Spring Blossom watercolor class

1. Spring Blossom Intro: Hello, creative. Let's paint this beautiful spring Boston piece together. We'll start off by tracing your sketch onto your watercolor paper. Next, I'll show you how to mix the perfect watercolors. Then we'll get the flowers first wash of watercolor. And we'll also do the same for the lease. And as last step, we will add details, add a bit more shading. Doesn't this sound fun? Let's get started. 2. Create the sketch: First you want to start by creating the sketch. I like to sketch on a separate piece of paper and then trace it with fine liner. And then once you've got your sketch, you can use it to trace it onto your watercolor paper. You can use a light window to trace onto your watercolor paper. Or if you have an iPad like me or a light box, you can use that instead. I've also created a digital sketch, which you could find in the download section of this class. So if you don't have the drawing or you don't want to sketch it yourself, you can just use that. Let me first calls my garden so I can see my drawing a bit better through the paper. And I'm just going to take my paper down so it doesn't move around while I'm tracing it. And I'm using my HB pencil. And then I'm just going to trace the outlines of our drawing. So you want to trace as lightly as possible. I'm going to trace a little bit darker so you can see it better on the video with the less lines and the lighter your lines are, the better it is for your watercolor piece. So lightly trace all the outlines of the flowers and the branch and work your way all the way down to the bottom of this floral piece. Okay, so I can open the curtains again. And this is what the sketch looks like. It's just the basic outline that we can use to paint. 3. Mixing watercolors: Now it's time to mix our colors. So I've got my reference photo here on the left. You can also find this in the downloads. I've got my number four brush. I have a clean cup of water. And then I've got my watercolors, which are all from Winsor and Newton. And for the light pink, what I'm gonna do is I'm going to mix some Alizarin crimson with a bit of burnt umber. And also, I'm going to mix in some white. If you don't have these exact colors, what you can do is use colors that are similar. So find a pinkish red, add a bit of brown. And I'm adding Broncos of what my color to be a bit more muted. But if you'd like vibrant pink colors, then just skip the brown, ADD go with a light pink. I'm going to add some brown, some burnt umber mixture to make enough paint so that you can paint the whole piece. You don't want to be halfway through and then run out of this color because it's so hard to recreate a certain color that you've made. Now, I'm also going to add a lot of white to make it lighter. And I knew that lots of people, they say you shouldn't use white for watercolor, just use water to dilute it and make it lighter. I like to use white. It's picking it up so it makes it less transparent. Now, let's test this color on your scrap paper over here. It's looking a bit reddish. Let me add some pink. And let me also add a bit more white. Let's test it one more time. That's a bit better, but it's still too dark, so let me add more white. Let's see what that does. It's still not right. Let me add some more white and then test it one more time. I think I like that. Now let's move on to the darker color. So for that I want to use perylene violet and also some burnt umber. So the perylene violet, it's dark purple, pink colors. So if you don't have it, you can just use pink and brown to mix that. I'm also adding some burnt umber, which is this brown color, to make the color a bit more muted. Now let's test that color. That's perfect. Let's leave it like that. 4. Paint the flowers: So now we're ready to paint. I just move my iPad over to this side so you can see a little better. And if you want, you can download the reference photo and pull it up on your computer or anterior lobe while so you can see it while we're painting. And I'm going to start with my number four brush with watercolors. You'll want to start with the lightest color first. So what I'm gonna do is I'm going to twirl my brush onto my plate or my pan, and that will give you a nice point at the end of your brush. I'm going to start with this bud over here and then paint a light wash of our light pink color. And I'm not going to paint the petal next to it because I want this first petal to dry up first. If you don't do that, it will blend right into the other petal and I don't want that. So I'm going to move on to the next bud and then paint a part that isn't connected to the part we just painted. That makes sense. Now we can leave those to dry and then we can move on to our flower down here. So I'm just painting a light wash with our light pink color. And I'm going to continue with the rest of the petals as well. These aren't touching so they won't blend into each other so I can pay the others too. Now, moving on to the next word. So I'm working my way from the left top and then down to the bottom. And we're painting all the light pink first. And then reading it to dry. Our paint is still wet. I'm going to add a bit more of a light pink to the base of some of the petals. Make sure to do this while your petals are still wet, otherwise it doesn't blend in nicely. This petal is spreading out too much, so I'm going to add water and I'm lifting up by paper so gravity can help me out and the pigment can flow back to the right of the petal. I'm still tilting my paper, but I'm just going to move on to this next petal over here. And let's also give this large flower over here. It's light wash of this beautiful light pink color. For this flower over here, I'm not going to paint the petal that's touching the other one because I want it to be completely dry first, let's just paint the petals that aren't touching any other areas. And I'm going to add water because it's too dark for me and then dry off my brush and then soak up some of that water to make it lighter. See how that creates some beautiful highlights in the center of the petal. Well, my flowers are still wet. I've waited for it to dry a little bit because the more wet your paper is, the more it will spread. And watercolor is all about timing. So if you wanted to only spread a little bit, you'll have to wait for it to dry, but it's completely dry. It won't spread it all. So it's all about the timing. So I'm going to add some more light pink to the areas that I want to be darker while it's still wet. This part of the petal that's folding over. I want it to be so very byte. So lots of water. Let me just add that with my paper towel to make it even more light. Okay. I think the bugs up here has dried already so we can go ahead and paint the ones that are touching. It's still a bit damp. See how it's spreading into the other petal. Let me just stop that by dabbing it with my paper towel. I'm having a hard time painting these finer details of the bonds. So I'm going to grab my number one brush, which I love using for the details. The only problem with it is, well, it's not really a problem, but thing is, I like to use the number four holds so much more pigment and water, so you have to get less. And if I use my number one brush, it is very small, so it only holds a tiny amount of water and pigment, so I will have to give it more often. And that's why I use a combination of a number four brush and a number one brush if I only need finer details. And also keep an eye on how all your petals and your flowers are drying up. So if I see any areas that are drying up to dark, I'll just add more water or heavy it with my paper towel or with a dry brush. I usually use a combination of both depending on how much I wanted to soak up. So if I have a lot that I want to soak up, I'll just use my paper towel and then I can blend it nicely with my brush. Now keep on painting the rest of the points that need to be a light pink. Now let's see if this is still a bit wet. Yeah, I think that's perfect. Let's add some more of our pink in the middle. And this petal is way too dark. I'm going to make it lighter, my paper towel, and blend it in with my brush. And as you can see in this stage, I'm already applying some darker paint to the areas that I know that has shade like underneath this petal here or the backside of our buds. So that we're already creating some beautiful contrast in our piece. Walmart lowers are still wet. I'm going to add some more pink just to add a bit darker area. Awesome. She let's also finish off this mode up here. 5. Paint the leaves: And then we can move on to our next color, which is our dark pink. And actually it's more of a brownish, reddish colors, so I'm just going to call it brown. So we're gonna do the same as before. Just apply a light wash of our brown color to the buzz, the stem, and also to the leaves. And I'm starting up at the top of my piece and then working my way down to the bottom. And this way you won't get your hand in the wet areas of the pink. And for our large leaves over here. And what I'm gonna do is I'm only going to pay half of it for now and then leave it to dry. What that does is it creates a nice, really thin line for our midrib, which is the center of our leaf. This leaf is drying up way too dark. I'm going to dab it with my cashier, just soak up some of the pigment. Oh, I missed up there. Let me just remove that. Be it worse. Let me grab my paper towel. I'm going to remove it all the way. And while I'm painting and working my way down, I'm keeping an eye on the ports that are drawing. So if there are any areas that are too dark, I will dab it with my paper towel or add some water. And if there are any areas that I want to make darker, I'll just add some more paint. And it looks like I forgot to paint this box. Our light pink color and paint that one as well. And now continue with the brown for the leaves and the stem. Okay, that's it. Bruce wash, Let's just leave that to dry completely. 6. Add details & shading: And now we can move on to painting our details. So I'm going to use line number one brush. And let's start off with the pink areas. So I'm gonna get some pink color onto my brush. And we're going to go over the pink areas verse. So let's just add pink where we want a darker area. And we can also add finer details with these fine lines. So take a look at your reference photo and see if there are any areas where you could add these details. This is called a second wash or a second pass. When you go over it for the second time. You can go over it as many times as you like. The more often you go over it, the more detailed and more realistic your piece can look. So for this flower and adding some thinner lines and also some thicker strokes. And just look how that brings the flower to life. And for this large floral as well as thinner and thicker strokes to the pedal to start in the middle and then work your way outward. For the base of the petal, I would like to add a little bit more of a darker area and then working our way outwards to the petal, just a bit lost. And also keep an eye out on how your other flowers are drying up. So if you see any areas that you want to touch up, just go ahead and do that. And it looks like I made a mess again, so this wasn't totally dry. Let me try and remove that with some clean water. Let's do that. Okay. It's not removing completely but just leave it like that. That's what happens when you don't wait long enough for your piece to dry. Now, I'm going to continue adding details to all of the buds. And just take your time with this. This is such a beautiful part of the piece. This is what I love adding the details. It's what brings your piece to life. And we can also paint the oval shapes. The first thing I'm going to use the light pink color, but you can also choose to use the brown color. I'm going to paint some larger ovals and also some smaller ones just to make it more playful and give it a bit of contrast. So add those to all of your flowers. And then we can move on to painting the roofs of our statement. So for this, I'll be using the brown color and you'll want your brush to be as thin as possible. So make sure to twirl it onto your plate. And then creates really just pressing ladies, you can really thin strokes. Here at the base of our flower. I'm going to make it a bit darker. And then with her brown color, I'm also going to add details for our leaves. These thin veins. And I'm going to continue with the leaves, but I think they dried a bit too light. I'm going to go over it another time with our dark brown. So this will make the flowers pop a bit more and it will create some contrast between the flowers and the leaves. So for this leaf, I want to make it darker. And then we'll add some details later because we need to let it dry completely. And for this one as well, Let's just add a lot more darker area for the shading. So while I'm waiting for those to dry, I'm going to continue with the statement of work. I'm also going to add the brown to the ends, to the ovals of our stamen. Yeah, that looks really great. Okay, I think this leaf is dry now so we can add some of the veins are the details. Be careful. I have to be careful not to put my head in the floral down here because it's still wet. Let's also add some details to this leaf over here. And now that this leaf is dry up here, we can also add some more shading. Animals are going to add some veins to this leaf over here. Look how cute that is. And yeah, that's it. Look how beautiful this piece turned out. I'm going to leave it like it is right now. If you want, you can go over it one more time with more details once it's dried, but I'm going to leave it like this. It's beautiful. And I hope you guys had so much fun just like I did. And I hope to see you in another class. 7. Bloom Creatives art courses: Would you like to learn how to grow Florals and paint with watercolors than the bloom craze is the place for you. I will be your Art teacher, Angele Kamp, and I will teach you all the basic Art skills of drawing and painting with watercolors. I will guide you through each RPs step-by-step, and we'll create beautiful Florals and botanicals together. Are you ready to start creating? Then join your bloom Creatives today?