Botanical Watercolor: Illustrate the Anatomy of Flowers

Overview

“Now that you know the materials, I will present some basic techniques that we use in watercolor painting! The important thing is to lose your fear of water and let your creativity flow! The watercolor is very free, and we are often unable to have full control over it. But we can take advantage of this feature and see how much more interesting our works become. I emphasize that the key to mastering watercolor is practice, and the best way to learn is to try again and repeat the exercises.”

In this video lesson Luli Reis addresses the topic: Basic watercolor techniques, which is part of the Domestika online course: Botanical Watercolor: Illustrate the Anatomy of Flowers. Learn how to create a botanical plate with the shapes, colors, and textures of plants.

Partial transcription of the video

“Basic Watercolor Painting Techniques Now that you know the materials, I'll show you some basic watercolor painting techniques, starting from the best way to hold your brush. We hold it like this, as if it were a pencil. That gives you more control over your stroke. Both tube paint and the ones in pads need to be activated using water. We wet the brush well and we activate the paint with circular movements. Remember that the more water you add to the paint, the more transparent it will be. I'll do a little exercise to show you. Now that I have my color, I'll paint a rectangle with very conce...”

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Course summary for: Botanical Watercolor: Illustrate the Anatomy of Flowers

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (464)
• 11400 students
• 4 units
• 15 lessons (2h 10m)
• 9 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Botanical Illustration, Drawing, Fine Arts, Painting, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting