Botanical Watercolor: Illustrating Art and Science
Observational Drawing
A course by Julia Trickey , Botanical Artist
About the video: Observational Drawing
Overview
“In this lesson, I will explain how to create a realistic drawing of our subject from life and from photographs. I will show you how to draw larger than life accurately and how to transfer the drawing onto watercolour paper. ”
In this video lesson Julia Trickey addresses the topic: Observational Drawing, 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
“ Observational Drawing In this lesson, I'll show you how to do a realistic drawing of your subject using both the real thing and also working from photographs. We'll see how to enlarge your subject if you want to do that. Also, how to transfer this onto your watercolour paper. For this lesson, I've got my fruit subject. I've got an iPad for taking photos. I've also got my drawing equipment. That's pencils and erasers if I make mistakes. I've also got my magnifying glass so that I can see detail on the fruit. The transfer paper and the masking tape, I'll explain later what I'll use those fo...”
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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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