Artistic Watercolor Techniques for Illustrating Birds
Painting a Loose Branch: Adding of Pen Work to Define Shape
A course by Sarah Stokes , Artist
About the video: Painting a Loose Branch: Adding of Pen Work to Define Shape
Overview
“In this lesson, we are going to add a loose branch and add some finishing touches to our work using micron and gel pens. ”
In this video lesson Sarah Stokes addresses the topic: Painting a Loose Branch: Adding of Pen Work to Define Shape, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artistic Watercolor Techniques for Illustrating Birds. Bring vivid wildlife compositions to life by exploring modern methods of watercolor painting.
Partial transcription of the video
“Painting a loose branch In this lesson, we'll do the finishing touches. We'll add a branch, we'll add some splashes and also some marks with gel pens and Micron pens. Now, for the branches I'm going to look for inspiration amongst the photographs to see if there's some colours that I want to work with. My eyes are particularly drawn to the lilacs and the browns here and maybe some little bits of green. I won't spend a lot of time on the branch. I'm just looking for some really loose brushwork. So I'm going to mix these kind of colours on my palette. And that's a bit too pink, so we'll add a...”
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Course summary for: Artistic Watercolor Techniques for Illustrating Birds
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Category
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Areas
Naturalistic Illustration, Realistic Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Sarah Stokes
A course by Sarah Stokes
Sarah Stokes is a self-taught artist from the Midlands region in England, a place where she finds inspiration and creates work that is full of life. From a young age, Sarah has always been her happiest when painting and drawing, using her creativity to build a successful business career before deciding to return to what she loved most.
She has created artwork for bands, restaurants, breweries, and schools, as well as giftware for clients like Enesco. Her work is exhibited in Whitewall Galleries, Clarendon Fine Art, and several independent galleries. Sarah’s prints can also be found worldwide in places like Next, Wayfair, and on Amazon.
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