What You Will Learn

We use flowers (and the occasional piece of fruit) as an opportunity to explore valuable skills and tools that can translate to all of your projects, no matter what the subject. Using a combination of exercises, painting prompts, classroom style lessons, and pre-recorded video demonstrations, we focus on:

Volume

• Identifying the geometry and architecture that undergirds the surface of objects

• Understanding different approaches to translating a three-dimensional object onto a two-dimensional surface

• A special unit on roses, with tools to help you master these beautiful flowers (which students often find challenging to paint)

• Capturing reflections and transparency of glass and metal containers

Value

• Understanding and using value (the contrasts of light and dark in your painting) to communicate volume and dimension of shapes

• Practicing seeing value differences using a variety of tools

• Practicing color mixing value ranges

• Experimenting with how you can use color creatively when you have the right value

Variety

• Exploring the compositional principles of unity and variety, including how some historical and contemporary painters use these elements

• Using brushwork and mark-making to create movement and focus in a painting

This class includes lots of exercises, along with opportunities to put the principles you've learned into practice in finished pieces.

All projects are suitable for oil or acrylics. We demonstrate in a mix of both mediums.

NOTE: You do not need to have completed Habit-Forming: Flowers, Part 1 to take this course.

THIS IS A SELF-STUDY CLASS AND INCLUDES:

• Eight core lessons that blend "classroom" style instruction, over 17 hours of pre-recorded demonstration videos, reference photos, and painting prompts to help you create at least 22 paintings and 7 exercises.

• Over 75 bonus reference images to inspire you for your ongoing painting practice.

• More than10 supporting lessons in our reference library on topics ranging from an introduction to color theory to how to make peace with your inner critic, including suggestions for creating your own floral still lifes.

With both formats of the course, you will have digital access to the instructional content for 2 years. And you can download the videos and educational content to have lifetime access.

You can download the videos and PDFs of the educational content for lifetime access.
Plus we will maintain your digital access to the instructional content for 2 years.

The Learning Platform (Technical requirements)

We are hosting this course in the Ruzuku learning platform. You will need:

• Access to a reliable computer network

• A way to take (or convert) photographs of your work into a digital .jpg format

Please review these technical requirements to make sure that your computer, tablet, or smart-phone are compatible with the Ruzuku platform:

• Browsers: Please use the latest version (or the one before that) of Edge, Firefox, Safari, Chrome, or a modern mobile browser such as Mobile Safari.

• Operating Systems: Please use the latest two versions of Windows or Mac (or an Android or iOS smartphone).

If you aren't sure which version browser you are using, you can use this link: https://www.whatsmybrowser.org/