Illustrating Nature with Watercolor and Pen
Adding Base Watercolour Washes
A course by Katie Putt , Watercolor Artist and Illustrator
About the video: Adding Base Watercolour Washes
Overview
“In this lesson, I will model how to create the foundation over which we will paint. ”
In this video lesson Katie Putt addresses the topic: Adding Base Watercolour Washes, 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
“ Adding Base Watercolour Washes Today, we'll create the foundation we'll work from whilst painting. To start with these base washes, I will use a larger brush. Not as big as what we previously used. It's a slightly smaller one, size 3. This will be the largest brush we'll use from here. We want it to be quite big to get a good amount of coverage in fewer brush strokes. This is adding all of the tonal changes. We will highlight all the shades very subtly. It will be quite smooth and almost unnoticeable once we start adding more colour. Some artists like to start with a wash of navy blue und...”
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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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