Botanical Painting with Acrylic
Painting the first leaves
A course by Lucila Dominguez , Painter, Illustrator, and Muralist
About the video: Painting the first leaves
Overview
“We will begin to paint the largest leaves that are behind in our composition. ”
In this video lesson Lucila Dominguez addresses the topic: Painting the first leaves, 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 are going to paint the first leaves. I moved a little bit and I made some texture to the base with a dry brush, as we saw at the beginning, and a very subtle color variant of the background. Let's prepare the color of the first leaves. We are going to paint these large monsteras with a tone very similar to the one in the background, so that the difference is very subtle and they are well stuck back. Then I'm going to take the celestial one that I have for the background, and I'm going to modulate a bit with other tones. To darken it a bit, I'm going to add a little bit of ...”
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Course summary for: Botanical Painting with Acrylic
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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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