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1. Meet the Artist : Hello, Creative Souls. My name is Sona Hassan. I'm an artist and art educator, born and brought up in
Pakistan, based in Bahrain. I'm thrilled to announce my first ever skill
share course, where I will be sharing
my passion and love of whimsical faces in
watercolor and mix media. I'm also a proud owner
of Wild About Art, where I have dedicated
myself to share my knowledge and skills with artists of all age
through my studio. I have had a pleasure of teaching art to
countless students, how to draw, how to paint
using various mediums. Now I'm very excited to share my expertise to
skillshare community.
2. What You will Learn in this Course?: In this delightful course, I will guide you through a
whimsical art adventure, teaching you a few simple
and easy technique to create captivating pumpkin girl
with a vibrant autumn theme. Together we will explore a magical world of
whimsical faces. Throughout this course,
I will demonstrate step by step instructions of
drawing whimsical faces, offering valuable tips
and tricks along the way. We will then dive into the captivating
world of watercolor, exploring different
techniques to infuse life and vibrancy into your
pumpkin girl character.
3. Material Guide. : Let's talk about what material
we need for this class. All you need is a
watercolor paper. You can take any brand you want, but must have 300 GSM
watercolor palette or tube, whatever is available
at your home. Watercolor brushes, I highly
recommend if you can take the round brushes along with some fine liners
for final details. All you need is acrylic paint, pen and color pencil.
4. Step by step Whimsical Eyes: Before we will start
with our main lesson, I want to give you an
introduction video of how you can use this workbook And draw
your eyes, nose and mouth. For this, all you need is the template of the
oval and circle. But if you don't have these, you can just do it freehand. I'm using them to show
you how we can use this, which will make your
life really easy to create a proportional
eyes, nose and mouth. The first thing we
will be drawing a vertical and horizontal line. This is my horizontal line and I'm just going to
make a vertical line. All you need to remember that we have a total of three eyes. The center is the
size of one eye, which is a hidden E. We use this I as the distance
between both the eyes. We always start
with a center oval. So you can choose any
size of your choice. Whether you want to make a
big eyes or you want to make a standard yes or a
normal small eyes, you can start practicing
with any size you want. I will be using just a
regular, Not too small. Not too big. But first you
start with your center oval. Then you're going to
make another two ovals next to each other.
And that's it. Now, the second step
is after doing this, you need to see where is the
center of your first oval? This is my center. I'm going to give another balance line. And through this balance line, I will be making
a circle inside. You can do it freehand, and if you have this, you
can definitely use this one. I will see which one can
fit easily, and that's it. Now it's time to
give you the line of your eye lashes
and upper lid, so you can choose any
style of the eyes. It can be a little
bit more stylized or whimsical or if you have
any other references, you can definitely get
inspired by those references. I will start by adding
the eyelashes line first with a little
diagonal to give a bit more whimsical effect
as I'm doing a big eye. I'm happy with what
I have right now, and I'm going to add
another circle inside. After I'm done
with my eyelashes, I'm just going to
erase the top line. And I'm going to add
another upper lid line. If you want, you can erase
the center oval also. Now it's time to
create the tear duck. Just a small curve on both the side and this
will be your eyeball oval. You can bring this part down. The shape of the eye will
definitely completely on you. How you want? You
want a big one, you want a medium size? I'm going to just add another
lower lid line for me. I really don't want a lot of eyelashes in my whimsical faces, but a few strands
will be enough. I'm just going to
add 12.3 more curve. I think that's good. That's it. Now for the eyebrows, I will give you a little bit of guide that
you can make like a letter A. And then you can just give
the eye eyebrow line. I'm always confuse with
eyelashes and eyebrows and I always mix them together even in my studio classes.
That's it for now. I'm really happy. And now I will also
show you how you can do it if you
don't have these. All you need again,
the same line. I'm going to do freehand. Now you will make an oval and then you are
going to make another oval. Now at this point,
I want to show you one very easy technique. Most of the time, students are able to draw one
side of the eyes, but not able to do it
on the other side. For that, you can easily
use tracing paper, or you can use the baking
sheet from your kitchen, and you can just simply trace your eyes on the baking sheet
or on the tracing paper. And then you can flip it, but let me just erase some
previous lines so I will be able to see and then
you can place them. Give a hard pressure, a little bit extra
pressure on your paper, you will get the impression on, and then just trace
all the lines and na you get your
second eye exhibit. Let me erase all the lines
and you can see how it looks. Let's practice with me. I will be making more eyes, and I want you to do it with me. While you're
watching this video, don't forget to submit your work after completing
your eye project, which is lesson number one, how to create your own
style in your eyes. Please feel free to get
more references from Pinterest or from Google or any different
photographs you have. You can always use
your own photographs and you can create
your own style of the eyes other.
5. Step by Step Whimsical Eye & Nose : Let's practice of how
to create a beautiful, cute little button noses
for whimsical portrait. We will always start, I personally start drawing with a vertical and the horizontal line to
create a balance. You will be able to see the
steps of three circles. You will start by three circles, the center, the small two sides. And then you will
be able to start by following the center and
turn into the nostril oval. I really feel
difficult to achieve the cute little nose
because I don't want a big noses on my
whimsical portrait. And then after
this, you can just easily erase extra circles, what you can see, that's the easiest way to
create a button nose. You can practice in these
boxes if you want to. You can make as many as you can by looking at
different references. Let's do the mouth For the
mouth again, the same thing. I will personally go
with four circles, 12 up and two down. First, start by little
curve towards up, your face will be nice
and pleasant looking. Now this is also
completely up to you. If you're following
any reference from different pictures, you can see the shape, how you want to in the
second, in this reference. You can see that over here
I didn't do the circles. But here I show you the
steps with the circles too. If you don't want to
make the circles, you can always start
by drawing like a W. Then that's a small line
that's completely up to you. That's it for nose and mouth. I hope you will be able to
practice in your worksheet. And don't forget to
send me your practice, and I would love to
give you the feedback.
6. Face proportion : In this video, we
will talk about the proportion of the pace
through the workbook. You will be able to see these steps and it will be
very easy for you to follow. Always remember that we have one eye space in
between two eyes. When we are creating a
whimsical, cute little girls, we need to make sure that the nose is small
as a button nose. And the nose also have to be
a little closer to the eyes. The mouth size has to be the same as the size
of your one eye. Now you can also check all
these steps in your workbook. You can also see how you can
create different hairstyle. You can follow the wordbook, otherwise you can always
use your own imagination to create new hairstyle.
This is the fun part. This is the cheat sheet
for you to follow. If you don't have the oval, you can always use this one. Because here I have
added the small dots. You can see there is
small sites as well. This is what I have created
by following the guidelines. Here I have another sheet for you in which I will
draw in front of you. Now as you can see that
there are dots already for you which you can follow to
make your eyes, nose and map. Make sure you practice first before you use
this word sheet. Now through this time laps, you can easily follow the
steps of drawing eyes, nose, and mouth on the lines which is given on
your cheat sheet. You can easily use your own reference picture
or follow from the workbook. I have just added a little bit of water color just to show you how the face look
like, all these faces. What I'm showing
you right now is done with the same
technique What I share with you and I have made them in a very easy way to follow
with the worksheet. I hope you will practice. And don't forget to practice several times before you
achieve your result. See you in the next lesson.
7. Painting skin tone with primary colors.: The easiest way to
paint a skin tone, you can just take your
watercolor palette. And you can have all
the colors which will be orange, white, pink. And you can mix and match them. You can use any school
supply watercolor palette. And you are good to
go. You don't need to get a complete
professional one. But if you're using any kind of a professional
watercolor palette, which will be Ns and
Newton or any other brand, you will also get
different skin tones. And by mixing them, you can get the
perfect skin tone. What you're looking for as a lesson and as a complete big, I want to show you
how you can create your own skin tone by using
three primary colors. Currently, I'm using the
Mission Gold watercolor tubes. I will be taking
the permanent red, bald, blue, and yellow. You can just use
three primary colors to create your skin tone. Whether you're working
with acrylic paints or whether you're working
with Gage or watercolor, this is the right
technique to make your skin tone with any medium
you want for the brushes. I do have a lot of different brands and
different variety of brushes from Bristo
to Winsor Newton. The best way to use the watercolor brushes has
to be the round brush. And it can be any brush
available at your home. You don't need to go and buy the paint brushes or any fancy
brushes you want to order. If you like to order, that's completely up to you. Any kind of a round mop
brushes will work better. You can use the school
supply brushes as well, and they will work
absolutely fine. We just want to make sure
that you don't need to spend a lot of money before you
start your creative journey. I really want you whatever
you have at home or even if you have your
kids school supplies, you can still paint and create your beautiful
whimsical portraits. The first color is red. I'm going to take a
little bit of red in this palette with lots of water and a little
bit of yellow. Now this will be more
on orange tones. So you can see that you can easily add water in the color. And you will get
the value of color. Gets light, start by
in a circling motion. And how we can just use primary colors first to
create different skin tones. This is my first intone. Now I'm going to
take a little bit of more yellow orange in this. A tiny dot of blue. Going to mix it in
this and look at that pretty occur shade is formed, wow, this is really nice. Bet on wet technique
will be the best for practicing your
portrait skin colors. Now you can start because these are the only three
colors I will be using. I will be making them darker, or lighter, or more
yellowish tones. Maybe I can make it a very, very light pink kind of a color. See this one over here,
take a little bit of. This will be the perfect
for the blushes. When you want to
create a little bit of makeup look to your girl, you can use this
kind of a color. I will also show you how you can mix from your paint palette, what you already
have it at home. If you don't have tube ones, then I will also show you
how you can use them. Let me create a little bit of darker skin tone by
adding a bit more blue. This shade will be perfect for your eyes and even eyelid area. Yes, look at that just to
water spread the paint. This is what we have made with tube paints with only
three primary colors. Let me just create that red. We use red, we use
blue, and use yellow. With the help of
these three colors, I can still make a lot
of different shades. But let's just give a quick look to the school
supply paint palette. If you have how you can use them for your paint, for
your skin tones. I have this one from St. You can see it already have
a skin color over there. But in case if you don't
have this is skin color, you can simply take any kind of orange and mix
them into Whitehead. This is orange color, and I can just take it into the white color,
white and orange. And then I will mix it. It will give me some very nice, pretty nice skin tone. If you want a darker or orange, or maybe more on the brown side, then you can take
this one again. You can mix it in white, white, and orange, and all these
colors a little orange. Be careful with the
black if you have. That's the reason I don't
personally like using these, but wow, this is
such a bright one. You always need to know
that the first layer off your skin has to be super
light as the first layer. But then you can make
it as dark as you want by adding all these colors. Even some of the reds take
some red with the same. And all these pretty make
up colors are almost ready. Now, the next step is that
in the next I will show you how we are going to start with our whimsical portrait, a little bit pink in it, and I hope you enjoy it. Don't forget to comment. And please feel
free to ask if you need any kind of a
help or assistance. I will be happy to help you. Don't forget to share your practice sheets with
me for the feedback.
8. How to transfer your template.: Now here I'm ready to start
with my whimsical portrait. I just use the masking
tape to make a, create a clean border
around my paper. I didn't stick it
on any surface. If in case I want to
create a little bit of dripping technique or I want
to play with watercolor, I will be able to move my paper. Let's start with
our first lesson, which will be the
lic pumpkin girl. Here you have some references. If you wish to use any
of these references, you are free to use this. Otherwise you can
definitely create your own. I will be using our
first pumpkin girl, which will be this one. As I already have done
with my sketching and all, I will be just
simply transferring this reference on my main paper. I will also show
you how you can use these worksheets to
just simply trace it. You can use a pencil just color it from the
back of the paper. Once you have color within
just regular pencil, you will be able to
press this on the, on your watercolor paper and you will get all the impression on the main paper If you don't want to use this and if you're going to sketch
it differently, I highly recommend
you to draw on a separate paper and
use this technique. You don't have to
erase a lot of time on your watercolor paper and there won't be any marks on
the watercolor paper.
9. Whimsical Pumpkin Girl Part-1 : First thing, let's
start by adding lots of color in the background
will go with some red. In my process, you will see that I don't stick with one medium. I will use any medium, whatever is available
in front of me. It can be a very fancy
high quality artist paint. It can be a very
simple to supply one. I just want to
enjoy the process, what I'm working on it, that's what I really want my
students to do that as well, especially when
we are working on the whimsical
portrait over here. I have this 0.2 brush
from Vincent and Newton. Because the face
is really small, I don't want to go with a
very big face, Big brush. I will start painting the face with the same mixture
of red and orange. Has the first play a little
bit of beach I can go with. This is too dark.
If it's too dark, quickly take the
water and spread it. But I know that these
areas needs to be darker. The forehead need to be darker and quickly
apply the water. That's the beauty,
that you can easily use water and spread your color. It's a beautiful
sunlight right now. I don't know how it
looks in the camera that beat and in
Middle East right now, it's summers and
it's really hot. I know I'm painting a
fall season painting and getting inspired by fall, but we don't have any sign
of fall season right now. It's a peak summer
time, super hot. Over here you can see
that I accidentally dip it from the
school supply paint. The moment I just
add this color, it just dried out. No matter how much
I'm trying to spread, it's not going that can be
a little challenge for you. If you're using Archie and using a simple solid school
supplies here, I'll take the tissue
and I'm going to remove the paint from the areas
where I need a bit highlight, which is the nose area, a
little bit on the forehead, and a little bit on the cheeks. Just waiting to take a
little bit more red just to create that pink above the eyes. One spot is really annoying. I don't know how I'm going
to fix that. Let's see. For now, I'm just going
to enjoy the process of me painting my whimsical
girl and feeling like I'm makeup artist
and I'm giving her a nice makeup keep using
and spread the paint. Make sure that you are
not leaving it for very long and it should
not dry there. You need highlighted area, those areas you must keep using the water and make it
light accidentally. If you have added a lot, then you can just
take tissue and just remove the
color from there. Once this will be dry, I will go with a bit more on the beach and orange
side of the skin. This is just my
first skin layer. I'm just coloring the
lips as she's wearing the sleepless I can
have her skin color. If you get a little
confused with the lines, you can always check
your reference. Like over here I was confused
with where is my line for the hand You can always
check your reference. Again, that's it
looks really good. I think the skin
area is a bit dry. I'm going to use I will
start painting the eyes. For the eyes, I will go with
some kind of a blue still. I haven't used any
other color than the same primary colors what
I have it in the starting, I will color the whole thing, whatever color you decide. And adding a little bit
of water, just spread it. Then in the end, I will go
with the black later on. Now, once you are
done with this, I will go with a bit of peach. I have a water color from
white nights, this one, because I want to achieve
a nice pink peach shade, I will use any of these colors. You can go with any
color you want. The same primary colors
is already there, so I will use those later on. A little bit of red
in this corner, going to take a tiny
dot of pink, shake it, little bit of peach,
more red brown. Just play with your colors. If you're absolute bigness, I would say you can by just a simple color package
from Vinson and Neuter. On any other brand. You have it at home. Or if you're willing to buy, you can buy a palette if
you're absolute picked up. Because in that you will already get so many different shades. This is a combination
of red, yellow, pink, a little bit of skin color just to give a
little depth above my eyes. And using the water and
spreading this above my eyes, it's like a shade of
brown, you can say. You can use any color which whatever you feel
it's similar to this. It's too dark right now, but I'm going to make
it a bit lighter. This down also, don't be afraid of
using color, let it be. But yes, little by little, you will have a control
on your brush and you can always remove if there is
a lot that is too much. But you will see how
it will get balance. Once I'm done with my work, now it's time to blend more
with the water and just create that softness around
with the help of water. I'm just spreading it all wherever I need to
create the highlight, I will just use the tissue
and remove the extra color. That's so good. See how nicely it gets
balanced. Now take the tissue. Just remove the
extra from the area of a little bit above
as your forehead. I still have that patch, but it can be her birthmark. Let's see what I'm going to do. I will take this keep. If you have a small paper
and small portrait, you can use some Q tip to
remove the colors over here, I just ab some of the extra to make my chin look more
prominent under the chin area. I have added the
darker color theme. I'm just removing some
extra above the nose. On top of the nose
area, I might erase. Just remove some extra from
upper lid area. Looks good. Be gentle. Be very careful
with the size of the brush. Do not use a very big one. Keep changing the
brush if you want. I haven't changed yet, but you can always keep
changing the brush, repeating the same
process again and just making my shades
a little bit dark. Perfect. Now let's just okay, I think I'm done. I will wait for this to
dry and then I'm going to work on around the lips area. I will make this a bit
more flushy, more dark. The rest of the areas will
get more highlighted the more you will make your
China under the chin area, your chin will pop. I hope you can see this. It's a matter of patience and little by little,
enjoy the music. Have some fun while you're creating your
whimsical portrait. I cannot work right now. On my lips, on my
mouth, and the nose. I need to wait for this to dry. Then I'm going to do it
because Right, it's damp. And then if I'm going
to add any paint, it might just bleed. I just need to give that
time to work on the news. We'll see you in part two of this video and I hope
everything is doing great. You can send me the
picture for the feedback.
10. Whimsical Pumpkin Girl Part-2: Now as you can see, I have
almost completed with my first layer of the face and the pumpkin
in the background. I will start with the hair. For this, I will be using
this palette from Phoenix. It has a lot of colors and
if I need a new shade, I will be doing
some mix and match. I'm still working
with water color. I want to create
her hair in blond. I still have this previous
color from yesterday. I want to make my hair blonde. I have this previously
mixed color with yellow, red, a little bit of blue, and lots of water, just to make the
consistency more liquidy. And it will give me
the lightest value. In the start, I will start by giving the following,
my pencil lines. I will make this a little bit of more burned orange and we'll
be adding some in between. It's completely up to you whatever color you wish
to do for the hair. You can always go for it. I'm just going with
the warm color tones with browns and occur yellow. Just go over the flow
however you feel. Whatever your mood is, you can create your hair
according to your choice. Just remember to
start by strands, by strands of the hair, and leave a little bit
of white ****** and that will give you more natural
look in your work. Lose the strands, we can
still do it in the end. And some of the strands,
I'm just doing it randomly without
following the lines. I think I am good
for the first layer. Now I want to work on my dress, which will be yellow first, and then I will be adding
more as the pumpkin dress. I want to keep the same
scheme as the pumpkin colors. Again, you're free to
choose your own colors. I'm just following my
directions As the start, please start with a
wet on wet technique, which will be more of the water, less paint, less pigments. After taking a few
drops of color, you can just spread
it with the water. At this point, you
can see I want to create that curve and
the folds of the dress. I'm just adding some dark brown. And following my pencil line and pushing it towards up
will still work later on. But just giving myself
a little guide line, when my first layer
will get dry, I, this is how I need to move my brush and
follow those lines. This area will be the
back of the dress. It has to be dark color. It's a combination and
mixture of orange, brown. If I need to add more, I will do it later on. I think I can increase
this a little bit more just to
make it more equal. Always remember to extend or whatever you feel looks good. Always do that. We
don't need to copy exactly what instructions
you are getting. I highly recommend
you and encourage. Please go with the flow. How you feel about that's how my first layer of almost
everywhere it's done. Now I will start
working on my pumpkin. With the pumpkin, I will
take the orange color first. I'm going to start working
the one in the back. I'm adding some orange, going with the red
just to try to make the creases and the folds of the pumpkin look more
prominent and different. You can always take the tissue and just remove
some of the areas to create that highlight effect if accidentally you
have covered a lot. I think I'm really
happy with the way it looks and start giving
me the three defect. I will add a little
tiny dot of browns. Let's start working on this. Stem needs to really less and coles less. So little by little,
just keep adding till you feel happy
with your pumpkins. And I'm doing the same. I'm just adding and playing
with my color layer by layer. And we will add more details once all these
layers will get dry.
11. Whimsical Pumpkin Girl Part-3: As we are near to
the final stages, it's time to bring out the
fine pen and color pencil. We will begin by
carefully tracing over the pencil line and
outlining the artwork to add definition and precision to achieve a striking effect. Start by outlining the
upper eye with bold line, ensuring it stands out. Then with a gentle touch
and light pressure, meticulously outline
the lower lid to create a soft and gentle
appearance for the eyes. Now, after doing all the
outlining with the fine liners, this is how the whimsical girl look like and she's
coming to live. I'm so happy and I hope your
progress is going same. If in case you're
not able to get the same results,
don't lose hope. Keep trying and
trust your process. Enjoy the process is the most important thing
and over the practice, you will be able to
achieve the same results. Now it's time for me to
enhance all these folds and pleads to just create a little bit more three
D and whimsical effect. I do have some skin tone
pencils I might be using above the eyes and a little bit color
pencils in the hair. I will also paint the leaves. Then I might add some splatters and a little bit of
whimsical magical touch. No, I did not do the wine and
the pumpkins on the head. From the template, I definitely
have to add something. I'm thinking to add a stick holding a pumpkin on top of it. You can go with the exact
same design, what we have, or you can also use
your own imagination, create something
Whimsical imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, what you imagine at last, you create what you will. Once you begin to truly
enjoy the creative process, you will unlock the power of imagination and bring
your vision to life. Immerse yourself in
the enchanting beauty of these whimsical girls. Let their essence inspire
your artistic journey and celebrate the magic that lies
within the feminine form. Here, you may have noticed that I started with the green ground, but then I change it into a completely different
way, more burnt orange. This is how my whimsical
girl look like. I will be doing
some shading with a color pencil and
adding some eyelashes. Maybe a little bit more blush, everything I will be
using with color pencil. At last, you can take some
acrylic paint or if you have the gel white pen or any kind of a Posca pen
will work as well. I'm using acrylic paint
and taking a very, very fine paint brush, adding some highlights
above the eyes, nose, lips on the hair, bigs giving a very fine strands. If you feel it
become really thick, then you can use your finger and smash them to make
it a bit softer. Look, you can also add on the pumpkin after
all the highlights, whatever you want to add
with color, pencils or pen. I will do some splatters, which will be
acrylic paint mixed with water and
using normal brush. And I'm just going to splat, I have covered the face. The splatters will
not go on the face, but all over the background
I would love to see those small sparkles. The paint. I personally like to
add white splatters, but I will be
adding a little bit of red near to the pumpkin. If you want to create
a more magical look, you can add different
colors in the ground area. That is completely
your own choice. If you want to skip this part, you are free to do
that. That's it. Let's remove and see the last, final look for the
glitter and sparkles. I will be using a
little bit of mot pot, you can use a normal blue stick. You can apply
wherever you want to. I will be just giving
a little shimmer and shine in the dress. Not too much, but yes, a little blink will look good. And there you have it. Our whimsical pumpkin
girl is complete, ready to be admired
and cherished. Frame her in all
her magical glory. I wish she may bring joy and inspiration to
all who behold her. Can't wait to see your
process. Do share. I would love to have
your feedback 0
12. Thank you!: Thank you so much
for joining me and my pin girl for this
bicycle course. I really honored and
appreciate your time. If you have any difficulty, don't hesitate to ask. I would love to
give my feedback. Looking forward to
your reviews and do let me know what else
you would like to see. On the next lesson,
you can follow me on my personal Instagram
page and on Wild Debo Art page and I
would love to have you there, See you, and take
care of yourself.
Sana Asad
