This is one of those books that I keep coming back too. Not because it is easy and fun, but because it is hard. When you look through it, well it always seems easy. However trying it out is another story.
The book is really for those seriously into Botanical Illustration, if your idea is just painting blue flowers, then it is probably the wrong thing. If your wanting to get into scientific illustration, then it is probably one of the best places to start. If only to see the standards required.
The emphasis is on watercolour, but really anyone who is patient and works through it will benefit.
Definitely worth getting.
Showing posts with label Botanical. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Botanical. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Jacobean Lilly
These are spectacular flowers, like most lilies. In this case it is watercolour and 95% complete. I need to finish off a few bits, but towards the end of a painting it is generally safer to hide it away for a couple months and come back to it.
It is always too easy to get impatient and try and do too much. Still it is ok.
It is always too easy to get impatient and try and do too much. Still it is ok.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Daylily - Hemerocallis citrina
I got some new paper so was playing around with it, Saunders Waterford HP, which was a first for me. The paper feels gorgeous, and lifts easily, doesn't seem to bloom and so on. In short there are a number of nice features, but I am still unsure of it.
As a first go I painted a Daylilly, Hemerocallis citrina but there seems to be a grainy effect to it that has me a little bit bothered. Particularly with the green leaves which I have done hundreds of times, but in this case was really throwing me out.
It is just the first attempt with that paper, so I will push on with it and see how it goes. The yellows which are normally most difficult seemed ok, anyway will experiment further with it.
As an aside I have been using Arches and Fabriano so it is something that is easy to forget how important the paper is when using watercolour. They all have their strengths and weaknesses, and as a painter different papers tend to suit different techniques and styles.
A lot of people get hung up on paints and brushes, but with watercolour I think 90% of it comes down to the paper.
As a first go I painted a Daylilly, Hemerocallis citrina but there seems to be a grainy effect to it that has me a little bit bothered. Particularly with the green leaves which I have done hundreds of times, but in this case was really throwing me out.
It is just the first attempt with that paper, so I will push on with it and see how it goes. The yellows which are normally most difficult seemed ok, anyway will experiment further with it.
As an aside I have been using Arches and Fabriano so it is something that is easy to forget how important the paper is when using watercolour. They all have their strengths and weaknesses, and as a painter different papers tend to suit different techniques and styles.
A lot of people get hung up on paints and brushes, but with watercolour I think 90% of it comes down to the paper.
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