Berries: Easy Decorative Brush Painting With Acrylic

Good starting point for beginners|| Can enrich artistic language of advanced artists ||Make a signature style unique

What you'll learn

Painting a postcard (box, canvas, any surface) with one of the most popular motifs in Russian folk art - BERRIES

Build the composition with knowledge of the rules and canons of folk art style "Khokhloma" (the world famous Russian painting style)

Learn the FIVE basic elements of decorative painting, which consists of the entire painting of "Khokhloma" and many other types of folk painting

Create more compositions by yourself with the help of the 23-page WORKBOOK with templates, exercises and tips attached to the class

The BEGINNER will be able to easily start painting and enjoy the final result

The ADVANCED artist, illustrator/digital illustrator or craftsman can enrich his/her artistic language and make his/her signature style unique

Requirements

This class is a good starting point for beginners as well as it can enrich artistic language of advanced artists and give new ideas

Description

Strawberries is one of the most popular motifs not only in Russian folk art, but also in a lot of modern digital illustration and surface design all over the world. Strawberries are always associated with something positive, joyful, sunny and sweet.Why take this class?In this class you will learn to paint strawberries in a decorative style.Decorative painting is an art direction, the main purpose of which is the stylization of objects. Decorative paintings do not have a special semantic load, so they are easily perceived by the viewer. Similar works could be found in the interiors of Ancient Greece and Rome.The secret of the long-term success of this berry motif is in strict rules and canons. And I explain you these rules in my class, so you could repeat it on different surfaces again and again without loosing proportion of your composition. You also will learn basic elements of the decorative painting and how to combine them to create countless motives by yourself.After this class you will be able to decorate a plate, a box, a tray, a notebook, a wall or decorate any surface by yourself.Is this class for me?Are you an artist, an illustrator or a digital illustrator, or a craftsman or you have no idea how to paint at all? Then this class is for you! Folk art is a good starting point for a beginner as well as it can enrich artistic language of an advanced artist and make your signature style unique.How are we going to paint?We will paint with a brush and paint, as the Khokhloma artists started to do it more than 300 years ago. I recommend you to watch a short 8-minutes video in my previous class "Russian Mandalas" about the history of this folk art style from XVII century till nowadays.For the class you need a very modest set of materials:copy paper (A4 or A5),paint (acrylic, vinyl, tempera, gauche or even watercolor); 4 colors only: black, green, red and yellow,a round brush N2 (squirrel, Kolinsky or good synthetic one),a glass of water,napkins,a palate (or plate),a pencil,en eraser,a ruler.What more?To simplify the task and make the process more enjoyable, I have prepared a set of templates and a step-by-step image tutorial for you. You can download these freebies by the link in the attached PDF. You will find the PDF in the "Projects & Resources" section below the video.See me as well on:Instagram (find the link in my profile)My Web (find the link in my profile)YouTube (find the link in my profile)Let's go! I can't wait to see what you create!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction of the Class

Lecture 1 Введение

Lecture 2 Class Project

Lecture 3 Materials

Section 2: Sketch of the Composition

Lecture 4 Framing

Lecture 5 Berry Canon in Folk Art

Lecture 6 Strawberries

Lecture 7 "Catch a Wave"

Lecture 8 Leaf

Lecture 9 Additional Elements

Lecture 10 Title

Section 3: Painting of the Composition

Lecture 11 Let's Start to Paint

Lecture 12 Stem

Lecture 13 Fern

Lecture 14 Leaf

Lecture 15 Tamponing

Lecture 16 Flowers

Lecture 17 Sepals

Lecture 18 Berries' seeds

Lecture 19 Grass

Lecture 20 Additional Grass

Lecture 21 Leaf's Decoration

Lecture 22 Final Touch

Lecture 23 Frame

Section 4: Final Words

Lecture 24 Final Words

For the beginners and aspiring artists, art lovers and anyone interested in decorative/folk art