Botanical Sketchbooking: A Meditative Approach
Cactus Illustration 3
A course by Lapin , Urban Sketcher
About the video: Cactus Illustration 3
Overview
“Third and last part of the lesson. I will work on a third cactus applying the same method.”
In this video lesson Lapin addresses the topic: Cactus Illustration 3, 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
“For this last cactus here on the table, it's more challenging because you get this very long thorns over it. Sketching it with lines would be even more difficult than the two previous ones. We will do again the main shapes, these long vertical balloons, these four different ones, and with the vertical shade over it. And once it's dry, we will draw roughly the feeling we have, this rhythm, the vibration of all the thrones of Earth. You can see that on the top of it and in the exterior, it will look darker. you get some brown and dark red and even some orange here in the middle. When you look...”
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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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