Specialization in Botanical and Naturalistic Illustration Techniques

Overview

“In this lesson, I will first introduce you to the course project. Next, I’ll share with you the tools needed during this course and take a deeper dive into some of my personal favourites. I will show you inside my paint palette and talk you through brushes and brush sizes, watercolour paper, and the other tools used in this course, offering different options and alternatives to suit your needs. Let’s get started! ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Tools and Materials, 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 will introduce you to the course project. Then we will take a look at the tools that will be needed in this project. and I shall introduce you to some of my personal favorites. the natural world is teeming with beauty and inspiration. In this project, we will be making a watercolor illustration using beautiful flora and fauna. I find collage is a really useful technique in producing imagery to work from. And we will be using this technique in this project. I will be painting a beetle. That will be surrounded by lotus flowers and gingko leaves. For your project, I really en...”

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Course summary for: Specialization in Botanical and Naturalistic Illustration Techniques

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (2)
• 361 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