Specialization in Botanical and Naturalistic Illustration Techniques

Overview

“A black background can add drama to a painting, so in this lesson I will demonstrate how to create this with gouache, how to mix the correct consistency and how to apply this to your painting. As such a dark background is a huge contrast to the original white paper, the study often needs some final adjustments, which I will also explain here.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Adding the Background and Adjustments, 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

“Black background will really add drama to your picture. In this lesson, I'm going to show you how to use black gouache for this. The right consistency to use and how to apply it to your painting. So I'm just going to squeeze out some paint onto this plate. and then dilute it. So I want it about consistency of single cream, which is just slightly thicker than milk. And I don't want it too runny, otherwise it just won't cover properly. I think after painting all that detail, I'm gonna really enjoy painting this black background. So the first thing I want to do is to paint really carefully aro...”

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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