Ornamental art courses
Learn ornamental art with Anjali Singh: acanthus leaves, scrolls, rosettes and borders, plus floral design and drawing foundations, through self-paced courses and recorded workshops in pen and ink and watercolour.
Full pages: How to draw acanthus leaves, and every acanthus course · How to draw C scrolls and S scrolls, and the courses
25 courses
Pen and Ink Drawing for Beginners: Full Course
Flowers in Ornamental Art
Acanthus Design Course: Leaves, Lobes and Curves
Decorative Border Design Course: Corners and Repeats
Detailed Flower Shading: Pen Techniques
How to Draw an Acanthus Leaf: Beginner Course
Basics of Drawing
Cartouche Design Course: Draw an Ornamental Frame
Watercolour Ornamental Border
NewAcanthus in Motion
How to Draw a C Scroll: Scrollwork Course
Watercolour Acanthus Motif
Linework Mastery: Bringing depth to Ornamental Art
Connecting Scrolls: Flow & Rhythm
How to Draw an S Scroll: Scrollwork Course
Floral Rosette in Ornamental Art
Shading Acanthus: Fundamentals
Refining Acanthus: Edges, Cuts & Character
Acanthus Rosette in Ornamental Art
NewLayering Acanthus
Colouring Acanthus: Fundamentals
Advanced Acanthus Scrollwork and Composition
NewHow to Draw Scroll Connectors: Knots and Ties
Watercolour Lily Flower
NewIntegrating Elements in Ornamental Art
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Acanthus courses
The acanthus leaf is the backbone of classical ornament. Build it from the spine up, then refine the edges, cuts and shading that give it character.
How to draw acanthus leaves, and every acanthus courseScrolls courses
C scrolls, S scrolls and the flow between them: the curves that carry every ornamental composition.
How to draw C scrolls and S scrolls, and the coursesRosettes & borders courses
Complete ornamental compositions: radial rosettes, repeating borders and framed cartouches, built on grids and symmetry.
Ornamental composition courses
Bringing the motifs together: the structure, movement and relationships that make flowers, leaves, scrolls and acanthus read as one design rather than a collection of separate drawings.
Floral courses
Flowers as ornament: floral motifs for ornamental design, and detailed pen shading that gives petals light and depth.
Watercolour courses
Bring ornament into colour with transparent layered washes, from a single motif to a full painted border.
Foundations courses
New to this? Start here. Drawing fundamentals, pen and ink technique, and the line control everything else is built on.