Fundamentals of oil painting. How to paint poppy flowers with oil paints

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Today we will write poppies - very beautiful and spectacular flowers. Let's write poppies in a not quite standard way. We use only a palette knife, a rag and fingers.

Poppies are not difficult to paint, even if you are new to oil painting. Painting flowers with oil using a palette knife is quite simple. Perhaps you have a question, how to register all the exquisite details of delicate flowers without thin brushes? This is exactly what we will demonstrate now.

It is best to write flowers or any other subjects using some kind of visual material: photography or nature, for example, a bouquet of flowers on the table. The main thing is that you really like what you are going to depict on canvas, since you will have to spend some time with nature, study it, observe, admire ...

Painting process

Erase Sketch

With a rag we wipe the places where flowers and poppy buds will be written. If the paint does not rub off well, you can soak a cloth in the solvent. Erasing, removing paint from a background, is like sketching. At this stage, the marking of the main details of our future composition takes place.

poppies flowers

The poppy flower is like a bowl.

When we write these “poppy cups”, we imagine how light falls on each, where there will be more shaded areas, and where there will be the most illuminated ones.

Poppies with oil paints on canvas

The main color for writing any flower will be cadmium red light coloured. When we paint the shadow part of the flower, we mix a little brown into the cadmium red. It all depends on what measure of "darkness" you want to show. When we write the petals lit by the sun, we add white or cadmium yellow, or you can do a little of both.

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To show the rounded shape of the flowers, we draw with a palette knife " rounding" movements in the form of flowers and petals.

Details

After we have outlined the flowers, their shaded and illuminated sides with paints, we proceed to refine the details of the fragile and delicate poppy flowers.

• With the sharp edge of the tip of the palette knife, we outline the thin edges of the petals;
• With the edge of a palette knife, you can remove paint that has spread beyond the designated limits of a flower, stem, petal, etc.
• It is convenient to smooth the paint with a round palette knife, giving the applied layer a special evenness and smoothness.

Centers of poppy flowers, we outline in brown - burnt umber. We apply the paint with the plane of a palette knife or with a finger, with dipping movements. Using this method, the uneven structure of the middle of the poppy flower is drawn in a matter of seconds.

On top of the dark color of burnt umber, we apply droplets of white - showing white dust particles on the stamens of flowers, we do this with even lighter movements.

"Cozy summer courtyard": oil painting in the style of Provence

In the process of all work, you can refine the contours of flowers, stems, leaves, remove what didn’t work out and emphasize especially good moments, add more light or shadow.

This technique of painting poppy flowers in oil is very eloquent and quite simple. With a little practice, beautiful flowers will be obtained with one stroke of the palette knife, and you can paint an oil painting with poppy flowers in a few hours, or even in one hour.

Video lesson of painting, we write poppies

This 15 minute video painting tutorial demonstrates effective techniques for painting flowers with oil paints.

I wish you good luck and creative inspiration!

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Preparation of materials

To create oil paintings for beginners, you will need the following:

• base (canvas or fiberboard);
• paints;
• brushes;
• solvent (white spirit) and a small container for it;
• palette for mixing colors.

Professionals also use palette knives - special flexible metal spatulas with a wooden handle, which apply paint to the canvas. It is enough for a beginner to master the brushes. In addition, professionals paint pictures on an easel or a special sketchbook, if they go out to work in nature to paint pictures from nature for novice artists - the plot is quite complicated. It is better to do them by imagination or using a photo. It will be easier.

From the point of view of professionals, it is more convenient to work on an easel, as it is easier to step back and evaluate the result from afar. In your first experience, you can practice on the surface of the table, although it is better to take some kind of plywood and put it on your knees or put it on a chair at an angle. Such a review of your work allows you to better assess its quality and notice errors in time. Although for the first experience it is worth doing it in a way that is convenient and comfortable for you, so as not to be distracted from the main thing.

Please note that paints are consumed unevenly, so for a beginner it is better to purchase them separately. The release form is offered in various sizes. White paint is the fastest to leave, but black paint is used in very small quantities. It makes sense to first decide on the plot, and then purchase paints of the appropriate shades. For you will need one set, and for a summer landscape - another. In order not to waste money on unnecessary colors, it is better to buy only the necessary ones in approximately the required amount. Although in fact all shades can be obtained with only three primary colors (yellow, red, blue), as well as white and black.

Which base to choose?

Traditionally, oil is painted on canvas, but for a beginner, this can be difficult, as the fabric needs to be stretched onto a stretcher and primed. However, modern technology has advanced in this direction. In specialized stores, ready-made bases are sold, on which paint is immediately applied. They are not cheap, but they are just right for a beginner, as they greatly facilitate the work.

Another option is to use fiberboard. In the household of any man there are scraps of this material stored after repair work. It is easy to find it by asking friends, relatives or acquaintances. Someone has definitely used it and keeps leftovers in the pantry just in case.

The texture of the sides of fiberboard is different, one looks absolutely smooth, and the other is rough, vaguely resembling a woven structure. You can use both, but it is better to apply more layers of primer on a rough surface, otherwise the color may seem dull in the future, since the paint will seem to fall into the structure of such a "canvas".

If for the first time you decide to try the oil painting technique for beginners, you can use the finished fiberboard base with the primer already applied. They are also sold in specialized craft stores. It is better to take a small sheet size, not more than landscape. When you have gained some experience, you will acquire or prime yourself a format of any size.

You can immediately order a frame for your future picture. Decorated, any canvas looks elegant and finished. However, most often the baguette is selected by color, width to the finished work. This is also an interesting and creative process. When you see the same image in different frames, you will understand how different the impression the canvas makes. In a good frame, even oil paintings by novice artists look exquisite, and poor design can ruin a professional canvas. So this stage should also be treated very carefully.

If you still decide to prepare the WPV base yourself, a simple and cheap way is to use ordinary gelatin, you can add PVA glue to it to make the color white. Such primer should be applied in several layers with preliminary drying of the previous one. Three times will be enough. You should feel that the surface has become different. When the base is prepared, you can proceed to

Types of brushes

To work with oil, bristles or synthetics are used. Their villi are hard, elastic, and interact well with the composition of the paint. To get started, you can buy two or three pieces. Thin, for example No. 1, will be required to work out the details, wide ones are needed to complete large background surfaces in the case of a landscape - sky, grass, water, draperies in a still life. Do not use squirrel brushes for oil work. They will deteriorate. After each use, especially if you are going to take a long break from the creative process, wash the tools thoroughly with solvent so that the paint does not dry on them.

Oil paintings for beginners in stages

Given that you have prepared the materials and the base, creating a canvas, regardless of the plot, consists of the following steps:

1. Draw a line drawing on the canvas with a simple pencil or paint right away.

2. Distribute shadows and highlights - the darkest and brightest parts of the image, respectively.

3. Complete the background and all large objects.

4. Draw small details.

Do not forget to constantly move away from the picture, evaluating the result from afar. In the process, try to mix various shades of colors on the palette. The final touch will be the design of the picture in the frame.

Plots

To make simple oil paintings for beginners, choose the appropriate theme. The easiest way to make a still life, that is, a composition of household items, vases of flowers. If you work from nature, and you will need a lot of time for the first time, use objects that will not change in a week. You may have to do the painting in several steps, so when composing a still life for the subject of an oil painting for beginners, it is better not to use flowers. They may change color, wither, or new buds will open. The perception of the composition will change. It will be difficult for you. The easiest way is to work with a photo or copy an easy image you like. Do not take plots with a lot of details. It is very difficult to paint a portrait.

How to make a landscape?

If you want to decorate a wall with a nature view done by yourself, it is better to use the tutorial on how to paint oil paintings for beginners step by step. According to the prepared instructions, this is quite possible to do. The main thing is to understand what elements the image consists of, and it is better to start working from the background and the general space, moving sequentially to smaller details located closer to the viewer.

Let's go to the open air

It is very pleasant to paint oil paintings in nature, but you need to work quickly, as the weather can deteriorate, and the sun is constantly moving, changing the direction of light and shadows. Beginning artists can use the camera to capture the initial one. If you get tired of working for a long time the first time, then you can finish the painting at home.

How to draw flowers?

If you want to decorate the interior of the room with an oil painting with a bouquet in a vase, it is better to choose asters as a first experience. Perfect fit. They are not difficult to make, as they are a simple elliptical shape, and small petals are easy to make in separate strokes in a circle. Daisies, sunflowers, lilacs, lupins, mimosa are also suitable - in a word, choose those that have inflorescences or individual elements of a simple, clear shape that can be created in one stroke, drawing a few details later. Your task is not to convey the photographic accuracy of the object, but to create a beautiful impression of what you see.

So, you have learned how to create oil paintings for beginners. Choose the plot you like, buy the necessary materials and start an exciting creative process.

Hello, friends! Today in the gallery I decided to post a free lesson on how to create a bouquet of flowers with oil paints. Or in other words: master class how to paint flowers with oil.

Before us is the final picture with spring flowers in a vase, that is, what we should get at the end of the lesson.

So let's get started. Let's take a canvas.

In this case, I used a canvas that was not stretched on a stretcher. But this does not affect the result at all. So it doesn't matter whether the canvas is stretched on a stretcher or not - the main thing is not to look for excuses, but without fear to take up painting a vase of flowers with oil paints.

The picture shows that I took a brush and without thinking I painted over the entire canvas with oil paint. Moreover, oil paint should be well diluted in thinner or white spirit.

In the next picture, I decided to refine the background spot of our future flower masterpiece and added oil paint. What happened - you see for yourself.

Then I made a rough outline of our future vase and roughly drew the location of the green leaves of our bouquet of flowers. This is an approximate location - so you can safely experiment in this place.

This picture is not much different from the previous one. However, if we take a closer look, we will see that a glare has appeared on the vase (a bright spot in the upper part of the vase). There was also a shadow from the vase. From this, a pleasant impression was created that the vase "stands" on the plane of the table. I also decided to add the dark end of our table on which the vase is placed (at the very bottom of the picture).

The image of our future flower picture in a blue vase is already beginning to emerge. However, we do not stop there, we continue our free master class: How to draw a bouquet of flowers with oil.

What kind of flower picture can be without the flowers themselves - you say. And then the flowers begin to appear.

Moreover, before applying our flowers to the canvas, we first remove excess paint in those places. As you can see in the picture, we are removing some of the foliage. And we apply our future beautiful flowers.

In this picture of our master class, we have all the main flowers. And the picture already looks very nice :-)

But we do not stop at this one and continue to draw further on our bouquet of flowers in a blue vase.

This picture shows me starting to add the green leaves of our flower bouquet.

The main green leaves are drawn. Also, a few leaves fell on the table near our blue vase with a bouquet.

And finally the final stage. This is the final image of our flower bouquet in a blue vase. As you can see, I decided to add a few more flowers to our bouquet. Namely, 2 medium-sized yellow flowers and many small blue flowers. This caused more petals to attack the table. They also had to show :-)

It seems that our today's master class has come to an end:.

I want to add one more image for you for clarity:

This is an enlarged fragment of our bouquet of flowers, or rather a yellow flower. As you can see oil paint is not to be spared in creating a painting.

And if I haven’t really tired you with my master class yet, then I will show you my working palette.

This is what my palette looked like when we completed our master class: How to draw a bouquet of flowers with oil.

1. draw general contours so that they fit into canvas. Then draw the petals and leaves in detail. Please note that the approximate and more detailed outlines are written in different colors.

2. Designate paints general color scheme of petals and leaves.

3. Write the background compositions.

4. Using more colors, as well as mixing paint on canvas, give flowers and leaves extra shape and volume.

5. Accentuate highlights, midtones and shadows.

6. Small round tassel write down the smallest details.

Finished painting 255 x 215 mm

Hibiscus 510 x 510 mm

Flower written on an enlarged scale, and this is a very interesting task. Already the size of the flower attracts our attention. When we write flowers larger than life size, we are once again convinced that we need to look very carefully at the flower, noting all the subtleties of color and compositional solutions.

Buddley 510 x 405 mm

This is the flower that butterflies love. They were the center of the composition. First, flowers were painted for the background, then the paint dried up, and then the artist walked over them with a dry brush, softening their contours, achieving blur. The main thing is to wait until the paint dries a little: it should not be completely dry or still damp.

Still life

There are no special laws for writing a still life. The main thing is that the parts of the composition are balanced and look beautiful.
Here are some tips.

Don't clutter still life details. Do not write many different colors at the same time. Try to choose them in the same color scheme. Flower stems should look as natural as possible.
Choose a vase that matches the flowers in shape and color. The vase must match the flowers correctly. Remember: if the vase is too exquisite, then attention will switch to it.

Provide strong single-sided illumination: this will create a spectacular contrast of light and shadow. Don't forget about proportions: the smaller the vase of flowers, the more background in your composition.

still life photo

1. Work with a pencil or small brush first. Draw light, rough outlines on the canvas. At this stage, you must adjust the overall scale of the composition to the dimensions of your canvas.

2. Now very weakly draw the outlines of the flowers and leaves themselves. Don't detail your drawing.

3. Paint over the dark background, going around the outlines of the colors. Then paint over the table and vase, and finally the largest leaves.

4. Now paint the outlines of the flowers themselves. Work quickly and without details: now you need to decide on the approximate shape and color of the elements of the composition.

5. Paint over the central parts of the flowers and smaller leaves. Now the whole composition consists of color fragments.

6. By mixing paints directly on the canvas, lighten or darken certain areas. Apply small strokes of white paint to the illuminated areas, ultramarine strokes to the shaded areas. This is one of the advantages of oil painting: while the paint is still wet, we can change its tone as much as we like.

7. At this stage, you mix paints directly on the canvas, creating some tones off the palette. Experiment with different brushes to try and change the texture of the painting. First work on the smallest fragments, moving on to larger ones, adding details, and somewhere softening the tones with a dry brush. This is the stage at which your individual style is developed.

8. Finally, with a small round brush, paint in the details of small colors, adding small strokes on top of large ones. To be able to stop in time is as difficult as finding a place for the first stroke.

Sunflowers and rudbeckia 305 x 345 mm. This is the finished picture.

Anemones in a decanter 405 x 330 mm

The anemones pulsate with delicate, exquisite colors. The transparent glass decanter emphasizes the elegance of the composition: it should be remembered that water refracts the image of the stems. Of particular difficulty will be the writing of a transparent decanter - for this you need to carefully study all the reflections and chiaroscuro. To begin with, you can put a single flower in a decanter and copy all the tonal transitions, reducing them to simple forms if possible.

Daisies and shadows from them 405 x 330 mm

Both sides of the spectrum are included in the composition - warm (butterfly) and cold tones

Noel G. Painting Flowers in Oil

Master class from Valery Rybakov

So let's get started.

Let's take a canvas

In this case, I used a canvas that was not stretched on a stretcher. But this does not affect the result at all. So it doesn’t matter whether the canvas is stretched on a stretcher or not - the main thing is not to look for excuses, but without fear to take up painting a vase of flowers with oil paints.

The picture shows that I took a brush and without thinking I painted over the entire canvas with oil paint. Moreover, oil paint should be well diluted in thinner or white spirit.

In the next picture, I decided to refine the background spot of our future flower masterpiece and added oil paint. What happened - you see for yourself.

Then I made a rough outline of our future vase and roughly drew the location of the green leaves of our bouquet of flowers. This is an approximate location - so you can safely experiment in this place.

This picture is not much different from the previous one. However, if we take a closer look, we will see that a glare has appeared on the vase (a bright spot in the upper part of the vase). There was also a shadow from the vase. From this, a pleasant impression was created that the vase "stands" on the plane of the table. I also decided to add the dark end of our table on which the vase is placed (at the very bottom of the picture).

The image of our future flower picture in a blue vase is already beginning to emerge. However, we do not stop there, we continue our free master class:.

What kind of flower picture can be without the flowers themselves - you say. And then the flowers begin to appear.

Moreover, before applying our flowers to the canvas, we first remove excess paint in those places. As you can see in the picture, we are removing some of the foliage. And we apply our future beautiful flowers.

In this picture of our master class, we have all the main flowers. And the picture already looks very nice 🙂

But we do not stop at this one and continue to draw further on our bouquet of flowers in a blue vase.

This picture shows how I palette knife I start adding the green leaves of our flower bouquet.

And finally the final stage. This is the final image of our flower bouquet in a blue vase. As you can see, I decided to add a few more flowers to our bouquet. Namely, 2 medium-sized yellow flowers and many small blue flowers. This caused more petals to attack the table. They also had to show 🙂

It seems that our today's master class has come to an end: How to draw a bouquet of flowers with oil.