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Fabulous Florals in Gouache and Watercolor
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Rating: 4.7 out of 5(24 ratings)
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Fabulous Florals in Gouache and Watercolor

Create Imaginative Still Life Flower Arrangements in Mixed Media
Highest Rated
Created byAmy Stewart
Last updated 11/2020
English

What you'll learn

  • How to choose a floral still life composition and color scheme
  • How to paint backgrounds
  • How to draw and paint a vase and other details
  • How to create imaginative floral shapes and colors to complete the painting

Course content

6 sections • 16 lectures • 1h 31m total length

  • Introduction3:28
  • Supplies4:15

    I've attached a supply list here.

    Also attached is a copy of the painting I'll be doing in the class if you'd like a download to follow along. I encourage you to work from your imagination and have fun with this, but if you need some inspiration, feel free to set up your own bouquet and paint from life, or gather some photographs.

    I've also created a Pinterest board with more ideas and inspiration:

    https://www.pinterest.com/drunkenbotanist/gouache-florals/

    And on Instagram, you might find inspiration from hashtags like #slowflowers #floralinspiration #myfloralvibe #myfloralstyle and #fineartflowers.

    If you want to explore still life more, I highly recommend Carol Marine's book DAILY PAINTING. It's mostly geared toward oil painters, and it's about the idea of creating small daily paintings, but there's so much good advice about still life in particular, and about the idea of "two thirds, one third, and a smidge." I love this book!

Requirements

  • Beginning art skills

Description

Would you like to learn to paint simple, whimsical floral arrangements, or do you want to explore new ideas about color mixing and design? How about both?

In this class, we’re going to use your choice of paint—gouache or watercolor—along with markers, paint pens, colored pencils, or any mixed media tool you like, to create inventive, inspired floral arrangements.

We’ll also try out a color-mixing exercise to extend a simple palette of colors by mixing wonderful pastels and neutrals.

Then we’ll look at how to create color combinations from the new variety of colors we’ve mixed.

These techniques form the basis of all still life paintings. I hope you’ll start with flowers, and move on to fruit, bowls, mugs of tea, houseplants—whatever you’d like to arrange and paint.

I’m going to encourage you to be really free and imaginative with your floral arrangements. Concoct your own color scheme! Design your own vase! Invent new colors for flowers that you’ve never seen in nature!

Inspired by the creativity of masters like Matisse, you’ll be able to work from my example, or from your own still life setups, or from photographs you gather yourself.

These still life floral paintings make beautiful framed pieces, they're great as gifts, and they're lovely on cards. Enjoy!

Who this course is for:

  • Beginning and intermediate artists

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