Artistic Floral Watercolor: Connect with Nature
Adding the First Layer
A course by Inga Buividavice , Graphic Designer and Watercolor Artist
About the video: Adding the First Layer
Overview
“Now we will start our final project―a beautiful floral meadow. I will begin by painting the leaves, placing them at the bottom of our artwork.”
In this video lesson Inga Buividavice addresses the topic: Adding the First Layer, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artistic Floral Watercolor: Connect with Nature. Explore pigments and textures to create organic botanical compositions that capture the beauty of the natural world.
Partial transcription of the video
“From the previous lesson now everything is dried and I have couple of stains. I will use exactly same brushes as I did for warming up. I will start with leaves, placing them at the bottom. First color is gonna be my green. So the green is going to be my dark tone and I want to place my darks at the bottom as I did in the thumbnail sketch. I will start introducing some other colors into my greens. I'm also painting with a dirty brush, but it's already half colors I need. I'm using different values to create depth I know the colors that I'm going to use and I'm introducing them into my greens...”
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Course summary for: Artistic Floral Watercolor: Connect with Nature
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Category
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Areas
Botanical Illustration, Painting, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Inga Buividavice
A course by Inga Buividavice
Inga Buividavice is a Lithuanian graphic designer and watercolor artist based in Liverpool, England. Whilst studying for a master’s in graphic design at the Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts, she spent a semester in Paris at L’École Estienne where she discovered a passion for mixed media. She later explored her love of watercolors specifically while on maternity leave, taking part in a daily painting challenge on Instagram and documenting her journey.
Inga’s work quickly attracted attention and commissions thanks to her signature style that is designed to capture an emotional connection with the natural world. She now shares her designs with over 100K followers and sells them on Etsy in the form of phone cases, postcards, and prints, alongside her job as a full-time graphic designer.
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