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10 Artists and Designers to Draw Inspiration From for Your Botanical Watercolors
Artist and illustrator Luli Reis shares the artists who inspire her botanical watercolors
Exploring the textures, contrasts, colors, and shapes present in nature can be an infinite source of inspiration.
This almost infinite universe is where the visual artist and illustrator Luli Reis (@lulireis) finds references for her expressive watercolor compositions, illustrations full of color, and movements that can only be found in nature.
To inspire your next creations, Luli shares ten artists and designers who influence her work and share the love and admiration she feels for botanical life. Check out their work!
Angela Mckay
Angela is an illustrator and pattern designer who lives in Brooklyn, New York. She creates beautiful and complex illustrations full of elements that complement each other, resulting in a balanced final work that is always connected to nature.
Anna Mason
Anna was one of the first artists Luli Reis met in the field of botanical watercolor. Her work dazzles with its extraordinary realism.
Of course, her inspiration is born from nature, from sunlight, and from the infinite colors she finds.
Billy Showell
Billy is one of the most famous botanical art illustrators globally and has had a big impact on Luli. Although her training is in fashion, she decided to follow his passion for painting and illustration.
Her work is impressive, with unusual and fluid compositions. Besides, she is the president of England's Society of Botanical Artists.
Irene Meniconi
Irene Meniconi, born in Florence, has always seen nature as an element of inspiration for her artistic endeavors. She makes outstanding illustrations with bold strokes and fluid colors.
She has worked with publishers and interior design studios. She has also dabbled in fashion or food and wine. A reference in many fields!
Isabel Mischka
Extraordinarily detailed and skillful with the brush, Luli is a great admirer of Isabel's fruit watercolors. Her paintings range from expressive contemporary art to scientific illustrations, always featuring intense colors and a high detail level.
Isabel also likes to illustrate common plants to highlight the beauty that we sometimes take for granted.
Isabela Quintes
Isabela (@isabelaquintes) is a self-taught Brazilian artist who managed to turn her love for illustration into a profession. Today, she sells her works and collaborates with different brands. Her style revolves around beautiful minimalist botanical illustrations that always manage to surprise.
She also teaches how to create patterns from watercolor illustrations and apply them to print any object in the Domestika course Botanical Watercolor for Patterns.
Jenna Rainey
Jenna, illustrator, designer, and author of many books about watercolor, makes beautiful illustrations. She also has a YouTube channel where she talks about watercolor and all its nuances.
Jenny K (Living Pattern)
Jenny draws her illustrations using color blocks that portray the beauty and simplicity of the natural world. Luli likes the way she creates patterns with stamps and simple shapes.
She has also worked on projects for major brands, such as Adidas, Urban Outfitters, and Refinery29.
Karolina York
This print studio works with patterns based on paintings and handmade designs, each more surprising than the other.
The patterns range from classic designs to feminine florals or bohemian prints.
Louise De Masi
Louise has mastered how to apply water to create beautiful textures. This is the key feature of her work, where she shows her keen eye for the minor details of flowers and plants.
Without a doubt, she is an excellent reference when it comes to combining colors and shadows to give volume to a watercolor illustration.
Do you like these illustrators? If you want to learn how to create a botanical plate from the shapes, colors, and textures of plants with Luli Reis, check out the Domestika course Botanical Watercolor: Illustrate the Anatomy of Flowers.
English version by @angeljimenez
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3 comments
florgal_carmen
Billy Showell is a woman, not a man!!!
laura_muriel
@florgal_carmen you're right! Thanks for sharing the mistake. It's fixed now.
rodlovell
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