Botanical watercolor illustration

Our 8 years of experience in live courses helps beginners learn watercolor step by step. It is logical to start with “drier” techniques, and gradually move towards wetting the entire sheet of paper. This algorithm results in beautiful, clean and artistic watercolor illustrations.

In 10 lessons you will learn how to draw a variety of flowers, even if you haven’t never held a brush in your hand before!

lessons

10

hours of paintings

20

skills

5

artworks

9

Building a composition and pencil drawing

Start

Color matching, mixing on the palette and the main color spots in the illustration

Middle

Final touches, detail work

End

Let's explore the variety of watercolor paper, brushes and paints. Learn how to mix and stretch colors.

01
The theory of watercolor

Let’s learn how to work on wet and use the “mask”. We’ll create a simple illustration and learn to use the masking liquid.

02
Cactus in a pot

Subtle color nuances. Let's work on mixing pastel shades. We use glazing technique

03
Tulips

Learning to work with light and shadow in wet techniques, and achieving fine details in dark colors.

04
Poppies

Painting white on white. Working on light, shadow and volume on light plants.

05
Cotton

Work dry using tonal contrasts to add detail to the sunflower petals.

06
Sunflowers

A study of iris petals using the glazing technique to transfer the smooth texture of the flower.

07
Iris

Method of transferring lush buds with many petals. Detailed study of deep layers and shadows.

08
Peony

Study of painting on wet in combination with glazing technique.

09
Hydrangea

10
Magnolia

Detailed study of magnolia petals and leaves in dry technique.

After registering and paying for the course, you will receive data to enter your personal account

01

Video tutorials, additional materials, links - everything is instantly available in your account

02

You can draw with the tutorials at any time, at any device and an unlimited number of times

04

Six-month access to video tutorials and supplementary materials

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Instructor

Julia Pisarenko

'The content, accuracy, and openness of taught knowledge are substantial to me. I proficiently transmit what I have learned over the years.

I don't just want to teach a person drawing and proper hand positioning, but to inspire, and make the student fall in love with painting and drawing'.

Certified Ukrainian artist-architect. Graduated from Odesa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture. Leading teacher of classical drawing, watercolor painting, and pastel drawing.

Instant 6 month access to all video tutorials

Learn anytime and anywhere

Step-to-step strategy

Gradual complication of the material

Consolidation of learned skills

Telegram chat
with a teacher

Wet issue a certificate at the end of the course

Suitable for beginners

Any art watercolor set of 16 colors or more

Watercolor paints

Choose HB hardness

Pencil

Plastic or paper

Palette

or kneaded eraser

Eraser

Round synthetic

Brushes

Density at least 200g/m2,
fine grain texture

Watercolor paper

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