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1. Introduction Video: Greeting season to me Joly. That's my name. [MUSIC] Hi, my name
is Joly and yes, that is my real name. I'm a watercolor artist
based in the Philippines. I'm also known as
Jolypoa on Instagram. I love painting flowers. That's where I post
photos of my paintings. Also, paint process
videos just like this. I usually share anything about watercolor in
my Instagram account. [MUSIC] Christmas
season is here, and I'm pretty sure
that you're looking for gifts to give to your
friends or to your family. You have come to
the right place, because today we are going
to learn how to paint some simple and easy watercolor Christmas
projects [MUSIC]. Lets start the class, we will talk about the materials that you need to get started. Then you will learn nine
botanical elements, which are the following. [MUSIC] For our mini projects, we are going to paint a mini
wreath and a border wreath. You will also be painting some decorative Christmas balls, and this is actually one of my favorite projects
in this class. After learning all the
skills in this class, you can paint your own wreath, like this one, or a winter wreath that you can put in a frame to
give as a gift. Aside from framed paintings, I will also be teaching you
guys how to fold a card properly so that it looks like
it's professionally made. I'm also going to share with you this really fun holiday
card and this is a greeting card
with some cuts out watercolor paintings that
you guys can also make. This class can be both enjoyed by beginners and also
seasoned artists, as I will guide
you step-by-step, on how to paint these
Christmas elements. The goal of this
class is for you to learn the basic
watercolors Christmas elements and eventually create your own unique wreath
or holiday card. Let's start painting. [MUSIC]
2. Class Overview: [MUSIC] This is just a
class overview as usual. We're going to start with
the materials first, and then we'll talk about
these botanical elements. As you can see, I painted everything in actually
just one sheet. You can also do this as
well because I think that it looks good as a painting. Can frame this one. Then we'll talk about how
to paint a poinsettia. I find it difficult to paint poinsettias because they
have a lot of layers. But in this class, I'm going to simplify how
to paint a poinsettia, and you can easily
follow this painting. After learning all the
botanical elements, I wanted some sort of a
warm up for you guys, so I decided to include a
mini wreath like this one, and also this border leaf, so these will be composed
of mostly leaves and fillers and some berries so that it's just easy to paint, but at the same time
you'll be able to create a small project. Of course, once
you're comfortable already with painting a wreath, because we painted a small one, we can now proceed to painting a bigger one and a more
complicated wreath, but it's still easy to paint. This one just has poinsettia
with some cotton and pine cones and some of the other floral elements
that we have practiced. You can also paint your
own winter wreath. For those of you who
doesn't want a warm wreath, and you wanted
something a bit cooler, a bit more blue, you can also paint this one, so that's the reason why
I've included this in the class just to give variety and to give you more ideas
on what you can paint. Just in case you're wondering, these are actually all the same botanical elements
that we have painted. I just turned them into blue. You can also do that. You can change some
of the colors, make it purple or
pink if you want. I've also added a five
petaled flower over here. After painting the wreath here, and I'm going to paint
some Christmas balls that are decorative
Christmas balls. It looks like this one, and this is actually one
of my favorite projects. I made this into blue so that it will look
like it's glass, and then it's filled
with a lot of pine cones and some
berries and pines. This is such a simple
project but it's so pretty, and I've included a gold string over here that I just painted
using a metallic paint. After learning how
to paint this, you can turn it into
a Christmas card, so I made one over here. I won't be doing a demo of
this Christmas card anymore since it's pretty much the same as the other Christmas
ball that we painted, I just made it a little smaller. This is just one of
the ideas which I'll be discussing towards
the end of the class, so don't worry about that. Also another Christmas card
that I wanted to show you. This is just a border wreath, but it's a different style and I will discuss
that more later. Another idea that you need to check out towards the
end of the class is this Christmas card with some cut out botanical
elements over here. I will show you how
I prepare this. Also I'll be teaching you what they said in the
introduction video. We are going to discuss how
you can fold your paper or your card properly
so that you'll get a really nice
and clean edge. This class is really filled
with a lot of ideas, a lot of tips, and I'm really excited
for you guys to try out the paintings that
I will teach you, and so let's start.
3. Supplies for the Class: [MUSIC] Let's talk
about the materials, and I'm going to
start with the brush. I am going to use this
black velvet brush. This is a size 6, it's called a round brush. I will mostly be using size 6, but you can also use size 8. When you're choosing
a round brush, make sure that you use
a brush that is pointy. I love this brush because even if I load this with
a lot of water, it still keeps its point. For the paint, I'm going to use
the ShinHan PWC. This is a Korean
artist grade paint, and it comes in tubes like this. I just squeeze it
out on the pans. Another brand that
I can recommend is The Art Philosophy,
Watercolor confections. When you buy this, it already comes in a
half pans like this. For the colors, here are the colors that we will
be using in this class. I'm going to be using
permanent red, crimson lake, sap green, olive
green, hookers green, burnt sienna, burnt umber, sepia, indigo, prussian
blue, and cerulean blue. This is also another paint
that I will be using, but this is optional. If you don't have
this, it's okay. This is the Art Philosophy,
metallic accents. I wanted to use some metallic paints
for my greeting cards, and it just gives
life to a painting. But of course this is optional, so you can choose not
to use metallic paint, and we will also be
using a white gouache. This is the Holbein gouache. It comes in a tube. I'm going to show you what
it looks like inside, and this is quite opaque. They love using this
to paint some snow, so I would recommend
buying this white gouache. Another material that we
need is this white pen. This is the uni-ball
signo broad, and you can also use
a different brand. This just produces a really
opaque white stroke. I hope that it's convenient, and it comes in a pen, so I don't need
to wash anything. If I wanted to use this, I'll just draw some
details, and that's it. You'll see me use this
a lot in this class. We also need a mixing palette. This is just the lid
of my paint box. You can also use
a ceramic palette or even just a plain
ceramic plate. You will need a glass
jar for our water, and of course some tissue to blot out the excess
paint in our brush. For the paper, I'm going to use
Saunders waterford, and this is cold pressed, and the thickness is 300 GSM. I love using cold press
paper for loose florals. If you want to paint
realistic florals, go for the hot press, because the hot press paper
has a really smooth texture. This paper comes
in a block form, so I'm just going to show you. All the sides are glued except
for one part right here. One block, this one has
20 sheets of paper, and you have a space here where you can just
slide your cutter or a palette knife right
here to take out one sheet of paper
after you've painted. The reason why people
use blocks is because, it keeps your paper in place, and it prevents your
paper from warping or being too wrinkly when
the paper is super wet. But of course, you can buy a large sheet of watercolor paper and just
cut it into smaller pieces, because usually the
blocks like this, it's more expensive compared to buying one large sheet
of watercolor paper. We're using a pencil, so use any pencil that you have [LAUGHTER] it doesn't
have to be a special pencil, because we are just
going to use this to draw some guides for
our painting today. You also need this masking tape. This is just regular
masking tape. Thickness is about half an inch, but you can use other sizes. You can just cut it, and you're going to use this
for our border [inaudible]. We're not done with the
materials for the painting part, but if you will be doing the Christmas card that I will show you at
the end of the class, you will need paper. Try to choose thick paper
for the Christmas card. This is roughly around 200 GSM, and you can use your card
stock if you have one. Then we'll need this
double-sided tape that has foam, also need some scissors
and also a ruler. That's it for the materials, let's move on to the next video.
4. Pine: For our first botanical element, we're going to paint this pine. To start with this leaf, we are going to prepare
some burnt umber. You can also use burnt sienna. We're just going to paint
the center first and I'm going to paint
just a thin line. Then let's just grab
some sap green. We're going to paint thin lines. I'm just going to use
the tip of my brush and I'm just going to paint
some quick strokes. They will look like needles so we can paint it in
different directions. I usually like starting from
the center, going outward. The thin strokes can be easily achieved when you
paint really fast. Just make some quick strokes
and you'll be able to create these
expressive thin lines. Let's go on with
the second layer. I'm going to just grab some
indigo and I'm going to mix it with my sap green to
create a deeper color. We are just going to paint another layer of those needles. I'm just painting on top of
the first layer that we did. Again, I'm just painting it in different directions because
that will look more natural. Also adding that
darker shade of green, it just gives this
pine more depth. We are almost done. This is a good and
easy warm-up exercise for you guys and I love the Christmas Eve
feel that this pine gives to a wreath or
a floral arrangement. Let's move on to the next video.
5. Cedar: Right next to the pine is some cedar that we
are going to paint. I'm just going to
grab my sap green. Let's paint the center again. I'm going to paint the stem. Let's start with a thin stroke
and then we're going to paint some branch like strokes. I'm going to paint some tiny
leaves using sap green. But there's too much paint in my brush and I am
getting those puddles. I'm just going to
dab my brush in my tissue paper just to take
out the excess moisture. Let's start painting
these tiny leaves. I'm just stamping my brush. I'm using just the
tip of the brush to stamp some strokes that will
look like small leaves. For me, this is a no-fuss leaf. It's very easy to paint. You need to just dab your brush lightly on the paper just to
create these small strokes. You can paint the
leaves individually, or sometimes you
can combine some of the tiny leaves and it
will still look pretty. Let's grab some olive green. I just wanted to change the
green color in the cedar. Whenever I paint leaves, I usually love
changing the shades of green to make it
look more interesting. I love how cedar looks like
a spray of tiny leaves. I'm just going to continuously
dab my brush lightly. As I go up towards
the tip of the leaf, I am making smaller branches. Let's add another line in the
center to make it thicker. Right now it feels like this
cedar looks a little empty, so I'm just going to add a
few more small branches. You can also add some
indigo to our sap green and just create deeper
shade of green. Let's add one more
branch over there. It's nice to use a pointy
brush for this cedar. A pointy brush just makes
it easier to create thin strokes and also
small leaves like this. This is the last project
I'm going to add here. We don't need to make
this look so perfect. As you can see,
I'm also painting the tiny leaves in
different sizes. Some are actually smaller, some are a little bit bigger. That will make it look more
interesting. We're done.
6. Holly: [MUSIC] So hollies are very popular Christmas ornaments and we're going to
paint them today. We are going to start with the berries and I'm going
to grab some permanent red. Let's just paint a cluster of berries and I'm going to
paint some round shapes. Now let's add a
deeper shade of red. I'm going to add Crimson Lake and I'm doing this so that
the berries won't look flat. So I'm just going to add more berries and
I'm also leaving some white spaces so
that the berries will be defined and they won't look like one big clump of berries. We can also just dip our
brush in the water jar and just tap the excess
paint out so that you can get a lighter shade of red and you can let the berries
bleed into each other. Let's move on to the leaves. I have here some Hooker's Green. I'm going to teach you different ways to
paint the leaves. One way to paint the leaves
is to start with this shape. This is a regular shaped leaf
that's pointy on two ends and I am also
allowing it to bleed into the berries
that are still wet. Now let's add some scallop
shape on the sides. I'm just drawing these shapes and I will fill them in later. This is just one way to paint the scallop shape holly leaves. I think this is one of the easier ways to paint
this type of leaf. It could be because we had
a guide in the beginning. We had the shape of an ordinary
leaf and we just added some jagged edges
on the side so they almost look like thorns on
the sides of this leaf. So another way to
paint this leaf is to just draw the outline and
I'm using sap green here. So we're going to draw the scallop shape and after
painting the outline, we are going to fill
this in with color. So I'm still using
sap green here. While the leaf is still wet, I'm just fixing the shape and extending some
of the points. Let's paint one last leaf and I'm going to use
the first method. Again, let's paint our base and then just
add those scallop edges. So you can also try to
draw the shape using pencil and just fill it in with color if that makes
it easier for you. While this is still wet, I'm just going to drop in some indigo to add
some shadow and depth. This is a technique
that you can also apply to different leaves
or even florals. Now that I'm done,
I'm just going to let this dry and we're going
to add more details. So I'm just checking
and this seems to be dry and I'm using my white pen. This is the Uni-ball
Signo White Pen. I'm adding some highlights to the berries just to make
it look more interesting. Just adding these small details just makes your painting
look more alive. So let's move on
to the next video.
7. Mistletoe: [MUSIC] In this video,
we are going to paint mistletoe like this, and I will be layering
the leaves so that we can see the white berries
on top of the leaves, and I will show you
how to do that. Let's start with some sap
green mixed with indigo, and we are going to
paint a stem first. The mistletoe have
leaves that are long and slender and they
are slightly curved. Let's just paint a
thin line as the stem, then let's paint a
loop for the leaf. I'm just going to
paint outward and go back in to where I started. That was just an outline, so I just filled in some
color for the leaf. Let's do it one more
time on the other side. Let's just paint
the outline and it doesn't really have to
be just one stroke, you can paint small strokes
until you form that leaf. That's sweet, another pair of leaves at
the top of the stem. All right, so there's too
much paint on this leaf, so I'm just going to let my brush soak up all
the excess paint. When you're doing that, make sure that your
brush is quite dry so that it can absorb the
extra paint on the paper. Let's extend this then let's
add one more pair of leaves. I'm still using the same sap, green, and indigo mixture. Of course we can go back and just fix the shape of the leaf. Let's just wait for this
first layer to dry. When this is already dry, we are going to add
another layer of leaves. For the second layer, I'm going to make sap green with a little bit of Prussian blue. Let's add a second layer of
leaves and it's going to be the same procedure as the first few leaves that we
painted on the first layer, so we're just going to
create a loop and it can be just an outline and
we can later on just fill it in with color
just like what I did. As I'm adding the second layer, I'm also making
sure that there's enough overlapping space wherein I can draw the white
berries later. You're done with
the second pair. Let's move on to the
last pair of leaves. It might be a little
tedious to create these loop shape leaves, but the effect or the result
is really, really nice. After painting the second layer, we're just going
to let this dry. Now that this is already dry, we're just going to
use a white pen. This is the uni-ball
signal white pen and I am going to paint or
draw these small berries. I notice that with this
pen you need to hold it at an almost upright angle so
that the ink flows better. You can also use gouache or poster paint to paint
these white berries, but I just love using
this pen because it's so convenient and I don't need
to watch anything anymore. It's just easier to paint round shapes and
these white berries will look really good
on a dark background. We'll finish the look
of the mistletoe. I'm just going to grab some
very pigmented indigo or black paint and just paint
a small dot on each berry. All right, so we are done.
8. Fillers: [MUSIC] Let's paint
berries like this. Fillers are actually
very important when you're painting wreaths or floral arrangements because they just fill in those small gaps. It just makes the wreath or floral arrangement look fuller. So I just started with
a permanent red color. You're just going to
paint some round shapes. I've decided that the
stem will be also red. You can of course, change the colors of the berries depending on the wreath that
you are painting. I'm just going to
rinse my brush and tap the excess water out so that I can paint a
lighter shade of red. I'm doing that to make this
filler look more interesting. Just give it more depth by adding different
shades of the color. So you can paint as much
berries as you want. It also depends on how big the gap that
you want to fill in. Let's paint some simple leaves. Right here I'm just mixing
cerulean blue and sap green. So this is a type of
filler that looks good for some winter floral arrangements or a winter floral wreath. I think I'm going to add
a little bit more blue. We want the overall look
of this filler to be cool. It looks wintery. So we are done that's
the last leaf. Now let's try to
paint another filler. This is just a more
pigmented cerulean blue. Let's start with a thin stem. And I'm just going to
lightly stamp my brush on the paper to create
these small leaves. Sometimes we can add fillers
that are darker just to provide more contrast to your wreath or to your
floral arrangement. Let's paint a round tip leaf. So this looks a little bit
similar to the mistletoe, but I wanted to
create a fatter leaf. And here I'm using
just sap green. When you're adding this filler, you can also change the color. You can add a
little bit of blue, or you can even add a
little bit of violet. I'm just going to
let this dry and we're going to add some details. I'm using my uni-ball signal pen and I'm going to paint some
veins using this white pen. I think this method makes
it look more interesting, but of course you can also use a darker shade of
green for the veins. So we are done with the fillers.
9. Cotton: [MUSIC] In this video
we are going to paint this fluffy cotton. To start I'm going to
grab some sepia and I'm going to dilute it
with a lot of water. This is the mixture
that I will use to paint the white parts
of this cotton. So I'm just going to paint four separate round shapes
that resembles my reference, which is on the upper right. That is just an
artificial cotton because I couldn't find the
real one in our country. I just got an artificial one. I'm going to leave a white space in the
center of this cotton. And while this is still wet, we can of course go back
in and just fix the shape. To give life to this cotton I am going to add a very
diluted cerulean blue. By doing this it will give a life to this cotton
plant that I'm painting. So I'm just painting on top
of the very diluted sepia. Now let's grab some
very pigmented sepia. I don't want my
brush to be too wet. I'm just going to dab
it on the tissue. We are going to paint this on the center of this cotton
plant that we painted. I wanted to control how
this paint spreads. That's why I wanted it to be
a little on the dry side. Let's wait for a little while for this first layer to dry. I'm just going to mix up
some sepia and burnt umber. All right, so let's
paint the sepal. So I'm just copying
from my reference. It's very helpful to
have a live reference. It could be a real plant
or an artificial one. I'm just creating
these pointy strokes. I'm just going to
rinse my brush to achieve a lighter
shade of brown, and I'm going to paint
these curved strokes. I'm going to rinse my brush
and tap the excess water out. Let's start to fade the strokes just one side of this stroke. By doing this, we are defining the four
separate cotton balls. You can see that it's
now more defined. We can also spread some of
those brown colors but make sure that it's very diluted so that you don't end up
with a brown cotton. So while this is still wet, we can go in and add a very
diluted cerulean blue. I really love the pop of
blue on those cotton balls. That's too much
blue right there. So we're just going to
absorb it using tissue. Now, all right, so we are done.
10. Pine Cones: [MUSIC] Let's paint
some pine cones. I want pine cones with snow. Let's grab some brown sienna and I'm just diluting
it with water. Let's just damp our brush. We're going to start at
the top of the pine cone. I'm going to paint one
stroke over there, and then let's paint
some U-shape strokes. Let's try to zoom
it a little bit. I am just gliding my brush. I'm holding it at
a 45 degree angle. I'm just letting it
glide on the paper to create those U strokes and
also painting quickly, leaving some white spaces to make those strokes
more defined. The first layer of our pine cone should not be that pigmented, because we are going to
create a second layer which will give more definition
and depth to our pine cone. Let me show you how to
paint it one more time, and then painting
slowly right now. But from my experience, it looks a lot better when
you're painting quickly. These are just short,
small strokes. They look like the
folds in a pine cone. You can also go back to
some of the parts in the pine cone to fix some
areas that doesn't look good. I'm going to let the
first layer dry. When this is already dry, we can add the second layer that will give this pine
cone more depth. Let's just grab
some burnt umber, and I'm going to paint
the same strokes. But I'm also leaving
the white spaces. Why I'm not painting on top
of all the white paces. I'm also leaving some of the burnt sienna on
the first layer as is. The second layer will look like shadows of the folds
on a pine cone. Just continue painting
the U strokes. They don't have to be
in a uniform shape. Some U strokes can be wider, some can be narrower, some can be bigger or smaller. If you want a more
defined pine cone, we can also grab some sepia. This is a really
dark brown color. I love adding this towards
the bottom of a pine cone. I'm adding this while the
second layer is still a little wet so that they will
blend with each other. We're done with that and we are now going to add the snow. But first I have
to let this dry, make sure that the pine
cones are dry before you add the white gouache that
will serve as our snow. The reason why you
want the painting to be dry is because you don't want the gouache or wet gouache to mix with the brown
color on the pine cone, and we want a really
defined white paint on the pine cones. I am just mixing
these gouache with a little bit of water
and we are just going to dab this lightly on some
areas of the pine cones. I'm just adding it randomly. I'm not making any pattern. It's like stippling your brush, just adding these tiny strokes
that will look like snow. You're done with the first one. Let's do it again on
the second pine cone. We can also use poster paint or if you want to
use the white pen, you can also do that. But when it comes to
painting a larger area, I do prefer using white
gouache over the white pen. We are done. As you can see, it was really quick
and very easy.
11. Poinsettia: [MUSIC] In this
video, we are going to paint this poinsettia, and this is just an
artificial poinsettia. Let's just start
with the center. I'm going to make
it pretty simple. Let's grab some sap green, and I'm just going to paint four oval shapes in the center. We are going to beat a simplified version
of a poinsettia today. You can also use pencil
to sketch the shape of the petals just
like what I did here. I used it as a guide for
painting this poinsettia, and I just grabbed
some permanent red using my size 6 round brush. I'm just going to
gently press my brush and create half of the petal, and I'll go back in, going downwards, and I will
fill in the other half. As a guide, we will
start with five petals, so we will repeat
the same petal. Let's just crag our
brush and then just slowly press it to
create a broader stroke. As I'm ending the stroke, I'm also lifting my brush
to create a pointy tip. To create a lighter
shade of red, I'm just going to
dip my brush in the water just to get
rid of the excess color. We're just going to play
around with the colors here and it doesn't have to
be all in permanent red. You can also use other colors. Poinsettias have
different colors. I've seen them in white
and also in pink. You can also use a size 8 brush so that the
strokes will be bigger. We are done with the first five petals and now we are going to paint
in-between those petals. Let's paint the
petals in-between. I'm just going to drag
my brush in an S motion. This petal can overlap with the first layer that we did or you can also
leave white spaces. It really just depends on you. With our poinsettia flower, we can vary the
shapes of the petals and that will actually look
more organic or more natural. With some petals, I'm also curling the tips since you can see some of the
tips are slightly curled. I'm just going to grab
more permanent red and we're going to
paint on that part. As you can see, I've changed the shades of red. Some are a bit lighter, some are darker, and that will look very, very nice at the end
of the painting. If you have any imperfections, don't worry about it because we are going to layer
another one later, so you will most likely
cover that imperfection. I'm just going to
let this dry and later show you a finished
product that I did. You will be painting
this in a while. We're going to add
those smaller petals. This is already dry
and we're going to add the smaller petals
using permanent red. For the smaller petals, I'm going to create five petals. Whenever I'm painting
five petals, I use a star as a guide so I'm thinking of the
five points of a star. We can also add a little bit of crimson to our permanent red just to change the color a little bit and make it
look more interesting. If you wanted to create
a winter wreath, you can actually
use a poinsettia. Just change the color. I can make it blue or
a little bit purple. Just have fun with
painting this flower. We're done with the flower, and right now I'm going
to let this one dry. We are going to add
some veins using white pen and also a
darker shade of red. I'm using the uni-ball
Signo white pen again. We are just going to add
veins to some of the petals. I usually just start with
the center and then I add those small
branches on the side. We're going to add
this randomly. I have decided to
put these veins on the first three petals;
the smaller petals. I'm going to grab a
more pigmented red, and we can also add
veins using this style. I'm using my size 6 round brush. If you don't have a white pen, you can use this technique for the petals of
this poinsettia. Another fun idea would
be to use a gold pen if you have one or a gold
paint to create the veins. You can also add some glitters, or if you have glitter glue, you can use that as well to
add veins through the petals. For some of the petals, we're just going to
leave them blank just so that it doesn't
look so cluttered. We're on the last petal. We are done.
12. Twigs: [MUSIC] Let's talk
about how to paint the twigs in a wreath. I'm just grabbing
some burnt sienna and let's just mix
it on our palate. Let's paint some short
and quick strokes. It will look like I am
breaking those strokes. During this technique
will give us an effect where it looks like the branches
are intertwining. I rinse my brush, create
a lighter shade of brown. As you can see, I'm also
pulling some of the colors from the first few strokes
that we made so it's like bleeding into the
lighter brown color. We can also lay a darker brown. I'm using burnt umber here, a more pigmented mixture. We can also add an even
darker color, which is sepia. I'm just creating
all of these strokes that will look like
mini branches. We can also paint some
thin strokes that will look like
twig sticking out. Just to blend in all
of those strokes. Going to rinse my brush. I'm going to paint with water. I'm painting on top
of all the strokes that we painted awhile ago. I just want some of the
colors to bleed into each other just so that it looks
more cohesive. That's it.
13. Ribbon: [MUSIC]. Let's paint a
ribbon just like this. We are going to use that
for a Christmas ball later. Right now, I just
sketch the shape of a ribbon and I'm going
to paint on top of it. I'm just using permanent red. You're going to paint
the center first. This one looks like a square
with rounded corners. Then let's try to paint the
right part of this ribbon. I'm just painting some strokes. These are thin strokes. I'm just slowly
building the shape. We want to leave
some white spaces that will look like
the highlights or will also look like the
folds or pleats of the ribbon. Let's do the other side. Again, I'm just painting
these thin lines. I'm just going to slowly form
the shape of this ribbon. You can also paint
the outline first before you fill in
the color inside. While the ribbon is still wet, we can go back in to fix
some areas that are uneven. We can proceed to
painting the tail. I'm just going to try
to paint the outline first and then going to
fill that in with color. You can also paint two
parallel strokes like this. They look like S shapes. Then you can just create a letter V at the bottom and then just fill
this in with color. Let's grab some crimson lake. I'm just going to add
this as a shadow to this ribbon just so that
it doesn't look too flat. I like adding this near
the knot of the ribbon. You can also add the complimentary
color, which is green, so it makes that into
your crimson lake or red color and it will create
a deeper shade of red. I'm just going to let this one dry and we'll add more details. I'm going to use my white
pen to add details. I'm going to try to add
some strokes over there. I'm in the center just to
separate it from the sides. Let's add some more strokes. I want to add more lines near
the folds of this ribbon. It will give this
illusion that there are folds or pleats in this area. We can also add some
white lines on the tail. That's it. We're done.
14. How to Paint Small Wreath: [MUSIC] Combining all
the botanical elements, we're now going to
paint a small wreath. Use any round shape
object and just trace it so that
you have a guide. I just use an
ordinary pencil and we're going to paint a
smaller wreath like this. I'm going to start
with some sap green and let's paint some
oval-shaped leaves. We are going to paint a
quick and easy mini wreath. Now let's add a little
bit of Prussian blue to the sap green
and let's paint one more leaf so we can layer this later once
it's already dry. I'm going to rinse
my brush and I'm going to get some permanent red. Let's just paint some berries. We can also paint some holly and I'm just going to
paint the base first. Once we are done with the base, you can paint the
scalloped edges and you can continuously just fix the shape while
it is still wet. I'm going to rinse my brush
to create a lighter shade of green so I'm going to start
again with my base leaf. Then let's just add
some scallops again. Let's move on to painting some pine and I have
here just burnt sienna. I'm going to paint the
center and then you can grab some sap green and I'm going to paint
some needle strokes. Just paint quickly to
create these thin strokes. If it's your first time
to paint a wreath, what you can do is
to make a pattern. You can choose maybe
three botanical elements, for example you can start with mistletoe and then holly and then pine and then start
with the mistletoe again, then holly and pine and so on. This will just help you create a really nice wreath
to start with. Eventually, you can create a
wreath with more elements. But I would suggest
to start with just a few ones and right here. I started the wreath at
the bottom and I'm going clockwise so that can
also be a guide for you, but of course it's still
depends on your preference. Let's add some berries again. I'm using just permanent red. Let's mix our sap green
with some Prussian blue and I'm going to paint some oval
shaped leaves again. These leaves can also
be just fillers and I think we can add one
more near the pine. Let's start with
some holly again, I'm just painting
the base shape. Then let's add some
scalloped edges again. I'm just drawing these
scalloped edges using a brush. Let's start with another one, but this time with a
lighter shade of green. We are now four minutes
into this painting and you're about two
thirds of the first layer. Let's change the color of the berries and I'm going
to use crimson lake. You can add as much
berries as you want. I'm going back to the pine and I just grabbed some
burnt sienna so I can paint the base of this pine and I just
painted too thin strokes. Now I'm just grabbing
some sap green and let's just quickly
paint those needle strokes. We can layer these
needle strokes with a darker shade of
green so we can add some indigo
to our sap green. In case I'm grabbing
some sap green and you're going to
paint another set of oval leaves so we can close the first
layer of this wreath. Now I'm just going to
make some sap green and add some random leaves
on this wreath. I'm going to layer it. I love adding olive green
to my wreath because it's a color that just makes the wreath look
brighter and happier. Now the oval leaves
are already dry, so I have here a
mixture of sap green and indigo and we are just going to layer on top of the first
oval leaves that we painted. When you layer the leaves, it just gives more volume to the wreath so I am just
filling in those white gaps. On the left side, I will add one more oval shape, then one more on
the lower right. I'm just going to keep on adding some random leaves and you can put some veins on the holly. I'm going to grab
some permanent red and I think we can add
a few more berries. Aside from the leaves, we can also layer some berries. Here comes one of
my favorite parts. I'm going to use my
white pen and I'm going to paint the mistletoe. We are going to paint some
round shapes using this pen. Of course, you can also use
gouache and also poster pen. I'm painting the white berries
on top of the oval shaped leaves and they will look really good on
a dark background. It just makes them
look more pop up. I think adding
these white berries just makes this wreath
look more interesting and it looks more festive and it just feels
more like Christmas. You can also add some
veins on the leaves, using this white pen. This is such a nice technique
that you can also apply to other florals even if it's
not a holiday theme floral. With a very pigmented indigo, I'm just putting
some white dots on those berries and even
on the red berries. I think one of the
keys to creating a really nice wreath is
to add some contrast and also to add small details that will make a
huge difference. I think we'll need to add some darker leaves so I've
just mixed some sap green and indigo and we're going to paint some extra leaves on
this wreath so I've made a tiny red smudge on
the upper right of this wreath so one of the
berries was still wet. Just be careful when
you're painting a wreath so that
this won't happen to you and you can blot off that red smudge or what I did was that I just painted
white gouache on top of it. I'm just adding more
layers of leaves. As you can see, we have more volume now because
we're adding more layers. In this way, our wreath
doesn't look flat. That's it, that's
our mini wreath. I hope that you
enjoyed painting this. You can write Merry
Christmas below the wreath, or if you can fit it
inside the wreath, that would be good as well. Then just cut this paper
out and stick it on a blank Christmas card so
that this will be your cover.
15. How to Paint Border Wreath: [MUSIC] In this video,
we are going to create a border wreath. So I just have some masking tape here and I just taped them
into a rectangular shape. These are four strips
of masking tape and I just got these from
the office supplies section. So it's not any special tape. We're going to paint some botanical elements that
you learned a while ago. So this video will be slightly sped up because
we're just reading the same elements as the ones that we painted
in very small leaf. But this time we
are just going to change the shape and we are going to paint
this floral border. Later on, we're going to
peel that masking tape, and that will reveal a very clean edged
rectangular shape. There will be a
whites-pace in the middle. It will be surrounded with
beautiful Christmas elements. In the middle, you can
write Merry Christmas, or happy holidays, or any
message that you want. I started painting
the pine first and then now I'm painting
some oval shaped leaves. So it's okay to paint on
top of the masking tape. Once we peel that off, you won't see any
painting underneath. So I will be adding some
winter filler leaves. I'm going to add some
cerulean blue to my paint. I'm going to paint some leaves. You can make some of
the leaves a little bit lighter or some can be more pigmented and
just play around with it. Now let's add some
berries and I'm going to let it bleed into
some of the leaves. Now let's paint
some holly and I'm using just Hooker's green. Another leaf that we
learned today is a cedar. I'm using sap green. I'm going to paint
the center first, which is a thin stem, and then let's add
the small branches. I'm just going to
stamp my brush. So I'm just dabbing
the tip of my brush and I'm creating these
tiny, tiny leaves. I'm also rinsing my brush to create a lighter shade of green. When you're painting
something like this, don't overthink, just keep on adding these
Christmas elements. Eventually they will
all come together, as long as you have figured
out the colors theme that you will use for your
floral border or your wreath. I'm going to add some
pine over there. Painting pine just gives a wreath or this floral
border some volume. You can also change the
shape of some of the leaves. I'm going to just paint
some oval shaped leaves, and you will add another layer in awhile
once this is already dry. Let's add a pop of color. I'm going to add
some permanent red. You can also use crimson lake. Let's just add some
berries and let it lead with some of the leaves. I think we can add some
wintery leaves over here. I'm just going to use some
very diluted cerulean blue. As you can see, I allowed it to bleed
into those berries, and the berries look like
they just faded away. I think it's nice to see
some happy accidents. Just allow yourself
to have fun while painting this border wreath. If you feel like there's too
much paint on your paper, just grab a fairly
dry brush and let that brush absorb the
excess paint on the paper. Just like what I did. It's now time to
add some layers. I'm just adding a cider
on the left side. Just create a spray
of tiny leaves. Then I want a more
pigmented cerulean blue. I'm going to paint
these fillers. I like adding fillers that
are a bit more pigment, because it just gives more contrast to the
wreath or the border. The oval shaped
leaves are now dry. I'm going to grab some sap green and just
paint on top of it. I just grabbed some very
diluted cerulean blue and I'm going to
layer my wintery leaves so that it looks fluffy. So on the upper left part, I feel like we need
to add more berries, more red on that side. When painting a
floral composition, just stop and look at
your painting from a far. Then just observe if you need to add some more
elements on one side, or if you need to add
a different color. Because it's nice to see things from a different perspective. I've shared this in my
previous classes that sometimes I do take
photos of my painting. Then I just look at the
photo and check if I need to add some more
leaves or flowers. So the bottom part
looks a little pale, so I'm just going to grab a more pigmented color and
just add some fillers. It's now time to
add the mistletoe. I'm just using this white pen. Like I mentioned in
the previous projects, you can use a quash
or poster paint. You can also use
your metallic paint. If you have gold. You can add some gold mistletoe just to make it look
a little different. Or add some gold leaves or maybe a metallic blue wintery leaves. That would also look good. Now let's just add some finishing
touches on the berries. Its adding a very dark
indigo dot on the berries. You can also grab a darker
shade of green and just add some veins or just use your white pen to
add some veins as well. I think that adding white
veins on the leaves, it just gives this
Christmassy and holiday feel. Let's all just wait
for this to dry, and Here comes the big reveal. We're going to peel
off the masking tape. This is one of my favorite parts because once you peel it, you'll see a very clean edge. This is just such a
simple technique, and yet it gives such a huge effect on
this border wreath. I'm pretty sure that you
can use this project for your Christmas cards or even as a painting that you
can put in a frame. I'm really excited to
see what you can do.
16. How to Paint Christmas Ball Glass: [MUSIC] Let's paint a different
kind of Christmas ball. This one will look like glass, and we'll also add some Christmas elements
on the Christmas ball. To start, we need
to draw a circle. I just use my makeup, but you can use any round shape. It can be a tape or a glass jar. Let's paint the inside of
the circle with just water. We are going to do a wet-on-wet
technique for this part, and then let's grab
some cerulean blue. I'm just going to dilute
it with a lot of water, and then let's just drop it in the circle and we're
just going to spread it. I use the wet-on-wet
technique because I wanted it to look quite soft, and I wanted to add another
color in the center, which I will show
you in a while. For the bottom part of
this Christmas ball, I'm going to add a slightly
more pigmented cerulean blue, just so that it looks
like there's a shadow. While this Christmas
ball is still wet, I'm going to grab just a
tiny bit of sap green. Just going to mix it with a
little bit of cerulean blue, and then going to drop
it in the center. I'm just going to mix this, and let it blend in
with the other colors. I think we can add more cerulean
blue at the bottom part. Let's just wait for this to dry. You can also use a hairdryer
to speed things up. Let's now decorate
this Christmas ball. I'm just going to grab
some burnt sienna, and I want to start
with a pine cone. We can start at the
top of the pine cone. I just lightly press my brush, and then we can just
paint the U strokes. I'm wiggling my brush and just letting the tip
of the brush move. Let's paint another
one on the left side. I'm just going to start
with the base first, and then you'll just go back in later to add more details. Let's move on to adding some berries. This is
just to [inaudible]. I'm just going to add some berries in-between
the two pine cones. We can also paint some berries
on top of the pine cone. What's nice about
this mini project is that you can fully
customize this project. You just need to paint
the base Christmas ball, which looks like in glass, and then you can add any
ornaments on top of it. You can even add some glitters, or if you have some
metallic paints, you can paint some designs on the Christmas
ball glass itself. We can now paint some pine, and I'm just going to paint
the skeleton of the pine, so we're just going to
paint some thin strokes. This is just burnt sienna. I'm using this as my guide as to where
the leaves will go. Sometimes I prefer doing this instead of using my pencil, because with pencils once you paint on top of
the pencil stroke, you can't really
erase it anymore. With the sap green color, I'm just painting
some needle strokes. These are just very
thin and quick strokes using the
tip of the brush. Try to also change the
direction of the strokes. Then I have my mixture
of sap green and indigo, just to give more
depth to these leaves. We can start layering the pine. I'm trying to use
different shades of green, just so it looks
more interesting. We can also add a little bit
of brown to our green to create a more earthy
type of green. I think I'm going to add a
little bit more at the top. Let's just paint
some thin lines, and then I'm going to paint
the needle strokes again. Just try to spread out all the pines on
this Christmas ball. I actually love layering leaves, and one of my
favorite combinations is sap green and indigo, which I've used here a lot. I feel like adding a
darker shade of green just makes the entire look of the
painting more interesting, it just gives more depth
through your leaves. I'm going to add some
berries over there. I'm just going to
spread out the berries. Don't forget to add
the stem later. I'm just painting the
round shapes right now, and then I'm going to add
the stems in a while. It's now time to add the second
layer of the pine cones. I just have here burnt umber, and I'm painting
the same strokes that I painted on
the first layer. But this time I'm just going
to leave a little bit of the light brown color underneath and also some
of the whitespaces. Now to add some depth
to the pine cones, I'm going to add sepia. This is a really
dark brown color, and this will just give that extra character
to your pine cones. While you're waiting
for this to dry, I'm just going to grab a pencil, and then I'm going
to draw a handle or a string attached to
this Christmas ball. Let's just grab our gold paint. This is from the
brand Art Philosophy. You can use any gold paint
brand that you have. I wanted this Christmas ball to look really extra special, that's why I'm using gold. If you don't have gold, you can use any other
color in your palette. Now that everything is dry, we are going to add
some snow effect. I just have here my
whole white gouache, and I'm still using my
size six round brush. I just diluted my gouache
with a little bit of water, and then just going to lightly
dab my brush on the paper. I'm using just the
tip of the brush, and I'm just stippling my brush creating
these tiny strokes. Let's do one more. This is such an easy technique, and it just give so much life
to what you're painting, it just makes it more wintery. We can add some snow on
some of the elements here, so I'm going to add some
white snow on the berries. I think we can also add some
snowy effect on the pines, and I'm just painting some white gouache on top of the needle strokes
that we painted. We are done.
17. How to Paint Christmas Ball Twigs: [MUSIC] Let's paint a more elastic-looking Christmas ball. Right here I just
drew a circle and I use just a round object
to trace that shape. Let's mix some burnt
sienna with water. Let's start by painting
some broken lines. We use a brown color so
that it will resemble some twigs and I'm also painting
in different directions. The goal with these strokes
is that it should look like we've wrapped around some
twigs in a round object. I just painted with
some burnt umber and then right now I'm painting with just water from my brush. I just wanted some of the
colors to bleed into the water. We can also grab some CPR. This is a really
dark brown color. What I'm doing is I'm adding
different shades of brown. Doing this will create more
depth to this Christmas ball. [NOISE] You can also
add an outline on the outer part of
this Christmas ball. But later on, we might need to add some
twigs sticking out so that it doesn't look so perfect because you want this
to look a little elastic. I just mix my burnt
umber and CPR. Just going to add a few
more dark brown strokes. As you can see, I'm painting
in different directions. It will look like the twigs are intertwining
with each other. I'm going to grab some
clean water and paint some strokes using
just clean water. I'm just going to drag some
of the colors and this will help out in breaking down some of the strokes
that look too harsh. Then we can try to add some twigs sticking out on the sides of the
Christmas ball. Just paint some tiny strokes. Now let's wait for this to dry. Once it is dry, we can try to add
the ribbon on top. I am just using
my permanent red. Let's start with the center. Then I'm going to paint the
right part of this ribbon. I will just paint
some thin strokes, making some quick strokes to make it look a
bit more expressive. Then we can draw this
shape right now. Then you can just fill
it in with color. Don't worry about
the shape because we can go back to fix it later. I'm going to paint
the other side. I'm making some small strokes and also leaving whitespaces. I'm making this an
outline first of the ribbon so that
it's easier for me to visualize the entire look
of the ribbon without fully committing
yet so that I can adjust the shape later on. But of course, you can
sketch the ribbon using a pencil if that feels
more comfortable for you. I've just got some crimson
red and I'm adding a shadow on this ribbon just so that it
doesn't look flat. I'm also trying to
fix the shape now and try to fix the shape while
the ribbon is still wet. Let's paint the tail so I'm
making two parallel S shapes. Then let's just fill
this in with color. Towards the end of the tail, you can paint a letter V to
create some pointy tips. Right now I'm
mixing a little bit of indigo into my permanent red just to add some more
shadow on this ribbon, but this is optional. As we put the the shadow near
the North or the center of the ribbon and also near
where the tail comes from. I just waited for the entire
Christmas ball to dry. Right now I have my white
pen and you're just going to draw some
white details. That will look like highlights. I usually love adding the
white details on the ribbon just to separate
some of the details, such as the center of the
ribbon where the knot is. We're almost done. I just drew a string
at the top of this Christmas ball using
a pencil just as a guide. I'm just grabbing some
metallic gold paint and we are going to paint this
string using this gold paint. I really think that
this will spruce up the Christmas ball
that you painted. This is one way to spruce up the Christmas ball
that you painted. Instead of using irregular
black paint for the string, you can use metallic paints. I think that adding metallic
paints just brings in a more festive look through
your Christmas ornaments. Right now I'm just adding some white lines on the
Christmas ball twig. You can also use some
white gouache and add some white details that
will look like snow. You can also add some
different Christmas ornaments beside or on top of the ribbon. I'm really excited
to see what you can do with this
Christmas ball idea.
18. Class Project: Christmas Wreath Part 1: [MUSIC] This is one of the major class
projects in this class. Today we're going to
paint a Christmas tree. I just drew a circle as a guide. I just used my pencil and
I also drew a rough sketch of the poinsettia which will be my main botanical
element in this wreath. The size of this paper is
nine inches by nine inches, but of course, you can use
any size that you prefer. I'm going to start with
painting the poinsettia. This will be the
highlight of our wreath. One of the ways to
prepare painting a wreath is to draw
a rough sketch. It can be just a small
sketch on a scratch paper. What you can do is you can paint the size of the wreath so
it can be just one circle, and then add more
circles in the wreath. I'm just going to try
to draw on this paper. This is what you can do. For the main flower, I drew a bigger circle. That's the red one. Then you'll probably need
medium-size flowers, which I drew in
the orange color. Then I drew some pink circles, which is smaller
than the orange one. It just means that we
are going to paint a smaller flower in that circle, or it could also be
some leaves or fillers. I hope that made sense. What you can do is also to
create a pattern so you can create one big circle
and then one small, another big and then
another small one. When you translate
that into a painting, you'll have a pattern
for your wreath, so you'll probably
paint a big rose. Then beside it you will paint a small five-petaled flower
and then another big rose. I'm just discussing this because I know a
lot of you are also confused as to how you can
create your own wreath. For me, it's just mixing
up the shapes and sizes of the elements that
you will put in a wreath. For example in this
Christmas wreath, I'm going to paint a
really big poinsettia. Then I'm going to mix it up with some small pine cones and
some green leaves so it will just look more
interesting compared to painting all the elements
in the same size. I'm now done with
the poinsettia. After that, we're just going
to paint the pine cone, so I just grab some
watery burnt sienna. I'm going to just paint some new strokes to create
the folds in a pine cone. Let's paint some
fluffy cotton here. I just have here a
very diluted sepia. I'm painting four
cotton balls here. Let's grab our cerulean blue. I'm going to dilute that with
a lot of water and we're going to drop that
in on the cotton. It just gives that
luminous glow. I will just grab a very pigmented sepia and drop that in the center
of this cotton plant. While you're waiting
for the cotton to to dry and also the pine cone, I'm going to paint wholly
just beside the cotton. I will start with the berries. Then let's just
grab some Hooker's green and let's paint
the leaves part. As a guide, I'm going to paint an ordinary shaped
leaf just like this, and then we are going to
draw the scallop shapes on the side and
just fill that in. I just rinse my brush to create
a lighter shade of green. As you can see, the berries have bled
into the cotton ball, but we can take that
out in a while. We can blot out that red
part in the cotton ball. Let's paint one last
leaf over there. It takes a lot of
patience to paint these scalloped edge leaves. I'm just going to try this part, so that I can leave off
some of the red paint. I've just mixed my
sap green and indigo. Let's move on to painting
some oval-shaped leaves. You're going to layer these
leaves once it is dry. Once the first layer of the
poinsettia is already dry, we can start adding
another layer of petals. I'm going to paint just
five small petals. If you want a deeper
shade of red, just add a little bit of green, or you can also add a
tiny bit of violet. Now let's move on to adding
layers on this pine cone. I just have here
some burnt umber and I'm just painting
some u-strokes. Then I'm going to
add some sepia and just intensify those shadows. Moving on to the cotton, I'm going to grab
some burnt umber, just mix with a
tiny bit of sepia. I'm going to paint the sepals. Then let's just dip our
brush in the water jar, just to add more water in my brush and create a
lighter shade of brown. Right here, I just painted some curve strokes just to
separate all the cotton balls. I'm just fading away one side of that stroke to create
more definition. I will leave the
other side as is, so I'm not going to fade it
because I want one side to be very defined and the other
side to be quite faded. We can also add a drop of
diluted cerulean blue.
19. Class Project: Christmas Wreath Part 2: This is already dry
as you can see. I have a little
smudge over there. We are just going to cover it
with another layer of leaf. That's a tip right there, if ever you have painted a
floral element or just a leaf. That doesn't really
look that good, but you can't erase it anymore. What you can do is just to layer another leaf or layer something else on top of it just to
cover the imperfection. Let's start painting the pine. I just use burnt
sienna for the center. You can use burnt umber as well. I'm just going to start painting the needle strokes
using sap green. I'm painting this in different directions to
make it look more natural. Use the tip of your brush
and lightly touch it on the paper and move from the center of the
pine going outward. To add more depth, you can just mix
your sap green with some indigo to create
a deeper shade of green and just
add more strokes. Let's add another one
near the poinsettia. You can also slightly curve the center stroke of this pine, just so that it will have
a different orientation. It's nice to change the angle of the leaves to make it
look more natural. This wholly is already dry, so I'm going to just add
a cedar on top of it. I painted the skeleton
of this cedar first, and then right now
I'm slowly adding those tiny and cute
leaves on the stem. Just lightly stamp your
brush on the paper. You can also try to wiggle
your brush a little. I've decided to add
more tiny leaves. I've added two more branches
to make it look fuller. Try mixing sap green and
little bit of indigo. Let's just add two more
oval-shaped leaves, and one more leaf over there, which has a pointy tip. I think we can now add
some blue fillers. This is just cerulean blue, and I'm going to
paint some leaves. I've diluted the cerulean blue so that it just looks softer. Let's just paint another
pair of oval leaves. As you can see, I
started painting the main elements
in this wreath, and then I'm just
slowly filling it in with more fillers and leaves. I'm just looking at the white gaps in between
the main elements. That's where I'm going to put
the fillers and the leaves. Always try to vary the
leaves and fillers that you will put in the wreath so that it will look
more interesting. I have here a more
pigmented cerulean blue. I'm just going to make these tiny strokes that will
look like small leaves. Let's add a blue leaf there, but that's too blue. I'm going to add a
little bit of sap green just to tone it
down a little bit. I'm just using all the greens and blues in my mixing palette, and I'm just mixing
them together, so we're not going to let the colors on the
palette go to waste. Then let's add another
leaf over there. While we are waiting for
some of the leaves to dry, I'm going to add some details. I have my white pen again
and I'm just going to add some veins on
this poinsettia. Again, we don't
really need to add veins to all the petals. We can try alternating
the details. Some will be blank, some will have some white veins. A good idea is to use
some metallic gold paint, and use that as the veins for this poinsettia instead
of using a white pen. Right now I'm just
using a more pigmented red to add more veins. We are almost done with the
details on this poinsettia. Then we are going to proceed to adding some white berries. They will look like mistletoe. This is one of my
favorite details in this Christmas class. I'm just checking if
it's already dry, and if it is, we can start painting
some white berries. I have here some burnt
sienna and my brush. You're going to paint the twigs. I'm going to paint
some broken lines. I don't want the line
to be super straight, so I'm making it a little crooked because it
looks more natural, and I'm also varying
the pressure in my brush to create a
more expressive stroke. I've already introduced
some burnt umber strokes. Right now I just have clean
water in my brush and I'm creating the same
strokes for the twigs. I'm just pulling some of the
colors that are still wet. This technique will give you a softer look for
some of the twigs. Then we can add some sepia and add more
depth to this wreath. I'm just continuously
painting the same strokes and painting it in
different directions. Our wreath is almost done, but we can still add
some fillers and leaves to make this
wreath look fuller. I'm just going to add
some simple pointy leaves using sap green. Then you can add a little bit of cerulean blue to our green. Then you can also create
some oval-shaped leaves. At this point, just feel free to add more leaves and fillers. To add a pop of color, let's add some berries. I'm just spreading it in different parts of the wreath so that it
just looks more balanced. The red color of the berries
have bled into this leaf, but that's okay, I'm not going to
clean it up anymore. I think that's a happy accident. If you want to cover it up, you can layer it with
another filler or leaf, just wait for this
one to dry first. I'm going to grab
my white pen again, and let's just add some
veins to the leaves. I'm just going to alternate it. Some leaves will have veins, some won't, just so that it
doesn't look too crowded. Just to add some finishing
touches to the berries, I have a very pigmented indigo. I'm just going to put
some dots on the berries. You can also use
just a plain pen. With a slightly darker
shade of green, I'm just going to paint
some veins on the leaves. This one actually
looks interesting because some of the veins are white and some of
them are dark-green. Then we can add more fillers. I have here some white gouache, I'm just going to add some
snow on this pine cone. Then you can also add some
snowy effect on the twigs. After adding some snow, I think we can add a
little bit more volume on the twigs part of this wreath. I'm just going to grab
some burnt sienna and burnt umber and just
add more texture. We are done. Congratulations on
your class project.
20. Class Project: Winter Wreath Part 1: [MUSIC] This is the second
major class project. I wanted to introduce
a wreath that is the opposite of what
we painted earlier, which is more on the
rustic and warm colors. In this video, we are
going to use mostly the blue color so that it just feels cool when
you look at it, and it gives you
that wintery vibe. I'm going to start by
painting some cotton, and I have here just
a very diluted sepia. What I'm going to do
is I'm going to paint maybe three pieces of
cotton on this wreath, and right now while the
sepia is still wet, I've just added a little bit
of diluted cerulean blue, and then I'm going to drop in a very pigmented
sepia in the center. Let's now add the other cotton and this one will be at the top, and I'm just going
to add a little bit of cerulean blue as well. For this wreath, I'm going
to paint in clusters. I'm just going to
draw some circles, and that will be the placement of the cotton in the wreath. After painting the three
highlights of this wreath, I am going to fill in the gaps with some
leaves and some fillers. The paper that I'm using here is still Saunders Waterford, and this is nine
inches by nine inches. You can of course use any
size that you prefer, and the brush that I'm
using is slightly bigger. This is a size eight
black velvet brush. Sometimes I like changing
my brush because it breaks my usual habit of
painting certain strokes, which means that a
new brush can help me discover some new strokes
or create new florals. I've just diluted some
cerulean blue and we are going to paint some
leaves with a pointy tip. I will be using
mostly blue colors in this wreath just to
get that winter vibe. Let's grab some Prussian blue. I'm going to paint some pines. I know that the pine
that we painted before, it was mostly sap green with
a little bit of indigo. But for this wreath I'm
going to change the color. I'm using just
Prussian blue here, and we are painting
this pine with the same strokes so the only
difference is the color. You can be creative with this. You can use a different color. You can even use
purple if you want. I'm just going to paint quickly
and just drag my stroke, and also paint in
different directions. I know that we mostly use red
or crimson for the berries, but for this wreath we are
going to change the color. Now, let's paint some
oval shaped leaves, and what I did was I just mixed up green
with a little bit of violet just to create
that moody grayish color. It looks a little too
gray so I'm going to add a little bit
of cerulean blue. I want this wreath to be
predominantly color blue. Most of the elements here in this wreath were
discussed earlier. The only difference
is that we are changing the color and
making it color blue. Again, I'm going to
add more blue to this leaf because it
looks a little too gray. Then let's grab some cerulean
blue and we're just going to paint some leaves
with pointy tips. I'm introducing some sap
green to my cerulean blue to create a
greenish blue color. Let's get back to
painting some more pine, and these are in a blue shade. As you can see, I move from the left side to the right
side of this wreath, and I think that this
looks more organized. If you have seen my
previous classes, you would have learned how to paint the five petaled flower. Right here we're going to
add that to my wreath. I'm just diluting
some cerulean blue and making sure that
it's quite light. I'm just painting five petals. Some of them can overlap
with the cotton beside it. When painting these
five petaled flower, just make sure that you create
some expressive strokes, and that you feel as
if you're dancing with your brush because
you're swinging your brush and creating
different strokes, and varying the pressure. Now I'm going to add a darker shade of
blue, which is indigo. While the petals of this
blue flower are still wet, you can go on and fix the shape and extend
some of the petals. We have just one more small gap and I'm going to add
some berries over there. If the berries are not sufficient
to cover the white gap, you can add some blue
leaves just like this. We are almost done with the first part of
this winter wreath, and let's head on to the
second video after this.
21. Class Project: Winter Wreath Part 2: [MUSIC] Now this
layer is already dry and I'm going to
add more details. Let's just paint the
sepals first for the cotton ball and then I'm going to paint some
curved strokes just to separate
the cotton balls. I'm using a Size 6 round brush to fade away one
side of the stroke. Fading is one of the techniques that I taught in my
last lecture class, which was about
using a quill brush. You can also use the feeding
technique on other florals. You can use this to separate
some of the petals. I'm just going to fade one side, but the other side, I will leave it as is, which means that it will
have a more defined edge. I'm also adding a little bit of diluted cerulean
blue because I want this cotton ball
to have a tinge of blue color just to blend
in with this wreath. Let's head on to the
last cotton ball. If you have accidentally
faded the entire stroke then just go ahead and paint
another one on top of it. Let me just grab some
cerulean blue and some sap green and let's start
layering the leaves. For the layering
of these leaves, I'm making it quite translucent, which means that my mixture
isn't too pigmented. As I'm painting the leaves, you can still see the
leaves underneath. Now let's grab a
diluted cerulean blue and add some layering
of leaves over there. I'm also adding it in
different directions. Now let's just continuously add some leaves in the white gaps. We're going to start filling in this wreath and make
it look fluffy. Then I'm going to
grab some indigo and I will just add more
depth to the pines. We're adding a
darker color so that this pine won't look too flat. We can also add some stems, just a darker stem to
make it more defined. With a Prussian blue
color in my brush, I'm going to add more berries on this side just to balance it out and create a
triangle shape here. The top-left looks
lacking in berries, so I'm going to add a few more. For the five petaled flowers, it feels like we have
lost some details. I'm just going to grab
some very diluted cerulean blue and just paint
some wispy strokes. I'm doing this so that I
can separate the petals, and then I'm adding some indigo in the center just to deepen this color because I want the center to be
quite bold in color. We can start adding
some oval shape leaves. This is just indigo with sap
green and a lot of water. I think that this shade
looks really great, it looks almost like sage green. It's just blending in with all the blue elements
in this wreath. As fillers, we can also paint
some wispy strokes like this just to make it look like they are like
stems sticking out. That's nice filler if you have a white gap and you don't
know what to add anymore. Now let's mix more
pigmented cerulean blue and going to
paint some tiny buds. This will give more contrast
in some areas of the wreath. We are just dabbing our brush, creating those tiny strokes. I think I want the content
to be a bit more blue, so I'm just going to paint another layer of cerulean
blue on top of it, but of course this is optional, you can keep the cotton whiter
than what I'm doing now. I will just add a few
more blue leaves, and I'm adding this one
near the five petal flower, just to make the flower
look more defined. If you have a light
colored flower, you can just add a more pigmented leaf beside it to make
that flower pop up. I'm adding just
more leaves to make this entire wreath look fluffy, and I just add more volume. In this wreath is already dry. What you can do is we can grab a darker shade of
blue, which is indigo. I'm just going to paint
some random leaves. As you can see, this is all about layering. Sometimes we're just
painting some simple leaves, but when you layer it, it just gives that
extra character to the wreath or to a
floral arrangement. It's now time to
add more details, and I just have here
my white pen again. We're going to add
some white veins. Just add this all
throughout the wreath, but don't add veins on all the leaves so that it
doesn't look too crowded. Are you excited? Well, this wreath
is almost done. These are just some
finishing touches. You can also add some
metallic paints, so you can use gold or if you
have a metallic blue paint, you can paint some
metallic leaves. I think gold will
also look good here, so you can add some gold
berries if you want. I'm going to add some white
lines on the pines as well, just to separate some of
the strokes that we did. Then you can add some highlights on the blue colored berries. We can add some white
berries as well, because this will look
good on a blue background. This is also a very
quick way to cover up some imperfections in
some of the leaves. If you're not happy with
some of the leaves, just add some white
berries to cover it. Grab some indigo
and we are going to paint some stems for
the white berries. Just paint some thin lines to attach the very to the wreath. Looking at these wreath, I think we can add a few more
white berries at the top. Then let's add some stems. Well, that's it.
Congratulations for finishing your winter wreath.
22. Christmas Gift Ideas Part 1: In this video, we are
going to talk about some ideas that you can do
after painting the projects. This is our Christmas wreath, and what you can do
is you can write something in the middle or
just actually leave it as is, and just put this in a frame so you can give it as a gift. It's the same with
this winter wreath. You can write down some
message in the middle, or at core or just
simple happy holidays. Then for the smaller
paintings that we did, so we also made this
smaller wreath. As you can see, I
haven't cut this yet, but if you were to
make this into a card, it would look like this. You can just write the message over here or also in the middle. This is the other
painting that we did. This is our border wreath. We left a whitespace
in the middle so that you can write the message or a
greeting right here. Another idea is to paint this on the paper and just
cut out the outline, and then you can stick this
on another greeting card. Another painting that we
did was this Christmas, this is actually one of my favorite paintings
in the class. What you can do is you can
leave a space right here. This is where you can
write your greeting. I did put a marking right here, so I just wrote Merry
Christmas using pencil. Then I can just use a different brush pen on top
of the pencil marker I did. I'm just not so good
with brush lettering, but I'm sure that you guys
can do a really good job. Then you also have another
Christmas ball right here. Again you can write
anything or you can just cut out up to here and
just put this in a frame, and that will also be a
really good Christmas gifts. Here are more ideas for you. This is watercolor paper
that I've cut into a 7 inch by 10 inch size. If you fold it, the
size will be 5 by 7. Anything, it's a
really good size. I just painted some
leaves as a border. I then use the masking tape because I didn't want a
clean edge right here. I just wanted it to look
really loose and organic. I painted one layer
of leaves and then I painted another set of
leaves on top of it, so I just layered it. I also use my gold
paint right here, if you can see it. It looks really pretty so this is another idea for you guys. I'm just going to show you
the other border that I made. This one has some clean edges, but this one doesn't. Let's put it side-by-side. They still both look pretty, it just depends on
your preference. I just wanted to show
you different ways to apply all the techniques
that we have learned today. I also use my white
pen, as you can see, I added to my berries
and some white veins. I'm going to show you
how to fold your cards. Well, because we don't want
some wrinkles on the side. Usually that happens
when the card, or the paper is quite thick. I'm going to show you a technique on how to
fold this properly. [NOISE] But before that,
I wanted to discuss with you guys that when
you're painting a card, don't fold the card right away. Try to paint first
like this before you fold your card because you want to paint
on a flat surface. Of course, if you try to
paint on a folded card, for example, like this, it just bounces and it will
be difficult to paint, so you want to paint
on a flat surface. [MUSIC] Let me show you how you can fold
your card properly. I'm going to discuss
the front page later. But I just drew a
line in the middle. What we want to do
is we want to create a scar on the paper so we don't want to tear
the paper apart, but we want to put
pressure on the line. The best tool is a bone folder, but I don't have that right now. I'm just going to use the
back of the scissors. I'm going to use the
less pointy part or the back of the blade. You can also use a credit
card or something sharp, but not too sharp that
it will tear the paper. Let's start. I'm just going to press my scissors over here. This is not the sharp side. I'm just going to make
a dent on the paper, but I am not tearing it apart. [NOISE] In this way, your paper will have a better looking
fold on the outside. I think we are ready. We are ready when we feel that there's less tension
when you're trying to fold the paper. [NOISE] Also by doing this, I feel like this
edge feels flatter. We can also use our
ruler to pass it. As you can see, we
have a beautiful fold. I'm going to try to zoom it in. We have a really nice fold, and we don't have
those wrinkly parts. It's very nice. Even if this is 300 GSM, it's a thick paper, you're able to fold it well, and it looks clean and crisp. That's how you make
a card. [MUSIC]
23. Christmas Gift Ideas Part 2: Now let's talk about the
sign of a [inaudible] here. This is just a Christmas ball that we learned a while ago. I just painted three
Christmas balls, so this is quite small. For this one, I just painted some pine cone and then
some pines and berries. Then right here, I painted a ribbon and then just
added some leaves. Because it felt a little blank, I added some dots
using gold paint. This is a gold paint. Then we have a metallic
blue paint over here. I just added some gold strings. Then at the bottom, I tried my best. [LAUGHTER] I just wrote
this Merry Christmas here. I'm pretty sure you can do
a way better job than me. Then of course, on the inside, you can write your message. Another idea is also
paint at the back. We can paint just a small detail that's related to
the design in front. It can be some pine leaves
or some pine cones, or a Christmas ball
right here, just one. That's another
idea for you guys. That's it for this part. For the last idea that
I want to share with you guys is to cut
out your paintings. I know it sounds painful
to cut your paintings. But I think that
sometimes we have some practice,
watercolor ornaments. Instead of just leaving
them on the paper, you can just cut it out, and then we can arrange our own flora arrangement
on a greeting card. I have here the poinsettia. I also have different
elements right here. They all look so cute. I really wanted to share this
idea because I think it's a great way to design
your own Christmas card. We just need some
tape like this. This one has form. I just stick some
double-sided tape at the back and we're going to stick all of these elements
on this greeting card. I wanted to use
this form type of double-sided tape because I want it to look
like it's floating. It looks a little bit
like a 3D effect. Also, one good
thing about this is that before you stick all the elements on
the greeting card, you can arrange it first, like this just so you can
see if it looks good or not, and just take a photo before
you stick everything in. I'm going to try to do this, and I'm going to show
you the final piece. I'm almost done with this card. I'm just going to take
out this green part, then we're just going
to stick it onto paper. This is actually quite fun. It's also unique. One idea is to curl
some of the petals of the poinsettia so that
it just looks more 3D. I think I have two more leaves
to stick on this paper. We can also try to fold
some of the edges. Just looking at the camera
if this one looks good. We have one last piece. Just going to curl
this one a little bit. I like adding this leaf. I think I'd like to add
this leaf over here. Let's just try to adjust. I think this is good. I want some of the
elements to go beyond the edge of card. But, of course, that is just a preference. It really just
depends on how you want to arrange your florals. I'm really excited
to see what you can do with this idea
because it's so fun. Then I have one more over here, which I think we
can put over here. I just wanted to show you
guys what it looks like. Then on the side, it looks like this. If you wanted more
like puffed up, just put two pieces of the form together so
that it will be higher. That's also another
way to do this. I think that this
is really nice. I hope that you enjoyed all the ideas that
I showed you today. I really hope that you can paint some greeting cards
and winter reefs. That's it for this
video. [MUSIC]
24. Final Thoughts of the Class: [MUSIC] This is the
end of the class. Thank you so much
for watching and congratulations for
finishing the class. This is such a fun class, because you will need
to learn the basics of how to paint some
Christmas elements, and then afterwards
you'll be able to create your own unique watercolor
wreath or holiday card. My tip is for you guys to incorporate your own
style in your paintings, and you can also add some
decorative elements. If you have an old
Christmas decor that you don't need anymore, you can just cut it out, cut some of the leaves
or maybe berries and then just stick it on the
holiday card that you painted, so that it will have a different texture and
it will look really nice. One more tip is to write down the favorite quote of the person that will
receive your gift. If you have a wreath like this, so write down the
favorite quote of that person and I'm
pretty sure that he or she will like the
gift that you will give. Work with what you have. Your materials do not
need to be expensive. I think that anything
that's handmade, it's made with love
and I'm pretty sure that the recipient of your gift will appreciate your handmade
greeting card or painting. If you're able to
try painting some of the projects in this class, do upload it in the project
gallery of this class, or if you're going to
upload it on Instagram, don't forget to
use this hashtag, so that I can see your work. Don't forget to follow
me on Skillshare, so that you'll be notified every time there's a new class. That's it for the class. Thank you again for watching. I'm really excited to
see all your paintings, and see you in my next class. Happy holidays. [MUSIC]