Mother's Day Bouquet 💐
I am creating a beautiful flower bouquet on a black background canvas. I am showing you how I painted this from start to finish as well as adding all of the glass goodies to make those flowers really pop. This one is super fun to make, and would make the perfect Mother's Day gift for the mom in your life!
I am using an 8x10 canvas and starting off by painting the background and sides of the canvas with black paint. Let dry or dry with a heat gun.
I am just going to freehand the base of my bouquet. I am going to paint green flower stems - just adding natural strokes going straight up and out.
Next, I am painting my leaves on the canvas. Saturate the brush with green paint, pushing the brush down and lifting it up to create leaf shapes. I'm going to fill in most of the bottom of the bouquet and add some white paint for highlighting. Let dry or dry with a heat gun.
I'm going to grab my graphic pen and define some of these leaves before we move on. I'm just adding some detail lines around my stems and leaves.
Now, we are going to start on the flowers! I am starting in the middle with a hydrangea. I'm using Prussian Blue, French Blue, and white and just dotting the paint on to create the hydrangea petals.
I'm going to paint a sunflower and a daisy on my right side. Then, I'm adding a purple iris toward the middle. Next, I'm adding a few roses, a lilac, a poppy, and another daisy. Finally, I'll add a few small Turquoise Blue flowers to bring it all together. (Watch the video above to learn the different techniques I use to paint each flower!)
Then, grab your graphic pen and add some details lines on your flowers. I'm also going to use a DecoColor Gold metallic premium marker to give my flower petals some definition too.
I have a tiny piece of vase glass that I'll use as my "ribbon" folding the bouquet together and then I'm adding some crushed green glass to the stems. I'll add in some green vitrigraph to my bouquet too.
Next, we will add resin. We're going to elevate our canvas using blocks. Mix 1 ounce of resin and stir gently for three minutes. Then, drizzle over your glass. Pour the remainder of the resin onto your canvas and spread it using your gloved fingers or brush.
Use a heat gun to pop your bubbles. Keep your heat moving at all times!
Finally, I'll sprinkle some glass bubbles on to my canvas too.
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