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Today's Botanical Artists On Mixed Media
13) How do you match colors using mixed media? Scott Rawlins : For much of a rendering, the different media are used for different effects – so they enhance one another, rather than match exactly. For… more →
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Today's Botanical Artists Answer Your Questions
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ArtPlantae Today wrote 1 year ago: Thirteen questions were submitted by readers and these questions were distributed among members of t … more →
Today's Botanical Artists On Digital Painting
ArtPlantae Today wrote 1 year ago: 1) Why choose digital painting over watercolor? What attracts you to digital painting? Michael Maska … more →
Today's Botanical Artists on Photorealism
ArtPlantae Today wrote 1 year ago: 2) Photorealism looks like it takes a really long time. On average, how long does a painting take yo … more →
Today's Botanical Artists On Framing
ArtPlantae Today wrote 1 year ago: 3) Do you do your own framing or do you use commercial frames? I do my own framing = 6 I use commerc … more →
Today's Botanical Artists On Watercolor
ArtPlantae Today wrote 1 year ago: 4) Once you really learned watercolor, did you ever go back to graphite, ink, or colored pencil? Oli … more →
Today's Botanical Artists On Matching Colors
ArtPlantae Today wrote 1 year ago: 5) How do you match your colors? Do you achieve this by glazing or do you mix your colors in a palet … more →
Today's Botanical Artists On Certificate Programs
ArtPlantae Today wrote 1 year ago: 6) How many of you have a certificate from a certificate program? Yes = 8 No = 13 No response = 1 Pr … more →
Today's Botanical Artists On Composition
ArtPlantae Today wrote 1 year ago: 7) Because botanical art is so representational, how far can you stretch a composition in botanical … more →
Today's Botanical Artists On Using Photographs
ArtPlantae Today wrote 1 year ago: 8. Do you ever draw and paint exclusively from photographs? Is this a wise thing to do? Olivia Marie … more →
Today's Botanical Artists On Drawing Branches
ArtPlantae Today wrote 1 year ago: 9) Any advice on drawing and painting branches? I have so much trouble with this. Wendy Hollender: S … more →
Today's Botanical Artists On Paper
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ArtPlantae Today wrote 1 year ago: 10) Do you use a lot of different papers? If so, which paper do you like best? Kathy J. Imel: Yes. I … more →
Today's Botanical Artists On Drawing Veins
ArtPlantae Today wrote 1 year ago: 11) How do you like to draw veins? Bobbi Angell: I like to draw them as accurately as possible, sinc … more →
Today's Botanical Artists Arrange Their Palettes
ArtPlantae Today wrote 1 year ago: 12) How do you organize your palette? Do you separate non-staining transparent colors from staining … more →
Today's Botanical Artists On Mixed Media
ArtPlantae Today wrote 1 year ago: 13) How do you match colors using mixed media? Scott Rawlins : For much of a rendering, the differen … more →
Don't Forget! Artist Q&A Next Week
ArtPlantae Today wrote 1 year ago: Thank you to those of you who submitted questions to the panel of artists participating in the curre … more →
What would you like to know about botanical art?
ArtPlantae Today wrote 1 year ago: Submit your question(s) to the current “Ask The Artist” panel. This panel consists of 25 contributor … more →
An Interview with Gilly Shaeffer
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ArtPlantae Today wrote 1 year ago: I am pleased to introduce you to Gilly Shaeffer. I met Gilly soon after enrolling in my first botani … more →
An Interview with Libby Kyer
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ArtPlantae Today wrote 1 year ago: Libby, thank you very much for participating in this interview and for allowing us to contact each c … more →
Book Review: Today's Botanical Artists
ArtPlantae Today wrote 1 year ago: While several books have been published about contemporary botanical art, both how-to books and book … more →
