Specialization in Botanical and Naturalistic Illustration Techniques

Overview

“Now, I will show you how to mix and match any colour, starting with just three paints. I will explain my version of the traditional colour wheel and discuss the character of watercolour paints. I will demonstrate how to recreate bright and muted colours using a limited palette. You can add other colours to your paint box, but having a basic understanding of how to mix any colour you need, starting with a limited selection, will help you navigate the choice of paints on offer.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Mixing and Matching Colours, 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

“In this lesson, I'm going to show you how to mix and match almost any color you want, starting with just three paints. And I'm also going to show you my version of the color wheel. Based on these three colors here, I'm gonna show you how to mix any hue that you want. So I've got Permanent Rose. Windsor Blue Green shade and Transparent Yellow. and I've just squeezed out the colours here on this plate and I'll show you them on this paper. Now, these might not be the colours that you're expecting as primary colours, and I'll explain in a minute when I've just shown them to you. So we've got a ...”

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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