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Fabulous Florals in Gouache and Watercolor

Create Imaginative Still Life Flower Arrangements in Mixed Media
Rating: 5.0 out of 55.0 (1 rating)
8 students
Created by Amy Stewart
Last updated 11/2020
English
English [Auto]
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What you'll learn

  • Paint a flower bouquet still life in gouache and watercolor

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

Course content

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

  • Preview03:28
  • Preview04:15

  • Mixing Greys, Plus Watercolor Swatches
    12:35
  • Mixing Gouache: Hues, Tints, Tones, and Shades
    04:09
  • Color Wheel
    08:56
  • Choose Your Own Color Scheme
    03:27
  • Preview04:27

  • Drawing Flower Shapes
    06:52
  • Painting Flower Shapes
    09:48

  • Painting the Scene
    05:34
  • Painting the Bouquet
    09:51
  • Accents with Gouache
    04:58
  • Accents with Markers
    04:44

  • Watercolor Bouquet
    03:48
  • Watercolor Accents
    02:36

  • Wrapping Up
    02:04

Instructor

Amy Stewart
New York Times Bestselling Author & Artist
Amy Stewart
  • 4.7 Instructor Rating
  • 16 Reviews
  • 95 Students
  • 13 Courses

I'm the New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen books, including The Drunken Botanist, Wicked Plants, and Girl Waits with Gun. I've been a full-time author for twenty years, and in that time my books have sold over a million copies worldwide and been translated into 17 languages.

I love talking to writers and artists, and bonding over the creative process. I started teaching so that I can inspire others to take the leap.

I believe that writing, drawing, and painting are all teachable skills. Forget about talent--it doesn't exist, and you don't need it. With some quality instruction and lots of practice, any of us can make meaningful, honest, and unique art and literature.

When I'm not writing or traveling on book tour, I'm painting and drawing in ink, watercolor, gouache, and oil. Come find me on my website or on Instagram to stay connected.

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