Botanical Illustration: From Notebook to Print
The Botanical Expedition
A course by David Morales , Architect and Illustrator
About the video: The Botanical Expedition
Overview
“As for the ancient explorers, drawing the nature that surrounds us is an inexhaustible source of inspiration and knowledge. Let's dive into this wonderful world.”
In this video lesson David Morales addresses the topic: The Botanical Expedition, which is part of the Domestika online course: Botanical Illustration: From Notebook to Print. Learn how to transform the ink drawings in your sketchbook into colorful digital illustrations.
Partial transcription of the video
“The Botanical Expedition In this lesson, I’ll show you the process I’ve developed through my daily drawing, and how botanical illustration or nature drawing can be an endless source of inspiration. When I started to draw every day, one of the hardest things that I came up against was not knowing what to draw. It seemed like every day, I had to find something important to draw and I wouldn't find it, and at the end of the day, I'd suffer. That’s when I started to look for series and found the first one, which were utility poles. I’ve always loved them. I find the lines of the cables make inc...”
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Course summary for: Botanical Illustration: From Notebook to Print
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Category
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Areas
Botanical Illustration, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration
David Morales
A course by David Morales
David Morales is a Colombian architect and notebook artist based between Barcelona and his hometown of Ibagué. It was in architecture school that he began drawing in his notebook, trying to understand the proportions and material quality of buildings that he found interesting. Gradually, these notebooks became an inseparable element of his travels and his architectural work.
In 2018, he started an art project called ""One Day One Drawing"" in which he depicts his surroundings, family, and concerns on a daily basis. He has also created book covers for the publishing house Planeta, Spain and for Taller Talante, Colombia.
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