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How to Paint Flowers!

Name: How to Paint Flowers!
Uploaded: 2024-03-21T19:00:03+00:00
Duration: 59 s
Channel: Christie Hawkins
Description: In this segment of Christie Renee Hawkins' YouTube tutorial "How to Paint Flowers!", the artist demonstrates a specific technique for painting the dark…

21 Mar 2024 · 1 min

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In this segment of Christie Renee Hawkins' YouTube tutorial "How to Paint Flowers!", the artist demonstrates a specific technique for painting the dark centers of poppy flowers. She advises using the back end of a fine brush, dipped in black paint, to dab small clustered dots in the flower's center, then adding a few isolated dots outward. This method helps avoid unintended brush strokes and excessive pressure, resulting in a more natural, textured appearance for the poppy's black core.

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So let me show you a little trick. First, we're gonna put— the centers of the poppies are known for having their big black centers, right? So we're gonna go, and you could use a fine brush, and you can use the bristles. But one of my tricks is, so you don't end up with brush strokes that you didn't mean to have, or you push down too hard, flip your brush over. We're going to use the back end. I'm gonna dab it in my black paint and I'm gonna go to the center. I'm just gonna start dabbing these little dots on. So in the middle, see how I'm doing that? They're gonna be all clustered together in the middle. And then you can come out and have a couple little dots kind of out on their own.