Realistic Watercolor for Botanical Compositions
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Course overview
- Provider
- Domestika
- Course type
- Paid course
- Level
- Beginner
- Deadline
- Flexible
- Duration
- 6 hours
- Lessons
- 24 lessons
- Certificate
- Available on completion
- Course author
- Kata Zapata
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Would you like to learn to depict nature as accurately as possible? Discover how to capture each and every detail alongside designer and botanical illustrator Kata Zapata. She is cofounder of Save the Date Projects, an online store specializing in watercolors, wallpaper, and wedding invitations, and has created pieces for clients like Multiópticas and Real Fábrica.
In this course, Kata teaches you the secrets to realistic botanical illustration so that you can paint your own stunning watercolor with flowers and plants from your surroundings. Learn to give your work a personal touch using observation and attention to detail.
Description
Start the course by getting to know Kata Zapata as she talks about her personal journey and how she reached her current career milestone as a self-taught artist. She also shares a few of the artists that have inspired her work over the years.
Take a closer look at the materials you need for your realistic botanical watercolor. Then see how to optimize your use of a paintbrush, look for intriguing vegetation references, and select different elements for your composition based on color, texture, and shapes.
With an image as your blueprint, begin putting it all together piece by piece before doing the final version. Now deepen your understanding of color in order to get more realistic results from your watercolors, first focusing on depth and volume and then paying closer attention to specific lines.
Wrap things up by exploring how light comes into play in each element, how to recreate it using white, and finally, how to add the finishing touches to your creation.
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