Illustrating Nature with Watercolor and Pen
Getting Comfortable with Your Brush and Water
A course by Katie Putt , Watercolor Artist and Illustrator
About the video: Getting Comfortable with Your Brush and Water
Overview
“Using a brush for the first time can be daunting. Even if you have used other types of paint before, applying watercolour is slightly different. In this lesson, I will show you how to use your brushes comfortably and confidently.”
In this video lesson Katie Putt addresses the topic: Getting Comfortable with Your Brush and Water , 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
“ Getting Comfortable with Your Brush and Water Using a brush for the first time can be daunting. Even if you've used other types of paint before, applying watercolour can be slightly different. In this lesson, I'll show how to use brushes comfortably and confidently. I will start with the fact that there is no white colour in watercolour. Your white, when you're using watercolours is either your paper or water. You have to think about things in reverse. Rather than adding on layers of colour and then adding a highlight of white at the end, make sure anything you want lighter is left expose...”
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Course summary for: Illustrating Nature with Watercolor and Pen
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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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