Contemporary Botanical Illustration with Ink
Starting a Formal Pencil Sketch
A course by Fujiko Rose , Fine and Decorative Artist
About the video: Starting a Formal Pencil Sketch
Overview
“Once you're happy with the overall composition of your reference material, the next step is to sketch the base of your final piece. In this lesson, I will show you how I map out my initial lines.”
In this video lesson Fujiko Rose addresses the topic: Starting a Formal Pencil Sketch, which is part of the Domestika online course: Contemporary Botanical Illustration with Ink. Learn to combine traditional and modern inking techniques to create contemporary botanical drawings, exploring the principles of balance and composition.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Starting a Formal Pencil Sketch In this lesson, we'll start our formal pencil sketch and map out our final piece. Quite simple tools for this. I have my handy rulers, a pencil, and my eraser as well. I have my thumbnail sketch to refer to as well as the photograph I have taken at the correct angle. If you have your flowers around, it's good to keep them to the side. You can always look at them and see for closer details, but if you have your image, it's not necessary. This paper comes in a larger size and I have just trimmed this, but the edges are naturally deckled so it has a sort of so...”
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Course summary for: Contemporary Botanical Illustration with Ink
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Category
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Areas
Artistic Drawing, Botanical Illustration, Ink Illustration, Traditional illustration
Fujiko Rose
A course by Fujiko Rose
Fujiko Rose is a UK-based fine and decorative artist who works predominantly in ink, using both traditional and modern techniques to create intricate drawings that combine realism and abstraction. Her interests in history, literature, film, architecture, and fashion motivated her to pursue a career in the arts at a young age. After exploring the world of design by selling hand-printed wallpapers and fabrics, she won the televised competition Landscape Artist of the Year, which gave her the visibility she needed to kick-start her career.
While mainly selling original artwork and prints, she has participated in a number of exhibitions like The Other Art Fair and joined JC Gallery Mayfair, where she hosted her first solo show. She has also collaborated with COS at Coal Drops Yard, RIBA, and Adidas London x Creative Debuts.
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