With my 4 round brush, I mixed a little red with my green. This gives you more of a natural green looking color.
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I am fortunate to have a few rose bushes in my backyard. Unfortunately…a few of the bushes suffered under large falling tree branches from storms earlier this spring! So when I saw that I had a beautiful rose for painting just sitting there. I was delighted and couldn’t help myself but pick it before it wilted. Now I get to share my experience of painting a rose, to hopefully help inspire and teach others how to paint a rose!
Many people are interested in learning how to paint a rose but sometimes give up out of frustration. I created this painting a rose tutorial to try to help make learning rose painting easy. By showing that how to paint roses (or flowers in general) is all about finding value shapes and simplifying. It is also critical to pay attention to subtle shifts in tone and value.
How to paint a rose video tutorial
Watch the video to see how to give your rose painting a strong light and dark tonal structure. Then see the exact steps I take to get the colors and values needed, by reading the written tutorial (with image diagrams) below!
Start learning how to paint a rose by creating an imprimatura on your blank canvas. If you are not familiar with the term, an imprimatura is a toned ground. It is best to start your painting on a toned ground as this will help make figuring out the values of your painted rose easy right from the beginning.
Sketch out your rose painting
After creating your toned ground on your canvas you will then turn to sketching out your painting. Use a short stubby brush as well as a small amount of the ultramarine/ blue mixture you used for your imprimatura.
This sketch on your canvas is not meant to be a completely accurate drawing. Rather, you are trying to get the general architecture of your subject as well as figure out the precise composition.
A painting sketch is meant to be adjustable
As you start painting a rose and continue to work, you will be able to make easy adjustments to your rose painting where they need to be made. So, if a measurement is slightly off – that is ok! You can simply paint over it and readjust. A sketch on a canvas should not turn into something you ‘fill in’.
Putting on the first spot of color
Now, in this stage of learning how to paint a rose, it is time for your first spot of color! I decided to start at the center of the rose and create a mixture of alizarin crimson, pthalo green, with some ultramarine blue and a small amount of white. You can use my free color mixing guide here for help with applying these color mixing techniques.
To start out I found a simplified dark value shape to paint. It is important to not focus on details – especially in the beginning. This will detract from getting the big picture elements into the painting.
Yield: One Painting Any Size Canvas
Learn how to paint simple and easy roses with this loose stroke, decorative technique. Add these roses to any canvas painting project.
Active Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Materials
- Acrylic Paint
- Painting Surface (Canvas)
- 4 Round Brush
- 8 Round Brush
- 5/0 Round Brush (Spotter brush)
Colors
- Medium Magenta
- Cad Red Deep Hue
- Cad Orange Hue
- Deep Green Permanent
- Primary Yellow
- Titanium White
Notes
You can use any palette of colors for this technique! I will demo a yellow, pink and red rose. You do not have to use the exact shades of colors I used and can even apply this technique to different color roses.
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Project Type: Acrylic Painting / Category: Flowers
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