Botanical Watercolor: Illustrating Art and Science
Painting Textures
A course by Julia Trickey , Botanical Artist
About the video: Painting Textures
Overview
“Fruit can be shiny, juicy, stripy, dimpled, and incredibly varied. In this lesson, I will show you how to use different watercolour techniques to replicate some of these textures. ”
In this video lesson Julia Trickey addresses the topic: Painting Textures, 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
“ Painting Textures Fruit could be shiny, dimpled, stripy, all sorts of different textures. In this lesson, we'll look at how we can use those watercolour techniques I showed you earlier to replicate some of these textures that we find in fruit. I've got a sheet in front of me where I'll try to replicate those textures. I've already got some masking fluid down. I'll explain later about that. Also, I'll explain why I put this patch of purple here. I've also got some fruit, which will be a useful reference for me. I've got a board here where I'll chop one of the oranges in half in a minute an...”
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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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