Learn to draw beautiful flowers, even the difficult ones! And master using them to create gorgeous designs.

In this course you’ll learn how to tackle complex floral elements with ease. Become proficient at breaking down botanical components into easy shapes, helping you draw even the most complex flowers.

This is a two-part class packed full of tips and advice.

Part One: We’ll start with sketching the basics, then move onto more complex flowers where I’ll show you various ways to approach tricky elements and angles. You’ll learn techniques to help you tackle any flower!

Part Two: The second half of the course is all about turning your lovely sketches into beautiful arrangements and designs. We’ll hop over to Adobe Illustrator and have fun vectorizing our drawings, create a few whimsical bouquets and finally use the flowers in various design projects.

Included in this set:

• Find basic shapes in complex elements
• Tackle weird angles when drawing from reference
• Approach intricate floral centres
• Vectorise your sketches
• Create lovely arrangements in Adobe Illustrator
• Work neatly in layers – a habit that’ll serve you well for years to come!
• Repurpose your drawings in fun design projects

• A free botanical sketching brush for Procreate – the same brush I use in class
• An Adobe Illustrator colour swatch file of three different palettes you can use in your designs

• 1. Learn to identify and sketch basic botanical shapes
• 2. Finding the centre – tackle tricky angles and shapes with ease
• 3. Drawing beautiful floral centres
• 4. How to draw from real-life flowers
• 5. Draw from memory and create whimsical results
• 6. Draw a quick Washi Tape and Ribbon to use later in our designs

• 7. Scanning – learn which settings are ideal for great results
• 8. Vectorising your artwork in Adobe Illustrator
• 9. Cleaning up your artwork, tips and techniques
• 10. Create a lovely simple art print
• 11. How to arrange your flowers into a beautiful bouquet
• 12. Using your flowers: Design a “Thank You” note
• 13. Repurpose your drawings: Create stunning layouts
• Final thoughts PDF (included in the Bonus Assets file)

The scanner I use is a Cannon CanoScan 9000F MarkII. The make and model of scanner isn’t all that important, just remember to scan at the highest resolution and at the largest size. The larger and sharper the image, the better the trace results in Adobe Illustrator.

It’s preferable to have a scanner that can scan at high resolution (300 – 1200 dpi) to retain all the details in your drawing but if you don’t have access to one, you can use your smart phone. Make sure you have good lighting and that your drawing is sharp and in focus. Use the highest resolution your smart phone has to offer.

If you are hoping to do more hand drawn artwork in the future, I highly recommend investing in a professional scanner, it will make all the difference to your end result.

Course Duration: 1 hours 55 mins

• Permanent Access – No time limit for undertaking the course
• Lessons available to stream from your Design Cuts account
• High Quality Video

Zipped File Size: 10.29 MB

File Types Included: AI, BRUSH

Software Compatibility: Adobe Illustrator CC 2014 (and higher), Procreate .