drawing Italian ruscus in procreate- episode 7
video - Episode 7
Holding an Italian Ruscus plant in your hand you can see the delicate leaves that make up this lovely plant. It is used in many flower arrangements and wedding bouquets because it makes a wonderful filler or background greenery.
In this video chat episode, I share how this plant started from a simple sketch and then turned into a plant illustration in Procreate using some of my favorite brushes.
Watch Drawing the Italian Ruscus Plant in Procreate
Procreate brushes used:
For creating the sketch, I used MaxU Dirty Bold Sharp Brush
For filling in color, I used my Monoline Brush (available here)
For line details, I used the Inka Brush (a standard Procreate brush you can find in the Inking library)
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Drawing Italian Ruscus in Procreate Transcript:
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You would like to learn more about the process I use for drawing plants in
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procreate.
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I have a free beginner mini course where I share how to create leaves,
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my tips for sketching plants, and my full list of favorite procreate brushes,
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plus a free download of a favorite brush I created and I use
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all the time, which is my monologue brush.
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It also includes color palettes and three step-by-step illustration lessons too.
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You can find that in the description.
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The real Italian Ruscus plant is a dark cream plant with lots of little
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to medium-sized,
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delicate leaves that cascade around and down the stems.
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It is a beautiful plant and it makes a great background or fill green.
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When used in floral illustration layouts, and even in real floral arrangements,
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you can find them in many different floral bouquets.
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As I'm sketching this plant,
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I'm working out where the leaves will go on the stem,
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and if they alternate or are opposite each other on the stem,
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I want to orient the leaves in a way that adds interest,
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so I'm varying the view of them because when you look at a stem from the side,
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you get different views.
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My favorite way to create leaves is to have a point on the end of the end of the
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leaf, and luckily for me,
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this plant does have pointed leaves and I'm filling in all of the leaf shapes
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with a dark green color. The background color of my canvas is off-white.
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As I change the background color,
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you can see that it softens the look of the leaves too.
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As I finish up the artwork and add a few line details to this plant,
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I will be sharing more process videos, so be sure to subscribe.
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Thank you for watching.
