Botanical Illustration with Watercolors

Illustrating botanicals

“Congratulations! You have reached the end of the course. You already know the basics of watercolor illustration and how to use the materials, I hope you will practice a lot and master this technique. As a final project, we will use a plant or flower as a model to create an illustrated botanical composition. Once finished and digitized, we will work with it in Photoshop and use it as a graphic resource to design a set of stationery (notepad, day planner and notebook). Remember to share all your findings and experiments in the forum. I will be there watching your progress and answering any questions. See you soon!”

Partial transcription of the video

“Well. we have reached the end of this course. Now. let's summarize everything we've learned. I started by presenting the materials I usually work with and that we use to work in this course. We did some exercises to introduce the technique. we practiced volume and we did some exercises to represent textures. We also reviewed references to know the difference between scientific illustration and botanical art. From this. we chose two styles of illustration. one based on watercolor and another with graphite pencil. We made a comparison between these two illustrations so you can choose the one ...”

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Course summary for: Botanical Illustration with Watercolors

• Level: Beginner
• 96% positive reviews (4306)
• 155470 students
• 5 units
• 17 lessons (2h 32m)
• 9 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

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