Botanical Illustration Tulip Angelique in Watercolour - The Bulb
A botanical art tutorial by Emma Tildesley.
The start of an exciting project this month in watercolour, we are starting a full botanical illustration.
Beginning with the bulb, I will take you through a measured drawing, placement of the bulb and, painting the bulb. I have now planted these bulbs and am eagerly awaiting their appearance in the spring so we may continue with the rest of the plant and dissections.
- Subject: Flowers
- Topic: Tulips
- Medium: Watercolour
- Access: included with membership, or buy this tutorial on its own
What you'll need
- Paper: Saunders Waterford 140lbs Hot Pressed High White size A3
- Sennelier: Sennelier Yellow Light, Quinacridone Gold and 1 more
- Daniel Smith: 1 colour
- Brushes: Number 2 Round, Number 4 Round, Eradicator
- Other tools: Kitchen Towel, Putty Rubber
The full colour list comes with the tutorial, in its materials download.
More Tulips tutorials
- Lily-flowered Tulip in Watercolour Part Two
- Lily-flowered Tulip in Watercolour - Part One
- Tulip Angelique - New Shoot in Watercolour
- Tulip in Watercolour
- Tulip Dissection🌷
- 'Cabanna' Tulip in Coloured Pencil - Part Three
- 'Cabanna' Tulip in Coloured Pencil - Part Two
- 'Cabanna' Tulip in Coloured Pencil - Part One