Flora and fauna gcse art mindmap

Natural Forms: mind map/mood board | Mind map art, Natural form art, Art journal inspiration

I have always been inspired by the nature, especially its flora and fauna. Here is an illustration where I tried to bring them together in…

Sketchbook refrence work, a page looking into botanical illustration from over the years. I have used a cross section of media including watercolour and fineliner. Using different paper to work on has also been an essential part of these pages as I have experimented on working on sugar paper, newspaper and others. Dimensions: Double page spread in A3 sketchbook.

I have been asked a few times how I create the pages in my workbook. So I have photographed this one as it progressed to try and show the sort of things I do and the materials I use. My pages either start from photos (I use a pogo printer on my hols) or as in this case a collection of items. So here goes... The book I use is a 10 by 8 inch journal with cream lined paper. The paper isn't anything special but does with stand all the materials I use. This page started with a collection of items…