Botanical Sketchbooking: A Meditative Approach
Decay Study 1
A course by Lapin , Urban Sketcher
About the video: Decay Study 1
Overview
“We will sketch together the same flower day after day and observe how its colors and appearance evolve.”
In this video lesson Lapin addresses the topic: Decay Study 1, 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
“In this lesson, I will show you one of my favorite exercises, documenting the decaying of a flower. When I've got some tulips, for example, at home, I'm usually doing a drawing nearly every day. to get an archive of the evolution of the flower, the texture, the color and the shape, obviously. I will show you first a few samples, one of those drawings I'm doing, and then we will practice with the same flower and see how it's evolving. And that is also a very interesting, great inspiration for you to create some botanical illustration. It's definitely perhaps not the way you used to look at a...”
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Course summary for: Botanical Sketchbooking: A Meditative Approach
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Adobe Photoshop -
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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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