Daily Sketches – June 30 Flowers – 1. Fuchsia

June 1, 2021June 5, 20211 Comment

Starting today, I will upload a video daily on my Patreon, within a project spread throughout June in which I will draw a botanical topic per day. June is dedicated to flowers. I will draw with ink and watercolor on a A3 paper, grid of 5x5cm squares, with an empty space on the right for … Continue reading Daily Sketches – June 30 Flowers – 1. Fuchsia

How to Draw Flowers like Leonardo da Vinci

April 8, 2021October 4, 20212 Comments

Even though they are impressive, the botanical drawings of Leonardo da Vinci are not highly publicized. Partly because there are only few of them and partly because, in the spirit of that time, they were conceived as preliminary sketches for paintings, and not as drawings in themselves or as in-depth botanical studies. In fact, not … Continue reading How to Draw Flowers like Leonardo da Vinci

Drawing and Painting a Geastrum Mushroom in my Botanical Journal

December 16, 2020December 20, 20203 Comments

I came across this Geastrum (earthstar) mushroom in a coniferous forest by the end of November. Geastrum is a species of inedible and saprophage fungus, it obtain its nutrients by decomposing green matter. The fruit body develops at first underground (hypogeous) in the form of a small ball. As it matures, it pushes up through … Continue reading Drawing and Painting a Geastrum Mushroom in my Botanical Journal

How to Draw Botanical Art like the Old Masters – Video Tutorial

December 5, 2020October 4, 2021Leave a comment

I uploaded a new class on my Patreon on how to draw a Physalis fruit with fruit with sanguine on red prepared paper. The method was largely used by the old renaissance masters and most of the botanical masterpieces of Leonardo are made by this red-on-red technique. Sanguine, a soft stone with a high content … Continue reading How to Draw Botanical Art like the Old Masters – Video Tutorial

Of Games to be Played by Those who Draw

November 25, 2020October 4, 2021Leave a comment

“When, Oh draftsmen, you desire to find relaxation in games you should always practice such things as may be of use in your profession, by giving your eye good practice in judging accurately of the breadth and length of objects. Thus, to accustom your mind to such things, let one of you draw a straight line...