How To Draw A Flower Field
Do you want to get creative and paint a vibrant flower field? It’s fun, easy, and truly rewarding when you’ve finished your masterpiece. Follow these steps to transform an empty canvas into a colorful flower field!
Materials You’ll Need
To get started, round up the materials and tools you’ll need to create your artwork. Place your canvas in a secure area and create a space you can work in. Here’s a list of items you may need:
- A canvas, canvas board, or heavy-weight watercolor paper
- Acrylic paint and/or watercolors
- Paintbrushes in varying sizes
- Pencils, an eraser, and a sharpener
- A water cup
Draw The Background
To create an effective flower field painting, you’ll first need to draw a basic background. Start by sketching a simple hill or rolling field in the center of your canvas. Use subtle but varying lines and curves to indicate the rolling hills and land that will be your backdrop. Use lighter shades of pencil and continue adding layers, suggesting mountains and patches of trees and grasses. Think how clouds, weather, and sunlight can shape your drawing.
Take your time here and have fun with it. You don’t have to be perfect, as long as you’re creative and have an overall idea of the perspective and design, you’re good to go!
Add Color
You won’t want to grab your paintbrush just yet, first complete as much detail as you can with your pencils, defining the ways the hills roll, the foliage, and the clouds. Once you’ve completed your basic outline, you can begin adding color to your flower field. Start adding moss, grass and foliage in green, then choose blues and purples to bring your sky and clouds to life. Expertly contrast the light areas with small dark smudges.
When you’re ready to add your flowers, get creative! Choose a reddish yellow paint to create a golden sunflower-like flower bed, mix yellow with orange and violet for a whimsical daisy effect, and use blues and purples for a rich violet patch. Feel free to overlap, layer, and add more colors to create more dimensions.
Complete The Details
Now that you’ve completed your basic background you can move onto the details. Layer your stoic sky with ethereal clouds and snow-capped mountains. Layer and blend the colors of the sky to give the illusion of depth and distance. Add a few birds in flight to bring a touch of life to your canvas. Show the transformations of the field with rustling trees, a river, and pathways. Create final touches like shadows and reflections to complete the effect.
Your painting is now finished! Congratulations! Take your painting and hang it in your home as a reminder of your hard work and creativity. Soon, you’ll be an expert artist, painting amazing flower fields of all colors, shapes, and sizes.
Add Depth And Contrast
Now that you have your colors, start adding details to your flower field. Add depth and contrast to further emphasize the beauty of your artful masterpiece. Use lighter colors, soft hues and varying shades to bring your painting to life. For example, for a sunset background, use pale blues and oranges to indicate the setting sun. Layer colors of pink and vibrant yellow to create an awe-inspiring sunrise.
Adding some depth to the sky can help your painting appear more realistic. Add darker voids at the base of the clouds and in the shadows of the hills. To create the feeling that the clouds are rolling, try layering them with slightly darker shades of the original paint color. Add small grey spots to further indicative movement.
Layer With Texture
Experiment with different textures to add uniqueness to your flower field painting. Layer your paint with a sponge or apply it with a cotton cloth. You can even add bark and leaves with a dried plant or some twigs you’ve collected. Be sure to let your painting dry between each layer so you don’t smudge the painting or mistakenly mix your colors.
Using texture to your flower field is a great way to add a new dynamic to your painting. Have fun with it! Choose different materials, experiment with colors and saturations, and try out new techniques. Create a fascinating piece of art that will be treasured for years to come.
