Easy Lilac Painting!

Hi everyone!!

I have another painting tutorial to share with you!!

Today, we will be painting lilacs!

It’s a pretty simple painting, so let’s get started!

Supplies:

• Canvas
• Acrylic Paint
• Paint brushes (filbert, detail brush, and scruffy brush)
• Pencil

Marta Stewart Crafts Acrylic Paint

• Hydrangea Purple
• Heliotrope
• Pesto
• Scottish Highlands

Folk Art Acrylic Paint

• Purple

The first step is to paint your canvas.  My canvas was prepainted, so I didn’t bother painting the background.

These canvases came from Michaels.  If you can work with the colors then these are great!! They save quite a bit of time!

Take your pencil and draw the general shape of your lilacs and stems.  It’s okay if the shapes are wonky!! You’ll be painting over them in the next step!

Paint the stems and leaves with the detail brush.

I used both green paints to add a bit of definition to the leaves.

Using the scruffy brush, dab the darkest purple paint onto the flowers.

Don’t glop on the paint, but a little texture is good!

Once you’ve finished the base coat, it’s time to paint the actual flowers.

We will be using the five-petal flower from my hydrangea and pink bouquet tutorials.

Using a filbert brush, paint five little petals in a circle.

If it helps, you can think of the flower as a little man.  He has a head, two arms, and two legs.

Using both the light and medium purple paint, add little flowers all over the dark purple base.

Overlap the flowers and let the colors mix to add dimension!

To dot or not to dot?! It’s up to you!

Once all the flowers have been added, you decide if you’d like to paint their centers.

I skipped dotting the centers, because I like how my flowers look with out the dots!

I chose to add a third leaf to the right side of my bouquet.

I have a real problem with symmetry and couldn’t handle three leaves on one side and only two on the other!!

Once your bouquet is symmetrical (or not!!), the painting is complete!!

I really wanted to add a bow around the stems but mine were too far apart!!  I will try and add one next time though!!

Happy crafting!!