Drawing Botanicals, Class 4 :: Ink Wash

Drawing Botanicals at Montalvo Art Center Class:4 Ink Wash Thursday, 4/3/08 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

“Scientific Illustration”, by Phyllis Wood

Run back

Difficulty with “wet in wet” technique

Wet in wet produces beautiful gradation in value

Outline of grape leaves

E.C.Rooks

Add light grey wash and let it dry before adding darker values

E.C.Rooks

Ink wash without an outline

First place the larger geometric shapes

The original artwork

Use spiral guides for bud

Use oval guides to shape and place bud scales, leaves and petals

Use negative shapes as guides

Erase guidelines and prepare your ink and brushes

Notice the dark and light value design The original artwork

Apply a light, dark-grey wash to the stems, leaves & gonads

Apply light, light-grey wash to the petals

Apply a dark, dark-grey details to the shadow side of the leaves, stems and gonads. Lightly shade petals.

Apply a dark-grey wash to the stems and a dark, light-grey wash to the petals

Books used in Edward Rooks’ presentation on Drawing Botanicals Books on Botanical Art * 1) “Botanical Illustration in Watercolor” by Eleanor B. Wunderlich 2) "How to Draw Plants: The Techniques of Botanical Illustration" by Keith West 3) “Flowers & Botanicals” by Diane Cardaci 4) "The Art of Botanical Painting" by Margaret Stevens 5) “The Guild Handbook of Scientific illustrators” Edited by Elaine R.S. Hodges 6) “Scientific Illustration”, by Phyllis Wood Other Reference Books: 1) “Sketching your Favorite Subjects in Pen & Ink” by Claudia Nice. 2) “The Book of Botanical Prints” by Basilius Besler 3) “Native Shrubs of the San Francisco Bay Region” by Roxanne S. Ferris 4) A Guide to Field Identification: “Trees of North America” by C. F. Brockman 5) “The Watercolorist’s Essential Notebook” by Gordon MacKenzie 6) “Chinese Painting Techniques” by Alison Stilwell Cameron