Artistic Watercolor Techniques for Illustrating Birds
More Ideas / Different Choices
A course by Sarah Stokes , Artist
About the video: More Ideas / Different Choices
Overview
“In this lesson, I’ll show you how you can develop the themes further so that you can create some beautiful bird pieces using different birds, effects and compositions. We will look at the work of other artists too for inspiration and ideas. ”
In this video lesson Sarah Stokes addresses the topic: More Ideas / Different Choices , 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
“More ideas In this lesson, I want to give you a few more creative ideas. There's nothing saying that you have to paint songbirds. There's such a world of birds out there that you can choose any birds. Here are some examples of birds that either I've painted or other artists have painted. So for instance, you could look at birds like parrots, like these two that are here, and you'll see that we've incorporated the splashes into flowers, as I previously demonstrated. In this next illustration, I've chosen a pair of lovebirds to paint, but I've kept it to a really limited colour palette. So it...”
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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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