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1. Introduction: Hey friends. I'm Lgobanitz, independent votical
artist and illustrator. For many years, I've
been illustrating my life in Sketchbooks
and our journals. I prefer homemade sketchbooks
that I see myself. I like when a sketch
book consists of different types of paper. Good watercolor paper,
smooth paper for graphics. A couple of sheets
of black paper, and of course,
brown craft paper. Yes, one day, brown
craft paper became a creative discovery
and inspiration for me. I want to share with
you why I love to draw on it so much and included
in almost every sketchbook, I will tell you it's basic properties and
difference from white paper. Show my drawing techniques and tricks learning by practicing. We will draw some simple but
spectacular illustrations. If you have never used brown craft paper in
your art practice, then after this video, your creative work will
never be the same. If you're an experienced
artist who loves experiments, I hope you find some new ideas and inspiration in this
video. Let's get started.
2. Class Project Overview: What to Expect: About the class project. We will draw four illustrations
during the class. The main purpose of the
exercises is to try as much ways to draw and paint on brown craft
paper as possible. The first illustration
will focus on experimenting with different
techniques to depict white, white color on tint paper
always looks beautiful. Then we'll explore colors, work with black, and try
combining different mediums. All the tutorials are beginner friendly with step
by step guidance. The videos are in real
time, not speed up, so you are welcome to grab your supplies and
draw along with me. Don't forget when you've
completed the illustration. To upload it as a class project, I would love to see your
work and give feedback.
3. Materials: Paper Bag, Wrapping Paper, and Art Supplies: The materials we need paper. Of course, there are
brown craft paper albums, they come in different sizes. A 43, there is craft
paper in large sheets. It is also used as
wrapping paper. All of these can be
used for this tutorial. Personally, I most
often use paper bags, cutting them inter sheets. What else do we need paints? I am a crazy watercolor lover. I will paint with watercolors, but gouache or acrylic
paints are also great. In this case, there is
not much difference. Colored pencils will
also come in handy. A special role is played
by a white pencil. A little later, I will talk
about this in details. Soft graphite pencil brushes, water white gache
acrylic markers. I will show you how
to draw with them. They cover any surface, but if you haven't
them, don't worry. You can easily replace
them with paints.
4. Illustration 1: Bouquet of Delicate White Flowers: The main feature of
any tinted paper, including brown craft paper, is the fact that it is fashionable to draw
on it with white. When we draw on white paper, the lightest tone is
the tone of the paper. Everything we draw is darker
than the tone of the paper. When we paint or draw
on tinted paper, we can paint both
darker or lighter. I'd like to show
you different ways of drawing with white as well as with colored pencils and paints using these
beautiful flowers. As an example, we will
use different techniques. One illustration, let me zoom in so you can see it better. Well, I will draw such flowers. I met them in the
mountains, in the forest, and then found out that
these are wild anemones. Can you imagine I will attach these 40
references to the lesson. First, I take a white pencil. White pencils come in
different quality. There are chalk, there
are watercolors. You will do the main
things that you like, the feeling of the pencil
touching the paper. Let's start by drawing
a simple flower. I look at the photo and
draw the petals like this. I will paint the heart of
the flower with watercolor. Of course, it's possible
to do with a pencil. Two is just my task for now, is to show you
different techniques. To be honest, in my
personal practice, I like combined materials. We do not see the
heart completely. Just a little bit. Mm hmm. And the stem. You know, I'd like to zoom
in it even more. Mm hmm. Yep. That's better. When drawing with
colored pencils, do not forget that you can
make colored transitions. I started with the light sheet and move on to the
darker sheets. Well, everything seems to be clear and understandable
at this stage, right? Let's draw another flower. It will be turned to
us in our direction. I place it a little lower
than the previous one. Carefully look at
the reference phota and try to repeat the
shape of the petals. Mm hmm. I'm carefully feeling inside. I paint the middle of
the flower again with watercolor saturated
little water in the brush and the stem colored pencils. And let's add leaves
here. Mm hmm. Well, two flowers are done. I hope you don't have
any problem with them. For the next step,
I need white gash. I'll put it here
so you can see it. Let's draw the third
flower with gah. Gah is an Opa medium. I can paint on top of the
pencil drawing first petal. Second, you see the third flower has a different situation. It is more contrasting. Mm Hmm. And one more petal behind the heart. Mm Hmm. Done. And the flower stem leaves. Sometimes I leave
some details drawing only outline just for variety. Mm hmm. Now I'm drawing the
separate green leaf. The leaves on the phota have a rather complex or night shape. I simplified it slightly, you can draw it with one pencil, one color or more picturesque using different
shades of green. As you like, I will paint second leaf. If you paint like
me with watercolor, then try not to add
too much water. After all, brown craft
paper does not like water. We need to make
watercolor opaque. Just try to feel the
right condition of the paints to paint. Comfortable to not wait too long till the paint
will dry out and so on. Just find your way to paint
on brown craft paper. Let's move on to the next
step at the application. I leave the paint to dry and take a separate piece
of the white paper. I will draw a couple of flowers first with
the graffite pencil, and then I cut them out. Flowers should be the same
size as the previous ones, or a little bit bigger. Mm hmm. And let the second
one be sideways to us. Mm hmm. Now I need scissors and
carefully cut them out. Any application looks
pretty cool on craft paper. Moreover, it can be either
from a white paper, as it is now colored,
or painted paper. I often paint some object
or detail with watercolor, cut it out, and glue
on an illustration, or on a sketch. In my opinion, there are some special charm in the
application on craft paper. Flowers can be not only white, they can be any color. I talk in detail and
show many examples of cut out details on
illustrations in my skill share class,
Sustainable sketchbook. In addition, there is a lot of information on how to
see a sketch book for yourself or how to draw on brown craft paper and about
sketching in general. So take a look if
you are interested in the link should be
in the description. The one flower is
done now the second. Mm hmm. So let's come back
to our illustration. I'm going to glue these
cut out flowers here, right on top of stems
and leaves like this. Mm hmm. I need a glue stick. I am gluing carefully
every petal, let it be placed
like this. Mm, mm. And the second one right on top of the greenery. Mm hm. It left to paint the
hearts of these flowers. Look what we've got. Flowers have different
situation and brightness drawn
with a white pencil. They are pale and
slightly transparent. The boundaries are soft. The flower that is painted with a gas is brighter and
more contrasting. The cut out flowers are the
most white and contrasting. I'm trying to create
the feeling that the heart of the
flower is fluffy. Let's take white gus
and add some details. Let it be the bud one more and stems. I'll take a darker
shade of green. And the little leaves, Mm hmm, Mm hm. And I will also draw
stems of the buds. And here now I take the acrylic marker. I have it in the color of
cream brule or baked milk, something like that, Not
bright white, creamy. And add some more details
or even another flower. The same can be done not with
an acrylic marker but with gas or don't be done
at all. That's okay. Just as decorative elements, this stem is really noticeable,
it's somewhere behind. Mm hmm. And let's write that these
flowers are a wild anemones. Well, at the first illustration
is done once again, let me articulate
what we have done. The main focus is
on white flowers. Absolutely everything
that is drawing with white tinted
paper looks awesome. Flowers in the background
have a pal tone. Flowers painted
with white gash and acrylic marker are a little
brighter and more saturated. These are two flowers that
cut out from white paper. This variation in
while saturation gives a sense of
depth and volume. We explored how to draw
with colored pencils, used different shades of green. This also helps to
create a sense of flavoring and
abundance of greenery. Well, let's move on and pay
more attention to paints.
5. Bases for the Next Three Illustrations: The plan is this. We will first create
three painted bases. Then when they dry completely, we will bring each one to
the final illustration. To get started, just think
of your favorite colors. Let's just paint some
colored stripes. I often use this technique in a sketch book in order to
put an inscription there. Words, for example, that
I want to keep to myself. Let me put my pencils away so you can see the
color palette better. I'll start with lemon yellow. When we paint on brown rat
paper with watercolor, we should always
remember that it is better to take a little water. Gouache and acrylic techniques do not involve much
water themselves. Watercolor is often watery. We need a saturated
paint solution where there is a lot of
pigment and a little water. Pay attention how long I
bathe the brush in the paint. I'm going to paint five stripes. Keeping that in mind as I work out where to place
the first stripe. I put the brush on its
side and paint the stripe. Mm hmm. Let the next one be red. I need a rich color. The stripes can be
of the same color. Can be white, black, whatever color you like. Mm hmm. No covering colors are great for painting on
brown craft paper. Surely you know that watercolor
paints may be a Pac or transparent pass convenient
for painting on tinted paper. The next one is white and let the last stripe be green. Such a bright, juicy, spring green color, again, it doesn't matter
which color you use. The task now is to understand
to feel the paint, when consistency is suitable, and how to combine
different art materials. Okay, leave it to dry. We need the stripes
to dry completely. For the next sketch,
I need white. Gosh, remember, any object painted with white on brown
paper looks pretty good. I will paint for white ovals. They will be the basis
for the group portrait. But please don't be afraid. Everything is pretty
understandable and easy. Now I just painting ovals later, I tell you and show of
course what to do with them. Mm hmm. The first one, the second, they
shouldn't be ideal. They can be any shape, maybe not very even. That's okay. And the last one. Okay, let it dry. On the last illustration, I will also paint a circle. But the dark one,
intensively gaining paint. Do not be spared to the
brush a little water. A lot of pigment. Remember on brown craft paper, both white and black colors
looks really equally cool. Let there be a black circle
in the center of the paper. In fact, it's not black
for me, but the dark, dark gray and there are such less little
spots around. Mm hm. I think that's enough. It's important to stop on time a little bit. Mm hmm. Leave it to dry. Well, now I have to wait until all three of my painted
bases dry thoroughly. Let me show them all. Mm hm. They are still wet. In the meantime,
I'd like to tell you that I have two
skillshare classes, dedicated sketching
and our journaling. The first one is sustainable sketchbook
create with recycled paper. And learn how to draw, where I talk about how to see a sketchbook from
waste materials, including craft paper bags, and how to draw in it. The second class is Five, Wow Creative Ideas to
Fill Your Sketchbook, where I show five
spectacular and simple ideas of what and how to
draw in a sketchbook. There are also many of my classes on
mastering watercolor. Please check it out. The
link is in the description.
6. Illustration 2: Phrase on a Colored Background: Well, while I was talking, my first illustration dried. I will write here the phrase
that I often repeat to myself and to my students about the creative process
and the pleasure of it. For the second word, I'll take a different color and material just to show you that you can combine
different materials. I use this technique
very often to write phrases that I
like in my sketch books he almost got in. But that's okay. No big deal. Let's highlight the dots
in a different color. Me. I reminded to myself over and
over again that creativity, the process, is more important
than the final result.
7. Illustration 3: Simple Family Portrait: Moving on, illustration
with white gouache. Here I will use a combination of white gash and a soft
graphite pencil. Let me zoom in so you
can see it better. I will turn the ovals into a
page from an old ph album. You can draw your friends, yours, your favorite band. The point is to use these ovals as scenario for
drawing portraits. In fact, this is just
an example of using a combination of pencil
and white gauche. It can be used for a wide
variety of purposes. For example, for
urban sketching, for inscription for every day, sketching cup of tea, cup of coffee, or
breakfast, and so on. It will be the frame
with curly elements, you remember, such a frame in old books or films, you know. And here a very
sketchy portraits, let it be a woman in a striped top and
with curly hair. Mm hmm. Playful pink chicks. And here will be a man with a big nose mustache and glasses. He will have a black T shirt. Mm hmm. And let there be
a cute daughter. You know, it's
quite difficult to choose family members to draw. As an example, this family is very similar
to mine and it is convenient to show the diversity of girls, boys, different ages. You can draw whatever you want. Mm hmm. And let's draw a
crown for the girl. She will be a little princess and there will be a nice
little boy smiling. That's all this
illustration is done.
8. Illustration 4: Starry Night Sky: The last illustration left, I have the black circle here, but it can be any color. I often use this
technique to write something in my sketchbook or simply to write a caption for the sketch on the next page. When I put a phrase
in my sketchbook, when I write it on paper, it seemed to appropriate to myself to make it my own phrase. I feel it better.
Now for simplicity, I will write starry night because it suits the
meaning and colors. See how nice the colored
background looks on brown paper and then the
light letters on top. There is an empty
space on the side. So I will draw more stars here. Okay?
9. Final Thoughts: Well, we looked at how black colors looks on
brown craft paper. We studied the combination of white gas with the
soft graphite pencil. We discovered how to write something
inspiring for yourself, for ourself in creative way. And explored different
white mediums, creating the beautiful
flower illustration. How to create depth and variety
in an illustration, guys. But I can't help myself without adding more final details. Justice Sec, I hope you found something
useful in this video. Thank you so much for having me. That's a great pleasure
for me to share with you my love folk
creativity and sketching. Follow me on Instagram
and Youtube. I am oligo banitas
there. Oh, that's all. Now I'm pretty satisfied
with this illustration, so it's time to say goodbye. Take me anywhere and share your work here on Skill
Share as a class project, I will be glad to see you
illustrations. Bye bye.
Olga Bonitas, Watercolor girl
