Botanical Sketchbooking: A Meditative Approach
Colour and Texture: Bright Colours 4
A course by Lapin , Urban Sketcher
About the video: Colour and Texture: Bright Colours 4
Overview
“Let's continue applying colour and texture to our composition.”
In this video lesson Lapin addresses the topic: Colour and Texture: Bright Colours 4, which is part of the Domestika online course: Botanical Sketchbooking: A Meditative Approach. Slow down and connect with nature by learning how to illustrate plants and flowers using watercolors.
Partial transcription of the video
“So let's start with a a bit simpler exercise with the tulips. I will look for the most interesting point of view again. like this would be interesting to see really well all the colors. The shape of the tulip is much more regular than the peony and much simpler. three petals on the outside, three on the inside in opposite positions. and it's nearly closed now, so it's nearly like a wall, so it would be very fast to draw it. I will not only draw the flower but just the leaf, to also get the contrast between the these orange, yellow, red and the green. And yeah, let's draw it first line. And ...”
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Course summary for: Botanical Sketchbooking: A Meditative Approach
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Botanical Illustration, Drawing, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Lapin
A course by Lapin
Lapin is an urban sketcher based in Barcelona, Spain. As a young boy, he remembers accompanying his father—an airplane technician—to his workplace to draw planes and imagine their stories. His three passions remain the same to this day: aviation, paleontology, and drawing.
In 18 years, he has filled over 200 sketchbooks, published 30 books, and was named the official air and space painter for the French Army in 2019. He’s a member of the Urban Sketching Community since 2008 and teaches Illustration Masters students at Elisava in Barcelona, as well as his own urban sketching workshops. His clients include the French Army, Air France, the City of Barcelona, Le Parisien Magazine, PlayStation, Heineken, Marks & Spencer, Aigle, Peugeot, Porsche, and Formula One.
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