Illustrating the Natural World with Watercolor and Charcoal
The Third Layer 2
A course by Sarah Stokes , Artist
About the video: The Third Layer 2
Overview
“With the flowers complete, in the second part of this lesson, I will paint in the bees using my studies as a reference. ”
In this video lesson Sarah Stokes addresses the topic: The Third Layer 2, 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
“So that's pretty much the flowers done. And so now we're going to do the bumblebees. So I chose three bumblebees from all the studies that I did. And we're going to start with this one up here. And that's, this little one here. So just as before, we're going to start with the gold. Last time in the exercises, we used Gumball hue, but I have gold already on my palette so I'm going to use gold in sex, it's very very similar. then burnt sienna around the edge It's a little early to bring my black in yet so just going to let that settle and put some of the golds on this bumblebee while we're wa...”
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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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