Illustrating the Natural World with Watercolor and Charcoal
Painting White Daisies
A course by Sarah Stokes , Artist
About the video: Painting White Daisies
Overview
“In this lesson, you will learn how to paint white flowers using one of two methods. This process will begin by looking at the overall shape of the flower and drawing a freehand sketch. Then, I will demonstrate how to apply paint. ”
In this video lesson Sarah Stokes addresses the topic: Painting White Daisies , which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrating the Natural World with Watercolor and Charcoal. Learn to illustrate the beauty of nature through expressive brushstrokes and charcoal techniques to create a vibrant scene of a wild meadow.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, I'm going to teach you how to paint white flowers. Quite often, students worry about painting things that are white. And this goes for anything from animals, birds to flowers. When you look at white things or things that appear to be white, you will regularly see other colours in there, such as blues that reflect the sky, or perhaps even greens when they reflect the grass. And I'm going to demonstrate this with a picture of this large daisy over here. So when you look at this daisy and you look at the apparently white sections or petals around it. You can see there's actuall...”
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Course summary for: Illustrating the Natural World with Watercolor and Charcoal
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Naturalistic Illustration, Painting, Traditional illustration

Sarah Stokes
A course by Sarah Stokes
Sarah Stokes is a self-taught artist from the Midlands region in England, a place where she finds inspiration and creates work that is full of life. From a young age, Sarah has always been her happiest when painting and drawing, using her creativity to build a successful business career before deciding to return to what she loved most.
She has created artwork for bands, restaurants, breweries, and schools, as well as giftware for clients like Enesco. Her work is exhibited in Whitewall Galleries, Clarendon Fine Art, and several independent galleries. Sarah’s prints can also be found worldwide in places like Next, Wayfair, and on Amazon.
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