The Botanical Art Video Tips tutorials below are on YouTube and are by botanical artists. I've organised videos in this section by the artist producing the video.
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Video Tutorials by....Botanical artists whose videos can be found below include:
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The videos on this page focus on tips and techniques specifically relevant to watercolour.
Anybody wanting to produce botanical paintings in watercolour is well advised to master the necessary skills in watercolour painting first. There are lots of books and videos available teaching people about:
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Basic Watercolour Skills required for botanical art
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Julia Trickey is a very experienced botanical artist who paints in watercolour. She has four Gold Medals and four Silver Gilt Medals from the RHS and has exhibited at the Hunt, with ASBA (winning an award) and the SBA (also winning awards). She is also a Fellow of the Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society
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The video below explains the following techniques:
Running time: 7 minutes |
Remember the golden rule - never fiddle with drying paint! |
This is a video by Julia Trickey about mixing colours using watercolour paint.
Running Time: 4 minutes |
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Billy Showell is a Past President of the Society of Botanical Artists and has been teaching people how to paint botanical art for many years.
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This video by Billy Showell demonstrates how lifting preparation can be used to bring out highlights.
Running Time: 45 minutes This is a full length tutorial which is an example of the sort of tutorial Billy releases every two weeks for those who have subscribed to her site. |
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Jarnie Godwin is a practising botanical artist and teacher of botanical art.
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Painting Wet into Damp WatercolorThis video by Jarnie Godwin provides static and video images of the results and "how to" aspects of painting wet into wet.
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To demonstrate WHY mastering watercolour techniques is so important, I'm including a video by an artist who is very experienced in painting flower paintings in watercolour - but NOT as botanical art
This is Krzysztof Kowalski who is trying his very first botanical painting. At the beginning, it shows how you can protect your painting - while painting - using tracing paper with cutouts.
It's also very good for close-ups showing how wetting the paper and adding in colour with some finesse creates the base colour prior to the use of dry brush painting. Also how the use of a brush with water can soften edges. |
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How to lay a tea washThis video by David Reynolds illustrates how to lay a flat "tea wash" without creating brush marks.
It's a basic technique of watercolour painting much used by botanical artists. |
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