Iris Watercolor: Five Simple Steps

If you are just starting to take the first steps in art, then you need to practice a lot. In this case, flowers are the best model that nature can offer. Firstly, the image with flowers will refresh any interior, and secondly, such beauty will never fade (you only need to wipe dust occasionally), and thirdly, creating exclusive still lifes or just small pictures is quite simple. We offer to learn how to draw iris. Watercolor for this flower will do just fine.

First stage

Look closely at the iris flower. This is an amazing and very unusual plant. His petals play in different colors, and the lace structure resembles the hem of a ball dress. Of course, iris is the summer king of flowers.

At the first stage of creating a painting, where only iris is to be present (we use watercolor as the main tool), we need to select the "sitter". Ideal when you can go to the flower bed and constantly contemplate the bud you liked, displaying all the details on paper. If you do not have such an opportunity, as an example we suggest a picture of such a white handsome man with a lemon middle.

Why should I use watercolor?

So, you have chosen flowers such as irises for drawing. The drawing with watercolor is good because the object depicted on it will look as natural as possible. Look closely at the flower. On its petals there are no clear lines, all shades seem to pour one into the other, while remaining white. Such an effect can be achieved only with the help of watercolor paints. The main secret of their use is to draw in a wet way. This means that first you cover a layer of paper with a little water, and then, adding paint to it, shade until you get the desired shade. Iris watercolor will always be a bit blurry and at the same time "natural."

Step 2

Well, with the model we have decided, prepared all the necessary tools. Recall that to create a picture you need: watercolor paper, a brush (preferably two - thin and thick), a glass with water and the paints themselves. Drawing irises with watercolor in stages, and start with a sketch.

On paper pencil the outline of the flower. Look carefully at its primary image and mark on the sheet all the transition lines, where the shades change. In the future, this will help not to mix paint to avoid "one big stain".

Step 3

Begin painting the picture from the background. If your flower-instance is white, as in our example, then use a dark color for the surrounding texture. For other irises you can choose a suitable background of a different color. It will always be beneficial to look green - it is associated with grass and summer greens. And if you can create a background gradient, ranging from light green to dark jade, your picture will play.

Take a thick brush, dip into the water and, without pressing it, lower it into the paint. Draw a few strokes along the contour and repeat the procedure, each time changing or adding a new shade. At the boundaries of your strokes, a fuzzy texture will be created. Thus, the colors blend smoothly, creating a gradient background.

Allow to dry for a few minutes.

Step 4

As you can see, there is nothing difficult in how to draw irises with watercolor. The next step is to start creating a middle. In our example, it is extraordinarily tender and has a pleasant sunny shade.

Make sure that the background is well dried. Now that you are moving on to creating a flower directly, you do not need the dark background colors to shift to white lacy petals.

When creating a core, try using a slightly different technology for working with watercolor. First, with clean water, use a brush to wet the paper within the boundaries of the middle contour. Now wring out a little thin brush and type it with yellow paint. Drip into the center, and you will see how the paint will blur itself in the right directions. Take some more similar steps. Make sure that the core is the same as in the picture.

Using the same technique, apply the lightest shadows with blue paint. Leave white gaps or lighten them slightly. Remember that the most saturated color is usually closer to the middle, while the periphery should remain almost white. In order for everything to work out, follow the pictures given, and then irises (it's not so difficult to draw a watercolor by stage-wise, the main thing is to have at least a little artistic skills) will turn out to be beautiful and unique.

Step 5

Continue to fill all the empty space with paint. Do not rush, smoothly move from one petal to another. Let's dry up those parts where you've already finished.

Remember one more rule: the first layer of paint application should always be light. After you fill the whole drawing, you will see where you want to darken, and in which, on the contrary, it should be clarified.

If you draw a white flower, never use white paint, which is available in any watercolor palette. For you - shades of blue, blue, lilac, violet and gray. You will love iris. Watercolor - and only it! - can make it as natural as possible.

Drawing out stamens

In order to get a beautiful natural center, completely dry the brush (you can even use a sponge or a piece of cloth). With a dry brush, remove excess paint from the places where the stamens will be. Do the same with the veins on the petals. After completely drying with a fine brush, hover the contours.

Finish the drawing and paint the details. Now your irises (the watercolor pattern shown above) can be framed and hung on the wall.