Illustrating the Natural World with Watercolor and Charcoal
Materials
A course by Sarah Stokes , Artist
About the video: Materials
Overview
“In this lesson, I will run through the materials that you will need for the course. ”
In this video lesson Sarah Stokes addresses the topic: Materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Illustrating the Natural World with Watercolor and Charcoal. Learn to illustrate the beauty of nature through expressive brushstrokes and charcoal techniques to create a vibrant scene of a wild meadow.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Materials In this lesson, I'll run through with you all the materials that you'll need to complete the course. We've got over here a selection of brushes. We've got some here that will be used for charcoal. For instance, we'll use this one for charcoal. We've got some here for applying gold leaf. We've got some general painting brushes and we've also got this flat brush here, which we'll be using towards one of our final units. That one is a 1-inch flat brush. All these brushes are synthetic, and you'll see there's quite a range of sizes here. These here are 10 and 12-size brushes. This o...”
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Course summary for: Illustrating the Natural World with Watercolor and Charcoal
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Naturalistic Illustration, Painting, Traditional illustration

Sarah Stokes
A course by Sarah Stokes
Sarah Stokes is a self-taught artist from the Midlands region in England, a place where she finds inspiration and creates work that is full of life. From a young age, Sarah has always been her happiest when painting and drawing, using her creativity to build a successful business career before deciding to return to what she loved most.
She has created artwork for bands, restaurants, breweries, and schools, as well as giftware for clients like Enesco. Her work is exhibited in Whitewall Galleries, Clarendon Fine Art, and several independent galleries. Sarah’s prints can also be found worldwide in places like Next, Wayfair, and on Amazon.
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