Drawing and Painting Beautiful Flowers

5

Flower Clusters

In the previous chapter, you practiced drawing and painting simple flowers. In this chapter, you’ll work on more complex flowers. Cluster-type flowers have several blossoms on one stalk. But don’t be nervous. If you follow along with my steps, you will easily create these florals. You’ll learn to render a canola, lily of the valley, hydrangea, and foxglove. The emphasis will be on learning how to simplify the form by breaking down the flower arrangement. Also, you’ll learn interesting coloring methods that incorporate masking fluid.

Canola Flower

The bright yellow blossoms of canola flowers grow in clusters. This type ...