Happy Flowery Day to you!

In this free lesson, I'm teaching you how I paint a flower with acrylics. This is a little sneak peek into how I go about a painting from beginning to the final bloom!

Step 1: 

On a painted black canvas, using chalk, draw out your flower bouquet.

Step 2: 

Globbing pinks, reds, and white on my paint brush, I start painting in the flower shape. Add in streaks of blues and oranges for more depth.

Step 3:

Add fun papers!! You can use paper with patterns, tissue paper, napkins, anything that sparks joy! Tear it in pieces and add to your flower for extra bits of whimsy!

“The Joy of the Lord is my strength.” - Nehemiah 8:10

For today’s mini art tutorial, we are going to be drawing and painting a Joy Flower, based on the verse from Nehemiah and my new 2024 calendar, which features this fun flower. All you need to create this little art piece is some paper, a pen, a paintbrush, watercolors, and washi tape. I hope this serves as a reminder that God is our joy and strength. 

STEP 1:

I’m using mixed media paper, and I’ll just take my scissors and cut it a little smaller into a more wonky shape. I’m going to make mine into a little card, but you can do whatever you would like with your own art piece! 

I am using a size B Faber Castell pen. Draw your flower petals, and remember that they can be totally wonky and different sizes. Then, draw a circle in the middle with the word “JOY”. Next, add your stem and leaves. Doodle the words to your verse at the bottom of your page.

STEP 2:

Now, let’s...