Travel Journal: Illustrate Your Reality
Plants and Flowers
A course by Powerpaola , Plastic Artist, Cartoonist, and Illustrator
Joined December 2019
About the video: Plants and Flowers
Overview
“Once the architecture is covered, I will teach you how to draw plants, leaves, and trees. From far and near. You can exercise your observation. ”
In this video lesson Powerpaola addresses the topic: Plants and Flowers, which is part of the Domestika online course: Travel Journal: Illustrate Your Reality. Capture the moment by combining drawing and storytelling to create an unforgettable travel journal.
Partial transcription of the video
“Plants and Flowers Drawing plants, flowers, and nature in general is a great exercise in observation. You can recognize certain structures, shapes, and lines that your imagination wouldn't be able to think of unless you're constantly drawing. While I was walking around the neighborhood, I saw an Araucaria that is not typical of Buenos Aires, but it's an impressive tree on which lots of parrots live. I liked the tree, first because it's beautiful, but also because it has a very special structure in which you see that the shape of the leaf is on the whole tree. I sat there drawing the whole m...”
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Course summary for: Travel Journal: Illustrate Your Reality
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Creativity, Drawing, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration, Writing

Powerpaola
A course by Powerpaola
Powerpaola is a renowned plastic artist, cartoonist, and illustrator based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her sketchbooks are part of a collection at the Luis Ángel Arango library in Bogotá, and her drawings and paintings can be viewed at the IDLB gallery in Buenos Aires. She has also published over eight books and exhibited her work in several countries.
Additionally, she was artistic director of the animated feature Virus Tropical, based on her eponymous graphic novel. She produced more than 5000 cartoons for the film over a total of 5 years.
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