Illustrating the Natural World with Watercolor and Charcoal
The Second Layer
A course by Sarah Stokes , Artist
About the video: The Second Layer
Overview
“For the second layer, I will demonstrate how to add grasses to your piece and glaze certain areas to add harmony and richness. ”
In this video lesson Sarah Stokes addresses the topic: The Second Layer, 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, we're going to carry on adding texture and we're also going to remove the masking fluid. So this is dried now and it's kind of got to that really ugly duckling stage. There's areas that are quite light. I can see where they're going. So for instance, I like these because they remind me of wheat growing. There's areas I don't particularly like, these and these. But You've just got to keep going and think, well, by the time there's so many layers on there, you're not even going to see those. And actually these could be distant poppies right in the background. So you've just...”
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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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