Orchid Botanical Illustration Step by step

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Lizzie Harper

Lizzie Harper

Күн бұрын

Orchid Botanical Illustration Step by step shows Lizzie Harper illustrating the early Marsh Orchid Datylorhiza incarnata ssp coccinea in real time, and explaining her processes as she goes along.
There’s a step by step blog that accompanies this film which you can find here: lizzieharper.c...
It explains the steps involved and also chats a bit about the anatomy of the orchid flower.
This illustration is one of a series done for a wild flower guide to Braunton Burrows in Devon, and will be published by FSC Publications.
If you enjoy this film please like and subscribe, and check out my other step by step films, here on KZbin
To see more of my work and to browse originals for sale please visit:
lizzieharper.c...
Equipment used includes:
Princeton Neptune Round synthetic watercolour paintbrush (for more on this breakthrough, please check out my series of films seeking a replacement for my usual Winsor and Newton Series 7 brush)
Stonehenge Aqua hotpress watercolour paper www.jacksonsar...
Winsor & Newton Watercolour pans www.winsornewt...
Colours used: Cadmium lemon, Yellow Ochre, Sap green, Cobalt blue, Cerulean, Winsor green (Yellow hue), Cadmium red, Alizarin crimson, Opera Rose, Permanent Carmine, Permanent magenta, Sepia, Naples yellow
Daniel Smith Spring green watercolour www.jacksonsar...
Pentel P205 mechanical pencil www.pentel.co....
Winsor & Newton Permanent White Gouache www.jacksonsar...
Frisk magic eraser www.jacksonsar...
Billy Showell Synthetic eradicator (mentioned): store.billysho...
Illustrators Name-checked include:
Christina Hart-Davies www.christinaha...
Deborah Lambkin / deborahlambkin
Reference Books used (learning about botany):
New Flora of the British Isles by Stace
Flora of the British Isles by Clapham, Tutin & Moore
Common Families of Flowering Plants by Hickey & King
Understanding the Flowering Plants by Bebbington
The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms by Hickey & King
Reference Books used (visual reference):
Drawings of British Plants (Vol XXVIII Pl 22) by Stella Ross-Craig
The Wildflowers of the British Isles by Streeter & Gerrard
Collins Flower Guide by Streeter, Hart-Davies, Cole, Hardcastle & Harper
A few good websites to visit to find photos of wildflowers:
www.plantillust...
www.plantsofthe...
www.naturespot...
wildflowerfind...
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@nancyjohnson7193
@nancyjohnson7193 Жыл бұрын
I don't know how to express what a privilege it is to watch and listen to you paint. So I will just say: What a privilege!!!! Thank you.😊💚
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator Жыл бұрын
Nancy, you flatter me. But thank you so much, it's lovely to hear this.
@Cchouette
@Cchouette Жыл бұрын
Lizzie, it's always quite relaxing to watch you paint 🎨👀 Thank you for sharing and your good advice 👍🏻😊
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator Жыл бұрын
Merci Chouette
@teresamitchell-banks2286
@teresamitchell-banks2286 Жыл бұрын
Your paintings are brilliant. Your teaching is clear and very vert helpful. Your commentary is hilarious. You are absolutely my favourite. I love the lengthy videos💕🇨🇦
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator Жыл бұрын
Teresa, this has put such a broad smile on my face. Thank you so much x
@naticaleb123
@naticaleb123 11 ай бұрын
Lizzie….. so glad to have found your channel! I have an admiration and it’s captivating to see you work in such small details!!! Oh, and Thank you for teaching us how to fix mistakes and to keep calm because there’s always a solution!!!! Love your tutorials and I’m subscribing!!!
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator 11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! Im really glad you like my films. Now I have to get my arse in gear and make some more of them!
@rh165
@rh165 11 ай бұрын
So lovely to watch on a Sunday morning in bed with tea 😊 you’re so funny too 😂
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator 11 ай бұрын
Aww thankyou. I like the idea of that. x
@ELP979
@ELP979 Жыл бұрын
Какая вы классная женщина с юмором - спасибо за ваши уроки !
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator Жыл бұрын
Мое абсолютное удовольствие! Так рад, что вам понравилось.
@Ljblossom
@Ljblossom 2 ай бұрын
Your sense of humor and gardening fingers makes it even better. Quite patient to handle such detail.
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator 2 ай бұрын
Oooh, Im not sure my family would say I'm patient! But thankyou.
@aimeelawrence-bespokefurni575
@aimeelawrence-bespokefurni575 11 ай бұрын
How long should I wait for watercolour to dry? Would you also use the same drying time for gouache watercolour?
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator 11 ай бұрын
Ok. So it depends on the weather (she says helpfully). On a hot day in summer, in direct sunlight they'll be dry in minutes, even a wet wash. On a gloomy wet October day (today, anyone?) they can take an hour or so. Try using a hair dryer or hold a fan heater to the painting to speed u.p the process. I thin gouache dries a little faster unless it;s applied really thick. Generally, you can feel if watercolour is dry by touching it very lightly with your fingertips. Touch dry is good enough. Also, move the paper around and see if it catches the light. If it does, the paint is still wet. Hope that helps a bit
@dizzylizzy7582
@dizzylizzy7582 6 ай бұрын
Did they (the people commissioning the painting) love the painting when you finished it? Were the colours you were concerned about right? Fascinating to watch you paint, but also to hear your thought process as you produce your painting. Thank you.
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator 5 ай бұрын
Hiya, I often don't hear much about the response to my work. I just get paid for it, which is fine. In general, I assume that unless they tell me the colours are all wrong (and this does, rarely, happen) and ask for a re-paint that it's ok. In general, by the time they see the final piece, they've already seen and made alterations to pencil roughs, so know exactly what they're getting. It's only the intricacies of the colour that I can mess up, if the reference is unclear or, as sometimes happens, I follow what a botany book says or can't get my hands on an actual specimen. Good question, thanks for asking!
@dizzylizzy7582
@dizzylizzy7582 5 ай бұрын
@@LizzieHarperillustrator thank you for responding. This makes a lot of sense.
@ernestd927
@ernestd927 Жыл бұрын
Promo>SM
@AMIR-nm7fo
@AMIR-nm7fo 23 күн бұрын
WE???.....I ALSO SAY ALL THE TIME WE.....BUT I'M THE ONLY ONE IN THE ROOM... THANK YOU FOR YOUT TIME, YOUR VIDEOS AND YOUR KNOWLEDGE. THANK YOU
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator 21 күн бұрын
My absolute pleasure.
@LauraCourtneyette
@LauraCourtneyette Жыл бұрын
I really appreciate all the botanical information!
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator Жыл бұрын
Aww thanks. I have to say it all out loud or I instantly forget all the stuff I've researched!
@LauraCourtneyette
@LauraCourtneyette Жыл бұрын
@@LizzieHarperillustrator All that Latin!
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator Жыл бұрын
@@LauraCourtneyette oh man. Dont I just KNOW that youre telling the truth there. Its like a foreign language, it really is.
@janehodgett959
@janehodgett959 Жыл бұрын
Awesome Lizzie 🎨🙏🏻✨🌈🌺
@gardengirl6636
@gardengirl6636 Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Lizzie! You continue to amaze and inspire me! I’m closely following your quest for the “perfect” synthetic watercolor brush and look forward to your next update. 🎨🖌️
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator Жыл бұрын
Hopefully one coming soon.....and thanks
@sharonblac
@sharonblac 3 ай бұрын
I wish I had more of your concise controlled technique! Very Nice!
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator 2 ай бұрын
Wow, thanks! Im lucky in having a steady hand. But Im far from being a still and patient person, so maybe the concise and controlled side of me all goes into painting things like orchids? Thanks so much for the comment.
@EmerPower
@EmerPower 2 ай бұрын
Awe inspiring - just beautiful work thank you
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator Ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
@irmabenus7001
@irmabenus7001 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this! So very interesting en wonderful to watch! Amazing work!!
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator Жыл бұрын
Thanks Irma, Im so glad you enjoyed it
@janinegaylard9233
@janinegaylard9233 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for such a lovely surprise for a Friday evening in South Africa 🇿🇦
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator Жыл бұрын
Aww, I love the idea of you watching all the way across the world. Thankyou
@Gypsisoul1111
@Gypsisoul1111 Ай бұрын
I love your video's Lizzie, you are a fantastic artist! And so wonderful to listen to.
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator Ай бұрын
Aww cheers for that. Lovely to have an appreciative audience!
@susannesamuelsson2930
@susannesamuelsson2930 5 ай бұрын
It's wonderful to watch you paint and listen to your talking about the subject you paint 🎨 and everything else! Thank you Lizzie and big warm hugs to you from me in Sweden 👋🥰🤗❤🇸🇪👍!
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator 4 ай бұрын
Aww thankyou. And so lovely to think of you watching my films in Sweden!
@susannesamuelsson2930
@susannesamuelsson2930 4 ай бұрын
@@LizzieHarperillustrator I enjoy watching them, so I will continue following you Lizzie with great joy! 👋❤👍
@pintobean8509
@pintobean8509 8 ай бұрын
Curious question: why when you show the books, they look as if the picture is reversed.
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator 8 ай бұрын
Hiya, I don't know. Even worse, I hadn't noticed! Perhaps I had the phone (which i film with) on the wrong camera? I'm sure it was me making a mistake. Sorry f that's made the text heard to read. Thanks for taking the time to leave a ccomment .
@susanasmith8596
@susanasmith8596 Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for this video Lizzie. This was very helpful as we're about to start on the orchid module in our Diploma course. I was interested to know how you go about doing the drawing of such a complex arrangement of flowers and bracts on this type of orchid. You did say earlier in the video that you don't use calipers to measure so how did you do this drawing? What measuring tool do you use?
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator Жыл бұрын
That's a great question. With this one, I didnt have the specimen in front of me. I was working from a lot of photo ref, which is never much fun. So I lifted different elements of the photos and combined them, being sure to be botanically accurate. Now then, if I HAD had the orchid in front of me. I would still have done it by eye, although spent a long time plotting the space that each flower would fill, and making sure they related correctly to one another. I'd also take an individual flower and bract off and examine it in full detail, dissecting it out. then take that knowledge to every other flower on the stem. I find doing this is enormously helpful before drawing complicated flowering heads. I do take rough measurements, holding my pencil up as a gauge, checking the inflorescence is more or less symmetrically balanced around the main stem. But mostly I do it by eye. When it comes to insects though, its all about the callipers. Weird, huh? Enjoy your orchid module. Beautiful plants, but beastly to untangle and draw. Thanks for the comment!
@AmandaK399
@AmandaK399 10 ай бұрын
Hi Susana, Where is your Diploma Course located?
@MoiAussie1
@MoiAussie1 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing with us Lizzy. I’m feeling a bit out of my depth but I enjoyed the live stream. My forthrightness and humour doesn’t seem to be ‘usual’ in such a serious subject. Ah well I’m not a purist I just love painting and I love your down to earth approach.🙏🏼
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator Жыл бұрын
I think humour and reality are so important, let's strip away all this nonsense and fluff about talent and it all being a mysterious and impossible craft. Just pick up a pencil and crack on! And the more we do it, the better we get
@MoiAussie1
@MoiAussie1 Жыл бұрын
@@LizzieHarperillustrator and with life goingon around us, it doesn’t stop to let us spoil ourselves in our art though I confess during the day now being retired and I’m not disturbed I can lose a whole day in my studio and wonder why it’s dark outside when it can only be lunchtime 🤣 and it’s purely for myself and I don’t feel one bit guilty either😉
@brightflower144
@brightflower144 Ай бұрын
Great tutorial, inspirational and educational ❤
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator 26 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@fernandagarcia8119
@fernandagarcia8119 Ай бұрын
Fantástico!
@janieart
@janieart 8 ай бұрын
I saw a previous video and noticed your hands. I told my daughter "she's probably a gardener." I know because I too garden.
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator 7 ай бұрын
I do garden and my hands are TRASHED! Im so jealous of the other illustrators whose hands look like they could do nail varnish adverts! Glad you understood straight away, and thanks for your understanding.
@janieart
@janieart 7 ай бұрын
@@LizzieHarperillustrator yeah I've got some videos and my handa are always trashed too. But nature is worth it!!
@suewegert2323
@suewegert2323 5 ай бұрын
Amazing detail work.
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator 4 ай бұрын
Thank you very much!
@janehodgett959
@janehodgett959 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful work wow! 🥰✨👌🎨🌈
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator Жыл бұрын
Thank you Jane!
@nanaoas368
@nanaoas368 3 ай бұрын
I love all the lines it looks like a drawing.
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator 3 ай бұрын
Thanks! Yes, the way I paint does make it more like a drawing. That's a great point.
@maris5279
@maris5279 Жыл бұрын
lovely video thanks 😌
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator Жыл бұрын
My pleasure
@MoiAussie1
@MoiAussie1 Жыл бұрын
Drawing with tinted water
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator Жыл бұрын
So true!
@aimeelawrence-bespokefurni575
@aimeelawrence-bespokefurni575 11 ай бұрын
I love your work. It's also fascinating hearing uou talk about pollination.
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator 11 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoy it!
@yvonneparker1588
@yvonneparker1588 Жыл бұрын
Thank you Lizzie, wonderful work as always.
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much Yvonne
@peterlittle6651
@peterlittle6651 Жыл бұрын
A great instructional video Lizzie. Regards Peter
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator Жыл бұрын
Peter, thankyou X
@emanuelalonati9010
@emanuelalonati9010 8 ай бұрын
wow!!!! wonderful
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator 8 ай бұрын
Many thanks!!
@MoiAussie1
@MoiAussie1 Жыл бұрын
Sounds awesome Lizzie, it’ll be 10pm hhere in Western Australia so depends how tired I am. Presumably the tutorial will stay available after. It’s so wonderful to be reminded of the beautiful countryside in Blighty ❤🌿🌸🌼🪻
@LizzieHarperillustrator
@LizzieHarperillustrator Жыл бұрын
Yes, the film will be up for normal viewing after the premiere, the only thing missing will be my typos and answers as I try to answer any questions as the film rolls....
@aaronestdav
@aaronestdav Жыл бұрын
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