Jackie Simmonds | 59 min
After a review of materials and an overview of the basic structure of flowers, Jackie reviews a variety of useful pastel strokes and color mixes (in soft pastel and pastel pencil) for painting flower details. After these exercises, Jackie shows you how to arrange and light a still life brimming with flowers, then leads you step by step through first compositional sketches through to a lovely finished painting filled with light, shadow and luminous layers of color.
In this pastel tutorial you’ll learn
- Best art supplies for painting flowers in pastel, from pastel sticks to pastel pencils
- How to draw common flower shapes
- Pastel color application for crosshatching, layering, linear marks, using the side of the pastel, and more
- Color mixing and value lessons for painting flowers in light and shadow
- Tips for setting up a still life with flowers
- Step-by-step demonstration of a complete floral still life painting
Learn to Paint Flowers in Pastel
MATERIALS
Soft Pastels (Variety of Values and Shades)
- Blues
- Greens
- Pinks
- Purples
- Whites
- Yellows
Pastel Pencils (Variety of Values and Shades)
- Blues
- Greens
- Purples
- WhitesWax
Pastels (Variety of Values and Shades)
- Blues
- Purples
- Whites
Surface
- Pastel paper (gray)
Other
- Charcoal
- Fixative
- Hog hair paint brush
- Kneaded eraser
- Pencil
- Tissue
- Tortillions
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Barbara 9/26/2018
Linda 10/7/2017
Excellent!!!
Mary 9/6/2017
Linda M 8/11/2017
No improvement necessary. A delightful teacher patiently addressing each step in beauty.
LINDA 11/13/2016
Nancy 2/20/2015
Very methodical in the way she presents skills and techniques. Great teacher! Lots of clear examples.
Cindy 4/8/2014
Excellent video! Provides nice details about composition and shapes. Very helpful. Seeing the final painting that Jackie does come to life is amazing. In addition, I could listen to her all day; she has a wonderful soft tone to her voice with is very calming and allowed me to focus on 'seeing' and 'hearing' as the painting evolved. Lovely work. I am inspired to start my own now!
Lucy 2/3/2014
The instruction at the beginning of this video was very good, perspective and shapes for types of flowers very helpful. Jackie does an excellent composition review, as she plans a painting which she explains how and why she uses certain techniques. Thank you Jackie beautiful work.
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