I have been stuck at home for quite a while now (like probably a lot of people at the moment), so when this class came up it was like a little bit of a breath of fresh air!

Day 1. Color swatching

It had rain quite a lot then, so I decided to use a picture of the flowers I grow on my balcony for the color swatching. For whaterver reason, I didn't feel like drawing abstract shapes so I opted for using beetles sketches for my color swatching :)

Urban nature journaling in Paris - image 1 - student project

materials: Winsor & Newton watercolours + Micro Sakura Ink pen in 005

Day 2. Texture Circle

I have been going through a "ultra-colorful" phase lately, so contrary to day 1, I decided to transform the ripples of the fountain du Jardin du Luxembourg, into really simplified and bright shapes. It was a lovely (and safe) outting with friends with a lot of sun and maybe too much pollen...

Urban nature journaling in Paris - image 2 - student project

materials: Posca pens

Day 3. Black & White

I had just came back from the photo lab, where they had developped a recently finished roll of black and white film photography I had given. The pictures where all taken in Normandy, one of my favourite places on Earth, so using for a prompt felt like a outting in itself (since we couldn't go there for a few months).

Urban nature journaling in Paris - image 3 - student project

materials: White Nights watercolour in Payne's Grey + W&N gouache

Day 5. Nature Pattern

On this day, a friend of mine invited me to take a stroll at a nearby park where we could see ducklings. There, we found a japanese maple tree, whose leaves were just so crisp and nice. Choice for day 5 made! For the colors, I had just tried out a new palette of bright neon red and golden yellow watercolours, soooo here we are...

Urban nature journaling in Paris - image 4 - student project

materials: Da Vinci watercolour in Indian Yellow + GD Color in Neon Rosso

Day 6. One meter away

Another rainy day. Really bored and kinda blue. I used this prompt for really rough sketching while watching a series. So took a few objects that reachable without getting up from my desk: an empty dino plant pot, a paper clip and few seashells. Still in my "ultra-colorful" phase.

Urban nature journaling in Paris - image 5 - student project

materials: Tombow water-based watercolours, Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils + Faber-Castell ink pen

The day 4. Question Page and day 7. Map are to be done in a few days, but until then, I hope you enjoyed following on my "walks" through drawings. It was a fun way to relax!

Segolene Chapin

Illustrator / Environmental Scientist

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