Welcome to this 3 Part MasterClass Drawing Flowers in which I will show you all kinds of secrets of drawing flowers with pens and a little bit of pencil.
Masterclass Flowers Part 1 – Don’t be intimidated any longer
In the first part of this Masterclass we will discover how to just grab a sketchbook and pencil and pen and draw any flower you see. Don’t be intimidated any longer, but capture the beauty of Flowers on Paper Being able to draw flowers gives so much joy and satisfaction. Wouldn’t it be marvelous to be able to just grab a sketchbook and pen and draw any flower you see? At this moment that may sound really intimidating to you, but by the end of this Masterclass you will have confidence to do so. My name is Benjamin Aeilkema and I’m an illustrator and Artist from The Netherlands. I love creating Artworks with all kinds of materials. As many, many other artists, I also find great joy in capturing the beauty of nature in artworks. There is just something very special about it.
Over the years many people have shared their struggles in drawing and sketching flowers with me:
- Flowers are so complex
- I always get the proportions wrong
- My flowers need to be perfect, but I struggle to capture every detail
- Somehow my shading seems off
- Where do I even start
I can identify with these struggles since I’ve faced them myself. Good news, I’ve been able to overcome all the hindrances in drawing flowers and so can you. In this first part of the Masterclass I’m going to break down the process of drawing flowers with a pen in easy to digest steps. I’ll be showing you effective ways to get from the first pencil stroke to the final pen stroke. Topics like observing, capturing what you see, sketching, detailing and shading will all be covered. Interpreting light and shadow will be made easy. At the end of this Masterclass you will be confidently creating beautiful & convincing flower sketches.
This Masterclass will empower you to draw flowers in a fun and effective way.
Masterclass Flowers Part 2 – Shading flowers with a delicate and rough look.
Building on the skills and techniques you’ve gained in Part 1 of this Masterclass, we will add some more advanced techniques to your artistic toolbelt. In this part we are going to look at how to shade flowers with a very delicate look by using the stippling technique. Opposite to that, we are also going to discover how to shade flowers quite roughly by using the random line technique. These techniques are a really great expansion of your shading knowledge, giving you more options to explore various styles of shading and can well be a bridge to finding your own style.
