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Insect Painting ~ Beetles, Bugs and Butterfly

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18/08/2014 Wildlife

Beetles, Bugs and Butterfly is a composite painting of insect studies we covered over the weekend masterclasses in Sydney.

Recent posts

International Artist Magazine Feature Article
16/10/2024
Blossom Illustration - Painting Lesson in Watercolor
09/10/2024
Wren and Hardenbergia - Miniature in Watercolour
30/09/2024

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Email: theearthenartist@gmail.com

Website: www.heidiwillis.com.au

Recent Portfolio

Kookaburra in Eucalyptus – Illustration In Watercolour

Rainbow Lorikeet Painting In Watercolour

Kingfisher Study in Watercolour

Gang Gang Cockatoos and Brachychiton

Splendid Wren and Eucalyptus – Painting in Watercolour

Scarlet Honeyeater and Grevillea in Watercolour

Recent Instagrams

This month's Patreon #paintinglesson is now live o

This month's Patreon #paintinglesson is now live over on our community channel, exploring a beautiful #botanical #painting subject in #watercolour The lesson is all about the delicate, finer aspects of the medium, subject and techniques, and there's plenty to learn capturing this Boronia study of course. I look forward to seeing what you can create!

There's a bunch of #onlinepainting tutorials available for you to enjoy now, delving into all things natural history and #realisticwatercolour #illustration I'll post the link in todays story for you ✨️ Enjoy!

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Another step in the progress of my #boronia study,

Another step in the progress of my #boronia study, shifts focus to the beautiful outer petals of the flowers for a whole new balance. I'm away, travelling Argentina atm, but this #onlinetutorial is all set to go for you on the 8th as the coming months #paintinglesson over on Patreon. It's a great exercise in the more delicate touches of #botanicalillustration and #watercolour enjoying another gorgeous subject. I hope to see you there!

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Sharing the early stages of my #boronia #illustrat

Sharing the early stages of my #boronia #illustration in #watercolour with you, im working in delicate yellow to capture the inner workings of these delicate Australian flowers. A beautiful study, this is also the focus of our next #paintinglesson together over on Patreon.

Were all about this delicate, elegant #botanicalpainting subject next month, practising a light touch, vibrant, intricate colour and textures and plenty of wonderful #watercolourpainting techniques along the way. If youd like to join us theres plenty to explore now, including this newest #onlinetutorial which will be live on the 8th. Links are in my bio, stories, website or below.

https://www.patreon.com/collection/243408?utm_campaign=collectionshare_creator&utm_content=android_share

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Its great to have my work featured in Internationa

Its great to have my work featured in International Artist Magazine again! I have 10 pages looking more deeply into my recent 'Gang Gang Cockatoo and Brachychiton' painting in watercolour, and i love the brilliant splash of red it brings to the pages... I thought Id share this with you too ❤️

'Gang Gang Cockatoo and Brachychiton' is a major work measuring 22x30inches in size. All others featured are sold, but this piece is currently available 🙏🏻

I'll share more on this over on my Patreon Channel shortly

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Today my #onlinepainting #tutorial 'Blossom Illust

Today my #onlinepainting #tutorial 'Blossom Illustration' went live and is ready for you to jump in and enjoy over on Patreon whenever you fancy a bit of creative #watercolour and #botanicalpainting play time. It's a beautiful, delicate deep dive into the #watercolor medium and this gorgeous #painting subject, with plenty to learn. I look forward to sharing this study with you, and to seeing what you can create! 💗 Link is below, in my bio, today's story, and from my website... see you there ✨️

https://www.patreon.com/posts/111593210?utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=android_share

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Finishing our butterfly #painting brought us to th

Finishing our butterfly #painting brought us to the end of this week's #watercolourworkshop here on the Gold Coast, where we've learned about a full cross section of realistic #watercolor rendering techniques. We are far more prepared and able to continue on creating paintings of our own now, with the direction, confidence and steadiness needed. It has been such a lovely week here, learning so much together. Thank you all for joining me here and well done for taking the challenge and all you achieved ✨️ See you next March!

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Working on our next #painting challenge, we're ref

Working on our next #painting challenge, we're refining our techniques and balances beyond what my students even realise now, capturing the intricacies of this #butterflyillustration in ways not so possible just a few days ago. It's a gorgeous subject, our focus rewarded with such improvement in the outcomes. As I break the incredible 21,000 student milestone this morning, on my last teaching day here on the Gold Coast and my last event for the year, I am feeling especially proud of myself and my students and full of gratitude for you all. I'm off to finish our butterfly illustrations and this event today with high spirits and I hope you have a great, creative day too.

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This morning I just want to share this incredible

This morning I just want to share this incredible milestone with you. It's a proud moment to wake to this message this morning, especially as I am away teaching as my student numbers broke the 21,000 mark online.

It's not something i ever set out to achieve, and i realise many of you havent realised i teach either... but i do! Teaching has been a really organic emergence, born out of my appreciation for knowledge sharing, helping others along their creative way, and quite simply, to share my deep love of my craft and my own achievements with you all. Its a beautiful thing that has grown from the best origins and purposes and I feel really proud of myself and so very proud of my students too. My group now reminds me why I keep returning to it, why I love it, why I give it my focus and what a 2 way path of growth it is. So thank you everyone for being on this journey with me 🥰

New lessons are still coming over on Patreon all the time, so if you'd like to join me, why not go ahead and jump in too. The link is below, in my bio, in todays story, and of course, you can access it from my website or google too. I hope to see you there. Thanks again, I appreciate you all 🙏

https://www.patreon.com/collection/243408?utm_campaign=collectionshare_creator&utm_content=android_share

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Our focus shifted to this tiny Eastern Yellow Robi

Our focus shifted to this tiny Eastern Yellow Robin in our Gold Coast workshop yesterday, learning different watercolour painting techniques and balances once more, bringing our mango studies to completion. Here's a little insight to my study with the addition of the bird. The combination of these two subjects has been wonderful for learning a whole gamut of #watercolour #painting techniques around #realisticwatercolour #illustration ✨️ I hope youll enjoy this insight into what we've been learning, and check out the students work in today's story too 💛

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This week's #painting #workshop on the Gold Coast

This week's #painting #workshop on the Gold Coast is underway with such a lovely bunch of willing students, and we've sure learned a lot already and have come so far. Our mango study taught us so much about having fun with colour, layering, wash and glazing techniques and beyond in the botanical element of the lesson. Now we're coming to the end of our small bird #illustration for a completely different practice and balance, diving into textural dry brushing... were covering all bases with more to come! I'm sure my girls slept well last night and will be ready for the new day today. It's really incredible seeing the development over these workshops and an honour to work with such great people 🥰 Today's reel is a little insight into what we've been working on so far 🙏

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Blossom Sudy in #watercolour is finished, and will

Blossom Sudy in #watercolour is finished, and will be available as next month's Patreon #painting #tutorial - live on October 8th if you'd like to join in ✨️ link is in bio ✨️ Its a beautiful subject and painting presenting us with plenty of learning in its creation 💕 If not, I hope you'll enjoy this short clip on its completion.

(Original is approximately 10x14in, and is available)

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On the drawing board, I have our next Patreon Pain

On the drawing board, I have our next Patreon Painting Lesson underway for you, capturing the delicate beauty of the #blossom flowers in #watercolour 💕 This #paintingtutorial explores the subject and medium in depth to create a #botanicalpainting of your own with plenty of learning along the way. Todays clip shares the first half of the #painting coming to life, with more to come soon.

Our Blossom #onlinepainting #tutorial goes live on October 8th, and I hope to see you there! ✨️

https://www.patreon.com/Heidi_Willis?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator

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Last week's #paintingretreat explored sooo many #w

Last week's #paintingretreat explored sooo many #watercolourpainting techniques, and our nesting bird was a great opportunity to experience a broad scope of approaches. There's lots to learn, but it was nice playing with this sweet subject and the medium together. Texture, timing, different applications, it has it all. I didnt get mine quite finished, but todays reel shares the emergence of my study.

Next year's Tassie retreat is open for bookings so let @artablestudios know if you'd like to join in next time.

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Sharing a tiny #bumblebee #painting I did in #wate

Sharing a tiny #bumblebee #painting I did in #watercolour as a dry brush demo for my students last week. An eternal favourite of course, it's a beautiful critter, subject for artists and choice for exploring the finer techniques of rendering. My new 10/0 brush was added to the collection last month and it performed well! I'll pop a link in my story for those today too. I hope youll enjoy this little #illustration and look into last week's painting retreat ✨️

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Reflecting, remembering, contemplating past and th

Reflecting, remembering, contemplating past and the future... Grateful for the chance to create in this this lifetime, wondering if I'll ever be able to get back to dreams such as these 💙

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I've been such a busy bee here, working away behin

I've been such a busy bee here, working away behind the scenes to put together a beautiful new #onlinepainting tutorial for my students. Ive been loving this lesson all about the #hyacinth in #watercolour and I'm super keen to share it with you all - LIVE on PATREON, September 8th.

With my student numbers very close to hitting 21,000, i am humbled and grateful for the enrichment youve all brought to my life. Thank you for your interest to learn more about my work, my materials, work processes and #watercolourpainting ✨️ Its wonderful to share some of my greatest loves with you in such a way, and I am inspired to keep teaching as such a part of my focus in return.

And so, this month's #paintinglesson is all about simple colour use, tonal painting and working in layers as we discover more about this divine #botanicalillustration subject. I can't wait to see what you create! Join me on PATREON, September 8th for the deep dive ⭐️

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'Wisteria and Wattlebirds' is a #watercolour study

'Wisteria and Wattlebirds' is a #watercolour study i still love to this day, a whole 13 years on! I cant believe how the time passed by so fast, but its nice to get these little reminders of how my time has been spent. Measuring 300x465mm/12x18inches in size, I think that #wisteria remains one of the hardest flowers to paint well. For a time there I created many Wisteria paintings until I found just the right balance of that divine colour... and isn't it just divine! This weekend I saw the very first Wisteria coming into bloom here at home and was instantlyin love again. With spring officially here, it's a beautiful memory and piece to share with you today 💜

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Good morning all! Today I'm sharing the early star

Good morning all! Today I'm sharing the early start of my next #botanicalpainting with you, capturing a little bit of spring for my next Patreon #paintingtutorial. In this lesson we're creating a realistic hyacinth #illustration that's developed in delicate tonal layers, giving you a fairly simple approach and wonderful outcome to this intricate flower subject. As usual, there's plenty to learn in the lesson, and plenty to enjoy in the deep dive of such a beautiful focus. Welcoming the spring in the studio feels so nice 😊 I hope youll join me for this #paintinglesson - live September 8th, and enjoy its progress here as a sneak peek of its humble beginnings in any case. I'll be back with more on this soon! 🙏

The original is available, 10x7inches in size and is rendered in #watercolour

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It's a busy week here in the studio, preparing for

It's a busy week here in the studio, preparing for my up coming #painting retreat and workshop, creating a beautiful new springtime painting lesson for you over on Patreon of course, and a little commission for a client I shared some of in my Broadcast Channel, but I've also been coming and going from my little #wrenpainting wherever possible. The background is slowly coming to life now with the addition of some fresh greens filling up the white nicely, and I have a short clip of the progress for you this morning. There's still a bit to do of course, but it just goes to show you how much even small but consistent efforts add up to something really worthwhile. So I'll head back to the jungle here but I hope youll enjoy today's post, and I'll be back with more soon. Have a great day everyone ✨️

'Wren and Sarsaparilla'is 15x15cm, watercolour and is available 🙏

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Putting the stems in changes everything. Suddenly

Putting the stems in changes everything. Suddenly we have structure and clarity to the sea of purple, and it transforms into something far clearer and lively. It's also a lovely colour change to explore. Although is is indeed a fiddly stage, its such fun to see it coming together in the process. There's still a ways to go here, but its closer to completion by the brush stroke, and I'm continuing to enjoy it unfolding. Thanks for following 🙏

'Wren and Sarsaparilla' is 15x15cms in size, #watercolour and is available

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