Course description
How will this course benefit me?
You will further progress your skills in observation, drawing and painting the complex structures of plants flowers, leaves, fruits and vegetables. You will develop more fully your watercolour techniques, observational drawing and colour-mixing skills. This course will encourage you to experiment with watercolour to achieve freshness and you will explore more advanced techniques.
What will I learn?
This is a structured course. Learners will be looking at plants and flowers in detail, and painting them using the wet-into-wet method to achieve freshness and life. You will also be looking at accurate drawing methods and close observation of the flowers and plants.
You will further progress your skills in:
- Techniques to make accurate botanical studies in pencil, pen and ink.
- Wet-into-wet technique, as well as other watercolour techniques.
- Dry brushing and completing more complex pieces
- Composition
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Botanical illustration is a precise and detailed discipline and therefore it is important to have excellent eyesight, good eye-to-hand coordination, and observational skills. You will need to have completed the previous 18-week 'Botanical Illustration - All Levels' (or equivalent) to enrol on this course, and understand all the terms and techniques needed to produce a botanical painting. This course is not suitable for beginners.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
No Qualification
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