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1. About the Class: Everyone deserves a
fresh start this 2021. That is why I chose the theme, new beginnings for my
first class of the year. Daffodils are often used to
represent new beginnings and this class aims to teach you how to paint this
beautiful flower. [MUSIC] Hi, my name is Joly, and I'm a watercolor artist
based in the Philippines. I'm also known as Joly Poa
on Instagram right here. That is where I
post for those of my paintings and
my process videos. In this class, we
will start with warm-up exercises that will help loosen your brushstrokes and be familiar with painting
different petals. After which we will dive into painting watercolor
daffodils and we'll try different approaches
to painting this flower. We will also learn how to paint a simple blue corn flower and a loose rose that
will go well together with our daffodil
floral arrangement. At the end of the class, you'll be able to paint three different class
projects where you can write your favorite card that will motivate
you for the year. Or you can give
these paintings as a gift to a friend who
needs encouragement. Whether as a personal
project or to use as a gift, I hope my class will expand your painting skills
as well as relax, enjoy, and have a
productive year ahead. I will see you in
my class. [MUSIC]
2. Materials: [MUSIC] Let's go through the materials and I'm going
to start with the paper. I'm using Saunders Waterford. This is a paper brand that I
always use for my classes. It's 100 percent cotton paper. This is in a block form, so I'm just going to
quickly show you guys. As you can see, all
the sides are good. There's a space right here
where you can slide off one sheet using a palette
knife or a cutter. Using a paper block
is quite expensive. I would suggest to
get a large sheet of watercolor paper and just cut it into smaller sizes,
just like this. This is a more affordable way of practicing using 100
percent cotton paper. Also with this brand, you can paint front and back, the texture is quite same. The thickness of this
paper is 300 gsm, which is really good for
painting loose florals. If you don't have 100
percent cotton paper, you can definitely use
student-grade paper. Just remember that when you're
using student-grade paper, the quality won't be the
same and also the result of your painting won't be as nice compared to using 100
percent cotton paper. When it comes to brushes, I love using silver
brush black velvet. My go-to sizes would
be size 6 and 8. It's what I use for
most of my classes. If you only had to choose one, you can go for the size 8. Don't worry if you
don't have this brush, just use any round brush
and make sure that it's quite pointy and it can
hold a lot of water. When looking for a
good ground brush, I also prefer a
brush that is quite soft and can follow the
strokes that I'm doing, and doesn't have that
much bounce to it. But of course, this
is just a preference. Now let's go to the paint brand. I'm using ShinHan PWC. It's a Korean
artist-grade paint. But it comes in tubes like this. I'll just pour this into smaller half pans because it's just more
convenient to use. You can, of course, use any brand that you have. I do find that artist-grade
paints are just more vibrant compared to
student-grade paints. If you're using
student-grade paints, don't worry, that's okay. We all have to start somewhere. Next time, if you do
have the chance try out just a couple of tubes
of artist-grade paints. Just to know the difference. Here are the colors
that we will use. Permanent yellow
light, permanent yellow deep, permanent
yellow-orange. Here going also to
use vermillion, greenish-yellow, sap green, indigo, Prussian
blue, cerulean blue, ultramarine, and
permanent violet. Next up, we'll need a
watercolor mixing palette. I often get asked about
this palette that I have. This is just the lid off
the QoR watercolor palette. But the paints inside are
ShinHan PWC and not QoR. You don't really
need to use this, but if you do have
a ceramic plate, that will also work fine. Then I'll need a jar
of clean water and then some tissue paper to blot out the excess
paint in our brush. You also need a pencil just to sketch out some guides
before we paint. You can use any
pencil that you have. Next, I'm going to be using
the Uniball Signo white pen, just to add some white
details or some highlights. You can also use a white gouache if you
don't have this pen. That's all that we need. Let's now start
painting. [MUSIC]
3. Brush Stroke Drills: [MUSIC] Let's start by doing
some warm-up exercises, By painting some brushstrokes. I'm just going to make some permanent violet
and ultramarine blue. But of course, you can
use any color that you want for these exercises. Right here I'm going to paint
some strokes that you will use as petals for
the blue cornflower. Using the tip of my brush, I'm just going to
slowly press it against the paper using
varying pressure. Don't worry, you
don't need to make all the petals look the same. The point of this exercise
is for you to discover different strokes so
that you'll be more comfortable with
painting these flowers. Try to paint it from
different directions. What they do is that I try to
put a light pressure during the beginning of
the stroke and then just add more pressure towards
the center of the petal, and towards the end, just lift your brush and drag it so that you can
get that pointy tip. Painting in a quick
motion will also create a more expressive stroke. Now, let's move on to practicing some strokes
that we will use for painting the petals of
this side view daffodil. I'm still going to use
my size 6 round brush. I have here this permanent
yellow light color. But again, you can use
any color that you want. Let's paint an S stroke. Start at the top with light
pressure and then just slowly press your brush
against the paper. What I'm doing is
I'm trying to vary the pressure in my stroke. It does take practice
to do this stroke. But once you master this, it will be very useful for painting other florals as well. Now, let's try to combine two
strokes to create a petal. Now, let's do that one
more time and let's build that petal using more
strokes combined. Leaving some white spaces
in between those strokes, I think it gives
it more character. Just continue
practicing this stroke using the tip of your brush. Then next time, try to use the whole belly of the brush
to create a broader stroke. Let's move on to practicing the petals for the
front-facing daffodils. I'm going to load up my brush with permanent yellow light. I'm going to start by
painting from top to bottom. Just slowly press your brush until you create a petal shape, and to do this a
couple of times, then we create this oval shape. Some strokes are just
lines and that's okay. You just want this to
look a little uneven. I'm also adding
some white spaces in between those strokes. However, you can also
try to practice a petal without some white-spaces
in the middle. Let's do this a
couple more times. The reason why we
want to practice is because we want to develop that muscle memory in our hand. If you practice a lot
painting a petal, will feel more natural. Also, you can try to vary
the shape of the petals, and you can also try to add another color so that
this becomes two-toned. Let's do two more petals. But it's definitely up
to you if you want to practice on doing more petals. [MUSIC] Moving on to another stroke which you
have seen in the past, this is a C stroke for a rose. I'm using a very diluted
cerulean blue color. We can start by holding
a brush a little bit far from the bristles so
that it will be looser. Let's start at the
top and then just move this brush in
a curved motion. Towards the end of the stroke, I am just trying to flick it so that I can
get at pointy tip. It's easier to do this
if you paint it quickly. Let's do this one more time. You can also practice this
stroke from bottom going up. I'll just add a little
bit more pigment to my brush so that you
can see it better. Painting from bottom going
up is a little tricky, but you can get used to
it by just practicing. Try to paint this stroke in
different angles as well. Now, let's try
something different. This will be the
center of a daffodil. I'm just going to
grab some vermilion. I want this mixture to
be quite concentrated. Now, let's grab some paint. If you feel like there's just too much paint
in your brush, just dab it in the tissue paper. Let's paint some
thin, short strokes. I'm just going to create a ring. I know it doesn't
make sense right now, but once we paint
this flower later, you will understand
why it's very important to practice this. While this is still wet, I'm just going to
rinse my brush and just dab the excess water
in my tissue paper. Then you can start blurring
edges on the inside, and just using the tip
of the brush and lightly touching the edges
on the inside. As you can see, it
has that smudge look. Just try to do this slowly,
don't rush yourself. I'm doing this zigzag motion so that I can get
that blurry effect. I can go back in to fix some of the edges using this **** brush. Let's try to practice
another one. I'm going to create
another ring. Just paint some
short strokes again, and create the round shape. Then rinse your brush and just dab the excess water
in your tissue paper. Then using the tip of my brush, I'm just going to
lightly touch that edge. Then you will see
that blurred effect. I can also rinse my brush again
just to clean this brush, then dab the excess water, and then try to blur
some edges again. [MUSIC] I think now we are
ready to paint some flowers.
4. Blue Cornflower and Rose: [MUSIC] Let's paint
a blue cornflower using the strokes
that we just learned. I'm just mixing here some ultramarine blue and
permanent violet. Let's just paint a few petals. Think of it as painting
the shape of a bowl. After repeating these strokes, I'm going to rinse my
brush just to clean my brush and then we're just going to paint
some more strokes. We're just going to fade away the main
strokes that we did. This technique will
keep this flower pretty loose and just soft. It will be easier to do this
if you had two brushes. One brush for painting the main strokes and
another brush for fading those strokes so that you don't have to keep
on rinsing your brush. Now let's rinse our
brush and just add the excess moisture
going to lift some of the areas and by
lifting it means I'm just taking out some of
the color on the paper. This looks a bit better
and I'm going to grab some sap green and you're just going to paint the base of this
cornflower that holds all the petals after which
let's just paint a stem. Now we are done, but we can also try
to layer this if you want more depth through
this cornflower. Let's try to do that later, but I'm just going to
wait for this one to dry. Let's try another technique for painting a simpler
blue cornflower. I'm using the same
ultramarine blue and permanent violet
color in my brush. This is a simpler way of
painting a blue cornflower. It's just one layer
and now we can also rinse our brush to
create a lighter shade and just add that to this
flower and just remember that every flower paint will look
different and that's okay. Now let's paint the base
and the stem. That's it. It's a very simple technique
and I just wanted to show you guys two ways
to paint the cornflower. Let's go back to the first cornflower
and add another layer. I just have here, a more intense mixture of glutamine blue and
permanent violet and we're going to paint
a few more strokes. This technique will just
give it more depth. Now if some of the
strokes are too bold and you just
wanted the soften it, just rinse your brush, dab the excess water, and just lightly
touch the edges of those strokes just
to soften the sides. We're done with this. Let's now move on to painting
a very simple loose rose. Let's grab a thick
mixture of sap green and this will be
the center of the rose. I'm still using my
size 6 round brush and we're going
to paint a comma. It also looks like
a small c stroke, right at the center stroke, and then let's just
rinse our brush and grab a very diluted
cerulean blue paint. Now let's paint some
strokes around the center. I'm just painting some c
strokes and I'm also grabbing a little bit of that
green and let it flow into this
cerulean blue mixture. As you go towards the
outer part of this rose, try to paint larger petals, and don't forget to leave some white spaces so that
this will not look like a blob and that's what I always tell my students
when I'm painting a rose, it's very important to
leave those whitespaces. As you can see, I'm also using a very wet brush so that it's
very easy for me to spread that petal and the reason
why I'm using cerulean blue is because I just wanted
to mimic a white rose. This is optional, but another idea that I could
share with you guys is to put an indigo paint
in the center of this rose. This will give it that contrast, that punch of color
in the center, and make this rose pop up. I added the indigo while
this rose is too wet. If the indigo color bleeds too much like this, just
rinse your brush, dab the excess water, and try to leave some of
those colors of this paper. Don't worry if you've
made a mistake, there's always a
way to fix this. Now we are done. Let's move on to painting
other flowers. [MUSIC]
5. Side View Daffodil : [MUSIC] In this video, we're going to paint
this loose side view daffodil and you're going to leave a space at the top so that you can write
a beautiful code. Let's start. I have here my pencil, and then we're just going
to draw our guides so I will just draw two stamps. I'm also going to just draw the base of this daffodil
that looks like a bell. Just make sure that
you draw this lightly because once you paint on
top of the pencil sketch, you won't be able to
erase it anymore. Let's grab some
permanent yellow light. This will be the main
color for our flower. I'm just going to
lightly dab my brush. If there's too much
paint in your brush, just dab it in the tissue paper and you're
going to start with the ruffles of this
daffodil flower. I'm just going to
lightly dab the tip of my brush onto the paper to
create that raffle texture. Now let's just fill in this bell-shape and I'm still using the permanent
yellow light color, you can try to leave some
white spaces that's okay. Now we're done with
the base and let's move on to painting the
petals on the side. With permanent yellow light in my brush I'm just going
to paint some s-strokes. We're just going to
paint the outline first. Try to hold your brush
towards the middle of the handle so that it feels looser to paint then you can start to
fill in those petals. I'm still going to
leave some white spaces just to give it more character. You can also try to add in
some permanent yellow deep to give some depth to this petal just try to dance with
your brush and sway your wrist back and forth to create those
expressive strokes. This way it will
look more organic and just don't worry about
making it look perfect. Well, this space is still wet. I'm just going to grab
some yellow orange and drop it in there. Just let it bleed into the
permanent yellow light. Daffodils have different colors. Just try to look for a reference photos so that
it's easier to paint this. I think I like a deeper color, so now I'm going to add some vermilion and if you
don't have vermilion, just choose any red, orange color that you have or better yet just
makes orange and red. Let's put a permanent
yellow deep color right there where
all the petals meet. Now let's grab some sap green
and just paint the stem. I'm going to make
this flower dance. I want this to be a
little bit curved. Let's move on to the other
flower I still have here my permanent yellow light
and I'm just going to dab my brush using just the
tip of my brush to create some ruffles and then let's
paint the bell-shape. You're going to do a different
angle for this flower. As you can see, the
top doesn't have a ring so after beating
the bell-shape. Let's move on to
painting the petals on the side and going to just loosely paint some s-strokes and they're all meeting
at the base of this bell. I'm also holding
my brush towards the end of the handle
just to keep it loose and just try to sway your brush to
create organic strokes. I'm also going to
add a little bit of permanent yellow
deep just to give it more depth and just more character so that it
doesn't look too flat. While this is all still wet, we're just going to grab
some yellow, orange and just drop it right there at the
tip of this bell-shape. Now I'm just going to
spread it a little bit more and then you're going to add some permanent
yellow deep where all the petals meet just
to add some shadow. Now we can always go
back to fix the shape or add some more strokes just
to make it look better. Let's grab some sap
green and add a stem. For the second daffodil
on the left I'm just going to add a little
bit of vermillion just to give it more contrast, more punch of color. Let's grab some
permanent yellow light and put the bud right there. Just going to paint
an elongated bud and then let's grab some
sap green and add a stem. [MUSIC] Now let's add some leaves and I'm
still using sap green. Just try to move your arm
around and try to paint some dancing leaves and I'm painting them
in a curved motion. I'm adding some leaves in between those flowers
just to fill in some gaps and try to
vary the direction of the leaves as well just to
make it look more organic. We can also add some indigo
or a sap green to create a deeper color and
add some thin leaves. Just use the tip of your brush
to create these strokes. I'm looking at the daffodil
on the left and it seems like we need to troubleshoot
it a little bit. I'm going to rinse my brush, dab the excess water, and lift some of that orange part because
it just spread too much. I'm just going to slowly blur that part and let the two
colors blend together. Let's get some
permanent yellow deep and you're just going to paint some lines on the petals just to separate the petals
from each other. [MUSIC] If some of the strokes look too
bold then just rinse your brush and just
blur away that stroke. We're almost done and
looking at this from a far, I think I need to add one
more leaf on the right side. Let's just extend that
leaf from the center going to the right
and then I'm going to add another layer of
permanent yellow light on that bud just to
give it more color. We are done. I hope that you've enjoyed
painting this piece with me and let's now move on
to the next video. [MUSIC]
6. Front Facing Daffodils Version 1: In this project, we
are going to paint a front-facing daffodil
just like this. Let's just grab my
size six round brush. I'm going to grab
some vermilion paint. This is a red orange paint. You can also use any yellow, orange paint that you have. Before we start painting, let's draw our guides. You can draw a
circle in the middle and just draw six
petals around it. Using the tip of our brush, we're just going to lightly tap it onto paper and just eat these small strokes and you're
just going to form a ring. These look like ruffles. [MUSIC] We're done with the center and I'm going to grab some permanent
yellow light. Let's just get the
big juicy brush. This is a Size 8 round brush. Let's just paint some
strokes that will be the petal for this daffodil. Let's keepers strokes pretty
loose and as you can see, I'm also leaving
some white spaces. I'm also letting that wet vermilion color bleed into the permanent yellow light. You can just dance with
your brush and just sway your wrist back and forth to create that
expressive stroke. It's easier to paint this flower if you draw a guide first. But again, just
remember that once you paint on top of the
pencil outline, you won't be able to
erase that anymore. But if the pencil outline
is really bother you, then it's already a problem. Just try to vary the pressure of the strokes and use different
parts of the brush. In some cases you'll be
using just the tip of the brush and you'll be painting just a line and that's okay. You can also add a
little bit of water to your petals so that
it looks softer. Now we can also go back to the previous petals
and just fix it. Makes sure that
it's still wet so that you can blend seamlessly. I've decided to intensify
the center even more. I just grabbed a more
pigmented mixture of vermillion and then
just adding in more color. Now let's rinse our
brush and just tab the excess water
in a tissue paper. It's now time to blur the inside so I'm
just using the tip of my brush and just lightly touching the vermilion color. As you can see, it's just slowly fading away, giving us a soft edge. Don't be afraid
to dab your brush to take out the excess moisture. You can also try to move
around some of the color. Now let's grab some burnt
umber and they want a thick mixture and they also don't want
it to be too wet. Let's just put this
color in the center. We don't want the
brush to be too wet because if it's too wet, then this brown color will just spread all over the place. All right, so now let's
grab some sap green color, and let's just paint a stem. We can also add some leaves. Just drag your brush across the page to create
these elongated leaves. Let's do one more on the left. Just going to drag
my brush and just change the pressure in my brush as I go along so that I can
create a more organic leaf. I can see some excess
paint on the leaves, so I'm just going to
quickly blotted out. This just troubleshoot
some parts. Now looking at this time
it looks a bit too sharp. I'm just going to
grab a clean brush, dab the excess water, and just try to fade away that
part so that it will just look like it's blending in
seamlessly with the flower. As you can see it just
looks way better now. Now let's grab some
permanent yellow deep. I'm going to add just some
strokes on the petals. These are just some
wispy strokes. For some of the strokes
I'm going to grab a clean brush and
I will just try to fade away some of the strokes just to make
it look more interesting. Picture that the first
thing here is already dry before you add
these details. Doing this technique just
gives this flower more depth. All right, so now
let's blur some of those strokes again. I'm just trying to mix up some sharp edge strokes
and some blurred strokes. I'm holding my brush
towards the end of the handle just to
keep it pretty loose. This is optional, but if you
want to add more shading, we can grab some burnt sienna. I'm just going to add
this towards the tips of the petals just to give
it a bit more definition. You can also add some lines
in the center of the petals and tried to blur it away
if it's just too bold. You can also add it on
the edges of the petals. I'm mostly just using the tip of my brush to add these details. The stroke looks
a bit too sharp, so I'm just going to
grab my damp brush and just blur this stroke. This step is only optional. If you've made a mistake, you can follow what I'm doing. I feel like we need to add a bit more color to the
center of this daffodil so I'm just going to
grab some vermilion and just add some
small strokes again. Then you're just going to blur the inside using a
clean and damp brush. Don't be afraid to just plot out the excess water in your brush. I'm just going to move some of the colors towards the center. But I'm also going to lift some of it if it
looks a bit messy. Now let's add the
statement of this flower. I'm just going to grab some
uni-ball signal white pen. If you don't have this, just use a white goulash
or even poster paint. You are done. Let's now move on to the
next video where I will show you a different approach
on painting a daffodil.
7. Front Facing Daffodil Version 2: [BACKGROUND] [MUSIC]
In this video, we are going to do a different approach to painting
a front-facing daffodil. Let's grab some permanent
yellow light and I'm using a Size 8 round brush. Let's paint the base
of this flower first. I'm just going to
paint six petals, so what you can do
is you can draw the outline of this flower. But in this case, I'm decided not to do that. I just wanted to free hand
shape of the daffodil. We're not going to be super
strict about the shape. I'm just loosely
painting this flower and we're not going to leave
white spaces for the base. I think that this is an
easier approach to painting the front racing daffodil
and we're just going to fill in this shape with the
permanent yellow light color. We're going to add
more details to this flower once
it's already dry. So while waiting for
this flower to dry, let's move on to
painting another base. For the second daffodil, I wanted to paint
a white daffodil. For that white daffodil
I'm going to use a very diluted
cerulean blue color. As you can see, it's
really very light, there's just a subtle
hint of blue color. Just like the first daffodil, I'm going to paint six petals. Now don't worry if it doesn't
look too even that's okay. Once we add some details, it will look a lot better. Now we're done and I'm just going to wait
for this to dry. Once this is already dry, let's grab some vermilion, and I'm going to use this for
the center of the daffodil. You might remember
this technique from the brushstroke
drills that we did, and so I'm just going to try
to paint some small strokes. I'm using just the
tip of the brush and lightly tapping it
onto the paper. Just creating some ruffles, let's paint a ring. Now let's rinse our
brush and just plot out the excess moisture
in a tissue paper. It's now time to
blur the inside. I'm just going to lightly
touch the edges using the tip of my brush and just try to wiggle
the brush a bit. You can also track your rinse your brush and again blot out the excess water and
try to blur again. Just take your time doing this. Don't rush herself. If the center is a bit wet, we can just try to leaf off
some of the excess paint. Now let's grab some burnt umber and I'm just going
to blot it out on my tissue paper because I
don't want it to be too wet. Now I'm going to add a
small dot in the center. That looks perfect. So as you can see,
the brown spot in the middle did not spread too much because we had the right amount of
water in our brush. Now we can grab permanent yellow deep just
to add some details to this flower and I'm
just separating the petals and giving
it more definition. After painting the strokes, I'm going to try and fade
away one side of that stroke. As you can see, one side
is more defined and the other side is just
soft because we faded it. Using the tip of my brush, I'm just going to add a
few more wispy strokes onto the petal. Doing this will give
it more definition. As you can see, this flower doesn't
look too flat anymore. Now we're done and let's now
move on to the next flower. I'm using the same
mixture, vermilion, and we are going to paint a ring again in the
middle of this flower. Using the tip of your brush, just slightly tap
it on the paper, creating these small
short strokes. [MUSIC] Now that we're done, let's rinse our brush, dab the excess water
in air brush and just lightly paint the
inside of the center. Just try to lightly
wiggle your brush. It takes a while to get
used to this technique. It's all about controlling
the water in your brush, and I guess it's a
good technique to learn because you can also
apply this to other flowers. Now let's grab some burnt umber and just put a dot
in the center. With a clean, damp brush, I'm just going to
try to leaf some of that orange part just
to clean up that part. I think I want to
intensify the center even more so I'm just going
to add a little bit of red, but of course this is optional. Then you can add a bit of
warmth into the center. I'm just going to
add a little bit of permanent yellow light. Again, don't be afraid to blot out the excess moisture
in your brush, so that you can easily
fix some areas. It's now time to
add more details, I have here is a
cerulean blue mixture just a shade darker
than the base. But as you can see, it's still pretty light. I don't want a really bold
color for the details. Just wanted to be subtle
and if some of that orange color flows into
this cerulean blue details, that's okay, it's
a happy accident. So I'm going to add a
few more strokes on the other petals and just
finish all six petals. [MUSIC] I think I'm going
to let that orange flow into some of
the other wet areas. I think it looks very pretty
and looks very loose. If you want to separate
the petals even more, you can use a
diluted indigo color just like what I'm using here. This will give it more depth, and I think that it
also looks very pretty. Now let's grab our
uni-ball signal white and just add some
details in the center. Just put three small dots and we're going to do that
for the other flower as well. We are done and as
you can see this is a really simple
and easy approach to painting this flower.
8. Class Project: Watercolor Floral Number 2021: [MUSIC] Let's start with
our first class project, and we're just going to paint a simple watercolor floral
number using daffodils. Right here, I just
drew the numbers 2021. I did this as a guide so that it's easier to
paint this project. Let me just quickly
show you how I try to conceptualize some ideas. I usually try to paint it
on a sketchbook first. This is called the
Khadi Journal, it's a very affordable journal. I just came up with this idea. This is what we are
going to paint. I hope that you'll
be excited to do this painting with
me. Let's start. Using a Size 6 round brush, I'm going to grab some
permanent yellow light using the tip of our brush. We're just going to
tap it on the paper, and this will be the
ruffles of the daffodil, and then we'll paint
the bell-shape. Right here I just
did the outline first and then I'm just
going to try to fill it in. Then let's paint some
petals on the side. This is a side view daffodil. I'm just going to keep
this pretty loose. It's a small painting, so you don't really
need a lot of details. What we want is just a general
shape for this flower, and now you can drop in some permanent yellow deep
just to give it some depth. Now let's grab some familiar. I'm just going to drop
it right there on the ruffles part just
towards the tip. Now, you don't want this
to spread too much, so if there's too much
paint in your brush, just blot it out on
the tissue paper. Then I'm just going to try
to fix this a little bit. I think we're good to go, and now I'm going
to add the stem. Let's grab some sap green. Now let's attach the stem. I'm going to make
it a little bit curved so that we can
form the number 2. This might be a little tricky. Your hand might feel a little wobbly while painting
this long stem, but don't worry you can always
go back and fix the edges. Then let's add a
small bud right here. I'm using just
permanent yellow light, and I'm attaching it to
the stem and just letting that yellow part over there
bleed into the green. Now let's add a bit of yellow orange on the
tip of this bud. So that it doesn't
look too plain, I'm going to add two leaves, just elongated leaves,
one on each side. Now let's move on
to the number 0. We're going to start by painting a small front-facing daffodil. Let's grab some
yellow orange color, and I'm going to just tap
my brush to create a ring. As you can see, I drew a small flower just so I have a guide and I know
where the flower will go. Let's now move on to
painting the petals. I have here just
permanent yellow light. Let's paint these leaves. It might be a little
tricky because this flower is a bit small compared to
what we painted earlier. I think that it's
also beautiful that the yellow orange is just bleeding into the yellow petals. Before you actually
start painting, just try to let
the erase some of your pencil outlines because
once you paint on top of it, you won't be able to
erase it anymore. But for some people, they're not really bothered
by the pencil markings. [MUSIC] Now we're done with
all the petals, let's rinse our brush and just
blot out the excess water. We can now start to blur
the center of the daffodil, and then let's grab
some burnt umber and put a small
dot in the center. Make sure that your
brush isn't too wet so that the paint doesn't
go all over the place, and it will be able to
control that small dot. Let's grab some sap green. Now we're going to paint
some wiggly lines. I'm just using the
tip of my brush and just dragging
it across the page. You're going to do some
intertwining vines, so I want you to watch
first before you do this. Now we're just
going to alternate the strokes and make it look
like they're intertwined. You can also rinse
your brush so that we can create a lighter
green color. Now we can add some leaves, and I'm just going to
alternate those leaves. Just drag your brush to create
those elongated leaves. Just try to paint
it a little bit curved so that it
doesn't look too stiff, and you want it to look like
the leaves are dancing. What you can also do is to paint some thin lines like this, they look like
stem sticking out, and you can attach some
buds on the stems, or later on we can paint
them into a full leaf. I usually do this
if I still can't decide where I want
the leaves to go. This is like a guide for me. Now let's grab some
permanent yellow light. I'm just going to add some buds. There's no rule as to how many
buds you want to put here. Just trust your instincts. We can grab a more pigmented sap green and just add
a few more leaves. Just try to add some
leaves and veins until you get the right
shape for this number. I usually try to look at
it from far so that I have a different perspective
of this painting, or you can take a photo and
look at it from your phone. Now I'm going to add some
sap green on the base of the buds just so that it looks like it's
attached to the stem. I'm going to add a few
more stem sticking out because there are some gaps
that just needs to be filled. I'm going to add a
little bit of vermilion, or you can use red on the
ring because you don't want to intensify that part just to give it more contrast. Now let's grab our white pen and just going to add some
details in the center. Just make sure that, that brown spot is already dry before you
draw on top of it. We are halfway done. Two more numbers to go. I have a yellow orange
paint in my brush. Using the tip of the brush, I'm just going to stipulate and just paint some
small strokes. I'm going to paint
a small oval shape. Try to watch this part first before you paint along with me. We're going to paint
a side view daffodil. Let's grab our
permanent yellow light and paint the bell shape. Now we can add some petals and make it look like the
petals are dancing, just say your wrist to
create some wispy strokes. Let's grab some
permanent yellow deep and add it right there where all the petals meet because
that's where the shadow is. Now let's rinse
our brush and damp excess water in
the tissue paper. I'm going to blur the inside of this daffodil just like so. This looks a little flat, so I'm going to grab
some vermilion, add an extra punch of color. I think it looks better now. Now let's grab some sap green and paint the stem
for this number. You can drag your
brush in one go, or you can paint the
stem little by little. I think we can add a bit
more color to the stem. I'm just going to
go back and add a more concentrated sap green. You can also use other
greens like olive green or maybe you
want hookers green, it all depends on
your preference. Don't worry if this term doesn't look perfect.
that's okay. We can troubleshoot that
by adding some leaves later on just to hide
some imperfections. Now let's grab some
permanent yellow light. I'm going to put a
small bud right there, and then let's add a little
bit of yellow orange on the tip of that bud and just add some more sap
green on the base. Let's grab some sap green
and let's paint some leaves. I'm just going to
paint two sets, one on the left and
one on the right. But if you want a
floral looking number, you can add more leaves. Down to the last number, I have your permanent
yellow light in my brush. We are going to paint
a side view daffodil. So using the tip of my brush, I'm just painting
some short strokes, and now I'm going to paint the outline of the bell-shape, and then fill it in
with some color, and now I'm going to add
some petals on the side. You don't need to paint
the petals alike. Then I'm going to grab
some yellow orange and then just put a punch of color on the tip or under
ruffles part of the daffodil. It's now time to paint the stem. I'm still using sap green here, it's my favorite green color. Let's just paint the number 1. Let's take a deep breath
and paint one long stroke. It's easier to do this if
you paint it pretty quickly. Now I'm going to
paint some leaves. I am so excited
we're almost done. However, as you can see, the number 2 on the left looks a bit small compared to
the number 2 on the right. So to troubleshoot this problem, I'm just going to paint some
leaves on the top part. This is a problem that you might encounter even after
drawing your guide. Sometimes it can
still look uneven, but the solution is
really just simple. We're just going to paint
some leaves just so that it will look the same height
as the other numbers. I think it looks better
now, don't you think? I hope that you enjoyed
this project and that we learned how to
troubleshoot some problems. Now let's move on to painting a different class project
in the next video. [MUSIC]
9. Class Project Floral Border Part 1: For this project, we are going
to paint a floral border. We'll be painting
our main flowers on this corner and then we'll just try to add
some leaves on this side. We'll leave an area blank
so that we can write our favorite quote or
our word for the year. Let's start with a
yellow-orange mixture. We're going to paint a
front-facing daffodil. What you can do is you can download the image
of this project, which I'm going to put in the
project resources section. Save the image in a
tablet so that you can have a reference photo
of the final project. I did put a pencil outline for the flowers here just so I
know where I should paint it. We are done with the
center of the daffodil. I'm going to grab some
permanent yellow light. We're going to paint six petals. For this front-facing daffodil, I'm going to use
the first version. It's nice to try different
approaches to painting a flower because it just helps you exercise
your creativity. I'm going to paint the
petals loosely and I'm going to load my
brush with a lot of paint so that I can easily sway my brush and create different
expressive brush strokes. Don't forget to
leave white spaces in between those strokes. Let's finish painting
two more petals. Just vary the pressure
that you put onto your brush to create
different strokes. [MUSIC] Then we can add some permanent yellow deep just to give it some depth. Now let's rinse our brush and blot out the excess water in the tissue paper and
then we can start to blur the inside
of this center. There's excess water
in the middle, so I'm just going to grab it and just blot it in my tissue paper. We're done and just going
to grab some burnt umber and put a small
dot in the center. It looks a bit light
I'm just going to grab more pigment and going
to put it in the center. As you can see this ring
needs a bit of color, so I'm going to
grab some vermilion and blot out the excess water in my brush so that I have just the right amount
of paint in my brush. You don't want a
really wet mixture for this because you want to be
able to control the strokes. Let's move on to
painting a rose. I have here some sap green. I'm going to start by painting the center just using the tip of my brush and hitting
it at an angle. I'm going to paint a
small comma. There we go. Now I'm going to get some
very diluted cerulean blue and then start painting
some small c strokes. I'm going to paint around
this green center. It's okay if that
green color bleeds into this cerulean blue. If there's too much
water in your brush, just try to blot it out. Then remember that it's okay to blot the excess
paint in our brush. Sometimes you just
feel guilty doing that because it feels as if
we're wasting paint. As we go towards the
outer part of this rose, let's paint bigger c strokes and then using the full
belly of the brush. Of course, don't forget
to add white spaces in between those c strokes. When you're building this rose, every time you paint a petal, make sure that you attach it to the next petal so that
there's a continuation. Let's add a few more
bigger petals and you can also try to fix the shape so that it doesn't look too round. You want the edges
to be a bit ruffled. Then let's grab some
indigo and drop it in the center because we're
working quite fast, this flower is still wet as
we add the indigo color. I'm just going to
blot out my brush and just going to try and fade away some of that indigo color and let it blend into this rose. Let's pop into
more indigo color. I think that looks better. Now we're done with
the two main flowers. I'm going to add a side
view's daffodil over here. You can draw a guide
using pencil so that you know where to draw the
side-view daffodil. Let's start with the bell shape. I'm going to use
permanent yellow light again and just
paint the ruffles. Then let's paint the body. We're going to fill
this in with color. This is a fast way of painting. Is very quick and very
easy and spontaneous. Now let's add the petals
on the side and you can hold your brush in
the middle of the handle. This is to keep your
strokes pretty loose and we want the petals to
look like it's dancing. Now let's grab some
permanent yellow deep and just add some shading. I'm going to put it right there where all the petals meet. Then let's grab
some yellow-orange and add it on the raffles part. I'm going to go back
in to fix the shape of the petals using
permanent yellow light. Now let's add the
stem using sap green. Let's paint one more flower. This is a blue corn flour
and I'm just going to mix ultramarine and
permanent violet. Let's start with the petals. I'm going to go in
with a bolder color. This is more pigmented and we're going to
paint a few strokes. Then I'm going to
rinse my brush, dab the excess water, and just fade away the strokes. By doing this, we can
create a softer look. I'm going to add a
bit more color to this flower and just
paint some more petals. Then I'm just using
the tip of my brush to create these C-shaped strokes. Let's grab some sap green and paint the bottom part that
holds all the petals, and then we're also
going to add the stem. Using sap green I'm going to just add some leaves over here. As you can see, I started with
the main flowers and then I tried to attach
some smaller flowers. That's how I start painting a
bouquet or a major project. Now let's add a filler. I'm just going to
paint one long stem, add some hands that's
attached to it. I made a mistake and I'm
going to clean that part. Let's rinse our brush
that the excess water in our brush and
just fade that away. Lift that green color
and now it's gone. I'm going to continue with
this filler I have here just permanent yellow light and using the tip of my brush, I'm just going to stipple some small dots that will
look like small flowers. You can also add up some yellow-orange dots just to make it look more
interesting and so that it doesn't
look too flat. I think we can add one
more daffodil right here and now let's grab some
permanent yellow light. Just as a mark I'm going to put a small dot right there that will be the base of the bell. Then I will proceed to
painting the raffles part. When you're painting
a bouquet try to face the flowers in
different directions so that it just looks better. Now let's fill in the
body with more paint. You can also add a
little bit of water. Now I'm going to add
some petals on the side. I'm just continue
dancing with your brush and then you can grab some
permanent yellow deep, and add some more
shading on this flower. Then let's grab some
permanent yellow-orange and just drop it in the ruffles
part of this flower. Just let it bleed. Now if you want more color, you can add some
vermilion or maybe red. I'm just putting in some
small dots as well. Now let's grab some sap
green and add the stem. We're done with this part. Let's move on to the
next video. [MUSIC]
10. Class Project: Floral Border Part 2: [MUSIC] Welcome to part 2
of this class project and now let's move on to painting
some more leaves and they have here just
some sap green and I'm going to paint
some elongated leaves so we're going to fill
in this whitespace right here and I'm just adding
some stem sticking out. You can also try to rinse your brush from time to
time so that you can have a lighter tone of sap green and then I'm
going to add some buds. I'm just using permanent
yellow light for the buds, and I'm going to
attach some stems. You can also start by playing
around with the sap green, add different colors
to sap green. Right here I just added some indigo to my sap green
to create a deeper color. Try to vary the
shape of the leaves. I painted some smaller
leaves right there, just to change it up
a bit and it will make your composition
look more interesting. Let's move on to the
lower-left corner I'm going to paint
some more leaves. Right here, I just have
a mixture of sap green and sepia and when you add
brown color to your sap green, it becomes an
earthy green color. I just added some
stem sticking out and I'm going to attach
some elongated leaves. The more you paint, and
the more you practice, the more that you'll feel comfortable when it comes
to adding some leaves to your project and I think that's how you
gain the instinct of how or where to add some
leaves or some fillers. Here I just added some
buds and I'm going to add some more greens
on the base of that bud so that
it looks like it's seamlessly attached
to one another. Let's try to vary the
shape of the leaves. I'm going to add some
small leaves right here. At this point, I'm going to add just a
few more stem sticking out in those small white gaps. Let's add some leaves around
this daffodil and adding a dark leaf beside a flower will give more
definition to the flowers. It makes the flower
pop up even more. With a more
concentrated sap green, I'm going to add a
leaf right here. Notice how it instantly gives definition to the edges
of the daffodil petals. I'm also adding
some stem sticking out to give more texture to this floral arrangement and I think we can add some
fillers over here. Let's add some
yellow dots and you can also add a bit of
yellow-orange color. This is a simple and
easy way to add fillers. If there's just a
small whitespace that you need to fill in, just put some small dots and it will look
like small flowers. Let's change this up a bit. I'm going to add some
bluish-violet fillers as well, just to give it a
bunch of color. For the right side
of this painting, I'm going to add some branches and I will be using
some burnt umber. Now let's just start painting some broken lines and as
you can see I'm just using the tip of my brush to add some wispy strokes and it just looks more
natural this way. Try to paint quickly so that you can get a more natural outcome. We're just going to
add a few branches and let's see how it
will go from there. You don't need to add all
the branches right away. We can add some more later on. Let's start adding some leaves. I have here, some sap green and I'm going to just
stamp my brush onto the paper to create these leaves and we're not going to be creating some
perfectly shaped leaves. You want irregular
shape leaves so that it just looks more organic. You can also try to rinse your brush to create
a lighter tone. For this part, just
have fun and try to add different shades of green and
also try to vary the tones. Some can be darker, some can be lighter, and put them in clusters. I just added some indigo to my green so that I can
get a deeper color. Don't worry, we are
just going to slowly build this side of the painting. The leaves might look
a little sparse, but we are going to add
some more details later. Now let's add some small buds using permanent yellow light. What I'm doing is I'm
keeping it quite balance. There's a yellow
flower on the left. But they also want a few
yellow parts on the right, so I'm keeping it
pretty loose and I'm going to add some stems that will attach the small
flowers to the branches. There's a space right here
that needs to be filled. Using sap green,
I'm going to add some leaves around
this white row. By adding more leaves, I'm going to make
this rose pop up. As you can see, by adding the leaves, I'm giving it some edge as well. If we don't put some
leaves around it, then you won't see
where the petals end. This is also a way
to put a shape to the edges of
this rose [MUSIC] using some leftover green
paint on my palette. I am just going to
add some more stem sticking out and create
these quick strokes. We can also add some
elongated leaves. Now let's grab some indigo
and add it to our sap green. Let's just add some
darker strokes. I think we can add some more
branches and I'm still using my burnt umber and I'm
also trying to fill in some white gaps that we
might have missed earlier. Now let's add a few more leaves and I'm just going to stamp my brush onto the paper
to create some strokes. It's now time to
add some details on this daffodil flower. I just have here some
permanent yellow deep and I'm going
to add some detail, some small strokes just to
give it more definition. We can also try to
add some strokes on the side view daffodil
just to separate the petals and then
we can also try to fade it and blur it a little bit to keep it soft using this
unipolar in your white. I'm just going to
add some details in the center of this daffodil. Another fun thing
to do is to add some white veins on
to the green leaves. Or you can add some berries
using this white pen. I won't be doing that
in this project, but you can definitely
try that out. This rose needs a little
bit of an upgrade. I'm going to grab a
diluted cerulean blue and just add some strokes
on top of this rose, giving it more in-depth and I also think that it looks
fluffier this way. We're now in this part
where we're adding some small finishing
touches that will make a big difference to the final outcome
of our painting. I'm adding more yellow, orange to this part, just to give it a
punch of color. I'm going to show you
my initial sketch because if you have
a smaller paper, this is something
that you can try. As you can see, I
didn't have space to put this daffodil right here. You don't really need to follow all the flowers that I
added to this painting. You can definitely try and
compose your own painting, that's it. We are done. Congratulations for
finishing this project. Don't forget to add
your favorite quote or your word for the year in
the blank space [MUSIC].
11. Class Project: Daffodil Bouquet Part 1: [MUSIC] Let's paint
a daffodil bouquet. I'm going to start with a
front-facing daffodil and this is going to be the Version 2 of the front-facing daffodil. We're going to paint
the base first. I have here some permanent
yellow light and we're going to paint six petals first. You can download the
photo of the project so that you can have
a reference photo while painting this project. I decided to draw
an outline first of the flowers so that it's easier to just know where
the flower should be, you can also do that. For this front-facing daffodil, we are not going to
leave some white spaces. Let's just continue painting until we fill in all
the white spots. [MUSIC] While waiting for
that yellow daffodil to dry, I'm going to start painting
the second daffodil, and this is going
to be a white one. Let's use a cerulean blue
that's very diluted. This is the same as
what we had practiced in an earlier video
of this class. Again, I'm just going to fill in all six petals and we're not going to
leave a white space. This is an easy and
simple approach to painting a
front-facing daffodil. Don't worry too much
about the shape. We just need the
general shape of the petals and then we'll be adding more details later
to make it look better. While waiting for the
main base to dry, I'm going to move on and get
some permanent yellow light. Let's start painting
a side-view daffodil. Let's start painting the
bell shape of the daffodil. I'm just going to tap my
brush to create that ruffle effect and then let's fill
that up with some more paint. Just hold your brush
lightly so you can create some very expressive
or wispy strokes and now let's move on to
painting the side petals. Then let's add some
permanent yellow deep, just where all the petals meet. Then let's grab some
yellow-orange and just tap that onto the ruffles part. I'm going to give it
a bunch of color, so let's add a little
bit of vermilion. Let's start an
open-facing cornflower. I have here a mixture of ultramarine blue and
permanent violet. Let's paint some
elongated C strokes. This is the same as what we had practiced in the
brushstroke jails. I'm going to rinse
my brush and dab the excess water to
create a lighter tone. I'm going to continue
swaying my brush to create these wispy strokes. Every time I paint a petal, I always go towards the middle or the
center of this flower, I'm just going to
put a small dot so you can see where it is. Again, you can also rinse our brush just to
create a lighter tone or to fade away some strokes
that look a bit harsh. We want some petals
to be quite soft. We can go back in later to add the second layer just
to give it more depth. Right now I'm going to
grab some sap green. Let's add a stem to the
side-view daffodil and add some sap sticking out and some leaves just to
fill in that white gap [MUSIC] Now let's grab
some greenish yellow and let's paint a
simple hydrangea. I'm just going to
slowly stamp my brush and move it a little bit to create some petal-like shapes. Let's also make sure that there are white spaces in between those strokes so that this won't look like a blob of paint. We're just adding some
irregularly shaped petals and some are smaller, some are bigger, that's okay. Let's leave this
flower for a while. This will look great later
when we start layering it. We're just going to paint
another flower and this time, let's paint a
side-view cornflower. I am using the same extra of ultramarine blue and
permanent violet. Let's just start painting
some petals over here. I am softening this look by
just grabbing a little bit of water and fading away the
initial strokes that we did. We can now grab some sap
green and paint the base that holds all of these petals and then let's just
add a stem as well. We can add more
details once it dries later so what we're
doing is we're saving time by painting the base first and
then we're going to go back in to add some more
details once it is dry. Let's paint the small leaf right here just to give
more definition to this flower and then
we can start painting some feathers and I am
just using sap green. Let's paint one
long stem and then let's add some hands
attached to it. I'm going to grab some
permanent yellow light. Let's start painting some dots that will look like
small flowers. [MUSIC] Let's grab some indigo and add it to our sap green
to create a deeper color. I'm going to paint some elongated leaves on the lower left corner
of this bouquet. Start by painting one
long stem and then we're going to attach some
elongated leaves. Just drag your brush and
vary the pressure so you can get a nice
irregular-shaped leaf. You want it to look more organic and then I'm going to
add one leaf over here, just to give more definition
to that white daffodil. Let's add some fillers
as well in this area. [MUSIC] Let's grab some yellow and just put
some small dots again, that will look like
small flowers. I'm just going around and
adding some leaves just to make the main flowers
pop up some more. I'm also adding some
stem sticking out, which I will later on convert to a filler or a leaf or I
might leave it as it is. That makes a more
concentrated combination of ultramarine and permanent
violet and you're going to start adding a second
layer on the cornflower. I'm just painting on
top of the first layer. Us doing this gives
us more depth and it feels as if some
petals are nearer, some are further away. If it's a bit too dark, you can just rinse your
brush and just try to fade away some of the strokes
just to soften it a bit. We're almost done with
the second layer. Now let's move on to Part 2 of this project in the next video.
12. Class Project: Daffodil Bouquet Part 2: [MUSIC] Welcome to Part
2 of this project. Let's start adding details on
the front facing daffodil. I'm going to grab some
permanent yellow orange and you're going to
create some ruffles. If there's too much
water in your brush, just blot it out
on a tissue paper. Let's continue to tap our
brush until we form a ring. Then let's rinse our brush and just blot out
the excess water. I'm going to fade the
inside of this ring. Just lightly touch the
inches so we can blur it. Now let's grab some burnt umber and drop in a small
dot in the center. This is a bit lighter. I'm
going to grab more pigment. Just make sure that your
brush isn't too wet so that this doesn't
spread all over the place. Moving on to the other flower, I'm going to grab some
permanent yellow orange again and paint a ring. [MUSIC] After this, let's rinse our brush and
blot out the excess water, and let's begin to fade
the inside of this ring. While the center is still wet, I'm going to add a little
bit of permanent yellow, just to give it a pop of color. Then let's grab burnt umber and put a small
dot in the center. I'm going to go back to
the yellow daffodil. Let's grab some
permanent yellow deep. We are going to separate the petals by adding
some strokes. Let's rinse our brush and
just tap the excess water in the tissue paper and fade
away one side of that stroke. I'm going to go back in with more permanent
yellow deep in my brush and just paint some strokes on
top of the petals. Using the tip of your brush, paint some wispy strokes. Let's do the same for
the other daffodil. Right here I have
indigo and I'm going to dilute it with a lot of water and going to just
separate the petals again. Then let's rinse our brush, tap the excess water, and fade away one side of
the strokes that we made. It's important to
add these strokes to give definition
to the petals. I'm going to go back in
and add some more strokes. This is just diluted indigo, but you can also add some
diluted cerulean blue. You can also grab a little
bit of that yellow orange and let it flow into this
cerulean blue strokes. [MUSIC] The yellow daffodil needs a little bit more colors. I'm going to grab
some vermilion and just add some color
onto the ruffles part. It's now time to add
some finishing touches. We're going to add some more leaves just to fill
in some of the white gaps. I'm also going to paint
some stem sticking out. Let's paint some small stems
in between the flowers. Some areas, we can
try to layer some of the leaves just to make it look fuller and give it more depth. When you're doing
this make sure that the fresh layer is already dry before you add
the second layer. Let's grab a more
pigmented greenish yellow and paint on top
of this hydrangea. I'm stamping my brush
and the color is just a shade darker than
the base that we did. As I'm adding the second layer, I'm making sure
that you can still see some of the first layer. There's a small
space right here. I'm just going to paint
some small leaves. Let's try to vary the shapes of the
leaves in this bouquet. You can also add a little
bit of violet to your green just to change the color. Right here at the top, let's add a filler. At the bottom part
of this bouquet. I'm going to add
some yellow buds and I'm using permanent
yellow light. Then let's just add the
stem to attach to the buds. Let's go around this bouquet. I'm going to add another
layer of leaves. This is just a more
concentrated sap green. From time-to-time, try
to stop and look at your painting from
afar so that you'll know if you need to
stop already or if you need to keep on going and add more fillers and leaves. Let's get diluted
cerulean blue mixture. I'm going to add some small dots that will look like fillers, and these will look
like small flowers. This is an easy way to
introduce another color to your bouquet without
painting a main flower. I'm making it more balanced. I added some on the top and I'm going to add
some at the bottom. I'm looking around
and I think we can still fill in some of the gaps and I can extend
some of the leaves over here. Now let's grab some
indigo and add that to our sap green to
create a deeper color. We are going to use this
mixture on our hydrangea. I'm adding some small strokes
to separate the petals. This will look
like the shadow in between the small flowers. Let's rinse our brush and
fade some of the strokes. [MUSIC] We can go back in to add some more lines
to separate those petals. These are just some
small finishing touches. Now let's grab our Uni-ball Signo White Pen to add some details in the
center of the daffodil. You can also use white gouache if we don't have a white pen. I just find it easier to use a white pen for
the small details. [MUSIC] We are done. Congratulations for finishing
your class project. I hope that you learned
a lot today. [MUSIC]
13. Final Thoughts: [MUSIC] Let's wrap
up this class. I hope that through this
class you are able to find peace and a quiet
time to reflect. I also hope that you
enjoyed learning how to paint a new flower. Just remember to enjoy the
process of learning and also believe that we all
start as a beginner. For the class project, you can write your
favorite Bible verse or your favorite quote or you can choose your
word for the year. Choose a word that
will motivate you for the year or choose
a word that sums up what you need to focus on or perhaps what you
need to improve on. I have chosen two words, one for my personal life
and one for my work. My first word is gratitude. I want to be grateful for
everything that we have and I choose to see things
in a positive perspective. My second word is create, so this is for my
work as an artist. Last year was a difficult year for me and I wasn't able to focus on my art as
much as I want to, so this year I want
to create more art and paint pieces that
will make me happy. There you go, I have shared my personal words for the year. I would love to see
your class project and also the quotes that you have chosen to
motivate you for the year. If you're able to
paint a class project, please upload it in the Project Gallery
section of this class. If you've uploaded
it on Instagram, please include this hashtag
so that I can see your work. That's it. I will see you
in my next class. Bye.
Joly Poa, Watercolor Artist
