I had such a great time teaching how to paint flowers at a birthday party recently that I thought I would share the steps with you.
Draw the centre of your flower slightly off of centre. It is more interesting to the eye when your flower is not in the centre of the page. Draw circles around the centre to guide where you will paint your petals. You want them to take up most of the canvas with a little left over for the background.
Choose a background that is a cool colour like blue, purple or green so that your flower will stand out more. I mixed blue and white together to make a lighter colour. Paint the areas that are the background. Let the background dry.
Choose the colour you want your flower to be and mix in white to get a lighter colour and then mix in more white to get an even lighter colour (This is called tinting a colour). If you choose a warm colour such as red, yellow, orange or pink it will stand out more against the cool background. Dip your brush in the lightest colour and paint the petals that are furthest away from the centre. Pull your brush from the line out to the background. Do the same technique with the middle colour to paint the next petals and overlap over the outer layer. Use the darkest colour closest to the centre.
Dip the tip of your brush in white and brown and dab for the center. Do a white layer on the outside of the brown.
I hope you enjoyed this flower lesson! Please share your creations with me. To see videos of how to paint flowers check out my You Tube Channel.
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