The Studio Painting Series is a sequence of short painting demonstrations. In the six parts of this course, we will cover four different kinds of flowers in eleven demonstrations. Every demonstration features helpful tips and a thorough explanation of the painting process.

I hope that you take these demonstrations as inspiration for how to proceed with your own flower paintings. Painting is a challenge of problem-solving above all else. Try implementing some of the same strategies when studying and painting your own flowers. You'll get the most out of the demonstrations by following this approach. I hope you enjoy it! Happy painting!

-Catherine

In this first video, I will demonstrate my process for painting white daisies. Daisies are a great subject for beginning flower painting. The simple shape is perfect for practicing some important flower painting techniques, like negative painting and thinking in simple geometric forms. The limited color palette will also help you focus on describing form with value instead of getting bogged down in complicated color mixtures. I hope you enjoy the lesson! Happy painting,

-Catherine

Flowers, especially roses, are my favorite subject to paint. Here, I'll demonstrate my process for painting roses in oil.

Materials:

Canvas - Centurian Oil Primed Linen Panel

Palette - New Wave Avant-Garde Highland Palette

Paint:

Titanium White - M. Graham Permanent Red Medium - Rembrandt

Permanent Rose - Winsor & Newton

Magenta - Winsor & Newton

Cadmium Lemon - Holbein

Cadmium Yellow Deep - Rembrandt

Viridian - Rembrandt

Manganese Blue Hue - Gamblin

Ultramarine Blue, Red Shade - Rublev

Blue Ridge Yellow Ochre - Rublev

French Red Ochre - Rublev

Violet Hematite - Rublev

Brilliant Pink - Michael Harding

King's Blue - Rembrandt

Medium : Liquid medium: 1 part each of: Gamsol, walnut oil, lavender spike oil and stand oil. Oleogel - Rublev

Roses are a challenging subject - and my absolute favorite subject to paint! This is my approach for painting a rose in dramatic, direct sunlight. I'll talk in-depth about my choices regarding values, color mixing, detail, and more.

Note: The title of this painting, "A Kosmos" comes from a line in Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself."

My color palette:

Cadmium Yellow Deep

Cadmium Yellow Medium

Cadmium Yellow Light

Titanium White

Permanent Red Medium

Permanent Rose

Blue Ridge Yellow Ochre

Ultramarine Blue, Red Shade

Manganese Blue Hue

Brilliant Pink

Ivory Black

Transparent Yellow Green

Transparent Oxide Red

Viridian

King's Blue

Nickel Azo Yellow

Medium: Oleogel

1 part each: Gamsol, walnut oil, lavender spike oil, stand oil

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Coneflowers are such a fun painting subject! In this demonstration, I'll talk about my color choices, composition, and paint application. I hope you enjoy it!

My color palette:

Cadmium Yellow Deep

Cadmium Yellow Medium

Cadmium Yellow Light

Titanium White

Permanent Red Medium

Permanent Rose

Blue Ridge Yellow Ochre

Ultramarine Blue, Red Shade

Manganese Blue Hue

Brilliant Pink

Ivory Black

Transparent Yellow Green

Transparent Oxide Red

Viridian

King's Blue

Nickel Azo Yellow

Medium: Oleogel

1 part each: Gamsol, walnut oil, lavender spike oil, stand oil

In this demo, I will show my process for developing ideas for paintings using various sketching techniques. I’ll talk about how I use different materials to generate ideas and refine the composition.  Sketching is a really important part of being creative for me - it’s playtime! That’s where the ideas start to flow. I find a lot of inspiration just flipping through my sketchbooks and goofing around with my materials. When I strike on an idea that I like, I use my sketchbook to figure out how to bring it to life. I will continue the process in the next demo!

Materials:

Fabriano Venezia Art Book (9" x 12")

Epoca P Ballograf Ballpoint Pen

Derwent Inktense Pencil "Sepia Ink"

Pentel Color Brush Pen

Silver Black Velvet Watercolor Brush, Round

This is a live demonstration showing part of my process for a long studio painting. This particular painting developed over several weeks, so this is just a small glimpse into the overall process. I hope seeing this snippet of my studio painting process puts some of the techniques demonstrated in the earlier videos into context. I hope you enjoy the lesson. Happy painting!

-Catherine