Paint Realistic Watercolour and Botanicals - MAGNOLIAS

Washes, glazing, texture, divine elegance and beauty... the Magnolia is a 'MUST PAINT' subject for any botanical artist

What you'll learn:

• At the end of my course, students will have created a beautiful Magnolia painting in watercolour for themselves
• Students will have an expanded knowledge and feel of the watercolour medium in general
• Students will have an improved understanding of how to create critical textural effects relevant to the Magnolia subject
• Students will have an improved understanding of how to develop your painting with the use of simple glazing (or layers of wash)
• Students will have an improved understanding of how to create a painting with multiple elements from start to completion
• Students will learn about working with tone through layers
• Students will gain manageable strategies to paint any magnolia subject in a botanical style

With the autumn leavestutorial complete, its time to explore the glorious new season of Spring! My next stop is to investigate the remarkable beauty of MAGNOLIAS, such a heartwarming sight, marking an end to winter over the world.

'Paint Realistic Watercolour and Botanicals - MAGNOLIAS' is a watercolour painting tutorial, placing the spotlight on the gorgeous Magnoliaas a subject. Inspiring an undyinglovefrommost in botanical painting, the Magnolia is certainly one of my all time favourite subjects to illustrate as well.Ican think of no better wayto explorethe Magnolia subjectthanwith than the equally delicate, romantic and beautifulwatercolour medium.... and now is your chance to join me tolearn how for yourself!

Following the STUDIOBASICS and the CHASINGAUTUMN tutorials, the Magnolia remains a simple yetslightly morecomplete study of a singlebotanical subject, and isan ideal subject for us to take out next step together. A beautiful subject alone, itpresentsus withmanageableareas of simple wash, glaze anddry brushing in a harmonious colour combination. It isa perfect opportunity to startstepping the complexity of our techniques up from the previous course into some new botanical painting territory.

Working in layers, we start the magnoliaswith some beautifulwash work, then develop this furtherwith the use ofbasic glazing to develop some beautifulrichness and texture to our magnolia painting. Finishing off our work, we willtry a littledry brushing to enhance the delicate leatherytexturaleffects of the magnolia petalsto completion. It is a perfect transition for us to exploreon many levels.

To illustrate the Magnolia in this tutorial, we will be addressing how to approach a variety of componentsrelevant to this subject and its elements. Fromstems topetals, the intricateflower centre, furryleaf buds and some smallleaf details to complete our painting, this step by step course will help you through every stage of the painting process. This is an ideal subject for exploringbotanical illustration, the watercolour medium, and for students of any level to learn from.

For those starting out, or who feel a little nervous about where to begin, Ihave designed and created a series of painting exercises to help you connect with the medium and subject, to familiarise you with the process and to equip you with a clear path and strategy forwards into your finished painting.

For those wanting to get deeper into the nitty gritty of this subject, Ive developed a specific 'extension section' that delves deeper into painting the magnolia centre, one of the most challenging aspects of this subject. Many times a painting is lost in the quality of our details, so here we place the spotlight on this element to help expand your knowledge and painting skills even further. This mini NutShell extension tutorial is called 'Magnolia Centre ~ The Heart of the Matter', and is the first in a new line of mini spotlight tutorials called ~ The NutShell Series.It is botanical painting in a Nutshell.

With so much diversity, the magnolia is a dreamy playground for botanical artists, and a perfect subject to explore on so many levels. Painting the Magnolia flowers explores creating texture using washes, glazes and dry brushing whilst the flower centre focusses on more detailed work using fine line work, and of course dry brushing techniques. These techniques are so critical to the watercolour painting medium and couldn't be more essential to creating successful Botanical Art across the board.

So welcome to the next online 'Paint Realistic Watercolor and Botanicals' tutorial. I am looking forward to seeing you in the wash!