Realistic Botanical Illustration: Escape to Nature
Tracing and Transferring 1
A course by Katerina Kolberg , Watercolor Artist and Illustrator
About the video: Tracing and Transferring 1
Overview
“Next, I will show you how to create a detailed sketch and transfer it onto watercolour paper. As a result, we have a watercolour paper fully prepared for colouring. ”
In this video lesson Katerina Kolberg addresses the topic: Tracing and Transferring 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Realistic Botanical Illustration: Escape to Nature. Learn to paint detailed botanical illustrations by exploring the versatility of watercolor and experimenting with glazes, color values, and textures.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Tracing and Transferring In this lesson, we'll trace our illustration to the sketching paper and later to the watercolor paper. Now I have my sketching paper and my watercolor paper from the watercolor pad. As you can see, the sketching paper is bigger. For me, to work on the sketch and evaluate my composition, I would need to resize the sketching paper so that it's the same size as the final canvas. How I do that is I place this paper here, then I use a pencil to make some light marks. Like that. I'm using the ruler to tear the paper but you can also use scissors. Now I'm ready to work o...”
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Course summary for: Realistic Botanical Illustration: Escape to Nature
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Category
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Areas
Botanical Illustration, Naturalistic Illustration, Painting, Watercolor Painting
Katerina Kolberg
A course by Katerina Kolberg
Katerina Kolberg is an award-winning watercolor artist and illustrator from Ukraine. After exploring the arts early on in life, she pursued a degree in architecture and urban planning. She later took up painting again when she moved to Norway, honing her watercolor technique to achieve realism efficiently. With her delicate and detailed botanical illustrations, she has received numerous commissions for packaging, advertising campaigns, textiles, and stationery.
Katerina’s distinctive style has led to collaborations with brands such as Yoplait, Vivi Kola, Monarte, Roland Foods, Freerange Market, and Fairmont Hotels. Her illustrations have won various awards and have been featured in publications like Feeling Plants and A Fairy Tale about Love: Wedding Graphic Design.
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