MARCH, it’s spring

This year, I have the idea of documenting the different wildflowers that I come across on my walks, the ones that grow in the corners of the sidewalk. I’ve seen white, violet, and yellow ones, and I have no idea what their names are yet, but we’ll surely find out together once I start posting the illustrations on my Instagram account.

I’m thinking of making some botanical prints like the ones I made during the pandemic with these illustrations. The idea will be to document them in black and white in my notebook, then arrange the different illustrations on the iPad and digitally apply color to them.

During the spring of 2020, I dedicated myself to drawing the trees and fruits I had nearby, then I experimented with color and gave them a retro feel that reminded me of the botanical illustrations from the 18th century expeditions.

When Domestika proposed a second collaboration with me, it was those illustrations that inspired me to create my course on botanical illustration. As it was the second course I did with the platform, I was more relaxed when we recorded it and enjoyed the process much more. Perhaps that’s why I have a special affection for it, and it’s my favorite course. I’ll leave the link for you to check it out, in the course we create the botanical illustration of a fig tree because we did it in October, and the figs were in full season. Let me know what you think of it.