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- Hey everyone, It's Amanda.
Welcome back to my channel.
Today's video is going to be another one of my
video doodle tutorials
where I show you the back to basics of drawing something.
And today's specific something is lavender.
Now, if you haven't watched my May Plan With Me
and Bullet Journal setup that kind of goes along
with this video.
I'll be sure to link it in the cards
as well as in the description box below.
But, the theme for this month was lavender
which is why we're going to be doing that today.
And hopefully this will help you out
with all of your lavender floral doodles.
I actually do have a question
that hopefully you guys can help me out with.
Would you guys prefer that I only do
a mini mini doodle tutorial,
included in the Plan With Me video
so that it's all together,
or do you like these more in depth doodle tutorials
where I show you guys the step by step, the basics
and I also show you guys a bunch of different variations.
Let me know which ones you guys prefer.
Obviously if I were to include it in the plan with me,
it would be a lot more brief, just for time's sake
and it wouldn't be as detailed,
but you can let me know in the comments
which one you prefer.
Included in the Plan With Me or separate and more detailed.
I'm gonna stop blabbing, so grab a piece of paper and pencil
and let's get doodling.
I'm gonna start off by showing you
the various types of petal shapes
that you're gonna need to know in order to draw lavender,
or at least the type of lavender that I draw.
The first two are variations
on the simple tear dropped shape petal.
So what you're gonna need to do
is attach two of these tear drop shapes at the point,
kind of like a little heart shape,
but you can change it up depending on the direction
that these sprout out.
Another variation of this is adding one more in the center
so it almost is like a closed flower shape, more circular.
And then this one is, it's a bit more abstract,
but the petal shapes at the top end up looking flatter
and a bit more bumpy.
And then finally,
I have this one that kind of looks like a vase.
Again, very abstract, these ones are more loose,
you don't need to be very exact with it,
but these are pretty much all of the petal shapes
that I do when I am drawing lavender.
Here you'll see I'm kind of showing you guys
the different directions that the petals are going in
with these arrows.
I think these arrows really showcase
how each of these petal shapes differ a little bit
from each other.
Now that you know all the petal shapes,
it's time to put it all together.
There's a couple different ways you can do it.
With the very simple lavender, you can just stack
the simple tear dropped lavender shapes together,
whether that's closer together or farther apart.
You'll see I'm showing you an example here
of what it looks like when they're more spaced out
versus stacked all on top of each other.
Or you can do the one with the three pedal again,
stacked farther apart or closer together.
Or a bit of both, depending on what you like better.
But my personal favorite is when I mix
all five of them together.
I slowed it down so you can really see what I'm doing,
but you'll see I switch between the simple heart shaped,
tear drop shape petals from the flatter one,
a bit more abstract and I feel like this makes it look
a lot more floral,
because in real life florals aren't perfect,
they're not an exact pattern or a replica of each other,
so when you switch all of these ups,
it gives it a more natural sketch-like appearance.
So now I'm showing you the more in depth version.
The lavender shades that I'm using are the 620 and 603
Tombow dual brush pens
and I actually like to do the markers
before I do the fineliners just
because I don't want to smudge any of the fineliners.
And then I loosely stack and color in some
rough petal shapes on top of the line
and I'm not doing this in a sort of pattern or formula.
I kind of just imagine what the petals
I want to look like are and then I fill those in
with the color.
And then later, I'm gonna go in over top
with the fineliner, and doing the colored marker beforehand
also helps to keep the flowers looking more natural
and organic because there's no way
that any of them are gonna end up looking the same.
And I also just kind of follow the outline
of the marker sometimes.
It just depends, but you'll see I also throw
in a couple little oval shapes,
some extra lines to add a bit more movement.
To finish things off, I like to add a couple little leaves
at the bottom and shade them in
and my favorite thing to do is add these little circles
all around it.
It kind of represents pollen.
I think it just pulls everything together.
Oh and then I also finish it off
by adding a couple extra lines and ovals
just to make everything look a bit more detailed.
Here you'll see a sped up version of pretty much the exact
cover page that I did for my May Plan With Me
and you'll see that I did those exact same techniques,
starting off with the wavy lines.
I like to start off with a pencil
and then going in with the color whether that's paint
or colored pencils or markers.
For me, it's markers and I like to do
the rough loose petal shapes before I do the fineliner.
I also for this specific color page,
used two different shades of lavender
just because there was so much happening
that I thought that the difference of lavenders
would add a little bit of visual interest.
And then finally, finishing it off with outlining
the petal shapes,
again referring back to those five main petal shapes.
You'll see that pretty much all the petals that I do
kind of derive from that.
They might not be exact, but it's pretty much the exact same
and just making sure to keep the things loose
and switching things up a lot,
just so that it doesn't look as static as let's say,
using all of the same petal shapes.
And then finally my favorite part,
which is the finishing touches, so adding the leaves.
I don't do that many leaves because this particular design
is showcasing more of the tops of the lavender,
rather than the entire field,
so they're not as big or as frequent.
And then, of course, the little dots
that I like to call the fairy dust.
Love it.
I just can't get enough of them.
Okay, so that was the tutorial on how I drew lavender
for my May Bullet Journal Setup,
but I love showing you guys different options and versions
that you can play around with.
This particular one,
the petal shapes are all pretty much the same,
but I spaced them out a bit more, added larger leaves,
just to make it look a bit different.
This one is more of an abstract cartoony version.
I changed up the sizes of the tear drop shapes
and kind of alternated them a little bit.
You can also play around with adding different branches,
not just doing a single sprout of lavender.
Another thing that I love doing is a bouquet of lavender
so I start out with a bunch of different lines
and then I kind of just scribble a bunch of petals
really really fast at the top.
You don't need to be extremely exact for this one,
for this particular style of illustration.
I like it better when it looks a bit loose and sketchier.
This version is another interesting version
because there's actually no black out lines on the petals.
I'm only using the marker for the petals.
Oh yeah, just wanted to fill it in
to showcase the various versions of the lavender.
And then finally,
another thing you can play around with is watercolor.
I think the relaxing nature of lavender
kind of lends itself to watercolor
There's a lot of things you can play around with.
Pooling the watercolor so there's some darker spots.
You can either leave it un-outlined, like I've done there
or you can wait for it to dry and add the outlines.
I think that adds a nice cool field illustration vibe to it,
but pretty much the steps are the same as the previous
stuff that I told you.
But anyways, those are all of my
different versions of lavender.
All right, everyone so now you should all be well versed
in drawing lavender.
I can't wait to see what you all come up with.
If you haven't checked out the May Plan With Me
and Bullet Journal Setup that went along with this video,
I'm going to link it in the cards
as well as in the description box below
and if you're craving some more art, doodle,
Bullet Journal inspiration,
be sure to follow me on my Instagram
at AmandaRachdoodles.
We have a ton of fun over there.
We have weekly Sunday live streams.
I post a ton of pictures,
so make sure you go check that out
if you don't want to miss the fun.
But anyways, keep doodling and I will talk to you
in my next video.
Bye everyone.
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