Christmas Peony Flowers In Procreate - Episode 17
video - Episode 17
In this episode, I am illustrating Christmas Peony flowers in Procreate.
As I started illustrating the flower, the design got too detailed for what I was planning, and I decided to redo the illustration and simplify the details of the Christmas flower.
It is okay to change what you create and adjust as you go.
For this design, I created a single Christmas peony flower and recolored and resized it to create the finished design. So, I only made one detailed flower and modified it to look different. I only sometimes do this because I usually like to have several variations, but for this design, it worked and helped save time in the process.
Creating Christmas Holiday Peony Flowers In Procreate
I also incorporated some filler elements like hypericum berries, western red cedar, and other filler and background greenery elements to round out the design.
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Christmas Peony Holiday Flowers In Procreate Transcript:
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I am Denise Palmer and I am an illustrator,
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artist and surface pattern designer working out of my studio close to the
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Gulf of Mexico where water adventures and botanical plants surround my
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everyday life.
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Welcome to these video chats where I talk about some of the techniques I've used
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to create my artwork and chat about all things illustration, art, and design.
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Welcome to this episode,
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and today we are talking all about Christmas florals.
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Florals are a favorite subject of mine as they are an essential subject to have
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in your portfolio. They can be used for various products,
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occasions, and events that bring meaning and joy to our everyday lives.
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Since it is the holidays,
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I decided to share more about Christmas flowers,
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and this artwork is from a collection of Christmas designs in my portfolio and
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are based on the idea of a sugar plum forest.
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To round out the collection,
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I wanted to have a bright and bold floral design in the collection,
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and these are the flowers that make up the design,
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which I will share at the end of this video,
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so do stay tuned for that to see the finished artwork.
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Okay, so this Peony is starting to get very detailed in my Procreate
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canvas, and it was it was taking on kind of a realistic look,
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which looked great,
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but it was starting to get too detailed for me for this particular design,
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so I decided to go back and simplify the artwork,
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and I like the more simplified version best.
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Before we get too far into this episode,
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if you want to start drawing plants and procreate,
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I have a free beginner mini course all about illustrating leaves,
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which you can find at the link below this video.
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Leaves are the foundation for creating plants and progressing to
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florals,
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so it is a great starting point and a fun way to get to know Procreate.
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In addition to the main focus flower, the peony,
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I created some filler floral elements, and these are hypericum berries.
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Berries are a great filler element because they are interesting and a different
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shape than the flowers, so they create a texture contrast with the flowers.
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For the berries,
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I like to create a cluster and then a single berry that I can move around.
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To also emphasize the holiday feel. To this design,
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I used a filler greenery that is a traditional holiday green called
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western red cedar.
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This plant has little bits and pieces that come off a main
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stem and really adds a textural kind of detail to it
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that has a traditional holiday look.
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I ended up recoloring this and making it a little bit darker.
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Here are the finished florals grouped together with some other background
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greenery and singular leaf elements to round out the artwork.
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This is the same peony flower I created in Procreate,
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and I edited the colors to make it different by adjusting the colors and scaling
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the florals differently so they look a little different in the overall design.
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This is an easy trick to not have to illustrate multiples of the same detailed
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flower if you want to reuse it, instead of creating a new version,
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which is what I did here, and it works for this design.
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I don't always do this because I usually like to create more than one version,
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but for this one it worked.
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Here's the finished design in a repeat pattern with all of the elements.
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This design would work great for products like gift wrap, gift bags,
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and fabrics.
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I will be sharing more process videos just like this one,
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so be sure to subscribe. Thank you for watching!
