Illustrating Nature: A Creative Exploration
Illustrate with Watercolour and Coloured Pencils
A course by Laura McKendry , Artist and Illustrator
About the video: Illustrate with Watercolour and Coloured Pencils
Overview
“I will demonstrate how I gather reference materials from life to develop sketches and drawings to work towards a final illustration of a plum using watercolour and coloured pencils. I will show you my working process and how it leads me to develop a final piece, through experimentation and play. ”
In this video lesson Laura McKendry addresses the topic: Illustrate with Watercolour and Coloured Pencils, 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
“Illustrate with watercolour & coloured pencil In this lesson I'll be working towards my final project. and the process of getting to the final project is, for me, the most important stage, so I'll be doing loads and loads of drawings, I won't be doing one piece and that's it. Eventually, that will lead me to create a series of three final pieces. Because there was a plum tree in my garden where I live, I decided I was going to start drawing plums and then develop a final project based on that. I didn't have any idea where would it take me at the time. I thought, "It inspires me." I went...”
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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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