Naturalist Illustrations with Watercolors: Drawing and Composition
Composition and sketch
A course by Cristina Cilloniz , Botanical Illustrator
Joined November 2017
Joined November 2017
About the video: Composition and sketch
Overview
“In this lesson I will create a sketch or pencil drawing of what will be the beginning of the final project. I will start by making some simple sketches to put the ideas on paper. I will define the composition and clean the drawing that will later give color and life with the watercolors.”
In this video lesson Cristina Cilloniz addresses the topic: Composition and sketch, which is part of the Domestika online course: Naturalist Illustrations with Watercolors: Drawing and Composition. Learn illustration techniques to give life to animals, insects, and botanical elements.
Partial transcription of the video
“Composition and sketch In this lesson I'll show you some basic concepts of composition. Then we will work on our sketch for the final illustration. Here I have four simple photographs that help us to understand a little some concepts for composition. For example, in these two images I have two figures that are located in the thirds. Let's talk about thirds. When we have a photograph, an image, an illustration, I personally really like to place the main figures at specific points. If we divide each image into three equal parts ... and we draw guidelines, they will give us specific points. Wh...”
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Course summary for: Naturalist Illustrations with Watercolors: Drawing and Composition
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Category
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Areas
Drawing, Naturalistic Illustration, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Cristina Cilloniz
A course by Cristina Cilloniz
For Cristina Cilloniz, watercolor was a source of creativity and growth at a crucial moment in her life. An architect by profession and passionate about nature, she decided to change the trajectory of her life in 2016, when she began to dedicate herself exclusively to botanical watercolor illustration and turned it into a tool to explore, heal and share.
He has collaborated with renowned brands such as L'Occitane, Patagonia and Faber-Castell in different formats: stationery products, wallpapers, fabrics and wood.
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