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1. Let's get creative!: Hi and welcome to
installation art studio. In this class, you're
going to learn how to explore your color
choices and unleash your creativity and drove pattern leaves using
your own color choices. Instead of following the
common rules of nature. I'm going to show
you how you can use fiber color pens to draw simple and creative leaves and introduce you to the
basics of abstract art. You can forget about the
familiar object drawing and dive deep into
your creative side. You're welcome to
join the class if you are a beginner or
an intermediate, or you simply have
an interest in colors and abstract
art in general. Inside this course,
I will be drawing two different leaves
using the same process of sketching the
patterns with pencil first and then coloring
with fiber pens. I've selected leaves because
they are an easy shape to draw and you can get creative with your
own pattern design. And there are also perfect
for beginners and those who haven't explored
abstract art before. Art has always been my way to escape from the busy work life. And sketching using simple and affordable materials is one of the best ways to express emotions and the stress
from the daily workflow. I've been into art since
the age of five and I continued to grow my
art practice everyday. Inside the course, you will find everything you need
from the list of equipment to process steps and easy to follow sketching
and coloring tutorials. You can start working on your own piece of art as
you follow along with. I've also prepared
a class project for you in the end of the class, which you can read
more about under the projects and
resources section. In case you are interested
in participating and sharing your work with
me and other students, either for inspiration
or for feedback. If you're interested
in exploring your unique color choices and figuring out your
abstract art style. Join me on this
class and let's get graded together
for the next hour.
2. List of equipment.: Alright, so the equipment
that we need for this class is first
a drawing pad. I go for the size A4
because I like it for small and simple drawings like this one in this course. But if you already have a different size
available at home, you can use it as well. Then we have pencils. So it's important to start with pencil because you
can fix mistakes, especially when you're
starting with a sketch. And then afterwards we can move the colors and the colors. I have this double-ended
fiber tip pens. These are colored pens
and I have 72 ones. If you have a collection that
has less colors as well. So you do not have to have
as many colors as I have here as long as you have
at least five of them. What I like about these
is that they are double ended and they have
two different sizes. The first size is three millimeters and
it's good in case you want to cover some large spaces because it will save
you a lot of time. And then we have
the thinner one, which is the half a millimeter. This is good for the answers and the borders of the drawing. And if you want to draw
just some smaller spaces. Here, I have a pencil sharpener, so it's needed in case the pencil breaks and I
have to sharpen it again, or in case I want to draw
some really thin lines. Here we have an eraser, so this one is useful in case I made some mistakes
during the first sketch. I want to fix them. This isn't for the
equipment for this class. And let's move on to
the next video and get started on sketching
with a pencil.
3. Sketching the leaves with a pencil.: Alright, so I'm
going to start right now with drawing the sketch. And I want to go for
something really simple because the goal of this drawing is not to get really creative
with the shape, but to use the colors and to get a little bit wild
where the color choices. So if you would like to
follow along and apply the same steps that
I'm doing here with the shape that
I want to go for, which is leaves.
You can do that. Of course, if you have
something else in mind, then you can just draw it from your own imagination or if you find some inspiration
on the Internet. So what I want to go for is something really,
really simple. So the shape of the leaves, basically I rose leaf. So the first thing I want to do is just to draw where the leg, I think I will have two leaves. And even if you decide to
go for leaves as well, just like I'm doing right now. You do not have to
apply the same shape of this one if you
want to go for a differently like a grape leaf or something else
that you'd like. Then I wouldn't draw a
smaller one right here. It's connected to
the bigger leaf. And do not worry about making mistakes when
you are drawing with a pencil because
it is very easy to fix. If you draw a different size than the one you have in mind, then this is your
space to fix it until you come up with
something that's your life. Now this goes to emphasize how important it is to start with a pencil instead of
the colors right away. Because you will
have some space to change your mind until you are happy with the end results. Alright, so this looks okay. I'm going to start right
now with any details. So since we want to go ahead and get a little bit
creative with the colors, because the basic is to go with green leaves and maybe sometimes different
grades of green. But my purpose is to go
a little bit outside the box and maybe add some
blue colors are peripheral. And this is why I want to
add some shapes inside so I can fill it up with the colors that I will be selecting later. So I think I want to
draw some lines first. And it doesn't have to be
the same shape as the leaf. That's where all familiar with
it can be. Anything else? I think I would be deleting
those lines right now, but just because I
want position to be clear to me before I
draw some more details. I think I would just raise the Olympics so I
still can see them, but they're not as visible. Own space to fill up the drawing with anything
that you have in mind. It can be stars, it can be smaller leaves inside. It can really be anything. So the purpose of this class is not to do something basic, but just to unleash creativity inside with
a very simple drawing, like a leaf or a heart or a tree or anything else
that you want to go with. I decided to go
with leaves because in case you have not
done this before, we can start testing some creative limits of
yours and try to break that barrier of what is
common and what is familiar to us when we go outside of the nature of what
is it that we see? And how can you try to change that into making it into
something abstract? And especially when we
move on to the step of adding the colors, you will see that maybe you will want to go for
something green, and then you will
discover that maybe you want to keep the rules of nature or maybe you
want to break them until and add some red, yellow, purple colors or
whatever that you want to go ahead and add
that to your drawing. But in my case, I think I want to go for something
really different. So feel free to follow the same steps as I
am doing right now. I'm just going to
add two lines here. Might be a little bit difficult if you were an absolute beginner to start from scratch and grow something from
imagination like I'm doing. But I really want you to give your creativity a chance and just go ahead with whatever feels comfortable to your eyes. And you want to go ahead
and draw it on your canvas. And there's nothing wrong with starting from
scratch in case you feel like you're really unhappy with the results and you want to change them to something else. As long as you are
drawing with the pencil, it's okay to have a change
in heart and keep trying until you're happy with the sketch off the drawing
that you are going with. I'm comfortable right now
drawing these squares. I want to apply more of
them on the other side. And I don't want to be left and the right sides
to be identical. This is another rule that I want to break in this drawing. So I want to just add a detail
whenever I feel like it. That's another nice thing
about drawing from imagination and growing a little
bit outside the box. Right now I'm going to
move to the other one. And I think I would want it to look a little bit different. So not necessarily because they belong to the same
like right here, that they're supposed
to be identical. So I think I want For something
like the opposite side. So this one is going vertical. I think I want the other
one to be horizontal. So first, just this
middle line right here. Maybe it's just
smaller lines next to the ones that have
bigger space in between. So we were just a few
triangles right here. I think I'm happy
with the results. So if you've been
able to follow along so far and draw your own, I really hope you
were able to feel that sense of freedom
when you are drawing. So you're not supposed
to be following along with a typical leaf or whatever the shape
that you selected. But you are Exploring your imagination
and paste dressing, just adding some shapes that
you're comfortable adding. In my case, it was those squares right here and the lines wherever
you went with, I really hope that you
enjoyed the exercise of just feeling that what
is it that you want to draw here and just going ahead and adding
it on your Canvas. Right now, I'm done
with the sketch, and let's move on to
selecting some colors.
4. Picking colours.: So I want my leaves to have different colors and
color collections because they have two
different shapes. So I'm gonna go ahead and deselect the colors
for the first one. And I think I want to add
some blue and purple. And this one speaks to me a lot. I'm gonna go ahead
and select it. And maybe something
like sky blue. So something like this. I live with darker blue. And I also wanted to add
some black and gray. Now I feel like I need
to add a fire colors, something that breaks
this darkness. And I think maybe an
orange or a lighter one. Here. I liked the combination of these colors for this
leaf and for this one I want to go with something
more red or yellow. So I think I'm gonna go
for this one right here, for maybe even this
pink or fuchsia color. I want to go for really
dark blue again. Maybe, hello as well. They might be changing my mind later because first I'm going to start with the edges and then maybe I'll
start coloring. But so far, I like those. I do want to go for a
different color of pink. I think maybe
something like this one or even maybe
this one right here. Right. I feel like those
colors are enough. I think I want to take
back maybe one of these, so I'm just going to
return this one because those colors are
already very similar. But I do like the combination. Maybe I just want to add
this yellow right here, so I have two grades of yellow. So I'm happy with these ones. I hope you're able to
also have some options. As I said, as long as you
have more than five colors, it should be fine
if you want to go with using the same
colors for both leaves. In case you went to
the same sketch, then of course, feel
free to do that. So whatever you feel
like you want to see on your sketch is the color
that you should go for. It's not necessarily
that you should apply the same steps as
what I'm doing. So let's go ahead and start
coloring the first leaf.
5. Colouring from imagination - First leaf: Alright, so I'm
going to start with the first leaf and we'll be using the color
collection right here. So I'm going to start
with the dark blue. And take the second side first. I think I want to color this
area right here with blue. So first I'm just going
to redraw the line. So you can start with any place
you are comfortable with. It's just from my
color composition. I like to start with the
color in the middle. But if you want to start with
the edges, you can do that. So now I'm going to switch to the other side and
just fill it up. So you can see those
lines are much thicker. So I'd save you
some time when you are filling up the spaces. I think too, so I don't
draw outside of it. I'll just reuse
the thinner side. And I will move
to another color. I think with this light blue, I want to fill up these
small squares right here. I think I want to do the
same for the other side. Then I will try to fill
the spaces outside. The blue color. So I think I liked the
combination of say, gray and light blue. I have to be a
little bit careful around nuclear side
and go over it. In case you do,
You do not have to be very worried
about it because he can always tried to
improvise the drawing, then do something about it. Which is also why it's
nice to start with very simple drawings like
this leaf right here. So it's not very complicated. Especially for beginners. Then you can always
just update the drawing and go for something more complicated like
Mondelez and so on. But as I start, this could really
help you unleash your creativity and the
color choices you go for. I think it's useful to
use thinner edge here. Now we'll just wait
for it to dry just to make sure that the
color is even. So I think I want to
start adding some orange right here just to
break this darkness. I think maybe this set
color in the middle. So I'm going to
fill up this line. I think it's safe to
use. They catch you. Then I'll just go back
into the darker blue. So I'm just going to
fill these edges first. I'll be using the purple. Now these sacro-idyllic
more time because they're very small. So far I'm happy with the collection, right? So I want to find a color for this middle part right here. I really like to go
for the light blue, but I feel like there's
already enough of it in this area because I might also
be adding it on the edges. So maybe I will go
with the miter orange. I think I want to darken
the middle orange and you can see the
difference between them. Right? So I don't feel like
there's enough purple. So I want to add a
little bit more thing. I want to, instead of
having more blue here, I think I want these
to be in purple, starting to come together. I just have to fill
out some more spaces. I think I want to go for
something a little bit dark. Maybe here on the edges. Once again, I tried to define the edges first and then
fill it up with the edge. Thread, so the left side
seems to be more together. I just have to fill this
last space right here. I do not seem to find
a color that could fit from those swatch
that I selected. Maybe I want to go for the light blue because I wanted to add two more light
blue on the outside area, but I ended up going for purple. Yeah, I think I'm going to
continue with this one. And the last one right here. Red. So I'm gonna
go back to this dark gray so I can fill
up this space right here. I just found the large spaces, but now I have to go
to the thinner edge. Now I can draw the
axes off this part. If you do not have
those colored pens. And you only have one face on a thin warm might take you
a little bit longer, but it's okay if you did not
go for a very large drawing. Right? So now I'm gonna go ahead and do this final part
way through as well. I also wanted to life to
me in his coat colors. I'm just going to continue
connect them right here. So now I'm just going
to go some specialty. I'm not comfortable with the state that's
around the edges, so I'm just going to switch
back. It's been one. You can really start
seeing how the colors are really abstract compared to how it usually
leaves the plaque, which is really liberating. To see that it is
your creative side that created this art. And it's not just something that usually people
are familiar with. And I will start with the
first one right here. So if my dry a bit and I will see some spaces that
need to be recolored. But right now I want to
move to the second one.
6. Colouring from imagination - Second leaf.: Alright, so for the second one, the first thing I want
to color is black because I want the two likes
to have the same color. So I will be borrowing
this one from the first selection and then just add the color
closely to the edge. And that will be changing
it as I go up to the leaf. You don't have to do that. If you have something
else in mind. For the colors are
very different. For the second leaf or the second shape that is
electrified own drawing. This is just a
personal preference. Right now I'm going to start
with the yellow areas. Because I want this
leaf to have a lot of fire colors like the red and
the pink that I selected. I want the yellow areas
to be the larger ones. So I'm just randomly
selecting places. Focusing a little bit
about composition. Not so much that I feel
like there are rules that I need to follow with just spreading the
yellow color around the leaf and the shape
that I selected for it. I think I just want to
add Last one here on top, maybe the second one right here. So far, this will
be older yellow. Just for now. I wanted
to take this dark pink. Maybe this one right here. I think I want to add
a third one as well. So as you can see, the two collections
are very different. I'm happy with that. But in case you
feel like they do not fit inside one canvas, then please feel
free to go ahead and select one color collection
for both shapes. This blue is very similar
to the one on the left. We'll just color this
part. The flu as well. I think I want to
add some darkness that from the blue on the top. I think I'm gonna
go with this part. I do not want to add a lot
of darkness and this one, because I want the
fire colors to shine. But just for some contrast. Now I will take this red. Maybe I guarantee it. This part is Guam. Nothing I want to add a little bit more red
because I really liked the color and the effect on the rest of the colors I
selected for this link. Just to go back to blue
for this small space. This one right here. I think I will do the same
on the other side. This one right here as well. So now I will go for
the second yellow. I don't think it's
very different. I think I actually want
to change that too. So I didn't have a
lung hello in it. So maybe I will just borrow this orange one from
the first collection. Just going to try to
color on top of it. I think this is better. I think I don't
have enough pink. So I'm going to go for
some more of this one. So what I like in this process is that you improvise as you go. So as you can see, I'm just
finding some empty spaces, some whitespaces and
just filling in, filling them up with the color that I feel like I want
to add in that space. Which is again,
really liberating for beginner artists when they just do not want to
cover face something. And instead they just
wanted to do something abstract and simple
at the same time. I think this space
could be flow. And maybe some of these
lines right here. Right? So I have this
space to be filled. So I think I'm gonna
go with orange. Now I have some small
spaces to fill. So I'm not sure about this one. I want to go for blue, but I'm worried, but
we'll get to dark. But it just seems like I already have so
many of these colors. So maybe the yellow
one should feel fine. All right. I think I'm happy
with this one and now I just have to fill
some small spaces. So again, I feel like I'm
running out of colors from this election
of these ones. I think I want to add
something a little bit darker. So I'm just gonna
go ahead and look at selection that I have. Somebody do something like this. I think this one will
fits really nicely. Go for blue, for this one, I like the contrast between
the blue and yellow. I think I also want one of these lines to be blue as well. Then I'm gonna go back to red. Just cover this line right here. For these two, I
think I want to go for something like
somebody being yellow. This one is too
similar to the pink, so I'm just gonna go with
blue, dark brown again. Apply the same here. So the last thing is this one. You would not want to
go for yellow, orange. The best choice. Right? So it looks colored in. So I'm just not
happy about having changes off the
break right here. So I'm just going
to try to give it another line was drawn quickly. Some colors, I like that. When they dry, you
can see that there's two lines on top of each other. While some colors, it's
easy to cover up until it looks a little bit
better right now, but I'm still happy
with the results. This is it for drawing
with the fiber colors. And again, I went for something very simple
like this one. I didn't have that
a lot of details, so I barely went for
some less squares and some lines right here because I want it to be very simple. And especially if this
is your first time trying to throw outside the box and give your creativity a chance and then see what
he will come up with. A really hope it was easy for you to follow along the class and they'll be able to draw
as you watch the video. If you went for something else, I would love to see your work. So the class project is
actually to share what you have created by
following the video. So if you went for a
different shape or different color
collections than that, please take a picture
of it and the included in the project and
resources section below. If you want any
feedback on your work, then please feel free to ask. Otherwise, I would just simply love to see what you came up with for inspiration and also for sharing it with
the other students. This is it. And I
really hope that you enjoyed the course and I will
see you in my upcoming one.
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