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Botanical Sketchbooking: A Meditative Approach

Decay Study 1

A course by Lapin , Urban Sketcher

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Audio: English, Spanish

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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

“Decay Study In this lesson, I'll show you one of my favorite exercises: documenting the decaying of a flower. When I've got some tulips, for example, at home, I usually do 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 examples, 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 very interesting, great inspiration for you to create some botanical illustration. It's definitely not the way you're used to look at a ...”

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Course summary for: Botanical Sketchbooking: A Meditative Approach

Level: Beginner
98% positive reviews (1388)
68385 students
4 units
24 lessons (5h 28m)
5 downloads

Category
Illustration
Software
Adobe Photoshop
Areas
Botanical Illustration, Drawing, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Lapin

A course by Lapin

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Urban Sketcher

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.