Illustrating Nature with Watercolor and Pen
Sketching Shapes and Fineliner Techniques
A course by Katie Putt , Watercolor Artist and Illustrator
About the video: Sketching Shapes and Fineliner Techniques
Overview
“Next, let's get started with some sketching and pen skills. These will become the base for your watercolour paintings.”
In this video lesson Katie Putt addresses the topic: Sketching Shapes and Fineliner Techniques, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrating Nature with Watercolor and Pen. Experiment with color theory and painting techniques to depict the natural world with precision, subtlety, and beauty.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Sketching Shapes and Fineliner Techniques In this lesson, we'll get started with some sketching and pen skills, which will become the base of your watercolour paintings. I'll start with sketching some leaves from memory, but I've put some together in the Additional Resources so you have some reference images to look at. I'll begin with the vein of the leaf to get the right shape. I'll do a maple gum leaf, which is a five-fingered leaf shape. I'll draw the central spine first, and then I'll come off with four other fingers of the leaf. By doing the central vein first, I've got a frame for ...”
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Course summary for: Illustrating Nature with Watercolor and Pen
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Category
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Areas
Botanical Illustration, Drawing, Fine Arts, Painting, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Katie Putt
A course by Katie Putt
Katie is a self-taught watercolor artist and illustrator. Her love for watercolor began as a hobby, and she would take her art supplies on her travels. She soon found that her illustrations were more special to her than photographs, as they felt more like original postcards of an important moment in her life.
Her hobby began to blossom as she started painting more, working on commissions, and eventually editorial pieces for magazines and books. She went on to start her own business creating products with her illustrations, which led her to win the New Designer to Watch in 2019 and 2020. Alongside her business and commissions, she also teaches watercolor workshops.
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