Specialization in Botanical and Naturalistic Illustration Techniques

Overview

“To achieve a realistic feeling of the fruits, showing their sweetness and flavours, I think it's important to understand and work on the texture. The textures give us a particular impression of the fruit. So, let's see how the three finished grapes look!”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Understanding Texture 3, which is part of the Domestika online course: Specialization in Botanical and Naturalistic Illustration Techniques. Develop botanical illustration skills with watercolor, gouache, and ink techniques, blending realism and artistic expression.

Partial transcription of the video

“To finish the second grape, I will practically do. The same as I did for the previous one. and I'm going to place the shadow and then blur out the edges. I'm taking my squirrel off. Let's blur out the edges. just some water. Again, i want that the whole shape will be covered with water, so I'm just filling the areas with clean water. It's important to me to keep the highlight as it is now. So it's practically white. Sometimes you can get the areas with too much water. I just dry my brush. and I'm like picking up some of the water from the painting. The idea is that the... water layer is lik...”

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Course summary for: Specialization in Botanical and Naturalistic Illustration Techniques

• Level: Beginner
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• 520 students
• 7 units
• 115 lessons (25h 25m)
• 38 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Botanical Illustration, Drawing, Fine Arts, Naturalistic Illustration, Painting, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting