Specialization in Botanical and Naturalistic Illustration Techniques

Overview

“The first step is to find the references of the plant and understand its peculiarities. I will then show you how I make a simple sketch to decide the general composition so that the fruits are shown in an interesting way.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: General Composition, 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

“And now we'll start to work on our final project. And for that, we are going to paint peers hang on the branch. And we're starting. with researching this plant. And we're going... to use Pinterest. to find some photo references. to understand how actually the pear tree grows. how the fruits are placed, what size and shape. The leaves have So now I'm using my iPad and I'm going to scroll a little bit on Pinterest. Maybe for you, is possible to research your plant Just... In the place you live? But for me, I often search plants on internet as in Norway, It's not so many. Exotic plants. just g...”

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Course summary for: Specialization in Botanical and Naturalistic Illustration Techniques

• Level: Beginner
• 56 students
• 7 units
• 115 lessons (1d 1h 25m)
• 38 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

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