Naturalistic Illustration in Watercolor and Gouache
Final Overview
A course by Georgina Taylor , Illustrator
About the video: Final Overview
Overview
“Let's look at the whole piece and fix areas that need attention. I'll show you how to check all the joining parts and clean up the edges. ”
In this video lesson Georgina Taylor addresses the topic: Final Overview, 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
“ Final Overview In this lesson I'm going to add the details into our moth's wings and then clean up the image, check for any mistakes, and add in the final touches. I'm going to start by mixing quite a bright green. I'm only going to use this in the corners of the wings and where the lines join to this main one. I'm going to use my smallest brush and start stippling. I'm just going to turn my board for a more comfortable hand position. Now I'm going to mix some yellow into white gouache. I just know that the gouache is going to dry darker, so I need a lot of white. I'm just trying to get t...”
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Course summary for: Naturalistic Illustration in Watercolor and Gouache
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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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