Negative Watercolor Painting for Botanical Illustration
Painting the background
A course by Cristina Cilloniz , Botanical Illustrator
Joined November 2017
Joined November 2017
About the video: Painting the background
Overview
“In this lesson we will work the first layers of watercolor for our illustration. Here we will start painting the background to achieve, little by little, the depth effects that characterize this technique. ”
In this video lesson Cristina Cilloniz addresses the topic: Painting the background, which is part of the Domestika online course: Negative Watercolor Painting for Botanical Illustration. Learn how to paint botanical pieces that are full of life with a technique ideal for creating depth effects.
Partial transcription of the video
“Painting the background We're going to start painting the first layer of watercolor. I always recommend that you give yourself some time to combine your colors. I have already chosen my palette based on what we saw on the mood board. The paper that I have chosen for this project is one that I showed you at the start, Hahnemühle 425 grams. It's super thick. It's not necessary to stick it down because of its weight. So, in this case, I'm not going to stick it to the base. I'm going to start painting. The first layer is the background, leaving the lavenders free. As the lavenders are my foregr...”
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Course summary for: Negative Watercolor Painting for Botanical Illustration
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Botanical Illustration, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Cristina Cilloniz
A course by Cristina Cilloniz
For Cristina Cilloniz, watercolor was a source of creativity and growth at a crucial moment in her life. An architect by profession and passionate about nature, she decided to change the trajectory of her life in 2016, when she began to dedicate herself exclusively to botanical watercolor illustration and turned it into a tool to explore, heal and share.
He has collaborated with renowned brands such as L'Occitane, Patagonia and Faber-Castell in different formats: stationery products, wallpapers, fabrics and wood.
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