Illustration Techniques for Contemporary Botanical Art
Learning to Be More Aware
A course by Rommygon ☻ , Visual Artist
About the video: Learning to Be More Aware
Overview
“In this lesson, you will adopt a new view of your surroundings, starting at home and then going for a walk. Zoom in with your camera and pay attention to the details in nature that you haven't seen before. Create your own documentation archive through your eye's lens. ”
In this video lesson Rommygon ☻ addresses the topic: Learning to Be More Aware, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustration Techniques for Contemporary Botanical Art. Explore the wonders of nature and learn how to bring it to life on paper using ink, pencils, watercolor, gouache, and your vision of the botanical world.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Learning to Be More Aware Hi, in this lesson, we will start to learn about our surroundings. This is a part of my process that is very present and I do it for every project and every art piece I create. Before starting anything, I like to go and observe, even at home, everywhere, all the natural elements that are in my surroundings. I find this very interesting because you are kind of investigating all the time, and every time you find something that captures your attention, I would like to invite you to record that in a way so you can remember it. This is something that I do all the time...”
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Course summary for: Illustration Techniques for Contemporary Botanical Art
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Category
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Areas
Botanical Illustration, Fine Arts, Gouache Painting, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Rommygon ☻
A course by Rommygon ☻
Rommy Gonzalez is a Chilean artist based in Berlin. She studied motion graphics at the School of Visual Arts in New York, and photography Direction in Barcelona before spending a decade as a visual artist, graphic designer and art director. Rommy’s love of the natural world led to her to create the Mountopia series of paintings, which became a solo exhibition in Berlin in 2019.
Rommy’s work has been featured in Chilean street art magazine Fragmentos and tourism magazine Stgo B. She co-founded the Women in Science collective, and is represented by The Different Folk agency.
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