Animal Illustration: Capturing Wildlife in a Sketchbook
Selecting Your Media and Material
A course by Jenny Rae , Artist
About the video: Selecting Your Media and Material
Overview
“Here you will learn about a selection of material that will be used for this course as well as how to use them. I will show you some techniques that I use so you can try them out for yourself. ”
In this video lesson Jenny Rae addresses the topic: Selecting Your Media and Material, which is part of the Domestika online course: Animal Illustration: Capturing Wildlife in a Sketchbook. Learn to turn complex anatomy into simple shapes and portray the essence of an animal through illustration and collage.
Partial transcription of the video
“Selecting Your Media and Material Here, you will learn about gathering materials, certain techniques using those materials, how to research those subjects and turn complex animal structures into more simple shapes that you can translate onto your page. You're gonna learn about the materials you'll use in this course, as well as how to use them. I will show you some techniques I use so you can try them out for yourself. The materials that I choose for my illustrations... I've got some graphite pencils. These come in a variety of strengths. I have here quite a light pencil and I've got here s...”
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Course summary for: Animal Illustration: Capturing Wildlife in a Sketchbook
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Category
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Areas
Collage, Naturalistic Illustration, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration
Jenny Rae
A course by Jenny Rae
Jenny Rae is a self-taught artist from the UK who specializes in animal drawings and illustrations. Her grandfathers who were both artists themselves encouraged her to draw from a young age and, inspired by family visits to Bristol Zoo as a child, animals quickly became her favorite subjects. She went on to do a work experience placement at the same zoo where she spent time honing her drawing skills before going on to study animal behavior at Aberystwyth University. Jenny used illustration as a form of therapy throughout her studies before turning her passion into a career.
Today she illustrates everything from pet portraits to tattoo designs for her clients as well as sharing her work with her five-figure following on Instagram.
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