Dip Pen and Ink Illustration: Capturing The Natural World
Finding Your Image
A course by Philip Harris , Freelance Illustrator
Joined March 2021
Joined March 2021
About the video: Finding Your Image
Overview
“In this lesson you will learn about capturing and finding reference imagery to use for this project as well as your own personal work. ”
In this video lesson Philip Harris addresses the topic: Finding Your Image, which is part of the Domestika online course: Dip Pen and Ink Illustration: Capturing The Natural World. Illustrate evocative scenes inspired by your surroundings using line work and hatching techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Finding Your Image In this lesson, I'll take you through finding your image. We will look at collecting photography while you're out walking and also collecting flora that you find out and about with you. We can combine these and use them together in your final project. You can look for references anywhere. Even in a busy city, you can find elements of nature creeping in or areas like parks where you can find the natural world all around you. It's great to find images that have a sense of place and that you feel a connection to. This will be perfect because it'll feed into your work and giv...”
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Course summary for: Dip Pen and Ink Illustration: Capturing The Natural World
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Category
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Areas
Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Naturalistic Illustration, Sketchbook, Sketching
Philip Harris
A course by Philip Harris
Philip Harris is a freelance illustrator who lives and works in Devon, England. Growing up, drawing was always an important part of his life thanks to his grandfather’s collection of sketchbooks and illustrations. He later went on to study illustration at the University of Plymouth. During his second year, Philip inherited some of his grandfather’s equipment, including a collection of dip pens and nibs, which introduced him to the technique he uses today.
Since graduating, he has worked with clients including Superdrug, Kohler, DK Books, Jack Daniel’s, Le Parisien Magazine, NowTV, New Scientist, ARTE, Goodwood Revival, Delve, Kilkenny Irish Red Ale, and Which? Money. Philip also shares his illustrations with over 20K followers on Instagram.
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