Start an oil botanical illustration sketchbook with me! Can you use oil paint on paper? I never thought you could paint on paper with oil, but the answer is an absolute YES! In this botanical illustration tutorial, I will teach you how to input your drawings with a ballpoint pen, tone the pages with acrylic ink, seal the pages with shellac, paint over top of your sketches, and add in text using India Ink to create a spread that looks like it came straight out of the 19th century. I will also discuss my (multiple) mistakes that I made during the process of creating these pages, and as special thanks for watching, I’ll send you my reference photos so you can paint along with me.
If you’d like access to my reference photos so you can paint along, visit this link and you’ll be emailed your very own copy: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/649a290ac24d5338f158c9bb
I am beyond grateful for your support of my teaching, and if there’s anything you’d like to see in a future video, please don’t hesitate to write me a comment!
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Don’t forget to use the code, and happy painting!
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Favourite sketchbooks: Stillman & Birn Zeta Series https://amzn.to/42BVjQ5
Pens: Zebra F301 https://amzn.to/3r4Md1u
Paint: Winsor & Newton and M. Graham & Co. paint in titanium white, burnt umber, ultramarine blue, phthalo blue, sap green, cinnabar green, and cadmium yellow deep https://amzn.to/3Jx7KGy
Shellac: Zinsser spray can shellac (not available through Amazon, check your local hardware store)
Acrylic Inks: Transparent Burnt Umber and Prussian Blue by Liquitex Professionals https://amzn.to/3JEGtSn
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:44 Collecting Your Reference
01:40 Adding the Drawing
02:11 Adding the Writing
03:13 Toning the Pages
05:11 Applying Shellac
05:54 Painting the Spread
09:30 Painting White Flowers
10:28 Adding Text with India Ink
10:46 The India Ink Failure
12:08 Improvising a Solution
14:16 The Final Spread
