A rose drawing and painting demo from my easel.

Well, here we are again. What I want to show you here in this rose drawing and painting demo is that though your drawing skills may not be the best, this technique will quickly get you past this stage and into the painting stage fairly quickly. You don't need a computer either.

If you've read through this and want to jump ahead, here are your links!

To the dead layer demo of this rose.

To the color and finishing layer of this rose!

We start with our layout. I wanted a single rose in a glass for a small 8 x 10 picture.



I didn't care for the original setup. I couldn't see the rose as well as I wanted, so I'm going to use a photo of the rose that is rolled forward abit more.



As you can see, any photo will work. In this case, I photocopied the original image, and cut out just what I wanted (the rose tilted forward)



Here I've laid them on the canvas board to see how it will fit.



I've taped the pictures to a piece of carbon paper with masking (quick release) tape and also taped the carbon paper to the board so nothing will shift while I trace.



This is a calligraphy pen that is dry. It has a rounded tip. You can use an old ball point ink pen also.



From here, we have the initial drawing.



And touching up the pencil drawing, this is the completed pencil drawing.



Followed up with the ink drawing done with waterproof ink and a calligraphy pen.



Stayed tuned for the color layers! Right now, I'm trying to decide whether to go with the red, or change things up a bit. The red just isn't exciting me for this rose.

I do now have the link to the dead layer of this small rose. Click here to see the Rose drawing and dead layer oil painting demonstration. Part 2

Back to "On the Easel" and away from this rose drawing demo.

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