Specialization in Botanical and Naturalistic Illustration Techniques

Course summary

• U1: Get inspired

  • Introduction

  • Influences | Lapin

  • Influences | Katerina Kolberg

  • Influences | Julia Trickey

  • Influences | Helena Smyth

  • Influences | Rommygon

  • Influences | Georgina Taylor

• U2: Botanical Sketchbooking: A Meditative Approach

  • Line Techniques: The Geometry of Plants

  • Line Techniques: Drawing Leaf by Leaf

  • The Materials

  • Colour Techniques: Create Your Greens

  • Drawing from Observation: Line Work

  • Colour and Texture: Green

  • Colour and Texture: Bright Colours 1

  • Colour and Texture: Bright Colours 2

  • Colour and Texture: Bright Colours 3

  • Colour and Texture: Bright Colours 4

  • Colour and Texture: Bright Colours 5

  • Colour and Texture: Bright Colours 6

  • Colour and Texture: Bright Colours 7

  • Cactus Illustration 1

  • Cactus Illustration 2

  • Cactus Illustration 3

  • Decay Study 1

  • Decay Study 2

  • Botanical Composition 1

  • Botanical Composition 2

  • Creating a Pattern

• U3: Realistic Botanical Illustration: Escape to Nature

  • The Materials

  • Basic Techniques 1

  • Basic Techniques 2

  • Painting Wet on Wet 1

  • Painting Wet on Wet 2

  • Painting Wet on Wet 3

  • Painting Layers and Glazing

  • Values Translated into Colour

  • Understanding Texture 1

  • Understanding Texture 2

  • Understanding Texture 3

  • General Composition

  • Photo References

  • Tracing and Transferring 1

  • Tracing and Transferring 2

  • Painting the Whole Pear 1

  • Painting the Whole Pear 2

  • Painting Half the Pear 1

  • Painting Half the Pear 2

  • Painting the Leaves and the Branch 1

  • Painting the Leaves and the Branch 2

  • Adding Layers and Water Drops

  • Painting the Bees

• U4: Botanical Watercolor: Illustrating Art and Science

  • Materials

  • Watercolour Techniques

  • Mixing and Matching Colours

  • Painting Textures

  • Observational Drawing

  • Masking Fluid

  • Initial Layers 1

  • Initial Layers 2

  • Adding Textures

  • Finishing Touches

  • Adding the Background and Adjustments

  • Composition Ideas

  • Framing Your Work

• U5: Botanical Watercolor Painting of the Natural World

  • Tools and Materials

  • Colour Theory 1

  • Colour Theory 2

  • Watercolour Techniques

  • Textures Found in Nature 1

  • Textures Found in Nature 2

  • Gathering Inspiration

  • Composition: Creating a Collage

  • Composition: The Drawing

  • The First Layer: The Lights 1

  • The First Layer: The Lights 2

  • The Second Layer: The Mid-Tones 1

  • The Second Layer: The Mid-Tones 2

  • The Third Layer: The Details 1

  • The Third Layer: The Details 2

  • Scanning and Editing

  • Printing and Photographing for Social Media

• U6: Illustration Techniques for Contemporary Botanical Art

  • Learning to Be More Aware

  • Materials 1

  • Materials 2

  • Starting to Draw on the Sketchbook: Colors

  • How Each Media Works on Paper: Techniques 1

  • How Each Media Works on Paper: Techniques 2

  • Composition

  • Starting with the Composition 1

  • Starting with the Composition 2

  • Permanent Inks and Watercolor 1

  • Permanent Inks and Watercolor 2

  • Pencils and Crayons 1

  • Pencils and Crayons 2

  • Gouache

  • Removing the Masking Tape and Last Touch-Ups

  • How to Archive the Project

• U7: Naturalistic Illustration in Watercolor and Gouache

  • The Materials

  • Setting up the Workspace

  • Basic Watercolor and Gouache Techniques 1

  • Basic Watercolor and Gouache Techniques 2

  • Botanical Study and Insect Wing Demonstration 1

  • Botanical Study and Insect Wing Demonstration 2

  • Botanical Study and Insect Wing Demonstration 3

  • Collecting References

  • Thumbnail Sketches

  • Color

  • Sketching the Project

  • Light Washes

  • Building Layers 1

  • Building Layers 2

  • Textures on Foliage

  • Textures on Flowers

  • Details on Insects and Finishing

  • Final Overview

• Final project

  • Botanical and Naturalistic Illustration Specialization

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