Creative Watercolor Sketching for Beginners
Connecting Ideas
A course by Laura McKendry , Artist and Illustrator
About the video: Connecting Ideas
Overview
“In this lesson we’ll start to make connections between different ideas, exploring playful, abstract concepts and adding surprises to our sketchbooks.”
In this video lesson Laura McKendry addresses the topic: Connecting Ideas, 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 in the last lesson, we were looking at how we could combine different techniques that we've explored in the course with the various themes that we've covered. In this lesson, I'm going to be looking at how I can combine those different ideas that have come out throughout the course. For example, I have the theme of pegs and I have the theme of fish. So can I make some fish out of pegs or can I have some fish hanging on a washing line with some pegs? or I had the abstract shapes from the pavement. What could I turn those shapes into? maybe some birds, some kind of geometric birds. or some...”
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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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