Botanical Watercolor: Illustrating Art and Science
Adding Textures
A course by Julia Trickey , Botanical Artist
About the video: Adding Textures
Overview
“It's time for you to look at how to build up the colours of your subject and which techniques to use to introduce appropriate surface texture and character.”
In this video lesson Julia Trickey addresses the topic: Adding 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
“ Adding Textures In this lesson, we'll see how to build up the colours on our project and also think about the techniques we may use to build up texture and the character of our fruit. I want to focus on making the seeds look more three-dimensional but also get a sense of the hollows where the seeds have fallen out. I have my watercolour equipment again. I've changed the water, so that's nice and clean. I've also got the magnifying glass. You can use this to look at the subject or even look at your painting when trying to do the smaller detail on the picture. I'll start with creating some ...”
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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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