Creative Watercolor Sketching for Beginners
When Colours Bleed
A course by Laura McKendry , Artist and Illustrator
About the video: When Colours Bleed
Overview
“We’ve explored what happens when we add layers of colour. Now let’s combine colours in a less predictable way, encouraging them to bleed into each other to create unexpected results.”
In this video lesson Laura McKendry addresses the topic: When Colours Bleed, 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 the last lesson, we were working with colour in quite a controlled, patient way, but This lesson is... much freer in a way, in the way that we're going to be applying colour. the paints are going to move in a less predictable way. It's a little bit like the exercise where we added paint to a wet page and we just kind of had to let the watercolor do its thing. So we're going to be working in a similar way, but using different colors and seeing how they combine with each other. And the idea is that you kind of guide them, but you can't completely dictate how they're going to work. So... I'...”
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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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