Naturalist Illustration with Scratchboard
Lights, Shapes and Textures
A course by Julia Rouaux , Scientific and Naturalist Illustrator
About the video: Lights, Shapes and Textures
Overview
“I will teach you how to start defining lights, finalize shapes and textures. You will also learn the ways to correct mistakes and add details once the ink is scraped off.”
In this video lesson Julia Rouaux addresses the topic: Lights, Shapes and Textures, which is part of the Domestika online course: Naturalist Illustration with Scratchboard. Learn how to capture the precise details and textures of animals in black and white.
Partial transcription of the video
“Lights, shapes and textures In this lesson I will continue with the work. I'm going to reinforce lights, correct mistakes, and make eyes. For that I need references. I will continue to use the references from my original sketch for details that remain undefined. Also, I printed my digital collage because the theme of values, lights and shadows it is easier to see it in grayscale, so I have this photo in black and white. As a first step, I am going to reinforce all the targets. First, the part of the muzzle and what would be the jaw, which are the whitest areas that we have within the image....”
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Course summary for: Naturalist Illustration with Scratchboard
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Category
Craft, Illustration -
Areas
Drawing, Engraving, Fine Arts, Ink Illustration, Naturalistic Illustration, Traditional illustration
Julia Rouaux
A course by Julia Rouaux
Julia Rouaux has always been passionate about nature, even as a child, and she never missed an opportunity to draw it. This led her to take a scientific illustration course after completing her degree in biology and, ultimately, to combine both of her passions while pursuing a PhD in natural sciences.
She currently works as a freelance illustrator and teaches scientific and naturalist illustration. She has created illustrations for scientific studies, informative publications, undergraduate and postgraduate theses, and educational materials including images for three illustrated guides on mammals from South America and around the world.
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