
Explore color concepts through a quick, flower-themed approach in this introduction to color in a different way.
Explore essential materials for the quick color flower edition, from pencils and erasers to water tools, waterproof fineliners, colorless blender, watercolor and colored pencils, plus suitable papers.
Learn to transfer drawings from a book to new paper, explore basic sketching with pencil and fineliner, and practice inking techniques to color your art.
Master relaxed pencil grip and light sketching to transfer designs, using a regular HB pencil, practice shading with hatching, and learn safe erasing techniques for clean, erasable drawings.
Learn to transfer designs to paper using the grid method, light box, smartphone app DaVinci, window tracing, and graphite transfer with practical, step-by-step demonstrations.
Mix waterproof pigment liners with pencils to create ink and color art, using hatching and stippling, and exploring 0.3–0.5 sizes for light and shadow.
Transfer a design from my book to your paper using the grid method, ink with archival pigmented ink, and build shading with hatching and stippling.
Learn the first steps of colored pencils, master blending and light/shadow effects, and create a photo album of three flower images you made to track progress.
Learn to use colored pencils by layering light to dark tones with a relaxed grip and smooth tips. Build color gradation through controlled pressure and careful sharpening for blended results.
Master the three color technique by layering three close colors to quickly build smooth gradations. Experiment with bristol, mixed media, and sketchbook papers using various pencils.
Learn to blend colored pencils with an alcohol blender and a colorless blender to create a smooth gradation and painterly effect. Start light and drag to dark, cleaning between colors.
Practice a three-color technique to draw a flower, blending yellows and blues to create light and shadows.
Create your own color artworks for a personal album using colored pencils and blending. Demonstrate transferring three images, choosing papers, and applying shading to floral compositions.
project 2 guides you to deepen a flower drawing by adding indigo shadows, refining edges and lines, then use a three-color approach with selective yellow highlights for depth.
Master watercolor pencils to create quick greeting cards by practicing swatches, blending, and light and shadow on a watercolor pad, then paint a simple flower.
Learn to use watercolor pencils by practicing on boxes, applying light and dark colors, blending with a water brush from light to dark, and drying between layers.
Learn to paint with watercolor pencils, building light, mid, and dark tones in petals using yellows, pinks, and indigo, with wet-on-wet cautions and lifting paint.
Practice painting a simple flower with watercolor pencils, layering pigment, applying light and shadows, blending colors, and refining edges to create a vivid bloom.
Learn to create pretty watercolor greeting cards by painting flowers on various papers, transfer the free designs, and explore light and shadow, color blending, and soft backgrounds.
Create three pretty greeting cards with watercolor pencils, choosing greens, pinks, purples, and yellows, apply background colors to make flowers pop on different papers, and fold them into finished cards.
Expand techniques with a fineliner by mixing ink, watercolor pencils, and pencils to create a unique mixed media artwork, and preview ideas for your own twists in this module.
Learn to sketch with a pen, using hatched and stippled shading, and blend ink with colored and watercolor pencils for expressive flower drawings.
In ink and colored pencils part 1, learn to create a media artwork by hatching and stippling daffodils, then color with oil dominant and wax dominant pencils on sketchbook paper.
Explore depth with ink using hatching, stippling, and cross-hatching, then color with four grayscale tones plus blue indigo for deep shadows in a mixed-media flower study.
Explore a mixed media piece using ink and watercolor pencils, scaled with the grid method, featuring indigo, chartreuse, lime green, absinthe green, Tuscan sun and orange hues.
Create a vibrant mixed media artwork by arranging dried flowers and drawings on a large sheet, using double-sided tape, and layering elements over a newspaper background.
Frame and color flowers with quick, subtle backgrounds, and practice techniques to create two framed artworks, one with watercolor pencils and one with colored pencils.
Combine ink, watercolor, and colored pencils into one artwork, starting with transferring and shading, then building a blue background with three tones: light, mid, and dark.
Explore quick background techniques to make drawings pop by using colored paper, graphite shading with 2b/4b pencils, blending with a finger, and careful erasing for contrast.
Learn to make a flower pop from the page by building a subtle background with light to dark grays and indigo, adding careful shading and color blending with markers.
Learn to frame two dahlia artworks and transfer designs, then paint with watercolor pencils and colored pencils using a three-color light-to-dark shading approach.
Create a subtle watercolor pencil shading behind a flower by using gray and midnight blue, dragging color away from petals, and layering ash black for depth.
Learn how to use the flat side of a colored pencil to build a soft textured background and blend shadows on textured paper, using mostly two grays.
Demonstrates framing two dahlia paintings using different frames and inner frames, comparing small and large frames, and guiding you through inserting artwork, avoiding reflections, and showcasing how framing enhances display.
Master quick color and flower-inspired techniques, exploring color in a different way, and view the outcome only after you complete the task.
Discover how to quickly, yet beautifully add color and depth to your drawings. Floral Artworks never before looked so colorful in such a short time. This is the perfect addition to my Quick Sketch Method 2.0 - Flower Edition or any of my Drawing Nature / Inking Courses here at Udemy, but works well on it's own too.
Flowers come in so many different shapes, sizes, and colors. Somehow their beauty has a special way of touching our hearts. No wonder coloring or painting flowers can give us such great joy. Yet making a colorful artwork of flowers can also be experienced as a great challenge, with several big hurdles to overcome along the way, robbing you from this joy you’re longing for.
Many of my students have the idea that creating beautifully colored or painted flower sketches is rather complicated. Understanding color theory, light & shadows, working with watercolor paint, blending of colors – subjects that can be serious fun-killers for many people. Not to even mention all the hours you need to invest in creating a good-looking piece of flower art.
My name is Benjamin Aeilkema and I’m an illustrator and Artist from The Netherlands. I love creating Artworks with all kinds of materials. As many, many other artists, I also find great joy in capturing the beauty of nature in artworks. There is just something very special about this!
Let me tackle the mentioned hurdles for you and show you a much easier and quicker way to create satisfying results. Once you discover my unique ‘Three-Color-Technique’, you’ll be amazed at how far a few simple steps will take you.
In this Art Class we will be working with fineliners (or ink) colored pencils and watercolor pencils. My specially designed ‘Three-Color-Technique’ will show you how to pair your pencils in such a way that it only takes a few simple steps to add color and shading to your sketched drawing.
The techniques I’ll be showing you for blending colors, is going to be a great gamechanger for you. The traditional way of blending colored pencils can be a very time consuming and complicated process. This method is simplified, to actually make it fun again!
Another great advantage of this Art Class is that it totally eliminates the intimidation of working with watercolor paint. I will show you how to get that lovely watercolor-look by using watercolor pencils. You’ll be painting your sketches without ever having to learn how to paint.
Of course, I will start out by showing you how to use your pencil and fineliner to add a sketched effect to your drawings. You’ll find quite a selection of drawings provided for you with this Art Class. Along with several methods on how to transfer them onto your paper of choice.
This complete package will have you coloring and painting lovely flowers with confidence in no time!
Enrolling in this Art Class will give you 5 modules with 7.5 hours of clear instructions and examples. In these videos, I will be sharing various methods with you. You will greatly benefit from my decades long experience as an instructor and teacher.
My easy-to-follow teaching method will help you to understand exactly how to get from point A to point B. The in-depth demos make even the more complicated matters easy to understand and apply. Each module ends with a fun project that has a practical application of what we’ve discovered together.
There's more. Additional PDF: Great Time Saver in PDF format.
To help you save time, I’m providing you with a handy book of notes and references. Once you’ve completed an assignment, there’s no need to re-watch the video lesson. Instead, all of my finished works are in this booklet. Just find the lesson you’re on and compare your work to the finished assignment in the book. Again, this will save you time and allow you to keep on going.
That’s not all though, more importantly, I’ve also included all of the drawing and shading references. You can use these as a base for your drawings and paintings. Transfer them to your paper of choice and you’re ready to go. With this booklet you have plenty of reference material to get you started.