Botanical Illustration: From Notebook to Print
Pencil sketch 1
A course by David Morales , Architect and Illustrator
About the video: Pencil sketch 1
Overview
“In this lesson we will make the pencil sketches of each of the selected figures of the fig tree. We will practice observation to transfer the forms of reality to the notebook.”
In this video lesson David Morales addresses the topic: Pencil sketch 1, 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
“Pencil Sketch In pencil, we’ll draw each of the parts that we’ve chosen from our fig, and we’ll practice observation to transfer the shapes from reality into our sketchbook. The first element we’ll draw is the simplest one of all, but you can start wherever you want. It’s a matter of increasing the difficulty. The simplest element is clearly the whole fig. We’ll draw two and then choose the one we like best. The first thing we’ll do is very lightly make the first stroke. Once we’re a bit more certain, we can go over it with more pressure. The place where it attaches to the tree is right aro...”
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Course summary for: Botanical Illustration: From Notebook to Print
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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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