Naturalistic Illustration in Watercolor and Gouache
Sketching the Project
A course by Georgina Taylor , Illustrator
About the video: Sketching the Project
Overview
“To finish this unit, I'll teach you how to sketch out the drawing for the course project. Then you'll see how to gently rub it out so the pencil won't show through the paint. ”
In this video lesson Georgina Taylor addresses the topic: Sketching the Project, which is part of the Domestika online course: Naturalistic Illustration in Watercolor and Gouache. Experiment with textures, shading, lines, and layers to bring to life naturalistic drawings inspired by the world around you using watercolor and gouache paint.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Sketching the Project In this lesson, we will be sketching out a drawing for our final project. Using a ruler, I'm just going to lightly draw in the centre of my page so I can get symmetry on the moth's wings. I'm just finding my centre. And the same at the bottom. Using the sketch we did in the previous lesson, I'm going to now draw it out for use in the final project. I keep my ruler next to me so I can keep in measuring the insect's wings to get the body symmetrical, since my insect is flat on. My insect is resting on the branch. It's not flying over. So, I want to keep the branch unde...”
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Course summary for: Naturalistic Illustration in Watercolor and Gouache
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Category
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Areas
Botanical Illustration, Fine Arts, Gouache Painting, Naturalistic Illustration, Painting, Watercolor Painting
Georgina Taylor
A course by Georgina Taylor
Georgina Taylor is a self-taught watercolor illustrator from South Africa. She grew up surrounded by nature and was constantly drawing and painting as a child, hobbies which she pursued into adulthood. During a gap year in the UK, she discovered the magic of watercolors and continued to experiment with them after returning to South Africa to study jewelry design. During that time, she kept a blog with photos of her sketches, which caught the eye of a local textile designer and led to her first paid commission. Soon after, she opened an Instagram account to promote herself and has been living as a freelance artist ever since.
Her lifelong passion for art and nature—combined with a keen eye for detail—have helped her forge a unique illustration style. Her designs have been printed on packaging for cosmetics and food products, as well as on homeware, stationery, and textiles for brands like Mr Price, Estée Lauder, and Rocksoup. One of her most distinguished projects was illustrating the children’s book Made for each other in collaboration with Templar publishing. She also runs an online store selling original art and prints.
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