How Do You Draw & Paint Flowers?
Drawing and painting flowers can be done using live or artificial flowers. Creating art from a real subject produces more believable results than drawing or painting flowers from memory. With a real subject in front of you, you can explore the shades and hues of the flowers, and the way light and shadow play off the petals, stems and leaves. Painting from life also makes it easier to use negative space in the final piece of art. For artists who tend to work abstract, it’s educational to first learn how to paint the object realistically, before deconstructing it. Visit a local arboretum or local greenhouse with a sketch pad and pencil. Bring along a digital camera as well. Sketch the shapes of different varieties of flowers. Use a travel watercolor case to make color notes in the sketch pad for later use. The paintings may be done on site, or later at home, using the sketches and color swatches as a guide. Arrange flowers in a vase, milk jug or empty glass jar. Use any flowers you have
