Sketchbook Brushstroke Daisies Are So Much Fun!

Summer is a great time to start a sketchbook, and fill it up! The more you create in a sketchbook the more you’ll want to create in a sketchbook, promise! A year ago I dedicated days on end to sketchbook drawing and later painting, and it was only through that process that I learned that I can make mistakes in my sketchbook and it is okay! During that time I also learned how to cover mistakes that bother me, and today, I have progressed to even leaving unsuccessful pages as is! And friends, my sketchbook is a regular drawing sketchbook, nothing fancy and not made for painting, and yet it works just fine with acrylic paint, and even a composition notebook with lined pages can be used as a simple sketchbook. The main thing is to start a sketchbook, with whatever you have and start the journey! If you feel like painting, so you can try painted circles with flower doodles seen here, or you can try these layered brushstroke daisies, though it does take practice. Okay, lets take a closer look and think about some helpful tips!

You’ll Need:

• acrylic paint
• any brush works for this, I used a pointed watercolor brush

How To:

1. Practice painting flowers in various sizes where in each petal is simply one brush stroke. You may need to rotate the paper to get results that you are happy with, or learn to paint the petals by twisting your wrist/arm to orient the paint brush in the right way such that all the petals are painted with the same brush stroke.
2. Paint your background several shades of one color, or several colors that are close to one another, like blue and green, red and pink, yellow and orange etc.
3. Paint white flowers on either the first layer or the last layer, here I painted the white flowers on the first layer.
4. Next paint flowers in another color, here it was mustard/creme.
5. Go over some of the white flowers in pink, or if pink (for example) shows up on the background paint some pink flowers.
6. On the very last layer paint the darkest or lightest color, in this case blue.
7. Add centers to your flowers and voila!
8. I have tried this for years and this is the second time that I loved the results, so don’t be hard on yourself, it looks simple but may take practice.