Character Creation from Observational Drawings
My Materials
A course by Sarah van Dongen , Illustrator
Joined March 2020
About the video: My Materials
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show the materials that I will be using for the different exercises and the final project. ”
In this video lesson Sarah van Dongen addresses the topic: My Materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Character Creation from Observational Drawings. Draw and paint unique characters inspired by the world around you using a variety of artistic materials.
Partial transcription of the video
“So now that you know a little bit about myself, I will explain what we will do in this course. For the final project, we will create a spread in our sketchbook with a unique character. Now, to be able to draw the human figure, I think it's important to know a little bit about human anatomy and to be able to draw people from observation. Before we go into that, I'll show you all the materials I'm going to use. So I have a lot of different materials and remember you don't need them all you can potentially do the entire course with just a graphite pencil. but I would just like to show you what...”
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Course summary for: Character Creation from Observational Drawings
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Character Design, Drawing, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration
Sarah van Dongen
A course by Sarah van Dongen
Sarah van Dongen is a Dutch illustrator based in Amsterdam who is passionate about telling stories. She began her studies in comparative literature but enrolled in the MA in Children’s Books Illustration in Cambridge, UK after realizing she wanted to pursue a more creative career.
Sarah’s illustration work can be found in children’s books, stationery, newspapers, and magazines across the globe. Her clients include Flow Magazine, Adobe, Tiny Owl Publishing, and Ragged Bears Publishing, among others. Sarah enjoys exploring themes like gardens, food, social interactions, mental health, and her childhood. She doesn’t shy away from subjects like insecurity, loneliness, and loss, she expresses them in her sketches to help make these feelings more comprehensible.
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