Artistic Watercolor Techniques for Illustrating Birds
Colour Palettes
A course by Sarah Stokes , Artist
Bring vivid wildlife compositions to life by exploring modern methods of watercolor painting
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About the video: Colour Palettes
Overview
“During this lesson, we are going to divide our chosen birds into colour sets. I will show you how watercolours mix to make a beautiful range of colours. We will then choose the pigments for our birds and practise mixing and blending colours on scrap paper so that we have the confidence to paint our birds when it comes to the final piece. ”
In this video lesson Sarah Stokes addresses the topic: Colour Palettes, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artistic Watercolor Techniques for Illustrating Birds. Bring vivid wildlife compositions to life by exploring modern methods of watercolor painting.
Partial transcription of the video
“Colour palettes In this lesson we'll be looking at the colours needed to paint our birds, and we'll be creating some beautiful colour swatches as well. So here in front of me, I have the two orange and blue birds, the robin and the stonechat. They have really similar colourways, which is why I chose them. But we need to see beyond the orange and the blue and look for those hidden colours. So in the stonechat, we can see hues of green along here. We can see black, brown, brown in the eye and browns along here as well, and even tinges of pink and coral. When we look at this robin, we see the ...”
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Course summary for: Artistic Watercolor Techniques for Illustrating Birds
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Category
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Areas
Naturalistic Illustration, Realistic Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
A course by Sarah Stokes
Sarah Stokes is a self-taught artist from the Midlands region in England, a place where she finds inspiration and creates work that is full of life. From a young age, Sarah has always been her happiest when painting and drawing, using her creativity to build a successful business career before deciding to return to what she loved most.
She has created artwork for bands, restaurants, breweries, and schools, as well as giftware for clients like Enesco. Her work is exhibited in Whitewall Galleries, Clarendon Fine Art, and several independent galleries. Sarah’s prints can also be found worldwide in places like Next, Wayfair, and on Amazon.
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