Botanical Illustration: From Notebook to Print
From sketch to ink: the fig tree 2
A course by David Morales , Architect and Illustrator
About the video: From sketch to ink: the fig tree 2
Overview
“After finishing working on the details of the leaf, we are going to finish inking our drawings with the fig plant.”
In this video lesson David Morales addresses the topic: From sketch to ink: the fig tree 2, 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
“From Sketch to Ink The Fig Tree With the leaf’s tone done, we still have to draw the contours and make the secondary nerves a bit less prominent. They're the ones closer to the edges. We’ll do that by adding a bit more hatching on top of them so they don’t stand out as much as the main ones. The lines I’ll make now are hardest when the sketchbook is vertical. It’s a horizontal line, and I tend to avoid it. In a situation or in a drawing where I’m not being filmed, I’d turn the book, but to help you see it well, I’ll get into a slightly odd position to make this kind of line. I’ll go over th...”
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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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