Botanical Patterns in a Sketchbook: Conquer the Blank Page
Materials and Tips to Overcome Fears
A course by Polina Oshu , Artist and Surface Pattern Designer
About the video: Materials and Tips to Overcome Fears
Overview
“I’ll share with you some tips to work with paint markers and how to overcome the fear of the blank page. These tips helped me to fill my sketchbooks with patterns, I’m sure they will help you too. ”
In this video lesson Polina Oshu addresses the topic: Materials and Tips to Overcome Fears, which is part of the Domestika online course: Botanical Patterns in a Sketchbook: Conquer the Blank Page. Learn drawing techniques using markers to create floral and abstract patterns filled with color and creativity.
Partial transcription of the video
“Materials and Tips to Overcome Fears In this lesson, I'll share some tips on how to work with paint markers and how to overcome the fear of the blank page. I usually draw with water-based markers, these ones. I love Posca as they have a beautiful color palette. I like that I can easily cover one layer of paint with another. They have my favorite thin nylon tip. For me, it's also important that they don't have any strong smell compared to the oil-based markers. The last cool thing about Posca markers is that they dry very fast. I work in a regular Moleskine sketchbook. It's a regular sketchb...”
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Course summary for: Botanical Patterns in a Sketchbook: Conquer the Blank Page
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Category
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Areas
Botanical Illustration, Pattern Design, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration
Polina Oshu
A course by Polina Oshu
Polina Oshu is an artist and designer from St. Petersburg, Russia. She studied graphic design at the University of Industrial Technologies and Design. She went on to work as a graphic designer for eight years, creating visual identities and websites. However, her true passion was for illustration. After going on maternity leave, she used her free time to illustrate in a sketchbook and share her work on social media.
After getting wide recognition online by amassing over 128K followers on Instagram, clients began contacting her to purchase her illustrations. Since 2017, she has been creating commissions for clients such as Marks & Spencer, Lush, JucyJudy, Impression Originale, among other brands.
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