Natural Illustration with Digital Painting

Transform a botanical pencil sketch into a digital illustration using the storytelling properties of color

• Introduction
• Developing Concepts and Sketches
• Creating the Final Artwork
• Taking Your Artwork to the Next Level
• Final project

Nature offers an endless supply of bountiful things to observe and record. Freelance illustrator Jessica Roux uses it as inspiration for the detailed botanical illustrations she creates. Using a mixture of digital and analog techniques, she creates beautiful compositions that have been featured by publications such as The New Yorker.

In this course, she guides you through creating original narrative illustrations using pencil and Photoshop. Imagine and draw engaging compositions, and discover how to incorporate the magic of nature into your creative practice.

• About Me
• Influences
• Creating a Story
• Researching Concepts and Ideas
• Finding Reference: Imagery, Mood Boards, and Color Palettes
• Graphite Techniques 1
• Graphite Techniques 2
• Sketching
• Starting the Graphite Drawing
• Digital Painting: Blocking in Solid Color Shapes
• Digital Painting: Shading and Highlights
• Making Color Corrections Using Adjustment Layers
• Applying the Final Artwork for Various Print Purposes
• X Narrative illustration and botanical painting