Botanical Watercolor: Illustrating Art and Science
Masking Fluid
A course by Julia Trickey , Botanical Artist
About the video: Masking Fluid
Overview
“If your subject has tiny white highlights, pale veins, or a dimpled surface, you might consider using masking fluid to protect these areas before painting initial washes. In this lesson, I will show you when and how to use masking fluid at the start of any botanical painting.”
In this video lesson Julia Trickey addresses the topic: Masking Fluid, 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
“In this lesson, I'm going to show you how and when to use masking fluid at the start of your botanical painting project. Now, you may not need to use masking fluid. It depends on the features of your fruit. But I'm going to use it because I've got some shiny highlights and I've also got some fine detail. Which have dark backgrounds. So you can see on the iPad here that these little flecks and shiny areas on the pips, it would be really difficult to work around those areas in paint. And so I'm going to put the masking fluid wherever I see these little highlights. And also where we've got the...”
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Course summary for: Botanical Watercolor: Illustrating Art and Science
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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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