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More and more botanical artists are now making videos. Very often they are also instructors and tutors who provide video instruction as part of the tuition they offer - online and via home study
Suggestions for helpful (but NOT overly commercial videos) are most welcome. Please use the suggestion form at the bottom of the page. |
Billy Showell, Anna Mason and Julia Trickey have produced a number of videos which provide insight into colour mixes and application of watercolour when painting flowers. Some of these are included below along with videos by Sarah Morrish.
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This painting is the feature image of the 2016 Annual Exhibition of the Society of Botanical Artists. In this video Billy explains how she created the very complex composition of this wonderfully complex flower! The painting was then used on the catalogue and flyers for the exhibition.
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Julia Trickey is a full-time professional botanical artist and teacher of botanical art. Find out more about her on her website - and the summary on my UK artists page
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How to use a ruling pen and masking fluid to paint the centres of flowers by Julia Trickey
Using Pebeo Drawing Gum and an adjustable mapping pen Julia Trickey demonstrates how to paint the fading centre of a Gerbera and avoid an awful lot of negative painting. |
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How to paint a protea by Julia Trickey
A step by step illustration of the different stages of painting a protea and the different techniques used in each stage - showing the before and after effect of different techniques. |
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How to paint apple blossom by Anna Mason
Anna Mason takes nearly five minutes to demonstrate the particular approach she uses to create a realistic watercolour painting of apple blossom. It includes speeded up video of the painting process. |
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Illustrating a Zinnia
Demonstration by Lizzie Harper for the New England Society of Botanical Artists Running Time: 56 minutes Lizzie Harper is a professional natural history and botanical illustrator with a significant commercial practice.
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"Step-by-step Painting a Lily Bud"
- a slideshow with instructions by Sarah Morrish |
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How to paint realistic botanical bearded Iris in watercolour with Anna Mason
Focuses on painting patterns, the 'hairy' beard and how to make petals feel as if they have a 3D form. |
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How to paint a realistic poppy centre in watercolor by Anna Mason
This demonstrates how to use negative painting when dealing with the centres of flowers |
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How to painting a Flowering Gum in Watercolour by David Reynolds
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How to paint a flowering red gum by Helen Fitzgerald
The plant is the same but the style is different. |
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Botanical illustration of a rowan berry in real time, with step by step commentary by Lizzie Harper
28 minute video of Lizzie Harper painting a rowanberry from the pencil outline to the completion of one part of the illustration - showing how she works starting with the darks. |
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How to paint a realistic snow drop by Anna Mason
Painting white flowers is always a bit of a challenge. Anna Mason demonstrates her approach while painting a snowdrop. |
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How to paint a sketch study of Winter Jasmine
by Lizzie Harper The materials and processes used to finish this quick sketchbook study of Winter jasmine in watercolour are explained by Lizzie Harper in this 5 minute real time video. |
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Painting a pink rose petal
by Dianne Sutherland 156 minute section from Dianne's tutorial on how to paint a rose petal using underlying colours and the various watercolour techniques to build form and colour. She works in layers and identifies the process in each layer. (From Dianne's "Botanical Art for Beginners Course"). |
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Watercolour tutorial: Crimson Rose Petal
by Sandrine Maugy This video is nearly 15 minutes long. It covers the step-by-step process of painting a crimson rose leaf. Suitable for those who like painting wet on wet; dropping colours in and lifting colours out. (From Sandrine's Patreon site) |
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Illustrating a Zinnia for the New England Society of Botanical Artists
by Lizzie Harper This video is nearly an hour long and was recorded in real time. It shows Lizzie Harper illustrating a few petals and part of the middle of a Zinnia flower for the New England Society of Botanical Artists (hence a lot of the comments being directed to them). Lots of views, lots of comments and lots of thumbs up! |
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