Botanical Sketchbooking: A Meditative Approach
Botanical Composition 1
A course by Lapin , Urban Sketcher
About the video: Botanical Composition 1
Overview
“We will create a composition by turning the same flower around and drawing it from different angles. You have an infinity of possibilities.”
In this video lesson Lapin addresses the topic: Botanical Composition 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, we'll explore together how to create some composition using the same flower turning around, looking for some different point of view, perspective, shapes to create after a while a pattern. I will not explain again how to draw a flower or botanic. I think you became some expert already. So we start with a line, then watercolor. Just take your time, observe, spend as much time as you can looking at your model, its observation drawing. To create such composition with a few copy of the same flower. It's more natural to use an old number, like a bouquet. So I think you can do thr...”
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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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