Botanical Sketchbooking: A Meditative Approach
Decay Study 2
A course by Lapin , Urban Sketcher
About the video: Decay Study 2
Overview
“Second part of this lesson, focused on portraying the everyday decay of the flowers.”
In this video lesson Lapin addresses the topic: Decay Study 2, 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 So here we are, we just could wait a couple of days because of the course preparation. It's already changed a lot of the texture and definitely the shape of the tulip. Actually, at this stage, usually with the wait I invite you to keep waiting until the last moment to see at which stage is the most interesting for you to draw the flower. I would have waited myself perhaps one more day, so I could see also the stamens inside of it, and more of its anatomy but we ran out of time. So, let's do this drawing first. Looking only at the line work here, we can see quite a lot of differe...”
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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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