Drawing nature: Bring leaves and flowers to life with ink and gouache

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Free Online Course: Drawing nature: Bring leaves and flowers to life with ink and gouache provided by Skillshare is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 1-2 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Drawing nature: Bring leaves and flowers to life with ink and gouache is taught by Julia Bausenhardt.

Overview
  • In this class, I’m going to show you how to draw leafs and flowers from nature with ink. We’ll add a bit of color as a second step.
    We’ll take a look at different kinds of basic drawing techniques, and how you can add interest to your drawing by adding texture and details. I’ll also demonstrate how to work with a limited color palette. I’ll show you basic leaf and floral shapes and how to observe and draw from nature and simplify organic shapes in a pleasing way.

Syllabus
    • Introduction
    • Tools
    • Examples
    • Basic techniques
    • Sketching botanical shapes
    • Exercise: draw a leaf herbarium
    • Exercise: Draw a flower herbarium
    • Adding color
    • Class project: wild flower meadow
    • Final thoughts