Drawing a tulip with watercolors. Painting is easy: delicate tulips using the right-hemisphere drawing method How to draw tulips in a vase with gouache
The brightness of colors, ease of cultivation and elegance of form have made the tulip one of the favorite garden flowers. In terms of landscaping parks and gardens, the tulip is considered a universal plant. The scope of its application is quite wide. Tulips are planted in borders and flower beds, on alpine hills and under trees, decorated with balconies, and planted in flowerpots on the streets. The amazing variety of modern varieties of these flowers can satisfy even the most demanding tastes of gardeners. Among all the varieties and types of tulips, there are some that are simply ideal for flower borders and for planting in alpine hills. There are those that will look great against the backdrop of beautiful tall perennials or ornamental shrubs. The variety of varieties of these flowers by flowering time allows you to choose varieties for your garden that will delight you from mid-April to early summer.
Very few ornamental plants can rival tulips in their incredible variety of flower shapes. Plants with the usual goblet-shaped flower look great among the lawn, in group plantings under trees, and you can create very beautiful natural meadows of flowers from them. Tulips with cute flower shapes - parrot, peony, lily and fringed - look very impressive near paths, in small groups, planted so that each flower can be easily seen individually.
A bouquet of tulips will always please your beloved women! In this short article we will talk about how to draw a tulip correctly. After all, you can either buy a beautiful bouquet or draw it.
A painting, a postcard, just a drawing, drawn with your own hands with love, will delight your girlfriend, grandmother, sister or mother! I suggest preparing in advance and learning how to correctly draw a tulip with a pencil.
Today we are painting tulips with gouache - a very beautiful spring flower with beautiful colors!
Draw all the main lines that determine the size of the flower in the leaf. 
Outline the green leaves and petals of the tulip. See what the stem looks like, how thick it is. 
The first step in drawing a tulip is a clear and simple pencil sketch. You should draw a stem that is not very thin and not very thick. Tulips have fairly thick, smooth and soft stems. The leaves should also not be very thin. The flower itself should not be large, otherwise the stem would simply break. A design with a very large flower bowl will look unnatural. 
After you have drawn the tulip with a pencil, you need to get rid of all the extra lines. Erase them so that when coloring there are no dirty spots from a graphite gray pencil.
You start, as always, with the lightest areas, painting them with local light colors - pink and green. Where there are shadows, apply a second layer of paint, still of the same color.
In the future, you will introduce new shades and enhance the shadows. 
We draw tulips with gouache step by step, namely the petals. The inner petal is slightly darker because it is shadowed by the two outer petals. 
Continue drawing the petals, gradually darkening them, but maintaining the red color. Don't be afraid of any changes in tone. Leave all the light parts of the petals light. Do not compact them and let the watercolor breathe. 
This is what our flower looks like at a stage close to the final stage. But we want to add drops of water to it. 
Drops are drawn. The drop, despite its transparency, casts a shadow. First, draw the darker part near the highlight and the shadow of the drop, and then add the highlights with gouache. 
Paint highlights with gouache. In addition to the glare, there is also some reflex. A light stripe near the shadow, which makes the drop look voluminous.
So you drew a tulip. We really hope that this lesson was useful to you. 
I’ll say right away that for me the easiest thing to draw is tulips. And of course, I didn’t graduate from art school and visited the art studio only once. So I, too, can be called a beginner or self-taught, and although I was noted in the art studio and the old leader of the circle said that we need to study and start with something simple, and you immediately drew the head of Mephistopheles, but, indeed, many artists passed through her hands and they started too as I. But I didn’t have time, since I was interested in natural sciences.
But I painted tulips. And it was so, one day the parents started renovations and they did not have the opportunity to purchase wallpaper, then there was a shortage. And so I was asked to paint a 20-meter hall with tulips. And I did it in two days. But I also painted them in vases. So it’s easy to draw tulips and here’s exactly how to do it step by step.
This is how it can be done.
And I like this option best.
These are the tulips that I painted the entire room with. I won’t lie, it wasn’t easy, but nevertheless, I liked it and I really learned how to draw tulips.
Well, now deciphering the stages.
- Draw the base of the tulip head.
- Paint on the stem.
- And then you draw the leaves.
- Well, then you decorate it.
That's all. And another question about tulips and when is the best time to draw them.
This spring I invite you to draw delicate tulip flowers together, using elements of an interesting right-hemisphere drawing method. This very simple and inspiring method is designed for complete beginners from scratch, those who think they can’t draw at all, or simply haven’t tried their hand at painting yet, or even for children, but can also inspire experienced artists. Therefore we invite everyone try it!
In half an hour to an hour of a pleasant art therapy session with color, we can end up with an oil, acrylic or gouache painting of any size, which we can hang for ourselves as a reminder of spring, or give as a gift to someone (March 8th holiday is coming soon!), and also paint a decorative plate or some object in this way.
But the most important thing in such an activity is not to evaluate the result, but simply to enjoy the process, be in the creative flow and enjoy it. Then such creativity will harmonize our state and inspire, reveal our creative side and heal the soul.
Therefore, we will start by creating a mood for ourselves, put on some pleasant relaxing music, drop our favorite oil into the aroma lamp, and watch how the tulips bloom in the spring in Holland :)
yes, yes, there are so many of them!
Well, now let's move on to painting!
Open the paints (in this technique you can paint with oil, acrylic or just gouache, choose to your taste).
Specifically, in this master class, these photos are ordinary gouache. Choose a brush that is thick, flat, and bristly.
And we begin to leave stains of paint on the paper or canvas. Here I use thick watercolor paper; it works well on paper with a canvas texture. If you paint with oil or acrylic, it is convenient to take a ready-made primed canvas on cardboard. Be sure to place paper or oilcloth, which you don’t mind painting, under our base!
One color, then another, a third. This is what you need to do here quickly and without hesitation, let the hand choose the colors itself, it is the hand, not the head. It’s not at all necessary to make just such a background, this is just a demonstration of the technique, choose colors only according to your state and mood and don’t think about whether they combine with each other, and what the end result will be, it doesn’t matter :)
And a few more strokes, it is not necessary to fill the entire space.
As you can see, nothing complicated. Now let’s start the magic: take a white color on the brush (in fact, it doesn’t even have to be white, experiment and improvise), and begin to move it over our spots.
That's how we boldly, quickly and with pleasure we paint the entire surface of the sheet, observing how hundreds of shades are obtained from our three or four colors.
Important:
1. Do this quickly, because in the photo you can see that the texture of the dried stains is visible, since I photographed in parallel, it was not fast enough, and the stains had time to dry.
2. Don’t stop at the edge and don’t be afraid to go beyond the sheet, for this we have paper underneath, on which we continue to draw, despite the fact that the sheet is over :)
Thus, we have a background that can be used for other paintings, so as long as you are in a creative mood, you can make several more of these blanks. The result may be unpredictable!
In general, you don't have to paint in one direction, horizontally or vertically, try making diagonal, swirling, circular or spiral strokes.
At this stage, you can get distracted and immerse yourself in painting, or still return to our tulips :)
We begin to draw a flower on a dried background. When we draw flowers, we can imagine how our soul blossoms from the inside :)
Three strokes with a smaller flat brush, although it depends on the size of your flower. We choose the color according to our mood, maybe you will have a blue, yellow, white tulip?
Now, using a thin brush, draw on top of the foreground petals, using the same color, but adding white to give the flower volume:
And in a similar way we draw the rest of the flowers. If you like it, make the bouquet bigger!
Now, with a very thin brush, using dark green, we draw the stems; you can draw a yellow line on top of the dark one for volume.
I didn't do it very carefully here.
To make the line clear, gouache or acrylic can be slightly diluted with water.
Then we dip the brush in yellow and green and paint the leaves.
And our picture is almost ready!
We add details: with a thin brush we put dots of flowers, like these stamens, they add some magic. You can add a moth or dragonfly.
You can spray the background with a toothbrush, just a little, the main thing is not to overdo it (slightly dilute the paint on the edge of the jar, try it in a safe place first).
And be sure to frame it!
That's all, I hope you don't find it difficult and everything will work out for you. Experiment and improvise, try a different composition or colors, or make more flowers, or one big tulip.
Fantasize boldly! Happy creativity!
P.S. Although I have conducted quite a lot of master classes live, this is my first experience of making a master class accessible to everyone on the Internet, so I will be very grateful for your feedback, that it was not clear whether it was possible to inspire you, and any comments on presentation of techniques, or questions?
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Every year I look forward to spring. Nature wakes up after the winter cold, and the landscapes regain their bright colors. But most importantly, the tulips are blooming. I am fascinated by their beautiful shapes and bright colors, and I always feel indescribable pleasure when I draw them.
In this master class, I will tell you about my approach to the fascinating process of translating a tulip onto paper. I will share all the details: from drawing feathery petals to depicting a neat bouquet of tulips, the flowers in which look clean and fresh, and the colors do not mix with each other into a big dirty spot. You should start by drawing a dense structure, making sure that all the petals are firmly attached to the characteristic tulip core. I then transfer the design and create shadows, giving the characteristic shape of the flower head before applying color washes. You definitely need to focus on the core of the tulip. To do this, you need to create its shape first and make sure that it does not get lost among the petals. And finally, draw the petals. First, we draw them on damp paper so that the paints lay down and arrange easily. Finishing touches should be applied with a dry brush. This will help draw out all the details, as well as consolidate and highlight stronger and darker colors.
I hope that painting these delicate spring flowers will inspire you. Maybe some of you will even decide to plant your tulip this fall, so that when spring comes, you can enjoy its beauty and try to transfer it to paper.
Necessary materials:
- Brushes Pro Arte Prolene Plus 007 number 3/0, 0, 2, 5 and 8;
- Daler-Rowney watercolors: Lemon Yellow, Permanent Yellow, Permanent Rose;
- Winsor & Newton watercolors: French Ultramarine, Perylene Violet, Quinacridone Red, Cerulean Blue;
- Royal Talens watercolor paints: Rembrandt Sap Green and Permanent Red Violet;
- Saunders Waterford High watercolor paper white 640gms HP;
- Copy paper;
- Tracing paper;
- Porcelain palette;
- Drawing paper and drawing tools.
1. Draw the base
The focus should be on the pistil and six stamens, so the drawing should begin with their image. The central vein of each petal joins at this point. It is very important that all the petals meet in the center, even if they are hidden behind other petals. When all the central veins are connected, you can start drawing the outlines of each petal.
2. Transfer the drawing
We transfer the drawing using lightweight tracing paper. With the top of the trace against the edge of the watercolor paper, we use carbon paper, dark side down. Using a pencil of a different color will make the job much easier. Thanks to it, you will be able to understand which lines have already been drawn on the paper and which ones are yet to be traced.
3. Choose colors
It's time to choose colors. I used two yellows: lemon yellow, which is paler, and permanent, which is brighter (richer, deeper). I also used Hyracridone Red which when layered over the yellow will create an orange/apricot tint. Pink and purple are needed for details. Chestnut purple - for anthers and some veins. You will also need blue and green tones.
4. Mix the colors of the shadow
Following the principle of harmonious shadows, I used the three main shades of the painting to mix them with the gray color of the shadow. For the blue I used French Ultramarine (clear and granular for texture); for red – Hiracridone red (the main shade when drawing petals). For the yellow, I chose permanent yellow, which also lies at the base of the petals due to its richness.
5. Add color to the shadows
Using shadow colors diluted in another palette, we begin to draw the center of the flower, adding shadows. It is important not to let the black paint, which is necessary to depict the anthers, merge with the rest of the colors of the tulip core. We draw the central veins, then the folds and creases on the petals. You need to draw half a petal at a time on damp paper to maintain the softness of the curves and avoid rough, heavy lines.
6. Paint the middle
Before using bright colors, you should apply some paler shades around the center to make sure they don't mix with the pinks, reds and purples. If the applied color is in the wrong place, it can no longer be removed, it will remain there. With permanent yellow, it will be easier to see where to start using pinks and reds.
7. Create a wet base
The remaining petals should be divided into two different sections: the central vein plus the first half; then the midrib plus the other half. The first layer is created by applying it to damp paper. To do this, the area to be painted must be blotted with clean water using a brush No. 8, before applying color - with a brush No. 2 or No. 5, depending on the size of the area to be painted.
8. Paint over the leaf and stem
The green color for the leaves and stem is a mixture of Buckthorn Green and Hyracridone Red. This is how a grayish, turquoise-green shade of milky texture appears, which is ideal for this particular tulip. The entire stage is created by applying it to wet paper. Some of the veins will be highlighted later with a dry brush to bring out their texture. When finishing drawing the stem, paint it with Lemon Yellow paint.
9. Finish the basic washing
This is drawing after the shadows and the first wash of the base. Most colors are washed with Permanent Rose and Hyracridone Red, which must be mixed thoroughly on paper. I also use Buckthorn Green on some of the petals. the main color around the center will be permanent yellow. At this stage it is very important not to overlap the colors so that they remain pure.
10. Mix without a palette
For the second wet wash, I prefer to mix the colors directly on the paper rather than on a palette. Again we process half of the petal at a time, moistening the paper and dripping unmixed colors along the contour of the object. The main color is permanent pink, additional colors are Hiracridone red and permanent yellow.
11. Use a dry brush
Now it's time to emphasize and highlight colors, patterns and shapes using a dry brush. The technique is usually used to highlight details and to highlight textures and shapes, so it is used in small areas. Our goal is not to cover up the beautiful and loose layers, but to balance them out and allow them to shine through some of the details.
12. Focus on the center
Completing the centerpiece of the flower will be the icing on the cake. For the stamen you should use a concentrated version of the shadow color applied with a dry brush to keep it dense and dark. Layer perylene purple over the shadow and blend the shadow to create a powdery, dark chestnut texture. Permanent red-violet is added along some of the veins to highlight them.
