper, that metallic colors comes up very nicely. So that's why I'm using black paper. You can use any black paper of 180 plus GSM. All the black papers will work. And I'm just trying to draw the branches as you can see. So very simple sketch is not very complicated. Anyone can write off bigners also. I'm trying to make it as simple as possible and beautiful cards, which you can just make it in 20 to 30 minutes and you can gift it to your loved ones. I have drawn the branches. Now I will draw three snowflakes of different sizes, one little below and two little above. So there will be three snowflakes. One I'm adding a little downward. So as you can see, it's a little down and two, I will add on the sides. This will be in the shape of the you can say a V shape. So first, I'm just trying to draw the hexagonal, and then the lines from the points where it is intersecting the lines. So there I'm just taking out the lines and some smaller lines in between these bigger lines. This is how we have to create the structure of the snowflake. Similarly, I will be drawing two more So two more I will be drawing, one which will be hung on this and the other one on the other side. Follow the process and draw these lines, these structures, and you can use any size paper, A five, a six, any size paper you can use. One more to go and we are done with the drawing then. Three structures we have drawn. Now we will do the coloring part. Let's discuss about the colors which we will be using. This is the complete drawing. Now let's discuss about the colors. We will be using three colors that is the bronze color, pearl white and gold. All metallic colors we will be using here. First color which we will use here is the gold and using my round brush of size two or four anyone you can use it, and we'll start first with the snow flakes. Painting. I'm just making the color little semi fluid. And with my round brush, I will first draw the outline thick outline of this hexagonal structure which is there and also the outline of the lines which we have drawn, as you can see, a very simple and easy painting, it is. Try to draw thick lines covering all the pencil marks. Also, we'll draw the lines which is going in the outward direction. Try to draw thick lines, not thin lines. Here we need actually thick lines. And try to use milky color, not thin color. Otherwise, these metallic colors are very transparent. If you will make the color very fluid, it will start becoming very thin and it will not be so vibrant. So try to use milky color, a little thicker color, and just drawing the lines first. H So you can see this is the image which we are going to paint and just painting the leaves as we paint the leaves of the flowers, press it and release. Make sure that the point of your brush is in the outward direction, not in the inward direction. So again, taking enough of colors, that is the gold color, and again, drawing the leaves. So it is the leaves which simple like we draw the floral leaves. Similar way, I'm drawing the leaves of this also. So adding slowly. So try to make it as slow as possible and as neat as possible because this painting is very simple. And if you draw it in, like, the more neatly you will draw, the more beautiful it will look, and the more vibrant it will look as these are all like gold colours, all metallic colors. So just adding these leafy structure slowly. So just press and release, press and release. We have to move it in a diagonal form. You can change the direction of your page and then you can draw these leafy structures so that it'll be comfortable for you to draw. Sometimes it is difficult for us to draw in a downward direction, so it's better to rotate your page and then draw the leaves. So one snowflake is almost done. We will also do the other two in a similar manner. So, the first one is done now. Let's start with the other also. 4. SnowFlakes Final Details: Welcome back. Let's start further. So one snowflake we have already completed. Now let's paint the other two as well. Similar technique we will be using here also, similarly with the same brush with round brush, try to make thick lines, not thin lines here. As the color should be milky, not very thin color. Otherwise, that brightness of the color will be gone. So try to use thick color. And I'm just outlining all the areas first. So try to do it as slowly and patiently and neatly. Don't be in a hurry since it is a very simple painting. So try to do it very slowly, very neatly, because in these types of painting, mostly the neatness matters. So you can use it on any colored paper, any background paper like black, white, or the brown color, any color paper you can use, but try to use different color rather than the golden color. If you're using white and any other paper, you can use blue or teal color for creating these stars, these snowflakes. So just make your color fluid, milky, not thin and try to create these leaves in the upward direction and make sure that your brush is pointed always in outward direction. Then only that nice pointed leaves will come. So I'm just trying to create same here, trying to add more and more leaves to all the areas. So just enjoy the process of creating these leaves. So the idea behind making these simple card is that you should make your own handmade card and gift your own handmade card with your own touch to it to your loved ones so that the feeling, the thoughts which you have put in while doing the painting also transfers to the one whom you are giving to. So that's why I have made a very simple and easy card so that everyone can try it out and everyone can gift it to their friends, families, and loved ones. So very simple and easy. Use your round brush of any size like two or four and try to create these nice, beautiful snowflakes. Now the last one is left. So just adding the lines first and then we'll create the leaves. And So you can see the size of this star is a little small, the snowflake, which is in star form. It is a bit smaller in size. So depending upon the area and the size of your paper, you can adjust these sizes. So just adding the leaves. So, finally, we have done all the three snowflakes. Now we will be doing the upper part, which is the tree branch, which is snow is covered with snow. So just first taking bronze color, and first, I will fill this entire thing up with this bronze color only. Again, use thick color, not thin color. Otherwise, you can see these metallic colors are very thin and transparent. So try to use thick color and fill in these whole branches with the same bronze color. O So just creating these sub branches and stems. So you can see I've made these branches little long so that it is so that it is touching that snowflake. That's why I have made it a little longer. So once I've made these branches, now I will add the snow with this pearl white color, adding thick colours, thick colours with textures. Then only it will look like that the snow is on the top of the branches. And don't smudge the colors because otherwise the back color will get reactivated. So try to use thick colors when you are doing any layering. Once we are done with the snow part, then we'll add some snow which is falling down with the same color that is the pearl white color, I'm adding some snow on top of these branches. And So we're almost done with the branches and the stems. Now let's add sprinkle some snow which is falling down with my flat brush, making the color a little thin, and then I'll just sprinkle everywhere on this card. Try to make the color fluid. Then only that sprinkle will appear on these pages. So make it thin and try to sprinkle it up everywhere. And this is it. The card is complete. So very simple and very easy to make. Anyone can try it out. Even you can try one single snowflake. I'll show you how it looks that when you draw a single one, you can draw a single one also. So this is the complete one. You can see how shiny and shimmery it is looking. So very simple and easy to make. You can also try with one snowflake, which will look like this. So this is also you can try. Thank you so much. We'll meet in the next class. 5. Christmas Magic: Hello. Welcome back. Let's start with our new painting that is Christmas magic. Let's first draw the rough sketch of the tree and the fairy, and then we'll start with tea painting. Just a triangle shape. I'm just drawing it. A nice small tree and leaving a little space above so that I can add the fairy above the angel which is there. Adding first the shape oval shape in the bottom part. And above, we will add the angel, which is touching this magical Christmas tree. So very simple drawing it is just follow the steps how I'm moving my pencil marks. And I'm sure you will also be able to draw this simple sketch. So first I'm drawing the face. I'm not preparing any details on the face. It's just like a shape and then the body structure, then the dress which the angel is wearing the hands. One hand is at the side and one hand is touching the tree. So like that, I'm making the angel. So if you will follow each and every steps like how I have drawn it, you will be able to draw this very beautiful angel, which is touching the Christmas tree. So one hand, which is touching the Christmas tree. You can see I'm drawing very simple hands, also, not very complicated, shape hand. And the now comes the back part, which is the hair and the wings which is coming and the dress which is flowing in the air, very simple. A little bit, I think I have made a little curve, so I'll just fix it up just by rubbing it. So let me take my eraser and rub it. Again, I will draw this lower part which is there. So just a little curve is there. It's not totally curved. It's just one curve and then the lines, the wavy lines, and then comes the wings and the back part. So very simple and easy. You can also draw it if you follow each and every step of mine. We have almost drawn each and everything. Now, let's take out the colors and start with the painting. So the first one which we will do is painting the tree. So for the tree, first, the background I'm doing with Prussian blue, and then I will use bronze for the below tree trunk. So first, I'm taking Prussian blue and I'm just filling the tree and giving some nice lines also when I'm just filling the colors because I don't want the colors to be just black. Little bit bluish color should be there. That's why I have first added this gauche paint, which is the Prussian blue. Rest all, we will be using the metallic colors. Only this color is not metallic, it is simple Prussian blue. Yeah, you can see I have used my round brush just for filling the colors and making the lines slanting lines. And this is how I'm just filling the entire tree section. After that, we will paint the tree trunk and we'll give the details with the metallic colors. So taking the washing of my brush and now I'll take the bronze color and I'll color the lower part of the tree that is the tree trunk. So just covered it, and now I will use the teal color, and then I'll start giving a nice feathery details to this tree. I've taken metallic teal color, and with this steel color, I will start painting the lines, the details of the tree, taking milky color and using my round brush, and I'll create nice lines and details of these trees, especially the sides of the trees I will make with this color. Try to use fluid colors and not thin colors. Otherwise, this type of brightness will not come up. You can see I've done all the sides. Now I will use the mint green color and I will create some more lines, the slanting lines inside this tree structure. Making the colors fluid and adding the lines. Try not to cover each and every blue areas with this color, leave some spaces so that the color which is behind is also visible. 6. Christmas Magic Final Details: Welcome back. So let's start further. So again, taking my same color, which is the mint color. And I'm just adding some details on the sides as well. I will be adding one more color inside this that is the olive green metallic color. Now, see if you don't have any metallic color, any of these, just use silver color and mix in that silver color these opaque colors and your colors will turn into metallic. Or if you want a very light metallic color, just add white silver and the colors, you will get the same color. You don't need each and every metallic color to be there. You can prepare your own metallic colors. So you can see I have currently used two colors. Now the third color is the olive metallic color. If you don't have this color, you can make it with your green yellow, and then the silver color added to it with little bit of white also. You can easily make any metallic color, and it's not required that you have to use same color. Whichever metallic colors you have, you can use that. So simple lines I'm adding and I'm just filling it with this texture. After that, we will be creating some nice bulbs, which are series bulbs which are hung on this tree, and there's a star on the top. So all these things we will be creating over here and also the lights, which is reflecting on the ground. Now let's again take this metallic bronze color and I'm just adding a round circular shape like this. Stars I will be adding with nice pearl white color and just nice star. So this is the whole thing which I have done the trees. Now I will be outlining the angel which is there with my white gelpin so that the image which I have drawn is clear. That's why I'm using here, the gelpin If you don't have gelpin, you can use any white color, either gauche color or acrylic colors, whichever color you feel like you can use for just outlining it. I'm just first outlining the shape. With elpin it is a little bit more easy to draw than to draw with your liner brush or anything. And if you are a beginner with gelpen, drawing is very easy. So if you have white gelpin try to use white gelpen only. So you can see I've just drawn the shapes. Now my backdrop has dried. I'm just adding lines where I will add some round circular bulbs which are hung on this tree. These are all slanting lines which I am making. Just to decorate this Christmas tree and adding little bit textures to the tree trunk as well. So now I'm again taking another color that is metallic orange. Then another color which I will take is the metallic yellow and metallic purple. All these three colors I will be using for creating the bulbs which are there on the top. So using my again round brush, first, I will take this nice metallic purple color, and I'll start creating some small, small circles. Take thick color here. Don't take thick and thin colour, leaving some gaps also so that I can add the other colors also because I have to add three colors. That's why I'm not filling entire space with the same color. Now, once I've done adding these purple colours, now I will use the yellow and the orange color to create more lights. So you can use any color, whichever color you want. It is not a compulsion that you have to use the same color which I'm using. You can use any color of your choice and you can just decorate your Christmas tree. It's just a idea that what I'm doing, but it is your own creativity, you can use any color, whichever color you want. Now adding this yellow color which is metallic yellow. Very bright color it is. You can also use metallic gold. So just adding thick colour. You can see how bright it is looking very all with metallic colors. After that, we will be doing the angel and the below part. For coloring the angel, I will be using this steel color, which is a very beautiful color, very vibrant color, making the color a little fluid and just outlining it first, and then I will fill in some spaces and give some textures with the same color. Outlining the below area and also washing off my brush and just smudging this color, which is the blue colour downward, just to make it blend a little bit, taking some thin steel colour and just putting it and moving the brush downward, just to give some textures. Now, just outlining the above part. Try to use thick milky color. Don't make it very thin. Otherwise, that glow and brightness will be gone. Every time I make the holiday cards, I try something different so that people can get to know how you can create your own handmade card and gift it to your loved ones because handmade card has those touch and those feelings which that ready made card does not have. I believe that giving a handmade card is a very good thing to express your feelings to your loved ones. Just adding some textures on the wings also. Same I will do with the other wings as well. So you can see how glowing this angel is looking. So already she is looking very beautiful and very magical. So that's what I wanted in this painting to give a little blessing to the Christmas tree, to give some magic to the Christmas tree. And also, I'll give some reflections below with the same colors which I have used for the trees, same color, similar color. First, I will just add this Christian blue and give a line of this oval shape. And then with all the colors, I will add some textures, pillow. Similar colors I will use, which I have used in the tree part. Some random oval shape textures, which I'm giving here. Also adding some lines in this pillow part of the angel, just some lines, giving some textures with my white gelpin. This, you can leave it. It is completely optional, how you want to decorate your car, it's your choice. It's totally up to you if you want to add these textures or not. Below also, I will add some lines with this white, some oval lines. So this painting is almost done. One part is left. That is to sprinkle some colors on the top. I will use my flat brush, and as we did in the previous painting, similarly, we will be doing here, just spraying it everywhere to give a nice sprinkly touch to it. Let's add some sprinkles to this painting. Just make your colors a little fluid and then just spray it everywhere. All the colors you can use. It's not compulsory that you have to use just one color. You can use all the colors. This is the complete painting. I hope you guys enjoyed this. If you enjoyed this, do share your project works and do share your cards to your loved ones. We will be now meeting in our next class. Just spraying each and every colors whichever I have. So you can see how sparkly it is looking very vibrant. So this is the complete painting. I hope you enjoyed doing this like I did. Just adding some more metallic textures below, and this is it. H 7. Pine Trees: Hello, all. Welcome back. So let's start with another card painting. So let's first draw a rough sketch of the foreground and then we'll start with the painting. So some half circle shapes, which is overlapping landscapes, you can say, and a little bit of lines where I will be creating the trees. That's it. For the drawing, we don't have to draw too much. Just some lines where I will be creating the trees. So we have done with the drawing, very simple drawing it is. Now, the colors which we will be using here, these are the four colors which you can see over here. One more color I will be adding that is the aqua metallic color, teal color, and all these pearl lime green, pearl gold. All these colors we will be using. So the first color, as you can see is the aqua color which is there. So first, I'll start with the aqua color, then the so just I'm filling it up with my small size flat brush, as you can see. So make your colors milky. Don't use very thin color. Otherwise, this type of brightness will not come up. So try to use thick, milky color. Just trying to cover this whole up. So on the upper part, I will be using more darker color and then the light and then more lights. First, I'm just adding the aqua color and then with this pearl white, I'm just filling up the below part. Also trying to blend these two colors together so that there are no separate lines in between, Just filling it up with this pearl white color. So just fill it up with pearl white. Now I will take the teal color, which I will use it on the top just to make it more brighter. And again, I will be adding the aqua color and then the pearl white, one more layer of it so that it becomes quite thick and opaque color. It should not look like very thin and translucent color. Just pushing this color downwards and covering the area and also blending all the three colors. Blending is important over here. Similarly, I will be doing two shapes which are there other two landscapes. Again, I'm using the teal color, then the aqua color and then the pearl white color. This way, we will color the whole foreground which is there. So try to use thick color. Don't use thin color because metallic colors are already very translucent or transparent colors. So try to use a little opaque color, then only you will get this type of brightness. Just covering it slowly and also covering the edges. I am not bothered about that it should be a very smooth finish or there should not be any marks. I'm just covering it and I'm trying to blend the colors. Little bit textures is fine because this I'm actually trying to create something like snow or effect. Again, I'm using the same color combinations. If you don't have these type of colors, you can take any color, whichever color you want. Just take the similar colors which are there like the similar cool colors and then try to fill it up. It's not necessary that you have to use the same colors. So just taking a little bit more of teal, and again, I'm just filling the last one which is there. Very easy to paint. Anyone can paint this out just by using different metallic colors. You can just fill it up and very beautiful card will come up in 15 to 20 minutes, you can create these cards. So now the pearl white just filling it up nicely so that the edges are also done properly. We're almost done with the foreground, and now we will add the trees on the upper part. 8. Pine Tree Final Details: Welcome back. So let's start further. So we have done the foreground. Now we will add the trees. So for the trees, we will be needing one more color. That is the bronze color which we will add over here for the tree trunk. So before using any other color, I'm just picking some bronze over here, and with my round brush, I'll just make a thick line starting from thin and ending too thick. Use the tip to create the lines starting from the tip, and as you go down, start pressing your brush, it will become automatically thicker lines. Like this, you can create the lines in just one go. Use milky color so that it is easy to flow. The colors can easily flow from up to down. Now we will add some leaves in this using the lime green color and another color which we have is the mint color. Both the colors we will be using for painting. Adding starting from the top, I'm taking my rigor brush and I just mi little bit of water in it because we need a little fluid color, not very thick color to create the textures. Starting from the top, I'm just adding the leafy textures as you can see, so let me zoom in a little so that you can see it properly how I'm creating the lines, using the dots and random textures and trying to create the shapes as you can see it over here. Very easy and this looks very real and very realistic painting. So like this, we have to create the pine trees all over. So at least two to four pine trees we will be adding on the top with a similar manner. So if you're not comfortable directly drawing on your card, try to first do it on a separate page, try it out, and then you can do it on your painting or on your card, whichever you are making. Very simple and very easy with dot and textures, you have to make it. Starting thick and ending towards it should be a pointed shape. This thing you have to keep in mind when you are creating the trees. We will also create some trees in the downward direction which is there. So just making the lines where I will be creating the small trees. Small trees doesn't mean the size is small. It means it's a little bit far away or that's why they are small in size. So just adding a few more lines and just creating again with the same technique I will be using for other trees as well. You can use any metallic green, whichever green you have, you can use it. I felt like this green looks more vibrant. That's why I'm using this green. But if you have any other metallic green, you can use it and you can paint it. Similarly, I will be doing for the other trees also. If you want really complete exercise on these trees, you can check out my class, which is the bignaevl class on acrylic painting where I have taught how to create these trees and everything that you can check it out. These trees actually look very beautiful and very real irrespective of the other trees which we create. I want to keep the realism of the trees here. That's why I'm creating this type of tree. Try to use the rigor brush and little thin colour, not milky color, also a little thin colour so that you can move the textures. Otherwise, these textures will not be formed if you will use thick colors. Very simple and easy painting which you can do in ten to 20 minutes, which I have done in 16 to 17 minutes. You can take half an hour to create this. It's totally up to your choice and how much you are practicing it. That also depends. You can see I've created all the trees on the top, small and big size of different sizes I have tried to create it. Now we will be creating the lower trees which are there. For this, I will also use the same color, but let's see if it is visible this color is visible or not over here. If it is not visible, we will add a little bit of metallic black so that it is more visible, so it's not visible here. I will add a little bit of metallic black in this. Let's take out the color which is the metallic black. This color, I will just mix it in this green to make it a little darker color so that it is a little visible when you are creating in this shiny part. Same technique I'm using for the trees here also, the willow ones, same technique. Try to do it slowly and neatly because these are very simple paintings, but yes, in these paintings paintings, neatness matters. Try to do it as slowly and patiently as possible. Don't be in a hurry. Now with my flat brrush I'm just creating some reflections of these trees with this black color. So this is it the whole painting. Now we will also add a little bit of snow on these trees with my pearl white color on top of it. Just little little snowy textures on top of this tree. So little little, I will be adding on all the trees. This is already looking very beautiful and very vibrant. And if you will give this to someone, I am sure that person will love it. So try it out at your own pace and gift it to your loved ones. And if you are trying out this project, do tag me on my Instagram that is Moheni Art Gallery. I would love to see your project works. So all the branches and all over, I have added this pearl white color. Also to the smaller trees, I'm adding these textures. So just creating some grassy textures on the top. A little bit below. This is completely optional. If you want, you can add it or you can leave it. Also, I will sprinkle some snow on top of it, which will add the snowy effect to this entire painting with this pearl white and a mix of the steel color. Using my flat brush, making the color fluid, thin and just spraying all over this area. Try to use flat brush for spraying it or you can use your fan brush also for spraying this. You can leave this painting as it is, or you can spray like this to create the snow effect. It's totally up to you how you want to create your painting. But I love creating these snowy effects. That's why I'm creating it here also. We're almost done with the painting, and now we will meet in our new painting. All these paintings are very special. I'm sure you will love them all, see you in the next painting. 9. Wreath: Welcome back. Let's start with our new painting that is floral with. Let's first draw a circle in the center. I'm using this masking tape and drawing a circle in the center. This much drawing is needed for this painting. Rest all are the colors which we will be directly drawing. So let's talk about the colors which we will be needing. There are lots of colors which we will be using here. So the first color which we will be using here is the pearl white color, as you can see on the top, then orange, then coral red, bronze, steel, gold, purple, green. All these colors we will be using for this complete painting. Also, let's first draw the floral, how we have to draw the flowers. Let's see on a rough page, taking this coral red, using my round brush and you can see, just spress the brush and you will automatically will be able to create this type of flower. Similarly, you can use two colors also like red and orange together to create these flowers. Any color you can use, I'm just showing you the example that how you have to create it. Always keep the point of the brush in the outward direction. Then you'll get a nice pointed floral shape. This is how we have to create the flowers, which we will be creating in this wreath. That's why I'm showing you separately so that when we will be drawing directly on that card, it will be easy for you to draw. These are the leaves which are the filler leaves which we will be adding onto the sides of the wreath. So different colors we will be using over there. I'm just giving you an example over here with the same color. Then with the flat brush, you can easily create some nice leafy textures like S, you have to create, and it will create a nice leaf shaped structure. You can see over here. Very nice leaves comes up when you create S shape. Also, you can create some nice pointed leaves with this same brush that you can see how nicely that pointed leaves are coming. Like this also we will be using in this painting. Also some more leaves in the branches you can add like this for. All these are fillers which we will be using in our painting. Practice it separately and then go for the painting. First, I will be drawing these circles with my bronze color. So using my round brush, I'll just create some nice broken lines all over. Just like how the nest is, like the broken lines, I will be adding these metallic bronze color all over. RIT has a special meaning that it signifies both life and death. It is also associated with changing seasons and fertility, it has a very deep meaning to it. That's why mostly these holy season, the red is put on the door. So as you can see, I've added rough lines all over the circle. Now we will start creating the flowers. First I'm using this nice gold color and putting it in the center starting from the first leaf. This is another pearl gold which I have kept over here, which also I will be using because it's a very bright color. This is the pearl gold, and this is simply gold. There are two different golds actually. Adding in the center and wherever I have to create the flowers, I will be using this pearl gold color to create the center part of it, the center area, and then I will be adding the flowers. Taking both the colors, that is the orange and this red color mix, and I'll start creating the flowers. So simple, just press and release it. It's a very beautiful and vibrant painting when you use these metallic colors. I really enjoyed doing this because when I was doing this, I was just thinking how to put the flowers and the leaves here and there without my full focus was on how to decorate this, how to make it more beautiful and just full of greenery. So it's not like how I am arranging, you have to arrange it like that. You can use your own arrangements and you can use these techniques to create your own wth You can see I've added two types of flowers with different colors. You can also use one color flower for creating. I have used multiple colors over here because I wanted this with full multiple color flowers. But yes, you can use only one color if you want or two colors, that is totally up to you. If you don't have metallic colors, take one silver color and take one normal colors and mix the silver color in all these colors and you'll get these nice metallic colors. So adding some of the flowers in different directions. Just rotate your page at your own convenience and try to draw the flowers in different directions. You can draw one upward, one side, one below, in any directions you can add. So I've added all the flowers. Now I will start adding the leaves and the fillers here and there. Ing my same brush and creating these leaves here with the steel color. Using this lime green, again, I will create some other lines here and there. You can mix two different colours and create some nice leafy textures. Anything you can do, you can just your own creativity it is. H. 10. Wreath Final Details: Welcome back. So let's start further. So we have already created the flowers. Now we are doing the filler part where we will add leaves and some birds in these areas. So just taking some different different colors, and I'm just trying to add this with this pearl coat, the line. Somewhere I'm using the pearl cold, somewhere I'm using the blue color, somewhere I'm using the green color. So contrasting colors I'm using here just to create the leaves and the fillers. So here I will create those leaves which are there with S shape. So different different colors, use the contrasting colors. Like here, I have used the coral color. That's why I'm using here, the gold color. Again, I will mix both the colors together to create some different color. So like this, just play with the colors and create some fillers here and there. You can create the way I am doing or you can create it on your own with different designs. It's totally your choice. I'm just giving you an idea that how you can decorate the side fillers with different colors. Like here, it is orange and I'm adding some teal color to it so that becomes a little different. Cool and the warm colors together makes it more beautiful. That's why I have mixed those colors together. So again, I'm using the green color and creating some leaves on the sides. Mixing a little bit of blue also to this just to make it more bright. Anything you can create in different directions, some s shaped leaves, some pointed leaves, some fillers, some cherries, anything you can add So just slowly, slowly giving it a little more shaves. So some small dots or cherries you can add with these colors somewhere on the top also just to make it more floral and more beautiful, adding some cherries here and there. So go one by one like this one part I have done, then move to the other part and create some more fillers on the sides on the inside part. This is how we are to arrange and make this red the beautiful one. Again, using my round brush and creating some more lines with the pearl white. So try to use the mix of different different colors and create the fillers. So just enjoy the process of creating all these fillers on the sides. You can see it some of the fillers and lines are insides also, are outside also. So try to make it in different different directions. The more you will play with your colors and mix and match the colors, the more beautiful it will look. You just have to enjoy the process and the making of leaves with one stroke. In this painting, we have actually not drawn anything. We have just drawn one circle and rest of the things you're all doing with our brushes. Like I am enjoying this one. I'm sure you will also enjoy it too because I really liked the outcome of this. So try to use different different colors. Like here it is purple, so I'm using blue color over here to create the grasses with a mix of red to it. You can see how nicely that color has come up. You can mix the colors, mix two colors and make it. Again, I'm adding to the inside part. Some lines leaves with some pointed leaves which are there. So add different different shapes of leaves here and there, add some fillers, some lines, some flowers, some cherries, anything you can add. See, this is a different leaf. So any color you can use for creating the leaves, the flowers, any color, whichever color you feel like, Or if you want any particular two color, that also you can do. I have done with multiple colors, but you can use two to three colors to make this width. So anything you can do and just make this beautiful combination of floral leaves and flowers. So slowly, slowly, we are coming to the shapes like you can see on both the sides, I have filled with leaves, but to the sides, it is still left, so I will be adding some more leafy textures. Here again, I'm adding some more leaves to the writh which is there, which is joining the flowers. You can see I've not added too much leaves. So here also, I will add some more Just rotate your page in different different directions and try to add these fillers. You can see already it is looking so beautiful and vibrant. And if you will give this to your loved ones, I'm sure they will love it. That's why handmade cards are very important and also it connects the thought process and the feeling of the person who has created it. So if you're trying out this painting, do tag me on my Instagram. That is Mohini Art Gallery. I will love to see this work. So again, adding some more fillers to the sides. So we are almost done with this painting. Just a few more fillers, I will add and we are almost done. Adding some more lines here and there and then our painting is complete. So do try it out and share your project. I would love to see them and see you in the next class. Oh 11. Tree House: Welcome back. Let's start with our treehouse painting. So first, we'll draw a rough sketch, and then we'll start with the painting. It's very simple sketch, just the foreground and the house which is in the center. I will draw that, and that's it. Trees we will draw by using the colors only. And why I have kept this as a treehouse because this house is filled with trees behind. It's not on the tree, but, yes, the trees are filled behind. That's why I have named this painting as tree house. So just creating a nice sketch with a triangle. And this is it. And the small hut, which is there. And also, I will be adding some windows and doors also. And this is the complete drawing, not much to do in this. Rest, we will do by just using the colors. So let's discuss about the colors which we will be needing for these paintings. So the first color which we will need is the pearl white color for the snow. Then the second color is the, red color, which we will be painting the house walls. Then the rest of the colors we will take out. Let's first do the house part, and then we will start doing the rest of the things. So just simple metallic colors are these because in each and every main painting, I have used metallic colors. If you don't have these colors, just take silver color and mix in white and red. You'll get these type of colors. So don't worry if you don't have these colors. You can just use any color whichever color you want. If you don't have chimri colors, you can use simple gauche colors also. So just painting first the front part with red colour. Use thick color when you are painting this. Because mostly the metallic colors are a little translucent and transparent. So if you will use a little thick color, the color won't be very transparent. So try to use thick colors when you are painting this. It's okay if there are brush marks. Actually, we are not focusing about very perfect painting. We are just focusing about to make a handmade card, which looks beautiful and vibrant. So it's okay if these little brush marks are there. You can do one more coat on this once the first coat dries. So you can see leaving the windows and the doors, I'm filling this entire triangle part with this red colour, thick red color. Then the upper part with this white color that is white metallic color. I'll just cover this whole thing with white metallic colour. I'm also using your round brush, which is you can use any brush, whichever brush you want, but I felt that round brush will be much more easier than the flat brush. But yes, you can use flat brush also of smaller size for painting this. Try to use thick colors and cover the entire area. So filling and blocking this entire upper part, which is there with this nice white metallic white color. Mm. Also, I will be covering these doors and the windows also with the same color. So just covering both of them, We have almost done the blocking of the house. Now we will add some bushes, which is near to the house, which you can see using my green colour. This is the lime green colour which I'm using here. You can use any green whichever green you feel like. Just adding some nice green shapes of the bushes over here. Same with my same brush, that is the round brush. A, I will be using some pearl gold color, which is quite a lime greenish color. So it's very vibrant color, which I will be adding in between the greens just to add that there are some light greenish and golden texture to it. And this is how I'm going to fill these bushes. Also, a little bit of snow textures I'm adding over here with this pearl white color. Also for making the outline of the dose, I will be using black color. So taking my metallic black and with my same rigor brush, I will be creating the lines, making a color a little thin, and I'll just make the details of the door and the windows. Also adding some black over the area which I left and a little bit of lines also I will be adding on the upper part, which is the roof part, simple horizontal lines. Also some vertical lines like alternate. So lines also I will be adding to the sides. Mm 12. Tree House Final Details: Welcome back. So let's start further. So we have added one more color that is the silver color, which we will be using in our painting. So let's first create the snow which is on the top of this roof, creating a little bit of textures on the roof with this pearl white color. Try to use thick color. Don't use thin color. Otherwise, this effect will not come up because these metallic colors are very translucent in nature. So once we have done this snow part, now we will add the trees also and the foreground, as well. So with my flat brush, I will just paint this whole foreground using this pearl white color. First, just making the line. It's okay if there are lots of brush marks in this part because we're actually creating the snow effect. And if there are some brush marks, then that is okay. So just filling this whole foreground area with this pearl white color mixing a little bit of this silver as well. Adding some more thick color with horizontal textures. You can see I'm just trying to add the textures like intentionally. I'm not trying to make it very nice blending colors when these so that it gives a feel of the snow part. That's why I'm adding these textures. After adding the textures, we will start creating the trees in the background. Using two colors, we will be doing one with this green color and one with silver as well. So we will be mixing two different colors. So simple trees with nice moving in the downward directions. I'm just trying to fill it up. I'm using the milky color. Don't use thin colour. Otherwise, this brightness will not come up. Again, I'm saying try to use thick colours. And don't bother about the perfect blend of colors or anything. We actually want these paintings to be loose and a little bit more easy. So try to do it as you wish. Now I'm taking this silver color and again, making one more tree. So I will just alternatively use different colors like silver and the green color so that it looks like a mixture of two different colors of trees. So you can see how I'm just adding these trees at the back side. So we have to actually fill the entire part with this whole trees. Take your own time and start filling these trees at the back. Now, again, I'm using this green colour to make the bigger tree and some smaller trees as well. Just first making the lines and then there are the lines where I have made, I will be adding those trees. So just enjoy the process. And it's a very beautiful painting. The whole outcome which has come up, it's very beautiful and very vibrant. I'm sure you are also going to like it, too. So we have done so many cards, and this is another different card which has a hut in the center, and the whole pine trees are at the back. So this is actually like a dream house where the whole pine trees area is covered with pine trees and you are living inside it. So full of greenery So I'm just trying to fill the entire area of this part with the tree textures. Also, I will be using these silver colours to create the trees in between. So this is how alternatively you can add these trees. You can add different colors trees as well. It's not required that what I am doing, you have to also do the same thing. You can create your own trees format. You can create blue trees also at the back. That will also look very beautiful. So a little bit of textures of green below. Now, let's take this black color and create the outline of this door and the window. Also creating some horizontal lines in front as well. In between a small reth I'm adding with this green colour, use thick color to add this little bit of green and this golden color which is there. That is the pearl gold color. Little bit of red also I'm adding in between. M. Just to make it more bright, I'm just adding white. Now let's do a little bit of details in this foreground also. So we'll create a pathway with the darker color first, the color which I will be using here, let's first add a little bit more textures to the snowy part. So just using my flat brush, the tip of the brush and adding these textures. Use a damp brush. Don't use a very wet brush, the damp brush to give these textures. So randomly try to fill these entire area with these textures. So you can feel the snow effect which is coming when I'm adding these textures. I'm sure you are also going to enjoy this painting, too, and it's very beautiful and very unique painting. I haven't bothered about doing it very perfectly. I'm just doing it with my own free mind. So anyone can try this painting, even the bigners. So all the textures I have placed over here, as you can see, now I will add some pathways from the door to the end area with my round brush. H just some thick colors and a little bit more white inside this pathway. So a little bit of the textures and the grasses also I'm adding to the bushes which are there. So more grasses here and there with this black color. Just to add some more snowy part to the edge of this hut, so this is almost done. We just have to sprinkle some white to give the snowy effect, and we will be done with this painting. So I'm sure you are going to love each and every painting and do try it out and share your project work. And you can also tag me on Instagram that is Mohini Art Gallery. I will love to see them. Another the smoke which is coming out, just a smoky flake which is coming out from here. Now, it's not compulsory. You can leave this also. The last part is the snow which is falling. Again, the same technique I'm using here because I love to spray the sprinkles of white. I'm sure you are also going to enjoy this too while doing all these beautiful cards. So taking a little more of this pearl white and adding more of this snowflakes This is the most satisfying part which I'm doing here, sprinkling some white metallic colors all over my card. So this is it. And thank you so much, and I'm sure you are going to love this paintings and happy holidays. So this is it. I have sprinkled it everywhere, and this is the last part, little bit of below also, little bit on the trees. Everywhere, you have to sprinkle this. And this is the entire painting. Thank you so much, each one of you for watching my class and supporting me. Thank you so much. So see you in my next class.