Hello Party Animals!! Here's a quick tutorial of how I created this "Mother's Day Present" painting. I also livestream many of my work. It takes me about an hour or two depending on how much time I have before going to work at the studio. You can go ahead & join me next time. Check out my “Art for lunch” session in the afternoon - livestream on Twitch & Youtube.
During lunch or around the afternoon, I create or recreate an image that I illustrate. This is something that I’ve been doing for fun so why not record & let everyone see how I do it. 😄
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STEP 1: Gather your art supplies. Make sure to have a blank canvas, a cup of water, papertowels, art brushes of different sizes, paperplate, and acrylic paints. You just need the primary colors - red, blue, yellow, black, and white.
STEP 2: On your canvas, create the background with a mix of streaky colors. White, blue, and green. Use a big the biggest brush you have. Remember to let it dry before you proceed to creating the flowers.
STEP 3: After the background is dry, start outlining the vase & flowers at the right side of your canvas with the middle sized brush. Use the color of your choice. For pink, use red & white. For purple, use red & blue. For orange or coral, use red & yellow.
On to the flowers - start creating dashes from the middle in a circular motion with the color of your choice. As the flower petals get bigger, press your brush harder to get larger & longer strokes - still using a circular motion. When you have reached the size of your liking, start filing up the gaps (of the dashes with white). This will give the illusion of a 2D effect. Add layers of the same color if your paint looks transparent. This will make your painting look bolder.
Step 4: Add the leaves.
Switch to your smallest brush. Mix yellow & blue to make green. Create teardrop shapes for the leaves.
Rinse your brush thoroughly & wipe the water off with your papertowel. Add red to some of the leaves (as buds).
Rinse & dry your brush again. Add white highlights on the leaves by tracing the left side of each leaf with white.
Step 5: Baby's Breath
Add dots of white in between the flowers for your baby's breath. You may also use the other end of your small brush by dipping it in white to create a smoother circle for the baby's breath.
And you're done. Congrats!