Paint Watercolor Florals & Leaves on the iPad

Name: Paint Watercolor Florals & Leaves on the iPad
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Everything you need to create realistic watercolors on your iPad.

Created byLiz Kohler Brown

Last updated 6/2018

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What you'll learn

How to paint realistic watercolor leaves and flowers on your iPad in Procreate.

Course content

1 section • 12 lectures • 1h 32m total length

What You'll Learn1:50
Learn to paint watercolor florals and leaves on the iPad with Procreate, mastering three leaf styles, layering, darkening, masking, and color tweaks for wreaths.
Setting Up Your Canvas and Using the Downloaded Brushes12:15
Set up an iPad canvas with watercolor texture paper in Procreate, import and organize brushes, and test multiple brushes to achieve watercolor florals and leaf textures.
Creating Variation and Making a Bouquet9:10
Create a watercolor bouquet on the iPad by sketching ink drawings on the bottom layer, then build layered color with medium tones, brush textures, and hue adjustments.
Adjusting Colors4:33
Adjust colors with the hue-saturation changer to refine blue-teal tones. Build realistic florals using layered strokes on separate layers and precise shapes with the control edge brush.
Masking Fluid Effect14:38
Learn masking fluid effects in iPad watercolor by building duplicate layers, masking brushes, and erasing to reveal edges; explore a two-color wash and a color wash with heavy bleed brush.
Creating a Loose Floral Bouquet8:37
Learn to create a loose watercolor floral bouquet on the iPad by layering paint, duplicating layers, using sharp and blunt edge brushes, and adjusting color with hue saturation.
Creating Leaves (Single Color and Multi Shade)6:25
Learn to paint watercolor leaves on the iPad using blunt edge rough brush, layering light and dark areas, and blending techniques with multiple greens for variation.
Creating Leaves (Multi Color Effect)5:46
Sketch a palm leaf, paint with yellow and green on layered passes, then erase to reveal color variations using hue, saturation, and brightness adjustments.
Making a Leaf & Branch Wreath7:57
Create a leaf and branch wreath in Procreate by sketching around centered text, using a circle guide, layered branches, watercolor strokes, and color blending for decoration.
Making a Wreath (Coloring and Adjusting Colors)6:39
Blend blue, green, and pink hues on watercolor leaves to build a vibrant wreath. Use multiply layers, selective erasing, and saturation tweaks to vary color and contrast.
Planning and Sketching a Menagerie6:18
Map a square template to place floral menagerie with negative space for text, then sketch and paint on separate layers using a multiply layer for balanced light and dark tones.
Painting a Multi-Colored Menagerie7:53
Duplicate and adjust color layers on the iPad to balance yellows and greens, then refine contrast with hue, saturation, and brightness, saving versioned states as you finalize watercolor florals.

Requirements

Have an iPad and Procreate

Description

I want to show you how to paint watercolor leaves on your iPad using the app Procreate!

We’ll cover watercolor methods like layering, darkening, and masking fluid. I’ll show you how to make everything from abstract ink and watercolor bouquets to loose modern floral and leaf wreaths. All you need to take this class is an iPad and a stylus. I'll provide everything else!

In this class I'll show you:

how to combine ink and watercolors to make a floral bouquet.
how to create multi-colored flowers and botanical elements.
three different styles for painting leaves including single color, multi-shade, and multi-color techniques.
how to construct a wreath with layers of color that look like real watercolor pigment on paper.
how to paint leaf menagerie by bringing together a bunch of different plant shapes and colors.

Who this course is for:

Artists, designers, and hobbyists who want to learn how to paint watercolors on their iPad.