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Lifestyle Arts & Crafts Watercolor Painting

Introduction to Botanical Art - Acacia, or Golden Wattle

Suitable for beginner or intermediate artists, you will learn to paint a botanical watercolour of an Acacia, or Wattle.
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Rating: 5.0 out of 55.0 (1 rating)
8 students
Created by Cheryl Hodges
Last updated 2/2021
English
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What you'll learn

  • How to paint a botanical watercolour painting
  • How to paint fluffy yellow Acacia flowers and Acacia leaves in watercolour
  • The basic equipment for botanical watercolour painting
  • Some fundamentals and guidelines for botanical painting
  • How to sketch a botanical specimen
  • A range of watercolour techniques which can be applied to many subjects
  • How to complete a detailed botanical watercolour painting

Requirements

  • Some basic equipment is required and can be found in the preview video.

Description

I teach botanical and insect illustration, and have produced another tutorial title “Introduction to Botanical Art – Eucalyptus Leaves”. This tutorial can be completed on its own, or following the previous tutorial.

Through my teaching 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 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.

This Acacia pycnantha, or Golden Wattle is the floral emblem of Australia, and a very popular plant which is really rewarding to paint in watercolour. It's very satisfying getting those flowers to look plump and round and fluffy, and the leaves (or phyllodes as you'll learn) are shiny and bright, with just enough detail to keep things interesting. Although it's always best to have a live specimen, in this case you don't need one, as there is enough information in the handouts - my sketch and photographs of the plants - for you to get on with painting.

Who this course is for:

  • Beginner and intermediate watercolour artists interested in botanical art

Course content

10 sections • 55 lectures • 8h 10m total length

  • Preview03:47

  • Preview05:17

  • Sketching flower at different stages from buds to fully open
    08:18
  • Painting flower - starting with yellows
    02:15
  • Painting flower - shadows
    03:55
  • Painting flower - (almost) final details
    01:14
  • Painting developing bud
    03:39
  • Painting smaller bud
    02:52
  • Painting flower - adding dark anthers
    00:36

  • Drawing leaf
    03:57
  • Painting leaf - wet-in-wet highlights
    02:55
  • Painting leaf - wet-in-wet shadow mix
    03:20
  • Preview04:53
  • Painting leaf - wet on dry
    07:19
  • Painting leaf - building up intensity
    05:28
  • Painting leaf - dry brush, adding details
    08:25

  • How to hold your paintbrush
    00:39
  • Brushstroke techniques
    02:07
  • Paint consistency
    06:00

  • Deciding on composition
    04:16
  • Sketching on sketch paper
    29:46
  • Tidying the final drawing
    12:47
  • Transferring drawing to watercolour paper - using tracing paper
    07:10
  • Transferring drawing to watercolour paper - using lightbox/window
    13:34

  • Painting the flowers
    51:11
  • Painting the buds
    12:58
  • Painting stems of flower stalks
    14:34
  • Looking at tone, sketching in preparation for painting
    04:23
  • Painting leaves - wet-in-wet - highlights
    16:09
  • Painting leaves - wet-in-wet - shadows
    07:23
  • Painting leaves - wet on dry - shadows
    02:33
  • Painting leaves - wet-in-wet - light green
    09:44
  • Painting leaves - wet-in-wet - dark green
    16:46
  • Painting leaves - wet on dry
    03:47
  • Painting leaves - painting midrib
    05:19
  • Observing a leaf
    00:39
  • Individual leaves - bottom right
    10:14
  • Individual leaves - second from bottom right
    11:55
  • Individual leaves - middleright
    12:58
  • Individual leaves - top two on left
    11:05
  • Individual leaves - fourth from top left, plus other touch ups
    12:04
  • Individual leaves - third from top left, working around highlight
    11:08
  • Individual leaves - second from bottom left, in shadow
    04:39
  • Individual leaves - slightly tricky leaf with strong highlight
    25:02
  • Individual leaves - tricky leaf with twists and turns - detailed tonal sketch
    03:34
  • Individual leaves - tricky leaf with twists and turns - painting
    16:20
  • Stem
    14:41
  • Details - joins, pulvinus, glands on leaves (phyllodes)
    13:56
  • Overview of painting, touching up where required
    15:22
  • Final details - imperfections and dark edges
    22:46

  • Lifting midrib - excerpt
    00:37
  • Painting leaves behind flowers - excerpt
    03:37

  • Stretching your painting
    06:51

  • Signing and naming your painting
    03:15
  • Conclusion
    00:52

Instructor

Cheryl Hodges
Botanical Artist
Cheryl Hodges
  • 4.6 Instructor Rating
  • 32 Reviews
  • 160 Students
  • 3 Courses

Cheryl is an award winning Australian botanical artist with over 20 years experience. She teaches botanical and insect illustration in watercolour. She uses various watercolour techniques to build up her detailed paintings. With a focus on Australian native plants and insects, Cheryl hopes to inspire others to appreciate their uniqueness and beauty.

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