Create A Garden & Nature Sketchbook

Celebrate the Outdoors With Ink & Watercolor

What you'll learn
How to sketch a garden scene, leaf, or flower in pencil
How to use ink to add details
How to mix a range of greens to bring a garden scene to life
How to use loose, vibrant watercolor for flowers and other details
Requirements
Beginning art skills
Description
When it comes to creating a garden or nature journal, there’s so much that you can explore with paint and ink.In this class, we’re going to focus on creating a complete garden scene, with a variety of plants and even a little structure peeking out from behind the foliage.And in order to do that, we’re going to tackle one of the most challenging aspects of sketching the natural world: quickly mixing a variety of greens.I’ve taken a lot of art classes over the years, and I think that sometimes painters can get a little too technical when it comes to greens. So in this class I’m going to simplify and demystify greens, so we can get on with our painting!But that’s not all! Garden and nature journals come to life when you use watercolors to capture the intense, luminous colors you see in flowers, leaves, and other details. So we’re also going to work on ways to really push the paints towards bold, vibrant colors.We’ll work on loose and expressive pen and ink lines, too. I’m going to show you my approach to creating lines and marks and shapes that look entirely original– like something that could only be made by you, at that particular place and that particular moment in time.What we’re not going to do is get caught up in perfection or rigid accuracy. The great joy of a garden and nature journal is that it is a record of the time you spent in close observation. It’s a place for you to be yourself on the page.With a little ink and watercolor, and some time to enjoy the outdoors, you can create a lively, personal record of your connection to nature.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Supplies

Section 2: Demystifying Greens

Lecture 3 Demystifying Greens

Lecture 4 Find Your Greens

Section 3: Painting a Garden Scene

Lecture 5 Pencil Sketch

Lecture 6 Preliminary Drawing

Lecture 7 Inking the Shadows

Lecture 8 Painting the Big Shapes

Lecture 9 Adding the Greens

Lecture 10 Final Details & Shadows

Section 4: Ready for a Close-Up: Leaves and Flowers

Lecture 11 Watercolor Exercise

Lecture 12 Blind Contour Drawing Exercise

Lecture 13 Contour Drawing Exercise

Section 5: Leaf Painting

Lecture 14 Drawing the Leaf

Lecture 15 Adding Ink with Brush Pen

Lecture 16 Painting the Leaf

Section 6: Painting a Rose

Lecture 17 Drawing a Rose

Lecture 18 Painting a Rose

Lecture 19 More Floral Inspiration

Section 7: Wrapping Up

Lecture 20 Wrapping Up

Beginning and intermediate artists, gardeners, and nature lovers