Botanical Watercolor: Illustrating Art and Science
Mixing and Matching Colours
A course by Julia Trickey , Botanical Artist
About the video: Mixing and Matching Colours
Overview
“Now, I will show you how to mix and match any colour, starting with just three paints. I will explain my version of the traditional colour wheel and discuss the character of watercolour paints. I will demonstrate how to recreate bright and muted colours using a limited palette. You can add other colours to your paint box, but having a basic understanding of how to mix any colour you need, starting with a limited selection, will help you navigate the choice of paints on offer.”
In this video lesson Julia Trickey addresses the topic: Mixing and Matching Colours, 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
“ Mixing and Matching Colours In this lesson, I'll show you how to mix and match any colour you want, starting with three paints. I'll also show you my version of the colour wheel. Based on these three colours here, I'll show you how to mix any hue you want. I've got Permanent Rose, Winsor Blue (green shade), and Transparent Yellow. I've squeezed out the colours on this plate. I'll show you them on this paper. These might not be the colours that you expect as primary colours. I'll explain in a minute when I show them to you. We've got a lovely bright yellow. As I said, this is called Transp...”
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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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