Creative Watercolor Sketching for Beginners
Playful Collage 2
A course by Laura McKendry , Artist and Illustrator
About the video: Playful Collage 2
Overview
“Let's finish our frog collage. Remember that it's important to let yourself be taken by the flow of it. Try not to stick to a fixed plan when creating your composition.”
In this video lesson Laura McKendry addresses the topic: Playful Collage 2, 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
“So now that I've cut out all the separate pieces from the fork, going to have a play around with arranging it on the page. The joy of this process is that you get to try out lots of different options before you commit to one. So if I was painting with watercolour straight on the page, then... what I'd put down would I'd be committed to that. Whereas here, I can have a play around until I get a composition that I feel happy with. So in a way, I have all the pieces now to make this frog move however I want. It can be stretched out because it's leaping or I can bend the legs a bit so that it's...”
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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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