Expressive Mixed-Media Illustration: Find Your Creative Flow
From Your Sketch to the Refined Artwork 2
A course by Yoyo Nasty , Artist and Illustrator
About the video: From Your Sketch to the Refined Artwork 2
Overview
“You will see how I keep working on my painting. I will share with you some tips to make this step easier.”
In this video lesson Yoyo Nasty addresses the topic: From Your Sketch to the Refined Artwork 2, 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
“From Your Sketch to the Refined Artwork Now, I'm done with the stripes, so I'm going to start painting the flowers. I'd like to use the yellow that I've used in the eyes so that it reappears in another place in the painting. That's a good way to work with color. Remember also to look at your sketch to make it easier. Sometimes I find it very liberating to use a big brush because I can't really control it that much. If you feel that the paint is too thick for you to work with, you can add some more water to make it more flowy. I let the shapes of the tiger guide me with the other shapes of t...”
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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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