Watercolor Vintage Roses in 3 Simple Steps

1. How to Paint Vintage Roses with Watercolor: Do you love the look of antique, vintage pink roses? Would you'd like to learn how to recreate the look and color of these roses than this class will take you back in time where we will be learning how to draw and paint vintage roses and watercolor. Even if you're new to watercolor, we'll be painting these watercolor, vintage roses and three simple steps. We'll begin with the first step on how to draw simple roses. And then we'll dive right into step two, how to mix your watercolors to achieve that vintage color palette. Then we will be ready to paint our roses. Then I will show you my simple technique that will have your painting, these vintage roses and no time. These pretty roses can be used in your journals, your sketch books, and even incorporate into your own illustrations in your class project, you will draw and paint a cluster of vintage roses and watercolor. And don't forget to share it in the class. Let's begin. 2. Supplies and Tips for Watercolor Vintage Roses: Welcome. In this class, I'll be showing you all the supplies that you will need to create these roses would like to begin by showing you this pencil that I like to use. It is not your normal pencil. It is an erasable pencil. And I really loved this pencil because it does not leave graphite on your watercolor paper. So basically, when you trace out anything, it just leaves the paper clean. It makes a clean line. There's no graphite dust and it will not muddy your colors. This one is from the company called Faber Castile, and it comes in a bunch of colors. On your screen. Here is a 24-hour pack of all kinds of colors. The one I bought actually had about 12 colors. And I usually like to use the darker shade, which is sort of like a black shade. Now, if you don't actually have this pencil, you can use a normal pencil. That's just no problem. It's just, I'm just showing you my preference. Another supply that I use in this class is this fancy eraser. This is a kneadable eraser. And I really loved this because you just pull out a piece of the eraser. You can mold it in your hands and it's really great to clean up your sketches. Clean off dirt, off your paper, and really feels nice on your hand. You can use a regular eraser, but I just really loved this one because it's soft on the paper. I won't I'm not afraid that I'm going to tear the paper if I want to erase on top of my watercolor paper. So this is a really handy eraser to have, not only for your watercolor color projects, but in any kind of craft project in general. All right, now onto the fun part. Here, I'll be showing you all the colors that I use in this class. And here I always like to swatch out all my colors. And I'm gonna go through each color that I use one-by-one. I use only five colors in this class. And you'll see later on in my next class how I mix them all up to get that perfect vintage palette. So in this class, I use two brands, the Windsor and Newton brand, and that should Mickey brand. And they come in these little little square pans. Usually they're called audits. And I like to buy them individually. Because when you go into the art store or even online, you can actually pick the colors that you want. And because these colors don't usually come in the sets of colors. And so I actually bought all these colors individually. And so I recommend that you really want to buy those hard-to-find the colors, to actually buy them individually. Okay, So the colors in this class are, I'll just show you here on my swatch. So my all-time favorite color is this, potters pink, and this is from Winsor and Newton. And then my other all-time favorite is this one which is called rose matter. And then this was actually a very new discovery for me. And this one is coupled to mortem violet. This one is from Winsor and Newton. Then I really loved this one. This one is from shrinking. This is Naples, yellow, reddish. Then the last one is also from chunky and this is an olive green, which is great for leaves. Okay, Just to note, also the other materials that you will need in this class are two cups of water. And the reason being is one is to clean your brush really well, to take off the color. And the other cup is another cup of clean water to make sure that all the colors off just so when you use the paintbrush, the color will not be muddied and you'll have a super clean brush and the pigment will just shine through. So it's really important to have two cups of water. Then you'll need some sort of plate to mix your watercolors. Here I have a porcelain plate, but you can use anything, even a plastic plate. You will need some paper towels to wipe off your paint. These are the brushes that I love and use not only for this project, but for mostly all my watercolor projects. And these are synthetic watercolor brushes. In this class, I actually use the number four and the number one, which is the really mini brush that you see there. You could also use the number eight if you want to make. The rose is a little bit bigger. I highly recommend you buy quality watercolor brushes. They may be a little bit pricier, but trust me, it will make your watercolor experience so much better. And you will just want to paint and paint and paint. So I recommend this brand here, which is tend to recto and they are synthetic. But what I like about these brushes is that they're very springy and I love that. They're pointed at the top and they're really quality brushes. I really loved them so much and I use them a lot. So I recommend that. I also have a Da Vinci, as you see, is a number one very, very miniature pointed brush that is really great for tiny, tiny details. Because these roses are small and great for your small illustrations. I really recommend having a number one round pointed brush, a number four round pointed brush. And if you have anywhere like even a to an 8a6a5, any of those numbers will do even for this class. Another brush that I recommend using is any old craft brush or inexpensive brush that you have on hand. And I like to use this to mix all my watercolors together, basically to do all the dirty work. The reason why I do this is that I like to use this just for mixing the watercolors, not for actually painting. And this way, I conserve my really expensive watercolor brushes for painting. And I don't mind if I ruin this brush for mixing. So I like to have my mixing brushes and then my super-duper quality painting brushes. So that's just a little tip that I have for you. Now if you don't want to do that, that's fine. But this is just my personal preference. And in my experience, I just find that doing it this way. My really nice watercolor brushes stay in shape. They last longer and I just, I just find it works for me. So that is just my little tip that I would like to pass along to you. And we will be using some watercolor paper. And watercolor paper comes in all kinds of shapes and textures. For this class, I use this water color paper. It came in this notebook, sort of like a sketchbook. And I really like the size for small illustrations. And the quality of this paper is really, really good. The texture is the rough texture. And I like using the rough texture. This is up-close. I don't know if you see, but they have sort of bumps. And I like using this because it just gives the illustration more of that rustic look. And I like how the watercolor just falls in those little ridges. So this paper is a cold press paper. The papers come in at different roughness is, I guess you could say, I like to use the more finer roughness and then you can also get the super smooth. Here's an example of another paper that I use similar, it's a bigger size. It's a cold press paper and it's a rough, but it's a fine rough. And if you can't find the smaller pieces of paper, what I'd like to do is just cut the paper in half and you could easily do that as well. So let's begin. This is just another tip before you start painting, I like to add just plain water to each of my god. It's by adding a little bit of water in each of your pans that this will just help the color to absorb onto your paintbrush and it'll just be easier. Your color will just come out of your pan easy. And the colors will be really vibrant when you go to get them out of your pen. So that is my first step before I start mixing the colors. But right now, I just want it to swatch each color just to show you what the color looks like on its own, on the paper. So I'm just going to swatch each color. And the first color that I'm going to swatch is this potters pink. I just wanted to show you what it's like just on its own, what it looks like on the paper. How you could make the color darker or lighter. So this is potters pink. And the reason why I like this color for that vintage look is because it's a very soft, muted, almost like a berry pink. And it's so romantic. I use this color for so much for roses, for cheek colors, for our portrait painting. It's a very beautiful pink soft color, very romantic. Now my next favorite color, and this is for that beautiful vintage look, is a little bit brighter. And this is Rose matter. And as you can see, you could add more color, make it deeper. And if you add more water, it will lighten and you'll just be left with this prettiest pink shade. So it's much brighter than the potters pink. This is great to give your watercolor paintings. Just stop pop of pink and brightness. So the next color is this cap, violet mortem. And this is a very like a maroon. It's very, very beautiful color as you can see. There's a little bit of violet undertone to it. And it's a burgundy. And as you can see, you can lighten it to soften it out. And it's almost like a potter's pink, but it just has more depth to it. And this is perfect. If you want to get that vintage rustic look to all your paintings is a very romantic as well. Now the next color that I'm going to swatch for you is this Naples yellow, reddish. This is the color from shrinking. So as you can see on its own, It's very light and it's a beautiful BG color. This color is great for so many things. Especially when you want to get that perfect beige color. You can use it on its own. And as you can see, you can have it dark or light. The more water you add, the lighter it gets. This is not only great for your beautiful beige Flowers, roses. It's even great for skin, like light porcelain types, skin hues for your portraits. So the next color here that I'm going to swatch for you is this green? This is from a monkey, olive green. Look at that. All of this is the perfect, perfect shade for leaves. It's a very beautiful green. Not too dark, not too light. And if you add more water, it just gets lighter, lighter. So each of these colors, the more pigment you use, the darker it will be, the more water you use, the lighter it will be. All these five colors are gorgeous on its own. But you will see, once you mix them together, you will create the perfect vintage palette. I just wanted to show you all the colors are what they look like when they're dry. So we had the potters pink, the rose madder, the Morton violet, the Naples yellow, reddish, and the olive green. So just as a recap, these are all the supplies that you'll be using in this class. And these are the colors that I have chosen to have that perfect vintage palette for these beautiful vintage roses. And again, if you don't have these brushes, That's fine. As long as there are rounded watercolor brush, two cups, as I explained before, when to clean off the color and the other one just to make sure that all the paint is off. Some sort of craft brush for mixing. I really recommend a plate for mixing. A paper towel. You will need some watercolor paper, a pencil. I recommend this erasable pencil. But if you have a normal pencil, that's fine. A normal eraser is fine, but I really recommend this kneadable eraser. Okay, now we're ready to move on to our next class, where I'll show you how to draw simple roses. See you in the next class. 3. Step 1: How to Draw Simple Roses: So to start these mini roses, we're just going to draw two simple circles and we're going to make them a little bit squiggly. Details are not that important. We just want to map out the position of each rows. Now we're going to draw two circles within the big circles. And this is just going to show where the rows is going to be pointing. So the top row is, is gonna be pointing upwards and the bottom rows is going to be pointing a little bit downwards. So these lines are just guides for now. Now I'm going to draw out some loose triangle shapes and this will indicate the mini rosebuds. I'm going to draw some rosebuds in each direction. When facing up, when facing down. And I'll just draw a bunch. Now I'm going to lightly trace out where I want the stems to be. Now I'm going to take out my kneadable eraser. And this is very gentle on the watercolor paper because you do not want to ruin the surface of the watercolor paper. And this is just going to take off any excess color from the paper. We just want to very light outline. Just so when we go to put on the watercolor on to the sketch, it will not muddy colors. And this is another reason why I'd like to use an erasable pencil, because an erasable pencil does not leave harsh graphite on your watercolor paper. Now I'm gonna go in and make some leaf shapes. And I'm just going to position them very naturally along the stems. I'm just going to add another rose bud on the side. Because I like working in threes. Working in threes is aesthetically pleasing and it's usually makes your composition look nicer. Now I'm going to add a few more leaves beside the rose. And I'm just going to add some triangle shaped to indicate leaves. Now I'm going to add another leaf, one small, 1.1 larger. Just trying to balance out this composition. Alright, I could've stopped here, but I decided to add a few more buds, rosebuds. Then I just, there's something weird about it. So I did decide to redo this part. And of course it's always okay to redraw, redo, simply erase it with your eraser and draw over it again. And I decided to go in with a little mini rose bud on the side. Then I probably could have stopped right there. Buddy decided to add an another tiny, tiny rose bud just on the side. Now, get out your kneadable eraser. Once I'm satisfied with my sketch, I'm just going to go in with my kneadable eraser once more and just lighten up the lines once more. By doing this, when you go to paint, you will not see any, almost any of the outline. That's why I love doing this. Now we're ready to move on to the next class, how to mix your perfect vintage watercolor color palette. See you in the next class. 4. Step 2: How to Mix Watercolor Vintage Roses: Welcome to this class. This is how to mix vintage palette for your watercolor roses. This is the second step to this class, and it is very easy and simple. Once you have all your colors out, just gonna go ahead and start placing each color separately on your plate. So I'm gonna get out my craft brush for this process. And as I told you in the supplies class, I love to use a craft brush for mixing colors. That's why I preserve my really expensive watercolor brushes for the actual painting process. I'm going to just put on each color separately on the plate. I did wet each god it beforehand to activate the color. And then note that I double clean the brush before dipping my brush into each color. Alright, and we can't forget about our green. So I'm just going to dip my brush into the green color and put it on the plate. And I'm just going to use this green on its own. I'm not actually going to mix it or change the color for this project. Okay, another tip I have for you is before you start mixing all the colors, go ahead and get out to clean cups of water once more. This will just ensure that the colors will stay nice and fresh and will not look muddy on your illustration. So I'm going to go ahead and mix up the Naples yellow and the potters pink. And this will give a very light vintage. Pink. I just had some Naples, yellow on the side, so I just took it from my plate and now I'm mixing it up together with the rose madder. And I just added a touch of rows matter because I want the rows to be a very lightest pink. I'm going to take the mortar violet and mix it up with the rose madder. And this will give the rose matter a deeper, more moody rows, I guess you can say. And you can experiment with all these different pinks. But I find that this combination gives pretty vintage look. Alright, now we're ready to move on to step three, painting the roses. 5. Step 3: How to Paint Vintage Roses with Watercolor: Once we have all our colors mixed together, we're ready to start painting these miniature king, vintage roses and watercolor. Okay, so let's start with the lightest color, which is the Naples yellow. We are going to start off with this bigger rows and we're just going to make a quick half-moon shapes around the rows, around the outer edges. And we're just going to be starting from light to dark. So you can choose any combination you like. But I'm just going to start off with my more pink beige rose. And I'm just going to go around the petal, starting from the outer and going inwards. So I'm going to continue with the big rose and I'm going to now add some color. I'm adding the potters pink that was mixed with the Naples yellow. I'm going to continue with making short brush strokes towards the center. So as we go along with this class, you will see that you will be mixing colors on your plate at the same time, even though you pre-mixed your colors beforehand, you will keep on mixing colors. And you'll probably end up inventing new shades of pink as you go along. I'm going to let that dry and I'm gonna go onto my medium rows. And here I'm going in for the darker pink. So I'm going to just start off with little half moons. Want to top of each other on the outer edge. And then I'm going to continue with that same sort of pattern towards the middle. And the rose color is just getting darker and darker as we head in. I'm just laying down little dashes of paint. You kinda have to trust the process at this point. I'm going to let that dry before I continue. It's pretty dry, so I'm going to darken up that middle and I'm going to darken up that middle with the violet color that I mixed up. And I'm going to add that color with quick brush strokes towards the inner part of the rose. And I'm going to darken up the middle part of the rows. Okay, and then for the medium rose, I'm going to darken up that center by mixing a little bit of my rose madder and my previous mixture of rows matter. I just want the pink to be a little bit darker than the outer petals. And then I'm going to darken up that center. So it's important not to overwork these roses. And before you continue onto one layer, just make sure that the layer on top is dry or else color will spread and it will just be a muddy mess. So just take your time. I'm gonna go with my cap Morton violet and darken up the center of my first rows. Okay, so now I'm gonna go onto the rose buds. And I'm just making these rosebuds a little bit darker. And I'm just gonna go in with that rose madder and kept violet combination. And I'm going to make some of those buds a little darker, so I'm a little bit lighter. I'm just going to add a little bit of variety. Just to add a little bit of interest. I take my paintbrush and I just let my paint brush do all the work. I just sweep side-to-side and I'm almost making an oval shape with the paintbrush to achieve a simple bud. Okay, we need to add a little bit of depth for these roses. But before we do that, we need to let the sketch dry out a bit. So I'm just going to have a little break and I'm just going to have a little chocolate. Okay, now I see that my sketch is pretty dry, so I'm just gonna go in with my tiny number one brush. And I'm going to add in a little bit of depth by adding a darker rose color to the centers. So I'm just adding little dots. And this is just enough to create that illusion of depth. I'm gonna go in again and I'm going to darken up the middle rows, but I'm not going to make it as dark as the first rows. It's a little bit more pink and I'm going to darken up the middle of the middle rows as well. I wanted to mention that as I paint these roses, I leave some white spaces, meaning I won't paint over some of the paper. And this will act as the highlights. Leaving a bit of space as you paint the petals will act as a highlight. Then I'm simply going to add in the little centers of each rosebuds. And this requires a little bit of tapping in the middle. And because these are miniature roses, the detail, It's not that important. What I'm trying to say is, the less detailed, the better, at least in my opinion. But, you know, what do you guys think? Now it's time to apply color to the leaves. And so I'm just going to use my number for a paintbrush. And I'm just going to drag the brush one or two strokes upwards. I'm just dragging the color into that shape, into that leaf shape. And it helps me to turn my page. Don't be afraid to turn your paper around just to get into those corners. And for these roses, I'm only using one green and that is the olive green. And I really loved this green because I could easily add depth just by using this color. Again with less water. I can lighten it up or darken it up and it's just a really pretty vintage type of green. I know in the market They do have brushes, angled brushes, where you can actually paint the leaves in one stroke. But I just wanted to show you that you can paint a leaf just with a normal brown tip brush like this. And I also wanted to note that when you paint with watercolor, as you can see, I just let the watercolor do its job. I let the color flow. That's the beauty of watercolor. As you drag the color, you just let the color move on its own. And the color will subtle. And seeing how it settles can render beautiful results. For the really tiny leaves. I'm going to use my mini number one paint brush to paint in those really tiny, tiny leaves. Okay, now I'm going in with my mini number one watercolor brush, and I will be painting in the stems. Now this does take a steady hand, just breathe and try to go in one quick stroke or very small strokes. Okay? 99% chance that you will not do each stem perfectly. And if you do make mistakes is really not a problem. What I do is I just add some water onto my sketch with a clean paintbrush. Then I will take a paper towel and I'll try to soak up the color from the sketch. So I'll just do that a few times until I don't see the color anymore. It might not be perfect, but it works pretty well. And so once that is dry, I just go over it again. So I'm just going to let that dry first before fixing that mistake. Because if I go in on it, now, the water will spread and we'll make it worse. So I'm just gonna let that dry before I go in and fix that mistake. I'm going to just hear finish up all my stems. Okay. The paper is pretty dry, so I'm gonna go in and just redo my stem here. And as you can see, it's looking pretty, okay. I'm just gonna go over some of those leaves just to cover up that little mistake. Okay, Now I'm just going to add a little bit of depth to all my leaves. And I'm simply going to use the olive green again on top of all my leaves. And I'm just going to add a bit of darkness just on the edge of each leaf, just to create a little bit of depth and shade. So we can be done here. But I decided to just add a little bit more petals onto my roses. So that is what I am doing now. I'm just going through my roses and I'm just adding a touch more of colors and petals to each rows. But again, try not to overwork it too much. Okay, and I am going to stop there because I don't want to overwork it and then end up ruining my whole art piece. So that is it. We are done. And I will see you in the conclusion. 6. Conclusion Vintage Roses with Watercolor: Congratulations, you have now completed the class. Thank you so much for joining me today. Your next step is to draw and paint your very own vintage roses. I encourage you to post your final projects and share it for everyone to see. I would love to see your project. Two, I can comment and give you feedback. And I would just love to see what you come up with. And you can find me on social media, on YouTube, on Pinterest. And if you really enjoyed this class, I would really appreciate if you left a review just to let me know if my class was beneficial to you and if you enjoyed the class, we'll create a friends. If you liked this class, I encourage you to check out my other classes here on Skillshare. Until next time. Bye.