Monthly Archives: February 2010

Worldwide Sketch Crawl Day!

Posted on February 27, 2010 by Admin

Today is Worldwide Sketch Crawl Day. Get together with a buddy or three and enjoy sketching the world around you!

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Botanical illustration courses at Rio’s Jardim Botânico

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Admin

(Poster image courtesy of Paulo Ormindo and the Escola Nacional Botânica Tropical) Paulo Ormindo at the Research Institute of the Rio de Janeiro Jardim Botânico emailed me this news update about the 2010 extension courses in botanical illustration offered at … Continue reading →

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Current Project: Bromeliad and stippling technique

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Admin

Think of stippling as pizzicato for the watercolor brush. Continue reading →

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Palette for Strelitzia

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Admin

Using new colors, or old colors differently, helps you get out of a palette rut. Continue reading →

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Current Project: Strelitzia, final version

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Admin

After pumping up the orange and blue values in the bracts and petals, I found the blue petal in front had lost its values. A few touches of Chinese white in the highlights and a stroke of ultramarine in the … Continue reading →

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