Botanical Watercolor: Illustrating Art and Science
Influences
A course by Julia Trickey , Botanical Artist
About the video: Influences
Overview
“There has always been a demand for accurate portrayals of plants to aid identification, given their use for medicinal purposes and for dyeing fabrics. Although Botanical Art as an art form goes back hundreds of years, there are many contemporary botanical artists still painting in this realistic style. Here I will introduce you to some of my favourites and explain what I admire about their work. ”
In this video lesson Julia Trickey addresses the topic: Influences , which is part of the Domestika online course: Botanical Watercolor: Illustrating Art and Science. Learn to transform everyday subjects like fruit into realistic botanical portraits by combining observational drawing with contemporary watercolor techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Influences Historically this art form goes back a long way, but there are many contemporary artists still doing accurate plant portraits today. I want to introduce you to some of my favourites. The book I'll show you first is called "Contemporary Botanical Artists." It features lots of paintings as collected by Shirley Sherwood. She has done a lot to patronise botanical artists and collect their work. I want to show you some of the pictures in her book. I've had this book since I started out in botanical art and I find it very inspiring to see the many ways that people work and the differ...”
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Course summary for: Botanical Watercolor: Illustrating Art and Science
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Category
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Areas
Botanical Illustration, Drawing, Fine Arts, Painting, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Julia Trickey
A course by Julia Trickey
Julia Trickey is an award-winning botanical artist and tutor based in Bath, England. She grew up in a creative household and loved drawing from a young age, capturing seascapes and the natural world around her. She went on to study at art college and, years later, discovered a passion for botanical art after signing up for a class on the subject while in search of a hobby.
Since then, Julia has exhibited her work both in England and abroad and received awards, including four gold medals from the Royal Horticultural Society. She also teaches botanical art to others around the world and has been involved in several public art projects. Julia has written articles for national and international art journals and has various self-published guides for botanical artists. She also creates art for clients including Royal Mail and shares her work with over 30K followers on Instagram.
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