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Expressive Floral Painting with Acrylic Paint

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Overview

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Explore drawing and painting techniques to boost your illustration skills, creating botanical compositions with colored pencils, acrylics and crayons.
  • Introduction
  • Introducing Sketchbook Florals
  • Bringing the Flowers to the Paper
  • Developing the Project
  • Final project
“Infinitely inspired by nature, I hope my signature abstract florals embrace the power of color, a free spirit, and the beauty of imperfection.”

Inspiration comes in many shapes, colors, and sizes. Painter Sonal Nathwani finds it sprinkled throughout nature, from a glistening meadow to a blossoming flower. You can see her passion for the natural world in her work for clients like Anthropologie, Target, SAMSUNG, and Marks & Spencer.

In this online course, learn how to compose floral illustrations using pencils, crayons, and acrylic colors. Discover creative techniques to capture the beauty of nature and conquer the blank page. Are you ready to unleash your artistic potential?

Syllabus

  • About Me
  • Influences
  • Materials
  • The Importance of Keeping Sketchbooks
  • Color
  • Composition
  • Drawing Flowers and Leaves in Pencil
  • Drawing with Charcoal
  • Crayons on a Colored Background
  • Preparing the Background Color
  • Pencil Sketching the Composition
  • Choosing the Colors
  • Painting the Flowers and Leaves with Acrylics
  • Adding Details with Crayons and Colored Pencils
  • Botanical Illustration of Floral Acrylic Paintings

Taught by

Sonal Nathwani

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