Botanical Illustration with Watercolors

Overview

“According to the style that you have chosen, it will be the process that you will take with your illustration. It is essential that you begin to give color and volume to each element of the plant: petals, stem, leaf, etc.; so you can exercise your observational and conceptual skills. In this lesson, we will draw all the elements of the plant, as well as the entire plant in order to apply the color with watercolor. You can contribute the elements that define your style. Feel free to combine illustration styles and a range of colors, it's time to put your personal stamp on the illustration. ”

In this video lesson Paulina Maciel · Canela addresses the topic: Botanical composition, which is part of the Domestika online course: Botanical Illustration with Watercolors. Discover the techniques to create illustrated compositions with plants and flowers.

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson we'll draw the composition with the plant that we dissected. The process will be the same as we have done previously. On a white sheet you can start to draw and when you feel confident you can use greaseproof paper and then move onto the final sheet using a light box or a window with good light. I have the drawing I did in ink of my composition. Then I used the light box. This is the final drawing. I did the outline a bit darker so you can see it, but now I'll tone it down to start adding colour. It's important to apply the colour bases to the elements we have separated. We'l...”

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Course summary for: Botanical Illustration with Watercolors

• Level: Beginner
• 96% positive reviews (4286)
• 153689 students
• 5 units
• 17 lessons (2h 32m)
• 9 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

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