Naturalistic Illustration in Watercolor and Gouache
Building Layers 1
A course by Georgina Taylor , Illustrator
About the video: Building Layers 1
Overview
“In this lesson, I'll give the elements some form, using the reference photos and looking at lights and darks to add these in. You'll learn to layer the paint in washes using wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry techniques. ”
In this video lesson Georgina Taylor addresses the topic: Building Layers 1, 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
“ Building Layers In this lesson, we will be giving our flowers and leaves some foam by adding washes to build up layers. We will be using our reference photos and looking at where the lights and darks are. I'm going to begin with my flowers. I can see my light source comes from this direction. I'm keeping my reference photo right next to me so I can keep on glancing to the side. Using a thinner brush, I'm going to draw in guidelines on my petals so I can follow the folds. Moving to a bigger brush, I'm going to start adding in some shadow here. And then just using water to blend it. My brus...”
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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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