Expressive Animal Portraits in Watercolor
Professional Tips
A course by Sarah Stokes , Artist
About the video: Professional Tips
Overview
“Many of you will be keen to paint animals, both domestic, wild and livestock from your own photographs. In this lesson I am going to share some tips on how to take good animal photos. I will also give you some top tips about how to take your work to a professional level.”
In this video lesson Sarah Stokes addresses the topic: Professional Tips, which is part of the Domestika online course: Expressive Animal Portraits in Watercolor. Bring the animal kingdom to life through captivating artwork by exploring a wide variety of watercolor techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“This lesson is about taking your own photographs and also some ideas about taking it to a more professional level. Ideally, if you're doing a pet commission, you really want to take your own photographs. But this isn't always possible, especially if it's a memorial piece or the customer lives quite far away. But sometimes when a customer gives you a photograph to work from. it can be a little out of focus or just not suitable as a painting. So this is why it's much better to take your own photos. In the past, i've even turned down work If the customer can't find a photograph that's really g...”
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Course summary for: Expressive Animal Portraits in Watercolor
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Areas
Naturalistic Illustration, Realistic Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Sarah Stokes
A course by Sarah Stokes
Sarah Stokes is a self-taught artist from the Midlands region in England, a place where she finds inspiration and creates work that is full of life. From a young age, Sarah has always been her happiest when painting and drawing, using her creativity to build a successful business career before deciding to return to what she loved most.
She has created artwork for bands, restaurants, breweries, and schools, as well as giftware for clients like Enesco. Her work is exhibited in Whitewall Galleries, Clarendon Fine Art, and several independent galleries. Sarah’s prints can also be found worldwide in places like Next, Wayfair, and on Amazon.
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