Realistic Watercolor Botany PRO

You will learn:

• how to draw the structure of anthers and stamen filaments in different turns;
• how to create a supporting frame for a drawing using the invisible axes;
• how to arrange stamen filament in a ring in spatial position based on constructive ovals;
• how such constructive ovals help form the volumes.

You will learn to:

• draw the bud as an integral three-dimensional structure;
• elaborate in detail the elements of a complex pith in color;
• create an expressive image of a light flower on white paper;
• show translucent shadows on light surfaces.

We study in details the pigmented bud. Using a live alstroemeria bud as an example, you will learn to:

• make a constructive design of the shape of a flower with a pencil, taking into account small details;
• consistently apply watercolor in layers to achieve a realistic image;
• imitate plant fibers and convey the texture of petals;
• prescribe the exotic color of a flower.

Using a live gladiolus bud as an example, you will learn to:

• mix multi-component shades to recreate the exquisite color scheme of a flower;
• delicately shade areas in small fragments;
• convey the texture of the floral surface;
• form small folds and elements of a complex pith.

Using a live eustoma bud as an example, you will learn to:

• analyze and convincingly construct with a pencil a complex design of a bud with a large number of petals;
• step by step apply watercolor layers and make soft shading;
• elaborate the texture using a hatching technique in the direction of fiber growth;
• delicately emphasize the contours;
• form shadows in accordance with the volumes of the shapes.

Using a natural Cosmos bud as an example, you will learn to:

• perform constructive design of buds in different turns;
• convey light and shadow on the petals in a delicate color scheme;
• imitate the texture of the Cosmos pith;
• choose warm and cold shades;
• draw small folds on the surface of the petals.

A branch of the European white elm, a branch of creeper with berries, and its vine will serve us as natural specimens. You will learn to:

• draw voluminous curved leaves, form convincing curls of the back surfaces at different angles;
• correctly depict their jagged edges;
• convincingly fix the berries on the leafstalk;
• carefully outline the ornate, tangled vines in the drawing.

Using a sumac branch as an example, you will learn to:

• convincingly make a pencil drawing of a complex leaf structure with elements from different views;
• mix complex shades and create pigmentation in wet-on-wet technique;
• draw an openwork grid of veins with a thin brush.

Using the example of drops on a red rose bud, you will learn to:

• make the drop streamlined, insert details along its surface;
• create active contrasts;
• paint details in wet-on-dry and wet-on-wet techniques
• choose warm and cool shades to recreate the light inside the drops.

Using a live red rosebud as an example, you will learn:

• step-by-step construction of a complex flower shape with a pencil;
• to place the dew drops on the surface of the petals, taking into account their slants and bends;
• to mix shades in a wide range of reds;
• to coordinate the color scheme of the flower and the shades of the drops so that they were visually perceived as a single whole;
• to work with the masking fluid.

In the final series of lessons, we will start a multi-component composition and will move from an ordinary illustration to A3 picture. In this lesson you will learn to:

• Form a balanced composition from elements of different properties;
• Consistently construct complex shaped objects with a pencil;
• Work with the masking fluid.

In this lesson you will learn:

• mixing complex shades;
• delicate stumping of color spots;
• imitation of texture on the surfaces of petals;
• formation of light and shadow in watercolor.

In this lesson, using Isabella's Peacock Eyes and a flexible butterfly caterpillar of the Monarch butterfly as an example, you'll learn how to:

• draw insects with a pencil;
• convey the natural coloring with watercolors step by step;

In this lesson you will learn to:

• mix complex shades to elaborate the upper and back surfaces of the leaves;
• paint shadows with soft edges and thin veins;
• recreate overtones on the surface of leaves, taking into account the color scheme of flower buds.