Scientific Illustration Instruction by Rogério Lupo

Rogério Lupo is a Brazilian scientific illustrator who 1st Prize in the Margaret Flockton Award in 2010 and 2013.  He is also a teacher who has very generously provided a FREE guidebook and a FREE 48 minute video online providing pointers on how to draw scientific illustrations using graphite.

He also makes the effort to make sure his tuition is accessible to those who speak/read English rather than Portuguese.

This post is about:

• his FREE 48 minute Video (with English subtitles) and Guidebook (translated into English) - about using Graphite for Scientific Illustration (I previously wrote about the Guidebook in Guide to Botanical Illustration using Pen and Ink - in Portuguese)
• his work and artwork online
• Rogério's Workshop Tour of the USA in 2019 - providing workshops in the use of graphite and pen and ink for botanical illustration.

The NEW Video

The 48 minute YouTube Video "Graphite for Scientific Illustrations - Supplement to the free Guidebook with English subtitles is a FREE lesson providing complementary demonstrations to support the study and practices of the Guidebook: Graphite and its Possibilities Applied to Scientific Illustrations. also FREE - SEE BELOW

It now has ENGLISH SUBTITLES which have been reviewed by Bobbi Angell, American Botanical Illustrator. 

The YouTube icons bottom right of the video

To enable the subtitles follow the instructions below:

1. Select the captions icon in the bottom right hand corner . It's on the extreme left, to the left of the cog wheel icon.
2. Click the icon - so a red line appears beneath it
3. You have now switched on the subtitles
4. This will stay on for whatever video you watch next - until you switch it off.

You can also read the transcript for the video. If you select the three dots below the video - on the extreme right - and select "open transcript" - the transcript opens up in the top right of the screen and you can read what is being said continuously without referencing the screen. It's a long video and you might find this useful!

The Guidebook

Graphite and its Possibilities Applied to Scientific Illustrations is a FREE Guidebook with English subtitles. Please note that Rogério Lupo has asserted his copyright and any SALE of this Guidebook is strictly prohibited

Graphite for Scientific Illustrations from Rogério Lupo

In due course, with Rogério's permission, I aim to summarise the key tips from his Guidebook and video so that I can add these into my page on Scientific Botanical Illustration to accompany those from Walter Hood Fitch, the eminent botanical draughtsman. Fitch wrote eight articles for The Gardeners' Chronicle in 1869 as a guide for botanical drawing!

About Rogério Lupo

Brazilian Scientific Illustrator, Rogério Lupo introduces his video

Rogério Lupo is a Brazilian Scientific Illustrator who produces botanical illustrations. He is a member of the very illustrious and tiny group of people who have won the Margaret Flockton Award twice. He won 1st Prize in 2010 and 2013. 

You can see some of his botanical artwork in the albums of photos of his botanical illustration images which he shares on Facebook (these can be seen irrespective of whether or not you have.a Facebook account as a Facebook Page is public).

He also plays rather good 10 string Brazilian viola/guitar for how his own composition background track of this video!

Below are some of the places where you can see and read about his work online. If you use the Chrome Browser with the translate function switched of it will translate the Portuguese into English. 

Blog: https://rogeriolupo.blogspot.com​
Facebook Page: Rogério Lupo - Ilustração Científica
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfd05brN9PDeCQ4eaqS_Yqw

Rogério Lupo's Workshop Tour of the USA in 2019

Next year he is doing a workshop tour of the USAas follows:

Workshop 1: Pasadena
Venue: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Supported by the Botanical Artist Guild of Southern California and hosted by Teri Kuwahara.
Dates: March 27-29. Hybrid course of graphite and pen nib and ink,

Workshop 2:  Denver
Venue: School of Botanical Art and Illustration at The Gardens Denver, CO - hosted by Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski.
Dates: April 5-7 - Graphite
April 8-10 - pen nib and ink; 12-14 April pen nib and ink

Workshop 3: Minneapolis, MN
Venue: The Minnesota School of Botanical Art - hosted by Marilyn A. Garber.
Dates: April 18-20 - Hybrid course of graphite and pen nib and ink

Workshop 4: Chicago, IL
Venue: Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods. Supported by Botanical Art by Heeyoung Kim and hosted by Heeyoung Kim.
Dates: April 26-28 - Pen nib and ink
May 3-5 - Hybrid course of graphite and pen nib and ink,

Workshop 5: Richmond, VA
Venue: Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden hosted by Phyllis Laslett.
Dates: May 10-12 - Pen Nib and Ink with a public demonstration happening beforehand on May 9.

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