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1. Introduction: Hi there. Welcome to my class. My name is Michelle and I'm a watercolor artist from Manila, Philippines. In this class, I'm going to show you very simple ways that he could paint this cherry blossoms with this beautiful background in just under 30 minutes. Even beginners conjoined in on this class because the steps are really very easy. And I will make sure that every step is explained to you and shown in real time so that you can follow along. I'm so excited to share with you my process. So with that said, let's begin.
2. Materials: for the materials were going to use this 100% watercolor paper. This is 300 GSM will also be needing a bottle of clean water for rinsing her brushes, a ceramic dish, Dr pH Martin's split proof whites and for the water colors we're going to use room, Inca and Cusco from art philosophies, Odyssey pallets as well as Nirvana and eternity, also from art philosophy. This time the essence pallets for the brushes. We're going to use a quill brush. This is size 1 20 This is going to be used for the pedals. Now for the stems, we're going to use the size six round brush and for detail ing, we're going to use this size to round brush as well as a size zero. A round brush. Okay, now that we have everything set, let's begin with some practice brushstrokes
3. Practice: Now let's begin by mixing the colors for our pedals. I'm going to let my quill brush and dip it in room. Okay, so we're going to take some of that color into our ceramic dish, and we're going to mix this with Inca to achieve a nice coral pink shade. Now, if you don't have this art philosophy pallet, that's fine. You can just use any red and orange color from your current pallets. And if you feel that your shade is a bit too dark, you can just add warm yellow to it. Okay, Now we need a consistency that's not too too thick or too thin. So we're going to add some water to this one. Okay, Just a little more water so that it's sort of a milk consistency. We're in. The colors are mixed with just the right amount of water, Not too much and not too little. Okay, so I've taken off the excess water, and now I'm just going to press the brush down onto my paper. I'm not going to move it. I'm not going to glide it. I'm just pressing it down. It's like stamping your brush onto the paper. That easy. And as you can see, we've produced a nice grade in effect without doing anything, just pressing the brush down. That's because the krill brush is very absorbent. So there's a lot of water retained inside the brush, and the pigment is concentrated at the tip. Okay, very go. Now, while the pedals are still wet, I'm going to take my size six round brush, dip it in water and get some room pigments and slightly dabbed onto the center of these two flowers so that the darker shade of red blends from the inside outwards case now with the same brush. That's the size six round brush. We're going to get some couscous. Oh, paints and straight from this pan. Okay, we're going to practice systems. The rest room would be press, lift, press key, press lift and press before bending the stem press lift and press one more time. Press lived and press. Okay, Now, let's do one more stem doing the same technique, press lift and press. Okay? And once we're done, we're going to move on to the next video. We're going to start painting the pedals
4. Petals: for the pedals were going to use a size 1 20 quill brush and the same mixture of Inca and room that be prepared earlier during her practice. Now for the first flower, we're going to paint this at the center of the paper again. We're just stamping the brush onto the paper, pressing it downward and not gliding or sliding the brush so that we create this nice, radiant effect on each of the petals. Okay, for the second flower, we're going to position that above the 1st 1 slightly to the right, since the cluster of cherry blossoms that were trying to paint is in it the agonal position again, we're going to stamp the brush onto the paper, not gliding or lifting the brush as we dab it onto the paper. Now, as thes pedals are still wet, I'm going to take my size six round brush and dip it into Rome and slightly dab this pigment into the center of these two flowers so that the pigment bleeds through the pedals and creates a more defined darker grey didn't onto thes Beddoes. Now that's runs this brush and take the quill brush again for the third flower. Okay. All right. Just make sure to maintain this pointy tip every time by taking out the excess water so that all of your pedals are more or less, um, in the same shape. Okay, There you go. Now, that's position the next cherry blossom at the bottom left of this cluster so that we're slowly achieving that diagonal form. Okay, now, it's not very obvious, but I've splattered some water color, and now I'll just dab some tissue paper onto that to lift it, Okay? And that happens. You don't need to panic. You just double the tissue paper. Now again. Like what we did for the first couple of hours. We're going to let the color bleed through the pedals again with a size six round brush and Rome pigment. Okay, Now I'm thinking of adding the stem here. That means time here, Andi, to add a few buds at this part. Okay. Also here to create a softer cluster came so with the same mixture. Still, we're going to dub this brush onto the paper, but this time in single pedals. Okay. And these would be our cherry blossom buds. - Now , let's add one more flower at the tip. This time, it's not going to appear to be a full flower with all of the pedals, so that it appears like it's, um, behind the flower below it. Okay, now, with a size six round brush again, we're going to add the pigment room into the center, as well as onto the bottom tip of the buds for a more defined creating defense. Now let's create more depth into this piece by adding a couple more flowers, Um, here and here and like what we did in the top most flower, we're only going to paint a few of the pedals to create an illusion that these flowers are actually positioned behind the blooms that are in the foreground. Again, we're going to take the size six round brush and dip it into room pigments and add this pigment at the center of these two flowers. Two crew ate a deeper, darker, radiant effects on the pedals. Okay, now we're done with the pedals. We're going to let this dry, and while we're doing that, we're going to paint the background
5. Background: for the background. We're going to use our quill brush, and the pigment that we're going to use is nirvana, which is a very nice, muted green color. Now we're going to brush along the outlines of the pedals first, moving outwards towards the edges of the paper. Now, as you can see, even if we got the pigments straight from the pan onto the paper, the color is very, uh, lights and fluid, because the quill brush is able to absorb a lot of water. Now, as you can see here, the pigment is a bit darker than the 1st 1 that we applied. And that's fine because you don't really want to have eight consistent shade all throughout your background. We're trying to mimic a background of, um, this guy too great an illusion that we're actually looking up at a cherry blossom tree, and this would be, um, one of the branches containing a beautiful cluster of flowers and beyond those flowers is the sky. Now, before we continue with the rest of the background, we're going to go back to the first layer that we've, um, painted and add eternity, which is more of a bluish green color. Okay, we're doing this while these parts are still damp so that the pigment would bleed or blend well with the rest of the first layer. Now we're going to repeat the same process on the left parts again adding a layer of nirvana. Ask the background, outlining the pedals and moving your brush outward towards the edges of the paper, making sure that this layer is fluid so that later on we can still add another pigment, which is eternity, and blend in the nice blue green color onto the first fear. Now that we're done with the rest of the background, we're now going to add one more layer of our bluish green color called eternity. And this time it's going to be a bit darker to create a more atmospheric effect on to this artwork. You'll notice that this color actually bleeds very well with the prior lier that we've already painted. And that's because the paper is still damp, and it's very important to work very fast when you're doing this, when you're, um, painting the background so that when you add this final layer, you don't create any hard edges. - Okay , that's it for the background. And by this time, the pedals are already dry. So we're ready to put some details onto them. See you in the next video.
6. Details: now the pedals air already dry. We can now add some details onto the flowers and with our size to round brush, we're going to take some Inca, which is a nice warm yellow orange color. And we're going to use this to add those tiny dots or enters onto the flowers. Be sure that your brushes loaded with pigment so that this color stands out on the pedal. Now I see that this dab of color spread, so it means that the pedal is wet. So I'm proceeding with, um, the other flower for now J. So, as you can see, since the yellow orange color is lighter than our, um, coral pink color, it's not that easy to stand out. But later on, we're going to add simply proof white onto that so that it's highlighted on on the rest of the flower. When you're painting the enters instead of having them in the shape of a circle, try to mimic the shape of your cherry blossom instead and then fill in the rest um, of this shape so that it looks more natural and it looks more fuller. Okay, I'm going back to this flower since, um, it's already dry by this time. No for the filaments or those lines connecting the middle part of the flower to those round yellowish tips. We're going to use the size zero round brush, and for the color we're going to use Rome. Be very careful not to put too much pressure underbrush so that you could eight Onley, very fine lines. And once your brush touches the paper, that's it. You glide the brush and he just put very minimal pressure onto it. At this point, we're going to add Doctor Ph. Martin's lead proof white to our answers, or those yellow orange dots on our flowers so that these would stand out. We're going to use the size zero round brush for this and be sure that when you're dabbing these onto the answers, you're just stabbing them to highlight them and not to cover them completely. So you're actually still seeing the yellow underneath these pH Martin lead proof whites. Make sure to just lightly dabbed thes dots along the flowers so that you create a very nice and delicate effect on them. - Okay , we're done. And now onto the stems
7. Stems: Okay, let's check if the entire background it's already dry before we add the pedals. Okay, now it's try and we're going to use their size six round brush and couscous for the color, and we're going to start with the bottom left, part of the paper going upwards. Remember, the brush stroke would be applying pressure and then lifting it a bit and then applying pressure again. Now all the other stamps will be coming from. This means stem that we first painted so all of the stems that we'll be painting from now on would be radiating from the middle parts. Now let's add a few more stents branching out from this cluster of flowers to create a more balanced artwork. As he reach towards the tip of those thumbs, lift up your brush so that you create a softer and pointed tip for those thumbs. And now our cherry bless and branch, teeming with beautiful blossoms with a nice bluish background is done
8. Final Thoughts and Project: Thank you so much for joining my class today. I enjoyed eating this class for you. And I hope that you also enjoyed learning my techniques in painting these clusters of cherry blossoms. I also hope that you would join and send in your projects so that I could see your work. And if you have any questions or any comments, please do not hesitate to add them here in the discussion. I look forward to seeing your works until the next class. Bye for now.
Michelle Gonzalez, Water Color Painting Made Easy
