Illustrating Nature: A Creative Exploration
Apply Ink Techniques to Illustration
A course by Laura McKendry , Artist and Illustrator
About the video: Apply Ink Techniques to Illustration
Overview
“Referencing photos and videos, I will explore different ways of drawing waxwing bird-eating plums using ink and unusual tools. I will demonstrate how this process leads towards a final image. ”
In this video lesson Laura McKendry addresses the topic: Apply Ink Techniques to Illustration, 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
“Apply ink techniques to illustration In this lesson I'm going to demonstrate drawing with ink. I started with the idea of drawing some plums in a plum tree, because that's what I had available to me at the time, so that I could then incorporate a living creature as part of this project, I looked up which birds would eat plums from a plum tree, and I discovered that there were a few birds. So I started to draw a thrush to start with, just some very quick pencil sketches so that I could get a sense of this bird and what it looked like and how it moved. And I also drew lots of sketches of a bl...”
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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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