Realistic Botanical Watercolor Drawing
Mapping of the salient features
A course by Nadia Leo , Graphic Artist, Calligrapher, and Illustrator
About the video: Mapping of the salient features
Overview
“Now that we have a final sketch, we need to transfer it to a new sheet of paper to better study light and volumes. This phase is very important because it will help us a lot when we go to color. Obviously, this is not a simple copying. In this way, we will better memorize the subject and fix its details and chiaroscuro on paper.”
In this video lesson Nadia Leo addresses the topic: Mapping of the salient features, which is part of the Domestika online course: Realistic Botanical Watercolor Drawing. Learn a drawing method based on curiosity and careful observation to create botanical watercolor illustrations.
Partial transcription of the video
“Mapping of the salient features In this lesson we will face another phase of our design. Well, now that we have, thanks to the previous sketch, the trace of our leaves, we can continue with the study. We will continue to observe our leaves and their peculiarities and we will be able to focus on the texture, on the grain, on the shades, even if we only go to draw with a pencil, however we can already define the light and dark ones. This step will help us to study our forms even better and they will all be data that will be precious to us when we go to color, because we will have already well...”
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Course summary for: Realistic Botanical Watercolor Drawing
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Areas
Botanical Illustration, Design, Fine Arts, Painting, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Nadia Leo
A course by Nadia Leo
Nadia Leo is a graphic artist, calligrapher, and illustrator. Curious and creative from an early age, she studied graphic design in high school and continued her education at an arts' lyceum to master both disciplines that would later define her career.
She spent many years creating graphic content for the advertising industry at a time when manual techniques like cut-outs, mock-ups, drawings, and collages were still the norm. As these traditional methods gave way to digital tools, Nadia wanted to explore the art of letters beyond the typography offered in classes and decided to dive into the world of calligraphy focusing on a more personal and artisan approach.
Thanks to this art form, she started to collaborate with fashion brands like Hermès and to create stationery for weddings and events. During lockdown in 2020, she rekindled her passion for drawing and discovered painting with watercolors, which opened a world of possibilities for illustrating plants and flowers. She currently shares her creations on Instagram and has designed her own collection of nature-inspired stationery items.
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