Illustrating Nature: A Creative Exploration
Play with Ink 2
A course by Laura McKendry , Artist and Illustrator
About the video: Play with Ink 2
Overview
“Let's keep on getting you acquainted with ink.”
In this video lesson Laura McKendry addresses the topic: Play with Ink 2, 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
“Play with ink The interesting thing about ink, which is similar to watercolour, is that it can bleed. So if you wet the page... Here I have a damp sponge. So it's slightly wet. And then I add some ink. It starts to bleed, it starts to run out. Only slightly because the page was only very slightly wet. Here it is wetter. So the definition of my brushstroke is less defined. Then if I take a clean brush and make the page very wet, then it will bleed even more. This is called wet on wet. When I'm painting with a brush or a tool with wet ink onto paper, that's wet on dry. Here, I'm adding a wet ...”
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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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