Exploratory Sketchbook: Find Your Drawing Style
Influences
A course by Sarah van Dongen , Illustrator
Joined March 2020
About the video: Influences
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show you things that have influenced me creatively. I’ll share some of my favourite illustrators and books and will tell you why I like them so much and how they have affected my work.”
In this video lesson Sarah van Dongen addresses the topic: Influences , which is part of the Domestika online course: Exploratory Sketchbook: Find Your Drawing Style. Discover fun methods to develop your ideas and draw from observation using gouache, watercolor, and colored pencils.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences In this lesson I'll show you the things that have influenced me creatively. I am mostly influenced by visual things like art, illustrations, movies and nature. I am interested in patterns, textures, colors, shapes, composition and narrative. One of my favorite illustrators is Jane Ray. she illustrated "The Twelve Dancing Princesses", which was my all-time favorite book as a child. What I love about this illustrator is her use of pattern and color. So looking at this I think it's very clear that this influenced me. Most of the clothes, all the dresses, have different patterns. She...”
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Course summary for: Exploratory Sketchbook: Find Your Drawing Style
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Category
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Areas
Creativity, Drawing, Gouache Painting, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Sarah van Dongen
A course by Sarah van Dongen
Sarah van Dongen is a Dutch illustrator based in Amsterdam who is passionate about telling stories. She began her studies in comparative literature but enrolled in the MA in Children’s Books Illustration in Cambridge, UK after realizing she wanted to pursue a more creative career.
Sarah’s illustration work can be found in children’s books, stationery, newspapers, and magazines across the globe. Her clients include Flow Magazine, Adobe, Tiny Owl Publishing, and Ragged Bears Publishing, among others. Sarah enjoys exploring themes like gardens, food, social interactions, mental health, and her childhood. She doesn’t shy away from subjects like insecurity, loneliness, and loss, she expresses them in her sketches to help make these feelings more comprehensible.
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