Illustrating the Natural World with Watercolor and Charcoal
Creating Values and Textures with Charcoal 1
A course by Sarah Stokes , Artist
About the video: Creating Values and Textures with Charcoal 1
Overview
“Next, I will teach you the importance of seeing and blocking in bigger shapes, working from dark to light, before moving on to create texture. By the end of the lesson, you will have created a charcoal drawing of a bumblebee in flight. To get started, I will briefly run through the tools and materials you'll need to set up your workspace for this particular exercise, including willow charcoal, an eraser, a blending stump, a mono eraser, a sharp charcoal pencil, an oil brush, and paper. ”
In this video lesson Sarah Stokes addresses the topic: Creating Values and Textures with Charcoal 1, 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
“So in this lesson, I want to demonstrate how to create tonal values and texture using just charcoal tools. and charcoal can be just as exciting as watercolour. So over here, I've got a variety of different tools that we're gonna be using. What I love about charcoal is that you really don't need much to create something really beautiful. So it's very, very versatile. So we've got some willow charcoal here, but vine would also be fine. It's very, very soft and easy to lift. We've got a standard eraser. We've got a blending stump. These come in a variety of sizes. I've just chosen a small one ...”
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Course summary for: Illustrating the Natural World with Watercolor and Charcoal
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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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