Specialization in Botanical and Naturalistic Illustration Techniques

Overview

“Remember, for the first wash, we apply light colour and a little of the subject's colour. Mix and test colours on sketch paper! The second wash is the actual colour: one big wash on the whole fruit and a couple of small ones on the sides. Then we work on the shadows and apply the third wash, which is darker areas and texture.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Painting the Whole Pear 2, 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

“So now. I have painted two more layers on my pear. And you can see that now the shadows are deeper. And I'm happy how the object seems three-dimensional. You may notice that I have preserved this area, which is lighter. And here also you can see some light reflecting and hitting this side. Here as well. It all corresponds to the photo reference that I had. And now on this stage, i can erase my pencil. if it is still visible At some places you can see it. Now we don't need it anymore, so we will erase it now. To remove my eraser dust, i recommend you to use Brush. So for example, you can tak...”

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Course summary for: Specialization in Botanical and Naturalistic Illustration Techniques

• Level: Beginner
• 80 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