Illustrating Nature: A Creative Exploration
Make Mistakes, Overcome Fear
A course by Laura McKendry , Artist and Illustrator
About the video: Make Mistakes, Overcome Fear
Overview
“I will introduce the course, letting you know what you will need, the projects you will be working towards, and also sharing the ethos of the course. This is about letting go and finding exploratory ways to spark creativity. ”
In this video lesson Laura McKendry addresses the topic: Make Mistakes, Overcome Fear, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrating Nature: A Creative Exploration. Illustrate the natural world with an experimental approach using watercolor and ink.
Partial transcription of the video
“Make mistakes, overcome fear In this course, we'll use a variety of techniques to create illustrations inspired by the natural world. We'll be exploring aspects of nature that are fascinating and how we can interpret these through different drawing techniques. It's also a course about experimenting, letting go, and overcoming the obstacles that can get in the way of being truly creative. Whatever stage of life we're at or whatever our profession, we can all find ourselves stuck in a rut where creatively, we need inspiration and that's what this course is about. This isn't a course about cre...”
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Course summary for: Illustrating Nature: A Creative Exploration
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Category
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Areas
Drawing, Ink Illustration, Naturalistic Illustration, Painting, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Laura McKendry
A course by Laura McKendry
Laura McKendry is an illustrator and artist based in London, UK, who is renowned for incorporating unusual tools and materials into her watercolor and ink-based pieces. Her work can be found on greeting cards, wrapping paper, homeware, and fine art prints for clients like Artko, Impress, Jaccart, Laura Ashley, Papyrus, WHSmith, and Waterstones.
Her book cover illustration for André Alexis’ novel Fifteen Dogs was nominated for the V&A Illustration Awards in 2016. She also teaches short courses on drawing and illustration at Central Saint Martins and the University of Arts London, and runs online workshops that focus on finding ways to unlock creativity while perfecting creative techniques.
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