Artistic Techniques for Illustrating Nature
Base for painting on wood
A course by Cristina Cilloniz , Botanical Illustrator
Joined November 2017
Joined November 2017
About the video: Base for painting on wood
Overview
“Now we are going to prepare the wood by applying the special base for watercolors: Watercolor Ground.”
In this video lesson Cristina Cilloniz addresses the topic: Base for painting on wood, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artistic Techniques for Illustrating Nature. Create organic, delicate, and balanced compositions by playing with different techniques like watercolor, gouache, and acrylic.
Partial transcription of the video
“Base for painting on wood In this lesson we are going to apply the watercolor base to prepare the surface and then to be able to paint with watercolors and acrylic inks. I already calc. Just note that there are some lines that can be lost. If you want, before applying the watercolor base, reinforce with the pencil the base drawing. As I had previously told you, it is important that the base be a super hard wood, less porous, and we are going to apply this base. This basis can be applied in theory to any material: wood, glass... In all the areas where they would like to paint with watercolor...”
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Course summary for: Artistic Techniques for Illustrating Nature
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Category
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Areas
Acrylic Painting, Botanical Illustration, Colored Pencil Drawing, Ink Illustration, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Cristina Cilloniz
A course by Cristina Cilloniz
For Cristina Cilloniz, watercolor was a source of creativity and growth at a crucial moment in her life. An architect by profession and passionate about nature, she decided to change the trajectory of her life in 2016, when she began to dedicate herself exclusively to botanical watercolor illustration and turned it into a tool to explore, heal and share.
He has collaborated with renowned brands such as L'Occitane, Patagonia and Faber-Castell in different formats: stationery products, wallpapers, fabrics and wood.
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