Botanical Painting with Acrylic
Palettes
A course by Lucila Dominguez , Painter, Illustrator, and Muralist
About the video: Palettes
Overview
“When we begin to paint observing a model, we usually want to imitate the colors we are seeing. If we practice it often, it will be a wonderful exercise that will train us to discover how colors are made. Then, after much experimentation, to make our own color palettes. In this lesson I will teach you to match the colors you are observing with paint. ”
In this video lesson Lucila Dominguez addresses the topic: Palettes, which is part of the Domestika online course: Botanical Painting with Acrylic. Learn to create an illustrated composition of plants and flowers.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson we will see color palettes. Many times when we start painting we do not know what colors to choose. Then I'm going to teach you a very funny trick where you will learn to match the colors of nature and put together a palette around that. For this exercise I chose this plant, is a tricolor calathea or Triostar. I like it because it is not the typical green color of the leaves, that we find anywhere. Notice that it's a very desaturated green. also has a lot of presence of fuchsia, red, magenta. It is a very pretty and very exotic plant, and it is a palette that is found in my w...”
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Course summary for: Botanical Painting with Acrylic
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Category
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Areas
Acrylic Painting, Botanical Illustration, Fine Arts, Painting, Traditional illustration
Lucila Dominguez
A course by Lucila Dominguez
Lucila Domínguez is a painter, illustrator, and muralist specializing in botanical motifs. She finds inspiration in nature, especially in plants. During her frequent travels, she collects ideas that she can later apply to her compositions, resulting in unique mixtures of flora from around the world.
She studied fine arts and has worked with different visual artists and art directors to develop sets for film and advertisements. Lucila later specialized in large-format pieces, and murals have become her medium of choice for bringing her botanical compositions to life.
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