Creative Watercolor Sketching for Beginners
Influences
A course by Laura McKendry , Artist and Illustrator
About the video: Influences
Overview
“In this lesson I’ll share some of the other artists and creatives whose work inspires me - and I hope will inspire you too!”
In this video lesson Laura McKendry addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Watercolor Sketching for Beginners. Paint exciting watercolor illustrations by exploring playful and unconventional techniques in your sketchbook.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, I'm going to share with you some of the artists and the places where I find inspiration for my work. To start with, I want to share some work by some watercolour artists who work with watercolour perhaps a less traditional or conventional way. I want to show you these partly because I really love their work, but I also wanted to introduce the idea that whilst there is this very traditional way of working with watercolour, you don't have to use the paint in that way and that there's all sorts of other ways of using watercolour which are just as legitimate. Tina Burning is an ...”
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Course summary for: Creative Watercolor Sketching for Beginners
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Category
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Areas
Creativity, Drawing, Sketchbook, Sketching, 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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