Inside a Creative Notebook: Explore Your Illustration Process
Paper Cutting Techniques 2
A course by Karishma Chugani , Artist, Illustrator, and Educator
Joined August 2011
About the video: Paper Cutting Techniques 2
Overview
“I am now going to apply the same principles to make a repeated garland. ”
In this video lesson Karishma Chugani addresses the topic: Paper Cutting Techniques 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Inside a Creative Notebook: Explore Your Illustration Process. Unlock your creativity with illustration techniques to record and develop your creative process for artistic projects.
Partial transcription of the video
“I'm now going to use the same technique of folding the paper in an accordion fold to make a repeated garland. I'm going to be making my garland with a patterned paper. And as before, I'm gonna start by cutting a long strip. and folding it in an accordion again. To make a garland, You can make a central figure like this and keep a strip connecting the paper together. Which is quite simple. or in this case, I'm going to cut grass and leaf-like vegetation. Because this accordion fold is quite thick, I'm gonna make sure I hold it. tight together. so it doesn't slip away. I'm also doing somethin...”
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Course summary for: Inside a Creative Notebook: Explore Your Illustration Process
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Areas
Children's Illustration, Creativity, Drawing, Gouache Painting, Sketchbook, Sketching, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Karishma Chugani
A course by Karishma Chugani
Karishma Chugani is an artist, designer, writer, and illustrator from Morocco. She has a degree in Fashion Design with Printing from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, and a Masters in Fine Arts from Goldsmiths University in Design Futures.
Karishma has worked as a fashion designer, published several books, and participated in collective and solo exhibitions internationally. She also teaches creative workshops to children, teachers, and illustrators at her mobile school L’École de Papier, as well as institutions like Institut Français Madrid & Casablanca, Casablanca American School, Colegio Santa Isabel Madrid, and Libreria Gil in Santander. Her clients include Jerraflore, Le Chocolat des Francais, Marketing Magazine France, Jamini Paris, and the toy shop Wonderland.
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