Unlock Your Inner Artist: Watercolor for Beginners

1. introduction: Hi, everyone. Nice to see you here, and my name is Jen. I'm excited to be your word Color teacher, and I have been teaching word Color for many years, about six years in Melbourne. I have my own studio teaching and also teaching in another places like our school and Community house as well. I'm really enjoyed to share my experience with my students. Like about watercolor, for me, it is just not like painting. It's like meditation because when I'm doing the watercolor, I feel like paste fool. So every time I complete the watercolor painting, I find myself feeling relaxed. I love painting natural things, flowers, butterflies, feathers, stones, landscape, and animals. Painting is a creative way to record my daily life and memories. I found word color painting to be a very good hobby. And what you will learn from my course. I will start with the basics of water color and basic things like introducing the brushes palette paper, mixing and landing. Like how to use the art materials and some texture medium. And the next step is learn about color levels, breathing space, contrast, shadow, balance, and including structure and color. And I will show you how to choose a subject. Actually, we can paint in everything we can see in our lives. Who is this course for? I think anyone who wants to learn to paint with the word color. It's good for yours. Hope to see you in our classes. 2. Essential Watercolor Tools A Beginner's Guide: Hi, everyone, nice to meet you here. Today, this lesson is all about art materials. If you are a beginner, that is what we need to use in our class. First is how to prepare before starting the word color class. You can download this list in our website. If you have any question, also you can leave your message in our website. The first is very important things you need to have a box of word color pens. And in the shop, there are many many different brand of the pen. I recommend keep simple when you started the water color and also is according to your budget. I use a lot of different brand where was the beginner, I used. This is a very affordable one. If you don't want to spend too much money, so that's maybe a good choice. And the other one, they have many different brand, like Japanese. You can see in the right side, this big box. That is the Japanese brand, and also it's my favorite brand because they are easy to get the color and very easy to see what I want. And the other one is the left one. It's easy to move if you go somewhere to paint in outside, and if you want travel somewhere, you also can bring them with you. Other things is very important is like brush. For the beginners, I recommend still keep simple. Like three size brushes I think is enough for our practice. Like zero one. This one is for the detail or some very fine line, and zero six is very useful in our painting. For the beginner, A five and A four se of paper is good for the beginner. The six brush is used a lot in our class. And the other one is 12. This brush is bigger than other ones, and when we use the very wet style like a flat wash and gradi and wash, they might use lots of water. That brush is very good at with this. And if you want painting really big shape, that is also needed 12. Maybe you can see more than that size. You don't have them to buy all of them. It's like zero, one, zero six and 12 is enough for when we started to learn watercolor. And also have another shape of brush like flat brush mop brush. That is when you more familiar with the word color these art materials. If you want to update your materials, you can also try to some new shape of the brush. When we after more and more practice, we might need more brushes to help us to paint different shape. Otherwise, I recommend Chinese brush. The Chinese brush is very soft and very easy to make a detail and fi line. But I recommend is professional for the watercolor, for the painting, not like calligraphy. When you choose the Chinese brush or round brush to make sure they have a good point, that is very important. And also make sure the hair is smooth, not like a sparate when they wet. That's what we need for the round brush. Also we need some paper. Why was beginner, I used some sketch paper, that's may be really hard to paint watercolor. After that, I realize to find the professional one for the watercolor, that's very useful. I recommend you can buy the watercolor paper. It's like 180 grams or 300 grams. This between them is thin one, you can use when we do the wet on dry is not too much background. You can use the 180 because not too much water on it. If we do the very wet style like wet into wet, you might need to use lots of water. That is good to use the thicker one. 300 grams. Also, they have a rough one and smooth one. If when I try to paint texture like a snow mountain or surface of ocean, I like to use the rough one. But if I want to paint very detail, like a bird's eye, I will use the smooth one. So in different brand, they paper my different feelings. I recommend you can try and with different types of paper and choose what you like it. And also, we have to choose some waterproof pen. In my class, I always have some little bit drawing and with water color. While I doing little complex structure, I will use the pencil first and I would like to use the pencil. It's very light color. So it's not like professional drawing because I want they can rub it out. So that is the brand I recommend and would prove pen is when we use the pen to draw something we might after to use the color. So that means we need to wet the paper again. So if you don't want the looks mess. You might need to use the waterproof pen. Other things we need a container of water. You can use the glass of bottle or any jar is just can hold water. That is for the blend color and also what she brushes. The other things I used is the sponge. I use the sponge to clean my brush before I go to the water. I can keep my water clean and for the long time, I can blend with the other color and no need to swap the clean water all the time. I can keep one of the water. Paint for a few hours. That's just a little tips. You also can use the two cups, and also you can use the paper towel or anything else to clean your brushes. That's what we need for our beginning lessons in the future lessons, we need some different special medians. But when we started, keep simple, that is all basic art materials. Let's get started and hope to see you soon. U. 3. Unleashing Color: A Guide to Watercolor Pigment: Hi, everyone. Nice to see you again. Today we're going to do the subject. It is bloom. When we started, we can learn about water color. You can see in this page, we have color whales For the water color, it's a little bit special things is one color can be many layers if you add more water, they can be lighter. If you add more pigment, they will be dark color. So that is all depends on how many water you use. That will be a lot different color. You can see the right side. This is a more water is light, and also sometimes depends on your brush stroke. If you make the brush put on your paper, smooth, will you can see the color gradient make smooth. If you maybe go back more times with the palette, they might have some wood mark. So that's all depends on how many water and how many pigment you use and the son of them. They will be make different texture and different result. So I think that's all good. That is why how we make water color. Okay. So this video is all about what is water color and how we use the pigment to make a level. So please follow net the video to keep going this subject. 4. Start with Color: Watercolor Warm-Up: When we started to listen, I will introduce what we going to do. In our class, I always like to do the small practice and then go to the big one. In the first color practice can help you experience to do the big one for the subject, sometimes it's about the color, sometimes it's about the structure. That every time will be different. But it's like a warm up practice. So in this page, you can see the painting the feel circle. They are all used a different technique. That is very common in the water color. The first is like a flat wash. That means no gradient color in there. In this shape, every level is the same. That means the flat wash. Uh, and also like even you do the light one or dark one, if they are not met level in there, they can be called flat wash. And the gradient wash is light to the dark. So that's the smoothly to make a different layer and the other one is wet in wet, that's very common in watercolor. We into wet is when you add another different color, the first layer should be wet. Make sure when you put second layers into it, the first layer, not too dry. That is wet wet and you can get the really natural mixing color inside of the shape, and also also depends on lots of things like how many water you use and how many pigment. That's every time it is different. And the other one is blending, like I used the two color blending. One is a little bit pink purple, and the other one is blue. So that's the comes together. Also we have to practice about white space, follow the basic shape. Because today we are going to do the bloom. If you want to make your bloom is feel like a more breathing space and feel more three D. You might use this technique and leave with a white space is very common and very helpful in word color. Highlight and shadow as well, reflexing and also the background can be the white space. Okay. The last one is just try to blending many colors together like blending all the technique we have done and make the very colorful shape. That's what we're going to do for this lesson and let's get started. Hi, everyone. Before we start the subject, I just wanted to show you some very basic technique. I recommend if you have a spring bottle, you can wet your pigment because that can help you easy to get the color from your pant box. When we started, you can use your brush, like I use the number six and wet my brush first. Make sure they are pretty wet and that you can easy to get your color You can put your palette first and to feel they are too dry or too wet. Also, when you want to change another color, I recommend, you can use the sponge or paper towel to clean your brush. You can see the water still clean why get another color. They are pretty clear and without the other pigment. Okay. So you can say I clean my brush many times in the sponge, and there are another basic technique that I want to show you. If you want to get the light color from one single color, you can add more water. If you want to make a thick color, you can less water and more pigment. We started to make practice I add some water and the pigment into my palate, and I prefer to start with the outline. That can be easy to control this shape. Even you might join another shape, rectangle, and the flat wash make the evenly. Give a little bit time, they can be moved naturally. So slowly they will be a flat watch. And the second practice is a gradient watch. I still use the same level of the blue. And then I just clean my brush, but not to complete. Still a little bit the blue pigment in my brush. But I add the water to make the lighter and clean in my sponge. So you can see they will get the light color in the right side. And they will make this bowl, looks like a three day light to the dark. Also, I add some dark color into the corner, but not too much water in this step. If you use too much water, they might light again. Okay. So clean my brush again. And number three, I started to use the wet into wet. And in this one, I use the two color. So I won't show you clear, so I make two color in my palette. So I started with the violet. And fill like flat wash. A Don't worry about the shape is imperfect. You can slowly if you want smooth out line, you can make a bigger. So I finish the first layer and then I do the second color into it before they. You can put a short line or do or small shape. And they will keep blending because they are wet. But I'm not doing too much work to help them blending because they will be mixed in by the self and will be very natural. If I try to use my brush to blending, they will looks like dirty color. Sometimes less is small. And number four, I just try to make a two color and that is one color for the half. And between them, they will connect each other and they will become another color. Same before, I still didn't do too much work. I just connect them. And the same step, clean your brush all the time when you get in to use the new color. The last one is wet style, but is leave the white space. I recommend when you do leave the white space, always follow your basic shape, this one is the circle. So I just follow this shape. If they are angle or rectangle, I might change my direction of the brush. Okay. The last one is just the practice, like a flat wash flat wash again. In this step, you can see I'm not my palette, so you can see the second one a bit lighter. Sponge to clean this corner again, make a light color. That's like a second one. The number three is same with the wet into wet. Do the color first. But a little bit different is I all connected with the circle. You can see between them, they make more color. Number four and the number five, I leave a white space. That is a good way to practice with the white space, because the light source come from the different way, sometimes the white space can be the top, sometimes can be the central or bottom. You can try all the different way. And highlight is not just the bloom and they can be used in different areas when we paint in different subject, like glass bottle and also include the fruit like a cherry and egg plant. And also like a car, they look shiny. Okay. In this circle, I try to make some dark one. In the word color, I prefer to start with the light to the dark because light one can be covered by the dark one and I can build more layers overlap on the top. So that is good step to do the word color. If you start with the dark one and then you might change your mind. That is to remove or hard to cover by another color. Normally, I always start with the light one, when you put in the vice space, you can do back to the light one, no problem like this step. Sometimes we might feel the balance, need some light color or need some median color. That we always can change the step, but basically follow the light median and dark. And this technique can be used a variety way, like you paint in the flower and you just have a two color, but you can make many many different layers. Okay, so that's what we done for the practice. 5. Easy Watercolor: Painting Balloons for Beginners: Welcome back the class. In this step, I want to talk about the composition before we started to do the bloom. I give you a six sample for the composition. You can see this little square is one painting. Like this line and this four point is help you to understand in this paper which central area. Like first one is very common and same with my sample. You can see I cover about four point. And the other one is a little bit close to the left side, and I just do the one more in another side, so that's cover the three point. You can see if I'm not doing this one, feel like a little bit empty in right side. That's why I add one more and make a good balance. So I think when we focus on the composition is also focus on make good balance. And the third one, you can say I make busy in the central area and there are many, many blown inside. Also, I make a little bit one on the corner. Because if you can see if this area pretty busy, I add one more just make interesting. If without that one, little bit few sticks. And the number four, I put most of the bloom on the bottom and the two bloom on the top. If I just do the bottom one without the top, we might feel that's too much white space on the top. In other composition, we say we must be doing four of them. Sometimes you label a lot of white space is still good balance. That depends on many different things like your color balance is really really good balance or your contrast is really good. No need to do anymore. Sometimes the less is more. Yeah. So I just gave you some basic idea for the composition. You can see I do the left side and the right side. These make have some connection and between them, I leave some gap. So that's also another interesting composition. You can try. The last one is all bloom is come from the bottom and I make some higher, some lower and some smaller. That make vivian looks like they are our perspective is change like we stay on the top of the bloom. That's six or very basic composition. Just give you some idea, and you can try which one you like it or you can develop more different composition. Let's get started to do the balloon. When we finish this color practice, we going to do subject. This is all about the balloon. This subject is really suitable for the beginner because the shape is not complex, easy to give more opportunity to practice with the color layers and help you to more familiar with the art materials. So first, you can see my palette. I already put my color into it, like blue, yellow and red. That's I just want to show you clearly. First I started with my main bloom. I started used blue color, and you can see before I already show you feel technique about build layers. Like first, I leave some white space for my blue bloom and also gave the some dark shade. That's how I make my blooms three d. The second bloom is the purple. And also, as before I mentioned, what I doing the smooth shape. I always start with the outline because this water color when they dry, the outline will be clearly. If you do the outline a little bit roughly, so when they get in dry, you might feel that is a little bit different like a bloom because the bloom the surface is very smooth. They might feel like something else. The surface is roughly. And my third bloom is the yellow, and I still follow my bloom structure. It's not like a vertical line or horizontal line. It's just make the tea brush stroke, looks like oval shape. And I also give this few bloom with the different size of shape because that is good to make a balance because some is in the front, some in the back. So they should be the different size. If you prefer to use some color more times, you can make it you don't need to always change the color all the time. I like this yellow bloom, so I make three. This step is to make a good balance. And I still use some technique, same before, light to the dark and leave some highlight, follow the light source direction. Sometimes I like to blending some color between the two color before I use this yellow green. I try to use some yellow and add with a dark green, get the yellow green. Sometimes if you're very familiar with your pigment, you will easy to get the more and more color. So you can use the yellow to move to the blue color. You will get the green color. And if you want to make a warm color, you can make a yellow into the red, you will get orange. And when I finish my bloom, I will start with my waterproof pen. This size is zero one. It's pretty thin one, and watercolor proof they are have many sides. So I think it's depends on what size of paper you use. Like this sample, I use than the A five, so I use zero one or 005. If you use the very thick pen, that's no problem, make a very strong contrast. Sometimes I like the light feelings, make it really fresh and make this bloom flow in the sky. And I also drawing some flower to make they are different, like plant, leaves and flowers. This step just like fill in the white space. This step is not like a plan, so you have to think about what kind of shape you want to draw and the second step, you want to do another shape into the different area. You might make some array busy and some array is more wide space. Everything is all depends on the balance. And S before, I explain about the composition. Let's give you some feel idea about composition. If you don't have idea, you can have a look this picture. So when you draw, you still can think about the line is always can be cross each other because the end of the bloom, they will be tied together. That means they will become together in the one point. So also include some leaves. They also overlap on another one, and some might hide in the bloom. And in this panting, I feel like the dark color a little bit not enough, so I add a little bit darker brown. So you can see one eye at this dark color. They are pretty strong contrast than before. And also, you can see when I add some dark color a little bit carefully to do it because in the water color, if you use the really strong color, they might change the balance. I always into the last step to do the dark color. Because that can help me to build more and more layers. If I'm doing the dark color in the first stage, I might have not too much opportunity to build the layers at more color because they are too dark. It's hard to cover. I also recommend if you use the dark color, not just the black, like if you want the brown with black or green with black, or you want a warm color, you also can use red with black. In this step, I feel that's enough for this balance. When you feel, you can't do anything, stop and because sometimes less is more. Okay. So that's all about today's lesson and hope you enjoy today's class and see you next time. 6. Introduction of Feather: Everyone e to see you again and we'll come back to my watercolor class. Today, I'm going to show you how to paint in with the feathers. Same step before is we were going to do the color practice and then we go to paint the feathers. But before we started, I will explain some basic color and the basic structure things to you and help you to more understand the structure of the feathers. So you can see this page in the right side. That is my painting, a very simple color, two color, like a big blue and gray. And so that's feathers, you can see the I leave a lot of white gap and many details for these feathers. Sometimes we don't have to use a lot of different color. So some feathers might have very different color in it. So first, I'm going to talk about what we going to do for the color practice. On the right side that one, you can see, I choose some feel color to make it like a lie. And in this step, I just want to show you how they work together. If you want to make a few color comes together in natural way. So that is good to use the best work to blending them like less is small, they can still wet in the paper so they can keep blending by the self so that you will get very natural color. But in this step, you need to show the water and pigment. So that's where we're talking more about this when I show you the video. And this first is about the structure of feathers. You can see the feathers, they have different parts to make these feathers. Like they have long stem, and the surface is very smooth and they are not flat. The bit curve. When we're doing the feathers, we have to think about always use a big lie, avoid to use two straight even include the stem. And other one, you can see the feathers have a different shape. In the bird or some other shape should be different like tail. The feather should be harder. So when we use the color, we might try to use the more confirm and more precise. And the other one is from the bird's head, they might more soft. So when we use the brush stroke, we might use the more light feelings. And this is what I'm drawing for explain the gath of the feathers. So normally for this middle line, I always use the double light, but always thick on the bottom. So just avoid to make the thickness is the same. And also need to consider they have a gap gap between some round the whole feathers because some feathers comes together and they might have a big gap in it. If you want to make natural, if you can include things, your feathers might look more natural. And also consider this gap is in different position, is always not like a symmetry. So one in the top and one on the bottom. Also feather, they have a different position and they have a different shape. You can see it in the right side. They looks like some is like S, some is just a curved line. This is my painting to show you like feathers is one of my favorite subject using the wood color. You can see they can be a lot of different color and shape. First one is one shape with a few feathers and more like a shape. The second one is use a lot of lie to make a detail. The third one is more impression style, and more focus on the colors blending with water and make that very blurry feelings. The last one is very strong light come from the backgrounds and also very strong pattern. That is all can be very different feathers shape So if you interesting with this subject is this is really good subject to practice. Okay? So, this one is today we're going to do for the practice. And then I will talk about more how to do it. So then we go to the medio. 7. How to paint the feathers: Hi, everyone. Nice to see you again. And welcome back the class. Today, I'm going to show you how to paint with the feathers. Before we started this subject, I will show you how to do the practice help you more understand and familiar with the color and blending. So first, I used the paper A five and with the brushes number six, and I started blending with pulling. Not too much water and not too much pigment. And I put few.in my paper, and then I will clean my brush because I'm going to add another color. So I want to make sure my brush is clean and with a different color. So I do this color in the same time before this green color dry. So you can say why I put another blue color in it. The blend in by the self. So green with blue. That you will get the blue green color. And then I started to clean my brush again and try to blend in another color. And in this step, you can start it with a big light color like this green, you can add more water. Show the ragio of water with the pigment, like a second color, this blue, you can increase pigment and less water to make a little bit thick color. When you go into the third color, you can less water than before, make a more intense color. You can have a look different. Because if you are using the same amount of water, they might make a different result. And then I started to use the another rose violet color to add into this line and make more colorful. And when I add this color, I try to make the shape a bit different is. So is one. Because if you gave the amount of the water different and also amount of pigment in different ratio, they will be really different. That practice is to help you to create your own color. Now, I started to use a really thick color. So that means more pigment and less water. So you can see when I use the less water. They might not easy to blend in with other colors. So that's if you want to make this layer very clear, that is a good way to do. And you will get the two level. So in this practice is just help you to understand with the blending and the mixing with the color. So then I will going to show you how to draw the feathers. The first, I will use the waterproof pen. This number is 01. And I use the size of paper like a post car. So if I going to do the practice, I prefer to use the small one. So I just try to use lots of broken line to make the outline of the feathers. So that's easy to control the shape if you're not sure. So that is the good way to start it. Okay. Like, before I mentioned, the feathers might have a lot of gap, and the surface have a lot of texture like many line. So if you don't want to do the realistic style, you can do this way to make a lot of short line in the outline and also include the central area. So because I in the drawing and the color, so I'm not going to join too much line for it. Just give the very basic shape, and then I started with the color. No. And I still use before the color, what I use. I start with the light yellow, and then just the second layer on the top, start with the blue, and I still use the number six, and you can see one eye a more color. I always try to make the brush stroke. Direction is similar with the feathers. It's not like a flat wash because if you use the flat wash way, they might two flat It's like drawing a bowl. And the last layer, I use the green, so that's full color. And the bot, I use the rose violet. As before I mentioned, when you change the color, always remember, go back to your sponge or paper towel to clean your brush. And when I finish my color, I go back, use my pen to draw in more detail. That is the very simple feathers finish. Also you can leave a lot of wide space because in the water color, the white space is very helpful, help your painting looks more breathing. And I used my brush to make a splatter, like a lot of dot. That's make very easy to make a good balance with this painting because that's a lot of white space. You can see my layers, start with a light to the darker and also include the detail and white space. So this subject is very good for the beginner to study with the wood color. Okay. Okay. So that's what we practice for the feathers and hope you enjoy it and see your next video. Okay. 8. How to draw the rose and envelope: Hi, everyone. Nice to see you again and welcome back to my class. Today, I'm going to show you how to draw and paint with rose and envelope. First, when we started, I will introduce what I'm going to use in this subject. First, I use water prove pain. That's number is 01. And I start to draw a envelope because that is easy to organize my rows. And in the left side, this picture is the reframe photo to show you how we draw a rows. Like you can see the white oval shape or some circle shape in top of the rows. That's just to show you what the rows structure. Like a row structure is made by many petal. That is like a many circle in it, and one petal overlap on another petal. And they are not always the same size and into the central, that will be the small petal, and also the more tight. That means the distance is then the outside. That means when we join them, we have to make a short line into the central and a bit long line in outside, and also the big petal. So they might abit the curve and a bit straight. We have to step by step to d join them and the easy way, I think is start with the central. This tiny circle and then start with the oval shape and another oval shape. And also we have to think about how they grow together. And the some petal because they are the curve, and they fold. That's will give the two shape of the one petal. And also around outside in the bottom of the rose, the petal might bit older. They getting go to the ground. The looks like a shaped angle is different with another petal. When I finish the one rose, I will going to a stem and with some tiny leaves on the bottom. And the one I finished during my envelope, so that will be easy to organize them. And I prefer to always start joining with the central area and then go to the outside of the rows. You can see in the referent, they have a different perspective because some rows might face to you. Some rows is f to the top and maybe some is left and some is right. That means the basic shape will be different. Some is circle, more, some is more oval shape. W we join them, we needed to think about the thickness of the petal, and also ine before I mention that area. The other way is to make this shape is always compare with other petal like start with the central, and then you can use this point to compare with the other petals point, be higher or lower. When you join the stem is easy to start with the central area. Let's look like they can hold this rows. And also think about they might have some leaves between them. In this step, you can see I already finished the two rows and the angle a little bit different with let one bit face to the top in right one to the right. That's make this two rows looks different. Then I always prefer to join the front one, which is I can see the whole shape, and then I start to join the some rows is behind of this front one. That is easy to make the right orders, which one is front and which one is in the back. Because that one is the back one, part of them we might concede, so that we can do a little bit less detail and because they are more further. That means they will be lower contrast. And for the rose shape, I think this outside this petal very important. The shape and the angle. I make this rose basic shape. And some rows might hide then, we might just see them feel petal in there. And if this is your first time to joining the rows, you might do the less of the rows. You don't have two amount of rows with me. You might can do the two or three and other one, you can try to make more leaves around the rows. And because they rose, the structure is a bit complete hence so you can try to make it simple. In this back one, you can see the shape is completely different like we might just see the side of the rows. Sometimes I feel that angle much easier than other one. Because we don't need to join val shape or circle shape in the central area. We just focus on the one petal over lap on another one. And if you try to join many different sides of rows, try to make different angles. If you have a many white space, don't worry, you can add some simple shape of leaves and the same with the different angle. Some more narrow, some more wider and some longer and short one. Let's make more natural and also it's good to follow your white space. Also when you add some different signs of leaves, it's good to composition and make they are not too white space in the background. And I try to give a little bit more detail for the leaves and also include envelope. L give you some dot for the texture or pattern because this subject is w proof pain with the word color. I can do biting and then another work is for the word color. O if you don't have this waterproof pin, you can use the pencil to light during first. I just want to mention if you don't have a waterproof pin, avoid to use another normal pin because the water when you a to use the wa color, not blending with water. Oh. 9. How to paint the rose and envelope: I finished the drawing and I started with the color. This color, I try to use a little bit different color like a pink color. In this referent photo is more like a rose violet. If you're happy with this color, you can use a different one. It's no problem. The first layer, I always add water. In this video in the right side, you can say I have another brush. That one is just to show you what the color I use. For the light pink color, I just color for the top of the petal and also leave some white space. Because I already drawing a lot details, so I can color very roughly. Second level is a bit intense pink and focus on the central and g of the two petal. That can help me to emphasize the structure. You can see in the referen photo, they have a lot of deep gap in there. That's how we make rows. Is this gap is very important. I use the same color with these few rows. In the right side, you can see this color is light pink, intense pink, and another big like purple. For the very dark area. And for the intense color just avoid to use too much in the outside of the rose. This intense color also make these rows have a focal point. In this step, you can see the looks like a more three D. I still leave a of wide space. That this rows is a bit breathing feelings. Now I started to mixing with the green leaves. In the right side, you can see I mixing with a few green, start with the yellow green. Then the little leaves and the stem. The other one is the green leaves. The last level is the dark green. Looks like flower in the leaves, I gave the three layers. If you're happy with the first layer of ring, you can put other play, not just the front of the leaves. Let's make a good balance with the front leaves and the back leaves. Quickly, I start with the second layers. And the brand of the green, I found the color a little bit different. I think a more natural green is with the yellow or if you want to make a more or green, it's good to add with orange or brown color. If you feel your green color is too bright, you can try that way mix it with some color. For the last layer of the green, I mix it with a little bit black. I always try to avoid mixing too much black. When I make a really dark area, I use the green with the black or brown with the black. In this step, you can see why after with the ring, the the gap with the two rows is more depth. I try to make a little bit different green. Yellow green, blue green. Because many rows together, they have a space inside of them. How we make they are not flat is like a bouquet, that is good to use the dark color to emphasize the gap. Also, you can use the leaves shape to adjust if you are happy with your composition, like some area a little bit too much white space, you might give them more leaves. Then I go to the envelope. And this envelope is like a brown paper. So I use the brown with the yellow. Start with the flat wash. And I don't want that looks like a two flat. So I leave some white space. You can see in my painting, I really like lots of white space that I feel fresh in the breathing. In this se, I start to add another layer, a bit intense yellow and orange. Why at some edge of the envelope? You can see a bit more straight like this paper have a gap in the fold area. I like to join every thing to emphasize the thickness in this envelope, even the paper. This is the last level for the envelope, very dark brown. I still use the number six. Most of time, I use the number six. This size brush is good to painting the A five and A four. Like A three, I will use the of time to use the number 12 or mop brush. When I finish this envelope, I do a little bit the shadow because I feel like this background a little bit too much white space. So I give the very light sky color sky blue in the bottom. And then I add a little bit tex sa with the color pencil. Sometimes the water color is good mixing medium. I try many was to do with the water color. You can it, but just make sure you add this color pencil. The paper is. And when you doing that one, think about the direction of the paper. You can see what at the little bit the color pencil, the more like paper feelings. I join some interesting things because the right side, little bit more white space than the left side. I d join a little heart. You can join something else. Okay. So let's finish this subject and hope you'll enjoy this lessons and do some practice. Thank you for your watching and hope to see you next time. 10. Introduction of vegetables: Everyone, nice to see you again and we'll come back to my word color and drawing classes. And today, I'm going to show you how to paint with the vegetables and fruit. In this lesson, the key point is paint the freshness of the fruit. And also, we have to learn about the color of fruit and I like used to try different varias. Shapes. Yeah, and also we focus on the different shapes and also include color and also how to organize they are in the same picture and control the balance because there are so many color in the one page. So the next step is about the color practice. In the first step, I will introduce about what we going to do. And before we doing the vegetable and fruit. You can look at this page. It's all about the color. You can do some color practice first like what color for the fruit. You can see the right side this page. I use the sunny yellow and orange and big red underneath. This is for the things. And also about the leaves, I use some blue green. There are so many different green you can use in this color wells. They have a cool yellow yellow green, and a green, blue green and a cool green. If you want to make this vegetable very fresh, you might use the cool yellow green to the green. So they leaves a bit on fresh. Older, like un leaves, we might go to this area. It's a bit warmer yellow and go to the brown. Also for another vegetable because they are many different color. They might mix in with the cool color and the warm color. Also we have to think about the texture, like what is the surface of the flit. I they are smooth or shiny or roughly like orange. They are pretty roughly. No like a tomato, they are a bit shiny, so that we might need to leave some white space, and also like egg plan. And if you can do some color practice before we go, that's help you to more familiar with the vegetable and fruit colors. Like I my face to face classes, I always gave a bit time for students to practice before we go to the subject, like color practice and or maybe shape. So shape is a bit complehens with the structure. So they are more familiar like a woman up for the practice. And you can see this referend photo. The shape is man, many different. We have to make this simplify for all of them because we today not do very detailed one. Hope you can try to just feel the color and the basic shape. In the online, they are many many different referend photo. You can choose some what you like, like the shape and the color, or you can get vegetable or fruit from your kitchen. That's also a good idea. This is all about basic things, what I want to show you, and that is a small introduction for my today's subject. Then I will going to show you the video, how to paint them. So please watch next video and see you soon. 11. How to draw vegetables in a simple way 1: Hi, everyone. Welcome back to my class. And today, I'm going to show you how to paint with vegetable and food with a very simple way. And that subject is good for the beginner. And follow last video, I have done some introduction for you to introduce some basic things about vegetable and food. So the first one, I'm going to show you this vegetable with the purple one. And because this shape is round. So I would like to star with a light color and the use the wet into wet. So that color. I use the deep violet, and then the more pigment on the nad to make a gradient wash. Also in the same time, I add the big alchemarn blue to make the more different color eat. When we doing the natural things like a vegetable, the surface might roughly, or some is very shiny like egg plant. That we have to focus on when we make a different outline. Some we might need to do the very smooth. Some is needed to be more roughly. Like this one, you can see, I leave some white space and also bit rough on the outline because the surface is on flat. Why I leave this white space is follow the basic structure. That's not a straight line. It's always like a.in the small curve line. When I finish the boton, I'm going to join this stem. This vegetable, the stem is very special color like pink red. I use the wet into wet this technique, so they can connect each other. That's my bottom one, they will be at the pink color. Today this paper is I use the three and smooth one. I started with us the number six of brush. I add more smooth out lie with the Chinese brush. The Chinese brush is easy to make a more fine line and detail. In the same time, if you want to fix some shape because they are still. You can't do that step. Also some dark layers on the ath. And then I started to paint with the leaves area and go back use the number six. Number six, round brush is very good to paint in this shape. Not really big area, but like a small size with the leaves. The leaves because they surface a lot of like a buckle. They even. I like a round brush stroke to make the surface not even not flat. And also these three leaves, I try to make a little bit different green. Like first, I used the yellow green, and then I started to use some more green pigment in the dark ring as well. The dark green, I will add like a.in the short line, make they are more depth. In this step, you still can leave some white space if you like white space. Because I like a white space. This can be instead like a highlight area and some shade area, very useful. And then I finish these three leaves. Then I go to the drawing another vegetable, and this color is light yellow, not lemon yellow, like a sunny yellow. Then the second layer, I add the big orange color. And that's still use the wet into wet and the red color, but not too much, and with very thicker. That's why you can see I'm not back to my palette direct from my box, and also make yellow as well. I think when we paint the natural things, we can use a lot of different color. No say you should be same with me. You can add some if you prefer to use more orange or yellow. That is all good because vegetable is orange. So is yellow. That's all makes sense. If you can make a right shape and the texture, this still looks like these types of vegetable. And these leaves will be a bit different shape. So I change my brush stroke, like same direction, but make more tiny leaves for them. And this green, I'll try to use a bit different green. This green is like a more dark green and with more water, so that's get the light green. Normally they boton one will be the darker when they connect each other because they have deep gap in there, so we can add some dark green with some tiny brush. I go back use my Chinese brush. Add some dark green. And if you like this color, you can add with another vegetable because they are in the same page. If you can add the beat the same color, they can help them to make good balance in the connection. And the shade of the stem. If you want to make a day more looks like a more three day, you can add more shade color with a dark level. You can see they still pretty wet, so we can give them more time to dry, and then we go to another vegetable. That one is tomato. And this surface is not a rough one. It's a bit shiny. I think for the shiny surface, it's good to use a white space. And the easy way is to make a gradient color from the light to the dark. That can make them more around. And also we can try to use the wet into wet beat the water in the first level and the less water for the second level. And then we just wait for the dry. I started to mixing another dark green for the leaves. You can see the different vert, the green leaves shapes, is different and the color is different. Some leaves is pretty sharp and the skinning, or maybe is bigger in the rough one. It's good to leave some white space for them they not mix together. Because we are doing very impressing style. Don't worry about if you live too much white space, you can see I can use the outline to make the shave more round. Outline it's very helpful. 12. How to draw vegetables in a simple way 2: In color, we have to try and then you will found what color you like to use. And when you try more times, you will have more experience with different things. And this is the bean green bin. So I try to mix in with the yellow green and because they have a lot of bean inside. So I leave the white space for the bin three circle. Half and just with one level. And then I do the same time to make a really thick green to add with the side of the circle. So that they can blend in a little bit. So that you will get the two layers on there. In this subject, you can put any white space like what I found which one is my first one, and then I just try to find more space to put in with other vegetable. And it's good to choose the different shape and different color, which is close each other. If you put a green with green red with red, maybe this is too similar. So that's if you want your this painting looks very colorful. It's good to try to make a different one and to close each other and also the different shape. If you like this shape, you can try another one with a different in different size. Now I finish the basic color of green being, and I just need another detail for the three circle to make the more stand out in more three D. So you can say I add bit the shade into it in the half circle. And in this step, it's good to use the Chinese brush or zero brush. And then I started to join another purple one. So you can see this egg plant is between the orange one. So that is how I organize them in different area. So first, I used the deep violet with Alchmarne blue and with the meaning water. So second layer is more lchmarn blue, and then more water. So that is like one more pigment and the second layer with more water. So that's like a middle layers. In the central area, the more lighter and into the end of thin, more thick color. And I leave a lot of white space, and this is with very intense blue and with big black. And I like plan this subject for color because the skin is very shiny, and I also use another more detailed way to do. Today is more simple ways and like the color, some purple and some blue. This subject, we have done the many different vegetable, actually, like I have another class is like a strawberry and just egg plan or e tomato. Because the watercolor style can be a lot of different way. Like a strawberry, the can be very, very simple way with watercolor, or you can do the more detail to like drawing the seed in the surface. The all lot of interesting way we can painting again. So in this painting, you can see it my strawberry is pretty simple way. The half is light red, and then I add another more pigment. So on the top and with white gap do another leaves. And I also do some cherry. Cherry is also very good subject with a white color. They can be very shiny feelings like a white space and the light color in the dark color that's it. You can make the looks like a cherry. And other one is paper like a chili. That is also the good subject. They have many white space and a long white space. I think do that way is keep simple. Like even you can see a lot of detail, but try to simplify. And also the shape is very useful. Even your color might use the very different color. But your shape looks like wberry or chili. They will be looks like this kind of things. And also the stem very helpful to help the people to recognize what they taste. And in this page, you can see I have done five big things. And other white space. I just find some small things to fill in to make this balance. So in this painting, you can see I do some warm color of vegetable and some cool color. And if you like some small things, you can do again. Like the strawberry cherry. That shape is more good to add with some white space. And also, you can change a bit color. Like this second strawberry. I add more pigment, more orange, and the more red. You can go back to have a look at this other one c, the more water texture in there water mark. If you don't have enough water, they might you got the dry brush. Text. If you use amount of water, they might the water mark. So we have to practice, have to try and choose what would you like. Some people more like control so that you can less water. Some people they really enjoy the loose style play with water. So you can add more water. I hope you can try different way. And this is onion is with half. So that's vegetable when we cut them, you will get the more color in the shape and the text shot as well. So that's why I really enjoy painting the natural things. And there are still many white space. Your painting is now a lot of cool color or warm color. If you not enough black color, you might can add some black one. If you feel they need some cool color to make this more different level. You can try to add some small one. Like I feel like I need to add some green color or maybe some like pearl. And another good way to practice is if you have a vegetable in your kitchen and try to figure out what the color you can use in the tex sha and shape as well. And this one is another chili. So I try to make some warm color into the corner. So add another green one, the chili between this red strawberry and red aple. And if you have some idea, what you want to learn, you can leave the message, and I will make another video. And in this step, they almost finished. So I just do some the just for my balance. So sometimes we have to learn what time we can stop. Like, if you try any, you want to try, and then you have no idea what you can do. Maybe it's time to stop. So this is not should be finish finish. So in this step, I just add some detail for my strawberry, like a seed. And when you do this step, make sure your first layer is completely dry, and then you can add some dry brush to make a texture on the surface. That can help you make more depth and more detail. And in this step, we almost finished. So hope you enjoy this class. And if you have in idea you want to share. Yeah, I'm happy to try and in process with a different subject. Thank you for your listening and hope you enjoy today's class and see you next video.