Fitzgerald, Helen. 2002. Botanical Painting in Watercolour, Volume I. TFM Productions, Australia.
In this video, Fitzgerald discusses how to: create tone; create form using tone and geometric shapes; setup a palette; mix colors and create glazing charts; draw a specimen and compose it on a page; paint the flowers, seed pods, leaves, and stem of a eucalyptus plant. Helen’s drawing and painting style is very relaxed and confident. Artists will no doubt enjoy learning from her. Video can be purchased directly from artist.
Fitzgerald, Helen. 2003. Botanical Painting in Watercolour, Volume II. Candlelight Pictures, Australia.
In this video, Fitzgerald discusses: technical aids that can be used by artists; additional colors artists may like to add to their palette; how to use technology (i.e., scanners) to their advantage; and how to use field sketches when gathering information about a plant. Helen then spends most of the video demonstrating various painting techniques such as: viewing the differences between opaque and transparent colors, painting leaves with different glazes to recreate the changing colors of leaves, creating form using complementary colors, painting white fruit, painting shiny leaves, drawing/painting curved leaves, and painting the flower, cone and leaf of Banksia. Dry brush technique is also demonstrated. Helen’s drawing and painting style is very relaxed and confident. Artists will no doubt enjoy learning from her. Video can be purchased directly from artist.
Friend, Trudy. 2002. Watercolor Problems and Solutions: A Trouble-shooting Video. Teaching Art Videos. North Light Books. (#00557)
This video complements her book of the same name in the Field Sketching & Nature Journaling section of the art library. The techniques Friend demonstrates will appeal to anyone who keeps a watercolor sketchbook. Friend demonstrates the following: how to create a tonal scale and how to apply this technique in a painting; how to paint leaves, grass, a seed pod, a tree, a shrub with colored flowers, a window and its adjacent wall that is covered with vegetation; and a scene comprised of a building, trees, vegetation, and other small details (e.g., windows, chimney, etc.).
King, Bente Starcke. 2004. Beautiful Botanicals: Painting and drawing flowers and plants. Teaching Art Videos. North Light Books. (#00843)
This video complements her book of the same name in the Watercolor section of the art library. In this video, King encourages artists to follow their instincts and to apply the techniques they learn from her and other instructors, in a way that they see fit – even if what feels right to them “isn’t in the rule books.” King demonstrates the following: ink wash technique (tulip painting), application of washes, glazing, complementary colors (tulip paintings), painting white flowers on white paper (primrose painting), combining watercolor with colored pencil (lily painting).
Nice, Claudia. 2001. Creating Textures in Pen & Ink with Watercolor with Claudia Nice, Part 1. Teaching Art Videos. North Light Books. (#00448)
This video complements her book of the same name in the Pen & Ink section of the art library. Nice demonstrates how to create textures using contour lines (onion drawing), parallel lines (house shown at a distance), crosshatching (rocks in a brook), stippling (African violet drawing), and scribble line (chili pepper drawing). She then combines pen-&-ink work with watercolor in an ocean scene.
