BIG, BEAUTIFUL BLOOMS
$89.00
- Course is Open
- Self-Study
- Instructor: Nikol Wikman
- 5+ Hours of Instruction
- Lifetime Access/Downloadable Content
- Private Facebook Group
- #nikolwikman
- Course Price – $89
Description
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CREATE BEAUTIFUL LARGE-SCALE PAINTINGS CREATED JUST FOR YOUR HOME, STUDIO OR OFFICE SPACE?
Painting gorgeous flowers to fit your décor is easier than you think! Tackling a large canvas may feel intimidating, but really, it is just more room to play! In Big, Beautiful Blooms, Nikol Wikman will share her easygoing approach for creating big, beautiful florals, with acrylics on canvas. Nikol begins the class with a wonderful warm up exercise, where you will learn a bit about how to choose a color palette. She will share with you some of her favorite colours and tools to use when she creates her large, canvas art! Watch as she experiments with mark making ideas, that will later be used on other paintings! This course offers five more lessons. Each one will be painted on a large canvas using the techniques we explored in the warmup. By the end of the course you will have the knowledge and confidence to paint big, beautiful florals that will make a statement!
COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of this course students will have an understanding of the following concepts:
- Fearlessly approach a large canvas
- Use a roller and large brushes to paint loose abstract style flowers
- Create large textured flowers using a trowel or palette knife.
- Explore painting in layers, knowing when to paint wet in wet and when to stop and let things dry.
- Plan a painting using home décor for inspiration
- Use intuition and keep things light, loose and fun!
COURSE IS OPEN!
Lifetime Access - Download All Content
Prerecorded - Work at Your Own Pace
Cost - $89
DESCRIPTION OF LESSONS
WARM UP LESSONS
In our FIRST warm up we will warm up by exploring a variety of colours and mark making techniques. We begin without a plan, playing and marking up the canvas. Not only will we explore with painting in layers, but we will also experiment with different mediums! We will continue to add layers to bring it all together, finishing with a large colourful bouquet in a vase!
LESSONS 1-2
In our very first lesson, we will begin by looking at a photo of a room for inspiration. I will share the things I look for to gather ideas when conceptualizing art for a space. We will then use the inspiration to paint a large 30x40” floral that will “fit” into our inspiration room. This lesson is really going to teach you how to look at your personal space, and create a painting specifically for that room! You will learn how to pick out accent colors to create something that is sure to make your guests say, "Wow!". This will also be content that you can use in future lessons and artwork!
In the second lesson, we will paint in beautiful shades of blue. Incorporating some of the techniques from our warmup, we will use different sized brushes to create a loose abstract style florals on a tall narrow canvas. Learn to create values and interest while sticking to a limited palette.
LESSONS 3-4
Lesson 3, Light up the Night, is all about drama! We will paint a large 30x40” canvas, beginning by painting a base layer in beautiful deep dark shades of blue. Next, we will add greenery and use a fun unconventional tool to create gorgeous extra large blooms with lots of texture.
We will paint another 40x30” canvas in Lesson 4, Blossoming Together. This time we will turn it and paint a vertical composition. We will paint extra large flowers in layers using brushes and a large trowel to create dimension in the petals.
FINAL LESSON
In our final lesson, we will paint a 30x40” canvas using warm yellows greens and neutrals. We will use a roller to paint our base layer, then large brushes to create big loose abstract flowers. During this lesson it is time for you to explore all of the different mark making and painting tips we have learned! Be creative! Choose colors that fit the space you are creating for! Keep thing loose and light, as always!
BONUS MATERIAL
On top of having six beautiful lessons on painting big, beautiful floral paintings for your home, Nikol will also share with you some really important pointers! She will be walking you through the process of choosing palettes for your home, and different photographs that will share how a painting might look in the home. Nikol will also be sharing with you how to install hanging hardware so that your paintings will hang securely on the walls of your home! Get ready to create beautiful art for your walls that will have all of your guests asking where you purchased your home decor!
COURSE IS OPEN!
Lifetime Access - Download All Content
Prerecorded - Work at Your Own Pace
Cost - $89
MEET NIKOL WIKMAN - ARTIST/INSTRUCTOR
My name is Nikol Wikman I live in Victoria, BC Canada with my husband and two children. I have been an artist for as long as I can remember. I loved art class in school and spent hours upon hours sketching. As I grew up I experimented with different creative avenues. I tried sewing, sculpting, took a stained glass course, beaded, made jewelry. Anything to feed the creative yearning in my soul. In my 20's I decided to try painting again (which I hadn't done since high school). I painted simple pieces for my apartment and loved it! It was so fun to grab a canvas, throw some paint on it and have my own unique piece of art! For a few years I painted here and there but nothing too serious. After my son was born I was struggling a little bit, lonely as a new mom. I decided to make a point of painting (almost) daily. It was one of the best decisions I ever made! In the studio(aka my dining room) I felt like I found myself again! I loved it so much I couldn't stop.
The process of playing with pure liquid colour does something to my heart that nothing else does. I never get bored of it. When I paint I feel joyful and free!
Eight years later I have painted hundreds(maybe even thousands!) of paintings. I have been able to connect and share my love of art with like minded souls from around the world. I've sent paintings to far off places I'll probably never get to visit myself! I feel so lucky and am grateful everyday for what art has brought into my life.
PRIVATE GROUP JUST FOR YOU!
This course will have a private Facebook group just for you! I will be actively involved with the class via Facebook during the four weeks that the course is open! I am really excited about working through these exercises with each of you!
COURSE SUPPLIES
Below is a list of the supplies that I will be using for the projects in this course. However, you are always encouraged to use what you have on hand.
Supply List
- Canvases I use a 30x24” 24x18” and 30x40”
- Sponge Roller
- Paintbrushes
- 1.5” Filbert brush
- ½” Filbert brush
- Extra Large Round Brush
- Small round brush
- Sponge
- Spray bottle
- Charcoal/black soft pastel
- Pencil
- Paper Towel
- Lyra Water Soluble Graphite Crayon
- Trowels (from the hardware store)
- Large palette knife
- Fluid Acrylic Paints
- Quinacridone Magenta
- Quinacridone Gold
- Raw Umber,
- Cadmium Yellow Medium Hue
- Phthalo Turquoise
- Phthalo Blue
- Paynes gray
- Napthol red
- Heavy Body Acrylic Paints
- Titanium white
- Unbleached Titanium
- Turquoise Green (aqua)
- Neon Pink (optional used in warm up only)
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON ACCESSING CLASSES AND SELLING WORK CREATED IN THIS COURSE:
**Upon purchasing your course, you will be asked to create an account and go through the purchase process (even if the cost is $0 for a free course). If you have already created an account, after purchase your course will IMMEDIATELY be available under “LOGIN” at the top right-hand of karabullockart.com.
**If your course does not show up, please email us at karabullockart@gmail.com
**Due to the nature of the immediate availability of the course, all purchases are nonrefundable.
**Please talk to the artist of the course about his/her policy on selling artwork created in this course prior to selling any works created during course. Some artists will allow it, while others do not. Thank you for your support.
Fran Cooper (verified owner) –
Nikol removes painting anxiety and helps you create beautiful works with a free and easy style. She breaks down each piece step by step, even showing you how she mixes the colors, the size strokes to make and the drips to include or erase. Enjoyable. Using her tutorial, I finished 4 very large canvases in a few days…things that normally would have taken me months to complete.