Paint with Confidence: Effortless Watercolor Florals Using Filbert Brush

1. About the Class: Round brushes are often used by artists including myself, because it's a versatile brush that can paint a variety of strokes. But what if I told you that there is another brush that will help you effortlessly paint flower petals. Hi. My name is hole, and I'm a watercolor artist, online art educator and a Skillshare top teacher. I'm also a brush nerd, which means that you're in good hands in this class as I have explored so many brushes over the past few years. My art revolves around painting watercolor florals in a loose and expressive style. A filbert brush looks like a flat brush, but with an oval tip. And when you lay it flat on the paper and pull the stroke, the distinct brush shape easily creates a flower petal. If you have never tried this brush or had a hard time using this brush before, then don't worry, I will guide you on how to use it with ease. In this class, we will talk about the differences between a round brush and a fillberd brush to understand how each brush works. We will dive into brush stroke exercises and learn about petal and leave strokes. We'll discover how to pull, twist, and flick your brush to create organic strokes. All of these exercises are designed to help you build the muscle memory in your head. On top of these learning points, I will be sharing my floral composition recipe so that you can start creating your own floral bouquets. After learning all the skills, we will apply them to three different projects so you can see the techniques in action. This class is suitable for beginners, and for seasoned artists who want to try a new bruh. I have found that exploring and learning a new tool ignites my creativity. It gives me that fresh perspective on approaching my artwork. And I hope that this class will do the same for you. Coming from a brush nerd, I'm really excited for you to try this new brush with me, so let's get started. 2. Class Overview: Welcome to this class overview. I'm really excited for you to try this class because we're going to use a new brush. I have deep passion for learning new things. I'm pretty sure you will enjoy this class as I have prepared so many brush stroke drills for you. Let's start with the first project where we will paint eucalyptus using a live reference. It will help us observe the subject and move it around so we can paint it from different perspectives. The eucalyptus leaves also can be easily painted with the round edge of the fiilbert brush. For the second project, we're going to paint a single step. I chose this flower because the petals are large and curved, which can be easily painted using the natural curve of the brush. You'll also learn to paint expressive petals and add layers. For the last project, you're going to paint a large bouquet, but don't worry because I will be including a separate lesson on floral composition guide, and we'll be using this guide as we paint this last project. So we'll start with the main flowers or the focal flowers. Next, we'll paint the secondary flowers, followed by fillers and leaves. I am sharing with you one of my favorite recipes for painting a floral arrangement. All right. Without further ado let's check out the next video where I will be sharing the art materials that you need in this class. 3. Materials: All right, so let's talk about the materials that you need. The first one is paper. I'm using this brand called Bauhng artist grade watercolor paper, which you have probably seen in my other classes. So this is cold pressed paper, and it's also 100% cotton paper, and the thickness is 300 GSM. So this is the texture of the paper. So it's really nice for loose florals, and this amazing texture gives more depth to the flowers, as you can see here in the sample painting. So, aside from the artist grade paper, I'm also going to be using the Bau jug Academy, which is the student grade paper. So this is a great alternative if you are on a budget. And I'll just quickly show you the texture. It's a little bit smoother than the artist grade paper, but it still works fine with loose florals. Now, the downside of this paper is that it easily creates harsh lines. For the petals, and you'll see that more in this sample. So this huge paper is also Ba home Academy, and you'll see more puddles and just more unevenness on the paper as the paint settles. But for me, it's okay as long as it's affordable and you can practice on it, and the result is going to be amazing once you just try to master the amount of water that you put in your brush. But definitely feel free to use any paper that you have on hand and just enjoy the process of painting. Let's move on to the most important material, and that is the brush. So we are focusing on a filbert brush. This size is three quarters inch. And in this brand, they actually call it a pointed oval, but it's the same as a filbert brush. So you can see that the top has a rounded shape. And when you flip it to the side, you can see that it has this tapered shape, and it goes to a pointy tip, and this is going to help us create those nice sharp strokes or thin strokes. Next, we're also going to use different sizes. So I have here one half inch filbert brush. It's from the same brand silver brush. It's just from a different series, so the bristles are just a little bit different. All of them have synthetic bristles, but even if it's synthetic, the paint brush is still soft. So we are able to create some nice organic brush strokes. We are going to use the smaller sizes to paint some tiny leaves and also stems. You can definitely use other brands as well. Here are just some of the brushes that I am used to. What we're looking for in the fill red brush is that it's quite soft to create some movement in your strokes. At the same time, it needs to have that pointy tip towards the end of the brush so that we can create some nice thin strokes. For the paints, I'm using sheen hand PC and I just pour them into half pants like this. Let me show you the tube paints. I have container and this is where I put all my tubes. This is the Sen hand P B. It's a Korean artist grade paint, and I just pour them into small half pants because it's more convenient to use. So I let them all dry on the half pants before I start painting with them. It's actually a revised palette that I did, so you can see that there are now more pastel colors in my palette. So we also need a mixing palette, and you can see right here, this is a beautiful mixing palette. It's just the lid of my metal tin. It's actually from the brand core. It's a watercolor brand, but I took out the paints inside and replaced it with an hand PWC. I just love this tin can because it has all these little wells that I can use for mixing different color combinations. You can use a ceramic palette or even just a regular plate. Next, we also need tissue paper for blotting out the excess moisture in our brush and also a water cup. This is just a new water cup that I bought in my recent Japan trip. I love adding cute things in my workspace because it just keeps me happy and more motivated to paint. All right, so that's it for our materials. So now let's move on to the next video where we will define the difference between round brushes and Tilbert brushes. 4. Round vs Filbert: So you are probably familiar with a round brush because that's what we use all the time. But now let's try to differentiate these two brushes in terms of the strokes that they can make. For the round brush, you can see that nice pointy tip. On the other hand, the fill brut brush has this rounded tip. So now let's try to paint some strokes. You can use any color in your palette. I'm going to use permanent rose, and I'm just going to lay my brush flat on the paper and you'll see the strokes that we can create. It has that leaf or petal like shape. You can see that the top part is pointy and it's just following the shape of the brush. Let's now move on to the filbert brush. Let's just grab some more paint and we're going to do the same thing. I'm just going to lay my brush flat and just lightly drag it down. You can clearly see that the top part is rounded. That's one of the major differences between these two brushes. You can see that you can easily paint a rounded petal using a filbert brush. Let's now observe how the brushes work on the paper as we're painting five petal flowers. I'm going to start with the round brush. You'll notice that with the round brush, we have to keep moving up and down to create these broad strokes. It looks like we are building the petals from scratch. That's why we have to move up and down to create these broad petals. But what's nice is that we can create some jagged edges using a round brush which makes the flower look a little bit more organic. With a filbert brush, we can also move our brush up and down, but you'll notice that it's easier to paint the shape of the petal because the brush is already rounded. So all you have to do is to twist and turn your brush to create different strokes. Something that I noticed with the filbert brush is that the strokes seem more confident or it feels a little bit bolder compared to a round brush. It's probably due to the shape of the brush, and I think that beginners can take advantage of that. I'm just trying to wiggle my brush. You can still create some jagged edge. You just have to be more creative when it comes to using this brush. So it's more effortless to paint using a filbert brush because you already have that rounded tip. And I think that both are good brushes to try if you're a beginner, but if you have been painting for a while, I think using a filbert brush is a nice addition to your art materials. Sometimes it's nice to try a new brush that you can explore when it comes to painting some more organic or expressive strokes. You can definitely use different brushes in a floral painting. So the aim of this class is for you to incorporate Filbert brushes in your style. All right, I hope that this lesson was helpful to you. Now, let's move on to the next video. 5. Getting to Know a Filbert Brush: So in this video, we are just going to learn how to create gestural strokes. So we are just going to explore different strokes by twisting and turning this brush. You can see that nice rounded edge, and that's going to give us a different stroke. And then if you move it to the side, you can see it tapers down to a nice fine tip. So the size is three quarter inch. It's a big brush that's nice for painting fluffy petals. But later on, we're also going to try out one half inch and also three eighth inch. So we're going to try out different sizes that you can also observe how I use the brushes. So this is a big bruh, which means that it also is going to absorb more water than the smaller brushes. So this is something that you might need to practice because if there's too much water, then it might be hard for you to paint certain strokes. I'm going to get a cerulean blue. Use any color that you have in your palette, and you can also use student grade paper. This is just Pau Hong academy, so it's a student grade paper because we're just going to play around with different strokes. Now for the first few strokes, I just want to drag my brush. Just get a feel of that brush. It's like a nice flat stroke. You can play around and press your brush even more so that the bristles will spread and give you a broader stroke. Okay, now we are going to use this tip over this edge. So you can see that I'm going to hold my brush up high, and I'm just going to drag my brush, create some thin straight lines. It's something that you can also try to practice. I love doing these strokes because you can also create an abstract art from these gestural strokes. If I press my brush a little bit more, you can see that the strokes are getting thicker. All right. Now, let's just grab some more paint. I'm going to use still cerulean blue. It's just a thicker mixture. So now I want to add some texture. I'm just going to tap my brush, create these short strokes, and you can definitely blot out your brush if there's too much water in it. So this stroke, we can use it for the center of a flower or just to simply add some texture to the petals. Instead of tapping, you can also do what they call slicing, just dragging my brush in short strokes. This one will give you a cleaner stroke. All right. Now, let's use this brush and paint stroke from the top going down. Whenever I'm using a new brush, I like to paint strokes facing in different directions. That's going to help me understand how to work with this brush. I'm going to use the side of the brush and just press and then try to lift and then press again. So I have that wobbly style of a stroke. Now, let's just grab a pink paint you can use other colors or the same blue color. I'm just going to press my brush and just slowly twist towards the end. That's going to help create a petal like stroke. Let's just try to practice some more. It doesn't have to be perfect. We are really just playing around with this brush and just trying to discover the strokes that we can make. If it doesn't look good, it's completely fine, we really are just having fun. Just going to paint some more strokes and play around with different angles. I'm going to paint a curve stroke from the right side. Just try to observe how the brush moves and changes direction as I go down the stroke. For me, that's what's interesting about a filbert brush because you can twist and turn your brush and create these beautiful organic strokes. All right. Let's try a leaf like stroke because I'm going to grab Sap green, and you can use any green in your palette. I'm going to start with the side of the brush and then just press and then lift. You can see we have the two ends pointy. Let me show you that in a different angle. Again, start from the bottom, and then you can see that bristles will fan out, and then slowly lift. That's one of the ways to paint leaves. So you can extend the first stroke to create sort of a stem and then slowly press your brush to create the body of the leaf. We can also start from the top going down. This is just a nice play of strokes that you can apply to your paintings. So this is going to help you create some beautiful organic leaves. All right. Now let's try this one half inch. A one half inch brush will give you a little bit more control because the bristles are smaller. I'm going to also paint that curve stroke that we did earlier, but this time we're using a smaller brush. I find it a little bit easier to do this stroke using the one half inch brush. But they, we are going to learn more about petal strokes in a separate lesson. So I do get a little nerd when it comes to introducing a new brush because I like exploring the brush and what it can create. All right, so I'm just going to repeat the process a couple of times and just play around with twisting the brush. So you can also try to do this. Okay. We can also try creating a tear drop shape petal and it's going to look like this. Just press your brush and then lift quickly towards the end to create that nice pointy tip. You can see that I'm dragging it quite fast towards the end of the stroke. You can try to do this stroke facing in different angles. Let me show you another one up close. It's actually quite fun and very therapeutic to do this. It reminds me of the petals of an aster flower. All right. We are just really using the side of the brush to create these small strokes. I think it's looking really good. Now let's try a different stroke. I'm going to use a different color. For this one, we're just going to try and wiggle our brush to create a petal shape. You can have that nice jagged edge. So we can make some strokes, short strokes, and I'm just using the flat side of the brush to create this petal. We can also do just a simple loop, just one petal like this and you can have that nice clean petal. Another way to have fun with a new brush is to paint some wiggly strokes. I'm just going to do some curve strokes like this. You can even do this in different colors. It's going to look like an abstract art. This stroke will help you control the pressure in your brush. We're playing around with a light pressure and then slowly press your brush and then lift again, then you're going to do the process all over again. All right, so that's it. I hope that this warm up exercise help you become more comfortable with this new brush. Now let's move on to the next video. 6. Petal Strokes: All right, in this lesson, we are going to learn different petal strokes, seeing a field bert brush. So we are going to explore different petal strokes that I have formulated after using this brush for a while. So these are my coined terms. I call them chunky strokes. So there is a twist, wiggle, and also a side stroke. Then we're also going to do combination. For this lesson, we're just going to use student grade paper. We don't need to spend on expensive 100% cotton paper. We're just going to practice and going to use my one half inch fill bred brush. We're going to do the first one, which is what I call the chunky stroke. I'm going to grab permanent rose for the chunky stroke. I'm just going to lay my brush flat on the paper and let it create that rounded shape. I would say that this is an effortless way to paint a flower. Let's try to paint some strokes, just lay it down flat, and then drag it down. That's our first stroke. We can try to paint a simple flower here. You can see I'm just trying to move my bruh to the left and to the right and making it a little bit curved as well. But I'm mostly just laying my brush flat. Okay. Now let's try it again. I call this a chunky stroke because you can see that the flower doesn't really have a lot of movement. For this type of flower, I usually use it for fillers, if I want some small chunky flowers. Let's just grab a little bit of green, just to better visualize that this is a flower. Of course, you can also leave some spaces in between your strokes. This type of stroke feels a little bit bolder. So when you see it, it's a big chunk of petal, I guess it depends on the style that you're going for. Okay. Let me just do one more flower so you can observe it a little bit better. You can see right here. I'm also trying to build the petal by doing two strokes in one petal. You can also do that. Some strokes can also be overlapping. I'm almost done, and I'm just going to put a simple stem again just to better visualize that this is a flower. For the next stroke, we are going to do a bit of twisting and a little bit of flick towards the end of our stroke. You can lay it flat, move it in a curve manner, and then flick towards the end. For this one, you can also try to twist your brush, you can see the bristles are moving and then lift towards the end, so that you have that pointy tip. Now we can practice it facing the other side as well. Let's just try to paint a simple flower again using this technique. I'm just going to lay my brush down and you can see that there is a little bit more movement using this stroke because we're trying to flick our brush and trying to twist the brush to create a nice pointy tip. All right. So you can see right here, I also left some white spaces in between my strokes. Hey, Let's try it again. I can see I'm just trying to twist my brush and just trying to lift towards the end of the stroke to get that nice sharp end. So with the chunky stroke, it's almost like we're just stamping the brush on the paper. But with this twisting motion, we are trying to flick our brush to create some more movement in our stroke. Next, let's do a wiggling stroke. So I'm just going to lay my brush flat and kind of move it up and down to create that jagged edge. It doesn't really look that good right now, but once you apply this on a flower, it will make sense. So a flower that I would use this for would be an is flower. You can see that nice rougfle edges. This is also a stroke that you can do to create bigger petals. Let's try it for a flower. You can see I'm moving it up and down to create one petal and I have those nice curves towards the edges of the petals. I'm moving from the outside, going to the center of the flower. This is also a technique that I would sometimes use for painting peonies. So you know that peonies have nice beautiful petals that are usually big, so we can use this technique for that. For this exercise, just focus on your brush strokes. There are a lot of puddles in this exercise, and that's completely fine. We're using a student grade paper. So definitely those puddles will appear more compared to using a 100% cotton paper. You can see that it's almost like you're dancing with your brush, you can see the bristles moving up and down. Next, we're going to use the side of the brush. This is what they call the side stroke. For this one, it's going to give us a sharper petal, just like what you're seeing here. I'm just laying it flat and just pushing it on the paper and lifting it towards the end. You can see that I have that rounded tip. Just press and then flick depending on the angle that you want. This is an easy way to create a simple flower. Usually, this is what I use for daisy like flowers. Those open flowers with a lot of small petals. You can also use this for smaller fillers. Later on, we'll learn more about that. Right now, I'm going to do a combination stroke of everything that we learned. I'm going to do this chunky stroke. Then we're going to use this side of the brush to create some thinner petals. You can try to wiggle. All of these strokes that I mentioned here are just guides. Of course, you can definitely try to paint using your own style. Think of it as just a warm up exercise and just so that you have something to start with. You can see I'm starting from the outer part of the petal going into the middle part of the flower. With Filbert process, you usually start from the outside going in to the center. Okay, right? I'm just using the side of the brush, doing a side stroke. So it's really nice when you try to twist and turn your brush, you can definitely create a more expressive flower. All right, so that's it for our petal strokes. Don't worry because in the next video, we are going to apply this to painting some flowers and usually for fill bird brushes, I prefer using it for open flowers or pony like flowers that have huge petals. So now let's move on to the next video. 7. Floral Warm Up Exercise: Now that we have learned the petal strokes, let's do some simple warm up exercises and paint some flowers. So we're just going to play around with different strokes. This is a no pressure exercise. So just have fun. I'm going to be using the one half inch filbert brush. I also suggest using a bigger sheet of paper so that you have more space to work with, and it just feels more free to move around the paper. So first, I'm going to use permanent yellow light. This is one of the ways that I paint a flower using fill bread brush. So we're going to start with the center and you want a more saturated center. This is a thick mixture, and I'm going to use just a tip of the brush and lightly just tap it like this. So you'll end up with a lot of short strokes. This is going to be the center of the flower. And then we're going to rinse our brush, and let's grab yellow ocher and some cpa. I'm going to mix these two colors. I want a more muted color and you want it to be light or a little bit more transparent than usual. So we're going to add more water. All right. So just play your brush flat onto the paper. I'm going to press it just like so. Torsam going to lift and it's going to touch the center a little bit. So you can see that yellow center is going to flow into the petals. I'm just going to try and twist my brush, create that pointy tip, and you can use a side stroke. Okay, let's grab some more paint. I'm going to do the one on the right side, just trying to move my hand from the outer part of the flower going into the center. You can do a mixture of combinations here. You can try to just twist and turn your brush to create some beautiful strokes. I'm going to leave the bottom part open because we're going to put a stem. I will be using Sap green with a little bit of burnt umber. All right. So let's drag it down. And I'm going to add some nice strokes for the leaves. You can see I'm doing some really quick strokes. This flower is looking a little pale. I'm going to put some burnt sienna in the center so that you have more contrast. I'm adding this while the base petals are all still wet. All right. So there you have it, your very first simple flower using a fill bird brush. Okay. Let's move on to the second flower exercise. I'm going to be using a bigger brush. This is a three quarters inch brush, and let's grab some violet. This is called mineral violet. But you can definitely use other violet colors or even any color in your palette. I'm just going to mix that up on my palette, and we are going to start at the top. This is going to be a more expressive style of painting. So I'm going to lay my brush flat and then lift, then use the side of the brush. And sometimes I'm just really painting some lines or even some small dots. That looks good. I'm going to grab a little bit of that ultramarine blue. Now you can see I have a two toned color for the petals. Now I'm just going to rinse my brush and just add a lighter color at the bottom. You can see I'm trying to twist my brush to create that nice pointy tip. So we want the petals to have different lengths. So some are shorter, some are longer. And also, you can see that the petals on the right side are shorter. The petals at the bottom are longer. That would give the impression that this flower is at an angle. It's just a very simple trick that you can also try to apply to your paintings to just add some movement or add a different perspective of the flower. Of course, we can grab a darker center for this flower. I'm using just the same color, it's mineral violet, but it's just more pigmented. I'm just tapping my brush in the center while the petals are all siilut Let's do another one that's more like front facing. The center is going to be in the middle of this flower. I'm going to use indigo, and I'm still using this three quarter inch brush. Again, we start at the top, and we're just going to lay a brush flat and just drag it. You can see we have one stroke there. I'm going to use the side of the brush to create a thin stroke. Every time I finish a stroke, there's a little bit of that flick so that you have a nice pointy tip. Now, I'm just going to rinse my brush, tap the excess water, and you can see I'm trying to twist my brush from the outer part of the petal going into the center. Don't forget to leave some space in between your strokes and also in the center. It's also best to change the value so you can see that some strokes are darker, some are lighter. So I really love the combination of those broad petals and the side stroke petals which are thin. Alright, that was pretty fast. Don't worry. We're going to also add a second layer to some of the flowers just for some more depth. Now, let's move on to a different flower. I'm going to do a peony like flower here, and we're using the color shell p, which is a beautiful pastel pink color. I'm going to start with the front petal. So we are just going to lay our brush flat. You can see that around the tip. That's really perfect for painting peonies. Now let's move on to the left side, and I'm still not really connecting these two petals yet. And on the top, I want this to be lighter so I put more water in my brush. So I'm just lightly tapping my brush onto the paper. And now I'm going to add some petals on the right. And also towards the bottom part. You can see that I'm really pressing my brush onto the paper to create a broad stroke. Okay? So you can use the side brush here and just lift towards the end. All right. The shape is looking really good. And we're trying to really build this petal one by one. I'm just going to just press my pressure create a round the tip. Next, I s grab a little bit of this violet on my palette, and we can try to just add it to some of the petals just for some variety. I think it looks nicer with a two to color. Now, for this stamen, I'm just going to use yellow ochre or any yellow color in your palette. We're just going to tap it right here in the center and just lightly stamp your brush. Just to create some small gestural strokes. You can also grab a darker brown color for more contrast. All right. It's looking really good. Now, let's just play around with some smaller flowers. I'm going to use a side stroke. So just use the side of the brush and create some flicks. And now we can try to paint just a simple flower. This could look like a cone flower. So you can see all the petals are towards the bottom part of the flower. We're going to put a small circle in the top part, and maybe a little bit of that dark brown color just to give it some contrast. Again, we're just really playing around. It doesn't have to look like a certain flower we have in mind. We just want to practice with different petal strokes. Next, let's grab this yellow orange color and you can definitely use other colors. So you can try to paint some smaller flowers as well. So you can see that I'm really trying to twist and turn my brush to create some movement. And your brush always ends up in the middle of the flower. I think that's one of the characteristics of using a filbert brush. So now I'm using a red color and you can see that it's so nice to just play around with different shapes and lengths of petals. It's going to feel more natural as you paint more and more every day. I think at first, it's going to be awkward to paint using a fill bread brush, but that's all going to be better when you practice. We're going to do a second layer. I'm just using the side of the brush to create some thin strokes. I'm using just mineral violet as well, but you can see that it's darker than the first layer that we did. This is also going to help us build some contrast. I like adding these thin strokes in between the petals or just to break up some chunky petals. Okay, it's looking really good. It really depends on what you painted as well. You don't really need to follow what I'm painting here. I also want you to practice on your own. Now let's grab some darker indigo. I'm just going to also use that side stroke and use the flatter side of this fill bred brush to create some small details. That's it for our floral play warm up exercise. It's all about movement and twisting your hand or your wrist to create some beautiful organic strokes. Now let's move on to painting some fillers and foliage that we can use for our floral composition. 8. Foliage and Fillers: Foliage and fillers are very important in a floral composition because it fills in those small white caps. You can use it to add some more volume to the bouquet or even extend a bouquet. You can also use this to add some contrast and make the flowers pop up. In this lesson, we're going to learn how to create foliage and fillers using a small fill bred brush. This is a three eighth inch brush and I'm going to just paint some simple flowers that you can also try My default color is always going to be pink. This is permanent rose, and don't worry you can use other colors. We're just going to lay our brush flat like this and just do some combination strokes. I'm going to do a side stroke and then maybe add a flat stroke, then that's going to be a small bud. We just want a simple stroke that will make it look like a small bud. It doesn't have to look realistic. I think that's also what I love about painting with Filbert brushes because you can easily create gestural strokes. All right. So now we have three buds here. I'm going to use a green color. This is just sap green and just paint some stems. There you have it, you have a very simple and easy to paint filler. You can even add some small leaves just to add some volume. Now I'm going to this is a lilac color, and we are just going to paint another filler. You want to paint clusters of petals that are side by side. You can see. I'm just going to use a little bit of this violet and do a side stroke there, do some combination strokes. We can layer brush flat and then flick it and add some thinner strokes beside it. Then you can also rinse your brush to create a lighter value. When you're creating these small fillers, it's also important to change the value. You want some colors to be darker, some are lighter. I'm just adding a little bit of green towards the tip. All right, so you can go back in with the darker color. And now I am going to paint the stem. You can have fun and do this in different color combinations. Next, we can do some tear drop petals using a side stroke. So we also practice this earlier. Okay, so it's going to look like an as flower or you can do a daisy like flower. So you can even add another color in your stroke, that's going to make it more interesting. All right. So this looks good. You can also add a center color. You can add some yellow. All right. So you can also do a flower that is on its side. Once you have all the flowers in the top half, just paint a petal that is horizontal. I'm just going to add a stem and maybe some small leaves. All right. This is another style of filler that I love doing with a round brush, but you can also do it with a filbert brush. I'm using indigo, you can use any color. So you just want to tap your brush onto the paper to create some texture. This is a really easy way to add a filler. I usually use this type of filler to add some contrast in a bouquet. So you can see this color is quite dark. So if the bouquet looks a little bit pale, I'm going to add this filler using a darker color. So we can just add some gestural leaves here. Okay. So now let's move on to the next one. All right, let's go to leaves. So this is just a mixture of sap green with burnt number. And next, I'm going to mix another green. This is sap green with indigo. So it's going to be very useful to mix these greens beforehand. We'll start with the Mg two style of painting a leaf. You start with a light pressure, and then you slowly press your brush against the paper and brussels will fan out, and then you lift towards the end. You can also do this in two strokes. You start with the top half, and then you do the second half. You can see it's going to be a bigger size of leaf. All right. So let's just try to practice going to paint a thin stem, and then we're going to attach some leaves using the same technique. So just start with the light pressure and then just press and lift towards the end, give it a little flick so that you have a nice pointy tip. So it's almost similar to using a round brush. We can do a different variation, just paint a thin stem and then try to paint some tear drop leaves using side stroke, going to start from the top and then go to the middle part of the stem. You can try to vary the colors as well. Some can be a darker green, some are lighter green. You can also try to vary the length of the leaves. Because I'm right handed, this angle feels a little bit awkward to me, but it just comes with practice. You can definitely do it. Even if you're using a filbert brush, you can still paint some elongated leaves, drag your brush and do a flick towards the end of your stroke to create a nice pointed tip. You can also try to wiggle your brush to add some movement to the leaves. You can see on the right, there's no movement and on the left, I try to wiggle my brush a little bit. All right, let's do another variation. So right now, I'm going to do some cluster strokes. Again see I'm doing about three, four strokes in a leaf and they all have rounded tips. This is another style of leaves that you can do using a fill bread brush. Let's try another leaf type. These are all mostly from my imagination. Right now, I'm going to do leaves that are kind of further apart from each other. The one on the left, we did some cust leaves. This one, they are going to be single leaves, so you can see that there are spaces in between them. This is also a great way to add as a filler to your florals. So you can do this technique to lengthen a floral bouquet, so you can extend an area using this filler. So this is another way to paint a leaf, using a spill bird brush. So this is a more rounded shape leaf. So press your brush and just twist. And you can see that the bristles are trying to fan out as you twist your brush, and you can create this almost like a circle or oval shaped leaf. It depends on how you hold your brush. This practice that one more time, and then you can just try to fix the shape. I'm going to add the stem. So it almost looks like a small balloon. This is another great filler for your floral bouquet. And do a simple eucalyptus. I'm going to use the side of the brush to create some side strokes, and you can see that they look like flattened ovals. That's how I will describe it. You can also use the broader part of the brush. Just try to the shapes and also the colors. You can see some, some are light green. For this next one, we're going to create some gestural leaves. This is something that I do all the time with filbd brushes. I'm going to start from the top and just move my brush, going to the center stem. You can see that we're trying to also vary the length of the petals or the leaves rather. It's a really fun way to play around with leaves can change the color. So I'm just using mostly the side of the brush. So these are side strokes, and they look more expressive because I'm doing it quite fast. You can see sometimes I'm also starting from the center stem going out. It's just a fun way to paint leaves. You can also try to do this and do some cluster leaves. Now with this technique, you are most likely going to have some rounded tip leaves, just like what you see here. But you can also start from the center stem going out. I'm going to paint a thin stem and then from the center, you go out and flick your brush and you get that nice pointy tip. It's going to look a little bit different. This style is giving me some tropical vibes. All right, so that's it for our foliage and fillers. I hope that you learned a lot with these gestural strokes and that you can apply it to your floral composition. All right. So for the next video, we are going to do our first project. It's going to be a simple painting of eucalyptus and going to provide a live reference. So we're going to copy the leaves and try to translate it on paper. So let's check out the next video. A. 9. Project 1: Eucalyptus: Before we start here is a list of colors that you need for this project. For the first project, we are going to start with something simple. We're going to paint this eucalyptus, and you can see that the leaves have a rounded shape. I think that is just very perfect for our filbert brush, which also has a rounded edge. Now, what I'm going to do is I'm going to mix the greens first that we'll be using. First, I'm going to mix hookers green with epa. This is going to give us a more earthy green color. So you can mix different proportions. You can mix more hookers green or more sepia. Next, I have this special color in my palette called shadow green and it's just a nice muted dark green color. That's how I would describe it. It's almost similar to perylene green if you have that color. Next, I'm going to mix hookers green and indigo, and then you're going to mix hookers green and paints gray. It's going to be useful once you have all the greens in your palette so that you can just grab any of them and start painting. All right. I'm just trying to lay down the eucalyptus on the paper, and I think we can do three stalks. I'm going to start with the first one and you can see that it's a little bit curve. So I'm just going to use a pencil and lightly draw a line that will serve as a guide. I'm going to start at the top. I'm using hookers green and spa. I'm just going to follow the shape of the leaves. I'm going to use the side of the brush and lightly press on the paper, and we're just going to change the angles. These leaves are a little bit dark. Now I'm going to rinse my brush, tap the excess water and paint some light colored leaves using side stroke. Okay, let's grab a different green. I'm going to be using shadow green and going to paint a rounded shape. I'm just going to lay my brush flat and then lift. Then we can try to fix the shape. So when you look at the eucalyptus, some of the leaves are kind of on its side. So they look like a line from our perspective. And to paint that, we're just using the side stroke or the side of the brush to create a thin line. And then you'll notice some leaves are facing upward, just like this. This is a really great way for us to practice using a filbert brush. Next, we're going to paint the stem. You can use the smaller filbert brush, or you can simply use a smaller round brush. This is a size four round brush. And of course, you can go ahead and just dab some texture on the stems just to make it more organic, can drop in some darker color on the leaves. Okay. All right, let's move on to the center eucalyptus. You can see that it's taller than the first one. That's because we want to vary the heights of the eucalyptus to make it look more interesting. And I just use my pencil to draw a line that will serve as a guide. So to start, I'm just going to mix Hogar green again with indigo. We're going to use this color for this. I'm going to start at the top again and I'm going to paint this leaf in two strokes. I'm going to start from the top and move our brush to the left and another one to the right to form this leaf. The next two leaves look like just line from my perspective, I'm going to use the side stroke, just like this one on the left, one on the right, and then another one right here in the middle. I'm just really following what I see. At the same time, if it feels a little bit off, I will adjust the size of the leaves. I think that's the beauty of having a live reference object. In this case, we have eucalyptus stalk and you can try to just twist and turn the leaves so that you can get a different perspective, and you can be more creative about painting this. Well, the leaves are still wet, you can drop in some darker color for a more dramatic effect. Yes, I'm trying to vary the pressure in my stroke. You can try to press and then lift to create these rounded leaves. You can also try to wiggle your brush to create a more irregular shape. The last two leaves at the bottom are a bit dark. I'm just going to rinse my brush and paint leaves that have a lighter green color. So it's really important to change the values in a single stalk so that it will look more interesting. I'm pretty happy with how this looks. We're going to just paint a stem and I'm going to use the tip of this fiilbri brush. But again, you can use a different brush to do this as well. Okay. Look at your painting from afar and try to observe if you still need to add some more leaves. This one looks a little bit watery. Let me grab some tissue paper, blot out my brush and just try to absorb the excess water on the paper. We have the last stalk. This time, it's going to be a bit shorter than the first two stalks that we did. You can see that I really tried to vary the height of all the stalks. Let me just grab some more shadow green. Again, you can use other greens in your palette. Let's start at the top. Again, you can see that we have some really small leaves. I'm just going to lightly press my brush and try to mimic that. You're also facing upwards. So I'm trying to adjust the angle of my brush to try and paint the same leaves. So now let's just rinse our brush to create a lighter green color. So I'm just painting some thin lines using a side stroke. Let's switch to a different angle so you can see it better. You'll notice that it's just the tip of this filer brush that's moving and it may feel a little bit repetitive, but I think it's quite relaxing to paint these leaves. This is all about mark making. You can see I'm trying to twist my brush and stamp my brush or create some flicks. Okay, now let's paint a line for the stem. While the leaves are still wet, I'm just grammy some darker green color and just dropping it in randomly in some of the leaves. And I'm doing this to add some more contrast in certain areas of the leaves. Right now, I'm just adding some finishing touches. But if you're already happy with what you painted, you can stop there. I'm just grabbing some really light colored green. I added a little bit of brown just for some variation, and we are just going to paint some small leaves to just fill in those white caps. All right. Let me switch to a fibre brush. It just feels easier to paint the eucalyptus leaves using a filbert brush. You can see I'm just trying to paint some light colored leaves. All right, so I think we're done with this eucalyptus painting. It looks really beautiful. It has that minimalist feel, and I hope that you enjoyed painting it. Now let's move on to the next project as we paint a single temporarily. 10. Project 2: Single Stem Peony: Before we start here is a list of colors that you need. So for our second project, we're going to paint a simple single stem pony. I liked using this book as a reference. This is from the flower color guide, and there are so many pony photos in this book. So if I grab a filbert brush, you can see that it's just perfect for painting the petals and you have that nice rounded tip. It is going to make it easier for us to paint the beautiful fluffy petals. All right, aside from this book, we can also look into Pinterest. There are so many beautiful reference photos of single stem ponies and you can grab different photos that catches your attention. What I'm looking for is a photo with an open pony like this, so you can clearly see the petals and it's not too curled or covered up. I'm going to start with the center. We need to use permanent yellow light or any yellow in your color, and we're just going to paint short strokes. I'm just using the tip of this fillbert brush, so it feels like we're slicing the strokes on the paper to create these short strokes. Now, let's grab a nice pastal pink color. This is called shell pink. It has a white in it, that's white looks a bit creamy. I'm going to grab permanent rose and mix it with a little bit of yellow ochre. In order to achieve that soft petal, we want to use soft colors as well. And what I do is I add more water in my paint mixture. Okay. I think I'm going to grab some more shell pink as a backup. So it's nice to just mix the colors on your palette before you start painting. From the top, lightly press your brush and lift towards the end. I'm just going to lightly touch that yellow center, and then you can try to use the side of your brush, create a curve stroke. I think we can add a little bit of burnena in our mixture. So I love changing the colors in the flower. It's going to look a little bit more brown. Just lightly press your brush and then lift towards the end. Our anchor point is always the center. I'm always going back to the center. Just press your brush, make a curve stroke and then lift towards the center. Let's do a horizontal stroke. Ming just the side of my brush to create this cup in the reference photo, you'll notice that there are petals that are a little bit curve, and that's what we're trying to mimic here. Let's do another petal on the right side. I'm just going to press and then twist my brush and then lift towards the end to create a pointy tip. You'll notice that all the petals have that rounded edge, and that's because of the shape of the filbert brush. If we were to do this using our round brush, the petals will look a little bit different. Let's just twist and then pull our brush towards the center and we're almost done with the base layer of this pony. Is going to drop in some pink color, and we can try to adjust the size of the petals and the length as well while it's still wet. I'm going to mix permanent rose with a little bit of that burnt sienna, drop it in between the petals. This is going to give us a lovely effect once it dries. Now let's move on to painting, the stem, and the leaves. I'm going to be mixing Sap green with burnt umber. But later on, I felt like it needed to be Tarker I added some indigo. Another option would be to use shadow green or maybe pine green. Because we have a soft flower, we want to highlight that by adding Tarqu leaves. You can see I'm just adding some leaves near the bottom part of this flower. Next, we're going to add the stem. Instead of painting one straight stem, I'm going to do some dotted line, and I'm not going to fill it in right away. That's going to give me flexibility when it comes to adding some leaves. Let's just create some gestural marks. Let's add some leaf over here while the petal is still wet. You can see that the colors are blending with each other. That's going to make a beautiful effect. I'm using a half inch brush and you can see that I'm just trying to flick towards the end. I even have a little bit of that dry brush effect. You can try to dab your brush in a tissue paper if you want that effect. While the leaves are still wet, let's grab some indigo and just drop in a darker color in some of the leaves. It's looking really great. Now let's move on to adding a second layer to this flower. So I'm going to grab permanent yellow deep or just a darker yellow. And as I'm adding this I feel like we need to add more contrast. So I decided to go with burn sienna. I'm just going to add that in the center, using a tapping motion. I. Let's just add some gestural mark in the center. I'm just going to grab a little bit of print sienna and just dab my brush or stamp my brush on the paper. Okay. Let's just grab some indigo, and you'll notice that it's really dark in color. So I want this mixture to be a little bit dry to create some more intense stroke or sharp strokes. You'll notice in this picture that you have some shadows in the petals and we're going to try and mimic that. I'm going to use my one half inch brush, and we're going to use the same mixture. It's just slightly darker than the base. This is permanent rose with yellow ochre, a little bit of that burnt sienna. Now, make sure that the flour is already dry as you're doing this. I'm using just the tip of my brush and creating some elongated strokes. The brush feels a little bit wet, so I'm just going to dab it in a tissue paper so that I have more control over my strokes. So you don't want the color of the second layer to be too dark or else it will look very heavy. The purpose of adding a second layer is just to enhance the overall look of the flower and just to make it pop. Okay. I also add these lines to separate some of the petals. Usually start from the tip of the petal going to the center. Now, it might be a little bit difficult if it's your first time to do this, but it's going to be way easier once you try to practice adding second layer to your florals. It's going to be feel more natural as you add these gestural strokes or mark making. I think we can add a pop of color in the center and I'm going to use white gash and mix it with yellow. This is a technique that I actually use for a different class. If you have seen my poppies class, I mixed gash with yellow, and we're going to create this nice opaque color. I'm going to create short strokes, but you can definitely skip this part if you don't want to add it or if you don't have Gosh. Let me show it to you up close so you can see the details. Something that I have noticed when it comes to painting on is that it's more effortless to paint the petals if I use a filbert brush compared to using a round brush. So I hope that you can try out this project using a different reference photos that you can practice. Okay. Now let's move on to the next video. 11. Floral Composition Guide: Learning about floral composition is important as it ensures that your paintings are visually appealing and well balanced. Here are some tips to help you transform that blank paper into a beautiful artwork. So let's start with the first step, and that is to start with the focal flowers. So the focal flowers are the largest blooms in the floral arrangement, and this is the star of the show, and it will get the most attention in a bouquet. So it can be one or more depending on the size of your paper. I would suggest to vary the perspective, like some top facing, some more side facing. You can start in the center of the paper. I think that would be the safest if you are just starting out with painting so that you have the flexibility to move up or down or go diagonally across the paper. Some examples of focal flowers are sunflowers, ponies and roses and also dallias. After you have laid down the focal flowers. Next, we're going to go in and paint some secondary flowers. So the secondary flowers are smaller than the focal flowers, and in a floral composition, these secondary flowers complement the focal flowers. So we're adding this because we want to vary the size of the blooms to make it look more interesting in an arrangement. So in this example, I put some smaller bluish flowers near the main flowers. Some examples are cosmos, sweet peas, and anemone. All right. So when you have all the flowers, now we're going to add the fillers and some textural flowers. So the fillers add volume and fill in the small spaces in between the focal and secondary flowers. It can also be used to adjust the height and shape of the bouquet. So textural elements such as berries can provide contrast or add another color to the bouquet. So adding these fillers and textural elements, it creates a less flat painting. So I personally like adding these bits and pieces of fillers because it adds a movement to the bouquet and adds some air or it lets your bouquet breathe. Okay, let's move on to the last part of this guide. Let's add leaves. Adding leaves is important because it complements the color of the flowers. Leaves can also create depth and dimension by placing it in the foreground or background. I personally use leaves to make certain flowers up. And the same way as fillers, we can also use leaves to add movement to the bouquet. Like any other scale, mastering floral composition takes practice. Keep experimenting and exploring different approaches. All right, I think you're ready for the next project. Let's move on to the next video. 12. Project 3: Focal Flower: Before we start, here is the list of colors that you need. For this project, we're going to follow the floral composition guide. That was discussed in the previous lesson. It will be split into four parts. This is the first part. We're going to start with the main flowers first of the bouquet. I'm going to use this book as a reference. This is a very beautiful photo. It has that spring like vibe. I want to grab the colors that I see here. There are soft pinks, and then there are bluish violet secondary flowers. Then you have beautiful fillers as well. So when you're looking at a reference photo, you don't really need to follow all the details that you see. So you just grab things that are speaking to you or even just grab the colors of that reference photo and translate that into your painting. Now, let me grab some permanent rows, and we're going to paint a beautiful open pony. This is front facing. I'm going to start at the top and then slowly work my way down, and then I'm going to lift and then use the side of the brush. Then just try to flick towards the end of the stroke. We want to vary the shape and the size of the strokes. Let's do some on the sides. You can see that I'm painting some thin strokes as well. You can rinse your brush. I'm going to do the bottom petals. Just trying to twist and turn my brush. I'm also leaving some white spaces in between my strokes to separate the petals. You can see I'm just moving it in a circular manner, making sure that the center is open or that it doesn't have details for now. So it's just white. For some contrast, I'm just adding some darker or more pigmented permanent rose in between the petals and also near the center. So you can blot out your brush if it's too wet. For the paper, I'm using 100% cotton paper. This is Artist's grade paper. So it's quite forgiving when it comes to painting flowers with more water compared to a student grade paper, which might rest to some patchy areas or hard edges. Let's do the second flower. It's going to be a lighter pink color. This is called brilliant pink. You can add some more water if you want it to be lighter in color. I'm going to paint a peony that is on its side. Let's do the front petal. I'm just dragging my brush and just trying to flick towards the end so that I can get the desired shape of the petal. Now let's just change the angle so you can see it better. Now on the right side, I'm just using the rounded tip and then dragging it down, going to this front petal. You can see that the color I'm using is really light. Now let's move to the left, and I'm painting the petals here a little bit higher than the very first one that we did. So now I added more water in my brush. So I want this to be really light. So when you're looking at the flower at an angle, the front part is going to be darker and the one at the back or the petals behind it, it's going to be lighter. Let's continue to add some more strokes to fix the shape of the overall flower while the petals are all still wet. So the bottom part of the pone is supposed to look like a cup or a letter U. So right now, it feels like we need more contrast and separation from the petals. So I'm adding a few more strokes that are darker or more pigmented. All right, so it's looking really good. I'm going to grab a little bit of permanent yellow light or use any yellow in your palette, and I'm going to mix that to the pink in my palette, and I'm just going to add more water. I want this to have that peachy color, and that's going to give it a good variation in this floral bouquet. All right. Let's start with the bottom petals. I'm going to start right here and then pull my brush downward. And you can see that beautiful rounded petal. It's just so easy to paint pony petals using this brush because you automatically have this curve petal. I'm just going to do the top part. It's going to be very loose, so we don't have to be very strict about it, looking so realistic. Now, let's just paint a few more petals to close this flower. You can see that I tried to also rotate my paper so that it's easier to paint. Since the position of the flower is a little bit different. As I'm painting the petals, I'm also trying to grab different colors on my palette. You can see. Some have a tinge of that pink, some are more peachy, and that's going to give it a great look. Let's put the stamen. I'm going to use permanent yellow light, but you can use any yellow in your palette. I'm just going to dab my brush, using the tip of the brush so that you have nice, short strokes. Now, if the petals are still wet and this yellow is going to bleed into those petal, and it's going to look great. But if you don't want it to bleed into the petals, wait for the petals to dry. So this center flower here is already dry. We can see the yellow stamen is not really moving into that pink petal anymore. Okay, so that's it for the main flowers. Now let's move on to the next video as we add the secondary flowers, and you can see I'm already mixing the colors here. But let's check out the next video. 13. Project 3: Secondary Flower: Okay, let's move on to the secondary flower. So right here, I'm using verdicre blue, but you can use other muted blues in your palette. Or you can simply add a little bit of white so that you get a pastel color. So I'm going to paint some smaller petals here. They will look like five petal flowers. I think they also look a bit similar to cosmos. I'll try to just move the angle of your brush so that you can create petals facing in different directions. I'm going to add a little bit of lavender for some variety. I'm going to add clusters of the secondary flowers. This is going to complement the main flowers. You can see I'm just really pressing and then trying to lift towards the end of the stroke to get a more pointy tip. Okay. And then sometimes you can paint using just the side stroke so that you have a pthals that are on the side. Now, let's just add a green color in the center. Going to dab it in the center while the flowers are still wet. I'm just trying to follow what I see in the reference photo. Now let's add some stem. I'm using this three eighth inch brush, but you can also use a round brush for a more precise line. It's looking really good. I think the color is also complementing the pink flowers very well. Dig to across this. We're going to add the same secondary flowers. Just try to flick your brush and try to pull and it's just a fun way to create expressive smaller flowers. I really love experimenting with this. You can even add another color if you wish. And I also like adding some really thin strokes and also small dots and just making the flower look like it's dancing. Let's do one more that's facing on the side. I'm going to start right here and try to pull the brush. You can create that nice tear drop shape and then going to paint this horizontal stroke. Now, I'm using sap green, and let's just tap that color in the center of these flowers. You can also change the color. It doesn't have to be this bluish purple color. You can definitely add some yellows or oranges. To lessen the pressure of painting a floral bouquet. Sometimes what they do is I just paint something more repetitive. The secondary flowers are just diagonally across each other. I painted them in roughly the same way, but they still look good. So you don't always need to change things too much in my opinion. Eventually, through practice, you will learn to instinctively add or place these flowers in a more natural way. Okay, now let's move on to the next video as we add some foliage and fillers to our bouquet. 14. Project 3: Fillers and Leaves: Now that we have our main flowers and our secondary flowers, it's time to add the leaves and fillers. I can see in the reference photo that there is a small bunch of leaves that are really, really cute, and I'm going to add that. I'm using greenish yellow with some white gosh just to mimic the colors that I see in the reference photo. Using my three eighth inch brush, I'm going to paint these tear drop shapes using the side of my brush. I'm just trying to press my brush and just adding these small tear drops in different directions. I'm also trying to change the value. You can see some are lighter, somewh darker. I want this to look quite full, so I'm just going to add some more. This is looking good, but we need a little bit of contrast. So I'm mixing sap green with sepia to get a nice dark green color. I'm just going to add some steps. And then we can also add a few leaves. I also like adding leaves that are not attached to the bouquet. So it's going to make it look loser. Let's now switch to a half inch brush. I'm just going to grab this is just, and we're going to add stems and also leaves. All right let start here at the bottom, and you can see, I'm trying to move my hand and just trying to see where I should put the leaves. I'm going to rinse my brush to create a lighter colored leaf. This is really fun to do. I just added a little bit of yellow in my brush. You can also add different colors to complement these flowers. Just holding my brush lightly, and just trying to move around and add some leaves, and I want the leaves to have that pointy tip. I'm trying to flick my brush towards the end of the stroke. Then you can grab a darker green color and add it towards the base of the leaves. That's going to give it a little bit of drama and just more contrast. Right here, I'm just adding some leaves near the main flowers. That's going to help make the flowers pop up even more. This part right here on the left looks a little bare. I'm going to just add the same fillers. These are the tear drop leaves. Again, feel free to duplicate some of the leaves or fillers or even flowers. It doesn't have to be too different all the time. Sometimes using simple fillers and flowers can make a painting look great. Just make sure that you have spaces in between your strokes, and you can see I'm trying to also change the angle of my brush so that I get different thickness of the leaves. Now let's attach them all to a stem Now, these tear drop shapes are actually quite difficult to achieve with a round brush. So you can definitely use this technique for your floral bouqse using a smaller filbert brush. One of the goals of this class is for you to learn how to incorporate a filbert brush in your own style. Let's paint some expressive leaves. I'm going to start with a stem and then I'm going to create quick strokes going into the center stem. This way, I'm going to create some rounded leaves instead of pointy leaves. Use a side stroke and flick towards the center stem. Okay, so I think I need a pop of color. So I'm going to use yellow, and I'm going to mix it with a little bit of guash, but that's optional. So I just want pops of small yellow fillers. So I'm just going to stamp my brush to create these petal like strokes, and I'm just going to scatter it all throughout the bouquet. All right. So now let's move on to adding some finishing touches and some layering. 15. Project 3: Finishing Touches: For part four, we are going to add some finishing touches or some layering. So for this mean flower, I'm going to use just some more pigmented permanent rose. I'm going to paint on top of the first layer, but at the same time, I'm making sure that I'm leaving spaces in between my strokes, so you can still see the first layer. Now let me grab some crimson lake, and this is going to add some contrast to this flower. So I'm adding it in between the strokes and also near the center of the flower. It's going to give us a nice contrast. Next, we can grab a smaller brush and get some permanent yellow tap. I'm going to add some stamen right here and it's going to make the center pop up. I'm just following what I see in the reference photo. In the center, there's around four small oval shapes using green color. Now, let's grab some burnciana. I'm going to add some more definition to the stamen. I'm just dabbing my brush to create these short thin strokes. I'm also going to add some more permanent yellow deep in the center of the other two flowers that are facing on its side. So that is will look more balance. I'm not going to add more details or a second layer to the petals of the two pale pink flowers. If I add some more details on their petals, it's just going to overpower each other. And what I want is for you to just focus on the center flower. It feels like there's some contrast here. So you have a more detailed center flower, the pink one, and then you have some lighter and softer pink that's complementing the center flower. Now, we can also add some contrast to these small blue flowers. So I just makes the same mixture of verdicre blue, just make it more concentrated. So I'm just lightly tapping my brush, creating these gestural strokes. Now, you don't need to overlap on all the first base petals. I'll just add enough contrast. So I think I use a little bit of indigo here to get that darker color and just paint lightly because you don't want to make the petals look like they're overcrowded. Now, we can grab indigo and add it to the center of these flowers. Now, I'm onto the finishing touches, so I'm painting some leaves to either extend some areas or just add some more detail. You can take a photo of your painting now and look at it on your phone so that it will give you a different perspective. If you've been painting for too long, then you'll get used to the floral placements. Okay, I think we're. Congratulations for finishing your final project. I hope that you enjoyed painting these flowers step by step. Now let's move on to the next video as I share my final thoughts. 16. Final Thoughts: As we wrap up, I want to thank you for taking this class. To sum up the class, we have learned the differences between a round brush and a fill bird brush. We explored mark making using a fill bird brush. Next, we also learned how to paint petal and leaf strokes, along with some floral warm up exercises. There were also important tips discussed on floral composition that you can apply to your own paintings. For the class project, you can follow the projects that you painted in this class. Or you may create your own plural composition in your own style using a fillbert brush. Just feel free to use your own creative interpretation. I look forward to seeing your projects in the project gallery section of the class. Simply take a photo and upload it there. Under the projects and resources tab, hit Create Project to share your work. I'm excited to offer feedback and words of encouragement. You can also tag me on Instagram using my handle at Jolly Poa and use this hash tag so I can see your work. Leaving a class review would mean a lot to me, and it will also help others discover how this class help you in your watercolor journey. You may also check out other watercolor floral classes on skill share for more inspiration. So that's a wrap, I will see you in my next class by.