Paint Stunning Flowers Fast | Ink to Watercolor

Hello everyone and welcome to my channel and welcome to this video. Today we will be inking and painting this gorgeous floral bouquet. But before we get to that, if you do like inking and painting flowers, I do want to let you know that I'm running a huge sale on my Inktober collection that I did a couple of years ago. All floral collection, 30 different flowers done with ink and watercolors and all the sketches are also provided. So the collection is now at 30% off and I will put the link in the description box if you would like to check it out. However, this video in full length real-time tutorial is also available on my Patreon. So if you join my Patreon you will gain the access to the entire Inktober collection and also to this video. To paint this one I did use Centenaire watercolor paper. This is cold press, 100% cotton, 300 gsm or 140 pounds, 23 by 31 centimeters or 9 by 12 and 1 eighth of an inch. I also did use this Micron pigma 05 ink pen. It is archival and waterproof. So because I'm adding watercolors on top of my ink, I do need a waterproof ink. So make sure that your ink can stand water. For the watercolors I used this Paul Rubens floral set and for the colors I used some Indian yellow, Chinese red, rose red. I also did use indigo, French ultramarine. I used olive green, some hookers green, cypress brown deep and I also used this burnt brown. For the brushes I used this Raphael No. 22 flat brush to do the background and also did use this Raphael No. 0 quill brush, Raphael No. 8 round brush and this no name detail brush to add in a little bit of the white paint and I did use this Art Creation all-purpose white paint. So you can use white acrylic, white gel pen also, white gouache, whatever you have available you can use. So guys without the further ado, let's get to it. So I'm first doing the inking and I already did trace my sketch onto the watercolor paper and sketch is also available for download for free. If you join my Patreon for free you will gain the access to this sketch so I'll put the link in the description box if you would like it. And just first going on top of the lines that I already drew, just basic and when I finished with those basic lines I just want to remove the graphite from tracing my paper so I'm using this kneaded eraser for that and then doing a little bit more of the embellishments and a little bit more of the details, just adding some more ink, making some lines a little bit thicker and some parts a little bit thinner. I do also want to make parts of the lines a little bit thicker to make it a little bit more stylized so how you're gonna ink your flowers just completely up to you how you want to stylize it. So just adding some shades and veins onto the flowers always minding the shape of the flowers to create those details having the shape in mind so these petals are curved towards the outside and I do want to make that curve visible also with my ink so I'm curving the lines adding some little stamens again thickening some parts of the lines and adding some shading quite simple actually but you can see how just a little bit of the ink it just makes it all the difference. Also I do want to add in the center or just do the details in the center of the flowers with scribbles finish off the last flower its petals and some more stylizing shading adding some veins and also adding some dots and lines because I can you know why not make it a little bit whimsical and when I finished with my inking I'm moving on to the watercolors first I did wet the entire paper and now just with the indian yellow I'm adding a little bit of the paint to my first flower and also a couple of splatters I do want them to bleed and blend into the background some indigo and some burnt brown to create a little bit of the grayish tone and I'm also gonna paint in the flowers with that grayish a little bit more of the indian yellow and some cypress brown for the central part of the part near to the center I do want to make that part a little bit darker so with some chinese red and red rose I'm painting in the poppy my second flower again just adding a little bit more of the paint at the bottom of the petals or I do want to have it a little bit darker shade and some more splatters of course why not third flower painted again using indian yellow and some red rose and for the fourth some chinese red and indian yellow to create this orangey tone just painting it in the same way tops of the petals I do want to keep lighter and the central part darker same thing here on this bud near to the center I want to keep it a little bit darker and further away lighter painting in this foliage with some olive green and also with hooker's green brilliant some more splatters with green and then just I did dry this completely and now I'm gonna add a little bit more of the contrast and a little bit more of the details with the colors that I already did use so just adding a bit more of the red and then smoothing and softening with just the clean water in my brush so I did not prevent the paper but I'm just adding red to the center and then just with the clean water spreading that paint around adding a little bit of the brown same thing again for the second flower I've added a little bit more pigment near to the center and then just with the water smoothening that same thing for the third flower painting in the centers using some orange indian yellow mixed in with chinese red and then some brown for the contrast in the center mixing in some more of the burnt brown and indigo adding touches again to the central part a little bit of the pink and some more splatters to finish it off when I was done I did want to add a little bit more of the ink because it was covered with the watercolors partially so I'm just adding a bit more in couple of inking couple of spots where I do want to make it a little bit more visible this option this is completely optional step depending on how your painting looks and a little bit more of the white all-purpose paint to add in some highlights here and there onto my flowers the centers of the flowers just a little bit more of the details and with that we are done so guys thank you so much for joining me today thank you so much for painting this with me I hope you enjoyed it remember you have a free sketch available and also a link for the collection that is now on sale thank you so much for joining me today thank you so much for all your support and if you do like this video please hit the like button share it and comment if you haven't still please subscribe to my channel I've also many many tutorials here for beginners and advanced painters and I'm sure you'll find something for yourself again thank you so much and see you next time bye