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1. Intro: Hello, my friends, having
trouble illustrating Torres. Well then let's
just take off that Olin and feel from you and start creating florals
in just six steps. So before that, let
me introduce myself. I'm a self-taught artist and
surface pattern designer. I'm also an online
educator helping artists, designers and creators overcome their fear of creating our
cards and turn them into surface patterns and find out about to take your hand
and walk you through the step-by-step
process of how you can illustrate Florida in
just six simple steps. And I'm going to help
you take off that oh, and and feel from you by
helping you get comfortable. Are you ready? Well, then let's jump in.
2. What you will learn: Today's topic is
all about how to illustrate a floral
and six simple steps. Here are a few
things you'll learn. How to find floral
inspiration to, how to draw from
a basic shape and convert that into a complete
floral illustration. In six simple steps. Three, you will understand the technique to create
a floral and how to create its dealings for how practicing these steps would
help you build your skills. File, how this skill
can help you in real life practical scenarios as Surface Pattern Designer.
3. Tools you will need: So now let's look into the tools that you'll need
for this class today. Here are some of the tools that you will need for this class. A graphite pencil or
a mechanical pencil, a black pigment liner pen, 0.5. If you did not have this, feel free to draw with any
pen you have with a thin tip, a black color pencil, and finally, an eraser.
4. Finding Inspiration: Now let's take a look at how you can find inspiration is to draw. You can find
inspirations from books, from your garden,
from photographs, and even on Pinterest. I've created a complete board
of florals on my Pinterest. So you could go and
take a look at it. This Pinterest board
is called florals.
5. Step1: Start with a basic shape: Now let's get into the details and start illustrating
a fluorine. Step one is Takeoff your
fear and start with a basic shape from
your reference image. The first thing you need
to do is to identify the basic shape of the floor
and draw exactly that. So let us draw the
basic shape of the fluorine, which
is a subclass. And along with it,
I can see a stem. Let's make a line for it.
6. Step2: Identify the centre & directional lines: Step two, which is
relaxed and identify the center and direction lines
from the reference image. We need to identify the
center of the fluorine and also directional
lines of the pedal. So the first thing is to draw the basic shape
along with its stem. And then we look into the reference image to
identify its center. That's where the center is, which is giving me
a smallest space, a bow, and a bigger space at
the bottom of this circle. So somewhere along the bottom of this small circle is where my petals are
going to start from. After identifying the center. It's also important for you to understand how the petals
are forming and falling. Since petals are complicated, it is important to
understand their formation. So since there are layers and layers of petals going
around the circle, there are more circles formed. And also we will have to mock the directions in which they are falling within the circle. So ask yourself these questions. How are they falling and
how are they formed? So coming back to
the reference image, just identify the direction
lines of these petals. Understand how many layers
of petals are there. So I'm going to draw 12345. It does not have to be exact, but this should be account
to get you started. Now it's time for step three.
7. Step3: Understanding complex petals: Step three is focused on
understanding complex petals. So most of the petals we
see on this floral are oval-shaped in terms of its
basic form and structure. So it could be something longer or it could be
somewhere around mid size. Or when it is falling in
a particular direction. It could even appear
broader and larger. So basically petals come in
different shapes and sizes. So taking one petal
as an example, it could have a broader
tip at the end, might be tapered
towards other end. So at this stage, you will need to
figure out what are the shapes and sizes
of these petals. Practice drawing
as many petals as possible and focus to
figure out how they look. I have provided a
worksheet for you to look into and you can use the space given to practice
your petal shapes. Now, let's take an example
from the reference image. I can see an oval shape and a triangular shape that forms
as an extension from it. All I need to do is
refine the shape, making the tip taper
as a reference shows, and shade it in such a way that I keep the darks and lights on the petal as close
to my reference image. Now, let's take another
example of the petal. There is a folding on the petal that I can see on
the reference image. So I first draw light direction lines to
act as guides for me. And then I will shade
them inside these lines, creating more darkness at the
edge where I can see depth. And asked the petal opens, there'll be more light shading to show the softness
of the petal. Practice drawing as
many petals as possible to help you develop the flow
rule in our next speech.
8. Step4: Developing floral: That full developing
the fluorine. When developing the fluorine, first thing you need
to do is to bring all the three steps that
you've learned together. So these are takeoff
your fear and start with the basic shape to identify the center
and directional lines. Three, focus on understanding
complex petals. Now, try to identify the
petals by looking at the reference image and
build them one-by-one. Look at their placements
and how they're falling. At this stage, you can go around each circle and
create the petals, thereby developing the
floral layer by layer. Don't be afraid if the petals shift here and they're
little, It's totally fine. Our goal is to get our illustration as close
to the reference image. One of the point that
you need to keep in mind in all of these four stages is that you need to make sure that the pencil marks are light so that you can
rub it off later. Also, there are some
questions that you need to ask yourself at
this point of time. So that would be how many
layers of petals are there? Or how other petals bending? How can I refine the
shape of these petals? These are some questions
that will help you to find out or to
look into each petal, how they're falling,
how they're bending. And you will be
able to illustrate better when you ask
yourself these questions. So when you're
developing the floor, try to mock the petal
placements with oval shapes. Then you can refine them, shape them one by one. Before we move on
to the next step.
9. Step 5 : Have fun with inking: Step five, Have
fun with thinking. Now it's time for us to
have some fun with inking. At this stage, you
can either use a pen or ink to
outline your florals. If you are using ink to outline, then you will need a nib
holder to hold the nib. The inks that I have a Dr.
Ph Martin's Bombay black Indian ink and Winsor
and Newton ink. But for this illustration,
I'll be using a pen. For learning more
on how to use inks. You can also watch my class on Skillshare called
anyone can portrait. When using a pen, all you need to keep
in mind is to draw it lightly without making
the lines to dark. Also been outlining
start from left to right if you are a
right-handed like me, so that you will avoid
the inks from smudging off and making your
illustrations study. If you want a left-hander, then start from right to left. Once you've finished
with outlining, you can rub off all the pencil
marks. You do not need.
10. Step6 Refining & Shading: Step number six,
refining and shading. In this step, all you need to do is to refine the edges of the petal and start shading
using a black color pencil. Also keep in mind
that the tip of the pencil needs to be pointed well to get the
details right and also to have more control
over the shading. Again, keep in mind that you'd need to start from
left to right. Or is you can make your
hand and even paper dirty. Now if you look closely
on the reference image, you would see some light lines acting as details
on these petals. It can be taken as
guidelines for our shading. It shows how these petals
are bending or curving. Some of the petals are
created in my own way, and hence, they will differ as you look at the
reference image. So basically, I want you to understand that the petals does not have to look the same. With practice, you can build them and shade them
in your own way to coming back to these
lines on the petals, you can either bring
three lines or two lines or even one
line as you wish. It guides you and shows
how these petals are curving and you can
shade them accordingly. Now, I want you to
join me and practice the shading along with me
in the worksheets provided. Let's take a look at how
to shade these petals. Now. If we need to shade from the darkest
point of a petal, from the bottom to the lightest
part of the petal about. Then start from the bottom, giving more pressure
and moving in the upward direction by taking the pressure
of the pencil tip. Same way, if you want
to shade petals, having dark edge above
and lighter edge below, then start with giving more
pressure and move downward, sticking off the pressure from the pencil to keep it light. Keep practicing these
shading techniques to get a hang of it. As and when you practice, you will get more control on these light and dark shading. And you will be
able to create much of shade much better as
and when you practice. You can also move in
circular motions to develop the shading and take off the
pressure from the pencil. When you want lighter shading, add more pressure to areas. You want to add
darkness and take off the pressure from the pencil when you want lighter shading. Now let's apply the
shading on the stem. I'm trying to keep the
stem light throughout except the area where the
petals overlap the stem. I'm applying more pressure
to make this area darker. Also, you can use
cross hatching for shading by starting with
light shading horizontally, and then by shading it
vertically on top of it. And then from there, you
can keep layering it. Now it's time to
shade the petals. Again. Look into the
reference image and figure out which areas are dark
and which areas are light. Also, try to look into each petal and shade
them one-by-one. You can use these
lines on the petals to guide you throughout
your shading. Shade the petals
along the guidelines, and also look where
these petals. Darn dark as they bend. With practice and
careful examination, you will be able to understand how these battles twist and turn and also how they're shading is
formed along each petal. Make sure to use a
pointed pencil to get darker shadings at
certain points and also to help you get better
control as you shade. Also now keep in mind
that you need to start from right to left or else you could spoil your hand and the illustration itself
by smudging it off. If you are a left hand, you can start from right side of the illustration and
walk towards your left. I want you to keep practicing
as much as possible, especially with step three, step four, and step six. These are the areas
you might feel uncomfortable or scary when
you're actually starting out. But with consistent practice, you will get better
at these steps. And you will be able to
illustrate any fluorine with. So before I go any further, I want you to do any
of these tasks today. So you could either create petals like the way
I'm showing you right now. Use your worksheet to
practice more petals. You could take your
reference image and you can start practicing the
petals on your worksheet. Or you could still develop
the floor along with me, which I'll be finishing
off in a while. So feel free to do
any of these tasks, either keep practicing or you can still complete the
plural along with me. Next few minutes, I
want you to enjoy the music and start
practicing these petals. And we will work out this
flurry illustration together. Okay? Alright, so
let's get into it. Practicing your petal
shapes and shading. This will definitely help you
build your skills and also help you to develop a beautiful floral with more confidence. After you're done with shading, you can apply a fixative
to seal the illustration. This will help you to stop the pencil marks from
furthest margin. We make sure to use
a universal fixative or something that can be
used for colored pencils.
11. Closing thoughts: Alright, so I hope you have learned a lot today,
but more importantly, I hope you've gained
more confidence now to start drawing or
illustrating any fluorine. All you need to do is just
follow these six steps and you will be on your way to
create beautiful fluorescence. So keep practicing your
petal shapes and shading. Remember the points like
keep the pencil marks, light start from left to right. If you're right-handed
or if you're a left-handed and start
from right to left. So keep, keep remembering these points that I've told you. So work it from such a way
that you go step-by-step. So you can really
make your way smooth. Okay? So don't rush this process. Take your time to really
shade the petals and practice the petals to help you get better at this
process more and more. Also keep looking at the
reference image to guide you. So that's also very important. You look at the reference
image and see what, what all possibilities you can bring into
your illustration. Keep asking yourself
questions like, how are the petals falling
and how are they formed? How can I shade these petals? How can I draw this battle? How is it bending or curving to keep asking yourself
these questions? And you will be able to really start
illustrating beautifully, like keep asking these
questions, like push yourself. Asking these questions. What can I do next? What can I do here? What is it that I can improve? What should I be doing to make myself a better
floral illustration? And keep asking yourself
all these questions. That, those questions are, what will make your work much better and better each
time you practice.
Nanditha Vijayan, Artist
