Botanical and Insect Illustration - Online Tutorials
Introduction to Botanical Art - Acacia, or Golden Wattle
Cheryl has created a new tutorial aimed at beginner to intermediate level, launched February 2021. This follows on from her Eucalyptus Leaves tutorial, but can be completed on its own. This tutorial contains over 8 hours of video (but you don't have to watch all of it!)
"In this tutorial we are painting the beautiful and popular Acacia pycnantha, or Golden Wattle - the floral emblem of Australia. We will start with some sketch or study pages, looking at each element of the plant in detail, and drawing and painting individual elements, so different stages of the Acacia flowers, and the leaves, on a small sheet of watercolour paper. We'll cover basic equipment required, setting up your specimen, sketching, tonal study, transferring the image to your watercolour paper, and then we move on to painting a large specimen in watercolour. We'll cover the techniques of wet in wet, then building up the colours and textures in layers and then using dry brush to add those final details at the end. For this section I have filmed and narrated me painting a whole specimen, working around the painting in a methodical fashion, to end up with a completed artwork ready for framing."
cheryl-hodges-art.teachable.com/p/introduction-to-botanical-art-wattle
By following this link you will be able to view a couple of preview videos before deciding whether to sign up for the tutorial.
Introduction to Botanical Art - Eucalyptus leaves
Cheryl has created an online tutorial aimed at the beginner to intermediate level.
"I've learnt the problems that you might come up against when you first start out with watercolour. I will walk you through the whole process from beginning to end. We'll cover basic equipment required, setting up your specimen, sketching, tonal study, transferring the image to your watercolour paper, and then the real fun begins. We'll go through building up your painting from wet in wet, all the way to dry brush to add those final details at the end. Along the way I'll include lots of tips and techniques to help you learn to paint Eucalyptus leaves, and these techniques can be applied to other subjects."
cheryl-hodges-art.teachable.com/p/introduction-to-botanical-watercolours
By following this link you will be able to view a couple of preview videos before deciding whether to sign up for the tutorial.
Painting Eucalyptus Flowers in Watercolour
Have you ever thought of painting Eucalyptus flowers and then decided they are just too difficult? Well this is the tutorial for you. In this short course you will learn to observe Eucalyptus flowers, looking at the light and shade, in order to then draw a tonal study. After completing a careful, detailed drawing you will move on to paint the flowers from two slightly different angles., and then paint them in detail. I will talk you through every step, showing that they are not that difficult if you just go one step at a time.
This content is useful for students who have completed the tutorial "Introduction to Botanical Art - Eucalyptus leaves". However it isn't absolutely necessary to have completed that tutorial. This tutorial is fairly casual, I'm just talking as I'm painting and there is minimal editing.
This tutorial runs for just over an hour. To go to the tutorial just click here
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