Expressive Mixed-Media Illustration: Find Your Creative Flow
Exercises to Unlock Your Creativity 1
A course by Yoyo Nasty , Artist and Illustrator
About the video: Exercises to Unlock Your Creativity 1
Overview
“You will learn how to let go of expectations and get into an intuitive and playful creative flow, bringing emotion and life to the illustration. You will practice both paintings from observation and imagination. ”
In this video lesson Yoyo Nasty addresses the topic: Exercises to Unlock Your Creativity 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Expressive Mixed-Media Illustration: Find Your Creative Flow. Explore playful painting and collage techniques to create colorful works of art from your imagination.
Partial transcription of the video
“Exercises to Unlock Your Creativity In this lesson, we let go of any expectations and get into a playful and creative flow. This will bring emotion and life to your illustration. We practice both painting from observation and imagination. I always start the process by hand. I think this is super important in my work because this brings a special energy to my practice, and it's part of my signature style. This is my favorite part of the process as well. That's why I'm excited about this Domestika course because it's focused on this aspect of my practice. I'll paint this flower using this as ...”
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Course summary for: Expressive Mixed-Media Illustration: Find Your Creative Flow
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Artistic Drawing, Creativity, Gouache Painting, Painting, Sketching, Traditional illustration

Yoyo Nasty
A course by Yoyo Nasty
Yoyo Nasty is a Swedish-born artist and illustrator. She wanted to be an artist before she even knew it was a career option, and she went on to study for a master’s degree in fine art at Konstfack University of Arts. From there, Yoyo started working full-time as an illustrator, selling her original artwork and creating commissions for clients.
She’s collaborated with international brands like Klarna and worked on the print design for H&M’s Zara Larsson collection. She has led both solo and group exhibitions in Stockholm and won numerous awards from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee. Yoyo has been featured in publications including Paper Magazine, and she shares her designs with over 14K followers on Instagram.
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