Fairy-Tale Illustration with Pen and Ink
Ink Exercise: The Geometry of Flowers
A course by Sveta Dorosheva , Illustrator
About the video: Ink Exercise: The Geometry of Flowers
Overview
“Here I will construct an ornamental flower and ink it, using the basic techniques. You will learn how to use the "snake scales" ornament for leaves, trees, flowers, and animals. I will show you the importance of paying close attention as you do this; maintaining the contrast between black and white, and creating detailed and unencumbered segments in order to avoid the tonal mess. ”
In this video lesson Sveta Dorosheva addresses the topic: Ink Exercise: The Geometry of Flowers, which is part of the Domestika online course: Fairy-Tale Illustration with Pen and Ink. Explore creative inking techniques to bring to life magical illustrations for fairy tales that capture the culture, time, and magic of the story.
Partial transcription of the video
“Ink Exercise: The Geometry of Flowers When I was looking for references for my illustration, I noticed that Russian folk art uses a lot of beautiful geometric flowers. I will include them in my illustration. It would be a good exercise to practice the skill with the tool. First, I will construct my flower with a pencil. I will use the ruler to make the circles. You can use any other tool for circles. I'll make several circles. It doesn't matter the size or the distance between the circles. Nothing matters, it's for practice. Then, evidently, this is the center. My pencil drawing is really l...”
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Course summary for: Fairy-Tale Illustration with Pen and Ink
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Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Ink Illustration
Sveta Dorosheva
A course by Sveta Dorosheva
Sveta Dorosheva is a Ukrainian illustrator, currently living in Israel. She works in book illustration and narrative art for magazines and brands, which are deeply influenced by myth and fairy tales. She is a self-trained artist, and started her professional career by writing and illustrating her own book, “The Land of Stone Flowers”. Originally published in 2014, it was nominated for the National Bestseller award in 2016, and has also been translated into more than five languages.
Her work is hand-drawn on paper, merging a lot of mythical and traditional motifs from various cultures with contemporary ideas. She’s worked with numerous publishing houses to create art for books, including HarperCollins, Penguin Books, Macmillan, Disney-Hyperion, Usborne, and Chronicle Books. Sveta has also created artwork for movies, including The True Adventures of Wolfboy, commercial art for advertising agencies like JWT New York or D8 studio in Glasgow, and editorial pieces for magazines like The New Yorker and The LA Times.
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