Botanical Painting with Acrylic
Composition
A course by Lucila Dominguez , Painter, Illustrator, and Muralist
About the video: Composition
Overview
“In this lesson I will make the composition of my work by drawing 2 types of leaves and a main flower. Then we will see the framing of our composition and how to transfer it to our final support. ”
In this video lesson Lucila Dominguez addresses the topic: Composition, 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
“Now we will work on the composition of the botanical illustration. The idea is that they choose a main flower, a secondary leaf, and other elements that they are interested in portraying. First let's compose on a paper here on the table and then I'll explain how to transfer to a large scale paper, and later we'll paint it. First I will show some references that I brought so that we have them at hand. Not only are we inspired, but we can carefully observe the elements with which we will work. I chose an astromelia, a flower that we already saw, and I love it because of its colors, its shape,...”
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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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