16 Flower Drawing Mistakes (and how to fix them!)
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- čas přidán 13. 06. 2024
- Let's look at 16 mistakes you might be making when drawing flowers! This easy tutorial is suitable for beginners, graphite pencil artists and also those making realistic under-drawings for watercolors or other mediums.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Introduction
0:54 Not planning your composition
3:17 Not making enough of your flowers
5:29 Not fully drawing solid objects first
6:59 Using the wrong grade of pencil
9:27 Not studying your flowers properly
11:00 Facing everything forwards
13:09 Not working from a centre point
14:42 Not using a centre guideline for petals and leaves
15:44 Not using the envelope technique
17:54 Drawing round things not through them
19:09 Not considering texture
21:46 Drawing too small and scruffy
23:10 Stilted, dotted drawing style
24:12 Using the wrong medium for underdrawing
26:37 Doing ALL the drawing at the start
27:37 Shading drawings that are going to be painted
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Oh, Michele, thank you again!! This isn't just about flowers for me; these tips apply to everything I might draw. It's been so long since I had an actual art teacher; I appreciate you more than I can say, and since I'm living on a limited income I appreciate your free tutorials more than I can say!! CZcams did me a real favor the day it popped one of your videos onto the recommended list for me.
Wonderful! Thanks so much for watching, I have a whole drawing playlist if you need it :-)
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber Been making my way through it, slowly but methodically. 😍😁
Hitting like also makes CZcams more likely to notify us about other videos you make. Really great tip for the people who agree with me that you're the best.
Aw thanks 🙏
Thanks Michelle ! This is so helpful to me. I am an 80 yrs old retired teacher, still working now, teaching Seniors at my local Senior center. Your videos has helped me structured my lesson plans and pay attention to things that I do almost automatically. My students age range from 61 to 92 yrs old. They have waited this long to be able to learn drawing and painting. Your video will help me become a better teacher. Thanks,again, from my heart.
Wonderful! So glad I am helping you pass your skills on!
So much great info packed into this video. Thanks for sharing this level of detail which any level (beginner to advanced) artist can start to use right away to make their compositions/drawings better.
Great suggestions. This was very helpful. Thank you!✏️ 🎨
Wonderful advice Michelle! Many thanks for the learning.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love your drawing tips. One of the only resources that I’ve seen that gives practical tips that you can use for drawing to help your art look more realistic! Thank you!
My pleasure!
I really enjoy you using your own paintings as examples of what you are teaching.
Glad you like them!
Thank you very much! Congratulations for making it so concise and putting so many things in such a short time.
My pleasure!
Very informative tutorial. I am really trying to improve my drawing so my paintings are better and would love to see more drawing tutorials.
More to come!
Yes! Very much appreciate this video. I am a horrible at drawing and finally starting to sketch. You're one of the few people on YT who don't make me cringe when it comes to drawing things. I've been trying to follow another tutorial and failing miserably but can now see why after watching your tips. Especially the need to plan out what I'm doing.
So glad you enjoyed it ☺️
So so helpful! I especially love the tip to draw the centerline on flowers and leaves. That will help me immensely. Also to look for the center of flowers so you can face them different ways. Genius!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for the great tips. Have put them all onto a document for my college sketchbook, where I am to record everything Art that I do - you feature there often! Not always drawing thumbnails is one that I really need to get into the habit of doing!
OK, I just have to tell you how lovely your nails look. That being said, I am learning so much from this tutorial. Thank you. I know I will be rewatching several times!
Thank you so much!
Flowers have been my nemesis but your video had given me more confidence to keep trying
That's great, I am pleased!
You never fail to pack in all the practical tips that cover more than the topic at hand!! I agree with the comments that are much more eloquent than me! You always cover a depth info that others don't! Thank you as always for all the time and effort you put into your videos!
I appreciate that!
Im currently doing a watercolour of flowers in vases. I have made all 16 mistakes so no wonder I’m so unhappy with it. I’m starting again with your tips. Wish me luck!!
You can do it!
Happy New Year, Michele! As always, this video has invaluable info. Drawing with perspective is so difficult for me, the way you break techniques down into 'steps' is incredibly helpful for me!❤
Happy new year!
I agree breaking it down and seeing it in steps is invaluable.
This collection of tips is so valuable. I've heard many before from you and other artists, but to have them collected together is really thought provoking! And there were some gems I hadn't heard anywhere else. Wonderful channel!
Thank you!
#7 and #9 were game changers! You are so knowledgeable. I have saved this video to be able to review and remember your helpful tips. Happy new year!
Happy New year and thanks for watching!
One of the best tutorials I’ve come across as a beginner. Thank you so much.
You're very welcome!
This video has been incredibly helpful for me in at least 3 areas! Thank you 🙏
Glad it was helpful!
You have again told me things I needed to know, thank you.
I'm so glad!
Very helpful. Thank you. I love your frog ring. So cute.
Thank you! 😊
I’ve made a lot of those mistakes! Number 7 frequently. Thank you, I see what’s wrong now 🙂
All great ideas to keep in mind! (And I still sometimes draw too much detail at the start of a painting and then have to redo it later on anyway.)
What a great video, Michele. Thank you. I'm learning such a lot from you. I'm in the process of doing the Buddha painting just now and I'm enjoying every minute of it, thank you once again 😊
Wonderful that's one of my favourites ☺️
So helpful and clear, thank you!
You are welcome!
This video was fantastic! So many great tips. For me it was very timely as I’ve just begun to focus on upping my skill in sketching flowers for watercolor. Thanks for all the thought and time you put into preparing this. I’m a new subscriber. So look forward to catching up on your past videos and anticipating new ones too. 😊
You are so welcome!
This is a great help. Many things I didn't think of. Thank you
Thank you Michele for excellent tips. 🥰💕🐶💕🥰
Thanks Alicia!
I make lots of these mistakes, so thank you for the video. I almost didn't watch, because so many other "how to draw" videos are just way too technical or are irrelevant to my art. But I am glad I did. I don't work in your mediums, but these tips will translate beautifully to my acrylic painting. I am off on a holiday tomorrow, which will give me heaps of down time to put these points into action.
Enjoy your holiday!
Super healthful, thankyou so much. I have always struggled understanding how to change flower directions, the centre point is such a helpful tip, also understanding a flower.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you.
What an amazing video, so many tips! Thank you very much
Thanks for watching!
Thoroughly enjoyed your informative video….you always make drawing look and sound so simple..and then you show us how simple it really is…and the mistakes we make that complicate things. I recognise a few things that I could put my hand up for. Thank you so much..always look forward to your videos.❤
My pleasure 😊
How to draw random-facing flowers! Priceless! I've never drawn flowers, just painted them Bob Ross style.
Glad it helped!
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber I am enjoying your tutorials. I am moving into a tiny home (my choice) and giving up a 600 sq. ft. art studio so I don't have room to do big paintings anymore. You are helping me focus on "small" art and drawing which I haven't done for years. I'm glad I found your channel. I watch a video at night and then "practice" by day. Thanks for helping to fill my days with cheer.
Thank you! You are an excellent teacher!
You're very welcome!
I luv your way of teaching, thank you for sharing your skill with us, I’m very grateful 😊
It's my pleasure
Thank you so much Michele :) Absolutely wonderful.
Great tips! I always seem to make a mess of the composition and things don't fit as anticipated. Your first few were pointed right at me. Thank you! I have found, though, that laying out the drawing with watercolor pencil blends into the paint fine as long as I use a light touch, muted colors close to what I'll paint in, and quality pencils that are capable of dissolving thoroughly. I love caran d'ache museum aquarelle, and though they are pricey, 4 or 5 well chosen colors would do whatever you need.
That's my favourite brand too!
Thank you for the tips.
No problem!
Excellent, Michelle!! Thank you so much. Really, really helped me!
So glad!
Thank you Michele.
Very helpful!
Wonderful advice. Thanks for sharing.
So many good suggestions. Thank You.
Wish you best health ahead Michelle..🎉🎉🎉
You too!
Very valuable! And it's PALLETABLE🎨😊
Ha ha, good one!
Fantastic guidance thanks!
No worries!
You are an amazing teacher
Aw thanks!
That was really helpful. Thank you!!
You're welcome!
It is very helpful , thank you !
Glad it was helpful!
Really helpful tutorial - Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wonderful tips for drawing Michele! I am still guilty 😂for doing the shading part before painting sometimes! Thanks for sharing this wonderful video. Hope you’re enjoying a wonderful Prosperous start to the New Year. 💕
Thanks Colleen, you too!
Thanks!
Thanks so much I really appreciate it!
wonderful Michele. Soooo helpful to me😊
You're very welcome 🙂
Much thanks. I appreciate you sharing your experience.
Glad it was helpful!
This is terrific! I make at least 3 of those mistakes (ouch). Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Extremely helpful thank you. :)
Glad to help 😊
this is really interesting. thank you.
You're very welcome
Thank you! Great pointers for all of us beginners. Thank you so much for sharing your time with us.❤
Thanks for watching!
Lots of great tips, thanks. Which pencil to use was the most useful to me - interested to see that using a water soluble graphic pencil isn't the answer too.
So helpful - thank you. And Happy New Year! 🥳
Happy New year!
I learned so much from this video. Thank you so much!
I'm so glad!
Thank you. This video has helped me in many ways
I'm so glad!
Just what I need, thank you.
Glad it helped!
Really good suggestions and your inspiration photos are very helpful.
Glad you like them!
Thanks for sharing your talent.... very informative..... learning much from you 😉
Thanks for watching!
So many amazing tips 😊😊
Glad you like them!
Thanks
Thanks so much I appreciate it!
I've subscribed🎉
Thank you!
Morning from Stowmarket Michele.....Thank u for the envelope technique...im defo guilty of this one now x love Alli and Bella XXX
Ah, you are just round the corner, or should that be across the lake, I'm thinking of buying a boat!! x
lol Michele, u would get here quicker if u had a boat at the moment ! XX@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber
That was a really useful video. I don't do flowers that often,they aren't usually up to mucn lol, I'm going to devote a bit of time to trying out some of your clever instructions. I love that froggy ring btw. Thank you so much. Happy New Year.
Happy New year 😊🙏
Great tips! Don't worry about the amaryllis. In the American South bloom anytime January through March. Yours looks like it is right on time!
Members of my facebook group told me to cut all the foliage off. I thought this was crazy, but suddenly I notice it has a bud!
I just paint cards, and have found myself drawing objects far too small regularly. I can’t include a complete photo, I have to choose a section or featured elements. Thank you for all of these tips!
Sometimes using a little card 'view finder' or frame can help to isolate the bit you want :-)
Wonderful lesson! Do you recommend using a grid for drawing flowers?
Thanks! Not usually, as you can get away with a lot of inaccuracy in botanicals, I find grids better for portraits, animals etc
As always, Michele very, very informative. I still live by your. Do not leave your brushes in the water jar. There is a little voice that says to me michele is watching😂. Just let you the the lessons are sticking
Good to know! Of course I am watching!
Hey there! Can you suggest the best erasers for Prismacolor colored pencils for us?
Thank you for all your work making these videos!
Thank you!
Hello! I'm not an expert in colored pencils, I only know the basics, not each brand in depth. I would take a look at Kirsty Partridge's channel she has a ton of colored pencil tips. I seem to recall she likes a mechanical eraser but I am sure she has videos on it.
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber oh wow thank you! I found it!
I've used very light, neutral colored watercolor pencils for my underdrawings without any problems. I don't use alot of pressure and the lines disappear when I start painting,
That's great, whatever works best for you!
I use el cheapo watercolor pencils for the under drawing. And sketch it in with a very light hand, just enough for me to see and not dent the paper. When I add water, it disappears because they are $5 wc pencils!
Yes cheap pencils have less pigment so good choice!
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As always, I learned tons from this video. I did a search on your main page here, but I did not find the answer, so please forgive me asking here, if I just didn't see it. I preface my inquiry by saying I need to spend most of my time reclining, so standard watercolor tools (the two water containers, and the more standard brushes) can get a trifle awkward, especially with cats who think any open source of liquid needs thorough examination. It is not impossible, but I have been wondering if using water brushes could work for me. I purchased a set of pentel water brushes to try, especially liking that my cat's won't be trying to drink cobalt blue contaminated water, but I could not find a video from you talking about how best to use them. I hope that you have one, because the thoroughness with which you discuss a topic is ideal for my method of learning. If you don't and have no interest in making one, that is fine, there is still tons I can learn from you, but if you DO have a video talking about using water brushes, I would appreciate a link to it. (In case I am using the wrong terminology, a water brush is one where the water is kept inside the shaft of the brush, and finesse is needed when squeezing the correct amount of water out onto the brush tip to interact with the watercolor palette.) As always, thank you so much for the time and attention you give to teaching. I appreciate you.
Hi, I don't have such a video but I do own a water brush and will certainly consider making one. It sounds ideal for your situation, although I bet the cats will still cause trouble because that's what they do 😅
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber Thank you! and I expect you are right about kitty chaos ensuing.
@@otterwench Lots of watercolorists use water brushes. It's just a brush that has its own water, so not a stretch if you choose them as your main brushes. Where you may find a little frustration on occasion is that the bristles aren't as fine or soft as you can get on other brushes, and the sizes are limited, too. Thus, you may still want to purchase a few small round brushes (Silver Brush - Black Velvet is a good soft, squirrel mix brush) to use when you need to do details, and a large round or flat for when you want to work on a large area to do a flat wash or other techniques. I don't know how reclined you have to be, but if you can be upright for a few minutes, you can plan in advance any larger areas you need to work on and then do your flat wash or drop your color, then go sit and recline while it dries. From there, most of the rest of your watercolor will likely be in smaller areas to bring out your subject, so much easier to handle in your recliner with your water brushes or small rounds.
One thing I have found about water brushes is that they can sometimes be hard to get water out of. I think they may clog from the paint, so may need to be taken apart and ran under hot water to fix. Even at that, it is still nice to have a small container of water nearby to dip the brush in if you want more water. You don't need to have huge containers of water (but if you want some, pickle jars or jelly jars are good and have lids). A small brush can be cleaned with a few drops of water if you don't mind repeating the action a few times until it is clean. You can even use lids as small water containers - though you may want something that has its own lid since you have pets. There are small containers that hold things like beads at craft stores (and even Walmart) that have lids, and something like that may work for you just to be able to have a little something to swish the paint out of your brush.
Keep a roll of paper towels handy close by, and you can quickly clean out the container if it gets too dirty. A water bottle with a pop top makes a nice water refill source so you don't have to keep getting up, and an even smaller bottle for water is also nice to have on hand (I have an old 3oz hand sanitizer bottle that I cleaned out and use for when I need just a little water, and I can't do without it now). You will need plenty of paper towels to squeeze out and wipe off paint when you want to move to a new color, but it will also come in handy to wipe off as much paint from your other brushes before you dip them in water to rinse to move to a new color or put them away since that will help you to use less water.
Personally, I do not use any cobalt or cadmium paints. They are toxic, so not worth it to me. Plus, while the smell of the cobalt paint is not major, it actually makes me feel very weak in a very short amount of time. It's weird, but I don't like it, so I stay very far away from that paint. Cerulean, too, because they are in the same category of cobalt pigments. They are beautiful, but I use other blues instead. If you are already dealing with health problems, you will want to try to stick to safer pigments. I will often look up my paint on Blick Art Material's website. If you find your brand of paint, then click on the actual color. Once there, click on 'Pigment Info' and then page down until you see 'Toxicity.' That's a quick way to decide if you want to work with a pigment or not.
If you don't already have step stools around your house, please invest in a few of them and put them in places you might sit - like at the kitchen table, desk, couch, etc. I have dysautonomia, and having these little stools to elevate my feet has been a game changer, and really helpful. Without them, my heart strains, and my legs will hurt very, very quickly if I try to sit normally, but if I can get my feet elevated a little, I can function - and paint. Hopefully, something I wrote here was helpful, and you'll soon be painting up a storm.😊
Oh my gosh
Did you do the hydrangeas on the left
It's an older video but if I showed a painting then yes :-)
Earbuds are useful for smudging/ shading
Yes they are super useful!
Guilty x 16 🤣
You are forgiven ;-)
Thank you for using a pen. I struggle to see half the videos on CZcams .
Yes other people have told me that too 🙂