Learn to Draw!

Our Basic Drawing course is up and running and ready for enrolments!

 Learn HOW to draw in a hands-on course that teaches you the fundamentals of drawing and painting, including tone (light and dark), stroke, form, drawing materials, perspective and how to analyse your subject matter. This course has hands-on exercises, in order to train you to be your own artist, in addition to videos and written materials which will build up your skills slowly and progressively.

Check it out at Blueberry Beetle Courses.

We're Online!!

Yes, today we are up and running and offering Basic Drawing and the first of our Mini-courses! Let me teach you HOW to draw!!

https://www.blueberrybeetle.com/

Latest Video for People Who Say They Can't Draw! Fairy (Magic) Mushrooms!

I hear this from a lot people - that they can't draw a stick figure! Well, here is a cute and fun drawing lesson that involves 0% drawing! (Only tracing around objects!) #drawinghack

This video lesson is not only fun, but it will also teach you about drawing! And who doesn't love fairy (magic) mushrooms!

Just follow this link!
 https://youtu.be/kSnXZ-3_IG4

More Mini-Lessons

So here's a sample of the other mini-lessons available! Coming soon (really, I promise!)

How to Draw a Fairy Mushroom House

This is a cute video on how to to draw a fairy mushroom house with windows and an ornamental door. Great for kids and those who believe in a little magic at the bottom of the garden..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcg2mgc9BcM&t=327s

Tips for Drawing Great Flowers

       1.   Think About Composition

I’m a big fan of drawing flowers as you find them when there’s something that just strikes you. However, before you invest too much time in the drawing or painting, look at your flowers from a few different angles to make sure you have the best one. 

With arranged flowers, thinks about which flowers you want to stand out. These will be your focal points. Try and balance these out so they are not all in the same place (more of this soon in Composition).

       2. Draw the Big Shapes, Not the Small Details

Always try and reduce the complexity of your subject matter – it makes it much easier to draw and is less overwhelming.

  3. Let Negative Space Define the Details

Once you have the big shapes, use negative space (the shape around the object) to cut out the details. This will help ensure you draw what you really see and again, reduces complexity.

You will build up the positive spaces naturally as you go. For more information on Negative Space and Positive Space, keep an eye out for a Negative Space lesson coming up on Blueberry Beetle.

4. Always Extend from the Base

You want your flowers to feel elongated and delicately extended, not clumpy or squashed. Make sure you leave plenty of room for stems.

 Much of this will come from your original composition.

Once you have your outline right, then you can more on to more details or to painting.

       5. Keep Your Colours Fresh

 Avoid  using black to darken your flowers - this just makes everything seem grey! Try using supplementary and complementary colours, or similar secondary and tertiary mixes instead to keep eye-popping colours (more of this in our colour workshops!).

Sometimes adding fresh colour towards the end of the work is enough to freshen everything up.

If you found this helpful, please favourite this page – there are more step-by-step tutorials on drawing flowers coming soon at Blueberry Beetle.