Free Watercolor Palette Guide: Botanical Sketchbooking

Do you want to achieve the best colors for your botanical sketching? Check out this guide shared by Lapin

Urban sketcher and illustrator Lapin (@lapinbarcelona) knows the importance of drawing from direct observation and playing with cold and warm tones to add strength to one’s artwork.

In botanical sketching, what seems to be green is much more subtle. Looking closer, you'll see yellow, blue, ochre, even orange or purple.

To help you get to the closest color of the plant you are observing, Lupin shares his watercolor palette and a few tips to create your own greens chart without using any green pigments.

You will find out what watercolor sets Lapin uses, his color charts, and a color wheel to understand complementary colors with this resource.

When observing the plant, look very closely at all the different shades of green and the reflections on the leaves. Create your greens color chart using the free download and refer to it when choosing the most suitable color combinations.

By clicking on the button below, a file in .pdf format will appear in the Downloads folder of your computer, with the Free Watercolor Palette, by Lapin.

If you want to learn more, you can sign up to Lapin’s course Botanical Sketchbooking: A Meditative Approach.

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